Chapter 165
Chapter 165
“Heh. The three of us grew up together. Yang Xue and I were closer, but her family was well-off and always opposed our relationship. Yang Xue had a mind of her own, though, so when we got to college, we ignored her family and started dating anyway.
“It wasn’t until we were together that I discovered how many flaws she had. She couldn’t cook, couldn’t do housework, and was always throwing spoiled-rich-girl tantrums…”
No. 2 gave a cold snort from the side.
“Why don’t you mention your drinking, your gambling, your habit of seducing every woman you saw, or the way you beat her?”
Liu Ye and Wang Fugui immediately looked at him with contempt.
“Hey, you’re both men too. Aren’t a few hobbies like that perfectly normal for a man?”
No. 5 sounded proud rather than ashamed.
“Later, I lost a little money gambling. When I asked her for some, she hemmed and hawed and even gave me attitude. I was only gambling because I wanted to make money and give her a better life, wasn’t I? But she gave me attitude and called me a good-for-nothing. They say husband and wife are birds of the same forest, but when disaster comes, they fly their separate ways. If she wouldn’t help me, what use was she? I had a bright future ahead of me back then, so I decided to use her to accomplish something…”
A twisted smile spread across No. 5’s face.
“This woman had always liked me, so we made a plan to take Yang Xue climbing in the snowy mountains. We just never expected an avalanche.”
Regret appeared on No. 5’s face. He did not regret what he had done, only that he had chosen such a place.
“We got stranded on a cliff, cold and starving. Yang Xue was injured and couldn’t move. For days, we ate nothing but snow. Then this woman said we couldn’t go on like that. Yang Xue wasn’t going to survive anyway, so she might as well make a contribution to us.”
“So you ate her?”
Wang Fugui stared at them in disgust. These two were worse than animals.
No. 5 had not said it outright, but the “something” he had planned was obviously taking out an insurance policy on Yang Xue. He had probably inherited her estate as well.
The man was rotten to the core.
“Don’t look at us like that. We had no choice. If we didn’t eat her, we wouldn’t have survived. But…”
At this, fear crept over the man’s face.
“From that moment on, nothing I ate could fill me. No matter how much I consumed, I was still hungry. It was all that woman’s fault! None of this would have happened if she had just given me the money.”
No. 5 slammed his palm down on the table beside him.
“I knew something was wrong with my body. My instincts told me I could only recover if I found Juanjuan. So I spent all these years searching desperately for her. And now-now I’ve finally found her!”
No. 5 gazed greedily at No. 2, while she stared back in terror. Deep down, she had felt the same instinct. But she knew she could not defeat him. If they ever met, something unimaginably horrifying was bound to happen, which was why she had kept hiding.
Yet she had never imagined that this man had been right next door the entire time!
“Gentlemen, you don’t need to interfere. Just put us together, and I promise we won’t cause you any more trouble for the rest of your time here. I can even cooperate with you and help you obtain a nurse’s employee badge.”
No. 5 grinned.
Wang Fugui had to admit he was tempted. An employee badge was a crucial item that could save his life. If he truly managed to get one, that would be wonderful.
Wang Fugui was just about to say something when Liu Ye cut in.
“No. You’re both this sick and you still want to date? You’ve got your priorities all wrong. You’ve got that… hunger disorder, right? That’s easy.”
In the end, the man simply wanted to eat. Liu Ye was exceptionally good at treating conditions like that. All he had to do was make the man not want to eat anymore. Liu Ye had a wealth of experience in that department.
He picked No. 5 up and carried him into the bathroom.
“What are you doing? Let go of me! I’m telling you, this is illegal! You’re abusing a patient! I’ll sue you!”
No. 5 was beginning to panic, but he was entirely incapable of stopping Liu Ye.
“No, no, no! I’m cured! I’m already cured! Don’t-”
Gulp. Splash…
No. 2 and Wang Fugui shuddered as one strange noise after another came from the bathroom. Neither of them wanted to know what was happening in there.
Before long, Liu Ye dragged No. 5 out. In his other hand was an employee badge he had removed from the man’s neck. The fellow could not be allowed to wear something like that carelessly.
No. 5 did not seem to care. All his earlier arrogance was gone, replaced by utter despair.
“Is he… all right?” Wang Fugui could not help asking.
“He’s fine. I’m telling you, he’s cured. If you don’t believe me, take out any food you like and show it to him.”
Wang Fugui patted his clothes, then pulled a rice cracker from his pocket and set it beside No. 5. The man took one glance at it.
“Bleeaargh!”
No. 5 rushed into the bathroom and vomited furiously.
It was not that his hunger had disappeared. Once his badge was removed, he had reverted to being a patient. He still felt hungry, but now he could not bring himself to eat a single bite. In a way, it was an even worse form of torment.
No. 2 was delighted. With him reduced to this state, she was safe.
“What are you smiling about? Once he’s done, it’ll be your turn,” Wang Fugui said helplessly.
No. 2 fell silent.
“Right, there’s you too. If I remember correctly, you’ve got anorexia. Mm, don’t worry. That’s very easy to treat. You just need to eat something tasty. I have even more experience with that!”
No. 2 remained silent.
Please stop having experience. Every time you say that, I get terrified.
“Sir, what do you plan to do?”
“Hah! Good question. I know anorexia inside and out. Back when our family was poor, the food wasn’t very good, so Brother Guiwa didn’t like to eat. He ended up short and malnourished. It pained me every time I saw him like that. He’d taken care of me since I was little, after all. So I cooked him a meal. It moved him to tears right then and there. From that day onward, if I didn’t cook, he refused to eat!”
“Really?”
No. 2 thought that actually sounded rather plausible. Liu Ye did not look like someone who would lie, so she decided she might as well give it a try. She had anorexia, after all. If she could not eat it, what was he going to do-force it down her throat?
“Given your condition, you can’t eat anything too greasy. You haven’t eaten properly in so long that you need some porridge first, just to ease your stomach back into it.”
Now No. 2 thought he sounded quite professional. Perhaps he had only treated No. 5 that way because he had overheard the man’s story and been filled with righteous indignation.
She immediately agreed to try.
Only a few minutes later, she regretted it.