Chapter One Hundred and Fifteen: Real I’ve Done My Bes (1/2)
Chapter One Hundred and Fifteen: (Real) I’ve Done My Best
“YAN JIN!!!”
……
Xiao Yu felt like he had a very, very long dream. In that dream, he had experienced a lifetime.
However, it wasn’t right.
He felt pain, the kind of pain that could not be felt in dreams. It was heart-wrenching.
One second before his heart was almost shredded into pieces, he woke up from his dream.
Presently, Xiao Yu did not even realize what condition he was in. Was he a human? A hamster? Dead? Alive? Where was he?
He saw a person and immediately pounced toward him, grabbing his collar.
“Where’s Yan Jin? Where is Yan Jin?”
“Ugghh…” the person who was caught opened his mouth slightly, but he could not react immediately.
From the audience’s perspective, what happened in that split second earlier was –
The person who had been declared dead suddenly opened his eyes and shot out of the bed like a bullet, flashing like a thunderbolt as he pushed the IV stand away.
The metal stand fell toward the equipment at the side as its metallic end stabbed the monitor screen. The sparks flashed twice before it went dead.
Before the person could even get to his feet, this fiend in front of him was clutching his necktie.
*PING* *BANG* *CLANK*
The glass shattered into pieces and scattered all over the floor.
The tiny pieces of glass, the splattered transparent liquid, the swaying metallic stand, and the toppled equipment were playing a heroic symphony together.
“B-bro.” That person was on the verge of crying: “D-did the crash cause you to become psychotic? C-calm down, t-the s-sentence can be reduced for psych – “
“Where’s Yan Jin?! How is he?”
“W-who…”
“Yan Jin.”
“Yan- oh! YL’s chairman. H-he was discharged a long time ago. Cough, cough, cough.”
Upon hearing that Yan Jin had been discharged from the hospital, Xiao Yu calmed down instantly.
His memories started to return as well as his rationality.
At this point, Xiao Yu finally realized that he could talk normally and not squeak while speaking.
He lowered his head and saw the limbs that belonged to a human being.
He had transformed back!
He was a human again! The kind that could draw designs, speak the human language, have a place in human society, jump into Yan Jin’s…
Hold on, the last one was not needed right now.
In short, the great, heavenly news made Xiao Yu so excited that he felt like jumping around.
A glimmer of hope at one’s darkest hour – this was probably what it felt like.
But before that –
“B-brother, cough, cough, could you let go first, l-let go…” The other person couldn’t stop coughing.
“Ohmygod, I forgot about that. My bad, my bad.”
Xiao Yu released his hands and finally shifted his attention to the innocent bystander in front of him: “Eh? Y-you’re Old Wu, our human resources personnel from next door?”
“That’s me, that’s me.” Old Wu wiped the sweat off his forehead, as if rejoicing for the new lease of life.
“I’m really sorry about that. I don’t know what I was doing earlier. All of a sudden, I–”
He recognized the person in front of him as his colleague from SI, making him feel inevitably guilty.
Old Wu was considered a senior employee in the company. When Xiao Yu first arrived at SI, Old Wu took care of him. Since they were from different departments, they eventually stopped talking because of the little interaction they had. Old Wu was one of those kind-hearted guys who would help anyone whenever they needed it. He did not have a high position for his age, but his interpersonal relationships with everyone were exceptionally good.
“No worries, it’s okay.” Old Wu shrugged his hand: “You just woke up, so it’s normal to be weird. How are you feeling now? You should lie down quickly, I’ll get the doctor for you.”
“Oh.” It was now that Xiao Yu realized that he was in a hospital ward. He took two steps toward the bed in a daze and sat down at the edge: “Wait, Old Wu.”
“What’s wrong?”
“C-can I ask what happened? Right now, I-I’m a little confused.”
Xiao Yu glanced through the ward and all he saw was a mess.
Poverty had made him guilty.
“Do you still remember that you were in an accident? You were speeding and you crashed into another vehicle at the bridge before you fell into the river.”
“I remember that.”
“What happened exactly? You just got awarded and you got yourself into this mess. Did you get set up by someone?”
Old Wu drew a line across his neck with his finger.
“It can’t be. I wasn’t set up…”
Xiao Yu scratched his head as he answered. All his memories were crystal clear at the moment, compared to the last moments of when he was as a hamster. Back then, he felt muddle-headed every day, unlike how his thoughts were clear now. He felt like he could suddenly understand a lot of things.
How should he put it? The event that had happened to him was so confusing that it made his clear thoughts become muddled again.
However, the memories of the crash were still vivid in his mind. His braking system malfunctioned, and by the time he realized it, he had already crashed. No matter which perspective one took, he was the one responsible for the accident.
“Who did I crash into?” Xiao Yu asked, stammering. That was the question he was concerned about the most right now.
“YL’s chairman. You asked that earlier?” Old Wu acted as if it was strange.
It really was Yan Jin.
Alright, at least that point was confirmed.
“O-oh. About that, is he alright?” Xiao Yu felt his heart clenching again.
“Thank god he’s fine. Otherwise, you…” Old Wu sighed and continued, “You crashed into him, yet your own vehicle fell into the river. If it wasn’t for the fact that Chairman Yan had some humanity left in him to instruct the police to pull you out of the river, I’m sure you would’ve been in hell now.”
“T-Then, he…”
“Chairman Yan’s injuries weren’t announced to the public, but I think he’s fine. He went home without even admitting himself into the hospital.”
“Ohh. That’s good.” Xiao Yu breathed out in relief. Then he suddenly remembered an important question: “What is today’s date, and what time is it right now?”