Chapter 320 Chapter 319 Aren'T We Buddies? Where Does That Confidence Come From?
Chapter 319 Aren'T We Buddies? Where Does That Confidence Come From?
Great Sun Hospital.
As the ambulance arrived, Professor Su took over and sent Chi Xiaocheng into the emergency room. Su Tao also saw Dongfang Yang and Doctor Chen, who had been waiting there.
The seventh day of the Lunar New Year, a day that should have been filled with joy, had instead been marred by such a terrible event.
Dongfang Yang, usually so sunny and cheerful, couldn't help but look depressed. He had just glanced up at Su Tao, about to speak, when the young woman interrupted.
Watching Chi Xiaocheng being wheeled into the emergency room, she immediately turned her head and said, "Dongfang Yang, about Xiaocheng..."
"Stop!"
Before she could finish, Dongfang Yang cut her off.
Holding up his hand, he wore a helpless expression. "I know you're anxious and have a lot to say because of what happened, but Chi Xiaocheng won't be out anytime soon. Even after she's out of emergency, it'll take a while for her to wake up."
"Calm yourself down first, okay?"
Dongfang Yang pointed to the elevator entrance. "Go over there, then upstairs. Your old room has been kept for you. Take a shower and change your clothes. If we weren't so close, I wouldn't have recognized you as 'Su Tao'."
The quiet atmosphere and disinfectant smell inside the hospital calmed Su Tao's anxiety a little.
She took out her phone and finally understood why Dongfang Yang had said that.
Her usually neat high ponytail was gone.
The hair tie was lost, and her hair, streaked with blood, hung down in disarray. Clumps of hair were matted together with dried blood. Perhaps it was a side effect of the bloodline awakening, but her face was terrifyingly pale, and her dull eyes were filled with countless blood vessels.
Her cheeks, the white fur trim on her coat hood, and various places on her body were covered in dried blood. Anyone who didn't know better would think she had just come from slaughtering pigs at a slaughterhouse.
Both her appearance and expression were incredibly unsettling.
Su Tao closed her eyes and exhaled. "Sorry, I'll be right back."
She headed towards the elevator, her footsteps quick, but her swaying figure couldn't help but make people worry.
Dongfang Yang looked at Doctor Chen. "How do you feel about Su Tao's condition right now?"
Doctor Chen's face showed concern. "She's barely holding on. She needs a good sleep at the very least."
"Anyone can see she's forcing herself to stay awake, but what surprises me more is her father's situation!"
Dongfang Yang rubbed his eyebrows.
Unlike Si Chen, he hadn't investigated Su Tao and Chi Xiaocheng. He thought these two little kids were just ordinary people from a small county who had come to Jiuzhou City to attend university.
It wasn't until Si Chen told him about what happened at the farm that he was shocked to discover that Su Tao actually had such a powerful background.
A War God for a father.
And she had awakened her inherited bloodline and become a martial artist!
Dongfang Yang was in a daze the entire way to the hospital. The events had unfolded too quickly for him to process.
But the reality was just that.
Su Tao saved Chi Xiaocheng while killing a person and crippling several bodyguards. The bloodstains all over her body were the best proof.
"So how do we account for this process of awakening and becoming a martial artist? In a fit of rage?"
He muttered to himself, when Si Chen's voice suddenly came from behind him. "I would tentatively call that state... 'darkening'."
Hearing this, Dongfang Yang turned around, his lips twitching.
Si Chen adjusted his newly replaced glasses. "What's with that expression?"
"No, I was just a little surprised to see you looking like a pig's head for the first time."
Dongfang Yang wasn't really in the mood to laugh, but when facing his close friend, he almost couldn't hold it in.
Si Chen rolled his eyes. "You don't know anything. If it weren't for me, Chi Xiaocheng would have been in trouble a long time ago. My favorability with Su Tao must be skyrocketing right now."
"Cough, cough!" Dongfang Yang coughed lightly. "Okay, let's get back to the point. You guys were too impulsive this time. If you had waited for me to go with you, this wouldn't have happened. Also, tell me more about Su Tao's so-called 'darkening' state."
Si Chen said, "I'm just speculating based on Su Tao's current condition."
"We all know that even for martial artists, while their physical bodies are enhanced, they can't stay that way permanently, right?"
Dongfang Yang nodded.
This was actually a secret known only to true martial artists.
If an ordinary person's physical fitness is 1, then a martial artist's physical fitness is 5.
After using certain methods to temporarily boost their power, a martial artist's physical fitness can reach 10 for a short period, but afterwards, they will be weaker than even an ordinary person.
However, the public perception is that a martial artist's permanent physical fitness is 100 times that of an ordinary person.
This has led many people to believe that martial artists are like cultivators in novels, but in reality, they have great difficulty dodging bullets.
Si Chen continued, "Su Tao's bloodline awakening is like an unstable bomb."
"Because Chi Xiaocheng was in mortal danger at that moment, she broke through her limits in extreme anger and awakened the War God bloodline within her. Because she awakened and darkened due to anger, she can't maintain that state like ordinary martial artists."
"Her current weak and listless appearance, I suspect, is the aftereffect of the darkening ending."
Dongfang Yang stroked his chin thoughtfully. "I understand what you mean, but that's not the point."
Si Chen retorted, "That is the point!"
Dongfang Yang: "???"
Si Chen: "Su Tao has awakened her bloodline. Su Dingtian can sense this kind of inheritance, so he will know that he has offspring in the country, and he will return from abroad!"
Si Chen was worrying about how to contact Su Tao's father. How was this not the point?
Dongfang Yang was dumbfounded. It turned out that the two of them weren't on the same wavelength at all.
He never would have thought that Su Tao was in such a state, and Si Chen was still concerned about her father!
Dongfang Yang couldn't take it anymore and said bluntly, "The point right now is, what is Chi Xiaocheng's condition, and does Su Tao have any other mental problems, not this father of hers who suddenly popped up, OK?"
Si Chen touched his nose. "Well, what you said makes some sense, but I don't think they need much worry."
Chi Xiaocheng wasn't going to die anyway.
No matter what mental problems Su Tao has, Chi Xiaocheng will have to deal with them. It doesn't have much to do with him, Si Chen.
On the contrary, he, Si Chen, was seriously injured for the sake of loyalty, and he definitely racked up enough goodwill with Su Tao.
Dongfang Yang sighed. "Su Tao's mental state has been very tense lately. She's not acting like herself at all. Now that she's suffered such a blow, I'm really afraid she won't be able to hold on."
Si Chen asked, "Then what's the solution? For Su Tao, the only medicine is Chi Xiaocheng."
Dongfang Yang was speechless for a moment. "My bad."
His tone carried a hint of self-reproach. "Su Tao and Chi Xiaocheng have a deep sisterly bond, but they only have each other to rely on. If I could make Su Tao like me more, or be a little more proactive, she could have another pillar of support."
Hearing this, Si Chen was immediately stunned.
"Aren't we buddies? Do you really think Su Tao likes you?"
Dongfang Yang nodded seriously. "Of course. Su Tao and Chi Xiaocheng both like me so much."
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