**Chapter 40: Xiaolei**
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**Chapter 40: Xiaolei**
After leaving the faculty housing area, Subaizhou went to Jiangcheng Medical University to meet her best friend, Lixia.
Lixia was wearing a white top and jeans. She had a natural influencer face, tall and slender, but with an unremarkable chest.
She sat cross-legged in a coffee shop near the affiliated hospital of Jiangcheng Medical University. Seeing Subaizhou sit down across from her, she smiled slightly and asked, "Zhouzhou, we doctors only have this one day off, and I'm using it to see you. So, what's up?"
Hearing that, Subaizhou said flatly, "You're still just an intern, right? The errand-running kind."
Lixia shrugged. "Becoming a doctor isn't easy. Without a few years of training, I can't perform surgeries."
Subaizhou didn't waste words. She got straight to the point. "Xiaxia, when your boyfriend has a birthday, what do you usually give him?"
"Boyfriend? Which one?" Lixia looked confused.
Subaizhou: ...
"Li... Li something?" Subaizhou asked tentatively.
"Broke up with that one."
Lixia said flatly.
Then she suddenly realized something. Her expression changed as she stared at Subaizhou in shock. "What did you say? Give a boyfriend a birthday gift? Give it to who? Where did you get a boyfriend?"
Seeing her strong reaction, Subaizhou's expression remained calm. She had already thought of an excuse.
Subaizhou cleared her throat lightly and said flatly:
"Just a male friend. And I'm just asking for a friend."
Hearing that, the corner of Lixia's mouth twitched.
Even a fool could tell that was an excuse.
"Which friend are you asking for? I remember you only have one friend at Jiangda."
"That's right. It's Qinyuwen." Subaizhou said without changing expression.
Lixia was speechless.
But she wasn't going to call Subaizhou out on it. Instead, she showed a sly expression, glanced at Subaizhou with a knowing smile, and thought for a moment. "So Wenwen has a guy she likes. If she wants to give him a gift... first, she needs to know what that guy likes."
What did Luoye like?
Subaizhou's mind conjured up his face.
What did Luoye like... she couldn't think of anything off the top of her head.
They hadn't known each other long—at most a month—and that was just knowing each other. They had only really become close in the past few days.
"Silly Zhouzhou."
Lixia barely suppressed her laughter. "I bet what that guy likes most is Wenwen herself. Wouldn't the best birthday gift be for Wenwen to give herself to him?"
As soon as she finished speaking, an image flashed through Subaizhou's mind.
It appeared and disappeared in an instant.
Two patches of red rose on Subaizhou's face, but her expression remained calm. "You're the love expert who's had over a dozen boyfriends. But Wenwen is still an innocent maiden."
"Hey? What do you mean? I've had a lot of relationships, but they were all online. I'm also an innocent maiden."
But seeing Subaizhou blushing while still trying to act serious, Lixia was dying of laughter inside.
Ice-cold goddess, you're in trouble. You've fallen in love.
Subaizhou, look at you now.
Lixia cleared her throat and then said, "Zhouzhou, since you've asked so sincerely, I'll tell you out of the goodness of my heart."
"The most important thing when dealing with a man isn't what you give, but the thought behind it."
"So here's the question: what kind of thought will make a man interested and make his birthday unforgettable? I'll tell you the answer: a sense of specialness."
"You need to give him—I mean, Wenwen needs to give him—a gift that only he can receive. No one else can get it. That's the thought of specialness."
After hearing this, Subaizhou fell into thought.
Then she raised an eyebrow slightly and said coldly, "That's still just Wenwen giving herself to him."
(Qinyuwen: Achoo~)
"Come on, Zhouzhou, why are you so dense? A unique feeling isn't just that one thing. Let's go, let's go. I'll take you shopping for a gift."
Before Subaizhou could say anything, Lixia had already grabbed her hand. They left the coffee shop together and headed to a nearby mall.
The moment they left, Luoye appeared at the entrance of Jiangcheng Medical University Affiliated Hospital.
He had gotten a protection charm for Shenqiao, and since he had nothing else to do, he decided to bring it to him today.
But why was the address Shenqiao gave him the affiliated hospital?
Luoye walked in, puzzled, and followed the address to a hospital room.
In the room, Shenqiao was massaging a girl's body.
The girl was very beautiful. Shenqiao had shown him a photo, and she looked just like it.
The only difference was that in the photo, the girl was optimistic and cheerful, her face full of smiles. The girl before him wore a hospital gown and lay motionless in bed.
Seeing Luoye, Shenqiao smiled slightly and gestured for him to come in.
Luoye walked into the room. He glanced at the girl in the bed, then looked at Shenqiao. "Shenqiao, this is..."
"This is Xiaolei. My girlfriend. She's in a vegetative state."
...
After giving Shenqiao the protection charm, Luoye sat in the hospital's common area, looking at all kinds of patients.
So the male celebrity really did have a girlfriend.
Her name was Xiaolei. Shenqiao said she loved to cry, so he called her Xiaolei, Little Pearl, Crybaby, and various other nicknames.
After high school graduation, Xiaolei had gone on a trip with her family and got into a car accident.
The whole family of three would have died on the spot, but Xiaolei's parents had both shielded her, leaving her only in a vegetative state.
Now, with both parents gone, all of Xiaolei's medical expenses were being paid by Shenqiao's family. Even so, the chances of her waking up were very slim.
Because of this, Shenqiao's relationship with his family had become increasingly strained. They had been fighting recently.
He had no obligation to stay by Xiaolei's side, nor to pay for all her expenses.
But...
In high school, they had kept their distance to get into good universities. Though they were a couple, to outsiders, they seemed like just ordinary friends.
They had agreed to go to college in Jiangcheng together, had dreamed of a wonderful future together, of becoming a normal couple, of making up for the regrets of high school—eating together, dating together, traveling together...
Like birds freed from a cage, before they could see the vast world, they were targeted by a hunter.
When Xiaolei had her accident, it was also when Shenqiao loved her the most.
As a novelist, Luoye had a strong sense of immersion.
He put himself in Shenqiao's shoes.
If he were Shenqiao, how could he bear to watch the girl he loved most spend her whole life as a vegetable?
Heaven had given Shenqiao an exceptional handsomeness, allowing him to easily find love.
It had also given him a monogamous outlook, and then given him a girl he loved deeply.
And then taken her away.
Damn heavens, do you even know what you're doing...
- Writer
