Wen Bai sat at the dining table, feeling as though he had forgotten something.
But as he watched the person busy in the kitchen and the dishes being served, his attention was immediately diverted.
Su Ying rolled up his shirt sleeves, revealing a portion of his arm, and brought out the last dish.
At this moment, he had removed his glasses. Seeing the person sitting at the table, staring intently at the pile of food before him, seemingly oblivious to Su Ying himself, Su Ying's lips curved into a slight smile, as if finding it amusing.
Su Ying placed the dishes on the table. "What did you make today?"
"I went shopping at the mall."
"Oh? Just the mall?"
Wen Bai, thinking he was being subtle, picked up his chopsticks. The dishes on the table indeed looked appealing in color, aroma, and taste, making him eager to start. "Yes, I had fish."
His chopsticks, not yet reaching for a plate, were gently pressed down. "No rush, let's change your dressing first."
Wen Bai cast a longing glance at the dishes on the table but obediently followed Su Ying to the nearby sofa and sat down properly.
Su Ying meticulously attended to his wound. "Alone?"
This time, Wen Bai did not answer. He looked up at Su Ying.
Su Ying casually put away the tools in his hand, seemingly oblivious to Wen Bai's reaction.
"You can eat now," he said softly.
Wen Bai immediately sat back down at the table.
The table was quiet. After the previous conversation, the only sound was the clinking of bowls and chopsticks.
Su Ying's appetite seemed small. After eating only a little, he watched Wen Bai eat, as if the person opposite him was more interesting than the food itself.
Wen Bai ignored the gaze and calmly finished the food on the table.
He was very satisfied with his current situation. It was best not to have anyone competing for food with him.
He didn't care. System 001 seemed unable to contain itself and exclaimed, "He is truly infatuated with you. Why isn't he the male lead? Then things would be so much easier."
Wen Bai paused in his eating. He suddenly remembered his decision to treat this person a little better.
Although this person had forcefully made him move in, compared to the original host's so-called home, Wen Bai was naturally more willing to stay here. Furthermore, the other party also cooked so many dishes that suited his taste.
Wen Bai was very satisfied with his current situation, and naturally, he was willing to be nicer to the person who gave him all this.
He swallowed a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, coated in rich sauce, and said slowly, "Alone."
He was indeed alone, but he had simply met other people. That didn't mean they were on the same path.
The person opposite nodded. "If you get bored, you can come to the hospital to find me."
This was a strange statement. He was a doctor and had to work during the day. Why would Wen Bai go to him during his busiest hours?
Wen Bai didn't ask for reasons and decided to go along with it. "Okay."
In the evening, Su Ying brought Wen Bai milk as usual.
System 001 reminded him, "It contains a sleep-inducing component."
"Is it harmful to the body?"
"Not exactly, it just causes deep sleep."
"Oh."
Wen Bai took it and drank it down without hesitation.
Just before falling asleep, in a daze, he suddenly remembered what he had forgotten!
He seemed to have work at night, the kind that paid double.
But then he thought again, he had originally agreed to solve his current survival problem, for food and accommodation. But now that he had both, he didn't seem to need the job that much.
Wen Bai decisively decided to continue forgetting about it for the time being.
After Wen Bai fell into a deep sleep, the lock turned, and the door was opened again.
Downstairs, "Dong... dong... dong..."
The sound of knocking on the door echoed intermittently.
Lin Shuangshuang had been feeling incredibly unlucky lately, as if she had suddenly been cursed.
She had been under a lot of pressure recently.
The highest teaching building in the school had a rooftop that was her secret hideout. Whenever she felt unhappy or stressed, she would go there for a while, and her mood would improve.
She was accustomed to leaning against the railing, looking at the sky, and taking deep breaths.
As usual, at noon, when there were no people around and others were eating, she went to the rooftop because she didn't feel like eating.
But as soon as she leaned against it that day, the cement railing crumbled just like that.
Fortunately, she was quick and dodged in time. Otherwise, from the eighth-floor rooftop, falling in that manner, she would not even have had the chance to become disabled.
She ran downstairs to see if anything had fallen and hit anyone. Fortunately, no one was passing by, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
Later, while crossing the road and waiting for the traffic light, she was bumped by someone and fell directly into the middle of the road, almost being run over by a car. If the driver hadn't braked in time, she didn't dare to imagine.
Because the driver braked sharply, it also caused a chain reaction of rear-end collisions for the cars behind him.
Even when walking on campus, her head was almost hit by something thrown from above. If a bird hadn't passed by, and the falling bird had hit a flowerpot, causing it to change direction, she shuddered to think.
Today, her friend invited her to the zoo. She didn't want to go at first, feeling that she had been too unlucky lately.
But her friend's repeated requests were irresistible, so she came.
This was the largest zoo in the city, known for its various rare beasts, attracting many visitors.
She cautiously observed her surroundings. There were no cars in the zoo, nor were there tall buildings, so falling objects were not a concern. It was a weekday, so the crowd was not large.
In summary, she couldn't think of any other accidents that could happen, which put her mind at ease.
After she and her friend had their tickets checked, they walked inward with the sparse crowd.
She did not notice that not far behind her, several young girls were whispering and looking at a strikingly handsome man.
"Is he really not a celebrity?"
"I think he might be an idol! Just look at his physique and face, it's too eye-catching!"
"Then... should we ask for his number?"
"He might not give it. Even though I don't know if he is, it's probably best not to bother him."
"Then can we just follow and look at him a few more times!"
The young girls, thinking they were undiscovered, followed at a discreet distance.
Ahead of them was Wen Bai, wearing a baseball cap and engrossed in eating an ice cream.
"I should have bought two," he muttered to himself.
Today, Wen Bai was dressed in a very sunny manner. These clothes were bought for him by Su Ying. Previously, the original host had worn washed-out jeans and various faded t-shirts and hoodies.
It had to be said that Su Ying had excellent taste. The clothes he chose were both stylish and perfectly suited for Wen Bai.
When worn like this, the effect was particularly obvious.
System 001 noticed the young girls behind them, but it paid little attention to people unrelated to the mission or to Wen Bai's current identity.
Compared to those passersby, System 001 was more concerned about Wen Bai's reaction and curiosity towards ice cream, as it discovered that Wen Bai seemed to have never eaten ice cream before.
"You haven't had it before?"
"Mmm..." Wen Bai responded, savoring the rich chocolate flavor of the ice cream in his mouth.
System 001 could hardly believe it. This was something most humans experienced.
"Well, it won't taste as good once it melts. You can buy another one later."
"Indeed." Wen Bai quickly finished the last bite and then looked ahead.
Lin Shuangshuang and her friend stepped into the most popular animal enclosure, the beast exhibit.
System 001's attention was also drawn. "After so many days, so many attempts, she hasn't even been injured. The laws of this world are truly biased."
Wen Bai nodded. "If she can still escape today."