Chapter 457: Missed Calls
Lin Tian closed his eyes, digesting what Bai Shishi had said.
With the evidence in Bai Shishi’s hands, the Bai Family’s crisis could be overcome this time.
However, the crises with the Wang Family and the Zhuge Clan still existed, and uprooting them was the hardest part.
As Lin Tian was pondering these issues, Mei Ruyan suddenly asked, "Lin Tian, who is Qingcheng?"
Upon hearing the name Qingcheng, Lin Tian shivered, his eyes flew open, and he looked at Mei Ruyan in surprise. "Mei, why are you asking this?"
Mei Ruyan’s eyes grew stern, and she glared at Lin Tian, "Call me Ruyan!"
"Alright, Ruyan..." Lin Tian was a bit exasperated.
"First, tell me who she is, Qingcheng? It’s quite a lovely name." Mei Ruyan looked at Lin Tian with interest.
"She’s my girlfriend." Lin Tian admitted without hesitation. He could feel Liou Qingcheng’s passionate love for him, and if he couldn’t admit to this, he’d be doing her a great injustice.
His words, however, cast a shadow over the eyes of the two women present.
Mei Ruyan snorted coldly, "Are all men like this? As soon as you look away, they start messing around?"
"..."
This was a question Lin Tian really didn’t know how to answer. What does messing around even mean? Our love is true!
Of course, if Lin Tian spoke in that manner, the consequences would be dire.
"Is she pretty?" Mei Ruyan pursued.
Lin Tian nodded, "Pretty."
"Prettier than me and Bai Shishi?" Mei Ruyan pestered relentlessly.
"Um..." Lin Tian thought for a while, organizing his thoughts, and said, "You all have your own unique beauty and charm."
When facing such an epic question, Lin Tian could only answer this way.
"Hmph." Mei Ruyan snorted coldly again, "I knew you would say that. I really would like to meet her."
Mei Ruyan’s words made Lin Tian anxious, and a sense of foreboding swept over him.
Mei Ruyan took out a phone and placed it on Lin Tian’s chest, saying, "This is a new phone I bought for you, take a look yourself."
Even though Lin Tian was seriously injured, he could still lift his hand without a problem due to the regulation of Spiritual Qi.
It was a brand-new phone, as his previous one was destroyed in the explosion. However, Lin Tian wasn’t much in the mood to admire it, and he pressed the screen, seeing a string of notifications.
Missed calls: Qingcheng (28), Teacher Zhao Xuefeng (8), Meng Nan (6)
There was also a line of text message reminders, and Lin Tian casually flicked through them; most of them asked where he was and urged him to call back upon seeing.
Moreover, he noticed that these calls and messages were from even before two days ago.
"I’ve been out for two days?" Lin Tian exclaimed.
Bai Shishi nodded, "Yes, but thankfully nothing serious happened."
Mei Ruyan shot Bai Shishi a glance and said bluntly, "Easy for you to say. These past two days you seemed like you lost your soul, not eating, not sleeping, not changing clothes, and now you even have dark circles."
Bai Shishi blushed, pinching Mei Ruyan and saying, "I never realized you were such a chatterbox before. Where did your aloofness go?"
Mei Ruyan was a bit taken aback, only now realizing that she had been quite different today.
Why was that?
Perhaps it was because Lin Tian had woken up and she was too happy?
This question had Mei Ruyan stumped for a while before she gave up pondering it, as she was never one to overthink. As long as she was happy, wasn’t that what mattered?
Lin Tian was in no mood to watch two stunning beauties bicker. Having been out of touch for two days, who knew how anxious that little girl might have become.
He dialed the number, and soon the call connected.
"Lin Tian!"
A roaring voice came through the phone.
Mei Ruyan snorted, "An aggressive one, isn’t she? But her voice sounds nice."
Ignoring Mei Ruyan’s comment, Lin Tian spoke into the phone, "Qingcheng, I’m sorry."
Liou Qingcheng didn’t reply, but Lin Tian could hear her choked sobs.
"Don’t cry, I’m calling you now, aren’t I?" Lin Tian quickly comforted her.
"Where have you been these past two days? Do you know how frantic Qingcheng has been looking for you?" The one speaking was Sisi, who was with Liou Qingcheng.
"I... was hospitalized."
Lin Tian told the truth because there was no way he could hide this from them.
"What?!" An exclamatory scream came from the phone again.
Liou Qingcheng, her voice trembling with tears, said, "What’s wrong with you? Don’t scare me."
A sudden spark of idea came to Lin Tian’s mind, and he said, "In a car accident."
Looking at himself bandaged like a mummy, he added, "It’s quite serious, though maybe not too serious..."
"Which hospital?" Liou Qingcheng asked urgently.
Lin Tian looked up at Bai Shishi, just about to ask before Bai Shishi replied, "City Central Hospital."
Lin Tian answered truthfully. Unexpectedly, Liou Qingcheng said in a peculiar tone, "You’re in the same hospital as my dad... Hang tight, I’ll be right over."
With that, the call was cut off, and in Lin Tian’s mind, he could imagine her rushing about anxiously.
"Lin Tian, I think your girlfriend is really nice to you, very concerned about you," Bai Shishi said with a smile.
Her tone was sour, and thus Lin Tian was once again glared at by Mei Ruyan, "Just wait, if your girlfriend isn’t as pretty as you said, we’re definitely not letting you off easy."
Mei Ruyan was never someone willing to admit defeat, even in terms of beauty, she’d almost never lost.
Lin Tian didn’t continue with this topic because talking too much would only lead to him suffering.
Lin Tian dialed the second number, calling Zhao Xuefeng, that seemingly amiable, but in fact, upright little old man.
Lin Tian had a very profound impression of him. In class, one thing he said resonated loudly in Lin Tian’s ears; he was a scholar with an inherent love for ancient medicine.
When the call connected, Zhao Xuefeng immediately asked, "Lin Tian, where have you been? Skipping classes right at the start of the school year? Did you forget what I said in class a few days ago? You disappoint me!"
Zhao Xuefeng bombarded him with questions, leaving Lin Tian no room to respond.
Clearly, this little old man was genuinely angry.
Lin Tian replied with an awkward laugh, "Teacher, I didn’t do it on purpose, I got into a car accident, and I’ve been hospitalized these past few days."
On the other end, Zhao Xuefeng went silent for two seconds, then asked, "Which hospital?"
"Teacher, what are you planning to do?"
"I asked which hospital?" Zhao Xuefeng didn’t respond, just repeated the question.
"City Central Hospital."
"I’ll come right over."
And with that, the call ended again, leaving Lin Tian sitting there dumbfounded.
Even Zhao Xuefeng was coming?
It was the first time Lin Tian had heard of a teacher visiting a student, and, moreover, in such a hurried manner.