The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 38

The next morning, Ji Mingxiao woke up early to avoid giving Father Lin any reason to find fault, even though she was dead tired.

When she went downstairs, Father Lin and Mother Lin were already there. Father Lin glanced at her, frowned, but didn’t say anything.

Breakfast was simple: a bowl of porridge and a salted duck egg for each person.

Ji Mingxiao silently ate her breakfast with her head down. No one spoke.

“What would you like for lunch? I’ll ask the person who buys groceries to get some,” Mother Lin asked Ji Mingxiao.

Ji Mingxiao glanced at Father Lin.

Father Lin glared back at her. “Say what you want to eat. What are you looking at me for?”

“I’d like to have chicken soup,” Ji Mingxiao said.

“Anything else?”

Ji Mingxiao glanced at Father Lin again. “I’d also like some small steaks. That’s all for now.”

She wanted to eat too many things. At school, the meals for military academy students were prepared strictly according to standards, and to be honest, they didn’t taste very good. As someone who was used to being pampered, she was already getting fed up after two days.

She now wanted hotpot, barbecue, hot milk tea, roasted meat, lobster, hairy crabs, chicken wings, chicken legs, and soda.

But in front of Father Lin, she only dared to make those requests.

Mother Lin nodded. “Okay.”

“After you finish eating, come with me to the combat simulator room,” Father Lin said.

Ji Mingxiao: …

The combat simulator room was like a holographic game, projecting the user’s real data into the simulator for combat with others. The sensitivity was very high, and the realism was also high. The safety was decent—you wouldn’t die, but it genuinely hurt.

It was generally used for the training of military cadets. The afternoon before, Ji Mingxiao had already experienced the pain of this thing.

She didn’t expect to have to experience it again today.

Ji Mingxiao really wanted to refuse, but she didn’t dare.

Although she had said some strong words last night, now that she was out of bed, seeing Father Lin still made her feel timid.

“What’s wrong? You don’t want to?”

“I do,” Ji Mingxiao sighed inwardly. Even if I didn’t want to, I wouldn’t dare say it.

“Your mom told me you don’t want to switch majors anymore? Why?”

Ji Mingxiao pursed her lips. “I just suddenly didn’t want to. There’s no special reason.”

Father Lin frowned, about to say something else. He was clearly very displeased with this answer, but after Mother Lin gave him a hard pinch, he closed his mouth.

Ji Mingxiao noticed this and raised an eyebrow.

She didn’t expect him to be so henpecked.

Noticing Ji Mingxiao’s slightly mischievous look, Father Lin glared at her.

Ji Mingxiao didn’t want to talk. After breakfast, she was taken to the combat simulator room by Father Lin.

After that, she started to be beaten unilaterally for a long time.

Even the system couldn’t bear to watch.

“Do you still think Father Lin is pitiful now?” Ji Mingxiao sat on the ground, watching her health bar go to zero again, feeling a bit tired.

She felt like she was about to fall apart.

In fact, as long as she quit and restarted, the pain would disappear, but Father Lin wouldn’t let her quit. He made her heal inside the simulation, and then the pain would be superimposed, hurting even more.

She deeply suspected that Father Lin was retaliating against her for what happened yesterday.

“After all these years, you haven’t made any progress,” Father Lin frowned.

Ji Mingxiao propped herself up and stood up, sighing without saying a word.

“Change to a mech and continue,” Father Lin said, looking at her. “You’ve been in contact with mechs since you were a child, and you only got a top-five in this exam. I want to see what’s going on.”

Ji Mingxiao: …

She should have asked for more when Mother Lin asked her what she wanted to eat.

Switching from hand-to-hand combat to mechs made no difference. Ji Mingxiao was still being abused and even experienced an explosion at close range.

Every time she was knocked down, Father Lin’s face would get a bit uglier.

By the time they came out at noon, Ji Mingxiao’s eyes were glazed over.

She swayed with every step.

When Father Lin patted her on the back, Ji Mingxiao fell directly to her knees.

“Why is your body so weak!” Father Lin frowned, standing to the side without any intention of helping Ji Mingxiao up.

Ji Mingxiao didn’t say anything, rolled her eyes, and fainted directly.

When she woke up again, Ji Mingxiao saw Xi Ruan standing next to her at a glance. Before she could speak, she noticed Father and Mother Lin standing behind her. The smile that was about to appear on her face was forcefully held back.

“What happened to me?” Ji Mingxiao rubbed her temple.

“External damage to your mental power,” Xi Ruan frowned, looking at Ji Mingxiao. “What did you do?”

“I didn’t do anything. I fainted once on Friday, and the doctor didn’t say anything,” Ji Mingxiao frowned, and something clicked in her mind.

Lin Yuan’s strange memories suddenly made sense.

In a long series of memories, Lin Yuan had a very strange period in her third year. She spent every day in the training room practicing with mechs, and after a month, she gave up. It was only after that that she started bringing Xue Qingran back to the Lin family frequently, to get the family to accept him.

Mental power was very important for people in the military academy, as they all needed to be able to pilot mechs.

Currently, mechs on the market are divided into manual mechs and sensor mechs, but sensor mechs accounted for ninety percent. Lin Yuan’s custom mech was a sensor mech. If there was a problem with her mental power, she would most likely not be able to go to the battlefield.

Lin Yuan had kept this a secret. The problems she had on the battlefield later were probably related to her damaged mental power.

Father Lin and Mother Lin’s expressions were very ugly.

“Can it be repaired?” Ji Mingxiao asked.

“Yes, but you have to be careful in the future. It’s good that we found out early, otherwise…” Xi Ruan said, continuously observing the changes in Ji Mingxiao’s expression.

Ji Mingxiao nodded.

“It was likely damaged by medication. You need to be careful with what you eat from now on.”

Mother Lin looked at Ji Mingxiao. “The person you said was coveting your spot, was it that person?”

“It’s possible.”

“Who is it?” Father Lin clenched his fists.

“I don’t have evidence yet. Since I’ve already discovered it, I can handle it myself. If I can’t handle it, I’ll ask for your help,” Ji Mingxiao rubbed her temple.

Father Lin looked at Ji Mingxiao with a look of disapproval.

“I’m not a child anymore. I know what I’m doing.”

“I suggest you rest at home for a few days. I’ll prescribe some medicine, and there are some treatments you need to get at the hospital,” Xi Ruan said. “After all, it’s a matter of mental power, so the sooner it’s treated, the better.”

“Okay,” Father Lin nodded. “I’ll call your teacher to ask for leave for you.”

Ji Mingxiao saw the expression on Father Lin’s face and knew he must have been overthinking things.

But it didn’t matter.

“Are you hungry?” Mother Lin looked at Ji Mingxiao. “I’ll heat up the food and you can eat it in bed.”

Ji Mingxiao didn’t say anything and just glanced at Father Lin.

Father Lin frowned. “Then eat in bed. What are you looking at me for! Dr. Xi, please help us make an appointment with the hospital, preferably for tomorrow afternoon.”

“Okay,” Xi Ruan nodded.

After Father and Mother Lin left, Xi Ruan started to adjust the machine to massage Ji Mingxiao.

“I didn’t expect to actually faint,” Ji Mingxiao couldn’t remember what it felt like to faint. She looked at the time and was surprised that she had been unconscious for three hours.

Xi Ruan was a little speechless, sitting to the side and looking at Ji Mingxiao.

“System, this fainting shouldn’t have any impact on my body, right?”

“No, don’t worry. Your main body and this world are only connected by a protection system. As long as the world doesn’t collapse, we can take you out and protect you,” System A said.

Ji Mingxiao yawned and turned her head to look at Xi Ruan. “By the way, do you have any other work?”

“No,” Xi Ruan squinted her eyes at Ji Mingxiao. “Why are you asking?”

“I want you to follow me to school.”

Xi Ruan: ???

“You can use the excuse of checking for items. It’s definitely an effective plot point, trust me,” Ji Mingxiao blinked at Xi Ruan.

Xi Ruan raised her hand and covered Ji Mingxiao’s face with a pillow. “You’re really going to exhaust me.”

“Isn’t it boring to just slack off?” Ji Mingxiao removed the pillow and looked at her.

Xi Ruan pursed her lips. “Your dad might not agree.”

“Don’t worry about that.” Just as Ji Mingxiao was about to say something, she saw the door move and immediately closed her mouth.

Father Lin walked in with a frown. “I’ve already asked for leave for you.”

“You didn’t say my mental power was damaged, did you?”

“No.”

Ji Mingxiao frowned. “Dad, after I go back to school this time, I want Xi Ruan to come with me and stay by my side for a few days to help me see if there’s anything wrong. Can I?”

“That’s a good idea. I was thinking of sending someone directly to your school anyway.”

“That would be a mistake. It would be an unnecessary risk,” Ji Mingxiao smiled. “The other party is a very cautious and patient person. If they knew I had found out, they might not continue what they’re doing. I want to find evidence and then catch them.”

Xi Ruan glanced at Father Lin. She hadn’t expected him to agree so easily.

Father Lin stared at Ji Mingxiao for a few seconds. “You’ve really grown up.”

“Be careful. You can sleep in tomorrow morning if you want.”

“Okay.” Ji Mingxiao’s eyes lit up. She could finally sleep in.

After Ji Mingxiao’s massage therapy was done, Mother Lin and a robot brought in the heated food and placed it on the small bed table for Ji Mingxiao.

Xi Ruan started to pack up.

“Will Dr. Xi accompany me for tomorrow’s treatment?”

“Yes, of course.” Xi Ruan glanced at Ji Mingxiao, and then smiled at Mother Lin. “Lieutenant Lin, there’s something I’d like to talk to you about.”

“Okay.”

Ji Mingxiao watched Xi Ruan’s retreating back and suddenly had a bad feeling.

In the evening, Ji Mingxiao found out what her bad feeling was.

Mother Lin brought her a bowl of Chinese medicine.

When she walked into the room, Ji Mingxiao smelled the suffocating bitterness.

“Dr. Xi prescribed this medicine for you to drink one bowl in the morning and one in the evening.”

Ji Mingxiao: …

Why was there still Chinese medicine in the future? She thought that treating illnesses here would involve AI entering the body, so there would be no need for medicine. Then, any bad or unhealthy things would be collected and sent out of the body.

Ji Mingxiao frowned.

As someone who was extremely afraid of bitterness, this bowl of Chinese medicine was no less than a death sentence.

She looked at Mother Lin, and two streams of tears flowed down her cheeks.

Mother Lin: …

“It’s too bitter, I don’t want to drink it.”

“No, you must drink it,” Mother Lin frowned and handed the bowl to Ji Mingxiao.

Ji Mingxiao really wanted to call Xi Ruan over and beat her up. “But I really…”

System A was already laughing very unkindly.

“Do you want me to call your dad over to feed you?” Mother Lin gave Ji Mingxiao a meaningful look.

Ji Mingxiao: …

After being beaten up, this was the first time Ji Mingxiao was force-fed medicine.

After drinking it, she lay in bed, feeling as if she had lost her soul.

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