The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 39

“You’re a grown-up, why are you being so slow with your medicine?” Mother Lin said as she wiped Ji Mingxiao’s mouth.

Ji Mingxiao kept her mouth open, feeling that if she closed it, the taste would be even stronger. At this point, she didn’t care about looking elegant.

Mother Lin was a bit helpless. “I’ll ask Dr. Xi tomorrow if we can change the medicine.”

“Okay,” Ji Mingxiao nodded.

After Mother Lin left, Ji Mingxiao found Xi Ruan’s contact information and called her directly.

Xi Ruan answered quickly from her bed. “What’s wrong?”

“The medicine is too bitter,” Ji Mingxiao said, her face expressionless as she pointed to it. “Look at my complexion. My face went pale after drinking your medicine.”

Xi Ruan was stunned for a moment, then she laughed. “You’re afraid of bitter things? I thought you weren’t afraid of anything.”

“I thought you did it on purpose.”

“Why would I do it on purpose?” Xi Ruan propped up her chin. “Am I that childish? That medicine is for conditioning your body. There will be some injectable medications later. Speaking of which, I am curious why your body is so weak, given you are from the special forces combat department.”

“Who knows?” Ji Mingxiao clenched her fists. “I used to think my body was in good shape. I have no idea what that Xue Qingran did to Lin Yuan. We can’t even trace it.”

Xi Ruan stared at Ji Mingxiao for a while. “I thought it was from excessive indulgence.”

Ji Mingxiao: …

“The two of us haven’t even slept in the same room,” Ji Mingxiao said, giving Xi Ruan a look and raising an eyebrow. “I never realized your mind was so full of dirty thoughts before.”

Xi Ruan was serious. “As a doctor, I have to consider all possibilities.”

Ji Mingxiao laughed. “Seriously, is there no other medicine? It’s just too bitter. I can’t handle it.”

“This one is the most effective. Just bear with it. You only have to drink it for a month or so.”

Ji Mingxiao: ???

“A month or so?” When Ji Mingxiao heard those words, she was already thinking about how to quickly crush Xue Qingran.

Xi Ruan nodded and gave Ji Mingxiao a kind smile. “There are no shortcuts to conditioning your body.”

Ji Mingxiao sighed pitifully. “I’m going to sleep. Goodbye.”

System A, once again, laughed in a very unkind way.

In the past, when Ji Mingxiao and Xi Ruan talked on the phone, it was usually Xi Ruan who hung up first. This was the first time Ji Mingxiao had done so.

“Don’t laugh so crazily just because I can’t reach you. I’m going to report you for causing a severe blow to my young heart,” Ji Mingxiao said.

System A: …

“Honey, why do you always threaten to report me?” System A sounded a bit wronged. “I don’t want to laugh, but I can’t help it.”

Ji Mingxiao rolled her eyes. “You’re building your happiness on someone else’s pain. That’s a very immoral thing to do.”

“Oh.” System A quietly shut its mouth, then blocked Ji Mingxiao and started laughing again.

Although the medicine was hard to drink, perhaps it contained some sleep-inducing ingredients, because Ji Mingxiao fell asleep not long after she closed her eyes.

She woke up the next morning around nine o’clock.

Although this wasn’t really sleeping in, it was a huge improvement compared to her previous routine of waking up at five every morning.

Ji Mingxiao got ready and went downstairs.

“I’ve prepared breakfast for you in the kitchen. Just heat it up yourself. Are you feeling okay today?” Mother Lin asked. “I’ve already prepared your medicine. You can drink it a little while after you eat.”

Ji Mingxiao looked at Mother Lin, who also looked at her.

Finally, Mother Lin glanced at Father Lin, who was sitting on the side.

Father Lin finally noticed their silent exchange. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” Ji Mingxiao shook her head and dutifully went into the kitchen.

After drinking the medicine, Ji Mingxiao rinsed her mouth several times before she finally felt a bit better. When she came out, her face was pale again, and she looked a little wilted.

Father Lin glanced at Ji Mingxiao. “You’re a grown-up, and you’re still afraid of bitter medicine.”

Ji Mingxiao didn’t say anything, she just sat on the sofa in prolonged silence.

Father Lin watched her for a few moments, frowned, and wanted to say something, but ultimately didn’t.

After lunch, Xi Ruan arrived. Ji Mingxiao had mostly recovered by then, but when she saw Xi Ruan, she still couldn’t help but shiver.

Xi Ruan noticed and couldn’t help but smile. “The appointment is at 2 p.m. There’s nothing to prepare, but it’s best to go a little early.”

“Then let’s go soon,” Father Lin said.

Ji Mingxiao nodded and looked down at her optical computer.

Because she didn’t go to class today, Xue Qingran had sent her a lot of messages.

[Xue Qingran: Are you okay? Why didn’t you come today?]

[Lin Yuan: A bit unwell.]

[Xue Qingran: Where do you not feel well?]

[Lin Yuan: I feel unwell all over. My dad beat me up again after I got back. I’ll be back in a few days after I rest. Don’t worry too much.]

[Xue Qingran: Should I come see you?]

[Lin Yuan: No need. You’re so busy with training.]

Ji Mingxiao rolled her eyes in annoyance and put away her optical computer.

On the other side, Xi Ruan was still explaining the treatment to Father and Mother Lin.

Noticing Ji Mingxiao was looking at her, Xi Ruan looked back.

At this moment, Xi Ruan looked very gentle, though it was all a facade.

“I always forgot to ask, can the school’s instruments detect my issue?”

“No,” Xi Ruan answered. “Also, most people won’t check your mental power.”

Ji Mingxiao nodded. She had originally thought that Xue Qingran had bribed some people in the school hospital, but now it seemed that wasn’t the case.

But it made sense. Xue Qingran’s family wasn’t rich, so where would she get the money to bribe people?

“I hadn’t planned on checking you either. It was General Lin who suggested it.”

Ji Mingxiao looked at Father Lin, who was expressionless.

As an experienced person, he was naturally sensitive in certain areas.

“After we go there this time, we’ll have your mental power checked again in their system. The specific treatment plan will be decided by the experts there.”

“Okay.”

Ji Mingxiao nodded, looked at Xi Ruan, and a few more ideas crossed her mind.

“But you still have to drink my medicine.”

Ji Mingxiao: …

System A said with great surprise, “Host, do you two have a psychic connection now?”

Ji Mingxiao: …

They did have a psychic connection, but it wasn’t one she wanted.

Because it was a mental power check and the situation was special, everything had to be kept confidential.

The doctor who examined Ji Mingxiao was someone Father Lin was familiar with and could trust.

The detailed examination didn’t show much difference from Xi Ruan’s previous findings.

They could proceed with the treatment plan they had initially formulated.

“If you two are busy later, you can just have Dr. Xi come with me,” Ji Mingxiao said, looking at Father and Mother Lin.

Xi Ruan was expressionless. She had received a notice to add more scenes yesterday and was now completely at peace with it.

So she quickly accepted Ji Mingxiao’s suggestion, and Father and Mother Lin naturally had no objections.

This treatment would conservatively take two months. They had time now, but they didn’t know if they would have time later.

Ji Mingxiao didn’t feel much during the entire treatment, just an occasional sharp pain in her head. She could see the expressions of the three people outside the glass.

Father Lin’s brows were furrowed the entire time.

“Many of General Lin’s subordinates were unable to return to the battlefield because of mental power damage. Now you’re like this before you’ve even gone to battle, he must be upset,” System A said.

“Mm.”

Ji Mingxiao stopped looking at them and closed her eyes.

One treatment session lasted about an hour, and when she came out, Ji Mingxiao felt her head was much clearer. The others couldn’t describe feeling too much.

She had been in treatment for an hour, and the three of them had stood outside the glass for an hour.

“There were chairs, why didn’t you sit?”

“What’s an hour?” Father Lin glanced at Ji Mingxiao. “You think everyone is as delicate as you are.”

Ji Mingxiao: …

Mother Lin glared at Father Lin. “He was just worried.”

Father Lin grunted coldly.

Ji Mingxiao smiled, looked at Xi Ruan, and leaned in, lowering her voice. “Why didn’t you sit, Dr. Xi?”

“I wanted to, but I didn’t dare,” Xi Ruan said, looking at Father Lin, her voice also at its lowest.

Ji Mingxiao sighed. “I thought you were worried about me.”

“What’s there to worry about? You’re not going to get hurt.”

Ji Mingxiao patted Xi Ruan on the shoulder and said nothing more.

When they reached the hospital entrance, Xi Ruan parted ways with Ji Mingxiao and the others.

Ji Mingxiao, Father Lin, and Mother Lin got into the car to go home.

“Dad, speaking of which, I really do need your help.”

“Speak.”

“Can you find someone to follow Xue Qingran?”

“Xue Qingran? Isn’t she your girlfriend? You suspect her? You should break up with her right now.” Father Lin’s face instantly darkened. “I told you that person didn’t look like a good person, but you wouldn’t believe me!”

Ji Mingxiao was a bit helpless. “Dad, why are you so anxious? I was so good to her, and she still treated me this way. I can’t just let her off easily. Besides, if I let her go, who knows who she’ll target next.”

Father Lin looked at Ji Mingxiao, frowning, still unhappy.

“Can you have someone follow her? If it’s really her, she’ll have to contact some suspicious people to get the medicine,” Ji Mingxiao said.

After all, medicine that damages mental power is not easy to obtain. It’s a prohibited substance that private citizens can’t possess. If it really was Xue Qingran, where did she get this stuff, and how did she get in contact with those people before?

Father Lin nodded.

Even though Ji Mingxiao said this, she thought through the matter carefully and realized that it was still very unlikely that Xue Qingran would do such a thing.

She tapped the window sill, her mind a bit jumbled. She closed her eyes and tried to sort through the current clues.

Lin Yuan had always been in the dark, so there was nothing in her memory that could be used as a reference.

“Could she have been bribed?” Ji Mingxiao tapped the table. “Dad, if you find someone to follow her, you must be careful. If there’s someone behind her… this might not just be about wanting our family’s spot anymore.”

Father and Mother Lin exchanged a glance. Neither of them was a fool, so they naturally understood what Ji Mingxiao meant and fell silent in unison.

“I know. You be careful at school too, and don’t eat any weird stuff,” Father Lin said with a dark expression. “I’ll give you a few people. If you have any issues, let them handle it. Don’t be so foolish and rush in yourself.”

“Okay,” Ji Mingxiao smiled. “Thank you, Dad.”

Father Lin looked at Ji Mingxiao for a long moment. He wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn’t.

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