Chapter 37: Feng Qizhou’s Self-Inflicted Misery p1
After Feng Qizhou left, Xue Yu wiped her mouth and was about to leave too. Zhou Siyan took a long stride and blocked her way. “What did he give you to eat?”
“Nothing, I didn’t eat anything,” Xue Yu’s heart was pounding, but she maintained a calm expression.
Zhou Siyan said, “Just do your best in this competition. Don’t take any strange drugs. Those drugs are not good for your body.”
Xue Yu nodded. “I know.”
Zhou Siyan wanted to reach out and fix her upturned collar, but he sensed the gloomy gaze of the deputy director hidden behind the flagpole. He lowered his hand and just said, “Alright, go back and prepare.”
“Okay,” Xue Yu left happily.
When she returned to the preparation area, Xue Yu summoned Blueberry and sat in a corner with it, watching everyone prepare for the competition.
The so-called pre-competition preparation mainly consisted of injections and taking medicine.
All kinds of physical stimulants, reflex enhancers, strength pills, spiritual power stimulants…
Xue Yu looked at her sisterhood teammates. They were also giving themselves injections, with syringes in their hands, injecting their arms and legs.
She then looked at Youke’en, who was not far from her. She counted carefully. In just two minutes, Youke’en had given himself eight injections in his leg, each with a different colored drug.
Intramuscular injections were not enough. Some people also needed intravenous injections, walking around with IV drips, as if they were performing some kind of show.
The people of the White Tower abused drugs severely, but the higher-ups never cared, and even encouraged it.
The pharmaceutical industry was a lucrative business in the White Tower. Every day, they produced all kinds of drugs to enhance physical fitness. The prices were very high, but they never had to worry about sales. Everyone flocked to them, their pursuit of physical fitness almost crazed.
In all her years since transmigrating here, Xue Yu had only taken a reflex enhancer once.
And it was Zhou Siyan who had given it to her.
At that time, Zhou Siyan had saved up for a long time and bought two reflex enhancers. He first injected himself and felt that it was not bad.
Then he gave Xue Yu a shot, in the butt.
After the shot, half of Xue Yu’s butt went numb. She was trembling and feverish, and a red rash appeared all over her body.
Zhou Siyan was terrified and carried her to the hospital.
The doctor gave her an intravenous infusion of a reliever for a whole night before she recovered.
The doctor also told them that Xue Yu’s constitution was too weak and that she should be careful with this type of drug, otherwise it would be dangerous.
Since then, Xue Yu had not dared to try these drugs.
Zhou Siyan had also taken a lot at the beginning, but later he developed a tolerance and simply stopped.
The captain, Ning Ting, saw Xue Yu sitting alone in the corner. She knew she was a miner and probably couldn’t afford these drugs, so she gave her a physical stimulant. “Here, I’ve had enough. This is what’s left.”
Xue Yu held Blueberry tightly and politely refused. “Thank you, but no. I can’t take this. I’m allergic.”
“Oh, your constitution is really… sigh.”
Watching everyone giving themselves injections and taking medicine, Xue Yu’s heart was in a turmoil. Looking around, she was the only one who was not taking medicine or getting injections.
The only drug she had used was the supplement Feng Qizhou had given her.
But a supplement was just a supplement, not on the same level as these hormone drugs.
She was very worried. Would she be last again this time?
It’s over. Don’t bully a young man for being poor. It’s going to evolve into don’t bully a young man for being poor.
Just as she was worrying, she received a message from Feng Qizhou: Don’t worry. They have drugs, but you also drank my milk. The effect is similar. You’re not worse than others.
Xue Yu replied to him: I really have to thank you.
Feng Qizhou: Am I a good man?
Xue Yu: Oh.
The first round was an obstacle course. They entered the combat pool in groups and had to pass through three ridges, two trenches, five deep-sea whirlpools, and six reverse waves.
It was a competition of speed. Only the top five hundred in speed could enter the next round.
Xue Yu and the girls in her sisterhood jumped into the water together.
At first, Xue Yu just wanted to not hold them back and tried her best to follow behind the other girls.
Unexpectedly, perhaps it was the milk Feng Qizhou had fed her that was working. She was full of energy, and her physical fitness was not inferior to that of her teammates who had taken injections and medicine.
The sisterhood successfully passed the obstacle course. The captain went to check the data and came back to say, “The six of us have no problem entering the next round.”
“The competition in the afternoon is a free-for-all in the water. As long as we can last for three hours, we can enter the individual competition tomorrow. Shall we continue to team up in the afternoon?”
Everyone agreed.
Several teammates asked Xue Yu, “Did you use some new drug? We were originally going to accommodate your speed, but you were even faster than us.”
Everyone gathered around her, curiously asking if the White Tower had released any new drugs.
Xue Yu secretly glanced at Feng Qizhou in the distance and waved her hand. “No, I didn’t take any drugs. It’s all about willpower. I was too useless before. Now that I’ve finally awakened my spirit body, I’m determined to have a comeback.”
Seeing her honest and simple face, her teammates stopped asking.
Everyone dispersed to prepare for the free-for-all in the afternoon.
Feng Qizhou and Zhou Siyan left one after another to go back and see their children.
Mo Li, on the other hand, remained in place. There was a seat next to him, but he stood the whole time, still in his camouflage uniform, looking travel-worn, as if he had just returned from the battlefield.
Xue Yu went to him. “Mo Li, are you still on a mission?”
Mo Li walked in another direction, signaling her to follow. He said, “I just finished this morning and rushed back.”
The two of them walked away from the crowd, strolling along a remote path. Xue Yu asked again, “How have you been these past few days?”
Mo Li: “Alright.”
Xue Yu: “And the child? Is it uncomfortable?”
Mo Li: “No.”
Xue Yu told him happily, “I have a lot of points now. Don’t worry. When the child is born, I’ll exchange all my points for money and give it to you to raise the child.”
“You are a good person, Xue Yu,” Mo Li said after some serious thought.
Xue Yu smiled, revealing a set of clean, white teeth. “Isn’t that what I should do? It’s my child. I have to be responsible.”
Mo Li thought for a long time before speaking again. “Will you love our child as much as you love Xue Xiaohai?”
Xue Yu held his little finger and gave him a firm answer. “I will. They are all my children. I will definitely treat them all equally and love them all the same.”
Mo Li turned to face her, lowered his head to meet her gaze, and pulled down the brown cloth covering his face, revealing his face covered in camouflage paint.
His lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to ask something.
Xue Yu waited for more than ten seconds, but he didn’t say anything. “Mo Li, what do you want to say to me?”
Mo Li finally spoke. “Will you love me as much as you love Zhou Siyan?”
Xue Yu was stunned.
Mo Li’s eyes flickered, and he quickly looked away. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t use the child to blackmail you.”
As the two were talking, Feng Qizhou whistled from behind.
Xue Yu turned around. “Why are you here?”
Feng Qizhou smiled faintly, his gaze shifting back and forth between her and Mo Li. He said, “Come to the medical room.”
His tone was like that of a dean of students who had caught a student in a puppy love and was telling them to come to his office.
“Are you injured?” Mo Li’s dark eyes showed concern.
“No, Feng Qizhou just asked me to go over and talk to him about tactics.”
Mo Li: “He’s not a water-type. What does he know about water combat?”
Xue Yu: “It’s not about tactics. It’s about physical recovery.”
Mo Li: “You should go.”
After saying goodbye to Mo Li, Xue Yu braced herself and went to the medical room.
As soon as she entered, Feng Qizhou locked the door and began to unbutton his shirt with a leisurely air.
“My god, you’re at it again! I just drank this morning. I don’t need it now. And I feel like my stamina is still very abundant. I don’t need it.”
Xue Yu was on the verge of tears. There were people coming and going outside, and the soundproofing was not very good. It was too shameful for her to be here drinking this stuff.
Feng Qizhou took off his white lab coat, pulled off his tie, and completely unbuttoned his white shirt. He sat down on a small sofa, reached out, and pulled Xue Yu onto the sofa, pressing her face into his chest.
“It’s a little full. You should drink it all.”
“I really can’t do anything with you,” Xue Yu said, closing her eyes.
Feng Qizhou let out a groan, his fingertips lifting her fallen hair and tucking it behind her ear. “Eat slowly. There’s no hurry.”
It was not yet time for the afternoon session.
Feng Qizhou would occasionally wander around outside. As soon as Xue Yu saw him, she would hide everywhere.
She also received a message from Feng Qizhou: Why are you hiding from me? Is this so hard for you to accept?
Xue Yu simply didn’t reply to him and secretly hid behind Zhou Siyan.
Zhou Siyan saw the clue and turned his head to ask her in a low voice, “What did he do to you?”
Xue Yu was subconsciously nervous. “Nothing. I just find him annoying and came here to hide for a while.”
Zhou Siyan took her to the lounge and asked a few more questions, but Xue Yu was unwilling to say.
He then said, “I see that your physical fitness seems to be very good. Did Feng Qizhou really not give you any strange drugs?”
Xue Yu desperately denied it. “No, I didn’t take any drugs.”
***
In the afternoon’s free-for-all, Xue Yu performed exceptionally well. She did not invade any man’s spiritual landscape and relied entirely on her physical fitness and weapons.
She cooperated with her sisterhood and lasted for three hours in the deep water, successfully advancing to the next day’s individual competition.
Xue Yu was surprised herself. In her previous training, the longest she could hold her breath in the deep water was only two hours. This time, not only did she break the record, but her stamina was not completely depleted.
As soon as she got out of the water, she received a message from Feng Qizhou: See? Am I not very useful?
Xue Yu replied with a laughing emoji.
The team cooperation with the girls ended here. The next two days would be a series of individual competitions, so they could no longer cooperate.
The captain, Ning Ting, gathered everyone together. “Alright, our cooperation was great, especially Xue Yu’s Blueberry. It was amazing. If we have a chance in the future, we can continue to cooperate. In tomorrow’s individual competition, let’s all do our best.”
They performed exceptionally well and got a lot of points.
Xue Yu was also very happy.