Chapter 58 Visiting the Patient

Silence fell between the two of them for a moment.

After a while, Peng Liang broke the quiet first. "Only a few disaster beasts have appeared so far, and you're already chickening out? Back when Yeqiuyou City was still the frontline defending against the Black Tide, tens of thousands of disaster beasts poured in from everywhere, and I didn't see you leaving then."

"Things were different back then. As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. Yeqiuyou City was the front line of the Xia Country at that time."

Peng Liang fell silent.

What the other person said was true. Back then, magical girls from all provinces gathered in Yeqiuyou City, almost all of them at the Blossoming rank, standing guard here. Forget disaster beasts; even the Four Abyssal Demon Empresses wouldn't dare to act presumptuously here.

If this place fell, fleeing to the ends of the earth would merely be a matter of dying a little later.

However, he felt this still wasn't the main reason the other person wanted to leave Yeqiuyou City.

Through years of association, he could tell that Bai Yuze was not a timid or cowardly person.

Even so, Peng Liang didn't say anything more.

He figured it was unlikely that Bai Yuze would actually leave Yeqiuyou City.

Because Bai Youqiu had already become a magical girl. With that little pepper's strong sense of justice, how could she be willing to leave this place with Bai Yuze? And since Bai Youqiu was staying, Bai Yuze, as her sole remaining relative, was even less likely to leave.

In the end, Peng Liang didn't reveal the secret that Bai Youqiu was a magical girl. If he said it now, wouldn't it just strengthen Bai Yuze's resolve to take Bai Youqiu away?

He would wait. He would wait until Bai Youqiu refused to leave, and then tell Bai Yuze the reason why.

At that time, perhaps the man would finally be willing to stay of his own accord.

Sigh. As a good brother, he really worried endlessly over the Bai siblings.

"It's getting late. Shall I drive you back?"

Bai Yuze glanced at the time on his phone and shook his head. "Drop me off at South Street in Tianxin District first."

"Going to buy clothes for your little sister?"

Tianxin District was the largest clothing and shopping center in Yeqiuyou City, home to many famous apparel stores. Groups of men and women, young and old, could constantly be seen shopping there.

If you wanted to admire the beauties of Yeqiuyou City, heading to South Street in Tianxin District was foolproof, as South Street was a street dedicated entirely to women's apparel.

All around, exquisitely dressed beauties could be seen everywhere.

"You could say that."

"You're so good to your sister; you couldn't possibly be a siscon, could you? You were the one who recommended the anime *School Days*—er, *Yosuga no Sora* to me back then!" Peng Liang wore a mischievous smirk.

"Well, I also recommended *School Days* to you back then, and didn't you still end up with two girlfriends?

One composed and gentle Xiao Ji, and one lively and cheerful Xiao Lu. It's practically identical to the plot of *School Days*."

The two of them grew more and more absurd in their banter, until finally they both burst out laughing.

Upon reaching the destination,

Peng Liang poked his head out. "Oh right, Bai-ge, isn't your birthday next week? Is there anything you want?"

"I'm a man who hasn't seen much of the world. I want a Lamborghini. Will Young Master Peng gift me one?"

"No Lamborghini, but I do have a five-yuan Lamborghini coupon. Want it?"

"Get lost!!"

Amidst the bustling street, Bai Yuze walked step by step.

Actually, it wouldn't have mattered if he had agreed to Peng Liang's request. The job seemed quite easy, and since he already carried so many identities, adding one more wouldn't hurt.

The main issue was that becoming the liaison for the Clematis Magical Girl Squad would easily increase the risk of exposing his identity as Violet.

On one hand, he would need to report the precise locations of disaster beasts in real-time through communications.

On the other hand, he would also need to transform into Violet and stand right beside them to provide backup and protection.

He didn't know how to disguise his voice; he couldn't switch back and forth between a male and female voice on command.

After the car came to a steady stop, Peng Liang watched Bai Yuze's retreating figure, then leaned back into his seat.

He lit a cigarette and lazily rested against the car chair.

A female voice came through the Bluetooth earpiece in his ear. "Well? Did he agree?"

"No."

"Did you not tell him that Bai Youqiu is a magical girl?"

"Nope."

"Why?"

"The memory eraser in movies looks cool, but I wouldn't dare misuse one in reality. It wouldn't be funny if I accidentally turned Brother Bai into an idiot. Besides, a forced melon is never sweet."

Entering South Street in Tianxin District,

Bai Yuze seemed to slip into a certain memory. Following a familiar path,

he stepped into a young women's clothing store.

A year had passed, and the boutique had long since been remodeled. The only thing that remained unchanged was the deafening, shrill voice of the proprietress next door.

"Clearance sale! Clearance sale! You won't lose out, you won't be fooled..."

Bai Yuze gave a slight shake of his head and stepped into the store.

His gaze swept around before finally locking onto a young girl's formal dress displayed at the very back of the shop.

Yeqiuyou City Hospital.

The hospital at dusk was relatively quiet. The family members on duty had already switched shifts and gone to eat.

The dim yellow lights shone on the pale floor, and the snow-white walls gave the place an immaculate appearance.

After standing on the balcony and letting the night wind blow for over ten minutes, he finally made up his mind.

Bai Yuze pushed open the glass door and walked inside, scanning the hospital room numbers until he found the familiar one.

Pushing open the door to the ward, he stepped inside. The first thing that met his eyes was a haggard-looking middle-aged woman.

Her gaze was fixated constantly on the young girl lying in the bed.

Hearing the door open, the middle-aged woman turned around and said with a helpless smile, "Teacher Bai, why did you come to visit Xiao Yao again?"

"I happened to be in the neighborhood, so I thought I'd drop by."

Bai Yuze smiled gently, placing the two sets of young women's clothing, nutritional supplements, and some fruit he had bought onto the floor.

The girl on the hospital bed was around twenty years old, right in the prime of her youth.

A faint smile lingered at the corners of her lips, as if she were dreaming of something happy.

"Sigh, for Yao-yao to have a teacher like you is truly a blessing she cultivated in her past life."

The middle-aged woman glanced at the clothing bags, which looked quite expensive, and quickly shook her head in refusal. "Teacher Bai, you already helped pay for the vast majority of Yao-yao's medical expenses before. How can we accept gifts from you now?!"

Bai Yuze sighed. "If I hadn't been careless back then and let Chen Yao and the others wander away from the team, she wouldn't have been attacked by disaster beasts."

"How can you blame yourself, Teacher Bai? It was this stubborn girl Yao-yao who didn't follow the rules and ran around messing about on her own."

As she spoke, Mother Chen began to weep softly.

Perhaps their conversation was too noisy,

or perhaps it was the sound of Mother Chen's crying.

The girl's eyelashes fluttered, showing signs of waking up.

"Aunt Chen, I have some things to take care of, so I'll be leaving first. If you need any help, just give me a call."

Noticing this, Bai Yuze exchanged brief farewells with Mother Chen and prepared to leave.

Up to now, he still hadn't figured out

how to face the sole surviving survivor under the command of the Demon Empress of Illusion and Butterflies.

After seeing Bai Yuze to the door, Mother Chen returned to find that Chen Yao had opened her eyes and was staring blankly at the gifts on the floor.

"Yao-yao, it's all my fault for speaking too loudly just now and waking you."

The girl shook her head and asked, "Was that Teacher Bai who just left?"

"Yes. He saw you were still resting and left after just a few words." Mother Chen didn't hide anything, telling her daughter the purpose of his visit in full detail.

With that, she placed the clothing bags and fruit on the bedside table within the girl's reach.

The girl carefully opened the clothing bag. Inside were two young women's formal dresses. The silky long dresses were extremely soft, and tiny pearls were pieced together into delicate pearlescent floral appliqués on the strapless bodices, scattered gracefully across the fabric—both elegant and noble.

One was light blue; the other was pink.

She could imagine how beautiful she would look if she wore them!

What a pity. In this lifetime, she would probably never get to wear clothes like these again.

As she thought about it, a wave of inevitable frustration and shame welled up in her heart. Did Teacher Bai not know, when he sent these clothes over, that she would never have a day to wear them?

After a moment, her anger subsided just as suddenly.

Having stayed in the hospital for so long, she had almost forgotten that Teacher Bai was famously a completely oblivious blockhead...

The girl reached out and pinched her thigh beneath the covers. There was still not a single trace of pain or sensation in her lower body.

Noticing her daughter's movement, a trace of tearfulness appeared at the corners of Mother Chen's eyes. "It's all my fault, your parents are useless and can't do anything to help your condition."

The girl extended her palm and gently wiped the tears from the corners of her mother's wrinkled eyes.

"It's okay. At least I survived."