The unscrupulous system forced me to frantically test the small black room

Gong Cheng did not respond. He just lowered his eyes and watched Tao Zhi put the spray bottle aside. He then gently pressed his ankle with the palm of his hand, carefully and gently.

Gong Cheng's heartbeat inexplicably accelerated and his face gradually turned red.

Tao Zhi looked up and found that Gong Cheng's face was red. He reached out and touched Gong Cheng's cheek with the back of his hand and then covered Gong Cheng's forehead.

"Do you have a fever? Let me take your temperature."

After saying that, Tao Zhi went to get the thermometer left by the nurse on the bedside table.

"No, sir, I don't have a fever." Gong Cheng said with a red face.

Tao Zhi thought that Gong Cheng was just trying to show off again, so he came up with a thermometer, grabbed Gong Cheng's arm and lifted him up, then put his hand holding the thermometer into Gong Cheng's collar.

Tao Zhi's warm fingertips touched Gong Cheng's chest. Gong Cheng lowered his head in shyness, but did not struggle. He let Tao Zhi put the thermometer under his armpit and then pressed his arm back.

"Take it out in five minutes." Tao Zhi instructed.

A few minutes later, after confirming that Gong Cheng did not have a fever, Tao Zhi sat back down in front of Xu Yanze's bed.

At this time, Tao Zhi began to feel tired. He had been worried a lot that day.

It's really the protagonist who falls in love and the cannon fodder who suffers.

It must be said that Gong Cheng and Xu Yanze are worthy of being the protagonist and the second male lead. So many people slid down the same route, and a few cannon fodders were fine, but in the end, only these two were injured.

Is Gong Cheng's twisted ankle every time he falls a passive skill of the protagonist? Tao Zhi complained in his heart.

Tao Zhi's gaze fell on Xu Yanze's exposed, unbandaged wound. There was a whole line of sutures on his right arm, which was hideous and stained with black blood.

The bandage on the left wrist was also removed, and the wound was disinfected and treated with medicine.

Only then did Tao Zhi see clearly the wound on Xu Yanze's wrist. There were teeth marks and knife scars of varying depths, and the blood and flesh were blurred under the torn scabs.

Tao Zhi just felt his heart tighten.

It is obvious that the injury on Xu Yanze's wrist was not only suicide, but also self-mutilation.

Although he was not the culprit that caused Xu Yanze's psychological problems, the blame was now firmly on his head, and the heavy burden also weighed on him.

Tao Zhi knew clearly that he could not do anything, and he could not become a savior and take on any so-called responsibility for redemption.

All we can do is, like today, rely on our knowledge of the plot to try to make these characters, who are bound by their backgrounds and personalities, suffer less while keeping the plot on track.

Tao Zhi got up again and again to help Xu Yanze take his temperature despite feeling sleepy. Finally, around five o'clock, he couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep.

Xu Yanze's eyelashes trembled and he opened his eyes vaguely. The light from the ceiling was a little dazzling. Xu Yanze's gaze moved to the face of the person in front of the bed.

I could only vaguely make out his outline with my eyes, but I could clearly tell who he was.

Is this hallucination again? Xu Yanze thought.

In previous hallucinations, he was hysterical and hideous, and every word he said was derogatory and abusive.

This was the first time that such a harmless creature appeared in my hallucination, sleeping peacefully in front of me.

Xu Yanze raised his left hand which was receiving an IV drip and stretched it towards Tao Zhi in front of him. The slight movement made Tao Zhi, who had already been unable to fall asleep, open his eyes.

Tao Zhi’s first reaction was to immediately press Xu Yanze’s hand down.

"Don't move! The blood is recovering!"

My second reaction was, damn, Xu Yanze is awake!

Tao Zhi excitedly pressed the bell at the bedside, but the nurse didn't show up, so he rushed out of the ward to find the doctor, shouting "He's awake."

Xu Yanze stretched out his hand towards Tao Zhi's back, watching his silhouette getting farther and farther away in the light and shadow, and his voice gradually becoming blurred.

Even an illusion cannot touch you?

Xu Yanze was overwhelmed by the feeling of being trapped and entered the darkness again.

The doctor on duty came to the ward yawning and holding a flashlight. He took Xu Yanze's temperature, opened his eyes and shone the flashlight into them, and finally changed Xu Yanze's bottle of medicine.

"Apart from feeling weak for a few days, I'm fine now. The fever has subsided. I can be discharged from the hospital after another day or two of observation if there is no infection or inflammation."

"His wound is prone to inflammation in this hot weather, so don't wrap it up and keep it from getting suffocated." After saying that, the doctor yawned and was about to leave.

"Is he really okay? Why did he close his eyes again? He just woke up for a moment." Tao Zhi asked.

"It's okay. The potion itself will make him sleepy, and he's still weak now."

After Tao Zhi sent the doctor away, he sat down again, looking left and right at the comatose Xu Yanze, almost wondering if it was an illusion that he had just woken up.

Tao Zhi yawned and looked at the time. It was almost six o'clock and dawn was about to begin.

Xu Yanze has almost overcome this difficult time.

Gong Cheng woke up at some point and propped himself up, feeling weak all over. He looked at Tao Zhi who was still sitting in front of Xu Yanze's bed.

"Sir, please take a rest. I will take over looking after Teacher Xu." Gong Cheng said.

Tao Zhi was about to refuse. Why did he need Gong Cheng to look after him when he himself was a wounded patient?

But Tao Zhi immediately realized that in the original plot, the protagonist was taken care of by the second male lead Xu Yanze and then a spark of emotion was created.

Besides, it was almost dawn now. If Gong Cheng sat beside the bed, what Xu Yanze would see when he woke up in the morning was the stunning face of Gong Cheng lying on the bed.

That's not how it's done in TV dramas.

This is just right, the love value doesn't need to increase.

Tao Zhi grinned and stood up.

"Okay, come and sit here, I'll lie on your bed for a while. I'm so tired." Tao Zhi said.

Gong Cheng lifted the quilt and tried to stand up, staggering a little. Tao Zhi helped Gong Cheng sit down on the chair beside Xu Yanze's bed, and considerately put a coat on Gong Cheng to prevent him from catching a cold.

Then I lifted the quilt and lay directly in the warm bed, and fell asleep in less than five minutes.