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

When Tao Zhi woke up, Zhang Fei was lying in front of him.

Tao Zhi stretched out his hand and gently pulled Zhang Fei's beard. Zhang Fei opened his eyes, revealing the red bloodshot eyes.

When Gong Cheng saw Tao Zhi wake up, tears burst out in an instant and he cried with his mouth pursed.

Gong Cheng's tears fell down his cheeks, along his beard and landed on Tao Zhi's fingertips.

For a moment, Tao Zhi felt that the sight of Zhang Fei crying in front of him was really an eyesore, and he covered Gong Cheng's prickly mouth with his trembling hands.

"Stop, go shave first and then come back to continue crying." Tao Zhi's voice was hoarse but extremely gentle.

Gong Cheng wiped his tears, stood up and rang the bell. Soon two doctors came over and followed the procedure of taking the temperature and checking the wound.

After giving some instructions, the doctors left with the record book.

Gong Cheng went into the bathroom, washed up and shaved, then sat back on the bench with red eyes. He took Tao Zhi's hand, put it on his cheek and began to cry.

"Oh, this is my adorable crybaby Xiaocheng." Tao Zhi teased.

Gong Cheng's shoulders were shaking from crying, but Tao Zhi didn't disturb him. He waited quietly until he had stopped crying before speaking.

"How many days did I sleep?" Tao Zhi asked.

"Seven days." Gong Cheng replied.

After a short while, Tao Zhi's fingertips were soaked by Gong Cheng's endless tears. Tao Zhi felt weak all over, but his heart was exceptionally soft.

"While I was sleeping, you worked part-time as SpongeBob SquarePants. So much water came out when you squeezed it." Tao Zhi helplessly used his fingertips to wipe away Gong Cheng's tears.

"Sir... I... it's all my fault." Gong Cheng's words broke down, and he stammered a few words before he couldn't help sobbing.

Tao Zhi felt that his heart was being melted by Gong Cheng crying in front of him.

"Okay, okay, your man is not dead. He was just too sleepy and took a nap for a while."

"Xiaocheng, be good and stop crying. Your eyes are so swollen like a sad frog. I will be disgusted with you later." Tao Zhi said in a gentle voice.

"It's all because of me. If it weren't for me, sir wouldn't have been kidnapped by my father and he wouldn't have been injured so badly." Gong Cheng said in a crying voice.

"Your father is your father, and you are you. This matter has nothing to do with you."

"I can only blame myself for being targeted because I'm too rich. This is the trouble of being rich."

"If you really want to blame someone, you should blame me. I caused you to encounter such a terrible thing during your defense and almost prevented you from defending."

"If I had known this, I wouldn't have sent you to school that day, and you wouldn't have been kidnapped as well." Tao Zhi said.

Upon hearing this, Gong Cheng's body suddenly stiffened, he stopped sobbing, and his expression became unnatural, and this unnaturalness was quickly caught by Tao Zhi.

"What's wrong?" Tao Zhi had a bad feeling in his heart.

"It's okay." Gong Cheng replied.

Tao Zhi's hand fell on Gong Cheng's wrist. Although it was weak, he still used a lot of strength.

"How did your defense go? Did you pass it successfully?" Tao Zhi looked a little anxious.

Gong Cheng shed a tear, his lips slightly parted, unable to utter a word.

Seeing this, Tao Zhi struggled to sit up, pulling the wound on his neck, and the bones in his body creaked as if they were broken and put back together. Tao Zhi grimaced in pain, and Gong Cheng hurriedly supported his shoulders to stop him from sitting up.

Tao Zhi couldn't muster any strength, so he reached out and grabbed Gong Cheng's collar and pulled him over.

"Tell me, how did the defense go?" Tao Zhi asked again.

Gong Cheng's tears fell, landed on the corners of Tao Zhi's eyes and slid down, wetting Tao Zhi's temples.

"I missed the defense. I failed to do what I promised you, and I failed to protect you. I'm sorry," Gong Cheng cried.

Tao Zhi was stunned when he heard this, his mind went blank for a moment, his hands that were grabbing Gong Cheng's clothes dropped tremblingly, and he looked blankly at Gong Cheng who was so close to him.

So no matter how hard you try, you can't change the established settings of the novel?

The novel will not allow Gong Cheng to graduate. Even if he tries hard to counter the plot thousands of times, the novel will use new plots to guide the development, and the final result will still be the same.

Gong Cheng has missed the defense now. Even if he uses his "money power" to ask the school to give him the privilege to reschedule the defense, it is estimated that there will be various possibilities of favoritism, fraud, etc.

It's useless. You are destined to get nothing.

In the afternoon, Zhang Miaoyu and others heard that Tao Zhi had woken up, and they came to see Tao Zhi in a group, carrying flowers and fruits.

"Brother, you really scared me to death. I learned about this from seeing the trending searches. The pictures were scary. You were lying on a stretcher covered in blood with your hands hanging down. I was almost scared to death." Zhang Miaoyu howled.

"Brother Tao, this is so cool. It's just like the plot of an urban novel. This is the first time I've seen kidnapping at such a close distance. I can brag about this for the rest of my life." Lang Bushin said.

"You should talk less. You almost lost your life and you're still standing here." Jin Suwen complained.

"Mr. Tao, you will definitely get better soon." Zhao Feiyin said worriedly.

"Brother Tao, everyone is worried about you. We hope you can recover soon." Qiao Mu said.

Everyone surrounded Tao Zhi's bed, talking to each other. Tao Zhi looked at Gu Dongnan, who had been silent on the bed.

"It's my fault that I got injured and everyone canceled their plans to go out together after graduation."

"Now that we're done playing, Gu Dongnan, what are your plans? Are you going to stay in the country for a while or are you going to prepare to return to the United States?" Tao Zhi asked with a forced smile.

Gu Dongnan didn't expect Tao Zhi to ask him.

"The original plan was to return to the United States at the end of the month. Now I am just preparing to eat and drink with Lang Bushin until the end of the month." Gu Dongnan replied.

Tao Zhi felt pain in his heart when he heard this, but he didn't show it on his face.

The end of the month?

There is only this final deadline left between me and Gong Cheng.

Breaking up has to be put on the agenda.

The end of the month is Gong Cheng’s birthday.

I am fortunate to be able to spend my last birthday with Gong Cheng.