After being kicked out of the wealthy family along with her yandere childhood friend

"Pei Jin, are you dead?"

Bai Tao's voice trembled, and the last syllable was so soft it seemed to float away.

If she hadn't known clearly in her past life that Pei Jin would later become extremely wealthy and powerful, she would have truly believed that Pei Jin was dead at this moment.

A perfectly healthy person was lying motionless behind the trash can, just like at a crime scene.

Bai Tao took a deep breath and stepped into the darkness.

After walking a few steps further in, her eyes gradually adjusted to the surrounding darkness, and she could barely make out some outlines.

She walked over to Pei Jin and squatted down.

The rain was still falling, but it had lessened a bit. Bai Tao held the umbrella high, trying to cover Pei Jin's upper body as much as possible, and then reached out and slowly placed her hand under his nose.

Her fingers were icy cold and trembling uncontrollably, but the moment they touched Pei Jin's breath, she finally felt a touch of warmth.

still alive.

It's good that you're still alive.

Bai Tao let out a long breath. She shook Pei Jin's shoulder. Pei Jin didn't open his eyes, but he opened his mouth and gasped for breath.

His breath was rapid and hot, hitting the air as if there was some kind of energy trapped inside his body.

Bai Tao turned on her phone's flashlight, and the beam shone on Pei Jin's face.

She froze for a moment.

Pei Jin's usually aloof and unapproachable face was now flushed with an abnormal redness. There were several fine scratches on his face, as if he had been scraped by something rough. Blood mixed with rainwater was smeared on his face, and it looked painful.

There were some bluish-purple marks around the eyes and mouth, but it was too dark to see clearly.

Bai Tao shone the flashlight downwards.

Pei Jin's pants were torn, and there was a gash at the knee, revealing a wound mixed with mud and blood. He also had several abrasions on his arms, some long and some short, some still oozing blood.

She tried to help Pei Jin up.

With one hand supporting his back and the other pulling on his arm, they tried their best to lift him up, but Pei Jin didn't budge.

Bai Tao tried again, leaning backward like in a tug-of-war. Pei Jin moved slightly, then plopped back down.

Bai Tao, panting heavily, glared at him.

He looks so thin, how come he's so heavy?

Thankfully, the hailstorm had completely stopped. Bai Tao thought for a moment, then took off her raincoat and spread it on the ground.

The double raincoat was quite large when unfolded. She pushed Pei Jin onto it and, after a while, finally got him lying completely on the raincoat.

Bai Tao squatted to the side, panting for a while.

It's only a ten-minute walk to the pharmacy from here. Should we leave Pei Jin here by himself?

……no.

She couldn't let Pei Jin be picked up by someone else.

What if, while she's on her way to get help, the little girl who picked up Pei Jin in her past life happens to pass by?

What if other passersby walk by?

What if someone kindly takes him to the hospital and the first face he sees when he wakes up isn't her, Bai Tao?

Then she got soaked in the rain for nothing tonight.

Bai Tao stood up, stuffed her phone into her clothes, grabbed the corner of her raincoat with both hands, and dragged Pei Jin like a sack, slowly walking forward in the alley.

Pei Jin lay on his raincoat, which slid across the puddles, making a hissing sound.

Bai Tao muttered to herself as she walked.

"Pei Jin, you're so heavy."

"For this one thing alone, you'll have to give me a hundred million to thank me later."

After dragging it a couple more steps, the raincoat brushed against the wall. Bai Tao gave it a hard tug and pulled it back on track.

"Don't be an ingrate, Pei Jin. Let me tell you, I hate ingrates the most."

Rain pattered on her helmet as Bai Tao dragged Pei Jin, walking step by step toward the pharmacy they had visited that afternoon.

But dragging someone along is completely different from walking normally.

Five minutes later, Bai Tao's arms started to ache, and ten minutes later, she felt like she had been lifting weights for an hour at the gym.

Finally, when they were about ten meters away, Bai Tao saw the pharmacy sign. She put Pei Jin down and ran into the pharmacy.

"Doctor! Doctor!" Bai Tao's voice was urgent and hoarse. "Save my friend!"

The person on duty at the pharmacy at night had changed; it wasn't the young woman who had applied her medicine in the afternoon, but a middle-aged man.

He was wearing a white lab coat and reading glasses, sitting behind the counter looking at his phone. The middle-aged man looked up and saw Bai Tao, and was startled.

Her hair was plastered to her scalp in clumps, her lips were white from the cold, her whole face was as white as flour, and her two eyes were dark and round, like Sadako who had just crawled out of a well.

The man instinctively took half a step back.

But he still maintained his professional ethics. Realizing what had happened, he asked as he walked out, "Where is everyone?"

He looked behind the girl, but there was nothing there; there was no one there.

Bai Tao pointed to the left, and the uncle looked in the direction she was pointing. He then saw a person lying on the ground about ten meters away, looking like a bag of discarded trash.

"Ouch."

He quickly ran over, and together with Bai Tao, they managed to carry Pei Jin into the clinic next to the pharmacy.

Pei Jin was placed on the examination bed.

The doctor's office was lit by a stark, white fluorescent light, which made the unnatural flush on his face even more noticeable.

His body was soaked in rainwater, his skin was white, and the abrasions on his pale skin were particularly glaring, some red and some purple, and they looked painful.

The older man quickly wiped the rain off Pei Jin with a towel, then frowned and asked Bai Tao, "What happened?"

Bai Tao stood to the side, shivering from the cold: "I don't know either... We were fine when we parted this afternoon, and then..."

"Help me get him up," the man interrupted her explanation, "and take off his clothes."

"Huh?" Bai Tao was taken aback.

The middle-aged man frowned and urged her impatiently, "Hurry up! We need to check if he has any other injuries. If he has a fracture, I can't treat him here; you'll have to go to a big hospital."

Bai Tao nodded and quickly went over.

The uncle helped Pei Jin up, and Bai Tao went around behind Pei Jin, sat on the edge of the bed, and hugged Pei Jin's waist from behind, letting him lean against her.

The moment her fingers touched Pei Jin's waist, even through his soaked clothes, she could feel the muscle lines beneath the thin fabric—firm, with an undeniable, youthful, and powerful resilience.

Pei Jin leaned back slightly, his head resting on Bai Tao's shoulder, his burning forehead accidentally brushing against her neck.

Bai Tao froze.

The older man didn't pay attention to any of that.

He lifted Pei Jin's hands, gesturing for Bai Tao to help. Bai Tao steadied herself, grabbed the hem of Pei Jin's black short-sleeved shirt with both hands, and carefully pulled it up.

His short-sleeved shirt was pulled down from above his head, revealing his broad shoulders and lean waist. Pei Jin's skin was already fair, but after being soaked in the rain, it became even whiter, like porcelain, making the purplish-blue bruises stand out starkly.

"Alright, you can get up now."

Bai Tao gently laid Pei Jin flat on the bed. Just as she stood up, the uncle yanked down Pei Jin's pants. The movement was clean and swift, without any hesitation.

White Peach instinctively turned her head.

Navy blue boxer briefs, covering long, slender legs and... still undulating.

Her mind seemed to have been paused, and the image froze for two seconds.

Dude, is this right?

She and Pei Jin aren't that close.

Bai Tao's face suddenly turned from deathly pale to bright red. She turned around abruptly, her back to Pei Jin on the bed.

I would really appreciate it.

I want to run away, but I can't.

Bai Tao had just taken half a step towards the door when she heard the uncle's voice behind her: "Come on, don't go, help me turn him over."

Bai Tao closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and turned around.

For the next ten minutes, Bai Tao was directed by the uncle to examine Pei Jin thoroughly. Pei Jin didn't open his eyes the whole time, but occasionally he would groan in pain, his brows furrowing even more tightly.

Finally, the uncle took off his reading glasses, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and concluded:

"It's just a superficial injury, plus he got too wet in the rain. Nothing else is seriously wrong. The abrasion on his knee is a bit deep, I'll treat it. The other injuries are just bumps and scrapes, they'll be fine after applying some medicine."

"He must have been in a fight, got badly beaten and hasn't recovered, plus it started raining. He has a fever now and needs an IV. If you're still worried tomorrow, take him to a big hospital for a checkup."

Bai Tao nodded repeatedly, but the uncle's next words left her stunned on the spot.

"His underwear is all wet, it must be uncomfortable for him to wear it, let me help him take it off first."

As the man spoke, he was already getting to work. "Are you his girlfriend? When he's getting his IV drip later, you can help him go home and get a pair of underwear."

next second.

Clean and neat.

"CK, huh? The quality is definitely different. These must cost several thousand each."

The middle-aged man crumpled up his underwear, put it in a plastic bag, and handed it to Bai Tao, giving the label a careful look.

"This brand must be quite expensive. We can wash it and he can wear it again; let's not waste it."

A series of quick, fluid moves, as smooth as chocolate.

Bai Tao stood there, completely stunned, as if struck by lightning.

Her face, which had been pale from the cold, was now flushed red, as if it could drip blood, the redness spreading from her cheeks to the tips of her ears, and even her neck was tinged with a light pink.

Her lips opened and closed, then opened and closed again, like a goldfish suffocating from lack of oxygen.

Finally, she extended her index finger and reluctantly and disdainfully hooked the plastic bag the doctor handed her.

Inside the transparent plastic bag, there was a small piece of navy blue fabric.

Bai Tao's fingertips were trembling slightly.

She pursed her lips and forced a smile that looked more like a grimace. "Thank you, doctor."

The middle-aged man waved his hand and began to tend to Pei Jin's wounds with light and quick movements.

Bai Tao stood there, holding the plastic bag, her soul seemingly floating away from the top of her head.

She glanced at the plastic bag.

I glanced at the plastic bag again.

I still can't accept it!

Has she not escaped Earth online yet?!

Bai Tao frowned, holding the white transparent plastic bag loosely with one finger, trying to keep the bag as far away from her as possible.

Thankfully, it's already dark.

Otherwise, she would have completely lost face.

The doctor told her to go home and pack some clothes for Pei Jin. It was easier said than done. With the heavy rain, where was she supposed to buy them?

Her hair was still wet, clinging to her face in clumps, and her clothes were soaked through. She was completely drenched, looking like a water ghost who had just come up from the river.

Bai Tao sighed and pushed open the glass door of the pharmacy.

As soon as I stepped outside, I turned right and exclaimed, "Ah!"

Bai Tao was so frightened by the huge black shadow on the ground that she jumped back a big step, her heart almost jumping out of her throat.

She looked closely.

It was that borrowed raincoat.

I don't know when it was blown by the wind to the bottom of the steps in front of the pharmacy. It was a large, dark patch spread on the ground, billowing and swaying in the wind.

Baitao:......

No, she thought it was zombies crawling on the ground.

scare someone to death.

Bai Tao clutched her chest for a moment to catch her breath, then walked over, bent down, and picked up the raincoat.

By the light of the streetlamp, I could see a large tear under the raincoat, with frayed edges where the plastic sheet had split open.

Bai Tao sighed resignedly.

She crumpled the raincoat haphazardly and threw it into the trash can next to the pharmacy. "I'm sorry, neighbor who lent me the raincoat, I'll repay you in this lifetime."

Bai Tao took out her phone, opened the navigation, and followed the little blue arrow, slowly walking towards the basement.

The rain had lessened considerably. Bai Tao walked under the streetlights, her shadow stretching out in varying lengths. Water gurgled out of her shoes, each step feeling like stepping on a water-soaked sponge.

She needed to go back to the basement to dry herself off and change her clothes before figuring out how to go out and buy clothes for Pei Jin.

Oh right, I also need to buy a new raincoat for my neighbor.

Before she knew it, she had reached the entrance of the residential area. She glanced across the street out of habit, and then froze.

A glance that lasts a lifetime, this is what a glance that lasts a lifetime is all about.

Across the street, a huge, bright red, flashing sign reads: Jiajiayue Supermarket.

Beneath the sign, the supermarket doors were wide open, white light shining from inside, and people were going in and out, carrying shopping bags of various sizes.

Ahhhhhhh—

Bai Tao almost couldn't help but shout it out.

She was so moved she almost cried.

This must be because God saw how miserable she was and finally took pity on her and showed her a way out.

Bai Tao was afraid that the supermarket would be closed when she came out after returning home, so she didn't even care about her wet hair and clothes. Ignoring the curious looks from passersby, she crossed the road and rushed into Jiajiayue Supermarket.

Although the supermarket didn't have many particularly fashionable or nice clothes, there were plenty of oversized t-shirts and shorts for seniors.

White, gray, and navy blue peaches were neatly stacked on the shelf, and the numbers on the price tags made the white peaches feel so moved they wanted to cry.

19 yuan, 29 yuan.

Is this paradise?!

Bai Tao found a saleswoman and gestured to show Pei Jin's figure.

"So tall," Bai Tao said, raising her hand above her head to indicate her height. "She's quite thin, but her shoulders are quite broad."

Without saying a word, the saleswoman pulled a white t-shirt and a pair of black shorts from the shelf.

Bai Tao took it, then suddenly remembered a serious problem.

panties.

She still needs to buy underwear.

Bai Tao paused, hesitating for two seconds. She took a deep breath. It's okay, it's just buying something, it's not like she's wearing it. She...she felt so awkward...

She walked to the men's underwear shelf, which was filled with various colors and styles: pure cotton, ice silk, boxer briefs, and briefs, which dazzled Bai Tao.

Bai Tao stood there, stunned.

Waist circumference... She circled her arms around her waist to give a rough estimate.

"Waist circumference... is roughly like this."

The saleswoman looked at the circle she was gesturing with, nodded, and then asked, "And then?" "What about the size?"

Bai Tao opened her mouth, and a scene suddenly flashed uncontrollably in her mind.

The CPU overheated completely.

She cupped her hand, making an arc, and whispered, "Then... about... this... drum."

The saleswoman paused for a moment.

She raised her head, looked at Bai Tao, and slowly curled up the corners of her mouth. Her eyes swept back and forth across Bai Tao's face and hands twice, finally settling on Bai Tao's ears, which were already bright red.

"That drum?"

The aunt's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, but loud enough for people within a few meters to hear: "Is he up or not?"

Baitao: "..."

As soon as the aunt finished speaking, several staff members who were tidying up the shelves and the aunties passing by all stopped, looked at Bai Tao, and then chuckled.

The sound wasn't loud, but it was extremely lethal.

Bai Tao felt her face turn red all the way to her ankles, and she felt like a boiled shrimp, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground in front of the shelf.

Just when she wished she could evaporate on the spot, another aunt came over and patted the aunt who had spoken on the shoulder.

"Old Li, that young lady is shy, why are you teasing her?"

Bai Tao looked gratefully at the aunt who had saved the day, but before she could thank her, Aunt Li waved her hand and laughed even louder:

"Hahaha, what's wrong with buying things for your partner?"

She turned to look at Bai Tao, her eyes sparkling with curiosity. "Little girl, did you get up or not?"

Baitao:......

Is that correct?

Is this really true?

Bai Tao opened her mouth, wanting to say that he wasn't her boyfriend, but she swallowed the words back. She was afraid that if she said he wasn't her boyfriend, her aunts would think even more.

"If you're not dating, then what's your relationship?"

"Then how do you know what he's like?"

Bai Tao decisively abandoned the idea of ​​explaining and quickly waved her hand: "I'm not up, I'm not up."

Aunt Li nodded meaningfully, gave Bai Tao a suitable number, and said with a smile something Bai Tao would probably never forget for the rest of her life:

"This young lady is quite lucky with men."

Bai Tao took the underwear, but she didn't even dare to look at it. She covered it with the old man's undershirt, then pushed the cart and ran away.

They probably haven't gotten up yet.

She was a virgin who had never tasted meat in her two lives; how could she know so much?

Bai Tao ran to pay the bill, grabbed her shopping bags, and rushed out of the supermarket. Standing at the door, she gasped for breath and glanced unintentionally at the glass door next to her.

A disheveled beauty was reflected in the glass door; her hair was soaking wet and plastered to her scalp, and her clothes were wrinkled and stuck to her body.

Oh right, she hasn't bought a hair dryer yet.

Bai Tao took a deep breath, turned around, and went back into the supermarket.

She deliberately avoided the clothing section, instead going around to another aisle, and grabbed a cheap hair dryer from the daily necessities section.

After paying, Bai Tao carried her shopping bags to the door and opened her umbrella.

As she stepped out, she suddenly remembered her raincoat.

She hasn't bought a raincoat yet.

Bai Tao closed her eyes, then turned around and entered the supermarket for the third time.

She kept her head down the whole time, took the longest route, and went straight for the most expensive double raincoat.

As Bai Tao walked out of the supermarket for the third time, she let out a long sigh of relief.

Bai Tao glanced down at the white transparent plastic bag in the shopping bag, inside which was a small piece of dark blue fabric, and then remembered what the doctor had said.

"It's from Charles & Keith, it must be quite expensive."

"Take it home, wash it, and you can still wear it. Don't waste it."

Bai Tao disgustedly stuffed the plastic bag into the deepest part of her shopping bag with her finger, then, holding her umbrella and carrying her things, she walked back to her little basement step by step.

She put her bags on the floor, took a change of clothes and a towel, and went into the bathroom.

After waiting for two minutes, she laughed, almost to death, and wanted to take a shower, only to find that there was no hot water at all.

Bai Tao stared at the woman in the mirror whose hair was plastered to her face like seaweed, remained silent for three seconds, and then resignedly picked up the kettle and filled it with water.

The hot water was ready, so she poured it into a basin, added some cold water, and then roughly wiped herself down with a towel.

Then she plugged in the cheap hair dryer she bought at the supermarket.

After blowing for about two minutes, Bai Tao thought it was okay. Although it wasn't as good as a Dyson, it was still a hair dryer at least.

Five minutes passed.

Seven minutes have passed.

Ten minutes have passed.

Bai Tao's arm was already sore from holding the hairdryer. Her hair was still half-dry and damp to the touch, just like when she touched her hair without drying her hands after washing them.

What's even more frustrating is that this broken hair dryer has some kind of problem; it keeps getting her hair caught in the gaps of the back cover, and then it smells burnt.

It tastes like dried-out mosquito meat.

Bai Tao turned off the hair dryer expressionlessly, stared at it for two seconds, and really wanted to throw it away. But then she remembered that she had paid for it, and silently put it back on the table.

She remained silent.

She was exhausted.

She was too exhausted to be angry with a hairdryer.

Bai Tao lowered her head, swept all her wet hair forward, buried her face in her hair, then took a deep breath and frantically shook her head back and forth a few times.

Water droplets splashed onto the mirror, the walls, and the floor; they were everywhere.

Bai Tao looked up and examined herself in the mirror.

...And you know what?

It works.

Her hair was still damp, but at least it wasn't dripping wet anymore. Bai Tao smiled at herself in the mirror and thought she looked presentable enough.

She picked up the raincoat and the clothes she had bought for Pei Jin, walked out of the room, and came to the door of the house diagonally opposite.

She raised her hand, about to knock on the door, but Bai Tao's hand remained suspended in mid-air.

She paused, then perked up her ears.

It was a dull, rhythmic thumping sound, faintly emanating from behind the door. The bed slammed against the wall, again and again.

Bai Tao blinked and tentatively pressed her ear against the door.

Besides the rhythmic thuds, one could occasionally hear a low, labored breath. It was a man. And not just one.

Bai Tao's eyes widened instantly, her face flushed red, and she bounced back as if burned, taking two steps back and almost tripping over her own feet.

No.

Is that correct?

Luckily I didn't knock...

She dared not think any further, turned around and practically ran back to her room, closed the door, leaned against the door, and took several deep breaths to calm herself down.

Then she found a pen and paper, leaned over the coffee table, and wrote a note.

Sorry, your original raincoat had a hole in it. This is a replacement I bought; it's the best raincoat I could find in the supermarket. If you have any further questions, please contact me when I get back.

Bai Tao originally planned to knock on their door tomorrow to return the raincoat, but she was worried that she wouldn't be able to come back tomorrow morning, and it would be awkward if it rained when they went out and they didn't have a raincoat.

Therefore, I can only pay it back now.

Bai Tao took a deep breath, gently opened the door, and quickly walked to the electric scooter like a thief. She hung the raincoat she had bought on the handlebars and then stacked two helmets on top of it.

After doing all that, Bai Tao carried the new clothes she had bought for Pei Jin and went back into the night.

There was no one left on the road.

The streets were deserted, the streetlights dim, and occasionally a car would drive by, splashing water. The smell of damp earth still lingered in the air after the rain.

She must buy an electric car as soon as possible for transportation.

Otherwise, walking so much back and forth every day, her legs would really be ruined.