Chapter 2173 — Trouble in the Dorm
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Last time he had been duped by Wei Zhao, but not this time. Chief Bai himself had admitted those were an alchemist's notes—how could that be wrong? And judging by Wei Zhao's unnatural manner just now, it was probably the genuine article. So Right-Pan Hu decided to think carefully about what price might persuade Wei Zhao to trade those alchemist's notes for a look.
Wei Zhao had not the slightest desire to eavesdrop. He took Chief Bai's materials and went straight to the cafeteria, bought a boxed meal, and returned to the dormitory.
Bai Weituo was clattering away on the computer, chatting. Seeing Wei Zhao return, he said excitedly, "Brother Lin, long time no see! I have good news to tell you!"
"Good news? What good news?" Wei Zhao sat down in his own seat, opened the boxed meal, and began to eat. Though a cultivator could get by without eating, going without food made life feel like something was missing—Wei Zhao was not quite used to it.
"Heh heh, while you were away these past few days, through my unremitting efforts, I finally got He Meiyue's QQ number. We're chatting quite well now, and she's finally agreed to my invitation—she's going to the movies with me tonight!" Bai Weituo said jubilantly.
"Oh, congratulations then," Wei Zhao said. His impression of He Meiyue was not particularly good, but since Bai Weituo liked her, he did not dampen the other's enthusiasm.
"Wait, Brother Lin, I haven't finished! He Meiyue agreed, but she doesn't want to go with me alone. She said to bring you and Miss Xinyan, or Zhao Shengji and Chai Xiaoling!" Bai Weituo said.
"Then have Shengji go," Wei Zhao said. He suddenly noticed that Zhao Shengji was not in the dormitory. "Where's that fatty?"
"Don't get me started. The morning before yesterday, we went to class. The dormitory building had just been mopped, and on the marble staircase, Zhao Shengji slipped and fell on his way down. He's so fat that he crushed his own sternum. He's laid up in the campus hospital..." Bai Weituo said glumly. "Chai Xiaoling is there nursing him!"
"..." Wei Zhao was somewhat speechless. For an ordinary person, a fall was no big deal, but when this one fell, his own weight had cracked his bone! Still, Wei Zhao then furrowed his brow, because the place Zhao Shengji had fractured was too strange—his sternum?
Breaking an arm or a leg in a fall was plausible enough, but crushing the sternum? Something about it felt off no matter how he looked at it. How acrobatic would a fall have to be? Especially when going downstairs—judging by the center of gravity, a fall should send the whole body tipping backward. It was simply impossible to crush the sternum that way!
"Weituo, what exactly happened? Zhao Shengji's bone—I'm afraid it wasn't broken by a simple fall, was it?" Wei Zhao frowned and asked.
"Ah?" Bai Weituo was startled. He hadn't expected Wei Zhao to catch the flaw! Regarding this matter, Zhao Shengji and Bai Weituo had discussed it beforehand, wanting to make big trouble small and small trouble nothing.