Counter Attack Chapter 3

Wu Qiqiong woke up and found himself lying in a clinic. There was a doctor standing beside him. He was sterilizing some clinical equipment - tweezers and scissors. Hearing noises coming from the bed, Jiang Xiaoshuai turned his head around and smiled warmly, revealing his set of sparkling white teeth.

"Awake?"

Wu Qiqiong noticed that the doctor was actually quite handsome.

"Who sent me here?"

"Your girlfriend asked two men for help and carried you here. She even instructed me to use the cheapest medicine, especially those that can be reimbursed." said Jiang Xiaoshuai while aligning the items in the room.

Wu Qiqiong had a huge grin on his face. "She still understands me the most."

Jiang Xiaoshuai paused for a while. He walked over to Wu Qiqiong with a latent smile and passed him a glass of water. "Take your medicine first."

After Wu Qiqiong had taken his medication, he immediately asked, "Where's my girlfriend?"

"Gone long ago. She left while I was treating your wound. About 3 to 4 hours ago. Hey! Say... how did you get that on your head?"

"Hit by a brick." Wu Qiqiong seemed pretty proud of it.

"You had a fight with someone?"

"No. My girlfriend wants to break up with me. I want to show her some colour."

This is the first time Jiang Xiaoshuai had heard of hitting own self with bricks in order to show some colour to others.

"Is that worth it?" He remarked sarcastically.

Wu Qiqiong did not answer back. Instead he picked up his phone and made a call to Yue Yue.

'Do you still want to break up with me?"

There was a long pause on the other side of the line. "Get well first. We will talk about it after you have recovered."

Wu Qiqiong put down his phone. There was a wide rewarding smile on his face. He waved the phone in his hand at Jiang Xiaoshuai.

"She told me she will not break up with me first. Do you think it's worth it? Of course it is!"

Jiang Xiaoshuai held back the sense of despise from his eyes and continued to maintain the friendly smile that was hanging on his face.

"Doctor, how long will I take to recover?"

"At least two months."

"Two months?" Wu Qiqiong exclaimed bitterly, "How much would that have costed me......"

It was getting dark outside. Wu Qiqiong and Jiang Xiaoshuai were the only ones remaining in the clinic. Wu Qiqiong had a drip on one of his hand and was playing Zuma on his phone with the other hand. Jiang Xiaoshuai stood next to him watching him playing randomly. He aimed all kinds of every coloured ball at the target. Before long the game was over. In the end, he played the game over and over again with sheer determination.

"Say......" Jiang Xiaoshuai coughed a little. "Why are you still playing game when your head is already in this state?"

"Grew too bored. I only have this game installed in my phone and I have never beaten it once."

A sense of mockery crept on Jiang Xiaoshuai's face. "If you keep playing randomly like this, it's impossible to beat this game."

"I didn't! I am playing according to the rules."

Jiang Xiaoshuai stood aside and continued to observe him. Suddenly, something crossed his mind and he asked uncontrollably. "Are you colour blind?

"No, I'm not. I can distinguish colours perfectly."

Jiang Xiaoshuai still thought something was not right. He asked Wu Qiqiong to pause the game and pointed at a red ball on the screen. "What colour is this?" He asked Wu Qiqiong.

"Yellow." Wu Qiqiong answered with a serious tone.

Jiang Xiaoshuai proceeded to point to a green ball next. "What colour is this?" He asked again.

"Also yellow."

"Then what about this one?" He pointed to a purple ball.

Wu Qiqiong was sure of his answer. "Blue."

Jiang Xiaoshuai patted Wu Qiqiong's shoulder helplessly.

"Buddy. You are colour blind. Save your mind. You can never defeat this game even if you die."

Wu Qiqiong was still holding onto the phone. He paid no heed to Jiang Xiaoshuai's words and remarked, "That's ok. I will just take this as a practice for my eyes."

Jiang Xiaoshuai became interested in Wu Qiqiong and can't help to continue chatting with him.

"Hey. Why did she break up with you?"

Wu Qiqiong dropped to a frown. "Ashamed of my weight."

With that, he tossed over his wallet to Jiang Xiaoshuai. There was a photo of the two of them lying inside. It was taken during the first year of their university days. He was lighter by almost 25 kilograms as compared to now.

After Jiang Xiaoshuai had seen it, he felt a little sympathetic for Wu Qiqiong.

"The situation you're in now is pretty bad! He does look thinner than you. In my opinion, they are more suited for each other. Buddy. Don't take it so hard. Be cool."

"Hey! Hey! Watch your mouth!" Wu Qiqiong was unwilling to listen more.

Jiang Xiaoshuai said with a straight face, "I am stating the fact."

"What fact do you know? That is me! Me!" Wu Qiqiong pointed to himself, and then pointed to the photo.

Jiang Xiaoshuai was astonished so he quickly grabbed over the photo and glanced at it closely. He compared it against Wu Qiqiong's current face, and looked at it again. Indeed they did look similar. Fat people sure had potential. Jiang Xiaoshuai immediately understood the reason why Wu Qiqiong's girlfriend wanted to break up with him. No one would have been able to accept this discrepancy!

"Buddy, you seriously need to lose weight now. Just take a look at yourself in that photo - thick brows and large eyes emitting a sense of wit. Then look at yourself now. Although the eyes are still pretty large, but it's so dumb!"

Wu Qiqiong turned his eyes and asked, "Really?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Jiang Xiaoshuai removed the needle from his hand. "Anyway during your stay here you have to watch your diet. Why not take this chance and start losing some weight?"

Two months had passed in a flash of the eye. Wu Qiqiong's wound had really healed well, no scars or anything, flat as ever. And just as what Jiang Xiaoshuai had instructed, Wu Qiqiong had been going vegetarian these days and lost more than 10 kilograms. It sure did look better than before; Even Wu Qiqiong himself, felt lighter walking around. So today, he had specially bought two straps of cigarettes to thank the doctor.

"After coming so frequently for prescription, I am feeling kind of reluctant to leave."

Jiang Xiaoshuai let out a hearty laugh. "LOL at what you've said. If you're really reluctant, hit your head again and we will see each other every day."

"Hahahaha......"

Wu Qiqiong waved good bye to Jiang Xiaoshuai and strode out of the door.

T/N

Till the next chapter! Ciao.

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