NOVPUBUnder Li Guotai’s protection, the sterile ward became the hospital’s restricted area.
Apart from the dedicated nurse Yin Yourong, who could go in to change Wu Bin’s dressings and take samples, no other person was allowed to enter.
Furthermore, in order to avoid the occurrence of Wu Bin scaring others by watching TV in the middle of the night again, Li Guotai considerately prepared curtains for the sterile ward.
Time passed like this for half a month.
At this point, although Wu Bin was still wrapped in bandages, he was completely able to move around freely.
He lay in bed, eating chips and browsing the agricultural university’s forum on his laptop.
Ever since Wu Bin had rescued more than two hundred students from the restaurant, he had become the sole true deity of the agricultural university!
Although Xu Wenyao had always used him as a shield before, employing him to implement campus reforms, which caused a lot of student dissatisfaction.
But Wu Bin’s selfless act of rushing into the fire to save people earned everyone’s deep admiration.
Since then, a very peculiar campus culture had taken shape at the agricultural university.
You could say my Brother Wu is fragile, but you cannot say he is easy to kill.
You could curse the principal for not being human, but you can’t badmouth my Brother Wu.
Even during the time Wu Bin was hospitalized, there had been instances when students from the neighboring schools looked down on Wu Bin, only to be charged at by hundreds of agricultural university students for a martial arts exchange.
My Brother Wu is also someone you weaklings can comment on?
Asking for a beating!
What’s more, the students from the second finance class, regardless of gender, all became die-hard fans of Wu Bin.
Kidding me, their lives were saved by Wu Bin. What’s the big deal with a personal cult? Is it that excessive?
Han Jiaoyan, as the person who nominally promised to take care of Wu Bin for life, was elected by everyone as the left leader of the Crispy Shark Support Group, with Bai Qian becoming the right leader.
The group had a membership of over thirty thousand, including some from the second finance class, others from different classes, and many more netizens.
In order to better manage these Crispy Sharks, Han Jiaoyan divided the entire support group into more than three hundred smaller teams, each not only with its own team leader and deputy leader but also with various job divisions.
The moment Wu Bin turned on his phone, tens of thousands of messages popped up, almost crashing his phone.
Damn, am I being bombarded by messages?
The notification sound for new messages was incessant. The moment he turned on the phone, it froze, and Wu Bin couldn’t get it to respond no matter what he did.
All right, let it take a moment to catch up.
Wu Bin placed the phone on the bedside table and continued to read the forum on his laptop.
It was then that someone opened the door to the ward.
Yin Yourong tiptoed into the room holding a lunchbox.
Seeing Yin Yourong’s reaction, Wu Bin couldn’t help but want to laugh.
"Why are you sneaking around like a thief? It’s just delivering a meal, is it necessary?"
Yin Yourong pouted and said, "This is all directed by the dean, who said that you’re recovering too quickly. If other people find out that you can eat, it might cause a sensation in the medical community."
In fact, Wu Bin had been able to eat a week after lying down.
But Li Guotai, in order to protect Wu Bin, always instructed Yin Yourong to sneak in whatever Wu Bin wanted to eat.
Yin Yourong glanced at Wu Bin’s laptop and wrinkled her nose.
"The dean told you to use electronic products less, it’s not good for your recovery."
"You listen to him rambling. If I had listened to him, I would have been in pain long ago."
Wu Bin opened the lunchbox and found to his surprise it contained his favorite prawn crackers!
Wu Bin took a bite and immediately showed a look of satisfaction.
"Is it good?"
Yin Yourong, resting her chin in one hand, asked with a beaming smile.
"Delicious. Where did you buy these prawn crackers? They are the best I’ve ever had."
"Once I’m discharged, I’ll definitely patronize it every day."
With her face turning red, Yin Yourong said, "I made them myself. If you get discharged, then you won’t be able to eat them."
Wu Bin was taken aback.
"Why don’t you get meals from the cafeteria?"
Yin Yourong huffed.
"The cafeteria serves mass-produced food. How could it be as nutritious as what I cook?"
"These vegetables are fresh from the market, bought every day, and I’m self-studying dietary nutrition. You’re now my little guinea pig."
When Yin Yourong said this, her tone was very adorable, as if Wu Bin were at a loss somehow.
In reality, being a nurse was very demanding for Yin Yourong.
Not only did she have to work rotating shifts, but she also had to buy groceries and cook for Wu Bin, considering every day what he would like to eat. This consumed a great deal of her time and energy.
Sensing Yin Yourong’s deep affection, Wu Bin watched her without blinking.
Yin Yourong, feeling somewhat embarrassed under Wu Bin’s gaze, her heart beating faster, blushed and said softly, looking down, "Why... why are you staring at me like that?"
Wu Bin asked seriously, "You’re being so good to me, do you want to snatch away my kidneys?"
"What?"
Yin Yourong was completely baffled.
This plot twist didn’t seem quite right.
Wu Bin continued, "I overheard your conversation with Zhang Ya. You’ve been working on some liver and kidney study recently, haven’t you?"
Yin Yourong was both amused and frustrated.
Indeed, she had been discussing liver and kidney research with Zhang Ya at the entrance of the sterile ward.
It was because they were dealing with a patient with uremia for the first time, and their experience and knowledge were lacking, which is why they thought about looking for a healthy kidney to study and learn from.
But this led to Wu Bin’s misunderstanding.
Yin Yourong gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, I’ve been taking care of you so well because I’m after your kidneys!"
"Every bite of food you eat now, you’ll have to pay back later—with your kidneys!"
Wu Bin made a face as if he knew it all along and, with tears in his eyes, proceeded to eat three more large bowls.
There was no helping it, the shrimp cakes were just too delicious.
As for when to repay with his kidneys?
Future matters can be discussed in the future.
Although Wu Bin was tone-deaf to romance, seeing him clean out the lunchbox entirely, Yin Yourong still felt very happy.
How does that old saying go?
To tie down a man’s heart, you must first tie down his stomach.
At the very least, Wu Bin did appreciate her cooking skills.
After packing up the lunchbox, Yin Yourong said to Wu Bin,
"Don’t just lie in bed all day, come down and walk around when you can."
"Your skin is healing and growing right now, and some joints need more movement. Otherwise, if you wait until the skin has fully healed before moving, it could tear again, and that’s very painful."
Wu Bin smiled, nodded, and promptly let it go in one ear and out the other.
Why would he get out of bed when he could lie down, eat, and play on the computer? This was the life he had longed for.
Aside from going to the bathroom, only a fool would get out of bed to walk.
As Yin Yourong was about to leave with the lunchbox, the door to the sterile ward was suddenly pushed open.
Li Guotai entered with a group of old professors.
The professors first glanced at the lunchbox in Yin Yourong’s hand and then at Wu Bin on the hospital bed, who was picking his teeth.
There was an awkward silence.
Professor Zeng stared at him with wide eyes.
"Wu Bin, you can eat meals now?"
Wu Bin looked embarrassed.
"I can eat, but only a little."
Burp.
Wu Bin let out a loud burp, and everyone fell silent.
