Free Web NovelChapter 75: Chapter 75: A Different Female Lead
Doctor Zheng and the others had all chosen what they wanted to eat, and everyone took their seats one by one at the dining table outside the kitchen. Shi Lan took the opportunity to prepare a cup of black soybean milk for each of them. She had a robot bring the cups over, and she grabbed one for herself.
So she could probe for information later, she sat right next to Bai Rao.
Bai Rao gave her a cool glance, her brows slightly furrowed as she ate the meat with unhurried, elegant movements.
Doctor Zheng noticed the soybean milk, which she hadn’t seen in the kitchen earlier. Guessing Shi Lan had prepared it, she said, "You’re so thoughtful, Miss Shi Lan. Thank you for going to the trouble of preparing drinks for us."
Shi Lan smiled. "It’s no trouble. I wanted some myself."
Hearing this, the other doctors also chimed in with their thanks.
Bai Rao found the meat a bit greasy. Her hand, which was just about to lift the soybean milk to her lips, paused. She set the cup back down, and a soft, almost inaudible scoff escaped her amidst the surrounding chatter.
Shi Lan glanced at her but paid it no mind. She leisurely blew on her hot drink before taking a small sip.
Doctor Zheng studied the two of them and asked curiously, "Bai Rao, have you and Miss Shi Lan met before?"
Bai Rao put down her chopsticks. "Yes, we went to the same university."
"Oh? In that case, Miss Shi Lan’s spiritual power must be quite impressive too?"
The interest in Doctor Zheng’s eyes deepened as she looked at Shi Lan.
Bai Rao didn’t say anything, just glanced at Shi Lan with a smirk playing on her lips.
Shi Lan wasn’t evasive. "No, actually, my spiritual power is very poor. It’s F-level."
Hearing this, a flicker of regret crossed Doctor Zheng’s face. She had originally planned to recruit Shi Lan for her hospital.
’However, this female is bold yet meticulous. That could work.’
She mused for a moment before saying, "It’s alright. Even though an F-level can’t perform soothing work, you could still study medical science and become a regular doctor. Our hospital has those positions. I wonder if you’d be interested, Miss Shi Lan? It’s certainly better than working in a prison."
In this world, doctors were mainly divided into two types: soothing doctors and regular doctors. Soothing doctors were primarily responsible for the Basic Healing work of soothing males, and this type of doctor only needed to master the techniques of spiritual power soothing.
Regular doctors were similar to modern-day doctors, but they were of limited use in this world. 80% of all medical treatments were handled by Treatment Pods, leaving them to deal only with things like injections or other special circumstances.
Of course, some doctors were skilled in both areas. However, this mission was primarily focused on spiritual power healing, so the team Doctor Zheng led was composed entirely of soothing doctors.
Upon hearing this, Bai Rao’s grip on her chopsticks tightened. ’I can’t believe a useless female like Shi Lan has such good luck.’ A large part of why she had joined this volunteer treatment mission to Black Star was to pave her own way into the Imperial Central Hospital.
’It’s one thing for Doctor Zheng not to mention me, but to ask Shi Lan first...’ The meat, which she already found greasy, suddenly became impossible to swallow.
Shi Lan, on the other hand, was much calmer. She shook her head. "I don’t think your hospital and I are meant to be. I submitted my resume once, but I was rejected."
Shi Lan had seen Doctor Zheng’s ID and knew she was from the Imperial Central Hospital, which was supposedly the best hospital in the entire interstellar space. When she first arrived in this world, she hadn’t yet realized she’d transmigrated into a book. All she saw was how poor the body’s original owner had been, and her only thought was to make money quickly. Unaware of the hospital’s high standards, she had applied with the fearlessness of the ignorant, only to be rejected within half an hour.
After all, competition for the hospital was fierce, and they prioritized selecting females with superior spiritual power.
At her words, Doctor Zheng’s smile froze for a moment. She gave an awkward laugh. "Is that so..."
She said no more. Shi Lan lowered her eyes, took another two sips of her soybean milk, and then lowered her voice to say to Bai Rao, "Didn’t you want to know where I’m from? Answer one question for me, and I’ll tell you."
Bai Rao looked at her face. "What question?"
"If a male is constantly pursuing you, even deliberately following you, how should I reject him?"
Shi Lan made one up.
"Shi Lan, are you an idiot? How could you ask me something like that? With your terrible spiritual power, you’re lucky to have even one male pursuing you. Are you out of your mind? And you’re thinking of rejecting him?" fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
Shock filled Bai Rao’s light brown eyes. She stared at Shi Lan as if she were a fool, a flicker of exasperated disappointment unconsciously appearing in her proud gaze. "It’s his business if he wants to pursue you. As a high-class female, can’t you just enjoy the attention? It’s not like you need to promise him anything."
"If you miss this chance, where is a useless female like you going to find another male to protect you in the future?"
"It’s bad enough that you’re useless, but to ask me such a stupid question on top of it."
Shi Lan was silent for a moment. ’I didn’t expect the female lead to have such a different perspective.’ She pretended to casually open her chip and found the photo where she had circled the man in the black windbreaker.
"Look, how do you reject someone like this? He looks really fierce. What if I reject him and he gets angry and violent?"
Bai Rao looked over and read a name. "Donald? Well, well, no wonder I haven’t seen that guy around lately. So he switched targets. What a fickle horse Beastman."
Donald had always been by her side, and his spiritual power was quite strong, so she had been planning to take him as her servant husband one day. She never thought he’d be so unfaithful.
Her face instantly darkened. She said icily, "Forget what I just said. You absolutely cannot have a male who can’t be steadfast in his affection for you."
"Hmph. That guy Donald has always been vain and competitive. Next time, just bring me to him. I’ll go with you and curse him out to his face. After being berated like that by a female, I doubt he’ll have the nerve to bother you again."
"Huh?"
Shi Lan was completely stunned. ’This... this female lead... how is she completely different from what I imagined?’
’Wasn’t she just mocking me a moment ago?’
"Did you hear me or not?"
Seeing Shi Lan’s dumbfounded expression, Bai Rao couldn’t help but frown again. "Shi Lan, it’s bad enough that you’re useless, but is your brain useless too?"
Shi Lan nodded absentmindedly. "Oh, I heard you..."
She sipped her soybean milk in a daze. Recalling the female lead’s expression just now, ’it seems I can rule out the possibility that she was the one who did it.’
’Then besides the female lead, who else disliked the original owner enough to want to harm her?’
’And in the book, was the original owner’s death really related to the female lead?’
’Donald is a follower of the female lead. Could she have been the one pulling the strings?’
Suddenly, Shi Lan’s mind was filled with a host of new mysteries. An enemy in the shadows was far more chilling than one out in the open.
She fell into silent contemplation, and Bai Rao grew impatient. "Shi Lan, you still haven’t answered my question."
Hearing this, Shi Lan snapped out of her thoughts. Fulfilling her promise, she dredged up the original owner’s memories. "My home is on Yaoxing."
Although she didn’t know why the female lead was asking this, Shi Lan saw no need to lie about the original owner’s home.
Yaoxing, completely unlike its name ("Shining Star"), was an impoverished planet. The original owner had saved up all her money to buy a spaceship ticket to study at the Imperial Capital School.
Recalling the dream she’d had, another memory seemed to surface in her mind: a small figure, head bowed, diligently drawing with a serene smile on her lips. She would hand over the drawing with a grin and receive a few Star Coins as payment.
For some reason, her nose tingled. It was like seeing another version of her younger self. Both of them had struggled to grow up, just in different ways. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Bai Rao thought about how it was impossible for her grandmother to have ever been to Yaoxing and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. But when she looked up and saw that Shi Lan’s eyes were red, her smirk faltered, and she awkwardly pulled a tissue from her pocket.
’So useless. Getting homesick already...’
