After Transmigrating, I Saved the Saintly Male Lead
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"Why are you having a nosebleed?"
Ji Anche quickly pulled a few tissues from the box and handed them to Gu Hanzhou.
Gu Hanzhou took the tissues, lowering his head in a daze, his voice still carrying a hoarse nasal tone.
"Thank you, ge."
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine"
Gu Hanzhou replied, his face growing even redder, as if smeared with tomato sauce.
He hurriedly stood up, not saying a word, and stumbled straight to the bathroom.
Ji Anche was left puzzled, watching Gu Hanzhou run off in confusion.
Why is the male lead blushing so much?
What happened?
Just now, the male lead seemed to be working on high school physics problems.
So, the male lead was also immersed in the profound and obscure physics problems, even getting so excited that he had a nosebleed.
It's quite normal to get a nosebleed when you're excited about learning.
The power of knowledge is indeed strong!
Even when he has a fever, he doesn't forget to study. The male lead is really diligent.
When Gu Hanzhou returned, he noticed that Ji Anche's gaze had an indescribable warmth... affection?
Ji Anche poured hot water into a teacup with a kind expression.
"Have some tea to refresh yourself."
A light-colored goji berry oolong tea was placed in front of Gu Hanzhou.
Gu Hanzhou nervously gripped the teacup, taking a few guilty sips.
Ji Anche pushed the physics test paper in front of Gu Hanzhou, about to suggest they solve problems together.
But then he noticed something was off.
The male lead's fair neck was suddenly covered in red spots.
"What's wrong with your neck? There are a lot of small red dots."
Ji Anche reached out.
His fingertips touched the neck, feeling slightly raised red rashes that looked a bit like hickeys.
Seeing the pinkish rashes on the male lead's body, Ji Anche frowned and asked. "Could you be having an allergic reaction?"
Gu Hanzhou couldn't help but scratch his neck, the itchiness growing more intense. His arm also started to itch. He rolled up his sleeve and saw red, swollen bumps on his arm.
Gu Hanzhou still had a fever, his mind filled with chaotic thoughts.
He obediently nodded, looking up at Ji Anche, his eyes filled with a dependency he wasn't even aware of.
"Seems like it."
In a panic, Ji Anche dialed 120.
He anxiously sat by the male lead's side, waiting for the medical staff to arrive.
The deep black bedsheet accentuated Gu Hanzhou's clear and handsome features, his figure lean and tall. Ji Anche stood by the bed, looking at the pale, bloodless lips of the young man on the bed, his heart feeling tightly clenched.
The male lead had developed rashes after taking fever-reducing medicine.
Realizing the issue, Ji Anche felt a surge of guilt.
"The medicine you took earlier might have been the problem."
Gu Hanzhou's expression softened, a sweet smile spreading across his face.
"Ge, it's okay."
Gu Hanzhou opened his arms and wrapped them around Ji Anche's waist, gently nuzzling against him, his demeanor obedient and gentle.
"Ge, I'm so grateful for your care. How could I ever blame you?"
Ji Anche comfortingly hugged the male lead, his eyes lowering.
He saw that the once fair skin on the back of Gu Hanzhou's neck was now covered in deep red rashes.
"Is it itchy?"
Ji Anche asked with concern, reaching out.
His cool fingertips touched the red, swollen skin on the back of the neck, the cold sensation seeping in, intensifying the itchiness.
Gu Hanzhou's eyes were slightly moist, his voice hoarse.
"Itchy."
Gu Hanzhou's cheeks were flushed with an abnormal redness, his brows tightly furrowed, his expression seemingly in pain.
"Gege, can you touch it?"
"It's so itchy."
Ji Anche held the male lead's wrist, sighing. "You can't touch it with your hands. The doctor will be here soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of an ambulance siren came from outside the window.
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Hospital.
Ji Anche stood in the disinfectant-smelling corridor, anxiously waiting for the test results.
The doctor was performing an emergency check on the male lead in the emergency room. It had already been two hours, and the examination wasn't over yet. He didn't know what the results would be.
The emergency room door opened.
The doctor walked out, removing his mask.
"The patient is allergic to aspirin. I've already given him an IV. Fortunately, the allergic reaction this time was mild. Remember to be careful in the future and avoid exposing the patient to allergens."
Hearing that the male lead was fine, Ji Anche breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, doctor."
Ji Anche pushed open the door to the hospital room.
A transparent IV tube was attached to the male lead's wrist. Gu Hanzhou's eyes were closed, as if he were asleep.
Ji Anche tiptoed into the room, trying not to make any noise.
Outside the window, the sky had completely darkened.
Ji Anche propped his elbows on the soft hospital bed, boredly staring at the male lead's face. The male lead was indeed pleasing to look at.
Who would have thought the last night of the weekend would be spent in a hospital?
Drowsiness gradually crept over him. Ji Anche lay down beside the bed, slowly closing his eyes.
The cool summer night breeze brushed past the window.
Ji Anche fell into a chaotic dream.
In the dream, math problems were chasing him with a machete. He ran desperately, only to find a cliff at the end of the road.
Just as Ji Anche hesitated whether to jump off the cliff to escape...
Suddenly, the bedsheet was yanked hard.
Ji Anche jolted awake, sitting up and gasping for breath, trying to calm his racing heart.
He groggily sat up and saw Gu Hanzhou sitting on the hospital bed, his face as pale as paper, his dark eyes staring blankly at a point in the air.
In the middle of the night, he looked scarier than Sadako*.
Ji Anche felt like he was about to have a heart attack. Still shaken, he asked "What's wrong?"
A faint shadow clouded Gu Hanzhou's dark eyes, with turbulent emotions swirling in their depths.
"I just had a nightmare."
His head was splitting with pain. He clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging on the back of his hands.
The scenes from the dream still lingered before his eyes.
Twisted corpses and minced flesh were mixed together, the air filled with a nauseating smell of blood that made him sick to his stomach. Even now, he felt like retching.
Since his rebirth, he had lost count of how many times he had had this dream.
Was it heaven's punishment for him?
But he didn't regret it at all. In fact, he even felt he hadn't been ruthless enough in his past life.
Wasn't the purpose of being reborn to seek revenge?
He wanted to make those people wish they were dead.
Suddenly, someone firmly grasped his hand. A steady stream of warmth spread through his skin. Gu Hanzhou couldn't help but look up in surprise.
"Dreams are the opposite of reality. Don't be afraid."
Ji Anche held his hand, a tuft of messy hair sticking up on his head, swaying gently like a soft feather brushing against his heart.
"I just had a nightmare too."
Ji Anche recalled the nightmare, his expression gradually turning sour. He wiped his face.
"I was chased by math problems wielding a machete until I had to jump off a cliff. So ridiculous."
Gu Hanzhou's expression softened, a hint of a smile appearing in his eyes.
The bloody, venomous thoughts dissipated like morning mist in the forest, inexplicably vanishing.
Only a soft emotion flowed through his heart.
Just seeing this person made his mood improve involuntarily.
Gu Hanzhou gently tugged at Ji Anche's sleeve, his voice unconsciously softening.
"Ge, I can't sleep."
"Can't sleep?"
"Uh, how about doing a few sets of math problems?"
Gu Hanzhou weakly coughed into his fist a few times.
"Ge, I'm dizzy and my vision is blurry. I can't see clearly enough to write."
Asking a high fever patient to do math problems did seem a bit inhumane.
Ji Anche regretfully gave up on the idea of fetching the test papers.
Gu Hanzhou raised his damp, dark eyes, pure black without a trace of impurity, a hint of cautious anticipation and nervousness faintly visible in them.
"Ge, can you help me fall asleep?"
As soon as the words left his mouth, a faint blush of embarrassment spread across Gu Hanzhou's face. He awkwardly apologized. "I'm sorry..."
"My brain is fried from the fever. Such presumptuous words slipped out without thinking."
Gu Hanzhou's face showed an apologetic expression as he mumbled softly. "Ge, sorry for troubling you. Just pretend you didn't hear anything."
"Ge, I'm sorry."
Seeing the male lead's pitiful appearance, Ji Anche's paternal instincts overflowed. "It's no trouble at all. Helping someone fall asleep is easy."
Though he said that, Ji Anche was actually worried inside.
He had never had a girlfriend before and had no practical experience in coaxing someone to sleep.
From what he'd seen on TV, when people couldn't sleep at night, they usually told stories to help them fall asleep.
"Ahem, then I'll tell you a story."
Ji Anche racked his brain and finally found a story. He had heard it once as a child and it left such a deep impression that he could never forget it.
"This story might be a bit special. Be mentally prepared."
Gu Hanzhou blinked, obediently lying down on the hospital bed, his face buried in the blanket.
He nodded obediently, his pure black eyes sparkling like obsidian soaked in water, a look of anticipation in his eyes.
"I'm ready."
Ji Anche cleared his throat and began:
[Little Red and Little White were very close.
They ate together, went shopping together, and even slept together.
But one day, Little White suddenly died, the cause unknown.
Little Red was so heartbroken she couldn't eat, and grew thinner by the day.
Lately, Little Red kept smelling a rotting stench in her room. Strangers' faces kept appearing in the mirror, and there were inexplicable bloodstains on her bedsheet.
Little Red lay down on her dorm bed, muttering to herself.
"Where has my good friend gone?"
Suddenly, the phone rang.
Little Red answered the call and heard a familiar voice.
"Little Red, I'm right beside you. Why aren't you talking to me anymore? Don't you like me now?"
This voice belonged to Little White, who had long since died.]
To set the mood, Ji Anche deliberately lowered his voice, narrating in a sinister tone.
Gu Hanzhou finally realized something was off and interrupted Ji Anche.
He asked doubtfully, "Ge, is this really a bedtime story?"
"It is a bedtime story."
Ji Anche raised an eyebrow, countering, "Aren't ghost stories still stories?"
"Xiao Gu, you can't discriminate against ghost stories."
Gu Hanzhou fell silent for two seconds.
It was the first time in his life someone had tried to coax him to sleep with a ghost story.
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*Sadako: A reference to the ghost from the Japanese horror film "The Ring."