Chapter 2 Bootlicker Zhang Wei and Simple-minded Xia Qianyue

Blue Star.

Dragon Country, Dongfang Capital.

City Hospital, Emergency Department Ward.

"What the fuck, you bunch of trash!"

On bed number 1, the originally unconscious "Zhang Wei" suddenly opened his eyes and burst out with a crude curse.

He instinctively sat up, but 0.5 seconds later his face crumbled with regret.

Pain!

It felt like his whole body was in pain.

He looked down at his body.

And saw himself lying on a hospital bed, his entire body wrapped in bandages, completely ready to cosplay a mummy.

"No way, I remember being shot dozens of times, my head even blown through by those bastards, and I'm still saved?"

He couldn't believe he was still alive.

This was simply a medical miracle!

And his loud voice from just now also woke up Xia Qianyue, who had been dozing off at the accompanying seat next to him.

The latter wiped the drool from her mouth and patted her red face from just waking up before turning to look at the person on the bed.

"Zhang Wei, you've got some nerve, huh, daring to shout at your auntie!"

With that, she slapped Zhang Wei's head with a "smack," causing him to wail in pain.

"Ow, my head, it hurts, hurts, hurts..."

"Hmph, that's what you get for scaring me, you deserve it!"

Xia Qianyue stood with her hands on her hips, righteously saying, "Auntie kindly brought you to the hospital, and you don't even thank me, you dare to bite the hand that feeds you, if this isn't asking for a beating, what is!"

"Auntie was actually going easy on you just now, if I had used my full strength, I'd have cracked open your skull, guaranteed to let you eat a bowl of your own brain!"

Without speaking, Xia Qianyue was a beautiful short-haired girl with delicate features and a flower-like radiance.

Once she spoke, she turned into a tomboy, a violence enthusiast.

Such a fine young lady, ruined by her mouth.

Zhang Wei's mind subconsciously flashed this thought, but the corners of his mouth kept twitching.

He looked at the girl in front of him, and for a moment didn't know what to say.

Because, he didn't recognize her at all!

Zhang Wei stared blankly at Xia Qianyue, feeling that something had been off since he woke up.

Also, why was this girl calling him Zhang Wei, when he was clearly...

Zhang Wei's pupils gradually dilated, and his mouth hung open for a long time without closing.

He finally understood the strange feeling that had started from earlier on, because...

He had transmigrated!

The name of this body was indeed Zhang Wei.

This world was not the one he had originally been in.

This is Blue Star, largely similar to the world he once lived in, and the two were more akin to parallel universes.

And the original consciousness of this body, Zhang Wei, had died in an accident, which allowed him to transmigrate and take over the body.

From this moment, he was Zhang Wei, and Zhang Wei was him!

The life story of Zhang Wei also started to emerge at this time, playing out like scenes from a movie.

Zhang Wei was an orphan, his parents died early, and he grew up in an orphanage.

As a child, Zhang Wei was very self-conscious, not good at socializing, so he didn't have many friends in the orphanage. But his academic performance was excellent, and thanks to the popularity of compulsory education, he managed through his efforts to get into key high schools, secure scholarships, student loans, and eventually get accepted into university.

Upon entering university, like thousands of other students, he chose the seemingly most promising major in liberal arts: law. He dreamed of graduating from law school and joining a top law firm to become a leading attorney, making a name for himself.

However, although he had dreams, he collapsed halfway there.

As for the specific reasons behind the original owner's death, Zhang Wei's memory was still a bit fuzzy and he couldn't recall it for the time being.

Thinking about this, he looked towards the short-haired girl in front of him.

Xia Qianyue was pretty much the only friend Zhang Wei had on campus.

Unlike Zhang Wei, this girl didn't have much academic talent and got into the school relying on her athletic prowess.

As a result, the academically challenged Xia Qianyue met the studious Zhang Wei by chance in the library.

At the time, Xia Qianyue was under the pressure of studying for several courses and the embarrassment of failing all her assessments for the first time, while Zhang Wei happened to be tutoring someone and helped her out a few times.

After a year of hard work and Zhang Wei's patient tutoring, Xia Qianyue managed to avoid the tragedy of failing multiple courses, and from that point on, the two became good friends.

However, although Xia Qianyue was poor in liberal arts, it was said that her physical education performance was outstanding, and she was part of a special recruitment program.

Speaking of which, it is necessary to mention the school where Zhang Wei and Xia Qianyue studied.

Dongfang Capital Comprehensive University, East University for short, is a top-tier university in Dragon Country, ranking among the top fifty institutions of higher education.

East University was formed by the merger of institutions such as Dongfang Capital University of Criminal Investigation and Dongfang Capital University of Medicine and Law. It has a significant reputation in Dongfang Capital and even in the Southern Region, with strong faculty resources and leading professional courses in the country. Also, since the University of Criminal Investigation was part of its predecessor, the crime investigation science program has always been a key discipline.

Xia Qianyue, the violence enthusiast, was actually studying in East University's Department of Criminal Investigation, majoring in criminal investigation, criminal psychology, and criminal science.

"Specializing in criminal investigation, huh? Sounds pretty awesome!"

In Zhang Wei's memory, Xia Qianyue had always been like a tomboy, stable in her studies, and incredibly strong in "physical capabilities."

He knew that her electives and extra-curricular tutoring classes at school included free combat, mixed martial arts, close-quarter combat, and ancient Dragon Country martial arts.

In terms of fighting ability, not to mention a single Zhang Wei, Xia Qianyue could take on 10 or even 20 Zhang Weis.

After suffering from a lack of physical strength once, Zhang Wei thought maybe he should give up studying law and sign up for the criminal investigation program instead.

As for his dream of becoming a lawyer, to hell with it!

I'm not like I've never been a top lawyer before, what does the original host's dream have to do with me?

Zhang Wei pondered for a long time, then snapped out of it and stole a glance at the girl, probing, "Xia Xia ah..."

Having once been his senior, he subconsciously addressed her with the tone of an elder.

"Zhang Wei, what did you call me? Who gave you the guts to address this lady like that!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Xia Qianyue rose up like a pile of ignited gunpowder, lifting her hand almost ready to hit him again.

Zhang Wei involuntarily flinched, and felt a wave of pain throughout his body.

"Lady, it hurts, it hurts, don't hit me, don't hit me..."

He hurriedly begged for mercy, afraid that Xia Qianyue wouldn't control her strength and send him through another time loop.

"Hmph, scared now, huh? Be careful next time; my fists don't have eyes!"

Seeing Zhang Wei cower made Xia Qianyue nod in satisfaction, assuming a position that clearly read, "That's right, kid, you know what's good for you."

But very soon, she looked a bit concerned and said, "Zhang Wei, you're a full-grown man, how could you even think of jumping off a building?"

"Is it because Jia Meili broke up with you? Did it hit you that hard? I told you before, that woman never even looked at you properly. If she made you her boyfriend, it was just so you could tutor her. Didn't you notice every time you left the library, she wouldn't let you walk her home?"

"And now, you've been in the hospital for two days—did she even come to see you once? She and that scumbag Yuan Dong must be fooling around somewhere again. You better see things clearly!"

"I saw it all coming. She's pretending to be virtuous but is actually anything but. If not for your tutoring, could she have passed her liberal arts exams before? Now that she's earned enough credits, she's kicked you to the curb and got cozy with Yuan Dong, that blockhead. You were blind!"

The more Xia Qianyue talked, the angrier she got. Her delicate, beautiful eyebrows were raised sharply, like two inverted sharp willow leaves, and her bright eyes sparkled with anger, resembling an enraged tigress.

"So what you're saying is, this woman named Jia Meili dumped me and I couldn't handle it, so I chose to 'reboot my life'?" Zhang Wei blinked, looking slightly stunned.

"Isn't that obvious? You got dumped by that woman named Jia Meili... wait, you just called her by her name. Haven't you always called her Xiaoli?"

Xia Qianyue finally sensed something was off and stared at Zhang Wei as if he were an alien.

"Tsk tsk tsk, wow, jumping off a building really cleared your head, didn't it? Want to try it again?"

Her eyes lit up with a hint of pleasure: "I used to call that woman a slut and you'd always argue with me about it, turning red in the face with every argument. I almost didn't want to bother with you!"

"Really? How did I used to argue with you?"

"You really forgot, huh? The days you played the lapdog for that woman?"

Xia Qianyue looked at Zhang Wei from left to right and realized he didn't seem to be joking.

"Listen, you better not start getting excited now. If you act like a lapdog again, I'll slap you flying with one hit!"

"Sure, I'll try my best to hold back!" Zhang Wei nodded, his expression calm.

Xia Qianyue pretended to remember and cleared her throat:

"Remember when you moved your luggage? What did you think when that slut called you? She just wanted you to be her pack mule. And you actually went, worried about being late and making her anxious."

"The movie thing was even more ridiculous. You thought she asked you out to a movie alone, but she and her girlfriends just wanted to go, and they didn't like the crowded theater, so they sent you to queue instead. You actually stood there for three hours under the sun just to get them some tickets. After getting the tickets, she didn't even say thank you, just walked into the cinema with her friends, leaving you on the street, where you stood smiling like a fool, which was so embarrassing."

"There was another time; I saw you arguing with her, thinking you had finally come to your senses. But after she slapped you, you even asked her if her hand hurt. I knew then you were still the same idiot and hadn't changed a bit."

"That's right, it seems like with one phone call from her, you'd rush over no matter what. I've called you spineless more than once, yet you always said Xia Li must be in some trouble, and if I don't show up, can I even call myself a man!"

"Not to mention how she always got you to buy her phones and gifts, and every time you scrimped and saved only to spend the money on her presents. But she never even said thank you after receiving them; she simply treated you like an ATM!"

"Right, right, and there was that one time, you..."

Xia Qianyue counted off his "glorious" deeds on her fingers, listing them one by one.

As Xia Qianyue recounted these things like treasured anecdotes, Zhang Wei fell into deep thought.

Who would have thought, the original host was such a lapdog to a woman.

What is a lapdog? A lapdog is doomed not to have a good ending!

In the end, Xia Qianyue talked for a full ten minutes or so before she finished recounting all of Zhang Wei's lapdog escapades.

Feeling a flood of emotions, someone who used to be a lapdog said:

"The great philosopher Lu Shuren once said: Some dogs are destined not to look back because every single hair on them shines with the light of a lapdog."

As Zhang Wei said this, he laughed at himself, "I'm glad that I've now come to my senses!"

"Wow, you're even quoting famous people now, huh?" Zhang Wei's words amused Xia Qianyue.

But she had a question in her mind: Did Lu Shuren really say that?

It doesn't seem like it, right?

Zhang Wei continued to speak, summing up, "Listening to your explanation, I've realized I made a mistake, and it's a classic case of targeting the wrong goal!"

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is... I was fawning over the wrong person!"

Zhang Wei said, staring intently at Xia Qianyue as he spoke.

And Xia Qianyue finally realized something, looking straight back.

When their eyes met, the atmosphere in the air began to grow ambiguous.

In a situation like this stare-down...

The first to flinch is the dog.

But as Xia Qianyue was being stared at by Zhang Wei, a hint of shyness flitted through her heart, her eyes started to dart around in panic, and even her body reacted, instinctively avoiding the intense gaze.

A second later, she realized, isn't this "guilty conscience"? When had she ever felt embarrassed being looked at by this guy(")

her inner shyness turned instantly into anger, with a bit of indignation.

"Well, well, Zhang Wei, now you even dare to flirt with grandma!"

Seeing Xia Qianyue ready to hit him, Zhang Wei hurriedly pleaded for mercy, "Stop, stop, stop, grandma, I surrender, don't hit me, I'm still injured!"

In the end, Xia Qianyue did not bring herself to slap him.

Yet being teased like this by Zhang Wei, she didn't dare stay any longer.

"All in all, you better rest up here, and when you've fully recovered, you can return to school. I've already asked for leave on your behalf, so don't feel any pressure."

As Xia Qianyue spoke, she immediately ran off.

"Oh, thank you, Xia... Xia Qianyue," Zhang Wei hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

"Don't call me by my name; aren't you always calling me Xia Hanhan? Just stick with that."

"Oh, okay, Xia Hanhan, thank you."

"Don't mention it, grandma!"

Xia Qianyue quickly waved her hand, putting on a generous air, and briskly left the hospital bed.

But no sooner had she stepped out the door than she leaned against the hospital corridor wall, her hands covered her heart, and her cheeks flushed with a touch of red.

"That damn Zhang Wei, when did he become so smooth with words? Even daring to tease grandma, really, really..."

The word "disgusting" never left her lips though.

Because, deep down, Xia Qianyue didn't dislike the change in Zhang Wei.

In fact, she felt a bit pleased.

As long as he didn't turn into someone else's lapdog, it wasn't too bad for Zhang Wei to change like this!

With these thoughts, she smiled all the way as she quickly left the hospital.

...

Back on the hospital bed.

With Xia Qianyue gone, Zhang Wei finally had enough time to analyze the situation at hand.

Firstly, he had to accept the fact of transmigration and the identity he now possessed.

Secondly, from now on, he must become Zhang Wei and ensure no one detected anything amiss.

Luckily, the only person he was most familiar with was Xia Qianyue. Since she hadn't noticed anything wrong with Zhang Wei, it was even less likely that others would.

As for that woman named Jia Meili...

Sorry, he really wasn't close with her!

"Speaking of which, although I'm not very fond of reading novels, I do know that transmigrators have some benefits... there's still one thing, how did I transmigrate here? That's something I still can't wrap my head around..."

Thinking thus, Zhang Wei struggled to lie down, pulled up the covers, and fell into a deep sleep.

In his dreams, within a pitch-black space of consciousness, a speck of golden light twinkled.

Zhang Wei's consciousness appeared here, and he approached the golden light, making out what was within it.

A golden eyeball - wasn't this the very culprit that caused him to transmigrate!

Seeing the eyeball, Zhang Wei's body unconsciously drew closer to it.

The next moment, Zhang Wei's vision was once again filled with golden light, and his figure was engulfed by it.

"The Golden Finger finally arrived; the ability might be a bit trashy, but it's better than nothing."

Zhang Wei awoke again, not because of anything else, but out of excitement.

Transmigrators indeed have perks.

The so-called perk was this golden eyeball.

Zhang Wei raised his hand, and a smidgen of golden light shone in his palm, revealing the imprint of an eyeball.

However, this mark could only be seen by himself and was invisible to others.

As for its uses, he had already come to know them in his dream.

The mark had one ability at the moment.

It made inherent time pass at one-tenth the speed, but only when he was alone in a certain designated area.

This ability was simple to understand; if Zhang Wei used this ability in an enclosed, uninhabited room, then an hour inside the room could be stretched to the equivalent of ten hours.

To a study enthusiast, this ability was incredibly thrilling; one could study for ten hours, while only an hour would pass in reality.

Whether the golden eyeball would awaken a second or even third ability remained unknown.

Zhang Wei couldn't help but exclaim that this was the benefit of being a transmigrator; although it didn't seem impressive, nobody could stop his fervor for staying up late to study!

It just so happened that he was alone in this hospital room, a perfect chance to test out his ability.

The golden light flashed in the palm of his right hand, the mark lit up, and the flow of time within the entire hospital room slowed down tremendously.

The next day.

When Zhang Wei's attending doctor came in for the rounds, he witnessed an unbelievable scene.

Zhang Wei was up and about, energetically moving his arms and legs beside the hospital bed.

He and the nurses around him all had their jaws drop in astonishment.

"Young man, are you sure you don't want to rest a bit more?"

"No need, doctor, I'm ready to be discharged!"

"But your condition..."

"Haven't you checked everything? Is there still something wrong with my condition?"

"Well... there's no issue, but I can hardly believe how fast your body has recovered. It's almost like you've rested for ten days to half a month!"

"Haha, maybe I have a special constitution!"

Zhang Wei didn't waste words and quickly went through the discharge formalities.

"East University, here I come!"

His next destination was to return to school.

He had to, as Zhang Wei, reclaim some things that rightfully belonged to him!

The first step was to make Jia Meili pay the price; she actually had the former him acting like a lapdog.

That was intolerable!