NOVEL NEXT Chapter 17 - Professor Fang Calls Back! Wang Tao Drops By
Professor Fang called back!
He Gu was invigorated and immediately sat up to answer the call.
“Professor Fang?”
Professor Fang’s voice came through the receiver: “He Gu, I checked with the school. Last week’s car accident had 8 deaths including the driver. You were not among them.”
“I was so busy I got confused. I remember they told me there were 9 bodies that day. Sorry about that.”
Upon hearing Professor Fang’s words, He Gu felt slightly relieved: “It’s okay Professor Fang.”
“What about my internship?”
Professor Fang went on: “I was just about to tell you.”
“Somehow there was a mistake made. You should have received the internship notice last week… Of course now it turns out to be good that you didn’t get the notice.”
Professor Fang paused, then continued: “I’ve already talked to the internship organization. Kangde Pharmaceutical still has openings. It’s a good company in many ways. If you want to go, I can sign you up now and have the notice sent to you first thing tomorrow morning.”
“Of course, considering what happened last week with your roommates… If you want to switch to a different internship, I can also help arrange that. But it may take a few more days.”
He Gu immediately said: “No need, Kangde Pharmaceutical sounds good, I’ll go there.”
No kidding, the pass condition for this level was being picked up by the assigned internship. Better to leave sooner than later.
After hanging up, He Gu lay in bed thinking further.
According to Professor Fang, last week all 8 people in his dorm were assigned to Kangde Pharmaceutical for internship, and were picked up by the company’s car.
But for some reason, He Gu did not actually receive the notice or get picked up, which ended up saving his life.
But in that case… Zhang Chao already died last week?
Then who was that person who lived with him in the dorm for a week, and suddenly brought a online girlfriend over?
In the world of strange tales, this kind of situation could be understood.
But if that Zhang Chao was already bizarre, then what about Xiao Ying he brought to the dorm?
Thinking of this, He Gu felt a sense of fear.
At this time, Xiao Ying, who had been in the bathroom for nearly an hour, finally came out.
Fortunately this time she did not ask He Gu to bring a towel, or came out wrapped in a bath towel to change clothes next to He Gu. She came out fully dressed in pajamas.
Xiao Ying glanced at He Gu lying on the top bunk without speaking, and sat on the bed drying her hair on her own.
Since Xiao Ying wasn’t causing any trouble for once, He Gu was happy to have some peace and quiet, and continued lying in bed thinking over the various clues.
Vaguely, He Gu felt like he was getting close to some of the secrets behind this level.
But it was still too fuzzy, many things had yet to surface.
There was also Professor Fang saying he could deliver the internship notice to He Gu tomorrow…
He Gu had a lingering uneasiness.
In theory, getting the notice and being picked up by the internship would clear the level, even if he didn’t figure out the hidden secrets of the level. At most he just wouldn’t get as high of a clear score.
He Gu didn’t actually care that much about clear score. Just surviving in this world of strange tales was hard enough, nothing else mattered.
But considering the danger in this level, He Gu felt like things had been strangely smooth sailing so far.
Just as He Gu was pondering over the various issues, there was another knock on the dorm door.
He Gu’s heart tightened instinctively as he jumped off the bed and asked at the door: “Who is it?”
A voice came from outside: “Old He, it’s me!”
It was Wang Tao’s voice from the dorm next door!
He Gu was slightly surprised. After Wang Tao’s sleepwalking this morning, He Gu had seen the janitor drag someone away…
Could that not have been Wang Tao?
Level Rule #9: If Wang Tao from next door comes to visit, treat him with milk.
To avoid breaking the rules, He Gu hesitated but still opened the door.
Wang Tao was wearing sports clothes and holding a basketball, looking energetic and spirited, completely different from when he was sleepwalking this morning.
“Locking the door in broad daylight?”
Wang Tao laughed and walked right into the dorm as if he owned the place.
Upon entering and seeing Xiao Ying sitting on the bed drying her hair, Wang Tao was startled, then shot He Gu a lewd grin.
“Oh~ No wonder…”
Wang Tao winked at He Gu and laughed: “I heard Chao had something to take care of back home, and thought you’d be alone here so I came to keep you company. Looks like I was thinking too much, heh heh…”
He Gu shook his head helplessly, too lazy to explain. He took out a bottle of milk he had just bought last night and handed it to him.
Wang Tao accepted the milk from He Gu, and continued: “Where’s the missus from? So pretty, you’ve kept her hidden well Brother Gu!”
He Gu didn’t want to dwell on it and asked directly: “Did you need something?”
Wang Tao laughed: “I came to see if you wanted to play ball… But looks like you’re busy now.”
“Or rather, you can play ball by yourself in the dorm…”
He Gu impatiently said: “Watch your mouth.”
Wang Tao chuckled, then suddenly said: “Oh wait, she looks kind of familiar? Feel like I’ve seen her somewhere?”
He Gu: “You probably saw her in a dream.”
Wang Tao shook his head: “No, seriously, I think I’ve seen her before…”
“Ah whatever, can’t remember, don’t wanna think about it.”
Then Wang Tao suddenly said: “Oh right, a couple dumbasses from our dorm got assigned to some pharmaceutical factory for internship. They said the factory gave out a lot of medicinal supplements as benefits and mailed some back. I’ll grab some for you later.”
He Gu declined: “No need, I don’t like drinking that stuff.”
Wang Tao winked again: “But that’s all good stuff, you could use it to replenish yourself in this situation…”
He added: “Oh yeah, everyone from your dorm is at that pharmacy factory too. I bet they mailed you a bunch and you’ve been drinking it on the sly, right?”
Hearing this, He Gu’s heart skipped a beat: “Kangde Pharmaceutical?”
Wang Tao: “Think that’s what it’s called?”
“Funny thing is, all six people from your dorm got assigned to that pharmacy, how come just you and Zhang Chao missed it?”
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