OFBL Chapter 2

“The peerless little doctor forced his scum ex to repent and walk through the Crematorium”!!!

Zhang Yuze seemed to be struck by lightning. He was stunned on the spot, while the title of last night’s book flashed through his mind. Then… He gave birth to a little complacent. He could remember the title of such a long book, which was worthy of that hard-working, medicine-studying brain of his!

No… Now it was not the time to think about that!

Who could tell him why some scum from a book, who did all the evil things in the world only to die in shame appeared in his office?! Looking at the beautiful eyes of the masked man in front of him, Zhang Yuze fell into a trance.

“Look at me… Daring to appear in front of Dr. Zhang for the second time in my life.” Xu Li said with a sneer.

Zhang Yuze couldn’t figure anything out and his mentality collapsed, weakly asking: “Aren’t you a character in a novel?! Where is my assistant, Xiao Wei?”

“I’m sorry, Dr. Zhang. Looks like I’ve hit you until you turned into a fool. I’ve been your assistant since the first day you entered the General Hospital of Artillery. Who is Xiao Wei?” Xu Li answered while rolling his eyes, then he turned around and hung up his badge with a curse. He… Didn’t even look at him.

Zhang Yuze felt shocked for the Nth time that morning. Although the situation was way out of his control, he still had to reply, otherwise, he might lose his momentum in front of the other man. And so, he scolded Xu Li’s back: “What’s wrong with you?! I was the one who hit you last night!”

Xu Li squeezed a pump of disinfectant into his palm and mumbled: “Stupid.”

“You’re the fool!” Zhang Yuze sneered at him.

Early in the morning, in the cardiac surgery department, the doctor and his assistant began to scold each other passionately. All morning, Zhang Yuze couldn’t stop thinking about what was happening to him, living a muddle-headed life.

He also wanted to observe whether Xu Li was a living person or not… However, every time he looked at him, the other party responded with a warning look, making Zhang Yuze not in the mood to look at that stinky face again and simply give up.

In order to find out where Xiao Wei went, Zhang Yuze even went to the Personnel Department to check the file. Despite all of his hopes, the result was unexpected.

The records of the Personnel Department showed that there had never been a Xiao Wei in the General Hospital of Artillery. As for Xu Li, he really was his surgical assistant from the first day he entered the hospital.

Zhang Yuze covered his head, feeling his worldview collapse, and his three views over life blown to pieces¹观 (Sān ɡuān)” in Chinese slang typically refers to one’s perspective or worldview. It’s a term that suggests a broad understanding or comprehensive grasp of a topic or issue. In this context, “观” implies an insightful or discerning perspective that goes beyond superficial knowledge. The origin of the 三观 concept can be traced back to the three views in Buddhism (空观, 假观, and 中观). Literally: 1. 三 (Sān): three 2. 观 (ɡuān): views, opinion 三观 means “three views”. It refers to: 1. 世界观 (shì jiè ɡuān): opinion about the world; world outlook; world view 2. 价值观 (jià zhí ɡuān): opinion about value 3. 人生观 (rén shēnɡ ɡuān): opinion about life; view of life; outlook on life.

Overnight, all of his memories seemed to be… Different. Looking through the employee list, he recalled carefully, only to find out that there were, in fact, many familiar names on it. However, all of those employees were supporting roles in that “Peerless Little Doctor” piece of literature…

Realizing that, Zhang Yuze’s eyes experienced an earthquake, and a word flashed through his mind.

Did he… Transmigrate into a book?!

At that moment, the mobile phone in his pocket shook. Zhang Yuze clicked on it, only to see a message sent by someone he noted as the “Empress Dowager”.

Empress Dowager: Your father and I went to the seaside for half a month. Take care of yourself.

Zhang Yuze didn’t read carefully and directly pressed the call button. That “Empress Dowager” was a familiar WeChat note, but he still needed to confirm whether this mother post-transmigration was still his own mother or not!

The phone quickly connected and Zhang Yuze didn’t even have time to form the beginning of a single word before the opposite side took the lead. Her cold voice was as harsh as the most feared dean, full of impatience over her son’s incompetence: “Calling me during working hours? Is this your attitude at work?”

Zhang Yuze… Hung up the phone.

Needless to say, that sentence just now was in his own lovely mother’s tone. There was no need to check further.

Until lunch, looking at all kinds of familiar and not-so-familiar faces parading in front of him, Zhang Yuze tightly held his mobile phone and finally accepted the fact that he seemed to have transmigrated into a book.

It was just that his book was more special and integrated with reality. For example, his name was still Zhang Yuze, and his appearance was still the same. His home was in the same place, and even the original circle of people around him had not changed.

To put it simply, that book’s plot was simply and directly dumped over Zhang Yuze’s life, without changing anything else.

After understanding that matter, he also knew why Xu Li, the so-called scum ex, wanted to beat him without saying a word last night. It turned out that he was now in possession of Little Bottom’s script, running around while preaching the story of true love.

Zhang Yuze felt that getting beaten was only fair.

Even if it was him and someone came to his house in the middle of the night to convert him to the one and true religion of real love… Zhang Yuze would probably beat him as well.

…………

As soon as lunchtime arrived, Xu Li, who was sitting at his desk, suddenly stood up, took his meal card, and looked up and down at Zhang Yuze.

Zhang Yuze also glanced at him and said: “What are you looking at?!”

In the end, Xu Li gave him a strange look before turning around and leaving the office, without paying him any attention.

Zhang Yuze also planned to go to lunch. As soon as he stood up, he saw a little head floating outside the door, looking like some ghost nurse from a horror story. After sorting out the original “cast” of his new life, Zhang Yuze soon realized that the girl in front of him was Zhao Xiaole, a good friend of Little Bottom who was usually responsible for the nurse station in the cardiac surgery room.

Zhao Xiaole intently looked at him and asked: “Didn’t bring food for Assistant Xu today?”

However, Zhang Yuze didn’t react.

“Your love lunch…” Zhao Xiaole tilted her head and continued: “The one you cooked for him every day, be it rain or shine, for the past year or so.”

Zhang Yuze took off his white coat and said while feeling speechless: “It’s not like there’s no food in the hospital. I’m sick of feeding him.”

He wanted to eat lunch alone as usual, but he didn’t expect Zhao Xiaole to chase after him. She entangled him again, teasing: “The sun came out from the West today! Weren’t you the one who always got up before dawn to prepare lunch for him?”

Just listening to that sentence, Zhang Yuze could already imagine the type of humble courtship “he” partook in the past.

Look, that love brain really deserved to die!

Although he didn’t say anything, Zhao Xiaole still didn’t plan on stopping, scolding him: “I’ve said a long time ago that scumbag won’t do! You still went ahead and said he was your true love! Where can’t you find true love?! Why do you have to fall in love with Assistant Xu?!”

Seeing that she immediately followed him to the door of the canteen, Zhang Yuze wanted to seize the last opportunity to get rid of her, so he stopped and looked at Zhao Xiaole.

The little nurse raised her eyes curiously.

Zhang Yuze wanted her to realize that he was no longer the warm and fuzzy love brain as before. He was now the “unmovable Zhang Yuze”. A man who was neither in love nor easy to get along with. After all, he was just an ordinary iceberg.

Oh, and he also wasn’t a bottom, okay?!

And so, he said slowly: “Zhao Xiaole… I’m standing right in front of you. Do you think I look the same as before?”

Zhao Xiaole only glanced at him once, and the two happened to walk to the door of the canteen. Then, the first line of that day’s menu promptly caught her eye: Braised chicken legs!

Zhao Xiaole’s view narrowed and went straight. She didn’t care if he looked the same as before or not. Anyway, he didn’t look like a big, braised chicken leg either!

Reaching out, she pulled Zhang Yuze’s sleeve and dragged him to the dining area. Her small body shuttled through the flow of people, looking as fearless as a soldier.

“Wait a minute!!!” Dr. Zhang never finished speaking. He had been pulled to the window to pick up his meal, and two big chicken legs magically appeared on his plate.

Zhao Xiaole looked at him proudly.

Returning triumphantly with her chicken leg treasure, Zhang Yuze had to give up resistance, following Zhao Xiaole to find a vacant seat. While holding a chicken leg in her hand and eating it with satisfaction, the little nurse even dared to fearlessly ask: “What did you say just now?”

“Nothing…” Zhang Yuze pulled out a pair of chopsticks from the chopsticks bucket, wiped them carefully, and continued: “Zhao Xiaole, I just want to correct something you’ve said. True love can’t be found anywhere because that thing doesn’t exist.”

Zhao Xiaole raised her oily face and looked at him sluggishly. After a long time, she said: “Weren’t you a firm believer that true love was the absolute in this world? Why did you suddenly change your way?”

Zhang Yuze looked at the oil stains on the corners of her mouth with disgust, pulled out a napkin, and handed it over. He was too lazy to explain, so he said casually: “Anyway, from today on, I no longer like Xu Li. That’s all.”

Zhao Xiaole nodded as if she understood.

Zhang Yuze reached out with his chopsticks, picked up a piece of regular rice, and sent it to his mouth. However, before he could even swallow, Zhao Xiaole suddenly shouted: “Look, Xu Li is coming!”

He… Almost choked to death.

Looking up at the door of the canteen, Xu Li entered while being followed by a group of his diehard fans. In that crowd, he was the one who smiled the most cheerfully, and his mouth never stopped moving all the way from the door to the pick-up area.

Zhang Yuze thought silently, why would anyone like to talk so much?! Thinking about it, as soon as he raised his head, he and Xu Li’s eyes met.

If one had the superpower of adding special effects to their life, for sure there would be sparks and lightning flowing across the canteen at that moment. One end of the lightning would come from Zhang Yuze’s eyes, and the other end would connect to Xu Li’s eyes.

The two of them looked at each other like they wanted to fly daggers from their eyes and kill each other from afar.

Unfortunately, they couldn’t.

However, in Zhao Xiaole’s opinion, the two forsaken lovers looked at each other from across the sea of people, in a sort of sentimental, exchanging ten thousand years at a glance way. She swallowed the chicken leg and acted as an emperor’s military division: “That’s a good strategy. Men don’t like it if you’re always the active one. You have to learn to be a little obedient.”

Zhang Yuze stared at her with slanted eyes… Cut the crap, who do you think you are?!

He took the pair of public chopsticks, wiped them carefully, and moved the uneaten chicken legs from his plate to Zhao Xiaole’s. “Please, eat another one and shut up!”

And so, Zhao Xiaole promptly threw herself into the loving arms of the chicken leg.

…………

After returning to his office after lunch, Dr. Zhang packed up the pieces of his mood from the floor and worked hard. After all, transmigrating into a book was transmigrating into a book, but doctors were doctors. He still had to take his profession seriously no matter where he was!

After an afternoon of seamless cooperation, Zhang Yuze felt extremely comfortable in both body and mind, all the way to almost, almost, forgetting about his grudge. After all, Xu Li never felt the useless need to gossip, only talking to him if it was related to work. Compared to Xiao Wei’s forever restless mouth, Zhang Yuze really enjoyed Xu Li’s silent treatment. And also, if he had to be truthful for once, Xu Li was much more eye-catching.

As soon as it was time to leave the office, Zhang Yuze took off his white coat and wrapped himself in his thick jacket and scarf. He was a person who always got off work on time. Unless there was an operation, he would never pretend to work just to impress the leader.

Unexpectedly, Xu Li was even more punctual than him. As soon as the clock turned to 6 p.m., he was already waiting for the elevator in his coquettish motorcycle jacket, hugging his helmet.

Zhang Yuze walked over with a blank face and waited with him. Don’t ask him why he didn’t take the stairs… The cardiac surgery department was on the fu**-ing 18th floor, okay?!

As for Xu Li, he had been looking at him all the time. After a while, he said strangely: “You’ve changed. You don’t ask me where I’m going later, and you also no longer chase me to talk about love.”

Zhang Yuze sneered and replied: “What’s there to talk about love with a stallion? Are you crazy or am I crazy?”

“Ha ha, this is the best…” Xu Li ignored the word “stallion”. As soon as the elevator door opened, he walked in carelessly and pressed the first floor. Zhang Yuze pressed the negative first floor since he drove over in the morning.

Xu Li looked at his movements and frowned slightly. “I’m going to the nightclub,” he said. Before leaving the elevator, Xu Li did not seem to give up and deliberately emphasized it.

Zhang Yuze hurriedly pressed the button to close the door, feeling that his weird assistant was really inexplicable. He smiled and said: “I don’t care even if you go to eat shit. Just go away.”

Xu Li stared at him all the way until the elevator door was completely closed, before turning around and leaving.

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  观 (Sān ɡuān)” in Chinese slang typically refers to one’s perspective or worldview. It’s a term that suggests a broad understanding or comprehensive grasp of a topic or issue. In this context, “观” implies an insightful or discerning perspective that goes beyond superficial knowledge. The origin of the 三观 concept can be traced back to the three views in Buddhism (空观, 假观, and 中观). Literally: 1. 三 (Sān): three 2. 观 (ɡuān): views, opinion 三观 means “three views”. It refers to: 1. 世界观 (shì jiè ɡuān): opinion about the world; world outlook; world view 2. 价值观 (jià zhí ɡuān): opinion about value 3. 人生观 (rén shēnɡ ɡuān): opinion about life; view of life; outlook on life