My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 183 - 70: The Three Great Painters

"You were on the basketball court, right? Did you contact the hospital? Never mind, I'll come over right away!"

"No need, really. I've already contacted the hospital, the ambulance from Yandu Hospital is on the way. I'm just calling to let you know that the review you were expecting tonight might not be finished..."

"You don't need me to come?"

"Really, no need. If anything comes up, we can just contact the counselor. You do what you have to do."

Zhao Qingge hesitated for a moment, "Alright, keep in touch then."

After the call ended, Li Peifeng felt a bit puzzled, getting the sense that Zhao Qingge seemed really anxious, as if the one injured wasn't Wu Wenyue but himself?

Wu Wenyue tried to get up, but the pain forced her to lie back down. Helplessly, she said, "Pass me my phone, I should call the counselor too."

Graduate students also have counselors, one for each grade in the college. Although compared to undergraduate times, the presence of counselors is less felt, things like this still need to be reported.

Wu Wenyue's counselor was a girl, only a few years out of graduation, around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, and she was even more flustered than Wenyue after hearing the news, saying she'd get there immediately and all that.

"Please don't worry. I just took a fall, it's nothing serious..."

After hanging up, Wu Wenyue looked over at Li Peifeng, who was also on the phone with Xu Manning: "You just go straight to Yandu Hospital, the ambulance hasn't arrived yet. We won't be there for half an hour, drive slowly... She wants to talk to you."

Li Peifeng handed over the phone, and Wu Wenyue took it, only to hear Xu Manning crying on the line.

"Yueyue, can you not move now?"

"I'm okay... Why are you crying?"

Holding the phone, Wu Wenyue tried to turn over, her movements gentle, but the pain wouldn't stop her, so she had no choice but to give up, forcing a relaxed smile: "Didn't hurt my spine, legs can still move, just the back muscles injured. He was making a fuss, insisting I lie still, otherwise I would have stood up by now."

"No way!" Xu Manning said anxiously, "What if you hurt your bones and moving makes it worse? Just lie there and wait for the ambulance. I'm rushing to the hospital now!"

"Okay, don't worry, let the driver handle the car."

After a couple more words of concern for Xu Manning, Wu Wenyue ended the call. She initially didn't think much of the fall, but Xu Manning's and the counselor's overwhelming worry started to make her feel a bit scared.

Wu Wenyue once again moved her lower body, feeling the flexibility of her long legs, and breathed a sigh of relief, joking, "Xiaofeng, what if I really broke my spine and became paralyzed with no mobility, what would I do?"

"Stop overthinking." Li Peifeng was really too lazy to answer such questions, only wanting to call Tang Yan to ask why the stretcher hadn't been brought over.

Wu Wenyue, however, looked serious: "What would you do?"

"What do you want me to do?"

"If I really ended up like that, I would commit suicide. If I couldn't even do that, you'd have to help me, with Manning present to watch me leave this world."

With a sorrowful face, Wu Wenyue said, "After I die, you two should get married, don't miss me... Maybe in my next life I'll be reborn as your son, or daughter, still able to be with you."

Li Peifeng smirked, "Then why don't you call me Dad now?"

"Get lost!"

And so, Mr. Li just sat there with her, chatting away to take her mind off things.

A couple of minutes later, Tang Yan and another guy from the studio came over carrying a stretcher, accompanied by over twenty people, including Wu Wenyue's counselor, the school doctor, members of the school basketball team, the coach, basketball hall management, and other students just there for the spectacle.

Leading them was the school team coach, a big, sturdy man in his thirties. He was dumbfounded seeing the fallen Wu Wenyue, the broken hoop, and the shattered glass of the backboard all over the floor...

"Xiao Yue, your skills have really improved!!"

Other members of the girls' basketball team, Wu Wenyue's former teammates, were also shocked, with some being as concerned as the school doctor, while others picked up their phones to capture the scene, laughing and praising Wu Wenyue.

"Sister Yue, you're so damn cool. From now on, Jordan and Kobe need to step aside. You're my idol!!"

"Dear lord, how did this happen? How did the hoop get dunked like that?"

"Yue, come back to the team and lead us to another championship!"

"Too bad I didn't see it firsthand... Wenyue, is there a video? Let us see!"

"Oh boy, Yue, this time you're done for. Not only do you have to pay for the hoop repairs, but you'll also get a public reprimand!"

Now all traces of sadness were gone from Wu Wenyue's face; she even forgot her pain, lying on the stretcher, eagerly sharing the dunk moment with everyone, boasting extravagantly: "I can cover the medical costs myself, and I don't mind paying for equipment repairs, but it must be publicly announced to the whole school, letting everyone know it was me who dunked this!"

Li Peifeng just smiled and stayed silent.

"There's something wrong with this hoop! I've told you more than once, look at those screws, they've damned well rusted away!" The coach began yelling at the basketball hall staff, "Now the kid is hurt, what do you say to that?!"

"Old Qian, don't get angry. The school will definitely take responsibility for this, but shouting at me won't help now, better focus on the kid's injury..."

The scene was chaotic, but within four or five minutes, the ambulance arrived.

"Oh--ouch--oh--ouch--"

The medical staff placed Wu Wenyue onto the ambulance that had arrived. Li Peifeng declined the company of teachers and classmates, and went with Wu Wenyue to Yandu Hospital Third Hospital.

The Yandu Hospital Third Hospital, officially called Yandu University Third Hospital, was recommended by Huang Tianxuan. The choice was not only because she studied and worked at Yandu University, had business cooperation with Yandu Hospital, and knew people there, but also because Yandu Hospital Third Hospital is the leader in sports medicine in the country.

As luck would have it, the hospital was also very close to North Hua Normal University, just over three kilometers away, and the ambulance reached there in five minutes.

"Slow down, go!"

Li Peifeng got off the ambulance with the medical staff, and just as Wu Wenyue was carried into the emergency room, he saw two girls, Huang Tianxuan and Xu Manning, with a doctor beside them.

The latter was about fifty years old, short, body wide and plump, but with a head full of white hair, wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

"This is Director Hu, specializing in sports injuries and trauma orthopedics and sports rehabilitation, usually treating and rehabilitating athletes of the national team." Huang Tianxuan introduced. Li Peifeng quickly greeted him.

Director Hu nodded at him, saying, "Let's first check on the injured," and went to look at Wu Wenyue on the stretcher. Xu Manning, concerned, also went up to observe nervously.

"Do you still have feeling in your leg? Can you turn over?"

Wu Wenyue turned her body slightly with her hand, nodded a bit embarrassed, "I have feeling, the lower body is normal, turning over should be possible... Actually, it's just that my back hurt more when I fell, couldn't get up, but after a while, I felt I could stand up and move normally."

"Then try to turn over slowly, I'll check your spine with my hands, no need to lift your clothes, just tell me if it hurts."

"Yueyue, if it hurts, don't endure it, so the doctor can assess your injury."

"Hmm, got it."

Director Hu was performing a physical exam on Wu Wenyue, with Xu Manning asking questions with concern, while Li Peifeng stood in the corner, thanking Huang Tianxuan.

If they had called the regular 120 emergency service, the hospital would be assigned by the 120 command center, it might not be the best in sports medicine like Yandu Hospital Third Hospital, and certainly not possible to have a top domestic sports medicine doctor like Director Hu for consultation in a hurry.

Even though Li Peifeng hadn't been to this hospital before, he could guess how hard it is to get an appointment with Director Hu.

Anyway, thanks to Huang Tianxuan's help, Wu Wenyue's treatment received the best assurance...

Li Peifeng sincerely said, "I owe you a big favor."

Huang Tianxuan smiled slightly, "Indeed."

Not holding back!

Li Peifeng was at a loss for words, "I'll treat you to a meal another day."

Huang Tianxuan said leisurely, "Do you think I need your one meal?"

"Then... two meals?"

"It's not about the number of meals."

Huang Tianxuan glanced at him, "It's an attitude issue!"

"You wouldn't still remember last time, right?" Li Peifeng looked skeptical, "No way? Miss Huang is so forgiving, would you hold a grudge? I told you, we had a departmental dinner that day, so I couldn't have dinner with you..."

"Not that day, what about the next day? The day after that?"

Huang Tianxuan crossed her arms and shook her head, "We've known each other for so long, this is the first time you asked me for help. But I can't remember the last time you invited me for coffee. Aren't we friends?"

Known each other for long? Virtual chats don't count, we've only met a month, right...?

Li Peifeng looked at Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning, with a strange expression, "What do you want to say?"

"I'll be frank, you've never wanted my friendship, and you're afraid of owing me a favor."

Huang Tianxuan smirked, "In front of them, you don't even want to call me sister... Tianxuan."

"You almost mixed up the words!"

Li Peifeng resisted the urge to roll his eyes, "When you're off work and have nothing to do, do you stay at home watching movies? 'The Godfather' trilogy?"

"What else... no comment!" Huang Tianxuan quickly corrected herself, her expression playful, "Just tell me how you'll repay me!? You called me, saying your Wu Wenyue got injured, I immediately made connections with the third hospital, at this time Director Hu was already going home for dinner, I insisted they return to the unit, specially to add a shift for you. Wasn't I thoughtful?"

"Thoughtful, very thoughtful, I apologize for my previous actions, let's see in the future!"

Li Peifeng nodded heavily, "Not only will I treat you to a meal, even if you want me to climb mountains of swords or dive into seas of flames, I'll agree, how about it?!"

"Not necessary!"

Huang Tianxuan listened to his grand promises, but scoffed with disdain, "The three great writers of Dong, Qi Baishi paints shrimps, Xu Beihong paints horses, you, Li Peifeng, paint empty promises, and each time bigger than the last!"