QT: The Rescue Of The Miserable Bigshots-Chapter 347 - 11.20

Li Zhe had never expected that when he eagerly awaited Fang Yaoyao bringing him his computer, phone, and several important documents, he would instead be told that his phone had been smashed and found lodged against the wall of his house.

The computer screen was cracked, and several keys were missing from the keyboard.

One blow after another crashed down on him, nearly breaking him completely.

Only when Fang Yaoyao placed a bowl of porridge in front of him did his intense hunger briefly drag him back from the brink. His trembling, aching hands reached for the bowl, which at that moment felt like a lifeline.

Unfortunately, perhaps because his arm was also severely injured, he barely lifted the bowl halfway to his lips before his fingers gave out.

The bowl slipped from his grasp.

Scalding porridge spilled onto the blanket and splashed onto the floor.

Fang Yaoyao, who had just turned around to fetch something else, was startled by the sound.

"Why..." She began. "Why didn’t you tell me?"

Before she could finish, Li Zhe, who had been forcibly suppressing his inner collapse, finally lost control.

Like the last straw snapping under unbearable weight, he let out a hoarse, devastated roar. His eyes instantly turned bloodshot as his emotions surged violently.

"Ah!"

In that instant, overwhelming despair swallowed him whole.

His mind became a chaotic tangle of memories: his humiliating death in his previous life, his triumphant rebirth in this one, and the endless string of setbacks he now faced.

The memories intertwined, tightening around him until it felt impossible to breathe.

Fang Yaoyao froze.

She had just taken the packaged stir-fried vegetables and eggs from the bag, but Li Zhe’s sudden outburst made her stop in her tracks. Instinctively, she took a few steps back, lips pressed together, too frightened to speak.

Her fearful, evasive reaction only further provoked him.

In his blurred consciousness, the image of Fang Yaoyao from his past life, avoiding his confessions with faint irritation before marrying someone else, overlapped perfectly with the woman standing before him now.

On the verge of total collapse, Li Zhe could no longer distinguish between past and present.

His emotions erupted completely.

He suddenly looked up at Fang Yaoyao and, with a voice nearly torn apart by rage and despair, roared out the resentment he had carried across two lifetimes:

"You despise me that much?! What’s so good about him?! Am I really that unbearable to you?!"

"Do you think marrying him will guarantee you an easy life? Does he love you as much as I do? Does he work as hard as I do?! He’s just relying on his family background!"

"I never thought you were such a gold digger!"

Whether from adrenaline or numbness, he no longer felt the pain in his injured arm. As he roared, he slammed his hand heavily against the bed again and again, the dull thuds echoing through the room.

Fang Yaoyao’s face drained of color. She stared at him in terror, her mind going completely blank.

"Fang Yaoyao, let me tell you, today you despise me, but tomorrow I’ll make you regret it!"

In any case, he had gotten his computer back, and it still worked.

He would make a comeback soon.

All the misery of his past life, the humiliation and pain of his present one, he would repay this damned fate for everything.

Li Zhe’s eyes were gloomy. Fang Yaoyao’s terrified and evasive expression stabbed straight into his eyes and heart.

Yet in reality, Fang Yaoyao had no idea why Li Zhe had suddenly gone mad.

What had she done wrong?

If it weren’t for a bit of former classmates’ friendship, and the fact that Li Zhe had once genuinely liked her, she would never have kindly come to the hospital, helped him retrieve his belongings from home, and bought him food.

And yet, because he spilled a bowl of porridge, he suddenly lost control and screamed at her.

How could she possibly like someone like this?

How could she dare to like him?

Forget liking him, forget accepting him, perhaps she shouldn’t have come today at all.

She shouldn’t have pitied him.

After the initial shock, Fang Yaoyao quickly regained her composure. She glanced at Li Zhe and said coldly, "Are you sick? I only came to see you out of pity. Why are you acting like this? What did I ever do to you?"

She didn’t even look at the completely out-of-control Li Zhe on the bed.

For a moment, she wanted to throw the remaining food onto the floor, but then remembered that this was a hospital ward.

Even if she did, it would only create trouble for the cleaning staff.

Her upbringing and manners restrained her impulse. She carefully placed the remaining food on the floor, then turned and walked away.

"Get out! Get out!" Li Zhe roared. "If you despise me that much, then don’t come looking for me again when I rise to power!"

Watching Fang Yaoyao leave, Li Zhe slammed his fist against the bed repeatedly. The porridge soaked into the blanket dripped down, making both the bed and the floor even more of a mess.

"So the reborn male lead directly offended the female lead?"

Hearing the system’s collected progress report, Jiang Jiamian couldn’t help but laugh softly.

"This development is completely different from the classic rebirth plot of winning true love and achieving success in both love and career."

The system sighed as well. "This is entirely Li Zhe’s own doing. The fact that Fang Yaoyao was willing to come to the hospital after hearing he was injured suggests she wasn’t completely indifferent to him. What a pity..."

Jiang Jiamian sneered. "What a pity indeed. The resentment he carried from Fang Yaoyao marrying someone else in his previous life, combined with the repeated setbacks of this one, completely destroyed his emotional control."

Originally, although Li Zhe’s current situation had indeed affected his writing, no, his plagiarism, if he had shown some resilience, used his pitiful condition to soften Fang Yaoyao’s heart, and made her feel sorry for him, this could have been a perfect opportunity to improve their relationship.

Fang Yaoyao was kind-hearted. Seeing him alone, helpless, and hospitalized, she might very well have stayed to take care of him for a few days.

That kind of back-and-forth would undoubtedly have benefited their relationship.

Unfortunately, Li Zhe was simply...

What does it mean to be utterly foolish?

This was utterly foolish.

To put it bluntly, he lacked self-control.

Consumed by negative emotions, his reason collapsed completely. Under successive blows, he could no longer remain clear-headed.

Li Zhe still hoped to try again on another website, with another book, otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared to say such harsh words to Fang Yaoyao.

But based on the phone call Jiang Jiamian overheard from Shen Muzhou last night, it was clear that Shen Muzhou had already used certain connections to block Li Zhe’s chances of signing a contract elsewhere.

Jiang Jiamian was truly looking forward to the moment when Li Zhe calmed down, when he realized he had thoroughly offended Fang Yaoyao, and discovered that he could no longer casually switch platforms and continue making money as he had originally planned.