ABLO Chapter 39

Capital Medical University has been established for decades and has produced many outstanding doctors. Each year, the students who are admitted here are considered the future elite. The school’s motto is displayed at the entrance, where people come and go. Today, it is especially lively.

The new batch of graduates is about to leave school to start their internships at hospitals. In their moments of relaxation, they feel a sense of nostalgia for the campus. Many corners of the school are filled with scenes of them taking commemorative photos. The weather is sunny, and the green grass is lush, making it the perfect day for taking photos.

Wang Dali held a lunchbox in his hand, walked hurriedly through the crowd, and towards the laboratory.

Shen Cheng from the next class saw him coming from a distance and quickly stopped him, “Dali!”

Wang Dali stopped and looked up.

Shen Cheng smiled, walked up to him, and asked, “Have you decided where you want to intern?”

Wang Dali touched the lunchbox, felt its warmth, and said, “I haven’t decided yet; what about you?”

“I have applied to stay in this city’s hospital. I have never traveled far since I was a child, and I don’t want to be too far away from home.” Shen Cheng said.

Wang Dali nodded, “It’s really good to stay in this city. Not only is the food, clothing, housing, and transportation convenient, but there are also many excellent doctors in the city hospital, and you can learn a lot.”

“Yes, I thought so too, so after thinking about it, I decided to stay in this city.” Shen Cheng looked at him and asked, “Where are you going in such a hurry?”

Wang Dali glanced at the lunchbox in his hand and said, “I’m going to deliver food to Ruan Mian. He has been doing experiments all day today and he hasn’t eaten yet.”

Hearing this, Shen Cheng smiled ambiguously, blinked lightly, and said, “Dali, tell the truth; are you interested in Xiao Mian? Otherwise, why are you always so attentive to him?”

Wang Dali was stunned for a moment and then fell silent. After a while, he forced a slight smile and said, “He has a fiancé.”

“Oh…right.” Shen Cheng patted his head and said suddenly: “If you didn’t tell me, I almost forgot that his fiancé is in the military, right?”

At the Capital Medical University, everyone knows about the high-achieving, handsome omega from Class 1. He usually has a very good temper, but occasionally he will blurt out a few curse words that don’t match his personality, such as ‘damn it’ or ‘what the hell.’

Every time Ruan Mian swore, his voice was soft and gentle, with a hint of sweetness. It didn’t make anyone angry; instead, it made him seem very cute and made people want to tease him. So, his classmates who were familiar with him would occasionally approach him just to hear him softly curse a few times.

Later, everyone learned that when he said curse words, he was actually thinking about his fiancé, because his fiancé taught him these curse words.

Ruan Mian is good-looking. He always wears clean clothes and has a handsome figure. When he walks, he is like a moving scenery in the college. That’s why he was named the school heartthrob of the medical school. He is good-looking and has no lack of suitors.

After those suitors knew that he had a fiancé, they were all heartbroken. No one thought that he was already engaged at such a young age. Everyone was very curious about his fiancé, but no one had seen him. All they knew was that his fiancé was a soldier and nothing else.

Among these suitors, some gave up on their own initiative after knowing that Ruan Mian was engaged, but some suitors were very unwilling. They believed that everyone has the right to pursue their favorite omega, so they still couldn’t help but confess to Ruan Mian.

After Ruan Mian was confessed to, no matter who the person was, he would sincerely thank the other person for their love every time and then refuse without hesitation. If asked why, he would angrily say that he already had a fiancé. In other words, he was already spoken for.

In the past four years, Ruan Mian used this reason to reject countless suitors. Gradually, almost all his classmates in the school knew that he had a fiancé.

As time passed, everyone understood that Ruan Mian was devoted to his fiancé and would not accept other people’s confessions at all.

When Wang Dali heard Shen Cheng’s words, he nodded slightly and said ‘yes’.

Shen Cheng couldn’t help but smile and sighed: “Who on earth is Xiao Mian’s fiancé that can captivate our campus heartthrob so completely? I haven’t seen his fiancé come to the school to visit him all these years, yet he’s still so devoted!”

Wang Dali thought of Lu Yang and felt a headache coming on. The repeated echoes of ‘Ji’er’ reverberated in his ears. He quickly waved his hand and said, “I’ll go deliver the food first. We’ll talk again when we have time.”

Shen Cheng didn’t keep him anymore and said cheerfully: “Okay, go quickly. Xiao Mian is already thin; don’t let him starve.”

Wang Dali nodded and continued to walk forward in a hurry. He didn’t stop until he reached the laboratory.

Worried about disturbing his classmates in the laboratory, he glanced inside from the back window. Most of the students had put down their work and started eating. Only Ruan Mian stood in the center of the laboratory, still busy.

He was wearing a neat white coat, holding delicate glassware in his hand, frowning slightly, staring at his work intently; his eyelashes hanging down were long and dense; the ends of his eyes outlined a delicate arc; and his complexion was fair. After his baby fat faded away from his facial features, he looked more refined and beautiful than when he was young.

Wang Dali smiled subconsciously, opened the door, and walked in. He said hello to other students and ran directly to Ruan Mian.

Wang Dali glanced at his work and asked, “Are the results out?”

“No.” Ruan Mian shook the transparent vessel in his hand gently, and said in a soft voice: “Damn, it’s too difficult.”

When Ruan Mian said bad words, he would never say it to his classmates, he would only whisper it to himself.

Wang Dali pursed his lips slightly, knowing that he missed Lu Yang again.

Wang Dali put the lunchbox on the table and reached out to help Ruan Mian clear the apparatuses on the table, “Stop being busy, eat first.”

Ruan Mian glanced at his work, nodded slightly, took off his gloves, lowered his eyes to see the lunchbox on the table, couldn’t help but smile at Wang Dali, and said gratefully: “Thank you, Dali.”

“Don’t be so polite with me, otherwise it will make us seem like strangers.”

Ruan Mian smiled and nodded. He and Wang Dali shared a strange fate. They used to be rivals in love, but later they became classmates. When they applied to universities, they both coincidentally chose to study medicine and ended up at the same school. They have been in the same class for four years. With their relationship, there’s really no need for formalities.

After Ruan Mian went to college, he did not choose to live on campus because he was worried about Grandpa Lu being alone at home. Wang Dali, like him, also chose to live at home.

The two families lived relatively close together, both in the East City villa area, so they often went to and from school together. Over time, they became familiar with each other. Wang Dali was a good person and had been taking good care of him in the past few years.

“Every time you do an experiment, you tend to be so busy that you forget the time.” Wang Dali said in a helpless tone, taking apart the chopsticks and handing them to him, “Eat quickly, today the cafeteria made the vegetarian fried carrot balls you like to eat.”

Ruan Mian took the chopsticks, picked up the food, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and said with a smile: “It’s delicious.”

“As long as you like it, I’ll queue up to buy it for you next time the cafeteria makes it.”

“Aren’t you going to eat?” Ruan Mian asked.

“I won’t eat. I just happened to meet Teacher Sun in the cafeteria. He was bored alone and asked me to eat with him, so I stayed there and finished eating.”

Ruan Mian nodded. Teacher Sun was their substitute teacher. He was an amiable person and often asked his classmates to eat with him.

He lowered his head and continued eating. After a whole day of experiments, he hadn’t felt very hungry at first. But after a few bites, he finally realized his hunger. Despite being hungry, due to his long-standing habits, he still ate unhurriedly.

Wang Dali sat opposite him. Seeing him lowering his head and eating slowly, just like seeing a little rabbit eating grass in small mouthfuls, he couldn’t help but smile.

He remembered what Shen Cheng had just said and said with great interest: “Xiao Mian, have you decided where to go for internship? I noticed that everyone in the class is researching about where to go. I called my aunt just now when I was in the cafeteria. She works in the Capital Hospital. She said that the facilities and environment of the Capital Hospital are very good. We can go there together for internship and take care of each other…”

“I’m going to apply for an internship at Ancheng Military District Hospital.” Ruan Mian said matter-of-factly.

Wang Dali’s voice faltered. He wasn’t too surprised by Ruan Mian’s choice, but after a moment of silence, he said quietly, “I know you want to see Lu Yang, but Ancheng has been unstable lately. I’ve heard that the pirates have a new leader who seems very arrogant, constantly challenging the Ancheng Military District. You should consider staying in the capital for your internship for now. If you still want to go, wait until things settle down.”

Ruan Mian took a mouthful of food, looked up at him, and said in a serious tone: “It’s because Ancheng is not stable right now that I want to go there.”

Wang Dali furrowed his brows and looked into Ruan Mian’s eyes. He knew that Ruan Mian was determined to go and that he couldn’t stop him. Reluctantly, he lowered his gaze, poured a glass of water, and placed it by Ruan Mian’s hand.

He was silent for a while and said quietly: “Then I will go to Ancheng too.”

Ruan Mian’s eyes curved into a smile as he teased, “Dali, I knew you were just pretending to be indifferent. You want to see Lu Yang too, don’t you? Although you’re my rival in love, I can understand your feelings, because I miss him a lot as well.”

At the end of his first year at the military academy, Lu Yang returned home once. In his second year, he went to Ancheng with the army and never had time to go home.

After he entered the military academy, he was like a fish in water. A few years later, he had become the leader of the Blue Wolf Unit and brought the unit to Ancheng. He had excellent grades in the military academy and achieved numerous military merits. At the beginning of this year, he had been promoted to major general.

He is now the youngest major general in the history of the empire, breaking the record left by Grandpa Lu. Now when everyone talks about him, they say that he is better than his predecessor and that three generations of the Lu family are heroes.

To be honest, Ruan Mian has not seen Lu Yang for three years. Except for his birthday every year, where he will receive more and more carrots from Lu Yang, as well as Lu Yang’s phone calls every half month.

In the past few years, Ruan Mian had devoted himself to studying academics and had no time for other things. When he came back to his senses, he realized that he really missed Lu Yang. He wanted to see what Lu Yang was like now. He had been moving in the direction of Lu Yang, and now he can finally see him.

When Wang Dali heard what he said, he frowned depressedly and said dissatisfied, “I said that I no longer like him.”

Wang Dali explained it to Ruan Mian several times, but Ruan Mian just didn’t believe it. He still thinks that Wang Dali is like him and studied medicine for Lu Yang. Wang Dali is really helpless about this.

Ruan Mian took a sip of the water Wang Dali poured for him, and chuckled nonchalantly: “You don’t like Lu Yang; then why do you take care of me so much?”

Wang Dali raised his eyes and looked at Ruan Mian hesitantly. Ruan Mian looked at him with a curved smile and eyes full of laughter.

Wang Dali’s lips opened and closed a few times, and finally, with a sigh of defeat, he turned his head and said, “Think whatever you want, but I don’t like him.”

“Yes, yes, yes.” Ruan Mian poured him a glass of water, held the glass up, and said, “Then I would like to toast the great Mister Wang Dali. Thank you for your selflessness and your support for the Ancheng Military District.”

“In what capacity are you thanking me?” Wang Dali took the water glass and clinked it with his.

Ruan Mian blinked, his eyes sparkling with joy, and he said mischievously: “I am a family member of the Major General of the Ancheng Military District.”

Wang Dali curled his lips and raised his head, drinking the water in one gulp.