Seeing his four former roommates in that state, Chu Tian's heart ached.
"What happened to them?"
Yao Junjie sighed deeply and then replied dejectedly, "If only we knew. They were like this this morning. After being sent here, no problems have been found so far."
As he spoke, a group of doctors entered.
Men and women, old and young, there were more than twenty of them.
This group conducted a series of examinations on the four lying in bed.
Then one of them asked Yao Junjie, "Have the families of these four arrived yet?"
Yao Junjie said that their families had been notified. Because they were all in other cities, it would take time for them to arrive.
The closest to their hometown was the fourth one, Chen Shao. His family was probably almost in Shengjing.
This doctor said that when the patients' families arrived, they should find him.
After saying that, he was about to leave with the group.
Chu Tian quickly asked, "What illness do these four have?"
The doctor stopped and looked back at the four of them. Then he shook his head at Chu Tian and said,
"All equipment checks have been done, and no problems have been found!"
After speaking, he walked out with a look of helplessness.
Yao Junjie, with a grim expression, muttered, "Damn it, what a load of crap of a check, all t-"
However, at this moment, he suddenly felt that what Yao Junjie said might have some truth to it.
Chu Tian and Yao Junjie stayed there taking care of the four until afternoon when their families all arrived.
At the same time, Chu Tian noticed a strange phenomenon. Although these four people did not eat, they kept asking for hot water.
Water so hot that Chu Tian felt it would scald his mouth, they could drink three cups at a time.
In the afternoon, each of them drank two kettles of boiled water.
Strangely, despite drinking so much water, none of them went to the toilet.
Seeing that their families had arrived, Chu Tian and Yao Junjie withdrew.
Yao Junjie, in particular, was exhausted. He had been busy since morning and hadn't eaten a bite.
The two of them left the hospital and found a place to eat something casually.
Yao Junjie suddenly asked Chu Tian, "Third Brother, where are you living now? Can I crash with you? I don't want to go back to the dorm."
Chu Tian heard this and asked, "What's wrong?"
It wasn't that he was unwilling to take Yao Junjie home with him, but he found it strange why he suddenly didn't want to return to the dorm.
Yao Junjie glanced around and said with some hesitation, "I think Old Man and the others have been possessed. The dorm isn't clean."
"Not clean?" Chu Tian's face showed a slight surprise. He asked with a lot of doubt, "Didn't you say Old Man and the others weren't in the dorm yesterday?"
"They weren't at first. The four of them went somewhere. But when I took off my helmet this morning, the four of them were lying on the bed, and they hadn't entered the game."
He slightly closed his eyes, his face showing a look of shock and terror as he explained in detail.
Then he continued, "I was scared to death at that moment."
As he spoke, he looked around, leaned his body on the table towards Chu Tian, and said in a low voice,
"Because my helmet didn't detect anyone entering the perception range at all. Otherwise, I would have known they four had returned!"
Chu Tian's brows furrowed, and then he asked with surprise and a hint of probing, "So... you think they returned after being possessed, and they even bypassed the Heavenly Dao helmet's detector?"
"Mhm, mhm..." Yao Junjie nodded.
Hearing this, Chu Tian also found it quite strange. He watched Yao Junjie furtively observing his surroundings, seeming frightened.
"You can come home with me today!" Saying that, he got up to pay the bill.
They took a taxi out and first went to the school dorm. Yao Junjie wanted to go back to get his helmet.
He pulled Chu Tian along with him the whole way, as if afraid he would run away.
Upon returning to the dorm, Chu Tian entered the room. This was the first time he had returned here since his rebirth.
Various memories surged forward.
He came to his bedside, touched it with his hand, and sighed with emotion.
"Third Brother, let's go!" Yao Junjie stood beside him, holding the virtual helmet and pulling his sleeve.
His demeanor made Chu Tian feel amused. He didn't expect him to be so timid.
He kept scanning his surroundings, as if afraid of some terrifying thing appearing.
By the time he brought Yao Junjie to the villa entrance, it was already dark, given that it was the end of October.
After winter set in, Shengjing, a northern city, was completely dark by 5 PM.
Yao Junjie stood at the villa entrance, his mouth wide open, and said to Chu Tian in shock,
"Third Brother, this is your home? You weren't kept by a rich woman, were you?"
Chu Tian smiled and didn't say anything. He had heard such remarks several times before.
After opening the door and entering, Yao Junjie looked around everywhere like Liu Grandma entering the Grand View Garden.
"There are vacant guest rooms on the third floor. You can pick one and stay there. If you're hungry, make something for yourself. There's everything in the refrigerator."
Chu Tian didn't treat him like an outsider, so he didn't lead him, just informed him.
Then he hurried to the second floor. At this time, there were less than two minutes left until the opening of the Heavenly Dao.
He wanted to enter the game right on time to avoid missing Ye Ling's online time.
After entering the game, the first thing he did was to find 'Shang Da Hao Mei Dai Zhi' and sign a share distribution contract.
He allocated one percent of the shares of the 'Everything Chain Store' to him.
Shang Da Hao Mei Dai Zhi clenched his fists, extremely excited, and then said with ecstatic joy, "Boss, don't worry, I will definitely operate these two stores successfully for you!"
"Just two stores, you're too easily satisfied," Chu Tian glanced at him sideways, a calm smile appearing on his face, and said with a bright smile.
"What? Are you saying..." He stared at Chu Tian with wide eyes and asked back, half-believing and half-doubting, "Does 'Everything' have other stores?"
Chu Tian shook his head, then said calmly, "Not yet, but soon there will be."
Under Shang [Shang Da Hao Mei Dai Zhi]'s astonished gaze, Chu Tian patted him and continued, "Let's go, come with me to Four Seasons City and Black Soil City."
After speaking, he walked ahead towards the direction of the teleportation array.
[Shang Da Hao Mei Dai Zhi] followed him blankly. Led by Chu Tian, they first went to Four Seasons City, and then to Black Soil City.
When he stood in front of the level-two store in Black Soil City, it felt like a dream, and his heart was filled with shocked longing.
He looked at Chu Tian with admiration and gratitude, thinking, How can I repay the kindness of this man in this life?
At this moment, he knew that the one percent share would bring him an astronomical income.
The income from the pharmacies, engineering stores, and auction house in Shengjing City for just one day yesterday was over 2.5 million in cash.
His one percent share meant an income of 25,000.
This was just one day's income...