Fanny panicked when she saw Han Shuo's pitiful condition, and her beautiful, athletic, long legs quickly sprinted towards Han Shuo.
"Ah..."
Han Shuo let out an anguished cry as the blood drained from his face. He stared at Fanny and stammered in pain, "Master Fanny, you... you're stepping on my hand!"
Fanny was short-sighted to begin with, and in her haste had run too fast, not paying attention to what was underfoot. On top of that, Han Shuo's outstretched hands were on the ground in his desire to present a convincing front, and it all led to this current situation.
Fanny was wearing knee-high boots with thin, high stiletto heels. She had been sprinting at a certain speed when she stepped firmly on Han Shuo's left hand. The pain on his face was not fake in the slightest, it was truly pain that cut deep into the bone marrow.
Han Shuo hadn't suffered any major injuries in his prolonged battle with Carey and company, but now he was suffering agony deep in his bones.
"Ooh... sorry Bryan, I didn't see that your hand was extended that far!" Fanny was horrified and hastily apologised. The boot that had stepped on Han Shuo's left hand was quickly retracted in shock and quickly shifted to the left - but Han Shuo's outstretched right hand was exactly where her foot would land.
Han Shuo was frightened out of his wits when he saw that the sharp spike was about to wreak havoc on his right hand. He pulled his hand back in a flash and wiped the 'blood' from his face. He pointed at the stunned crew behind him and let out a wail of complaint, "They, they hit me!"
Fanny's face darkened as soon as she heard these words. Though Carey and company had suffered many injuries, they had long since wiped all traces of blood from their faces when they heard someone approaching. Fearful of being questioned, in the confusion they wiped the blood off their weapons, which they then carelessly threw away.
They had planned to keep their mouths shut and just chalk the events of the afternoon up to bad luck. Who would have thought that Han Shuo would be so mean as to lay the blame on them after beating them up.
Fanny's beautiful eyes were sharp. She glanced at Carey and company and noticed that although their clothes were in disarray, there were no traces of blood on their faces. There were, however, traces of blood on some distant wooden sticks.
She had just glanced at it, lowered her head to look at the blood on Han Shuo's back and face, and "wisely deduced" what had happened here. Carey and company had ganged up to beat up Han Shuo, the blood on the staves was proof!
"I will report this matter to the school authorities. You can all expect your punishment. I am disgusted that so many of you would bully a thin, weak Bryan!" Fanny looked at Carey and company coldly and said in a shrill voice.
Master Fanny, that's not what happened. He hit us! Jack, you saw everything, wasn't it Bryan who hit us?" Carey shouted in horror.
Little Fatty Jack's legs were still shaking on the side, he had been completely frightened and was in awe of Han Shuo's actions. Jack glanced around as he heard Carey's words and discovered that Han Shuo was winking at him and gesturing with his head as he lay on the ground.
His confidence boosted, Jack stuck out his belly and pointed a chubby hand at the group, speaking with an air of self-righteousness. "Stop lying Carey, I'm not afraid of you now that Master Fanny is here. You hit Bryan and want me to lie for you! Honest Jack won't do that!"
Carey and his crew started to speak but were stopped by Fanny's raised hand and cold snort. "Stop spreading it and wait to be punished!"
She looked at the 'pathetic' Han Shuo as she turned and picked him up by the collar of his shirt. She said tenderly, "Come, let me tend to your wounds. You are my research subject and I cannot allow you to get injured so often!"
The fresh scent of her breath wafted into Han Shuo's nose as Fanny spoke, making him suddenly feel that the part of his hand that had been stepped on wasn't so painful after all. With his back to Fanny, Han Shuo signalled with his eyes for Jack to leave and then smiled an honest, stupid smile at Carey and his group.
However, these guys had just been badly beaten by Han Shuo and then had all the blame pinned on them. The honest smile he gave them now was just the most evil, terrifying smile on earth!
Ten minutes later, Fanny's laboratory.
Lisa had also come to Fanny's lab on the pretext of having some questions. On the way in, she had a strange look on her face when she looked at Han Shuo, which made him feel uncomfortable.
Fanny told Han Shuo to lie down on the bed when she reached her lab and found a bottle of medicinal solution. Just as she was about to apply it to Han Shuo, Lisa laughed slightly and grabbed the bottle from her, smiling happily, "Master Fanny, you're not wearing your glasses. Let me do it for you."
Fanny didn't think too much of Lisa's words and nodded, "Hmm. Okay, clean his wounds while I find some gauze. I don't know where I put it."
Fanny talked to herself as she rummaged through the lab while Lisa held the bottle in her left hand and applied the solution to Han Shuo's back with her right. She looked closely at his body and said quietly, "Huh? This injury doesn't look like it was just formed. Why has it scabbed over on top?"
Greatly startled, Han Shuo let out an inner cry of dismay. It looked like he'd underestimated the idiosyncrasies of his own body. His body's ability to heal had improved since he'd started training his magic yuan. The injury he'd suffered at dawn had already begun to scab after a short time, which Lisa unfortunately witnessed.
He didn't make a sound as he knew there was no point in saying anything now. He might as well pretend to be a fool to the end, as if he hadn't heard Lisa say anything. He kept making noises of pain with his mouth, as if the wound greatly pained him.
It was at this moment that a surge of pain traveled from him back. He immediately howled in agony and swiftly turned his head to glare at Lisa, only to be met with the glee of uncovering a secret in her eyes. He gave a silent uh oh and laughed dumbly, facing forward again after saying, "Hurts".
"Bryan, what's going on?" Fanny inquired after hearing his tormented scream. She was still looking for gauze on the other side.
"Oh, Master Fanny. I accidentally touched his wound just now. No big deal, I'll be more careful this time!"
"Then be more careful!" Fanny paid no attention to what was going on after her response.
An alluring scent made its way to his nostrils followed by hot air puffing by his ear. Lisa kept her voice low, "Damned Bryan, do you think I don't know that you're pretending? Huh. You scared me by pretending to be dead, and then gave me the wrong method for refining medicine. If I hadn't been smart enough to experiment on Carey and Borg, I would have suffered to death because of you.
I'll be frank, I got to the lab before Carey and heard your conversation with Jack through a ghoul. I even saw the entire process of you beating up Carey. You're really something now aren't you. You even know how to scheme against others! Hehe, not bad, not bad!"
Lisa continued to apply the solution as she spoke, but obviously wanted to get some revenge as she frequently pressed down hard on Han Shuo's wound. Han Shou had been made by Lisa and his heart was feeling topsy turvey. He had no idea what Lisa was planning, so even though the injury hurt like hell, he didn't dare complain loudly. He could only grind his teeth in pain as he muffled his cries.
With her plump lips lowered to his ears and fragrance wafting over Han Shuo's face, Lisa saw that he refused to make a sound. She said fiercely, "Last time at the training fields, damn, you even kissed me. And… and touched me there. I'm not letting you off that easily. I'll be waiting for you at the fake mountains behind the classroom building tonight. You're a dead man if you don't show up!"
She pressed down hard one last time on his wound after delivering her lines, smiling in proud vindication when Han Shuo grimaced with a low moan of pain. She then walked to Fanny and handed over the bottle of solution, saying "Master Fanny, I've finished applying the solution to him. I've suddenly remembered that I have something to do, so I'm going to go now. I'll ask you that question tomorrow!"
"Oh, sure go ahead." Fanny responded diffidently, then exclaimed in astonishment. "Eh! I've finally found it, so this is where I put it."
Fanny's beautiful legs walked her over to Han Shuo after her surprise, and was about to dress his wounds when she took a closer look. She wondered in bemusement, "Eh, how come the outside of the wound has scabbed over!"
Han Shuo's head was facing down into the bed and was worrying over Lisa's actions. He didn't know how to face her that night. His heart leapt in shock again when he heard Fanny's words, thinking that not Fanny too!
Fanny frowned but then quickly smoothed her brow, sighing in knowing wonder, "Ah, the bruise on your head faded quickly when Fitch hit you last time. Is this all because you were hit with the Agony of the Soul? Oh this is simply too amazing!"
Han Shuo, "….."
Han Shuo was speechless at the sight of Fanny's self-satisfying thoughts. How can her imagination be so creative as to find a reasonable explanation for something obviously incredibly odd?
Fanny became absorbed in a round of wonder and thought for a while, then started dressing Han Shuo's wounds. Her movements were extremely gentle, as if afraid of hurting Han Shuo.
Han Shuo reflected that Fanny's movements were so much better than Lisa's, and was about to turn his head to thank Fanny when he noticed something by the opened lab door behind Fanny. He glimpsed a tall, thin figure staring at him enviously. It disappeared upon realizing that his attentions had been noticed — Fitch.