Chapter 1: The Office's Unspoken Rules...

  It was almost 10 o'clock at night when Zhang Lanfeng finally returned with Ma Xiaojian, laughing all the way.

  As soon as Ma Xiaojian returned to the dormitory, he couldn't wait to find Yang Zongbao to settle accounts: "You almost got me killed, and I was taken to the police station as a pervert."

  "What's next?" Yang Zongbao gave Ma Xiaojian a cold glance, which made the latter furious because of that gaze.

  "Then it was Zhang Lanfeng who bailed me out." Ma Xiaojian didn't know why, but he should have been very angry and looking for trouble with Yang Zongbao, even beating him up would be okay, but seeing how calm Yang Zongbao was made him lose his temper. It was as if he was facing an elder from his own family.

  "Are you done?" After getting a nod from Ma Xiao Jian, Yang Zong Bao continued: "Now it's my turn to speak. If anyone should be angry today, it should be me. I told you I couldn't swim, but you still threw me into the water."

  "But I was just joking." Ma Xiaojian interrupted.

  "You're joking, but if I really couldn't swim today, it would be a matter of life and death. My life wouldn't be in my own hands, it would depend on others to save me. You're making fun of my life. When I played a joke on you, I took your shorts, but apart from losing some face, your safety wasn't at risk. You're making fun of my life, and I didn't do that to you. Do you still think I'm overreacting?" Yang Zongbao said, staring into Ma Xiaojian's eyes as if trying to see inside.

  "This, this..." Ma Xiao Jian avoided Yang Zong Bao's eyes, being said like this as if he was indeed in the wrong, should he apologize?

  "Little Ma Zi, look at this, this is where you went wrong. Quickly apologize to Brother Yang." Zhang Lanfeng has been watching the show all along.

  Yang Zongbao suddenly looked at Zhang Lanfeng: "You also don't have to be so gloomy and weird all the time, what kind of man are you that anyone would like? You're more petty than a woman. I've already refused, what else do you want? Do you think only Ma Xiaojian can push me down? Many things we both understand."

  Zhang Lanfeng's face turned bright red, and he hummed a sound before walking away.

  Ma Xiao Jian was in a dilemma and finally didn't say anything and chased after him as he left.

  Yang Zongbao let out a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that he wasn't dead yet. He should put an end to this kind of behind-the-scenes manipulation once and for all. Today, he had spoken too harshly. If it was just a simple prank, then it was just a bit overboard, but he wasn't someone who couldn't take a joke either. However, there was clearly Zhang Lanfeng's shadow lurking in the background. Before he fell into the water, he saw a figure that he absolutely wouldn't mistake, and later on, he hardly ever saw Zhang Lanfeng's shadow again, which made him realize that something fishy was going on. Usually, it would be fine to let things slide with those girls, but now even they were being petty and small-minded, not even worthy of being called a "brother". People like this didn't need to be forced into being friends; one Mei Wenxin could already be everywhere, targeting him at every turn, and who knows what would happen if there was an even bigger conflict of interest in the future.

  As for Ma Xiao Jian, he has already formed a preconceived notion that he is closer to Zhang Lan Feng, whom he knew first. Although he appears intelligent, he is also being manipulated. Only Yu Tie Nan is worth befriending. However, with such an environment in the dormitory, it's impossible to continue living here. Even though there are all sorts of people in society, at least when returning home, Yang Zong Bao should have a quiet place to rest. Living with someone like this extreme person, one can't even have peace of mind, it's time to move out.

  Yang Zongbao felt a pang in his wallet and thought of moving out, which made him feel very distressed. However, everything will have to wait until tomorrow after he finishes watching Yu Tie Nan's grandfather.

  At night, Yu Tie Nan went down to self-study and brought a bottle of coffee for Yang Zong Bao. He found the dormitory's low air pressure and sat in Yang Zong Bao's room asking: "What's wrong?"

  "It doesn't match." Yang Zongbao handed a cigarette to Yu Tiennan with a bitter smile.

  Yu Tie Nan took it over without hesitation, but heavily sucked a mouthful and put it in his pocket: "This cigarette of yours is good."

  "It's okay, it was given by a friend."

  "Wasn't it the one from last night?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "I'm ready to move out." Yang Zongbao spat a smoke ring.

  "It's better to move out anyway. I'm about to start my internship in the pathology department of the hospital and it's inconvenient to live here. Do you want to live together?" Yu Tie Nan invited.

  "No need, I like living alone." Yang Zongbao politely declined.

  "Are we considered friends now?" Yu Tienan asked.

  "I suppose so, at least I look okay now."

  A wise man's words need no explanation.

  Yu Tie Nan and Yang Zong Bao made an appointment for a time, then returned to his own room. Yang Zong Bao sat on the balcony, drinking coffee, thinking that this might be the last time he reads on the balcony, and unexpectedly felt some reluctance, having developed feelings over the past month. Upon reflection, it's possible that his definition of friendship is too strict. Zhang Lan Feng may not have intended to harm him, perhaps just wanting to vent, Ma Xiao Jian may not be ungrateful, maybe just temporarily blinded, but his friends absolutely cannot have any intention of harming him, in the future, even a slight wavering will make himself irredeemable...

  Quietly enjoying the quiet of the night, many people like to read at night, Yang Zongbao also likes it. Looking at the campus streetlights, he found that since school started, many messy things have been happening, life has no rules, and is very busy, so busy that some things are forgotten...

  Yang Zongbao was still sleeping on the chair, but his sleep didn't last until 5 am and he was woken up by a strange phone call. He picked it up and heard that it was Zhou Yi's daughter.

  "Master, save me! Left Anjing is too scary, if you don't come over again, I'm afraid I'll die in the dissection laboratory!" Zhou Yi cried out on the other side, looking quite pitiful.

  "Haven't you been back since yesterday morning?" Yang Zongbao found it too unbelievable.

  "Hmm, I'm starving." Zhou Yi said with a hint of grievance.

  "Why?"

  "It's not safe for a girl to stay here alone."

  "You won't buy food first?" Yang Zongbao didn't believe Zhou Yi's reason at all.

  "Master, brother, the door is locked. That anatomy teacher told us to climb in through the window, but I'm afraid of heights." Zhou Yi's voice was trembling with tears.

  "Wait."

  Yang Zongbao hung up Zhou Yi's phone and dialed Guo Jingjing's number. They exchanged numbers when they had dinner together yesterday.

  "Who is it?" A sleepy and sexy voice came from the other end of the phone.

  "It's me."

  "Anything wrong?"

  "A student is locked in the anatomy lab by you, go and let him out."

  "...The person on the other end of the phone paused for a moment and said: "It's still early, let's go together."

  "Alright, I'll wait for you outside the dorm. By the way, have you eaten? Bring some food, it's probably going to be a disaster in there."

  Yang Zongbao hung up the phone and made another call to Zhou Yi.

  "Wait, I'll be right there to save you."

  Yang Zongbao stretched his waist and stood at the door, and soon, Guo Jingjing ran over, her hair completely let down, it could be seen that she had hastily put on light makeup, still wearing the same cool outfit as always, a small tank top, short shorts, and two half spheres that seemed to jump out of her chest.

  "Let's go." Guo Jingjing rushed over, panting and visibly in a hurry.

  Two people quietly entered the elevator. The elevator was still quite chilly before five o'clock in the morning, and Guo Jingjing felt a bit of goosebumps because she was dressed too lightly, so she kept rubbing her arms.

  "Wear more." At this time, a normal man would usually be gentle and warm his partner with his body or take off his clothes, but Yang Zongbao just said "wear more", which made even a girl like Guo Jingjing almost tear up.

  After this commotion, Guo Jingjing also lost interest. The two of them walked in the direction of the dissection teaching and research room, one after the other.

  This school is really stingy with electricity, except for the streetlights, there's no lighting anywhere. Especially in the anatomy lab area, sunlight can't even get in during the day, and it's even more eerie at night. Plus, every school's anatomy lab has one or two unscientific legends. For example, the most famous one is that the human model will move on its own.

  Yang Zongbao followed behind Guo Jingjing, the whole teaching and research office was dark when viewed from outside, only one classroom had its lights on. Guo Jingjing didn't waste any words, she opened the door.

  Yang Zongbao hadn't even had time to see clearly inside when he was bear-hugged. Immediately after, his shoulder transmitted Zhou Yi's loud wailing: "Master ah, she's so scary. I'm scared to death."

  Yang Zongbao slapped Zhou Yi with a loud slap: "Stinky, here, eat." After throwing the food to Zhou Yi, he walked towards the dazed Zuo Anjing.

  "What's wrong?" Yang Zongbao asked.

  ...Zuo stood quietly and didn't answer, just standing there.

  "What's wrong?" Yang Zongbao asked again.

  Zuo Anjing finally reacted, looking at Yang Zongbao in a daze: "Why is it different?"

  "What's different?" Guo Jingjing asked.

  "Of course it's different, everyone has their own differences, if they were the same, wouldn't that be just one person?" Yang Zongbao said as he grabbed the surgical knife still tightly held in An Jing's left hand.

  "Master, you don't know, it's really scary. She was fine just now, but suddenly she started chopping the corpse with a knife, I'm scared to death." Zhou Yi said, munching on bread and whispering in Yang Zongbao's ear.

  Yang Zongbao looked at the bread crumbs that had fallen from Zhou Yi's mouth onto his own shoulder, and with a look of disgust, he used his shoulder to push Zhou Yi's head away.

  The corpse on the table was obviously dissected in a very messy manner, and it would be difficult to dissect it properly, even for an anatomy teacher. The brown skin and yellow body fat formed a striking contrast, with crisscrossing scars that looked like they were drawn with chocolate milk on a cake. Within one day, Xiao An quietly ruined this poor corpse.

  This little girl doesn't know what's wrong with her, and I don't know why she's so traumatized. Yang Zongbao sighed helplessly, put on his white coat, wore a mask, and picked up the knife.

  The smell of the corpse is really too disgusting, formalin is absolutely deadly. Yang Zongbao originally did not touch it at all, but leaving it like this is disrespectful to the dead person. Since someone's body is in your hands, you should treat it well. The body and skin are given by one's parents, and people generally pay extra attention to their own bodies after death. On this point, Yang Zongbao completely agrees.

  After a moment of deliberation, Yang Zongbao began to dissect, treating the parts destroyed by Anjing as negligible, simply cutting them off. He had memorized the anatomical diagrams and didn't explain, focusing solely on his hands.

  At 5 o'clock in the morning, in a dissecting room, four people, two men and two women, one of whom was a slender young man who could not yet be called a man, were intently dissecting a corpse. His technique was clean and efficient, with no need for a second cut after the first. Although it wasn't refined, it was bold. The other three people were silently watching, without making any sound.