CHAPTER 224: CHAPTER 224: I JUST HAVE A THING FOR YOU

"I see." Ed nodded, "I need to get in touch with Lai and figure out what’s going on."

After all these years, he’s only seen Lai’s name in some online reports and research papers.

I wonder how Lai is doing.

He got poisoned by some strange toxin and barely survived. He probably hasn’t had it easy over the years, right?

Ed felt frustrated.

It’s not like my medical skills are bad, right? Could Lai not come to me to discuss things together?

Ed really wanted to curse him and say he deserved it, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

Poor Lai.

Forget it, I’ll be magnanimous and forgive him!

If that guy Lai can just say a few kind words, I’ll help him find a way to detoxify the toxins in his body.

If he still has that sour expression... then I’ll have to charge him!

Ed got the contact information from Yu Manman and stared at the short string of numbers.

Back then, when Lai was leaving Jiuzhou University, Ed had specifically gone to see him and told him that if he ever needed anything, he could come to him.

Despite what he said, Lai just gave a nonchalant "mmm" and walked away without looking back! Truly infuriating!

Was I not obvious enough? What I meant was, we could exchange contact information to make it easier to keep in touch! We could reconcile, sit down and talk, and become friends!

But Lai, he didn’t understand my meaning at all!

If I hadn’t heard from Yu Manman, I would’ve thought Lai had completely forgotten me!

"Manman... did Lai say that about me to you?"

Ed looked up at Yu Manman.

With his mouth, he probably wouldn’t have anything nice to say, right?

Did he say I’m inferior to him everywhere?

Yu Manman opened her mouth but didn’t know what to say for a moment.

"Uh... actually, Dad sees you as a friend in his heart..."

Ed couldn’t help but feel a smile tugging at his lips, but he couldn’t be too smug, so he pressed them down.

"Yeah, right, how would you know what he’s thinking?" Ed snorted, "Just tell me the truth!"

"Ah... really say it?"

Yu Manman glanced at him furtively.

"What’s there you can’t say?" Ed looked at her, "He definitely bad-mouthed me, right!"

"No! Dad absolutely didn’t bad mouth you!" Yu Manman promised.

Just told a little story, it... doesn’t count as bad-mouthing... right?

"Then what did he say?"

Yu Manman whispered three words: "One hundred bucks..."

Ed froze before realizing something, his ears turning red.

One hundred bucks!!

Such detail, Yu Manman knows even that!

That guy Lai! He’s exposed my secrets! How am I supposed to hold my head high in front of this junior?

Damn it! Can’t expect anything good from Lai! Yet... I just couldn’t help digging for the truth!

If I’d known, I wouldn’t have asked!

"What one hundred bucks?" The person who came with Ed looked at him curiously.

What’s this mysterious exchange?

"Nothing!" Ed said immediately, "Just the time Lai tricked me out of one hundred bucks back then!"

Yu Manman blinked, "Yeah..."

No problem with that statement, it was indeed Dad who tricked Uncle Ed out of his money...

"Oh." Feels like there are some stories left out here.

"Alright! I have some unfinished stuff in the lab, I’m leaving now!" Ed turned and walked away, not wanting to stay any longer.

The people left behind glanced at each other.

Why does it seem like Professor Ed is embarrassed? And the emphasis is on ’embarrassed’!

How strange, Professor Ed usually has a stern face; when has he ever been embarrassed?

This makes them even more curious about what happened between Ed King and Lai!

Ed’s face got redder the more he thought about it on his way.

He looked at Lai’s number on the Light Brain, snorted!

No way! I’ve got to go demand an explanation!

That trickster Lai, cheated me out of one hundred bucks back then, has to pay me back with interest now!

Two hundred... no! A thousand will do!

Ed stared at Lai’s number, reaching to dial it.

Just in that instant, Ed suddenly regretted it! Sigh, if he had known earlier, he would’ve given Yu Manman his number and asked her to pass it to Lai! Let Lai contact him first!

Now that I’m reaching out to him, it always feels like I’m starting off at a disadvantage!

"Hello... who’s this?"

While he was lost in thought, he had already accidentally dialed.

Ed tensed.

He wasn’t ready yet!

"Hello?"

"Not saying, then I’ll hang up..."

"Wait!" Ed quickly spoke up.

There was a moment of silence on the other end, "Ed King?"

"Whoa, it’s amazing you still remember me!" Ed’s tone instantly turned sarcastic, doesn’t even need rehearsal...

"Manman went to find you?" Lai asked, "Did she give you my contact information?"

"Ha, how else do you think I have your contact?" Ed gritted his teeth, "You left so abruptly back then, didn’t even leave a number!"

"...You also didn’t ask me for it."

Damn it!

"If I didn’t ask you, can’t you be more proactive?" Ed sneered, "Of course, I’m just your defeated opponent, it’s right that you look down on me!"

"I... I figured you probably wouldn’t want to see me, after all, I’ve seen quite a few of your embarrassing moments..."

"If I didn’t want to see you, then why did I go to send you off when you left Jiuzhou University back then? Did I have nothing better to do?"

Lai was momentarily speechless.

"Then what do you mean?"

Lai faintly guessed but didn’t say it.

"I wanted to be friends with you at the time, did you not understand? Or do you think I would’ve gone to meet you?" Ed was almost going crazy with anger, "Where did your brains go? Just how did you even find a wife!"

Lai was silent for a moment and said, "My attitude towards you was so bad, why did you still want to be friends with me? I’ve seen quite a few of your embarrassing moments..."

"Besides, you have plenty of friends around you, you don’t need me."

Because I couldn’t believe it, I pretended to know nothing and never thought about it that way at the time.

Ed’s nose was almost crooked with anger, "I just fancy you, is that okay? I’m a masochist, is that okay!"

"Really?" Lai asked incredulously.

That way, it didn’t seem entirely impossible...

"Ha, you sure know how to climb up the pole!" Ed was furious, "Back then, I just wanted to lure you in, let you think we’re friends, then teach you a lesson, to... to avenge the one hundred bucks!"

"Or do you think I’m really a masochist!"

"..."

"Hey! Speak up!" Ed frowned.

Was he too fierce? Did he scare Lai away?

"Oh, so that’s how it is..." Lai calmly said.

So that’s how it is?

Did Lai really believe him, or was he pacifying him?

Ed thinks he’ll be pissed off by Lai one day!

Ed suddenly thought, wait, what was the reason I made the call initially?

It suddenly felt like I was the one trying to pacify him? Shouldn’t he be the one pacifying me!