Chapter 84

Originally, there were only five or six people who had agreed to come, but after learning that they were going to the hospital, many female classmates who had just finished their exams and wanted to relax but didn't know where to go, joined in at the last minute.

After arriving at the hospital and finding out the ward number, they walked over and explained their purpose to the nurse on duty. The nurse didn't give any special instructions, just reminded them to be quiet as the patient needed rest. After all, Zhang Qiu's various health indicators were all normal, and he looked just like someone who was sleeping, so it wasn't considered a serious condition.

Several girls entered the ward and found that two other girls had already come to visit.

"May I ask who you are?" the girls from Zhang Qiu's class asked.

"We are here to see Zhang Qiu," one of the two girls replied, cleverly answering the question without revealing her identity.

Both girls were very beautiful, especially the other girl who remained silent with a frown, her melancholic expression and beautiful face reminded people of Lin Daiyu from "Dream of the Red Chamber."

"We are Zhang Qiu's classmates and we are here to visit him," the girls from Zhang Qiu's class said.

"Sure. Let's all visit together."

At this moment, Zhang Qiu's eyelashes suddenly trembled, and then he woke up.

"Uh... Where am I?" Zhang Qiu asked as soon as he opened his eyes.

He then saw Lin Lai and Ye Mei, as well as a group of female classmates behind them.

Just as he was about to say something, one of the girls said, "Zhang Qiu, you're finally awake. Are you okay? This is the hospital ward. We'll go call the doctor."

Realizing he was in the ward, Zhang Qiu looked around and confirmed it was indeed a hospital ward. Hearing the girl say they would call the doctor, he immediately said, "Wait, don't call the doctor yet. I feel fine, just like I just woke up."

After saying that, he sat up from under the blanket. Fortunately, he was wearing a hospital gown, or he might have exposed himself.

"Zhang Qiu, you've been unconscious for five days. The joint exams are already over."

"Yes! Being unconscious for so long, it's like a blessing after a disaster. Not taking the joint exams isn't a worry; I think you'll do well in the college entrance exam," another girl said.

"Zhang Qiu, how do you want to celebrate? Since you're the patient, we'll agree to any request you have."

Zhang Qiu saw so many girls surrounding him in the ward, each with their own charm. Although not all were beauties or stunning, there were no ugly girls, just young, lively girls. The sheer number made the scene look quite alluring.

He never expected so many girls to come and visit him. This treatment made him feel like he had a sudden reversal of fortune, turning from a nobody to a hero.

For a moment, his mind wandered, and he said with a smile, "Hehe. It would be great if you all could give me a hug to celebrate."

As soon as he said it, Zhang Qiu felt a bit regretful. Damn, why did he say what he was thinking? Indeed, being too pleased with oneself is not good.

Just as he was thinking about how to salvage his image, he suddenly felt a wave of youthful fragrance. A bold girl really walked over and hugged Zhang Qiu, who was sitting at the head of the bed.

Zhang Qiu's head was immediately buried in her chest, and a wave of youthful fragrance invaded his senses.

"Buzz..." His mind went blank, not expecting anyone to actually hug him.

Everyone at the scene was stunned for three seconds.

"Wow!" After three seconds, someone exclaimed, which immediately triggered more exclamations from others. Everyone was shocked.

Lin Lai had come to visit Zhang Qiu out of a sense of guilt, encouraged by Ye Mei after the exams. However, she hadn't expected that a large group of his classmates, all girls, would come to visit.

This situation surprised Lin Lai. She never thought Zhang Qiu would be so popular, with so many girls coming to visit him in a group.

Suddenly, she felt it was unfair. Were these girls blind? Was it true that only bad boys were loved by girls? How could such a despicable person, a bully who only bullied girls, be liked by so many girls?

Especially, her best friend seemed to have a good impression of Zhang Qiu. "This shameless guy! I don't know what's good about him!" she thought, but as she thought about it, memories of Zhang Qiu's good side kept popping up in her mind.

For example, the first time they met, Zhang Qiu had grabbed her inappropriately on the bus, but then immediately caught a thief; and the story of Zhang Qiu saving a girl and being nominated as a model student.

She knew why Zhang Qiu was taken to the police station, but she didn't know why he was brought back by a supposedly beautiful policewoman. She had called Uncle Chen, and they confirmed that no policewoman had been sent to bring Zhang Qiu back. The story of saving a girl was probably true, not fabricated.

So, was Zhang Qiu really a good person? No, he was still a scoundrel, still a bully who had bullied her! Lin Lai told herself.

After all, everyone has good and bad sides. There are no purely bad people in the world. If you look hard enough, every good person has a hateful side, and every bad person has a few good points.

However, these two cannot be equated. Even if Zhang Qiu was good to others, to her, he was a complete scoundrel. A bully who had bullied her and taken her best friend's boyfriend!

Indeed, after sorting out her feelings and reaffirming her judgment of Zhang Qiu, the scoundrel revealed his true colors.

The girls had kindly asked him how he wanted to celebrate, and he shamelessly said that if everyone hugged him, it would be great.

How arrogant must he be to say such a thing? Judging by his words and actions, Zhang Qiu was a complete pervert, scoundrel, and scum in Lin Lai's eyes.

She was about to stand up and scold Zhang Qiu for his shamelessness when suddenly a girl really went over and hugged him.

Lin Lai was stunned! What was wrong with this world? How could this happen? How could a girl hug a boy so casually?

She felt terrible. If it weren't for years of self-discipline, she would have jumped up and shouted "Brain-dead girl!"

However, after this "brain-dead girl" took the lead, more "brain-dead girls" followed.

Everyone seemed to be infected and rushed over to hug Zhang Qiu without any reserve, as if it were a party.

Lin Lai felt another shock, even more severe this time. Her worldview, values, and life philosophy were all shaken. This was a hug between a man and a woman! When did Xia Guo become so open? For a conservative, traditional, self-respecting, and well-mannered girl like her, the idea of such a hug was too much to bear.

Lin Lai wanted to say something, but after watching a few more, she became numb.

There were over ten girls, and at first, only a few bold ones hugged Zhang Qiu. After four or five hugs, those who were still hesitant and shy, seeing the others hug, also joined in, quickly hugging the bewildered Zhang Qiu and running away.

Then those girls joined the group, encouraging others to join. "We've all hugged him, how can you not?"

Thus, whether out of blind following, competitiveness, or unwillingness to lose face, or genuine affection for Zhang Qiu... one by one, they all hugged him.

Zhang Qiu never expected anyone to actually hug him, and even more so, that after the first few, the others would follow one after another. He was so shocked that he became a wooden stake, his mind blank.

"Uh... You, you don't have to do this. I was just joking..." Zhang Qiu tried to explain.

But at this moment, the girls were determined: "Hehe, do you want to resist? It's too late, just submit!"

So Zhang Qiu was stunned as one by one, whether open or conservative, shy or bold, all the girls hugged him. Some hugged for a longer time, others for a shorter time.

Zhang Qiu, like Lin Lai, felt his worldview was about to collapse.

He never expected his joke to have such consequences. He couldn't understand why these usually conservative girls were so open today.

Was it because of the immense pressure of the college entrance exam, and they were taking the opportunity to relax? Perhaps that was the only reason.

At this moment, Zhang Qiu was also curious and wanted to use his charm to see the situation, but he found that looking at others made him dizzy, while looking at himself was fine. So he only looked at his own head, where the red charm aura had grown to the thickness of an arm.

This meant that Zhang Qiu had officially upgraded from a quasi-city-level charm to a city-level charm. A city-level charm, when fully displayed, had 100% attraction to county-level and below girls.

Zhang Qiu carefully examined his charm components and found that more than half of the increase was due to the active entanglement of various girls' charm auras. Among these, there were many small entanglements, about a dozen, forming a special cluster, roughly equivalent to the size of the entanglement with Xiang Yufei.

Zhang Qiu guessed that this special red aura cluster was the reason why the girls in the ward hugged him. At this moment, his city-level charm was fully displayed to them, and their charm auras were far below county-level, making the attraction more than 100%. In this situation, Zhang Qiu could be considered their idol or hero.

So, in a moment of impulse, like fans hugging their idols, they not only didn't feel taken advantage of but felt very happy. The girls were in a state of enthusiasm.

Many people couldn't understand why female fans hugged male celebrities, and they certainly couldn't understand why female classmates hugged Zhang Qiu.

After being hugged by about ten girls, Zhang Qiu suddenly received a system notification: "Being voluntarily hugged by ten females in a short time, granted the title 'Hug Collector.' Each first hug from a female, regardless of level, counts as one."

Another "title," which sounded impressive but whose use was unknown.

Soon, all the girls from Zhang Qiu's class had hugged him. Zhang Qiu checked the count behind the title, which had become "16/100." This meant that all sixteen girls present were giving their first hug to a man, and collecting 100 would upgrade the title.

As Zhang Qiu opened the system to check the data, the girls' gazes all focused on Lin Lai and Ye Mei, as if trying to force them to join. Everyone had hugged, so they couldn't just watch!

If at first it was a moment of heat, after the enthusiasm, it became a "dragging others down" mentality. No matter if it was embarrassing, being taken advantage of, or being brain-dead, everyone had a share. (To be continued)