Notebook of Fortune - Chapter 22
Chapter 22: Zhao Chen’s Transformation
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
It wasn’t until Shen Zhe poured the whole bottle of liquid into his friend’s mouth that Shen Zhe finally stood up in relief.
“I…”
Zhao Chen was about to talk, when he felt that an enormous furnace had just crawled into his body and was burning him up.
“No…! I’m dying…!”
Zhao Chen trembled and freaked out.
He had never polished his body or drunk any body-polishing herb liquid. Assuming that Shen Zhe’s medication was as poisonous as what he had made before, he knew that the medication was taking effect.
“I haven’t confessed to the girl I like yet…”
Zhao Chen felt that he was on fire as his body was boiling.
His face and his skin turned red.
Eager to take his clothes off, he tore his school uniform into halves and revealed his naked chest.
“Huh?”
Shen Zhe thought that his friend would be amazed by his herb liquid. Not expecting the guy to take his clothes off, he frowned in confusion.
A moment later, he patted his forehead and said, “Crap! I was so angry that I forgot to control the amount…”
It took him a whole night to swallow the herb liquid, and he sipped it every time to give himself enough time for digestion!
However, since his friend was reluctant to appreciate his gift, he simply poured all of the liquid into Zhao Chen’s mouth…
Zhao Chen had never polished his body, but he had taken a whole bottle of the drug…
Would he be fine?
“No, I’ll die for sure if I stay here. I need to go home. Someone in my family may be able to help…”
Zhao Chen’s desire for survival suppressed his pain. He gritted his teeth and ran out of the room without any hesitation.
“Where are you going?”
Shen Zhe was anxious after seeing that his friend was fleeing.
Such a powerful drug had to be dissolved by practicing the body polishing arts. Why was he running?
“Shen Zhe, I considered you a friend and never thought you would do this to me. Don’t come close, or I will kill myself!”
Fearing that Shen Zhe would stop him, Zhao Chen turned around abruptly and roared.
“I…”
Shen Zhe hesitated.
He had thought about asking him to polish his body, but his friend was obviously too angry to listen to him.
“Hu!”
Relieved, Zhao Chen fled and soon disappeared from the school.
…
The other students outside were both astonished and curious.
They were wondering if they had been mistaken, when Zhao Chen rushed out of the dormitory half naked and made the angry declaration.
“I considered you a friend and never thought you would do this to me…”
All the students were at a loss for words.
Their speculation was true!
These two guys… were truly unconventional!
“I met Shen Zhe before. His grades were bad, but he’s from a renowned family. I thought he was a normal guy, but…”
“Those people have seen too many beautiful girls. It’s only reasonable that he’s not interested in them!”
“You really can’t tell it from his look!”
“Poor Zhao Chen! He considered Shen Zhe a friend, but he only wanted to hit on him…”
…
Everybody shook their heads and whispered.
“This guy…”
Zhao Chen had fled too fast for him to catch. Having no other choice, Shen Zhe packed the other two bottles of liquid and left.
He saw the bewildered students outside the dormitory. They all looked weird and turned around when they saw him.
“Right, this is my answer to the question just now. The speed of sound is 340 meters per second. I came 0.058 seconds after I heard the sound, and it took me six seconds to arrive. Then, Zhao Chen left 37 seconds later. One needs fifteen seconds to get dressed and rise from bed. So, Shen Zhe’s duration is 15.942 seconds?” one of the students proposed in a low voice.
“That’s too long. Zhao Chen screamed, which meant it didn’t work out yet. It would take Shen Zhe at least ten seconds to take Zhao Chen’s clothes off. So, his duration is only 5.942 seconds…”
“…”
Shen Zhe didn’t know what to say.
“Are they lunatics?”
“Did they have nothing better to do than calculating his duration?”
“The life of geniuses is truly boring!”
“I should probably go back!”
He had planned to give the other two bottles to Wang Xiaofeng and Liu Pengyue, but after all that, it was certainly impossible.
If he did go to them, they would probably also think that he was trying to poison them…
That was so unfair!
It wasn’t easy for him to get the herbs, and he had spent so much time on refining them. He was depressed since he wasn’t being appreciated.
He did many good things that day, but the beggar, Lu Zihan and Zhao Chen all misunderstood him. He finally knew why it was difficult to be a good guy.
He was the only decent person in the whole world!
…
Zhao Chen’s home was not far away from the school. He had been living in the dormitory because he didn’t want his family to nag at him.
After rushing for ten minutes, he returned to his home.
As he rushed, the power of the medication circulated in his body, and it was less insufferable at the moment.
Body polishing was essentially physical exercises, and running was the best way to build up the heart and the lungs. Fearing that he would die, Zhao Chen was running at the highest speed, and his body was greatly improved in the process.
Taking that much perfect body polishing medication was unbearable for normal people.
However, Zhao Chen had illuminated three stars despite his bad grades. So, while the drug was violent, it didn’t really hurt him. It actually benefited him a lot.
Zhao Chen was too scared to notice any of that. Sensing the warmth all over his body, he thought that the poison was attacking him. His face was pale.
“Father, Uncle Han, help me…!”
Breaking into the house in panic, Zhao Chen roared.
“What’s going on?”
Two middle-aged men dashed out immediately. Both of them were shocked to see Zhao Chen who was at the moment almost entirely red.
“What has happened?”
Zhao Fan, the patriarch of the Zhao family, laid his finger on Zhao Chen’s wrist and immediately sensed the heat. He changed his face and looked at the other middle-aged man.
The man was Zhao Han, the only level-one Mage in the Zhao family!
“Father, Uncle Han, Shen Zhe has just poisoned me. Help me…” Zhao Chen explained in a hurry, fearing that he might die.
“Has he?”
Zhao Han frowned and tested his pulse.
“Isn’t Shen Zhe the unworthy descendant of the Shen family? The Zhao family is not as influential as the Shen family, but he can’t bully you just like this! I told you not to hang around with such a scummy student. You should’ve listened to me!”
A power burst out of the Zhao Fan’s family estate and raised a storm.
A Martial Artist!
He was a level-one Martial Artist!
The Zhao family was not among the four greatest families but was still a famous family in Green Abyss. The young master of the Shen family was truly bold, since he dared to poison his son!
“Ah Shun, prepare my sword. I’ll ask the patriarch of the Shen family about the way he has been educating his son…”
Zhao Fan turned around and gave the order.
The Zhao family would be too humiliated to stay there any longer if he didn’t act after his son’s poisoning.
However, Zhao Han frowned and said, “Don’t be hasty… I think that Zhao Chen is not poisoned!”
“He’s not?”
Zhao Fan was stunned.
“Poisons are supposed to destroy internal organs and eliminate vitality. However, Zhao Chen is not weakened at all. He’s even getting stronger!” said Zhao Chen.
As a Mage, he was more sensitive about the changes of power and could observe it more carefully.
“Normal people can run ten meters per second at best, and it can’t last. Even a level-one Martial Artist can hardly maintain the speed without the help of spiritual energy. However, Zhao Chen is not exhausted after running all the way here from the school. Although his skin is scarily red, it seems to be mutating, and his muscle density is also improving…”
Pausing for a moment, Zhao Han added, “You can punch him without using your spiritual energy if you don’t believe me.”
“Okay!” Zhao Fan nodded and took a deep breath, before he punched his son, “Son, punch back!”
Zhao Chen didn’t catch their conversation while under the scorch of the violent power. Seeing that his father’s fist was on the way, he dared not hesitate and hurried to fight back.
Two fists collided.
Swoosh!
Before Zhao Fan realized what was going on, he had been flung ten meters away.
“Father…”
Zhao Chen was stunned after seeing his father being blown back.
“What… is going on?”
“Why is my father so weak?”
