Realm-Hopping Martial Master

Chi Qingqian lay on the hospital bed, a clear tear rolling down from her eye.

Contrary to what her name suggested, the right side of her face had basically been burned beyond recognition.

Only her eyes remained more or less intact.

On her arm, there was an especially shocking scar from a cut.

Beside the hospital bed, a man who obviously hadn't washed his hair in ages, with a scruffy beard, sat on a little stool, holding Chi Qingqian's hand.

He looked at Chi Qingqian's face, all gentleness.

"Why are you so stupid... If I hadn't woken up in the middle of the night... Promise me, don't ever do something this foolish again, okay?"

"Zhang Rui, I'm here, but all I do is hold you back. Two days ago, I heard it all—Shengjing's big company invited you to develop their system. If you go, you'd easily earn a million a year, and with bonuses and shares, maybe a lot more! By then, you'd have any girl you want."

"Someone like me..."

"You're getting older too, your parents want you to have a child, don't they..."

*A flash of deep insecurity crossed Chi Qingqian's eyes.*

*Once, they were the envy of all their classmates.*

*A girl and boy perfectly matched.*

*But now, after the accident...*

*Everything had changed.*

*She knew so many people mocked Zhang Rui these days.*

*They called him a simp, laughed that for all his "wisdom" he only ever did dumb things.*

"So what if you're like this! You did it all for me, didn't you!"

Zhang Rui's left hand clenched tight. Months of untrimmed nails dug into his palm, hard enough to break the skin and bleed.

*Memories from years ago surged up in his mind again.*

*Back then, living in his shabby rental apartment.*

*Chi Qingqian had sneaked over, planning to surprise him.*

*The little place was filled with balloons.*

*A banner hung: Happy 28th Birthday, Zhang Rui!*"

*On the big cake, there was an image of a man and woman holding hands.*

*Everything was perfect.*

*Photos, all saved clearly on his phone.*

*But it all ended with a kitchen mishap—a fire...*

*By the time he arrived, it was already too late.*

*Even though the firefighters showed up right away.*

*Even though she got out as fast as she could.*

*But the burns on her face...*

"It's just some company in Shengjing. If I don't go, I don't go. Wherever you want to go, we'll just go there. Too many people in the big city, we'll just move somewhere quiet. If we can't find good work, we can wait tables—anything, I swear, we'll make it."

*He was doing his best to keep his emotions in check.*

Zhang Rui spoke.

At that moment, his WeChat notification chimed on his phone.

Then, someone knocked at the door outside.

"Come in."

"Hey, Zhang bro, hey sis."

Fu Cong strolled in grinning, "Zhang bro, did you see the message I sent you secretly on WeChat?"

He subconsciously glanced back at Jiang Shu, then Fu Cong chuckled and pulled out the "Disguise Pill" from his coat.

"Zhang bro, have sis give this a try, I promise you the effect is awesome!"

"Fu Cong, what is that?"

Seeing the two of them acting like they were exchanging secret codes, Chi Qingqian couldn't help but ask.

"Good stuff."

Fu Cong played mysterious.

Right then, Zhang Rui suddenly caught on. He glanced down at his phone, then up at Fu Cong, and seeing Fu Cong nod in confirmation, he immediately stood up from the stool.

He carefully helped Chi Qingqian into the bathroom.

He poured a kettle of hot water into the washbasin, handling it with care.

In less than ten minutes,

He led Chi Qingqian out again.

But this time, the hideous burn scars on her face were hardly visible!

Her whole face looked just like normal!

"Zhang Rui... am... am I dreaming?"

She picked up her phone, which she hadn't dared use in ages, and took a selfie, staring at her reflection on the screen.

Chi Qingqian's voice trembled.

*She knew, of course, this was just makeup, it was fake.*

*But to be able to go out like this... it was enough!*

*At least... on the wedding day, she wouldn't embarrass him…*

"Zhang bro, see, I told you, right? Make good money, this Disguise Pill, you'll have to buy it in the future! Give sis one every day! I'm waiting for your wedding invite, you know."

Fu Cong was all smug, completely missing that Jiang Shu had just walked up behind him.

"You're Zhang Rui? So you're the one some Shengjing group tried to headhunt the other day for nearly ten million?"

"And you are?"

He noticed this young man had followed Fu Cong inside the whole time.

And the moment he spoke, Fu Cong ducked behind him, not daring to say another word.

Zhang Rui instantly realized this guy was not simple.

"Let me introduce myself, I'm Jiang Shu, currently Fu Cong's boss. I just started a new company, Shuyan Pharmaceuticals."

Jiang Shu looked at Zhang Rui, then at Chi Qingqian.

*With his status now, finding out everything about Zhang Rui's skills and background was all too easy.*

He got straight to the point, saying,

"Fu Cong may have told you a few things, but there's a lot he doesn't know. This Disguise Pill is actually the lowest-level product in my company."

"I have lots of incredible medical technology. But since we just established the business, we desperately need people. These medical products have all developed slowly. If we had a dedicated AI, in the future, your girlfriend's injuries could actually be fully healed."

"She wouldn't need the Disguise Pill's makeup at all."

"Clatter."

As soon as Jiang Shu finished speaking,

Zhang Rui hadn't even processed it all yet.

Chi Qingqian's phone slipped from her hand and smashed on the floor, the screen shattering to pieces.

But she didn't care in the slightest, didn't feel a bit of pain for it.

*Her eyes moved to Jiang Shu, then to Zhang Rui.*

*After all, she was still a girl inside.*

Just then, Zhang Rui's reaction wasn't much better than hers.

Zhang Rui's entire body shook.

He stared intently at Fu Cong.

This time, he truly believed Fu Cong would never lie to him.

Once he got a confirmed answer,

Zhang Rui sucked in a few deep, fierce breaths and turned to Chi Qingqian, the tenderness in his gaze utterly impossible to hide!

Then he turned back to Jiang Shu, his voice more excited than ever before,

"Boss, where is your Shuyan Pharmaceuticals?"

"Can I start work today?"