LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 4
Chapter 4: Old Six Jiang!
Translator: yikaii Editor: yikaii
“From a scientific standpoint, it’s best to eat until you’re about 70% full.”
“Eating too much can lead to a large accumulation of food in the stomach, which can burden the digestive tract, causing slow intestinal movements and leading to indigestion…”
“I just finished eating the second chicken leg and already feel a bit stuffed.”
“This should be considered overeating, not reasonable eating!”
If that’s the case…
Then, should medicines also not be overconsumed?
The diet and medication in the psychiatric hospital are strictly scheduled.
Around 12:20.
The “specially hired” medication nurse arrived.
As soon as she entered, she rolled up her sleeves and showed Jiang He her arms, which were thicker than the legs of an ordinary woman, and said, “Jiang He, if you dare to bully Zhou Yue again, watch out, I won’t be nice to you!”
Wow, damn!
Jiang He was amused.
I, a mental patient, can be bullied by someone?
He also rolled up his sleeves and sneered, “If you dare touch a hair on me, I’ll go straight to the dean and complain about you.”
“You!”
The nurse, infuriated, slammed the medicine onto the table and said, “Take your medicine!”
Taking a closer look.
There were four types of medicine.
Two were capsules and there were two each.
There were also two types of white pills, one larger and one smaller.
Jiang He took his water cup and took them a few at a time until he had swallowed them all.
“Ding!”
“Reasonable medication, strength +10kg.”
The system prompt arrived as expected, but it only increased Jiang He’s strength once.
“My medication dosage is this much, as prescribed by the doctor. Only by following the doctor’s orders and finishing the medication can it be considered ‘reasonable’ medication…”
Jiang He fell into thought.
Three doses of medicine a day, three meals.
Each increases strength by 10kg.
Calculated, he could increase his strength by 60kg a day, which is 1800kg a month.
“This pace isn’t slow… But this world is ravaged by ferocious beasts, and from the dean and police officer’s conversation today, it seems that besides some powerful martial artists, there are also superpower awakeners, so I must become stronger faster!”
“Of course.”
“The priority is to first understand what kind of world this is.”
The psychiatric hospital does not restrict the personal freedom of its patients.
After lunch.
Jiang He left the inpatient department and went outside for a stroll.
Outside the hospital, many patients were moving around.
That “shit-eating” couple was there too, still arguing, with a dozen patients watching and shouting things like “take a shit.”
Jiang He found it disgusting and didn’t join the crowd.
He played on the exercise equipment for a while.
“Ding!”
“Reasonable exercise, strength +10kg.”
“Huh?”
This unexpected discovery made Jiang He’s eyes light up.
But then again, he thought it made sense.
If reasonable medication and a reasonable diet could increase strength, then it’s only logical that reasonable exercise could too, right?
“If exercise can also increase strength… then there’s a lot of room to maneuver.”
“Reasonable exercise…”
“Taking a walk after lunch, moving around, is reasonable exercise.”
“Morning runs, evening runs… When I’m free, doing pull-ups, running, jumping rope, doing push-ups to exercise my body, isn’t that reasonable?”
He glanced at the system panel.
【Strength】: 220kg.
Clenching his fist, feeling the strength filling his body, Jiang He was invigorated and decided to run a couple of laps first.
“Huh?”
He hadn’t run 200 meters before stopping in a shady spot.
He saw the dean playing mahjong with three patients and, out of curiosity, approached and asked, “Dean, playing mahjong?”
“Jiang He!”
One of the patients looked up and said happily, “You came just in time… Play a couple of rounds for me; I need to take a shit.”
Before Jiang He could respond, the patient ran off holding his buttocks.
Dean An, visibly annoyed, cursed, “That damn dog, running off after winning money… I won’t invite him to play next time!”
“???”
Jiang He, utterly astonished, sat down and said, “Dean, you guys are playing for money?”
“Just a little gamble for fun, a little gamble for fun.”
Dean An, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, skillfully shuffled the mahjong tiles and urged Jiang He to draw his tiles. Jiang He, while drawing tiles, took the dean’s cigarette pack, lit one for himself, and then naturally pocketed both the cigarette and lighter, saying, “I don’t have any money!”
“It’s okay, I’ll lend you twenty.”
After drawing his tiles, Dean An played an East Wind tile.
“Pong!”
Jiang He claimed the East Wind, played a one-dot tile, and the next player, another patient, said, “I don’t want it.”
Another patient dramatically laid down four South Wind tiles, slamming the table with a mighty gesture, and exclaimed, “Bomb!”
“???”
Jiang He was dumbfounded.
Dean An, however, remained unfazed and said, “Pass.”
Ah, this…
Jiang He, with a dark face, asked, “What… what should I play?”
One of the patients said, “You don’t know how to play mahjong? Play whatever you want!”
Another patient hurried him, saying, “Hurry up, do you want my bomb or not? If not, I’ll keep playing… two circles!”
“Screw this!”
Jiang He pushed the mahjong tiles aside and continued his run instead.
Dean An called out, “If you’re not playing, then don’t play, but why push the mahjong… wait, where’s my cigarette? My lighter? The twenty bucks I lent you?”
Jiang He pretended not to hear, quickening his pace instead.
He completed a lap around the hospital.
“Ding!”
“Reasonable exercise, strength +10kg.”
The system prompt sounded as expected.
Jiang He found a corner to sit in the shade, took out a cigarette intending to light it, when suddenly, he heard whispering coming from beyond the wall…
“Hurry up, Li Si, what are you dawdling for?”
“Let’s get into the hospital quickly, the police and the Martial Arts Administration people are almost on us…”
“What are you scared of? We’re mentally ill; even if we get caught, what can they do to us?”
Three old men, sneaky and stealthy, climbed over the wall.
Jiang He: “…”
His cigarette dropped to the ground.
“Eh?”
“Old Six?”
“When did you wake up?”
“Why are you here? Are you here to take a shit?”
“???”
Jiang He guessed the identities of these three old men; they must be Zhang San, Li Si, and Wang Mazi. He was puzzled and asked, “How… how did I become Old Six?”
One of the old men stepped forward, checked Jiang He’s forehead, and said, “You don’t have a fever… I get it, did you lose your memory from jumping off the building? Do you remember who I am, your third brother?”
Jiang He: “You’re… Zhang San?”
Zhang San picked up the cigarette Jiang He had dropped, then rubbed his fingers together…
Poof!
A flame burst from his fingertips.
He lit the cigarette, took a deep drag, and said, “That’s right, I’m your third brother. This is your fourth brother, Li Si, and this is your fifth brother, Wang Mazi. You’re the sixth, naturally Jiang Lao Liu. Did you forget about our sworn brotherhood last month?”
“We even sneaked into the dean’s office and changed the names!”
Jiang He swallowed hard, muttering, “I was involved in changing the records too? Wait, third brother, what’s with the flame in your hand?”
Zhang San chuckled, “Looks like Old Six really lost his memory… You forgot? I’m a fire elemental superhuman awakener!”
(End of chapter)