Know Me A Psychopath Chapter 5

When Brandon Lu and Sarah Liu returned to Elliot Chen's ward, Elliot Chen was sleeping in bed.

After Lu Yiqin left, Brandon Lu asked the nurse to change his bed sheet, and the traces of water spillage were no longer visible. But it didn't matter if he couldn't see it, Elliot Chen had plenty of ways to make Brandon Lu notice it.

"Ethan, don't sleep. If you sleep now, you won't be able to sleep at night." Sarah Liu said softly, "Hurry up and get up. Mom brought the fish she cooked for you."

Elliot Chen then opened his eyes drowsily, rubbed his eyes with his hands, and sat up from the bed.

It was May now and the weather was not cold. Elliot Chen was not wearing much. When she stretched out her hand, the back of her hand was exposed, which formed a sharp contrast with the fair skin around it.

"Ethan, what's wrong with your hand?" Sarah Liu immediately noticed the abnormality on Elliot Chen's hand and asked, "Did you get burned by something?"

Elliot Chen smiled and said, "It's okay. I got burned accidentally."

Brandon Lu raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "When did you get scalded?" Elliot Chen stayed in bed all day and didn't need to touch hot water, so how could he get scalded.

Elliot Chen glanced at Brandon Lu and said calmly, "I accidentally got scalded when I was drinking water."

After hearing Elliot Chen's perfunctory answer, Brandon Lu was obviously unhappy, but because Sarah Liu was present, he didn't say much.

"How could you be so careless, kid?" Sarah Liu scolded, "Look how hot your hands are. I'll buy you some medicine to apply tonight."

Elliot Chen nodded.

Sarah Liu cooked a steamed crucian carp, boiled some crucian carp soup, and added some side dishes, which greatly improved Elliot Chen's appetite. He ate all the food he brought, which was unusual for him.

Boys in their twenties should have the biggest appetite. Elliot Chen usually ate little, which made Brandon Lu unhappy. But when he saw that he had almost finished the meal his mother cooked today, he felt much better.

"Mom, have you eaten?" Elliot Chen asked after wiping his mouth after finishing his meal.

"I ate it." Sarah Liu sat next to Elliot Chen, watching him finish his meal, and smiled with narrowed eyes: "You are so lucky to have a friend like Xiao Lu. He ordered takeout and ate with me."

Upon hearing this, Elliot Chen looked at Brandon Lu, but received a smiling look in return. Elliot Chen pretended not to see it and looked away as if nothing had happened.

"The doctor said you can be discharged in a few days." Sarah Liu continued, "But you will have to use a wheelchair for a while... Don't fall behind in your school classes."

School classes? Elliot Chen hadn't been to class for nearly three months, but Sarah Liu thought her son had only taken a few days off. Elliot Chen said, "Mom, I know, don't worry."

When Brandon Lu heard Elliot Chen and her son talking like this, he tactfully said, "Aunt, you and Ethan chat first. I have to go out for something." Sarah Liu nodded with a smile. From her point of view, Brandon Lu couldn't be a more qualified friend. He was enthusiastic, attentive, and caring about Elliot Chen. If he wasn't a man, Sarah Liu would have doubted whether he liked Elliot Chen.

Brandon Lu left in a carefree manner. He was certain that Elliot Chen would never tell Sarah Liu about them, because even if she did, it would be powerless to change the current situation. The worst thing would be for his mother to suffer with him.

Elliot Chen really had no intention of speaking. He just chatted with Sarah Liu about some ordinary family matters and did not dare to go into depth. After all, he was not the real Elliot Chen.

Sarah Liu was worried when she came. She was relieved when she saw that Elliot Chen's condition was not as serious as she had imagined. However, there was still some worry and blame in her words. She blamed Elliot Chen for being too careless and worried that Elliot Chen would not recover well.

Elliot Chen listened to whatever Sarah Liu said, without any impatience on her face. In the end, it was Sarah Liu who felt embarrassed and smiled bitterly, "Ethan, do you dislike your mother's nagging?"

"Mom." Elliot Chen said, "How could I dislike your nagging? I usually want to hear you talk, but I haven't had the chance yet. You should talk more. I want to hear you talk."

Only then did Sarah Liu smile again.

After leaving the ward, Brandon Lu did not leave the hospital, but returned to the monitoring room. After saying hello to the people guarding there, he called up the surveillance video of Elliot Chen.

"Nothing happened today, right?" Brandon Lu asked casually.

"It's okay, Mr. Lu." The guard replied, "I've been watching here all day."

"Really?" Brandon Lu said, "Turn on the surveillance video so I can take a look."

"Okay." The man was not afraid - there was nothing for him to be afraid of. The surveillance had been tampered with by them, and Brandon Lu could not see the video of Lu Yiqun's visit anyway.

Brandon Lu sat on the chair and fast-forwarded through today's surveillance footage of Elliot Chen, but did not find anything unusual.

After Sarah Liu and he left the ward, Elliot Chen seemed to have been lying in bed sleeping. If it weren't for the passage of time, he would have been almost motionless.

Until he and Sarah Liu entered the ward again, Brandon Lu did not see anything happen to Elliot Chen.

Brandon Lu was not stupid. When he thought about the sudden burn on Elliot Chen's arm and the normal video, he understood what happened in an instant. He did not point it out, but smiled and patted the man on the shoulder: "Not bad."

"Mr. Lu, you're too polite." The man didn't think Brandon Lu would notice anything, and he actually thought Brandon Lu was appreciating him. He smiled so hard that his eyes could not be seen.

Brandon Lu has a very low tolerance for betrayal, so low that he would nip it in the bud if possible. Faced with something that was set in stone, how could he let it go?

But it was not the right time yet, so Brandon Lu picked up his coat and walked out of the monitoring room.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Brandon Lu came to the hospital to take Sarah Liu back to her residence, and then went to the hospital again.

Elliot Chen slept too much during the day and was watching TV at the moment. He looked quite bored. When he saw Brandon Lu walking in from the door, he was not surprised, but just glanced at him and looked away.

"Your school application has been completed." Brandon Lu said, "You can go to school next week."

Elliot Chen glanced at him: "Oh."

Brandon Lu thought Elliot Chen would say something, but he didn't expect that she would just say "Oh". He said, "Don't you even thank me?"

......Why didn’t I realize how shameless I was before, Elliot Chen thought silently in his heart, as if you were not the culprit that caused Elliot Chen to drop out of school.

"Thank you." Elliot Chen said simply, but his eyes never left the TV.

Brandon Lu followed Elliot Chen's gaze and found that the TV was showing a commercial. His mood instantly became worse and he asked, "What happened during the day?"

Elliot Chen looked innocent: "Nothing happened."

"It's nothing. How come your hand is burned red?" Brandon Lu stepped forward and grabbed Elliot Chen's hand. The arm was smeared with the burn medicine bought by Sarah Liu, which made it look even more out of place.

"Don't you have surveillance?" Elliot Chen was pinched and it hurt, but she didn't show any expression, just opened her innocent eyes and said: "You didn't see it?"

"......" Brandon Lu couldn't just give in and say the surveillance video had been deleted, so he could only grit his teeth and say, "I want you to say it yourself."

"Your sister came over." Elliot Chen said, "and threw a cup at me."

Brandon Lu's anger suddenly flared up, but the target was not Elliot Chen.

"You said I was a B*tt seller." Elliot Chen knew very well how to provoke Brandon Lu's anger, and continued: "You also told me to stop pestering you, Brandon Lu, do I want to pester you?"

Brandon Lu was shaking with anger, his hand still tightly holding Elliot Chen.

"You pinched me and it hurt." Elliot Chen said lightly, and Brandon Lu let go of his hand. Elliot Chen looked down and found that the skin on his wrist had turned purple.

If there is one thing that Elliot Chen least wants to do now, it is to hurt this body. Even Brandon Lu's action, which he should have been accustomed to under normal circumstances, made Elliot Chen frown.

"Next time she comes, call me." Brandon Lu knew that his sister was spoiled to the point of not knowing the immensity of the world, but Elliot Chen was the only reverse scale that he could not touch, not even Lu Yiqin could.

"Will she let me call you?" Elliot Chen asked, "There are several men standing next to her."

"Man?" Brandon Lu asked, "Who?"

Elliot Chen said: "I don't know him."

Of course he didn't know them, because those people were not at the scene at all---

"I will warn her." Hearing that there were several men, Brandon Lu immediately thought of their identities, but he did not intend to tell Elliot Chen, but just promised: "She will not appear in front of you again."

Elliot Chen didn't say anything, but nodded indifferently. From his appearance, he didn't quite believe the truthfulness of Brandon Lu's words.

Brandon Lu was in a bad mood. He wanted to explain things to Elliot Chen, but he had no right to speak. Lu Yiqin was his sister, and he should have been responsible for her behavior. And looking at Elliot Chen's expression, it was probably not the first time this had happened. Thinking of this, Brandon Lu had already made up his mind on how to deal with Lu Yiqin. He could tolerate his sister's willfulness, but he could not tolerate her trying to deceive him with others.

Elliot Chen's face was expressionless but he understood Brandon Lu's mental activities. He supported his chin with his hand and turned his attention to the TV.

Brandon Lu was in an extremely bad mood, but he said nothing in the end. He just got up and left. From the look of him, he was really angry.

Sitting on the bed, Elliot Chen looked at Brandon Lu's back and suddenly became distracted. He was reborn into Elliot Chen's body. What should be his goal? Should he let Elliot Chen realize his dream, or make Brandon Lu isolated from his friends and relatives step by step - to avenge himself for his own stupidity and cruelty.

The place on his arm that was scalded by hot water was aching slightly. The program on TV was so boring, but Elliot Chen couldn't sleep. He just wanted to find a place and smoke a cigarette quietly by himself.