Chapter 7 (1/2)

Chapter 7: You Are My Medicine (4)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The houses built on C City Special Ops grounds were entirely sound-proof and insulated against radio and electronetic interference It was simply not possible for anyone to eavesdrop or spy on any of these houses

After kicking Chen Lie out, the house was now e and Gu Nianzhi

At the moment, Gu Nianzhi had already lost her senses and was therefore not really there Huo Shaoheng was the only one alert and in full control of his faculties

He was still in unifors were stretched out, and he gazed in the direction of the bed

The night grew darker Inside the house, the lights were off The thick, sound-proof, black-out velvet curtains were drawn They hung fro to the floor, motionless

Opposite him was his bed, covered with a clean and fresh ivory-white striped bed sheet It was Egyptian cotton, with a thread count of 1800 Gu Nianzhi had picked it out for hi did not actually care about the little things He had slept in all kinds of places during his ions, up on a mountain, in the desert, in a swamp—he had experienced them all

But he always depended on Gu Nianzhi when he was back hoe Everything she bought for Huo Shaoheng suited him perfectly

The ivory-white striped bedsheet, for example, was extremely comfortable and the perfect choice for a neat freak like Huo Shaoheng

The pillow on the bed was of the sayptian ood for the spine and back Gu Nianzhi had especially chosen this for hi difference with the bed today was the addition of a living, breathing, and i couldn’t resist lighting another cigarette He watched Gu Nianzhi for a long tiarette: he had only lit it out of habit When the cigarette finally died out between his fingers, he peeled his eyes away froarette into an ashtray

There was a hint of cigarette s found the remote and turned on the ventilator The smell of s in

He slowly re it onto the table He laid back on the sofa and let out a long sigh

He was suddenly aware of the zippo lighter in his hand The lighter, too, was also a present frohter His face was blank and unreadable He flicked the lighter: On Off On Off On Off

He continued playing with the lighter for a while

The rooht produced by his lighter illu, and heart-wrenching

It was quiet, save for Gu Nianzhi’s continuouscould not tell how much time had passed, when his phone suddenly lit up in the dark

He glanced at it

It was a e frooes up, call ht away, I’ll send so’s brorinkled He threw his phone to the floor, shter aside He stood and watched Gu Nianzhi for a longon it

He patted her cheek and in a hoarse voice asked, “Does it hurt? Do you need relief?”

His gaze was dark and unfatho

Gu Nianzhi drifted in a hazy stupor She lay ht a whiff of erly arched towards hiht vision

Although the rooloom

There was a subtle, sweet scent in the air Gu Nianzhi’s face was unusually flushed, and her eyes, although unfocused and eht All this only served tolooked away He grabbed one of the unused Hermes scarves from the bedside table, and pulled it over her face He lifted her head and knotted the scarf together at the back of her skull, effectively blindfolding her

The dark blue Herht, misty eyes

The blindfold was unnecessary, as Gu Nianzhi could not actually see a thing Her h she was trapped in a dark rooht She could only wait and hope for the best

Deep down, in the darkest recesses of hertold her that this was not the first ti her, Huo Shaoheng caressed Gu Nianzhi’s cheek Her skin arm and soft to the touch, but at the same time his hand came aith her sweat

He could not afford to wait any longer