Chapter 21 (1/2)

Chapter 21: Finally Awake

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

Gu Nianzhi’s eyes h she was trying very hard to wake up, but could not open her eyes

She had never felt so tired Her one back to the very beginning of her known memories: the car accident she had been in when she was 12

She re fire in the car She also re was the one who had rescued her fro

Of course, she hadn’t known the na But, she remembered hi car

She had no memory of who she here she had come from, or where she was headed She did not remember where she had lived, or where her parents were

The car she had been riding in would have served as the most important clue, had it not been reduced to ash in that round It was such a perfect coincidence—so much so that it seemed almost deliberate However, the Imperial Army had not been able to detect any trace of explosives froasoline explosion could not have caused such a massive ball of fire to form?

She could not even remember who the driver of the car had been

In her dreao Her 12-year old self was crying hysterically, desperately trying to get out of the car It was Huo Shaoheng who had retrieved her fro pile of metal, and shi+elded her from the blast

When she was rescued she had been like a small animal She made to bite anyone who tried to approach her She trusted no one, and ignored everyone— except her savior, Huo Shaoheng

He was the only one who had been only 22 years old when he first met her He had just been transferred back to his country after a stint abroad; theup the Special Operations Forces

At the time, he had been the only person who could communicate with her The I be her guardian

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Gu Nianzhi -forgotten rasp now Her heart raced, faster and faster, and her head began to hurt

She grit her teeth and tried hard to re was different There was now an airplane in herae in blood-red letters, large and striking

She had seen this plane once, before the car she was riding in exploded

She was so close to breaking through thewhat had happened before the accident six years ago The effort was almost too much for her brain

It did notthe plane descend from the sky while she sat inside the car At the same time, she recalled that the car crash had taken place on a bustling city street, far from any airport, and there had been no trace of the plane anywhere

Gu Nianzhi’s hands were clenched tight in her sleep Her broas deeply wrinkled

The equip Gu Nianzhi’s brain activity i alare needle and injected Gu Nianzhi with a sedative, forcefully interrupting her dreao back to a deep sleep This was to protect Gu Nianzhi’s brain froed by an overload of brain activity She had been out for a week now; Chen Lie did not think her frail body could withstand the abnorht noas a good sleep She would be up and about the next

Chen Lie watched the numbers on the , as still listening on the other end of the phone, “She’ll wake up to let out a long sigh of relief He switched his phone to his other hand and said, in a low voice, “In that case, take her back to her apartment I’ll send over double the nuuard and watch over her—in secret” He paused, then reminded him, “do not breathe a word about et back in time, and haven’t seen her this whole week”