Chapter 48 (1/2)

Chapter 48: Weekend of Disconnection

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

“Co to stay over this weekend, and you can’t go anywhere Stay here and let ’s study, where his ed in complicated positions

Gu Nianzhi was frazzled fro by the portly doctor, and she couldn’t suppress her laughter “Brother Chen, you’ve got to at least let s down and wash up first, ok? Also, I haven’t had dinner yet; I’ry”

“Dinner? It’s ok to skip a ” Chen Lie continued to lead her, taking her backpack off and dragging her to sit on the exa chair He swiftly attached an array of apparatuses to her head, wrists and chest Gu Nianzhi kneas obsessed with ht that she would end up as his test subject one day

There’s nothing I can do, I’ll just have to lean back on this big exa chair, close ned herself to hisvarious apparatuses on her, Chen Lie began drawing her blood Gu Nianzhi’s eyes flew open as she stared at her arms and she suddenly asked, “By the way, Brother Chen, why are there so many needle pricks on my arms?”

The marks weren’t immediatelyapparent, and some had already faded away after a week However, Gu Nianzhi’s eyes could discern even the smallest pin pricks now She had been busy the whole week at school and had even rushed her showers She hadn’t looked at her body carefully until now

Chen Lie’s kept a straight face as he said, “Well, these were from all the blood I took when you passed out that week”

Gu Nianzhi was speechless She stared at Chen Lie steadily, then closed her eyes and tried to rest, but his words kept ringing in her head She wondered why she had lapsed into a week long coma, when she had only been afflicted with an aphrodisiac If she had truly been ok, why had Chen Lie take so much blood? Also, why did she still have weekly examinations when she was clearly fine already? Had it been simply an aphrodisiac she was afflicted with?

Gu Nianzhi was a very cautious person These thoughts spun in her head and pointed to a more serious problem She opened her eyes to watch Chen Lie, as busy with his equipment, and suddenly asked, “Was I poisoned?”

She had asked so unexpectedly that a normal person would have blurted out the truth However, Chen Lie was a Medical Officer in the Empire’s Military and held a Senior Colonel rank He was one extensive professional training Gu Nianzhi’s little outburst didn’t work on him

Chen Lie shook his head calmly “Of course you weren’t poisoned It was just a potent aphrodisiac that had stronger effects than average I had to dig out everything to formulate an antidote for you”

“Oh, really?” Gu Nianzhi’s eyes widened They possessed an almost childlike innocence and trust when she looked at him

Chen Lie quickly turned his head to look at the instruaze He orried that he would blurt out the truth when he faced those eyes filled with honesty and sincerity The consequences he risked at the hands of Huo Shaoheng were severe enough to keep hined to conducting experiments in jail for the rest of his life!

“Of course! So to thankyou so that I lasses nearly slide down his nose and he pushed the his stern expression

Gu Nianzhi finally believed Chen Lie’s words and breathed out in relief She lay on the exa earlier You kno I tend to overthink things”