Chapter 298 - There You Are, Poison Queen (2/2)

“Yikes. Can’t afford that,” Lin Musheng said with a shrug. “Well, I already know who you are anyway. Just know that you’ve got nowhere to run. As for that one hundred million, I’ll have to think carefully and come up for a way for you to pay me back!”

This guy gave him the creeps. The longer she stared at him, the more crept out she felt. If she hadn’t run out of drugs, she would’ve poisoned him to death.

“Ah Sha! Look who’s here!” Depp cried out excitedly. Ah Sha turned her head abruptly. Wan Qingsi stumbled out of the woods and walked towards her in unsteady steps. She screamed and ran at him.

Wan Qingsi opened his arms wide and allowed Ah Sha to throw herself at him. Then, he hugged her tight. At that moment, Wan Qingsi felt as though he had a heart again. He placed a finger below Ah Sha’s chin and tilted her head up. He lowered his head and started kissing her like there was no tomorrow, screaming her name between kisses.

“Ah Sha! Ah Sha!”

“Shh, shh, it’s okay, I’m here! I’m alright!” Ah Sha burrowed herself deeper into his chest. “I’m sorry that I made you worry.”

Wan Qingsi was trembling all over. Days of stubble peppered his jaw, making him look like a complete mess. Despite his disheveled appearance, Ah Sha noticed that his eyes were sharp and clear, so much so that she could see her own reflection in them.

“It’s alright. I’m just glad you’re okay! So glad.” Wan Qingsi slowly calmed down and began to check her thoroughly for any injuries. He found, much to his relief, that she was relatively unharmed except for a few cuts and scrapes on her arms. Once he was sufficiently reassured of her well-being, his eyes found Lin Musheng, who was standing nearby.

“You’ve been too careless, Boss Lin. How could you lose your communication equipment?” Xiao Hua said, fishing out a device from her pocket before tossing it to the ground. Few of Lin Musheng’s henchmen scrambled towards the device and picked it up.

“Boss, are you alright?” They were scared out of their wits when they lost contact with Lin Musheng.

Lin Musheng shook his head. “I’m fine,” he said. “Let’s go.”

“Ah Sha, I look forward to our next meeting,” Lin Musheng meaningfully said when he walked passed Ah Sha.

Frowning, Wan Qingsi watched the man leave. Pulling Ah Sha to her feet, Wan Qingsi said, “Let’s get out of here first.”

Depp spent the entire journey back blabbering on about their adventure for the past two days. Anyone who heard Depp talking right then would’ve thought of Ah Sha like some invincible female warrior. When he reached the end of his narrative, Depp gave Wan Qingsi a severe look.

“Ken, tell me the truth,” Depp said. “Is Ah Sha some kind of super android that you ordered from somewhere?”

Everyone in the car was looking at Depp like he was the biggest moron in the history of morons. “Where did you get her? I want one, too. Hell! It’s so cool! If I’m getting one, I’m getting one that comes with two different types of attributes. The loli and the female warrior!” Apparently, Depp was entirely clueless about the looks that he was receiving from everyone in the car.

Wan Qingsi gave Depp an eerie stare. “If one more word comes out of your mouth, I’ll toss your ass out of this car,” Wan Qingsi said. “Good luck making your way back to S City on foot.”

Depp clammed up instantly. Ah Sha buried her face in Wan Qingsi’s chest, trying her best not to laugh.

“Get some sleep,” Wan Qingsi said, kissing her. “We’ll be home once you wake up.”

Ah Sha nodded weakly. She’d been wrong in thinking that she couldn’t fall asleep because of that confrontation with Lin Musheng. It didn’t take her long to fall into a deep sleep at all. By the time her senses returned, five whispering voices were all she could hear.

“Why isn’t sis waking up?”

“Because she’s tired.”

“She’s not dead, right?”

“No, she’s not. But you will be if you keep saying things like that and Brother Xunxun hears you.”

“Brother Xunxun isn’t here!”

Ah Sha wanted to laugh, but she did not have the strength to open her lips.

“She’s waking!” Wangwang was the first one to notice her fluttering lashes.

Chengcheng cheered. “I’m going to tell Brother Xunxun!”

Very soon, a series of erratic footsteps echoed in the hallway. Ah Sha glanced at the door and saw Ying Qingcang carrying Xin Qing into the room with Wan Qingsi walking behind him. Chengcheng took advantage of his small stature by slipping into the room through Ying Qingcang and Wan Qingsi’s leg. Chengcheng pounced and rested his elbows on the side of Ah Sha’s bed. “Sis, are you hungry? Let’s go have pizza!”

Amused, Ah Sha flicked her brother’s forehead. “You just want to eat pizza, don’t you?” she said. Chengcheng was about to make one more attempt to fight for a chance to satisfy his pizza cravings when Wangwang suddenly came up behind him and dragged him away by the collar.

On the bed, Xin Qing took Ah Sha’s hand. “Oh, sweetheart, were you planning to give mommy a heart attack?”

“Mommy, I’m fine now, aren’t I?” Ah Sha leaned into Xin Qing’s warm embrace. “Remember how we used to play wilderness survival games when we went to father-in-law’s island? Those skills come in handy!”

Ying Qingcang glared at Ah Sha. “How can that be the same?” he said before turning his glare to Wan Qingsi. “It’s all this brat’s fault. He and his philandering ways had brought this upon you.”

“Are you hungry? Have some porridge first?” Ah Sha licked the corners of her lips and stared at the bowl of porridge in Wan Qingsi’s hand. “Yup. I’m famished!”

Xin Qing reached out to take the bowl from Wan Qingsi. Wan Qingsi looked at Xin Qing. “Allow me to do it, Aunt Qing.”

“Fine,” Xin Qing said. When picking her up, Ying Qingcang heard Xin Qing’s mumbling: “Can’t even feed my own daughter because of you. Why do you have to take that chance away from me every time…”

Ying Qingcang’s next plan of action was to chase Wan Qingsi out of the room. But Xin Qing stopped him before he could follow through. “Oh, come on. I was complaining a little,” Xin Qing said. “Let’s go downstairs. I’m starving too!”

Just like that, Ah Sha and Wan Qingsi were the only ones left in the room. Wan Qingsi fed, and Ah Sha ate. Not a single word was exchanged between them.

“That was good!” Ah Sha wiped her mouth after finishing her meal. “What’s the time now?”

Wan Qingsi put the bowl aside. Then, he took off his clothes and climbed onto her bed. “It’s afternoon now. It’s been a day since we got home. We got in yesterday afternoon.”