June 06, 2023 by Wyrd
The cheek that was touched by the other person started to heat up. The exquisite face regained a blush, like the evening glow reflecting on white clouds, beautiful and enchanting.
“Mm.” The young boy shyly nodded.
Wen Li looked at the beautiful boy in front of him, and his eyes couldn’t help but darken.
The boy’s smooth hair looked very obedient, his delicate jade-like face flushed, his eyes misted with fog, and his long eyelashes trembled like feathers. His eyes shimmered with flowing lights, pure and innocent as he looked at Wen Li, revealing cleanliness and purity.
But unfortunately, his phoenix-like eyes slightly tilted upwards, with a teardrop mole adorning the corners, forming an arc that was both innocent and enchanting, carrying a charm that seemed to emanate from his bones.
Pure and innocent, yet naturally alluring.
If these two qualities were found in someone else, it would likely be incongruous and repulsive.
But on the boy, it was indescribable beauty, incomprehensibly exquisite.
The boy was like a contradiction, a perfect contradiction.
Wen Li looked at the person in front of him, with lowered eyebrows and eyes, looking exceptionally obedient. His gaze unconsciously stopped on the boy’s lightly pursed lips, and his fingertips instinctively brushed the boy’s face.
With deep, mysterious eyes, he stared at the boy’s thin lips, as if bewitched, and involuntarily lowered his head, leaning closer to the boy.
The boy widened his eyes, his hands gripping the bedsheet tightly, staring blankly at the person who was getting closer and closer.
Just as Wen Li was getting close, seemingly about to kiss, there was suddenly a sound from under the bed that interrupted his movement.
The sound seemed as if something had collided with the wall.
Indeed, something had ‘collided’ with the wall.
Because Su Xiaozhen was kicked hard by Ji Yan once again, causing her to hit the wall.
The man in front of her was indeed a devil, and Su Xiaozhen became painfully aware of this.
But she still didn’t dare to make a sound, nor did she dare to seek help from her companions.
Because the man at this moment had a gloomy gaze and exuded a menacing aura, clearly in a state of rage.
After hearing the sound from under the bed, Ruan Qing’s eyes showed a trace of panic. He immediately pursed his lips and lowered his head, even wanting to push the person in front of him away.
Wen Li straightened up. He gave a somewhat puzzled look towards the bottom of the bed. “What was that sound?”
“...It’s... a... mouse.” The young boy looked at Wen Li and pretended to be calm as he spoke.
The boy was clearly not good at lying, and his nervous and trembling voice had already given him away.
Wen Li smiled mysteriously. “A mouse, huh? Is Ah Qing afraid? Do you want me to help you kill it?”
The boy trembled all over and immediately reached out to grab the corner of the clothes of the person in front of him, afraid that the other would bend down to look. “No, no need... I’m not afraid.”
The boy was probably too nervous and didn’t even notice his own condition. He seemed startled, on the verge of crying, and his words were tinged with a sob.
But in reality, this posture wouldn’t evoke anyone’s pity. It would only make people take advantage of him even more.
After all, the boy was just too weak. Even if he was being treated harshly, he had no power to resist and could only passively endure everything.
Perhaps even his angry expression looked good.
Wen Li leaned in closer to the boy, one foot kneeling between the boy’s legs. He slightly bent his waist, as if he was about to embrace the boy in his arms.
Then he lowered his voice and spoke in a tone that only the boy could hear, his voice full of seduction, like the song of a sea siren, “Be good, kiss me.”
For a moment, the boy’s gaze became vacant, and his consciousness became somewhat blurred. Only the sound of his heartbeat remained, and he even forgot to breathe.
The boy’s body seemed to have been drained of all strength, becoming completely limp. He could only rely on his hands, which were wrapped around the person’s neck, to support himself.
Then he tilted his head slightly and slowly leaned towards the person in front of him.
While the boy was in a daze, Wen Li casually glanced at the bottom of the bed, his expression tinged with disdain.
He didn’t divert his attention elsewhere but focused on the young boy in his arms, calmly waiting for the boy’s move.
Just a second before the boy leaned in for a kiss, a silver light flashed behind Wen Li.
Wen Li seemed not to have noticed, but the boy, who was about to kiss him, widened his eyes and his pupils shrank. He used all his strength to embrace Wen Li’s hand and tackled him onto the bed, protecting him beneath his own body.
For a moment, the two men in the room had their eyes widened, their hearts almost stopping.
It wasn’t just the two of them, even the hearts of the audience in the livestream almost stopped.
The barrage froze instantly, and everyone’s hearts jumped to their throats.
Ji Yan, the attacker, wanted to stop his attack when he saw the situation, but he had struck too quickly, leaving no room for Wen Li to react.
There was no time to pull back.
And Wen Li also didn’t expect the boy to suddenly tackle him and shield him from the attack.
The boy was just an ordinary person, fragile enough that a little force could kill him, let alone Ji Yan’s merciless strike.
Perhaps his body would be ruthlessly split in half, his once lively eyes would never move again.
Even his body would slowly decay until only dry bones remained.
The audience in the livestream couldn’t bear to watch anymore, and many closed their eyes.
Just as the knife was about to pierce down, Wen Li exerted force in his hand, holding the boy’s waist and flipping over to shield him beneath his own body.
The speed was so fast that almost no one could see how it happened. It was as if, in the blink of an eye, their positions had already changed.
Just like how Ji Yan didn’t know how Wen Li had managed to evade his attack back then.
Chi.
The knife plunged into Wen Li’s back, leaving a horrifying wound.
“Ugh...” Wen Li groaned. Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, dripping onto Ruan Qing’s face, and his forehead was covered in sweat.
The bloodstain on his back instantly dyed his shirt red, even slowly trickling down, wetting the bedsheets, and Ruan Qing’s body was not spared, either.
Wen Li’s back wound was long, stretching from the position of his scapula to his waist, so deep that the bones were visible.
This was probably the best opportunity to kill Wen Li.
Ji Yan had always followed the principle of striking when he was weak, but this time, he didn’t make a move.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but he couldn’t kill the person.
This was the first time he experienced fear and terror.
These emotions caused his body to tremble, trembling to the point where he could hardly hold the knife.
Ji Yan silently watched the splattering blood on his hand, taking several seconds to come back to his senses. He quickly stepped forward and pulled Wen Li away.
He wanted to see if the boy had been injured by him.
Ji Yan’s action of pulling Wen Li was somewhat rough, paying no attention to Wen Li’s life or death. It was as if he was tossing away garbage, dragging him to the ground.
But when he examined the boy’s condition, it was as delicate as holding a precious treasure, incredibly gentle.
Fortunately, the boy wasn’t injured, just staring blankly at the ceiling, his beautiful eyes showing a hint of dullness.
It seemed that he was only scared.
Ji Yan breathed a barely noticeable sigh of relief.
The audience in the live stream finally came back to life, and the barrage was flashing crazily.
[Ah! I was almost scared to death!]
[Wuwuwu, me too! That damn scumbag! He almost hurt my wife!]
[Damn it, he can’t even kill a person and almost injured my wife. I used to like him! One-star rating, one-star rating, one-star rating!!!]
[Scaring my wife like that! You two idiot scumbags!]
After being pulled to the ground, Wen Li took a while to climb up from the floor, his mouth covered in blood. He wiped the bloodstains from the corner of his mouth and coughed lightly.
If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have died the moment the knife pierced them.
However, his expression didn’t change much, as if he hadn’t suffered multiple injuries.
After several seconds, Ruan Qing regained his composure.
He had just thought he was done for.
The doctor’s hypnosis was really powerful.
He hadn’t even intended to block it, but at that moment, his body and consciousness overwhelmed his rationality.
Ruan Qing blinked his somewhat dry eyes, a deep fear in them. He immediately sat up and looked around.
His gaze finally fell on Wen Li, whose body was covered in blood.
Ruan Qing’s pupils shrank, his eyes widened, and he tremblingly pushed Ji Yan aside, walking over.
Looking at the person covered in blood, with a pale face, the young boy’s body couldn’t help but go weak, almost falling to his knees.
The boy reached out and grabbed onto Wen Li’s clothes, his voice trembling as he opened his mouth.
However, perhaps due to excessive fear, his lips trembled several times without successfully producing any sound. He struggled to calm himself down and finally managed to speak, albeit with a trembling voice, “Bro-brother, Wen, Wen Li, are you... are you okay?”
“I’m fine.” Probably because of speaking, Wen Li coughed again, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
The young boy anxiously wiped away the bloodstains with his hand, but the more he wiped, the more blood there was. Tears quickly filled his eyes, falling like pearls from the long lashes.
Stop pretending! Ji Yan looked at Wen Li, who seemed weak, and tugged at the corners of his mouth, coldly sneering. Just as he was about to make a sarcastic remark, the sound of knocking on the door rang out once again.
Everyone in the room was startled, looking up at the person at the door.
When Wen Li entered, Ruan Qing hadn’t closed the door completely, only partially. So when someone pushed, the door easily opened.
Gu Zhaoxi pushed open the door, freezing when he saw the scene in the room. He looked at the bloodstains on the bed and then at the people. “What... what are you all doing?”
Ruan Qing heard the voice, and it was as if he had just woken up from a dream. “An ambulance... yes, an ambulance.”
Wen Li held the boy’s hand and comfortingly smiled, “It’s alright, Ah Qing, don’t worry. I’m not seriously injured. Later, you can help me bandage it.”
The fear still lingered in the boy’s eyes, and he was very uneasy. “But, but...”
Although Gu Zhaoxi hadn’t figured out the situation yet, he walked in briskly and supported Wen Li. He spoke enthusiastically, “Qingqing doesn’t need to do the bandaging. The wound might scare you. Let me do it.”
“After all, I and Dr. Wen are friends now. When a friend is in trouble, I can’t just stand by and watch.”
“No need to trouble, Boss Gu. It’s not a severe injury. I can handle it myself.” Wen Li smiled and withdrew his hand.
Gu Zhaoxi supported Wen Li again. “How can I let you, a patient, do it yourself? It’s just a simple bandaging. It’s not a bother.”
As Gu Zhaoxi spoke, he guided Wen Li towards the door and turned back to ask, “Qingqing, where is Mr. Jiang’s room? I’ll go there and help Dr. Wen Li bandage the wound.”
The boy seemed hesitant and looked worriedly at the two of them.
Ji Yan picked up his own knife and casually said, “What’s the matter? You don’t trust me, and you don’t trust Boss Gu either?”
The boy thought about it and realized that Gu Zhaoxi had helped Dr. Wen Li fight against Ji Yan before, and Gu Zhaoxi wasn’t someone unreasonable.
He pointed to the door across from his rental room. “...The landlord seems to live across from me.”
The boy’s tone was filled with uncertainty, but it made the three people in the room feel uneasy.
Ji Yan glanced at Jiang Sinian on the bed and revealed a meaningful smile. “Since his place is just across from here, I’ll take him back to his own place.”
Just as the boy was about to object, Ji Yan spoke with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. “Boss Gu and your Dr. Wen Li have both gone over. Are you sure you want to leave a man alone in your room? Aren’t you afraid that your Dr. Wen Li will misunderstand?”
The boy fell silent, and Ji Yan smoothly supported Jiang Sinian.
In fact, he wanted to just drag Jiang Sinian, but the boy would definitely not agree.
After supporting Jiang Sinian, he kicked the foot of the bed and spoke in a cold voice, “Come out.”
Su Xiaozhen trembled all over and slowly rolled out from under the bed.
The woman’s face was full of tears, with a look of shock and fear in her eyes. There were bruises on her neck from being choked, and her cheeks were stained with black smudges from an unknown source. There were traces of blood at the corners of her mouth. Her complexion was pale, without a trace of color. Sweat covered her forehead, dampening her hair. She looked extremely disheveled.
It was clear at a glance who had caused Su Xiaozhen to become like this.
After all, there were only two people under the bed.
Ruan Qing, upon receiving Su Xiaozhen’s pleading gaze, stood in front of her, summoning up the courage to speak softly, “Let her... let her stay with me.”
Ji Yan couldn’t help but smile, reaching out to touch the bloodstained face of the boy. “Wife, what makes you think I would let a woman stay in your room?”
Upon hearing Ji Yan’s uncompromising tone, Su Xiaozhen couldn’t hold back her tears, trembling in fear and almost unable to stand.
Ruan Qing looked at the pitiful Su Xiaozhen and said, “But...”
Ji Yan directly interrupted the boy, “No buts. As long as you remember what you promised me, I won’t kill her.”
The underlying meaning was that if the boy broke his promise, Su Xiaozhen’s life would be in jeopardy.
Only then did the boy remember what he had promised before. He bit his lower lip and finally nodded pitifully.
In the end, Su Xiaozhen followed Ji Yan out.
Ji Yan didn’t delay for long. Gu Zhaoxi was still supporting Wen Li in the corridor.
It seemed they didn’t have a key.
Seeing Ji Yan supporting Jiang Sinian, Gu Zhaoxi gestured toward Jiang Sinian’s pocket.
Ji Yan completely ignored Gu Zhaoxi and helped Jiang Sinian up with a kick towards the door.
The door was kicked open, and the lock was broken.
Just as Ruan Qing chased after them to say something, Ji Yan quickly supported Jiang Sinian and entered the room.
Gu Zhaoxi followed closely behind, pulling Su Xiaozhen from the back. Su Xiaozhen was directly pulled into the room and fell.
Then Ji Yan didn’t give Ruan Qing a chance to speak, and he simply closed the door.
Ruan Qing watched as Su Xiaozhen was taken away by the group, and all he could do was silently pray for her well-being.
After all, if he insisted on keeping Su Xiaozhen, she would probably die even faster.
Whether she could survive now depended on herself.
Ruan Qing returned to the room, and first looked outside the window.
The group of people outside had already jumped from the narrow platform to a wider one below. If they continued walking forward, they would probably be able to exit from another resident’s home on the fourth floor.
Taking advantage of their absence, Ruan Qing immediately found paper and pen, wrote down Su Xiaozhen’s situation, and threw it at the group of people.
He had provided the information, but whether anyone would go to rescue Su Xiaozhen remained unknown.
Ruan Qing sighed imperceptibly and began to clean up the bloodstains in the room.
When he was halfway through cleaning, a knocking sound came from the door again.
Accompanied by a deep voice, “Hello, your food delivery has arrived.”
Ruan Qing put down the cloth in his hand and silently walked to the door to take a look. The person outside was indeed dressed as a delivery person, wearing a hat that obscured his face.
Ruan Qing thought for a moment and spoke softly through the door, his voice tinged with nervousness, “Um, excuse me, did you deliver to the wrong place? I didn’t order any food.”
The man outside the door didn’t show any abnormality. He looked at the address written on the food package and said, “No, this is the right place. Someone else ordered it for you. Please open the door and take it.”
Inside the unseen live streaming room, the barrage of comments flashed rapidly.
【Qingqing, don’t open the door!!! Whatever you do, don’t open the door!!! He’s not a real delivery person!】
【Qingqing, run! Jump out of the window!】
【Sob, sob, sob, this is the fifth floor, jumping out of the window won’t work. He’s so delicate, he can’t do what those people just did. My wife will be gone, sob, sob, sob.】
【Where did those scumbags go!!!? They failed at the crucial moment! What use are they!】
【It’s impossible. If they make a move, they’ll violate the rules of the live streaming room, and ‘that person’ won’t let them get away with it.】
When the barrage mentioned ‘that person,’ it noticeably paused for a moment before bursting into cries the next second.
【Sob, sob, sob, is my wife destined to not be saved?】
【If I can just get another glimpse, even one glimpse, thank goodness I activated the screen recording mode.】
【We can only rely on my wife’s own efforts. As long as she survives for seven days, according to the rules, she won’t be the target anymore. But my wife is so weak, how can she survive for seven days...】
June 06, 2023 by Wyrd
The cheek that was touched by the other person started to heat up. The exquisite face regained a blush, like the evening glow reflecting on white clouds, beautiful and enchanting.
“Mm.” The young boy shyly nodded.
Wen Li looked at the beautiful boy in front of him, and his eyes couldn’t help but darken.
The boy’s smooth hair looked very obedient, his delicate jade-like face flushed, his eyes misted with fog, and his long eyelashes trembled like feathers. His eyes shimmered with flowing lights, pure and innocent as he looked at Wen Li, revealing cleanliness and purity.
But unfortunately, his phoenix-like eyes slightly tilted upwards, with a teardrop mole adorning the corners, forming an arc that was both innocent and enchanting, carrying a charm that seemed to emanate from his bones.
Pure and innocent, yet naturally alluring.
If these two qualities were found in someone else, it would likely be incongruous and repulsive.
But on the boy, it was indescribable beauty, incomprehensibly exquisite.
The boy was like a contradiction, a perfect contradiction.
Wen Li looked at the person in front of him, with lowered eyebrows and eyes, looking exceptionally obedient. His gaze unconsciously stopped on the boy’s lightly pursed lips, and his fingertips instinctively brushed the boy’s face.
With deep, mysterious eyes, he stared at the boy’s thin lips, as if bewitched, and involuntarily lowered his head, leaning closer to the boy.
The boy widened his eyes, his hands gripping the bedsheet tightly, staring blankly at the person who was getting closer and closer.
Just as Wen Li was getting close, seemingly about to kiss, there was suddenly a sound from under the bed that interrupted his movement.
The sound seemed as if something had collided with the wall.
Indeed, something had ‘collided’ with the wall.
Because Su Xiaozhen was kicked hard by Ji Yan once again, causing her to hit the wall.
The man in front of her was indeed a devil, and Su Xiaozhen became painfully aware of this.
But she still didn’t dare to make a sound, nor did she dare to seek help from her companions.
Because the man at this moment had a gloomy gaze and exuded a menacing aura, clearly in a state of rage.
After hearing the sound from under the bed, Ruan Qing’s eyes showed a trace of panic. He immediately pursed his lips and lowered his head, even wanting to push the person in front of him away.
Wen Li straightened up. He gave a somewhat puzzled look towards the bottom of the bed. “What was that sound?”
“...It’s... a... mouse.” The young boy looked at Wen Li and pretended to be calm as he spoke.
The boy was clearly not good at lying, and his nervous and trembling voice had already given him away.
Wen Li smiled mysteriously. “A mouse, huh? Is Ah Qing afraid? Do you want me to help you kill it?”
The boy trembled all over and immediately reached out to grab the corner of the clothes of the person in front of him, afraid that the other would bend down to look. “No, no need... I’m not afraid.”
The boy was probably too nervous and didn’t even notice his own condition. He seemed startled, on the verge of crying, and his words were tinged with a sob.
But in reality, this posture wouldn’t evoke anyone’s pity. It would only make people take advantage of him even more.
After all, the boy was just too weak. Even if he was being treated harshly, he had no power to resist and could only passively endure everything.
Perhaps even his angry expression looked good.
Wen Li leaned in closer to the boy, one foot kneeling between the boy’s legs. He slightly bent his waist, as if he was about to embrace the boy in his arms.
Then he lowered his voice and spoke in a tone that only the boy could hear, his voice full of seduction, like the song of a sea siren, “Be good, kiss me.”
For a moment, the boy’s gaze became vacant, and his consciousness became somewhat blurred. Only the sound of his heartbeat remained, and he even forgot to breathe.
The boy’s body seemed to have been drained of all strength, becoming completely limp. He could only rely on his hands, which were wrapped around the person’s neck, to support himself.
Then he tilted his head slightly and slowly leaned towards the person in front of him.
While the boy was in a daze, Wen Li casually glanced at the bottom of the bed, his expression tinged with disdain.
He didn’t divert his attention elsewhere but focused on the young boy in his arms, calmly waiting for the boy’s move.
Just a second before the boy leaned in for a kiss, a silver light flashed behind Wen Li.
Wen Li seemed not to have noticed, but the boy, who was about to kiss him, widened his eyes and his pupils shrank. He used all his strength to embrace Wen Li’s hand and tackled him onto the bed, protecting him beneath his own body.
For a moment, the two men in the room had their eyes widened, their hearts almost stopping.
It wasn’t just the two of them, even the hearts of the audience in the livestream almost stopped.
The barrage froze instantly, and everyone’s hearts jumped to their throats.
Ji Yan, the attacker, wanted to stop his attack when he saw the situation, but he had struck too quickly, leaving no room for Wen Li to react.
There was no time to pull back.
And Wen Li also didn’t expect the boy to suddenly tackle him and shield him from the attack.
The boy was just an ordinary person, fragile enough that a little force could kill him, let alone Ji Yan’s merciless strike.
Perhaps his body would be ruthlessly split in half, his once lively eyes would never move again.
Even his body would slowly decay until only dry bones remained.
The audience in the livestream couldn’t bear to watch anymore, and many closed their eyes.
Just as the knife was about to pierce down, Wen Li exerted force in his hand, holding the boy’s waist and flipping over to shield him beneath his own body.
The speed was so fast that almost no one could see how it happened. It was as if, in the blink of an eye, their positions had already changed.
Just like how Ji Yan didn’t know how Wen Li had managed to evade his attack back then.
Chi.
The knife plunged into Wen Li’s back, leaving a horrifying wound.
“Ugh...” Wen Li groaned. Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, dripping onto Ruan Qing’s face, and his forehead was covered in sweat.
The bloodstain on his back instantly dyed his shirt red, even slowly trickling down, wetting the bedsheets, and Ruan Qing’s body was not spared, either.
Wen Li’s back wound was long, stretching from the position of his scapula to his waist, so deep that the bones were visible.
This was probably the best opportunity to kill Wen Li.
Ji Yan had always followed the principle of striking when he was weak, but this time, he didn’t make a move.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but he couldn’t kill the person.
This was the first time he experienced fear and terror.
These emotions caused his body to tremble, trembling to the point where he could hardly hold the knife.
Ji Yan silently watched the splattering blood on his hand, taking several seconds to come back to his senses. He quickly stepped forward and pulled Wen Li away.
He wanted to see if the boy had been injured by him.
Ji Yan’s action of pulling Wen Li was somewhat rough, paying no attention to Wen Li’s life or death. It was as if he was tossing away garbage, dragging him to the ground.
But when he examined the boy’s condition, it was as delicate as holding a precious treasure, incredibly gentle.
Fortunately, the boy wasn’t injured, just staring blankly at the ceiling, his beautiful eyes showing a hint of dullness.
It seemed that he was only scared.
Ji Yan breathed a barely noticeable sigh of relief.
The audience in the live stream finally came back to life, and the barrage was flashing crazily.
[Ah! I was almost scared to death!]
[Wuwuwu, me too! That damn scumbag! He almost hurt my wife!]
[Damn it, he can’t even kill a person and almost injured my wife. I used to like him! One-star rating, one-star rating, one-star rating!!!]
[Scaring my wife like that! You two idiot scumbags!]
After being pulled to the ground, Wen Li took a while to climb up from the floor, his mouth covered in blood. He wiped the bloodstains from the corner of his mouth and coughed lightly.
If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have died the moment the knife pierced them.
However, his expression didn’t change much, as if he hadn’t suffered multiple injuries.
After several seconds, Ruan Qing regained his composure.
He had just thought he was done for.
The doctor’s hypnosis was really powerful.
He hadn’t even intended to block it, but at that moment, his body and consciousness overwhelmed his rationality.
Ruan Qing blinked his somewhat dry eyes, a deep fear in them. He immediately sat up and looked around.
His gaze finally fell on Wen Li, whose body was covered in blood.
Ruan Qing’s pupils shrank, his eyes widened, and he tremblingly pushed Ji Yan aside, walking over.
Looking at the person covered in blood, with a pale face, the young boy’s body couldn’t help but go weak, almost falling to his knees.
The boy reached out and grabbed onto Wen Li’s clothes, his voice trembling as he opened his mouth.
However, perhaps due to excessive fear, his lips trembled several times without successfully producing any sound. He struggled to calm himself down and finally managed to speak, albeit with a trembling voice, “Bro-brother, Wen, Wen Li, are you... are you okay?”
“I’m fine.” Probably because of speaking, Wen Li coughed again, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
The young boy anxiously wiped away the bloodstains with his hand, but the more he wiped, the more blood there was. Tears quickly filled his eyes, falling like pearls from the long lashes.
Stop pretending! Ji Yan looked at Wen Li, who seemed weak, and tugged at the corners of his mouth, coldly sneering. Just as he was about to make a sarcastic remark, the sound of knocking on the door rang out once again.
Everyone in the room was startled, looking up at the person at the door.
When Wen Li entered, Ruan Qing hadn’t closed the door completely, only partially. So when someone pushed, the door easily opened.
Gu Zhaoxi pushed open the door, freezing when he saw the scene in the room. He looked at the bloodstains on the bed and then at the people. “What... what are you all doing?”
Ruan Qing heard the voice, and it was as if he had just woken up from a dream. “An ambulance... yes, an ambulance.”
Wen Li held the boy’s hand and comfortingly smiled, “It’s alright, Ah Qing, don’t worry. I’m not seriously injured. Later, you can help me bandage it.”
The fear still lingered in the boy’s eyes, and he was very uneasy. “But, but...”
Although Gu Zhaoxi hadn’t figured out the situation yet, he walked in briskly and supported Wen Li. He spoke enthusiastically, “Qingqing doesn’t need to do the bandaging. The wound might scare you. Let me do it.”
“After all, I and Dr. Wen are friends now. When a friend is in trouble, I can’t just stand by and watch.”
“No need to trouble, Boss Gu. It’s not a severe injury. I can handle it myself.” Wen Li smiled and withdrew his hand.
Gu Zhaoxi supported Wen Li again. “How can I let you, a patient, do it yourself? It’s just a simple bandaging. It’s not a bother.”
As Gu Zhaoxi spoke, he guided Wen Li towards the door and turned back to ask, “Qingqing, where is Mr. Jiang’s room? I’ll go there and help Dr. Wen Li bandage the wound.”
The boy seemed hesitant and looked worriedly at the two of them.
Ji Yan picked up his own knife and casually said, “What’s the matter? You don’t trust me, and you don’t trust Boss Gu either?”
The boy thought about it and realized that Gu Zhaoxi had helped Dr. Wen Li fight against Ji Yan before, and Gu Zhaoxi wasn’t someone unreasonable.
He pointed to the door across from his rental room. “...The landlord seems to live across from me.”
The boy’s tone was filled with uncertainty, but it made the three people in the room feel uneasy.
Ji Yan glanced at Jiang Sinian on the bed and revealed a meaningful smile. “Since his place is just across from here, I’ll take him back to his own place.”
Just as the boy was about to object, Ji Yan spoke with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. “Boss Gu and your Dr. Wen Li have both gone over. Are you sure you want to leave a man alone in your room? Aren’t you afraid that your Dr. Wen Li will misunderstand?”
The boy fell silent, and Ji Yan smoothly supported Jiang Sinian.
In fact, he wanted to just drag Jiang Sinian, but the boy would definitely not agree.
After supporting Jiang Sinian, he kicked the foot of the bed and spoke in a cold voice, “Come out.”
Su Xiaozhen trembled all over and slowly rolled out from under the bed.
The woman’s face was full of tears, with a look of shock and fear in her eyes. There were bruises on her neck from being choked, and her cheeks were stained with black smudges from an unknown source. There were traces of blood at the corners of her mouth. Her complexion was pale, without a trace of color. Sweat covered her forehead, dampening her hair. She looked extremely disheveled.
It was clear at a glance who had caused Su Xiaozhen to become like this.
After all, there were only two people under the bed.
Ruan Qing, upon receiving Su Xiaozhen’s pleading gaze, stood in front of her, summoning up the courage to speak softly, “Let her... let her stay with me.”
Ji Yan couldn’t help but smile, reaching out to touch the bloodstained face of the boy. “Wife, what makes you think I would let a woman stay in your room?”
Upon hearing Ji Yan’s uncompromising tone, Su Xiaozhen couldn’t hold back her tears, trembling in fear and almost unable to stand.
Ruan Qing looked at the pitiful Su Xiaozhen and said, “But...”
Ji Yan directly interrupted the boy, “No buts. As long as you remember what you promised me, I won’t kill her.”
The underlying meaning was that if the boy broke his promise, Su Xiaozhen’s life would be in jeopardy.
Only then did the boy remember what he had promised before. He bit his lower lip and finally nodded pitifully.
In the end, Su Xiaozhen followed Ji Yan out.
Ji Yan didn’t delay for long. Gu Zhaoxi was still supporting Wen Li in the corridor.
It seemed they didn’t have a key.
Seeing Ji Yan supporting Jiang Sinian, Gu Zhaoxi gestured toward Jiang Sinian’s pocket.
Ji Yan completely ignored Gu Zhaoxi and helped Jiang Sinian up with a kick towards the door.
The door was kicked open, and the lock was broken.
Just as Ruan Qing chased after them to say something, Ji Yan quickly supported Jiang Sinian and entered the room.
Gu Zhaoxi followed closely behind, pulling Su Xiaozhen from the back. Su Xiaozhen was directly pulled into the room and fell.
Then Ji Yan didn’t give Ruan Qing a chance to speak, and he simply closed the door.
Ruan Qing watched as Su Xiaozhen was taken away by the group, and all he could do was silently pray for her well-being.
After all, if he insisted on keeping Su Xiaozhen, she would probably die even faster.
Whether she could survive now depended on herself.
Ruan Qing returned to the room, and first looked outside the window.
The group of people outside had already jumped from the narrow platform to a wider one below. If they continued walking forward, they would probably be able to exit from another resident’s home on the fourth floor.
Taking advantage of their absence, Ruan Qing immediately found paper and pen, wrote down Su Xiaozhen’s situation, and threw it at the group of people.
He had provided the information, but whether anyone would go to rescue Su Xiaozhen remained unknown.
Ruan Qing sighed imperceptibly and began to clean up the bloodstains in the room.
When he was halfway through cleaning, a knocking sound came from the door again.
Accompanied by a deep voice, “Hello, your food delivery has arrived.”
Ruan Qing put down the cloth in his hand and silently walked to the door to take a look. The person outside was indeed dressed as a delivery person, wearing a hat that obscured his face.
Ruan Qing thought for a moment and spoke softly through the door, his voice tinged with nervousness, “Um, excuse me, did you deliver to the wrong place? I didn’t order any food.”
The man outside the door didn’t show any abnormality. He looked at the address written on the food package and said, “No, this is the right place. Someone else ordered it for you. Please open the door and take it.”
Inside the unseen live streaming room, the barrage of comments flashed rapidly.
【Qingqing, don’t open the door!!! Whatever you do, don’t open the door!!! He’s not a real delivery person!】
【Qingqing, run! Jump out of the window!】
【Sob, sob, sob, this is the fifth floor, jumping out of the window won’t work. He’s so delicate, he can’t do what those people just did. My wife will be gone, sob, sob, sob.】
【Where did those scumbags go!!!? They failed at the crucial moment! What use are they!】
【It’s impossible. If they make a move, they’ll violate the rules of the live streaming room, and ‘that person’ won’t let them get away with it.】
When the barrage mentioned ‘that person,’ it noticeably paused for a moment before bursting into cries the next second.
【Sob, sob, sob, is my wife destined to not be saved?】
【If I can just get another glimpse, even one glimpse, thank goodness I activated the screen recording mode.】
【We can only rely on my wife’s own efforts. As long as she survives for seven days, according to the rules, she won’t be the target anymore. But my wife is so weak, how can she survive for seven days...】
