Chapter 1777 - 2079: A Secret Kiss (2)
At this moment, the focused Zhu Xiaozhu finally felt the breath coming from beside her ear and quickly turned her head towards the back. But before she could see the person clearly, she suddenly felt like her lips were blocked by something.
Feeling the warmth on her lips, she was instantly stunned on the spot. However, it was only for a moment before she reacted, realizing she was being violated, and immediately swung her fist to try to drive the person away. However, the person’s arms were already holding her body, and no matter how she struggled, she couldn’t get rid of them.
"Mmm...mmm..."
Feeling both shame and anger, Zhu Xiaozhu exerted all her strength, pressed against the person’s chest with her hands, and pushed hard. Immediately, the latter stumbled back, directly falling back onto the desk behind. Fortunately, although Ling Chen’s body was weak, his reaction was relatively quick, and he hurriedly supported himself on the desk to avoid falling.
Only at this point did Zhu Xiaozhu clearly see the appearance of the ’intruder’.
"Ling Chen?" She exclaimed: "How is it you?" Saying this, she quickly ran up, supporting his arm, with a concerned look: "You... you’re not hurt, are you?"
"It’s fine, it’s fine." Ling Chen touched his nose awkwardly, joking with a smile: "If I knew you’d react so strongly, I wouldn’t have snuck up on you."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiaozhu’s pretty face flushed, teasingly saying: "I thought it was someone else, of course I had to resist. If I knew it was you, I..." At this point, she seemed to realize something, a blush spread across her cheeks, radiantly charming, her eyes gleaming with an uncontainable shyness.
Ling Chen held back his laughter and asked: "Why didn’t you continue speaking?"
"There you go again." Zhu Xiaozhu waved her fists, trying to put on an angry face, playfully accusing: "If you dare tease me again, believe it or not, I’ll teach you a lesson?"
"Alright, alright, I’m scared, can’t you tell?" Ling Chen raised both his hands in surrender.
"I told you to rest properly in the room, didn’t I? Why are you out here again?" Zhu Xiaozhu said somewhat discontentedly.
"I was going back to rest, just happened to pass by here, so I came in to check on you. Luckily, I came; I heard from that doctor you’ve been busy two days and nights without sleep?"
Feeling the reproach in Ling Chen’s gaze, Zhu Xiaozhu lowered her head and said: "I...it’s fine, I just want to quickly develop the antidote, so..."
"If you collapse from exhaustion because of me, I’d rather not have the antidote." Ling Chen took over the conversation, holding Zhu Xiaozhu’s hands, gently saying: "I know you mean well for me, but more than the poison in me, I’m more concerned about you. Listen, go back and rest for now, leave everything for tomorrow."
Zhu Xiaozhu softly agreed and returned to her room accompanied by Ling Chen. Standing at the door, watching Ling Chen about to leave, Zhu Xiaozhu opened her mouth, looking like she wanted to say something but stopped. Noticing this, Ling Chen couldn’t help but smile and said: "Don’t tell me such a grown-up still wants me to accompany you to sleep?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiaozhu’s pretty face turned crimson, she lowered her head and said: "You’re teasing me again, I... I just want you to keep me company, is that okay?" By the end, her voice had become almost inaudible.
Ling Chen reached out his hand, gently stroking her hair, raised his lips in a smile, then led her by the hand into the room.
...
The next day.
Ling Chen obediently followed Zhu Xiaozhu’s medical advice, lying on the bed honestly, resting well. However, staying alone in the room was too dull, so he picked up his phone and browsed the latest news.
"Yesterday, some citizens heard explosions coming from Qiu Nanshan, the power of the explosion was intense, nearby residents felt the ground shaking, mistaking it for an earthquake. That day, the government organized personnel to go up the mountain to check, but couldn’t find the explosion site. Qiu Nanshan is located in the northern part of Huaxia country, is a famous local mountain, with an altitude of over four thousand meters, the top is shrouded in clouds and snow all year round. In recent years, the local government has been actively developing tourism, preparing to turn Qiu Nanshan into a local tourist attraction. According to the plan, Qiu Nanshan Scenic Area will be open to everyone in three years. As for the sudden explosion in Qiu Nanshan, the reason is still unclear, relevant personnel are making further investigations..."
Just after finishing reading a news report, a phone number suddenly appeared on the phone screen. The call connected, Ling Chen asked: "Brother, what’s up?"
"Did you get any results from what I asked you last time?"
Ling Chen paused slightly, puzzled asking: "Brother, what are you talking about?"
"Didn’t He Honggang ask you to find me? Did you forget?"
After hearing Ling Gengqiu’s reminder, Ling Chen slapped his forehead; with everything that had happened recently, he nearly forgot about it.
"Uh...Brother, sorry, I haven’t had the chance to ask yet. Don’t worry, He Honggang gave us plenty of time to consider. How about this, I’ll call him now to ask, and get back to you soon."
"Alright then." After speaking, Ling Gengqiu directly hung up the phone.
Ling Chen found the small note He Honggang had given him from his pocket, dialed the number on it. Soon, the call connected, and He Honggang’s voice came through from the other end: "Who is this?"
"Hello! Mr. He? Hi, it’s Ling Chen."
"You called me at this time, have you considered it?"
"Mr. He, let’s not talk about that for now, I just have a few questions I’d like to ask. You mentioned last time that this operation requires at least four people like you, but even counting Ling Gengqiu, Chen Younian, it’s only three people, who is the last person you plan to find?"
"Ah, you’re asking about that." He Honggang replied blandly: "The last candidate is indeed hard to find, if I really can’t find anyone, then I’ll have to go seek Su Cheng’en. Although he’s not quite like us, his strength is similar."
Ling Chen smiled slightly and said: "Mr. He, I’d like to say, if you get Su Cheng’en to help, then we won’t participate in this operation."
"You..." Upon hearing this, He Honggang seemed to recall something and said: "Sorry, I almost forgot about the grudge between Ling Gengqiu and Su Cheng’en. Fine, since you say so, I’ll figure something else out. Within three days, I’ll give you a definite answer."
"Alright, that’s settled then."
After hanging up, Ling Chen called back Ling Gengqiu to explain the situation. To be honest, Ling Chen was very curious now about where He Honggang would find help. Although there’s another He Zhishen in this world, He Honggang doesn’t know of his existence, and certainly won’t say. So if He Honggang really finds someone like Ling Gengqiu, then this operation will be interesting.