Chapter 173

☆, (9 Fresh Coins) Chapter 182: Seven More Days

I don't know if it was because she slept too much during the day, but after waking up in the middle of the night, He Lele closed her eyes again but couldn't fall asleep for a long time. Listening to the wind and rain outside the ward through the curtains, Qin Zhixiu's singing flowed slowly by her ears again.

A gentle and moving love song, a relaxed and pleasant melody, yet it made people's tears well up from the bottom of their hearts. It was a moving experience from the ears to the soul, a satisfaction that forgot all worries. His singing made people want to get closer... but his flawless face made people only dare to watch from afar.

Friends, family, what beautiful words, but her true identity now was just a convenience for them to vent their lust and pass the time. She was already trying, but still... she had no way to face him with an equal mindset, so how could she really be his friend?

With her minor skin injuries, she could actually have been discharged during the day, but Mu Wei and Qin Zhixiu wouldn't let her move. This feeling of being cared for and cherished was addictive, but she knew very well that she couldn't.

In this world, no one is obligated to be good to anyone. If someone is good to you, you should repay them double. This is the principle of being a person her dad and mom taught her since she was a child.

But, what should one do when they can't repay, can't repay clearly?

Seven more days. Seven days later, she could leave the apartment, stay away from the rights and wrongs in their world, stay away from the care and love she couldn't repay, stay away from the shameful and embarrassing sex every night, stay away from one after another person she couldn't afford to provoke and had no intention of dealing with, and return to her own plain and quiet life.

Future work should also have times of grievance, times of frustration, and even times of unbearable difficulty, but at the very least, in an ordinary work environment, she wouldn't have to worry about being on the newspaper or being watched by others if she wasn't careful; when infringed upon, the law could also maintain a certain degree of fairness.

Last seven days...

The lock on the door behind her clicked lightly, and He Lele shrank her body in fright.

"Who?"

"...If I don't watch you for a moment, you end up covered in bruises. It's truly difficult for your parents to have raised you this big." The person who came in turned on the light and said slowly.

The sudden light made He Lele squint her eyes to adapt for a moment. The figure of the person who came in gradually became clear in her eyes, and a trace of indescribable strangeness fermented silently in her heart.

Among the people she knew, there was only one who would say caring words in such an annoying way—

"You... why are you here?" He Lele sat up.

"If everyone's life were a movie, yours would definitely be a thriller." Ji Jie sat on the edge of the bed, lifted the quilt at the end of the bed to look at her right foot, which was wrapped tightly, and mocked.

"..." He Lele glared at him angrily, "Then what about you? A Category III film?"

Ji Jie chuckled upon hearing this, his eyes full of amorous intent. "If you are willing to star, I wouldn't mind an A-film either."

He Lele had black lines all over her head.

"...I'm sorry," He Lele apologized after thinking for a while, "Regarding Du Wei and Shi Gujin, I should have told you first."

"No," Ji Jie took off his coat, lifted a corner of the quilt, and snuggled up beside her. "It's my dereliction of duty. You discovered things I wasn't alert to. I should thank you for risking your life to protect Qin kid. Why are you still awake so late? Does the wound hurt?" Picking up He Lele's bandaged right hand, there was no more indignation or blame on Ji Jie's face, only pity and calmness.

He Lele pulled back her hand, looking at him with a struggle in her eyes—she, she was what to them? Why did they treat her like this? Was she still He Lele?

"What's wrong?"

She also wanted to know... what was wrong with her! The longer she stayed by their side, the less she could figure out her role and her thoughts. She even felt herself slowly becoming a stranger—she could actually be so indifferent to being naked in front of strangers, and so cruelly want to torture others!

That wasn't her! It wasn't!

Leave! Leave the apartment! Leave them! As long as she left this group of men who seemed to have magic, everything would be over! She would still be her, the simple, ordinary, happy, and contented He Lele!

"Nothing." Seven more days, seven days.

"Sleep, I'll accompany you."

On the 9th, under the insistence of the three men, He Lele soaked in the hospital for another day. During this time, the police came once, asked some details, and left without saying anything. Frankly speaking, she didn't quite understand their English... On the third day, she couldn't hold it anymore and begged to be discharged. So, taking advantage of the pause in the rain, Mu Wei carried He Lele back to the sea villa.

Having finally left the hospital, He Lele was in a great mood. Her brilliant smile warmed the hearts of the three men, and no one mentioned returning to the country.

Qin Zhixiu wanted her to direct him in cooking, and the result was that the four of them, along with the butler, ate a meal of Qin-style burnt steak with sandwiches.

Although the first experiment failed, Qin Zhixiu's interest in cooking didn't diminish. Holding a kitchen knife and looking at the tutorial on the tablet, his expressions of frowning and joy from time to time made He Lele laugh until her eyebrows curved. Ji Jie saw this and also rolled up his sleeves to join the cooking men. He originally wanted to show off, but talent was really hard to talk about. Even the simplest Western food almost made him flip the pot. In the end, the only result of dinner that could be eaten was the vegetable salad.

"Ji Jie, for the remaining photos, why don't... let Lele accompany Qin kid to take a few sets!" Mu Wei said while browsing the photos he had captured.

Ji Jie understood what he meant. When with Lele, Qin kid's expression was very relaxed, different from the usual faint sense of alienation, and it carried an affinity that made one unable to help but smile, which was very in line with the gentle and romantic tone of this album.

"If Lele is willing, I have no opinion."

"Heh..." Mu Wei laughed, glancing at Ji Jie with a meaningful look, "As long as Qin kid opens his mouth, even men can't refuse his request, let alone women."

Can't refuse... Ji Jie looked at Qin Zhixiu and He Lele listening to music together, the sound of a small hammer hitting bricks and stones coming into his ears.

No! Ji Jie stabilized the foundation of his confidence. Even if the opponent was Qin Zhixiu, he didn't think he would lose! On the contrary, Mu Wei... Ji Jie glanced at the man with the top-notch physique like a supermodel on the side with hostility, and intuitively felt—this guy was the most difficult to deal with!

Seven more days! Seven days!!

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