Chapter 208

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

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 into her ears again.

Gentle and moving love songs, relaxed and pleasant tunes, but they made people well up with tears from the bottom of their hearts. It was a moving experience from the ears to the soul, a satisfaction that forgot worries. His singing made one want to get closer... but his flawless face made one 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 desires and pass the time. She was already trying her best, 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 Seeing 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 treat anyone well. If people treat you well, you should repay them twofold. This was 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, when they can't repay clearly?

Seven days left. 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 night-after-night sex that made her ashamed and embarrassed, stay away from one after another man she couldn't afford to provoke and had no heart to deal 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 hardship, but at the very least, in an ordinary work environment, she didn't have to worry about being on the newspaper or being watched by others if she wasn't careful; when infringed, the law could also maintain a certain degree of fairness.

Last seven days...

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

"Who?"

"... If I don't watch you for a moment, you'll end up covered in bruises. It's really hard 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 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 the bottom of her heart.

Among the people she knew, only one person would say caring words in such a grating way—

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

"If everyone's life is a movie, yours must be a thriller," Zhai Feiyun sat on the edge of the bed, lifted the end of the quilt to look at her right foot, which was wrapped tightly, and mocked.

"..." He Lele glared at him, "And you? A porn movie?"

Zhai Feiyun smiled when he heard this, a look of romanticism in his eyes. "If you are willing to star, I don't mind an A-movie."

He Lele had black lines on her head.

"... Sorry," after thinking for a while, He Lele apologized, "I should have told you first about Du Wei and Shi Gujin."

"No," Zhai Feiyun took off his coat, lifted a corner of the quilt, and snuggled up beside her. He picked up He Lele's right hand, which was wrapped in gauze. There was no anger or blame on his face like last time, only pity and indifference. "It's my dereliction of duty. You discovered things that I didn't alert to. I should thank you for protecting Qin so desperately. Why are you still awake so late? Does the wound hurt?"

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

"What's wrong?"

She also wanted to know... what exactly was wrong with her! The longer she stayed by their side, the more she couldn't figure out her role and her thoughts. She even felt that she was 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 end! She would still be her, the simple, ordinary, happy, and content He Lele!

"Nothing." Seven days left, seven days.

"Sleep, I'll accompany you."

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

Having finally left the hospital, He Lele was in a great mood, and her brilliant smile warmed the hearts of the three men, so 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 Qin-style burnt steak with sandwiches.

Although the first experiment failed, Qin Zhixiu's interest in cooking didn't diminish. Looking at the tutorial on the tablet with a kitchen knife, his expressions of frowning and joy from time to time made He Lele laugh. Zhai Feiyun saw it and rolled up his sleeves to join the cooking men. He originally wanted to show off, but talent really wasn't something you could talk about. Even the seemingly simple Western food almost made him flip the pot, and in the end, the only result of dinner that could be eaten was the vegetable salad.

"Zhai Feiyun, for the rest of the photos, why don't... let Lele accompany Qin to take a few sets!" Seeing Mu Wei said while browsing the photos he had captured.

Zhai Feiyun understood what he meant. When with Lele, Qin's expression was very relaxed, different from the usual faint sense of alienation, and it was full of affinity that made people unable to help but smile, which was very consistent with the gentle and romantic theme of this album.

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

"Heh..." Seeing Mu Wei smiled, glancing at Zhai Feiyun with a meaningful look, "As long as Qin opens his mouth, even men can't refuse his request, let alone women."

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

No! Zhai Feiyun stabilized the foundation of his confidence. Even if the opponent was Qin Zhixiu, he didn't think he would lose! As for Seeing Mu Wei... he glanced at the man with the extreme supermodel figure beside him with hostility, Zhai Feiyun intuitively felt—this guy was the hardest to deal with!

Author's Note:

Seven days left! Seven days!!

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