Chapter 34: Is Digging Coal Fun?

In the medical room on the third floor of the villa, Fei Kewei sat listlessly on the hospital bed.

The young girl was wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown, her chestnut curls were loose and messy, and a piece of gauze was stuck on her forehead.

She looked dazed, her red-rimmed eyes filled with tears, like a porcelain doll that had been shattered.

News was slow to reach the research building, and Fei Qianjiang only learned about this incident in the late evening. He rushed back from the research building.

He sat on the edge of the bed, his hand resting on his forehead, but he couldn’t help but scold her: “I think you’re lawless! Do you really think you’re the mistress of this ancient castle villa?”

“The person brought back by Captain Ming himself, who was placed on the fifth floor of the villa by Captain Mei, and who was personally entrusted to Steward Zhou for proper care, you dare to mess with them?! Why do you have to go and stir up trouble?”

In the past, Captain Ming had been very lenient towards his spoiled daughter, but it was because he valued the information he held, and his repeated successful experiments.

Now, the research on the Awakened Ability Agent had been stagnant for half a year, and even he had to bow and scrape before that man. But his clueless daughter, on the other hand, had to go and stick her head in the lion’s mouth…

Fei Kewei lowered her head and said nothing, tears dripping onto the bedsheets.

Fei Bokai, who was playing with a toy airplane in his hand, looked nonchalant. Seeing his sister like this, he sneered: “Why? It’s because she’s jealous, isn’t it…”

“My sister used to see herself as the mistress of this villa, but she didn’t expect that Captain Ming would suddenly bring back another girl from outside. Tsk tsk tsk, her dream was shattered.”

Fei Qianjiang felt uncomfortable seeing his daughter like this. He pointed at Fei Bokai and said: “Get out! I let you come and see your sister, not to gossip!”

Fei Bokai was not surprised that his father would favor his sister. He rolled his eyes and casually threw the toy in his hand: “Get out, get out. Who cares about her anyway!”

The door slammed shut.

Fei Qianjiang looked at his daughter on the bed, his tone filled with disappointment: “This is a good lesson for you, it will help you wake up…”

“You’re too young, you don’t know that the most terrifying people in the world are actually like Captain Ming.”

It’s not those who look cold and unapproachable or those who have a bad temper, but those who have no emotions…

A cold face or a fit of anger can reveal weaknesses, allowing people to guess their thoughts. But Captain Ming doesn’t.

He always smiles at everyone, always gentle, like a spring breeze, making it seem like he’s close to everyone.

But in reality, he kills like this, and he skins people alive like this…

His smile is like a mask, making him look noble and flawless, perfectly fake.

…

After taking a bath, Wen Yao changed into a pure white lace dress. Her wet hair was dried and combed smooth and shiny.

The beautiful face that had been like a dusty jade bead was now wiped clean, her entire being was refreshed, completely different from the appearance she had when she came back from scavenging.

When Ji Mingchen went out and came back, the girl in the room had been cleaned up and was now sitting at the desk by the bed, nibbling on a piece of toast while flipping through a book, looking quiet and beautiful.

Wen Yao looked up when she heard footsteps. Ji Mingchen happened to be near the desk, and when he lowered his head, his smiling peach blossom eyes met hers: “Is it delicious?”

“…”

Wen Yao then looked away and continued to bite the bread: “…It’s okay, I’m hungry, everything is delicious.”

“It’s so late, why are you here?”

He had come back in the middle of the night, and after all this trouble, it was now three or four in the morning, and it wouldn’t be long before dawn. He didn’t expect him to come back.

Ji Mingchen didn’t care, he turned around and leaned against the desk, lazily raised his hand, and lightly brushed the girl’s cheek with his fingertips: “What, I can’t come?”

It was a gesture full of teasing, but not disrespectful.

His fingertips were cool, while the man’s fingertips were warm, so even though it was just a light touch, the warmth lingered for a long time.

Looking at the crumbs of bread that had fallen, Wen Yao: “…”

The room she was in was small and cozy, and now the ceiling lights were not turned on, only the desk lamp was emitting a warm orange light. Coupled with the fact that it was late at night and the two of them were alone in the room, the atmosphere became somewhat ambiguous.

She couldn’t help but think back to what Ji Mingchen had said:

“Of course, if you want to stay, you can only be my partner…”

“Your partner is lost, you don’t look for her?”

“Now you want me to let you go, do you think that’s appropriate?”

So she was brought back as his partner.

“…”

Ji Mingchen didn’t hear a response, his gaze fell on the girl’s stiff back, he deliberately raised his voice: “Hmm?”

Wen Yao was startled, her thoughts were pulled back to reality. She frowned, put down the unfinished piece of bread, and her ears unconsciously turned a faint shade of red: “Y-yes, your territory, you can go wherever you want.”

Ji Mingchen saw her nervousness and shyness, he lowered his eyes and smiled, he leisurely raised his hand and tapped the glass cup in front of Wen Yao with his finger: “The milk is getting cold, drink it and go to sleep.”

Wen Yao reached for the cup, and at the same time, she secretly looked at him: “So you’re… going to sleep here tonight too?”

Unlike his usual neat and tidy appearance, Ji Mingchen was dressed very casually tonight, his shirt was loose and unbuttoned, only two buttons were simply buttoned, the neckline was a deep V-shape, and from Wen Yao’s position, she could still see his jade-like skin and distinct abdominal muscles through the messy gaps.

Looking up, she saw that handsome and cold face, his long eyebrows were slightly raised, a slight curve at the corner of his lips, the corners of his peach blossom eyes were slightly bent, his posture was lazy but not lacking in nobility, like a charming white cat demon.

Hearing this, the man slowly bent down and leaned towards her, using that low, magnetic, and seductive voice to ask: “Hmm? Do you want… me to stay here and sleep with you?”

“…”