He is Lovestruck in the Revenge by Gu Nanxi

Chapter 45 - 45 044 Xie Shang you must be obedient

Chapter 45: 044: Xie Shang, you must be obedient. Chapter 45: 044: Xie Shang, you must be obedient. If he asked, she would definitely tell him, yes, she was a bad person too.

She picked up the jar of alcohol and poured herself a full cup, her first drink of the evening.

As her fingers touched the cup, Xie Shang grabbed her wrist. It was then that he was like the man from the Jhiang family gambling table, aggression and oppressive force churning in his eyes at that moment, “Tell me.”

She moved neither her hands nor her expression.

Even a drunk Xie Shang was not easy to deal with.

Wen Changling calmly reciprocated the grip on Xie Shang’s hand, gently pushing him away while her gaze remained clear and sober, kindly reminding him, “Xie Shang, you’re breaking the rules.”

She could refuse to answer; that was one of the game’s rules.

She finished the rest of the drink without changing her expression.

*****

He Dongzhou arrived at the research lab at nine in the morning, to find Xie Shang already there, wearing a white lab coat. The experimental bench was strewn with vessels and jars filled with various spices, and the room was kept at a very low temperature, where Xie Shang was—catching up on sleep.

The moment the door was pushed open, Xie Shang opened his eyes.

He Dongzhou asked him, “Why do you look like that?”

The complexion of Xie Shang’s face was abnormally pale, “Drank too much last night.”

A hangover, which was odd.

He Dongzhou was curious, “Who were you drinking with?”

The aftereffects of last night’s alcohol were strong, and his stomach was still burning. Speaking without much energy and rather indifferently, Xie Shang replied, “Someone you don’t know.”

“A neighbor?”

Xie Shang didn’t answer.

guessed correctly. It wasn’t difficult to guess; He Dongzhou’s social circle highly overlapped with Xie Shang’s. The people he didn’t know, yet could cause Xie Shang to have a hangover, could only be that special female neighbor from the other

mood, or a really bad one?”

preferred tea

when he drank, and he didn’t cause trouble when drunk. He disliked getting drunk because he hated losing control and wanted to remain lucid at all times. Only when he was in a very good

was Xie Shang’s

felt Xie Shang had been acting

“Yeah.”

been taking the lead. After sobering up, Xie Shang could not clearly remember his mood from that time. What remained most vivid in his memory was when his consciousness became fleeting, Wen Changling looked over him, her voice sounding

she said as she bent down, her hair

He responded.

“Can you walk?”

alcohol were already kicking in. He lay his head on the empty jar he had drunk from, his eyes gazing off into the far and high places, searching for the stars

and untroublesome, he was still easy to care

stood up, “Give me

illuminated by the moonlight into

of his wrist through his clothing and guided him back to the

into a

Changling had led him to the front door

the last bit of his consciousness, he stubbornly asked once more,

was over, and Wen Changling was under no obligation to answer

said, “Must be

and as he pondered whether those three words were a command or a

halted, and in front of her, he bowed his head, unsure if it was enough, he lowered it a bit more. Perhaps because his brain was numbed by alcohol, he

off

I’ll leave you

and turned around to go

*****

Must be obedient.

looping in his mind. Was that her standard, or was it just a command at the time? If it were a standard, that would be most unfortunate,

table, a

put the perfume bottle into the refrigerator in the research

failed concoction, yet not thrown

phone rang just then; he stepped outside