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.

The people he didn’t know, yet could cause Xie Shang to have a hangover, could only be that special

in a really good mood,

Shang preferred tea

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 or very bad mood would

was

Dongzhou felt Xie Shang had

“Yeah.”

who had 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

Shang,” she said as she bent down, her hair sweeping over

He responded.

“Can you walk?”

in. He lay his head on the empty jar he had

untroublesome, he was still easy to care for when

Changling stood up, “Give me

sculpted, illuminated by the moonlight into a slightly translucent pearly white. His mind

clothing and guided him back to the pawnshop. His coat, draped over her arm, kept dragging on the

the coat into a ball, this time holding

had led him to the

consciousness, he stubbornly asked once more,

Changling was under no obligation to answer his question

said, “Must be

as he pondered whether those three words were a command or a standard, he heard

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 was

brushed the fallen leaves off the top of

I’ll leave

turned around

*****

Must be obedient.

were a standard, that would be most unfortunate, for his grandfather, Mr. Xie Jingxian, had once criticized him for being unruly and disobedient. He was like a wild plant that grew untamed; even his mother Madam Su had never demanded obedience

had just noticed a black perfume bottle on the table, a very faint scent lingering on the test

up and put the perfume bottle into the refrigerator in

yet

stepped outside to answer,