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.

overlapped with Xie Shang’s. The people he didn’t know, yet could cause Xie Shang to have a

you in a really good mood, or

preferred tea over

drank, and his tolerance was quite average—with hard liquor, he could only manage four or five small cups. He didn’t flush 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.

know,” was Xie

felt Xie Shang had been acting

“Yeah.”

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,

as she bent down, her

He responded.

“Can you walk?”

kicking in. He lay his head on the empty jar he had drunk from, his

untroublesome, he was still easy to care for

stood up,

to her, the bones beautifully sculpted, illuminated by the moonlight into a slightly translucent pearly white. His

of his wrist through his clothing and guided him back to the pawnshop. His coat, draped over her

a ball, this

to the front door of

consciousness, he stubbornly asked once more, “What

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

said, “Must be

Shang’s reaction was much slower than when he was sober, and as he pondered whether those three words

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 was like a puppet on strings controlled by Wen

leaves off the top

I’ll leave

and turned

*****

Must be obedient.

opened his eyes in the morning, those three words were 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, for his grandfather, Mr. Xie Jingxian, had once criticized him for being unruly and

table, a very faint scent lingering on the test paper, slightly bitter, with

put the perfume bottle into the refrigerator in the

concoction, yet

Dongzhou’s phone rang just then; he stepped outside to answer, it was the