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.

with Xie Shang’s. The people he didn’t know, yet could

were you in a really good mood, or a really bad one?” He

Shang preferred tea

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

know,” was

had been

“Yeah.”

clearly remember his mood from that time. What remained most vivid in his memory was when his consciousness became fleeting, Wen

bent down, her hair sweeping over his

He responded.

“Can you walk?”

had drunk from, his eyes gazing off into the far and high places, searching for the stars of the

was still easy to care

stood up, “Give

beautifully sculpted, illuminated by the moonlight into a slightly translucent pearly

before, Wen Changling took hold of his wrist through his clothing and guided him back to the

coat into a ball, this time

him to the front door of the

bit of his consciousness, he stubbornly asked once more, “What are your

was under no obligation to

said, “Must be

than when he was sober, and as he pondered whether those three words were a command or a standard, he heard Wen

a bit more. Perhaps because his brain was numbed by alcohol,

brushed the fallen leaves off the

I’ll leave you

let go and turned

*****

Must be obedient.

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;

noticed a black perfume bottle on the table, a very faint scent lingering on the test paper, slightly bitter, with a complex base

bottle into the refrigerator in the research lab, “It’s a failed

concoction, yet not thrown

he stepped outside to answer, it was the