Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Then Liang Doukou came close to Qin Zhiâai, lowered her voice, and whispered a name of brand to her.
When she was about to move away, she paused again, then deliberately emphasized the word âYushengâ and said, âYusheng likes this brand.â
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Qin Zhiâai didnât remember how sheâd left Liang Doukouâs room.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
All she knew was that she was already in the lobby of the hotel when she had finally regained consciousness.
The air outside the hotel was very cold, and there were gusts of cold wind blowing in. She rushed out of the villa hotel in a despondent way, as if she hadnât been phased by the wind chill at all.
The villa was quite large, so it took Qin Zhiâai nearly twenty minutes to get to the supermarket that Liang Doukou had mentioned.
Various brands of condoms were densely packed within a shelf that was four levels high. Qin Zhiâai stared at them blankly for a long time before she finally spotted the brand that Liang Doukou had mentioned.
She took a box of condoms, went to the counter, paid, and waited for the change. Once the transaction had been completed, she mindlessly exited the hotel supermarket as if sheâd been simply going with the motions, and headed for the hotel.
When entering the elevator, she met several familiar colleagues who had came back from the hot spring, and they each greeted her one after another.
Qin Zhiâai was moving slowly for a long time before she finally regained control of her blank mind. She strained an obligatory, stiff smile, and stared at the red number on the elevator, subconsciously freezing again.
She didnât press the button. When all the people in the elevator had left and the door had closed, it dropped back to the first floor. As some new people were entering the elevator, Qin Zhiâai finally blinked and awoke from her empty daze, swiped the room card, and pressed the button of 18th floor.
Standing at the door of Gu Yushengâs room, Qin Zhiâai took several deep breaths before raising her hand and ringing the doorbell.
She stared at the closed door without blinking, expressionless, fearing that tears would fall at any moment.
After about a minute, the door opened. Qin Zhiâai held her breath, took out the box of condoms and remaining change from her pocket, and handed them to Liang Doukou.
Liang Doukou gently took them and said, âThank you.â
âYouâre welcome.â Qin Zhiâai had almost exhausted all her strength just to calmly utter these words.
Then she looked down to avoid Liang Doukouâs eyes, stepped back, turned around, and walked towards the elevator.
After returning to her room, Qin Zhiâaiâs body felt entirely weak, and she immediately collapsed onto the bed.
With glazed eyes, she stared at the ceiling for a while until her cell phone suddenly rang from her pocket.
After a long time, she finally took out her cell phone and glanced at the display, then she noticed that there were seven unanswered calls, all from Xiaowang.
It turned out that she hadnât heard her cell phone ring for a long time...
When Qin Zhiâai was about to return Xiaowangâs call, her cell phone rang again. She stared at the screen and the words âBig BOSSâ flashed through her eyes.
Xiaowang couldnât get through to me, so now, Gu Yusheng is calling?
Qin Zhiâai pursed her lips and tried to calm herself before answering. Before she raised the phone to her ear, Gu Yushengâs cold voice came through the phone. She suspected that it was just an illusion, as his voice sounded a little anxious. âWhere are you?â
Qin Zhiâai took a deep breath, then pretended to be at ease. âI am in the room now.â
After answering, she realized that the reason Gu Yusheng asked that question was because she hadnât answered any of Xiaowangâs calls, so she quickly thought of a lie. âI was in the shower.â