Could it be that the woman Li Mei’s boyfriend cheated with was rich?

If so, then it had worked out perfectly by accident—she’d successfully caught Li Mei’s attention.

And become the first target for everyone’s anger.

Next, when night came, there’d be another tough battle to fight!

“You knew all along that guy would cause trouble!”

On the way back to the ward, Lin Qing glanced at Su Yao walking beside him. She looked so happy she was practically humming.

Her bright, dark eyes sparkled, and the corners of her mouth curved into a faint smile. She looked cheerful and lively.

Add her striking looks to the mix, and passersby couldn’t help stopping to stare.

People couldn’t help liking such a beautiful girl. Just looking at her put them at ease—and was a treat for the eyes.

Yet Su Yao, whom everyone else saw as an outstanding girl, didn’t show the slightest guilt over the way she’d schemed things out.

Sure, seeing someone like that yellow-haired guy get taught a lesson was satisfying…but that didn’t change what had really happened.

Everything that had just happened in the cafeteria might have looked perfectly ordinary, but in reality, it had all been carefully orchestrated by Su Yao.

She’d quickly made use of everything around her to set a trap for her prey.

From the moment she entered the cafeteria, the situation had unfolded exactly as Su Yao intended.

She could read people and their personalities with ease, then make the best possible call.

A woman like that was truly terrifying…

So when Lin Qing spoke, he wasn’t asking a question.

He was making a statement.

“As long as we achieve our goal, isn’t that enough?”

When Su Yao heard Lin Qing’s question, her smile grew even brighter. Then she glanced down at his tightly clenched hand and immediately covered it with her own.

The sudden touch made Lin Qing’s entire body stiffen.

He wasn’t used to being touched.

Su Yao was 175 centimeters tall. With her slim waist and long legs, her hands weren’t small, either.

Lin Qing was rather slight, and stood half a head shorter beside Su Yao—about ten centimeters. His hands weren’t broad like those of other teenage boys, either.

So when Su Yao took Lin Qing’s hand in hers, she raised her eyebrows in surprise.

His slender fingers felt practically skin and bones. She couldn’t help lifting a finger to stroke the back of his hand.

When Lin Qing’s hand stiffened again, hard as a stone, Su Yao’s smile faded. She quickly leaned close to his ear and whispered,

“Do you actually eat properly?”

As she spoke, Su Yao’s ink-black eyes fluttered. They were so close that Lin Qing could feel her long eyelashes brush his cheek.

It tickled.

Lin Qing knew Su Yao liked physical contact, and that she was using it to tempt him.

Trying to make him give in and do as she pleased.

Su Yao knew her strengths. But using her beauty to tempt him was the wrong move.

Lin Qing wasn’t interested in women.

Of course, he wasn’t interested in men, either.

He couldn’t even manage normal social interactions right now, let alone any deeper emotional connection.

After being locked away for nearly ten years, shut off from the world for so long, his emotions had been locked up, too. The keyhole was rusted through; even if he found the key he’d lost, opening it would still be difficult.

“Don’t worry. After we deal with Nurse Li Mei, I hope we can go back to how things were before.”

They hadn’t even dealt with the killer yet, so talking about anything else seemed a little beside the point. But Lin Qing wanted his life to stay normal, without any changes.

Lin Qing hated surprises.

Because they were beyond his control.

“How things were before?”

For Su Yao, though, it was exactly the opposite.

She hated stability.

Because it was far too boring.

“In class, we ignored each other and went about our own lives. We’d never have anything to do with each other.”

As he spoke, Lin Qing pushed Su Yao away from him and kept walking toward the ward without breaking stride.

Su Yao froze for a moment after he pushed her away. Then a smile quickly spread across her lips.

Her dark eyes glittered like a shooting star streaking across the night sky.

Bright and dazzling, beautiful beyond compare.

She briskly caught up with Lin Qing. Rather than taking his advice, she pressed even closer against him as they walked.

“Too bad reality won’t change just because you want it to. So your wish to keep me away is doomed to fail…but if I ever get bored, I’ll leave without a second thought~”

By the time they finished talking, they’d reached the ward door. Lin Qing didn’t push it open, though. He stopped on his own.

Instead, he looked at Su Yao standing beside him, knowing she hadn’t been joking.

She meant it.

From now on, she’d cling to him like a leech and wouldn’t let go until she’d drained his last drop of blood.

He’d known this was how things would turn out, yet Lin Qing still held on to a faint hope. He thought that someone like him and someone like Su Yao, people from two completely different worlds, wouldn’t keep getting tangled up with each other.

But he’d forgotten something.

Su Yao wasn’t an ordinary person.

Just looking at the ten white skulls should’ve been enough to remind Lin Qing.

Still, Su Yao’s last words kept the flame of hope in Lin Qing from going out.

If he could just bore her, she’d leave…

“What, are you upset? Don’t worry, I’m not tired of you yet~”

“Just remember what you said today. If you ever lose interest in me, leave without a second thought.”

Su Yao said it with a mischievous smile, but Lin Qing answered with complete seriousness.

Every word was solemn.

When Su Yao heard him, her smile didn’t disappear.

“If you keep this up, I might never be able to leave you~”

Still in high spirits, Su Yao stopped talking to Lin Qing. She opened the ward door first and went inside.

Left behind, Lin Qing frowned without thinking. He had no idea what Su Yao had meant.

“Keep this up”?

He’d only warned her in advance that they should part on good terms.

Su Yao really was a strange woman. He couldn’t make sense of her… But when he remembered the ten skulls above her head, Lin Qing decided not to dwell on it.

She was a weirdo, after all.

“Oh my gosh, really? Is that okay?”

Just as Lin Qing gave up trying to figure Su Yao out, Wang Lingling’s delighted voice came from inside the ward. The excitement in her words was impossible to miss, and Lin Qing hurried in, puzzled.

What was Su Yao planning?

“Shh. My boyfriend and I just want to have some private time together. He can’t leave the hospital because of his condition, so I’ll have to ask you to put up with us for a bit, sis.”

As soon as Lin Qing entered the ward, Su Yao raised a finger to her lips. Her lively eyes darted toward him, and she gave him a meaningful smile.