“What did you say to them?”

As Lin Qing spoke, he turned his head to look at the empty hospital bed beside him. He had no idea what Su Yao had done to Wu Gang and the others.

Wu Gang’s expression as he left the room had especially confused Lin Qing. He’d looked like he was saying, “I get it.”

He’d only been a moment too late, but now he had a whole lot of questions.

Wu Gang and his girlfriend, Wang Lingling, had dressed up like sneaky thieves, slipping out of the hospital like secret agents. It was all because of Su Yao’s unusual request.

They couldn’t let the hospital find out.

Neither of them complained. In fact, they both looked excited.

That left Lin Qing utterly confused.

“Want to know? Give me a kiss and I’ll tell you.”

(￣へ￣)

But Su Yao, sitting beside the hospital bed, wasn’t cooperating. As she spoke, she reached up and unbuttoned the top button of her blouse, putting her snowy-white cleavage on full display.

Lin Qing, however, wasn’t moved at all.

Instead, he looked disgusted.

Most of his face was hidden behind the long hair hanging over his forehead, but the slight change at the corner of his mouth was impossible to conceal.

Su Yao noticed it and simply smiled. She didn’t seem embarrassed at all.

She was just a little curious…

“Lin Qing, are you gay?”

“No.”

“You’re not interested in women?”

“I’m just not interested in you.”

Lin Qing’s impatience was obvious from his words. He’d shut the conversation down completely. If he could, he’d have kicked Su Yao right out of the room.

Unfortunately, Su Yao was like sticky candy: once she latched on, he couldn’t get rid of her.

And forcing her off would come at a steep price.

For example, she could go straight to Li Mei and tell her everything…

Su Yao was crazy enough to do something like that.

So Lin Qing chose to give in, even if it meant sharing a room with her at night.

He had to put up with it.

“That’s really hurtful. Am I not pretty?”

But Su Yao didn’t care in the slightest about Lin Qing’s coldness.

She loved seeing him hate her and yet be powerless to do anything about it.

So cute~

Still, Lin Qing’s hair really was in the way. Was it because he was too ugly?

But looking at his oval face with its slightly pointed chin and nice lips, he didn’t seem ugly. It was just that his eyes were always hidden from view.

Besides, looks weren’t an issue for her.

After all, she was already pretty enough herself…

As long as someone was interesting, even an ugly guy was fine. The one thing she couldn’t stand was being bored.

“Su Yao, don’t you have anything better to do?”

When Su Yao leaned toward him again, Lin Qing grabbed her arm to stop her from toppling onto him. Then he spoke, his expression serious.

If Su Yao had nothing to do, she could go outside for a run and burn off some energy.

She didn’t have to waste her time here with him.

“I really don’t. And I can’t go out, or all the trouble we went to arranging a stand-in earlier would’ve been for nothing!”

Her second attempt at flirting had failed. Su Yao sat up straight, propped her chin on one hand, and blinked her watery eyes. She had to admit Lin Qing had a point.

She was so bored!

Why was the killer taking so long?

Just get on with it and kill someone already!

Making them wait until night was such a tease.

Hearing Su Yao say that reminded Lin Qing of the female student they’d paid to pretend to be Su Yao. She’d deliberately turned and left the hospital in front of Li Mei to throw her off the scent.

That was why Su Yao couldn’t leave this hospital room and had to stay with Lin Qing.

Of course, she was happy to share a room with Lin Qing. She wasn’t impatient in the slightest~

As for why they weren’t afraid someone might suddenly come in, the reason was simple: two bodyguards stood outside the room, making sure no one wandered in by mistake.

Even if a doctor or nurse wanted to enter, one of the bodyguards had to check who they were and make sure they were genuine before letting them in.

Lin Qing thought the extra bodyguards would only get in the way of Li Mei’s murder plan.

The added security made it harder for her to get into the room and strike.

Su Yao, however, disagreed. She was certain Li Mei would come tonight.

Even if the odds were stacked against her, nothing would stop Li Mei’s murderous urges from rising.

The reason was simple.

Su Yao had hired top-notch bodyguards to watch the door simply because she was worried the cafeteria altercation might cause trouble for Lin Qing. She’d made no effort to hide the lavish gesture, and word spread quickly among the nurses.

It had all the air of a very public display of affection.

That only further stoked Li Mei’s already simmering rage.

After all, Li Mei’s boyfriend had given in to a rich woman’s money and dumped her for someone else. He’d even sent Li Mei explicit photos of himself with the other woman late at night, along with pictures of all the luxury cars he’d bought to show off.

It was as if he wanted to flaunt just how well he was doing to his ex.

Compared to a life of scraping by and counting every penny, this kind of spendthrift lifestyle was far more comfortable.

It was her ex-boyfriend’s constant harassment that pushed Li Mei, already fixated on her grievances, to become even more extreme.

Of course, if he’d just been an ordinary boyfriend, Li Mei wouldn’t have ended up like this.

Her ex had been her childhood sweetheart. They’d grown up together and spent more than twenty years by each other’s side, yet in the end, he couldn’t resist the lure of money and the comforts of an easier life.

The most laughable part was that Li Mei and her ex-boyfriend had once talked about getting married. They’d been this close to tying the knot.

But that tiny difference was all it took for everything to change.

After her ex-boyfriend abandoned her, Li Mei changed. She grew to hate couples showing off their love and rich people’s romances.

She wanted to kill them all, no matter what it took, and wipe out those hateful couples for good.

When Lin Qing heard Su Yao explain why Li Mei had killed people, he froze. He hadn’t expected Su Yao to have figured out the whole story in such a short time.

A major corporation’s investigative resources really were impressive!

But Su Yao’s powers of observation were incredibly sharp. Was it some kind of attraction between people of the same kind?

Su Yao had only met Nurse Li Mei once, yet she’d immediately sensed that something was wrong with her. She’d started investigating without hesitation, then returned to the hospital…

At that moment, Lin Qing was already regretting ever thinking about calling Su Yao.

He couldn’t help feeling that Su Yao was even harder to deal with than the nurse who was a killer.

“Are you spacing out?”

Just as Lin Qing was thinking about how hard Su Yao was to deal with, her voice suddenly rang out beside his ear.

Lin Qing turned toward the sound—and plunged straight into a snowy-white swell.

While Lin Qing was distracted, Su Yao had crept up beside him without a sound.

Unable to breathe, Lin Qing raised his hands to push her away, but before he could touch her, Su Yao caught both his hands.

Her fingers laced through his, trapping his hands as if they’d been locked in heavy shackles.

“Since we’re both so bored, why don’t we do something fun?”

After Lin Qing finally managed to escape being smothered, he lifted his head and gasped for breath. Su Yao’s teasing voice rang out again.

The moment Lin Qing heard it, his heart gave a jolt.