there was a lot of blood on the bed sheet. it must have been from the blood seeping out of her arm.

it was already late at night, and the occasional sound of a car pa.s.sing by could be heard from outside the window.

a worn-out lamp in the room was emitting a dim light. she forgot that her hand was injured. just as she was about to move and sit up, she felt a sharp pain coming from her arm. she gasped in pain and cried out.

"don't move if you don't want your hands to be crippled." she had just called out when she heard a cold, deep voice in her ear.

he mei recalled the moment when he had shot at her arm, the bullet had penetrated the inside of her arm and immediately created a hole. her heart trembled as she looked in horror at ye si ze who had risen from the shadows and walked to the bedside.

"it's swollen, it's really useless." he roughly grabbed her hands, which were wrapped like dumplings, and looked at them before coldly snorting.

he mei xin was in so much pain from his pitiful actions that she started to cry. she gritted her teeth as she trembled and stared at him.

seeing that she was too scared to say a word, he released her hand and let her fall heavily onto the bed. this action was normal for ordinary people, but for he meixin, it was like walking in purgatory.

she meixin gritted her teeth and did not say a word. other than the sharp pain coming from her arm, the only thing that remained in her mind were wu wei and huo jiabao's figures.

never would he have thought that they would appear at the same time at his most dangerous moment. obviously, wu wei had thought of her, which was why he came to save her despite the danger. hadn't he always hated her? why did he still risk his life to save her? he even agreed to exchange him for her? how was this possible?

she was filled with questions, and she knew that he yi meng must be worried sick about her.

since huo jiu and wu wei could find her, this proved that her kidnapping was no longer a secret. if the entire world knew about this, how could she yimeng not know?

he must be worried and scared.

the pain on her arm became more and more intense. she felt that even if she didn't suffer to death by ye si ze, she would still die from the pain.

after a short moment of clarity, he lapsed back into a daze.

seeing that she was about to faint again, ye si ze turned around and walked to the table placed in the center of the room to get a cup of water. he then took out a packet of unknown medicinal powder from his pocket and poured it inside.

he mei turned her head. although she was in so much pain that she didn't even have the strength to open her eyes, she still stubbornly refused to accept his care.

seeing she meixin's unwillingness to cooperate, ye si ze's good-looking brows instantly furrowed. her pair of deep blue eyes immediately emitted a dangerous light.

he stretched out his right hand, pulled her chin over and squeezed it. he mei xin felt that her chin was about to shatter and her mouth was naturally opened by him. then, he impolitely poured the cup of warm water into her throat.

"this is an antipyretic drug. you won't die after taking it." after he rudely fed her the medicine, he wiped off the water from the corner of her mouth.

"why don't you let me die? "you've escaped, and there are many witnesses who know you kidnapped me. i'm no longer of any use to you, am i?" she choked on the water and coughed a few times. then, she lifted her eyes to look at ye si ze, who stood before her in a haughty manner.

"do you really want to die that badly?" he asked, raising his eyebrows slightly at her words.

"i don't want to, but will you let me go?" actually, he didn't need to kill her to keep his mouth shut anymore. killing her would only add another crime of murder to his kidnapping. however, for someone like him to have the guts to cause such a ruckus, he probably wouldn't mind carrying another life on his back.

however, how could he be willing to be threatened by others? in his dictionary, there was no such thing as' compromise ', nor did he let go of he meixin. it all depended on his mood, and his current mood was that he didn't want to let her go.

"your two lovers killed a lot of my people. tell me, how do i get this debt back?" he smiled but didn't answer her question. his condescending att.i.tude made he mei feel even more pressured.

"if you don't arrest me, why would they bother you?" she meixin could not help but roll her eyes at him. what logic does this man have? it seems like it was the fault of someone else that she kidnapped someone else.

this time, if wu wei and huo jiabao hadn't appeared together to take over his nest, who knows how long he would have been arrogant. the police wouldn't have been able to do anything to him anyway. there was no evidence. this was great, he had openly taken the hostage and jumped into the yellow river. furthermore, he was not clean to begin with.

"what did you say?" he seemed to be slightly dissatisfied with he meixin's accusation. he raised his eyebrows and looked like he was about to get angry.

"my hand hurts …" she felt the gun at his waist start to move again. it was fine if it could make her head explode, but if she had to cripple her hand like this, then she would really want to die.

"does it hurt?" he frowned slightly as he looked at her in such pain that tears were about to flow out of her eyes.

"yes." if you don't believe me, then let me try firing a shot. of course, she could only say the latter sentence in her heart. she did not dare to say it out loud.

hearing this, he lowered his head and thought for a moment. then, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit one up. after taking two puffs, he pa.s.sed the cigarette to he meixin.

"what?" i don't smoke. " he mei looked at ye si ze with teary eyes as she snappily said.

"isn't it painful? it won't hurt anymore. " he said impatiently.

"really?" she would be skeptical of his words.

"it's fake." hearing this, he retracted the cigarette in his hand.

however, he meiming's heart was already in so much pain that she could no longer control it. even if it was a fake, as long as there was a one in ten thousand chance of alleviating the pain in her arm, she would still be willing to try.

reaching out to take the cigarette, she hesitated for a moment, then put it to her mouth and took two deep puffs, choking her to the point that she began to cough violently.

however, the pain only lasted for a few seconds. following that, an indescribable pleasure emerged from her body. this pleasure quickly numbed her nerves, making her feel as if she had forgotten all her troubles.

next, she took a few puffs and quickly finished the cigarette. her brain rapidly relaxed and her eyes began to lose focus.