Chapter 138 I'll Kill You

She rejected the Xue family's offer to keep Xue Shuang to take care of her. After finishing her meal and seeing the Xue family off, it was already dark.

There were no entertainment facilities in this era, and in order to save electricity or oil lamps, many people went to bed early after dark.

Su Nanzhi exercised in the room, took a shower in the space, and then went to bed to rest.

She put on her noise-canceling headphones, then pressed the black plate the size of an ice cream cone in her hand, and soon a cough was heard in the room.

The cough seemed to erupt from deep in the chest, the sound was loud and powerful, sometimes like something was stuck in the throat, and each sound was accompanied by rapid gasps, leaving no doubt that the person coughing was terminally ill.

Su Nanzhi listened to the faint cough coming from her ear and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

It was worth the time she spent recording the coughing sound.

Everyone in the yard who was about to fall asleep was awakened by a sudden cough. Just when the cough was about to stop, they slowly closed their eyes again, and then the cough started again, over and over again. After repeating it several times, everyone could no longer bear it, lifted the quilt, stood up, opened the door, and went to find out who was coughing.

Gu Xizhou noticed it the moment Su Nanzhi coughed. He frowned and got out of bed without any hesitation.

But when he reached the door, his steps paused.

He is now a gangster, and getting close to Su Nanzhi will only hurt her.

He was usually calm, but now his face showed anxiety and irritation that he himself was not aware of. In just a few seconds, Gu Xizhou felt like several centuries had passed. Finally, he took a deep breath, opened the door and walked out.

Except for the coughing coming from Su Nanzhi's room, the yard was quiet.

He walked quickly to the window of Su Nanzhi's room. The moonlight shone on his face, clearly showing the worry on his face.

The coughing sound from Su Nanzhi's room was still coming intermittently, and Gu Xizhou knocked on the window gently.

Before there was any sound in the room, Gu Xizhou heard sounds coming from other rooms.

When the Huang family, Uncle Liu and Aunt Ying opened the door, they saw Gu Xizhou standing by Su Nanzhi's window with a dark face.

The complaints in their mouths disappeared instantly, and they looked at him with different expressions.

Gu Xizhou narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his hand and knocked hard on the window.

"Stop coughing! You're disturbing me! If I hear you cough again, I'll kill you."

The violent tone of his voice perfectly portrays the arrogance and domineering nature of a gangster.

Su Nanzhi was sleeping soundly. The moment she heard Gu Xizhou's voice, the tape recorder in her arms disappeared instantly.

She stuffed the noise-canceling headphones into her pocket and said weakly while coughing, "You try it and see who dies first, you or me."

"Although I won't live long, you will definitely be shot first."

After saying that, she started coughing violently again.

Gu Xizhou pursed his lips, his worries growing worse, but due to the gazes of everyone present, he punched the window a few more times. The window frame shook, but the window glass remained intact.

"You're so cruel! If you have the guts, don't go out again, or I'll teach you a lesson."

After swearing at the window, Gu Xizhou acted furious and turned around to go back to his room.

Noticing everyone's gazes on him, he paused and glared at them.

"What are you looking at? If you keep looking, I'll dig out your eyes."

Several people were startled and didn't care about Su Nanzhi's insane coughing. They immediately returned to their rooms.

Su Nanzhi sat on the edge of the bed, listening to Gu Xizhou's voice outside, her eyebrows curved.

It seems that Gu Xizhou is also very good at changing his career to become a gangster.

Gu Xizhou returned to his room but did not go to bed. He stood there for more than half an hour. After making sure that there was no other sound outside except Su Nanzhi's cough, he immediately stood up and walked towards the room where Su Nanzhi was.

He hesitated for half a second, and just as he raised his hand to knock on the window, the window was opened from the inside.

Su Nanzhi's already pale face looked even more bloodless against the backdrop of the night.

She slightly turned sideways, and Gu Xizhou jumped into the room with his hands, closed the window and door, and the room fell into silence again.

"Are you okay?"

Su Nanzhi broke the silence in the room by speaking, and then she coughed a few times.

She had to act out the whole thing, and she couldn't let her sickly persona fall. Since Gu Xizhou was beside her, she could only act out the role herself.

As soon as she finished speaking, a cup filled with water appeared in front of her.

"Take a sip." Gu Xizhou's voice was low but full of worry. "How is your illness?"

Su Nanzhi didn't hesitate to take the water cup from Gu Xizhou's hand and took a sip.

"Gu Xizhou, what identity do you use to ask me this question?"

Gu Xizhou was stunned, and the doubts he had when he met Su Nanzhi again during the day resurfaced.

The telegram received by Su Nanzhi was obviously different from the telegram he sent to Su Nanzhi.

Thinking of this, he opened his mouth and wanted to speak.

But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them.

Hiding behind the telegram, he could avoid seeing Su Nanzhi's possible look of disgust or sympathy, and could tell himself that Su Nanzhi didn't like him in the first place.

But waiting for Su Nanzhi's reply face to face made him feel like a prisoner waiting for the judge's trial, waiting for the death penalty or freedom.

He is a coward.

Maybe it's good like this now. Su Nanzhi can find a future partner who is really suitable for him, have a few children in the future, and enjoy his old age.

Because it was dark, Su Nanzhi couldn't see Gu Xizhou's desperate face, but she felt as if the air was being sucked out, and even breathing became a little difficult.

As Gu Xizhou's answer took a long time to come, the light in Su Nanzhi's eyes slowly disappeared. She wanted to force a smile, but found that her body was a little weak.

Maybe she really doesn't have much taste for men.

"Captain Gu, let me repeat myself, I have nothing to do with you."

"I won't hinder you from completing your mission, and you shouldn't hinder me from completing mine."

"As for my body, I don't need the concern of a stranger like you."

After Su Nanzhi finished speaking, she opened the window that had just been closed and acted as if she was trying to get rid of the person.

Gu Xizhou stood there motionless, his hands clenched into fists at his sides. He had a lot to say, but in the end, all his words disappeared after he saw Su Nanzhi's tense profile.

Yes, he is just a stranger, and for Su Nanzhi, the best thing is to disappear from her world.

Even as he thought this, his feet seemed to be tied with a thousand gold. When he walked to the window, he said inexplicably, "I am a soldier of the people. It is my responsibility to care about every citizen."