Chapter 128 Sleep with Me

In the operating room in the basement, the smell of disinfectant mixed with a strong stench of blood filled the air.

The man leaned against the cold medical equipment table, his white hair sticking messily to his forehead, which was soaked with cold sweat.

The bleeding from his abdominal wound had stopped, but his face remained as pale as paper, and each breath he took was weak.

Pei Lian lowered her eyes, her fingertips gently tracing the edge of the operating table beside her, the cool touch beneath her fingertips seemingly still carrying her warmth.

A faint, sweet fragrance, belonging to a girl, seemed to linger in the air.

"It was the second time, and it actually happened."

He once turned his "best friend" into the work of art he had always dreamed of in the most perfect way, when the girl was on the verge of collapse.

Just when everything should have settled down, Gu Zhi destroyed all his hard work, even in this life... it was the same.

Pei Lian's eyes darkened, his thoughts racing.

Since Gu Zhi was able to say those things just now, he obviously remembered them all.

He himself broke free from the shackles of memory only through his obsession with Ruan Yi's desperate situation and the extreme stimulation of being stabbed.

What about her? Did she know from the beginning, but was just being manipulated by Gu Zhi and never saw things clearly?

The man pieced together the clues bit by bit and quickly figured out the current situation. He looked down at the still-wet bloodstains on his palm, the scarlet color standing out starkly against his pale skin.

Pei Lian narrowed his eyes, a calculating glint in them.

How can I find a place again in my current predicament, after being completely driven out of my mind by her?

The answer is obvious.

As his thoughts began to clear, his slender fingers gently picked up a scalpel from the side of the operating table, the cold metallic touch making his eyes grow even darker.

The operating room door was pushed open.

The girl rushed in, followed by Gu Zhi.

Pei Lian was slightly taken aback, clearly not expecting her to turn back.

Ruan Yi noticed the other person's gaze; it lacked the usual feigned gentleness and deliberate coldness.

All that remained was an undisguised, obsessive infatuation, which enveloped them with a suffocating sense of oppression.

A chill ran through her, but she did not back down.

Instead, he turned to Gu Zhi first, his tone cold and hard.

"Gu Zhi, do you think I'll believe your one-sided story?"

After speaking, her gaze fell on Pei Lian, her tone carrying a hint of sarcasm.

"I knew you wouldn't die so easily."

A doctor was injured in a place full of medical supplies... The saying "a scourge can live a thousand years" is sometimes quite accurate.

Gu Zhi is one, and so is Pei Lian.

She came back to confront them.

Gu Zhi killed Pei Lian in his past life, and he just tried to kill him as well. There's no way the two of them could have conspired together.

Fu Jingchen was not present at the operating table this time; only Pei Lian was there.

This precisely illustrates that Fu Jingchen may not have truly intended to kill her in his past life; there must have been some hidden reason she was unaware of.

Ruan Yi couldn't explain where this trust came from, but she was willing to take the gamble.

The two men in front of me both have only half their health left; this is the best opportunity.

Ignoring Gu Zhi's hesitant expression, Ruan Yi glared at him fiercely, her eyes clearly saying, "Try to make a sound."

"You tell me."

He then turned to Pei Lian, his voice as cold as ice.

"Explain your reasons for doing this, or I'll finish you off right now, and you won't even have a chance to save yourself."

Pei Lian was stunned; this was the first time Ruan Yi had shown anger towards him.

In the past, they were at most kind friends, separated by an invisible layer of distance. She was always polite and courteous, as if she were treating an insignificant stranger.

But now, the anger in the girl's eyes was almost overflowing, filled with undisguised questioning and disgust.

A morbid sense of pleasure suddenly surged into the man's heart, clearer than ever before.

Pei Lian even felt that this anger was much more real and intense than false friendship.

He suppressed the metallic taste in his throat and spoke in an extremely soft voice.

"Someone instructed me to do it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Lian noticed that someone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that their testimonies matched.

That's how wicked souls are; when it comes to framing someone, they can agree without even conspiring.

Before Ruan Yi could ask any further questions, Pei Lian had already spoken up, echoing the same malicious intent, his tone as serious as if he were stating a fact.

“Fu Jingchen took the initiative to approach me for cooperation; we are in cahoots.”

Ruan Yi's eyes widened suddenly, and she almost laughed out of anger.

This guy just spouts nonsense!

One second he said he would tattoo her name on his body and that he would make her belong to him forever, and the next second he could drag Fu Jingchen down with him?

Ha, so these two are secretly plotting to ruin Fu Jingchen, or maybe it's Pei Lianye...

Ruan Yi sneered, her tone as cold as if she were speaking to a corpse.

“Pei Lian, no matter what, from the moment you tied me up here and tried to kill me, you are a dead man to me.”

"Think carefully before you speak. I want to hear the truth."

Even Ruan Yi's cold hatred, in the eyes of men, was more alluring than her previous friendly aloofness.

Pei Lian's Adam's apple bobbed, and he spoke again.

"This time, I don't intend to kill you."

Ruan Yi's eyelids twitched uncontrollably. This time?

She glanced disdainfully at the control panel beside her, where scalpels and syringes filled with strange, unidentified liquids sat.

"Pei Lian, is any of what you said true?"

Ruan Yi pointed to those things.

"Then what are these things? They're not for killing people, are they just for playing house with me?"

Pei Lian did not respond, his gaze had already slid over, his sticky and sinister eyes slowly moving down her face, sweeping over her body which was only wearing a loose-fitting Gu Zhi shirt.

Finally, it landed between the girl's bare, fair, and slender legs, carrying an undisguised desire.

Pei Lian looked at her tense expression, a strange smile curling at the corner of his lips, his tone eerily calm.

"No." He picked up the syringe, gave it a gentle push, and a little clear liquid shot out from the needle.

"This is a sex drug that can stimulate sensory sensitivity and is highly addictive. It can make you... cuter."

"As for side effects, the conception rate will be greatly improved."

Ruan Yi gasped, her stomach churning.

"Pei Lian, you're disgusting!"

If Gu Zhi hadn't shown up, she would be...

Gu Zhi, standing beside him, clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white. He clearly hadn't expected Pei Lian's choices in this life to be so different from those in the previous one.

He even regretted that he hadn't stabbed the other person in the heart.

"Didn't you say you were in cahoots with Fu Jingchen?"

Ruan Yiqiang suppressed his disgust and questioned.

"So, what does injecting me with this stuff and signing my name have to do with him wanting to kill me?"

Pei Lian looked into her eyes, his gaze so sincere it was almost frightening, as if everything he said was the truth.

"Because he wanted to kill you, I'm different."

His gaze swept between Ruan Yi and Gu Zhi, recalling the words the girl had blurted out when she was tied up, and he added.

"Ruan Yi, Fu Jingchen isn't the only man in your life, is he?"

"That's why he wanted to kill you, and me..."

He raised the syringe, the needle gleaming coldly under the light, his tone both frivolous and cruel.

"I just want you to sleep with me."

"If others can do it, why can't I be one more?"