Shen Zhiyi ran away.

In a panic, they didn't know which way to go.

I almost tripped and fell while going downstairs.

As Zhou Yushen listened to the commotion, his eyes grew increasingly dark.

He let her leave.

After Shen Zhiyi returned home, she had a dream.

She kept replaying what he had done in her mind throughout the night.

At the end of each dream, a ferocious and terrifying beast would emerge from the tightly closed darkness and swallow her whole.

She woke up sweating.

Only then did I realize that my skin irritation, which had been cured for many years, had relapsed.

She avoided Zhou Yushen for several days in a row.

Later, when I heard that he had gone to the competition, I became even more dazed, as if I had a high fever. I was pale and weak, and in the end, I had to take leave and stay at home.

In a state of semi-consciousness.

She heard a loud noise coming from the balcony.

It looks like something heavy has hit the ground.

Then came the sound of the French windows being flung open, and a tall figure hurriedly approached and stopped in front of her.

Shen Zhiyi looked up in a daze.

I can see Zhou Yushen's face clearly.

It was him...

The culprit who ruined her like this...

She closed her eyes.

He was weak and his whole body was burning hot.

"Shen Zhiyi, you're so sick, why didn't you tell me?" His tone was almost stern.

He was completely different from how he was when he was out of control before.

Shen Zhiyi didn't want to talk to him.

A cold hand touched her forehead.

The instant skin touches.

Shen Zhiyi trembled with pleasure all over her body.

It's like a long-parched desert suddenly being flooded with oasis rain.

The heat on my body gradually subsided.

Instead, she felt a therapeutic sensation so comfortable that she couldn't help but squint and snore.

She opened her eyes and was somewhat taken aback when she saw the intense, undisguised concern in his long, deep, and sharp eyes.

Zhou Yushen frowned deeply.

An indescribable sense of self-reproach welled up inside me.

He scared her like this.

Without saying a word, he went downstairs, fetched water, and wiped away her sweat to cool her down.

"I've already called the doctor."

"It won't happen again, don't be afraid."

Wipe your neck with a towel.

Just as he was about to leave, Shen Zhiyi grabbed his hand.

That comfortable feeling returned.

She was already certain.

Previously, the only way to relieve his skin irritation was through contact with his mother; now, the cure has become him.

"Zhou Yushen, Zhou Yushen..."

She was enveloped by both burning and healing at the same time, her consciousness was not very clear, and she could only murmur with her lips open.

I hate you...

She hated that he stirred her dreams, triggered her illness, and became an uncontrollable desire in her.

I hate him...

How annoying...

Zhou Yushen stopped moving.

I saw her small face was soaked with sweat, with an unnatural flush, and her lips were as pale as paper.

Even in the midst of chaos and confusion, there was such resistance towards him.

A tingling, stinging pain crept into his heart.

Press your lips together to form a straight line.

I cursed myself countless times in my heart.

He's a bastard.

He's a bastard.

"I know," he brushed away a few strands of wet hair clinging to her cheek, his tone softer than ever before. "Save your energy, and hate me when you're better."

By then.

He must be gone...

I will no longer treat her so meanly.

Shen Zhiyi closed her eyes again, suppressing the urge to offer her face to his fingertips.

She thought.

It must have been burned out.

How could this be? It's getting hotter and hotter...

When she finally woke up, Zhou Yushen was nowhere to be found.

She recovered miraculously.

Once a person recovers, their mind becomes clear.

She also figured it out: this thirst for skin syndrome must be because the system thought her progress was too slow, so it bound her to a strong connection with Zhou Yushen in this world.

She had to go find him.

She didn't want to go through that painful experience again.

But Zhou Yushen avoided her even more than before.

He himself is clearly the monster.

Shen Zhiyi couldn't take it anymore.

She cornered him, demanding to know why he hadn't kept his promise to take her home like before, or to eat with her.

Zhou Yushen remained silent for a long time.

Finally, I agreed to her request, and everything returned to normal.

However, he became even colder towards her than before.

Aside from the lack of physical contact, he no longer lingered his gaze on her.

Shen Zhiyi had no choice but to think of a solution.

He secretly treated his agonizing skin irritation.

...

Zhou Yushen noticed that recently, things in his house have been mysteriously disappearing.

The clothes that were drying on the balcony suddenly disappeared.

He doesn't know where the glass he always used for drinking water went.

Even more absurd is...

Even his pillow is missing one.

He stood in the middle of the living room, frowning as he scanned the surrounding furnishings.

Many small, miscellaneous items have disappeared.

He was busy with research.

Although he had some doubts, he didn't dwell on such a trivial matter.

Until one day, he went home early.

They discovered Shen Zhiyi acting suspiciously in his bedroom.

"What are you doing?" he said coldly.

Shen Zhiyi turned around in shock.

He bent down, as if he were holding something.

Give him a vague, ambiguous smile.

"Brother Yu Shen, you...you're back? Haha...I think I left something at your house, so I came to check..."

She bent over, trying to slip past him.

But he was grabbed by the back of his collar.

What are you holding in your hand?

He turned his head and lowered his gaze to look at Shen Zhiyi.

The girl bent over even more deeply.

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