Jiang Cheng moved his body, driven by biological instinct, and rushed towards the light.
He finally understood why moths fly towards flames; the scorching heat, like a raging inferno, is irresistible once the eyes are on it, completely forgetting whether their fragile bodies can withstand it.
With a "whoosh".
He leaped out of the water.
I woke up suddenly!
"Ah... huff huff!" Jiang Cheng gasped for breath, his eyes half-open, not yet adjusted to the new world, struggling with his sluggish brain to figure out what he was seeing.
The overlapping ceilings tilted to one side, then gradually became a whole again, and stopped swaying.
He felt a ringing in his ears, making it hard to hear clearly. His head felt extremely heavy and painful, like a hangover, as if he hadn't rested properly all night and had been forcibly woken up after only an hour or two of sleep.
The ceiling was dark, the lights were off, and Jiang Cheng was lying in the dimly lit room.
The curtains were drawn, leaving a gap. A refreshing breeze blew in through the window crack, brushing past the curtains and caressing his face, making him feel comfortable and still alive.
Jiang Cheng was lying on a bed, his nose twitching. A peculiar fragrance lingered in his nostrils. He felt extremely familiar with it, but he just couldn't remember where he had smelled it before. At the same time, there was a faint lemon scent mixed in with the fragrance.
Oh, right! The lemon smells like the bed sheets, the kind that's been washed with laundry detergent.
After regaining his senses, Jiang Cheng tried to sit up. He supported his upper body with one hand and instantly felt pain and soreness in his arm and chest, as if he had been hit several times with a sledgehammer.
"Wait, what's this?" His hand touched something extremely smooth.
It looks like she has long hair...
Jiang Cheng then looked to the side with a puzzled expression. On the other pillow lay a woman with delicate features, and a familiar face...
His mind went completely blank almost instantly, a feeling even more shocking than being cut apart in space.
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