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Faced with Zhou Qiting's obvious attempt to keep him, Zhou Min felt that his heart was like a tightly grasped sweet orange, with the sour yet sweet juice flowing through his blood vessels, seeping and spreading.
Zhou Min subconsciously wanted to raise her hand to cover her heart, but under Zhou Qiting's scorching gaze, even the slightest movement was too obvious. She could only maintain her composure on the surface with difficulty, and secretly cursed herself for being useless in her heart.
Although the trembling fingertips on her cheek had already revealed Zhou Min's thoughts, Zhou Yiting still waited patiently for her reply.
After a few breaths, Zhou Qiting finally heard Zhou Min's reluctant agreement: "Okay."
"You haven't been home all night, so you haven't rested all night either?" Zhou Qiting further invited, "Do you want to... lie down and get some sleep?"
The consideration was well-reasoned and the tone was his usual nonchalant.
If her fingertips were not gently stroking the veins on the back of Zhou Min's hand and her eyes were not overly seductive, Zhou Min almost thought that she was just inviting him to do something commonplace.
Zhou Min knew that he had been fooled by accepting the request to stay, but he couldn't be fooled completely.
"No need." As she coldly refused, she finally remembered that she couldn't let Zhou Qiting hold her hand like this any longer. She withdrew her hand unnaturally and questioned the implicit message in Zhou Qiting's words, "You waited for me outside all night?"
Zhou Qiting lowered his eyes and remained silent after hearing this. After a few seconds, he said, "No."
This intentional silence was enough to make Zhou Min think more, and she took in all the unspoken words hidden in the brief denial.
She was relieved to know that Zhou Yiting had not been cold for too long, and the possibility that she was being followed became unimportant.
The eldest lady denied one thing in order to admit another, but she was not so straightforward when it came to the bad things she had done.
But this little detour at this moment is too cute, like some kind of small animal that relies on its favoritism and deliberately leaves a series of claw marks while causing trouble, and then waits to be discovered by following the clues, and waits for the destined forgiveness.
Zhou Min was helpless, but he didn't want Zhou Qiting to succeed so easily again, so he asked, "Did you send someone to follow me last night?"
At the same time, he picked up the still warm porridge beside him and handed it to her, indicating that if she ate it obediently, he would not care about being followed last night.
Faced with Zhou Min's intention to exchange, the person in front of him turned his face away and refused to cooperate.
Zhou Min then scooped up a spoonful and handed it to her mouth, saying with certainty: "Not just last night."
The young lady, who had no appetite, was forced to swallow the porridge that was handed to her because she was held in the wrong.
"Last time at..."
“And that time…”
Zhou Min counted the porridge in detail, and Zhou Qiting drank half a bowl of porridge reluctantly.
Until the end, Zhou Qiting and Zhou Min also ate the meal that they had the waiter bring to them. After washing up together, they hooked Zhou Min's sleeves and pulled her to the bed, and as a matter of course asked her for compensation for the porridge they had just been "forced" to drink.
"Sleep with me."
Zhou Min didn't say whether he agreed or not. He helped her lift the quilt. After she lay down, he tucked the quilt under her shoulders. Then he sat on the edge of the bed, turned sideways and looked at her seriously, saying: "Go to sleep, I'll be right next to you."
Afraid that she would not give up, Zhou Min released some strength from his upper body and leaned against the head of the bed in a relaxed manner, as if he was planning to take a short nap.
After a moment of silence in the room, there was a rustling sound of fabric rubbing against each other, and the bed beside her sank slightly. Zhou Min felt Zhou Qiting slowly approaching her, reaching out his hands from under the quilt to hold her waist, rubbing his cheek against her waist a few times, and then he found a comfortable position and closed his eyes.
When that little bit of weight and body temperature quietly seeped through the clothes, Zhou Min's body stiffened slightly for a moment.
An indescribable feeling of tenderness began from the warm shackles around her waist and spread throughout her body, causing a delicate soreness to rise in her heart.
All my senses were occupied by the person beside me. All images except her became blurred, all sounds faded away, and time became sticky and slow.
Only when the breathing beside him gradually stabilized did Zhou Min slowly raise his hand, then slowly lower it, gently stroking the scattered hair behind Zhou Qiting, using the smooth touch to soothe the surging emotions in his heart.
Only in this quiet moment could Zhou Min savor the sweetness of regaining what he had lost in his heart.
She lowered her eyes and looked at Zhou Qiting's gentle sleeping face. Her defenseless vulnerability aroused an almost instinctive desire to protect her.
It's like a dream bubble that will disappear at the touch of a button.
Zhou Min, who has always brought harm to others, feels that he is destined not to possess this fragile beauty.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Min put the back of his hand against Zhou Qiting's forehead to confirm that her body temperature had finally dropped. He then confirmed from her steady breathing that she was fast asleep before he gently removed his hand from his waist and left without looking back.
The moment the almost inaudible sound of the door closing was heard, Zhou Qiting's eyes, which had been tightly closed, slowly opened, and there was a darkness in his eyes.
Although she expected Zhou Min to choose to leave again, she still felt an uncontrollable sadness.
It seems that we still have to reach that step.
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Zhou Min did not return to the basement. She discarded her few personal belongings and once again escaped from the dream she dared not have.
In the following few days, Zhou Qiting did not look for Zhou Min again, as if he was indifferent to her quiet disappearance.
So Zhou Min remained in the city, wandering around in the little-known corners, continuing to inquire about Chen Shu's whereabouts.
Even though he did not take the initiative to pay attention to Zhou Yiting's movements, her prominent status was too special for this small town, and Zhou Min inevitably heard about her movements from those well-informed people.
Even the photos of her taken from a distance when she was out were secretly circulated. Zhou Min glanced at it and saw that it was the day he sent her back to the hotel. When she got out of the car, she was wearing the coat he gave her.
At that time, Zhou Min was following not far behind her, but he happened to be out of the camera, and fortunately he avoided the trouble of being exposed together.
This is the only photo that has been leaked. It seems that even though Zhou Yiting did not bring any bodyguards with her this time, there are still people protecting her openly or secretly.
Perhaps it was the local investigation agency that didn't want to get into trouble, or perhaps it was the local forces that wanted to curry favor with her.
Zhou Min felt relieved and began to think about the authenticity of a clue about Chen Shu.
Not only Zhou Min, but also many people were looking for Chen Shu, excluding the ineffective Investigation Bureau.
Those people were looking forward to catching her with their own hands in order to win the sky-high reward issued by someone unknown.
Zhou Min doesn't care whether she is the one who catches Chen Shu or not, she just wants Chen Shu to be brought to justice.
But Chen Shu was very cunning, and the clues he left behind while fleeing and committing crimes always pointed to the wrong direction of investigation.
If Zhou Min had not realized that Chen Shu did everything just to satisfy his perverted desire to kill, and if Chen Shu had not sent her fresh bloody pictures from time to time to arouse her hatred or even a non-existent resonance, it would have been difficult for her to locate Chen Shu based on a single clue.
The clue Zhou Min got this time was a cigarette butt left at the scene after Chen Shu committed a crime recently. There was burnt human tissue on the cigarette butt, but there were no related scars on the body of the deceased.
This shows that after killing someone, Chen Shu leisurely finished smoking a cigarette and then put it out on himself.
This time, Zhou Min didn't quite understand why Chen Shu did this.
When she first met Chen Shu, she thought that he also liked the feeling of pain, so he came to her again and again to ask for a beating.
But in fact, it was just the opposite. Chen Shu took great care of his body. He took such good care of it that if his body was slightly damaged by others, he would find an opportunity to repay them in multiples.
Later, after spending a long time together, Zhou Min suddenly realized that she had not been looking for a fight by provoking him again and again, but was just taking revenge.
But later, Chen Shu, who hated physical injuries, got a tattoo, and it happened to be shortly after his own tattoo. Zhou Min still remembers the day he discovered her tattoo, she smiled nonchalantly and said it was a coincidence.
Unfortunately, from the day he learned Chen Shu's true thoughts, Zhou Min knew that all this was intentional.
In the end, she even gave up resisting and wanted to let Zhou Min beat her to death with his own hands.
All of Chen Shu's acts of physical harm were related to Zhou Min, and this time of extinguishing cigarettes on his body should be no exception.
This speculation, which Zhou Min didn't want to admit, made her have a bad premonition. Coupled with the fact that Zhou Qiting was still staying in this city, Zhou Min fell into deeper anxiety.
Zhou Min thought again of what Chen Shu had asked the prison guard to tell him:
When the day comes for Zhou Min to be executed, she will bury his most beloved things with him.
Although Zhou Min had been released from prison and would not die for a while before Chen Shu died, she still did not dare to take it lightly.
Chen Shu, who is at the end of his rope, is likely to commit another vicious act like arson of the welfare home in order to fulfill his long-cherished wish.
She must find Chen Shu as soon as possible.
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