Chapter 155 Gouging Out Your Eyes
“Ugh—!”
The expected pain did not come.
Su Nanzhi slowly opened her eyes and met his face so close to her - Gu Xizhou lowered his eyes to look at her, his eyes were as dark as the night, reflecting her panicked reflection.
The fist that was supposed to hit her in the face hit her ear instead.
"You..." As soon as she opened her lips, his thumb pressed against her lips, and his warm and rough fingertips stroked her lower lip, pressing it with ambiguous force, as if warning, but also as if comforting.
"Don't make a sound." His voice was low and hoarse, and his breath was hot against her ears.
After he finished speaking, he swung his fist again, landing at the side of Su Nanzhi.
Gu Xizhou's chest was almost touching Su Nanzhi, and every breath he took was aggressive.
The fist didn't land on her body, but Su Nanzhi's heart was beating wildly. For a moment, she couldn't tell whether it was because of the hot summer air or because of... something else.
Gu Xizhou looked at Su Nanzhi's rare well-behaved appearance, and his throat moved unconsciously.
He raised his hand again as if possessed by a ghost, and the next second, Su Nanzhi felt a hand with thin calluses touching her cheek.
The calloused fingertips gently stroked Su Nanzhi's skin, which had become more delicate due to the nourishment of the spring water from the space. Su Nanzhi felt like she was electrocuted, and she just looked at Gu Xizhou with wide eyes in shock.
Before she could react, Gu Xizhou had quickly withdrawn his hand, as if the touch just now was just an illusion.
"Don't mess with me."
He uttered these harsh words in a hoarse voice, but when he turned around, a barely noticeable blush appeared on his ears.
Su Nanzhi stared blankly at his back as he bent down to pick up the bucket. Her fingertips unconsciously touched the place where he had just been touched, and she felt her cheeks burning.
"Xiao Su, are you okay?"
Uncle Liu's voice came from behind the bed sheet.
The weather was good today, and sheets and quilt covers were drying in the yard. Although Su Nanzhi and Gu Xizhou were covered by the sheets and quilt covers just now, they could still vaguely see Gu Xizhou swinging his fist at Su Nanzhi.
However, because they were afraid of Gu Xizhou and they were not on good terms with Su Nanzhi, no one spoke up to stop them.
When Su Nanzhi saw Uncle Liu's head about to pop out from behind the sheets and quilt covers hanging out to dry, the ripples in her heart disappeared instantly. She picked up the water scoop that had just been kicked over and threw it at Gu Xizhou.
When Uncle Liu stuck his head out, he saw the scene of the water scoop hitting Gu Xizhou's shoulder heavily. He closed his eyes in fear and didn't dare to watch how Su Nanzhi would be beaten by the furious Gu Xizhou.
Gu Xizhou also stopped, but the moment he turned around, Su Nanzhi had already covered her face, uttered a harsh word, and ran towards her own room first.
"Lin Sen, if you mess with me again, I'll report you to the police."
She couldn't show her weakness, otherwise others would think that she, Su Nanzhi, was easy to bully.
Gu Xizhou covered his shoulders with a gloomy face. Facing the gazes of several people that were either afraid or expectant, he kicked the wooden basin on the ground again.
"Bitch, I'll kill you when I get the chance."
Uncle Liu shrank back in fear, and Aunt Ying glanced sympathetically in the direction of Su Nanzhi's room.
Huang Baogui, who had already come out of the main hall and was waiting to watch Gu Xizhou teach Su Nanzhi a lesson, looked even more expectant when he heard this.
But it only earned him an angry glare from Gu Xizhou.
"What are you looking at? Be careful or I'll dig out your eyes."
Huang Baogui was startled and thought that it was not him who provoked him.
But when he met Gu Xizhou's dark eyes, he felt a chill on his back and didn't dare to step forward to give Gu Xizhou instructions.
Gu Xizhou withdrew his gaze, rubbed his shoulders, cursed "bitch" under his breath, turned around and continued to take a shower.
"Some people just have to suffer a little before they can understand what others say."
"In my opinion, it's better to go back home as soon as possible."
Su Nanzhi closed the door, but could still hear Huang Baogui's sarcastic remarks coming from outside.
But she didn't care about these things at the moment. She picked up the mirror on the table and saw that there were traces of blood on her cheeks, as if she had been beaten.
Thinking of the punches Gu Xizhou threw at the wall, Su Nanzhi's heart couldn't help but beat a few times.
Gu Xizhou slammed the bathroom door shut and looked down at his hands. There were still slight scratches on his knuckles, but the warmth of Su Nanzhi's cheek seemed to still remain on his palms.
He subconsciously pressed his hand on his left chest, and the sound of his pounding heart made him feel inexplicably hot.
Gu Xizhou cursed softly, and soon the sound of running water covered up the low breathing of the man inside the door.
***
Su Nanzhi was lying in bed, unable to sleep. She had wiped her face clean, but it was still a little hot.
After tossing and turning for a long time, Su Nanzhi opened her eyes, stood up and walked out of the room.
It was already late at night and everyone in the yard was asleep. Su Nanzhi could still hear Ying Fang snoring when she walked out of the room.
But the courage she had just mustered disappeared immediately after she reached Gu Xizhou's door.
What does she want to say to Gu Xizhou?
Thankful that he didn't actually hit himself just now?
Or thank him for cooperating with you in acting?
Just as Su Nanzhi was hesitating, the door was opened from the inside and Gu Xizhou's face appeared behind the door.
"you……"
"you……"
The two spoke almost at the same time, and in the end it was Su Nanzhi who spoke first.
"The wound on your hand needs attention."
"No……"
Before Gu Xizhou could say no, a small ceramic jar appeared in front of him.
"I happen to have some medicine, you can use it to apply it."
Seeing that Gu Xizhou didn't move, Su Nanzhi felt a little annoyed and wanted to stuff the ceramic jar in her hand into his hand.
Gu Xizhou didn't answer, and Su Nanzhi was about to say something.
The next second, she was picked up by Gu Xizhou, and then the door was closed.
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