Chapter 347 Death
Su Nanzhi's whole body froze instantly.
The situation yesterday was too urgent, so she didn't care about anything else and took out the automatic bow and arrow from the space.
If someone else asked this question, she could still make up another excuse.
But Gu Xizhou knew that she had nothing on her except the pistol that he had hidden on her before.
Gu Xizhou looked at the panic in Su Nanzhi's eyes and sighed slightly in his heart.
He hugged Su Nanzhi again, his eyes full of seriousness.
"Anyway, I'm glad you're not hurt."
Su Nanzhi was originally afraid that Gu Xizhou would ask further questions, but she didn't expect that he would let her go just like that.
"Aren't you afraid that I'm in cahoots with Mr. Dao?"
"You won't." Gu Xizhou shook his head. He touched Su Nanzhi's frowning brow and said, "Wait until you are ready, then tell me."
Su Nanzhi's eyes flashed with surprise, "Then the organization..."
Gu Xizhou raised his lips and said, "I will tell the organization that I prepared this arrow and placed it there in advance."
"But..." Su Nanzhi's pupils trembled, and she was a little at a loss.
It's not that she is so morally upright that she won't lie, but she never thought that Gu Xizhou would lie to the organization for her.
Gu Xizhou placed a gentle kiss on the top of Su Nanzhi's head and said, "Don't worry, just say you don't know."
Su Nanzhi wanted to say something, but Gu Xizhou covered her mouth and changed the subject: "Now you might as well think carefully about how to fulfill your promise."
"Promise?" Su Nanzhi repeated doubtfully.
Gu Xizhou's eyes were like the starry sky, making Su Nanzhi reluctant to look away.
"When the mission is over, you will marry me."
His voice was low but powerful, with an irresistible firmness.
"I..." Su Nanzhi's face turned red instantly, spreading from the tips of her ears to her whole body.
At the most critical moment of the mission, the promise that was blurted out to give Gu Xizhou a chance of survival was now mentioned so solemnly that Su Nanzhi was a little at a loss.
"I'm just comforting you."
Finally, she gritted her teeth and said the rest of the words, but she didn't dare to look at Gu Xizhou.
Gu Xizhou's fingers gently brushed across her slightly hot cheek, the calloused fingertips bringing a strange sense of comfort. "What? You want to renege on your debt?"
"I was on the verge of death when I heard these words." The smile in his eyes deepened, with a hint of mischief, "I can't repay the favor of saving my life, I can only repay you with my body."
Su Nanzhi didn't expect Gu Xizhou to be so dishonest and couldn't help but glare at him.
"Who wants you to marry me?"
Gu Xizhou chuckled, "Everyone knows that I have filed a marriage report. If you don't marry me, others will laugh at me."
His voice was filled with pleading as he spoke, "Good Nanzhi, you don't want to see others laugh at me, do you?"
Gu Xizhou saw the hesitation on Su Nanzhi's face and immediately increased his firepower.
"Forget it, just don't promise me. Let others laugh at me."
After getting along with Su Nanzhi, he discovered that Su Nanzhi was soft-hearted and would not respond to harshness. Showing weakness appropriately could make Su Nanzhi soften her heart.
Sure enough, as soon as he said this, Su Nanzhi's face showed hesitation.
Su Nanzhi didn't expect Gu Xizhou to say such "humble" words, and she couldn't help feeling a little guilty. Was she going too far?
Like a female diver?
But this thought disappeared instantly after seeing the smile in Gu Xizhou's eyes.
"Gu Xizhou!"
Su Nanzhi understood instantly, feeling embarrassed and angry, and pushed him away forcefully, "Don't make such a joke!"
She pushed him suddenly and with considerable force. Gu Xizhou was caught off guard and stumbled violently.
"Well--!"
A suppressed groan escaped from Gu Xizhou's clenched teeth. His face, which had been slightly pale, suddenly lost all its color and turned as pale as paper.
All of Su Nanzhi's shame and anger disappeared in an instant, leaving only overwhelming panic.
"Gu Xizhou!" She exclaimed, and hurriedly rushed over to support him, her voice changing. "How are you? I, I didn't mean to! Did I touch your wound?"
Gu Xizhou leaned against the head of the bed, breathing rapidly. He waited until the intense tearing sensation subsided before he opened his eyes. His eyes were still a little bloodshot because of the pain.
Looking at Su Nanzhi's panicked expression, he endured the severe pain and put on a playful smile.
"It's okay. I'll just let it hurt. I'm alone and no one will care if I die in pain."
Su Nanzhi's original guilt was instantly replaced by anger when she heard his shameless words.
"Gu Xizhou, I don't like you talking about death."
This word always reminds her of Gu Xizhou lying unconscious on the ground.
Gu Xizhou looked at the fear on Su Nanzhi's face and held her hand again.
"Nanzhi," his voice deepened, carrying an unprecedented solemnity, each word striking her heart clearly, "I'm not afraid of death."
Su Nanzhi wanted to pull her hand back, but he held it even tighter.
"But," he looked directly into her watery eyes, not allowing her to escape, "I'm afraid. I'm afraid that before I die, you still won't be willing to accept me, unwilling to let me truly enter your heart."
These words were like a key, instantly opening the floodgates of memory. Su Nanzhi seemed to be pulled back to that moment when her life was hanging by a thread. She pursed her lips tightly, not wanting to recall it anymore.
Gu Xizhou's thoughts also returned to that moment, his voice with a barely perceptible hoarseness: "When the bullet hit, it hurt. But at that moment, I was not thinking about whether the mission could be completed, nor whether the secrets could be taken out..."
He paused, his eyes fixed on her, as if he wanted to carve her into the depths of his soul.
"I'm thinking... of you." His voice was as light as a sigh, yet it weighed a thousand pounds. "I'm thinking, I haven't had time for you to accept me, I haven't had time... to truly possess you. I'm thinking, if I can't hold on any longer, close my eyes and never wake up again, what kind of person will my Nanzhi... find in the future?"
His thumb gently stroked the back of Su Nanzhi's hand, with endless affection and... a hint of deep fear.
"It's because I died once," he repeated, "that I don't want to waste another minute. I don't want to guess your thoughts anymore, I don't want to wait for the 'right' moment anymore. I'm afraid... I'm afraid that next time, I won't be so lucky."
Su Nanzhi covered Gu Xizhou's mouth with her hand, not wanting to hear the word "death" from Gu Xizhou's mouth again.
The moment she saw Gu Xizhou fall to the ground, she had already surrendered to fate.
She couldn't let go of Gu Xizhou.
"I……"
Su Nanzhi looked up at Gu Xizhou and was about to speak when there was a knock on the ward door.
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