Chapter 706 He's Here
According to the plan, she should have already delivered the teaching materials and was preparing to keep her appointment with Wan Qingzhou.
However, at this moment she clearly felt that her limbs were weak and her whole body was burning up.
She had a bad feeling and hurriedly tried to back out, but when she reached the door, her heart sank – the warehouse door was locked.
Clinging to a slim chance, she pushed the door hard, but it wouldn't budge.
The door was indeed locked.
But she clearly remembered that when she came in, she not only didn't lock the door, she didn't even close it!
Her ominous premonition grew stronger.
Was she... set up?
But she hasn't offended anyone recently, so who would plot against her?
What does the other party want to do to her?
The unknown filled her with immense fear, and she instinctively pounded on the door: "Is anyone there? Is anyone there? Someone's trapped in the warehouse, can you hear me?!"
There wasn't a single response from outside.
Come to think of it, this warehouse is a remote and important location, and usually very few people come here.
If someone really wanted to harm her, they certainly wouldn't let anyone get close.
She was completely weak and could only try to stay awake by biting her tongue. She staggered around looking for her, only to find that there was only one small ventilation opening in the entire warehouse, which was too big for her to climb.
Her legs felt weak, so she had no choice but to walk to a resting bed, take out a silver needle, and pierce her acupoints directly.
The needles only kept her mind clear for a few more moments.
The person who designed her seemed quite wary of her medical skills, hence the strong potency of her medicine.
She couldn't leave this place without breathing; the scent of camel bells was so strong that even though she covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, she still couldn't avoid inhaling more of it.
Her hands, which were about to insert the needle, became increasingly weak, and after a moment, the silver needles simply fell to the ground.
She felt even worse, her mind was foggy, and her body was burning up as if it would explode. She just wished someone would come and comfort her.
The moment this thought crossed her mind, she instantly became more clear-headed.
No, the people who harmed her did all this just to see her like this.
She absolutely cannot let them succeed!
But... what could she do?
If you have anything to blame, it's your own lack of caution.
She gritted her teeth and glanced at the watch on her wrist—it was already past two o'clock. Would Wan Qingzhou be worried? Would he come looking for her?
Just as she thought of this, she gave a self-deprecating laugh.
Even if she hadn't shown up, he probably would have just thought he had stood her up.
Who in their right mind would have thought that she would fall into this predicament so easily?
The despair in her heart grew heavier and heavier. Inadvertently, she touched the whistle on her chest, and her thoughts paused slightly...
Maybe, what if?
Even though he knew it was almost impossible, he had clearly said that he would appear as soon as the whistle blew.
She threw a childish tantrum, decided to give up entirely, and pulled out her whistle to blow it loudly.
However, what she thought was a great effort, when actually applied to the whistle, only produced less than half the usual sound—because she had no strength left.
The whistle blew, but the person I wanted to see didn't appear.
Wen Zhiyi sighed resignedly. Sure enough, she had really lost her mind. She was trapped here, and even a little thought would have shown that he couldn't possibly have found her...
She closed her eyes, and just then, she vaguely heard hurried footsteps.
...
Wan Qingzhou rushed to the west warehouse of the Imperial Academy, only to find the warehouse door tightly closed and the surroundings quiet, as if no one was there.
He frowned and circled the warehouse, but still couldn't find anything amiss.
Were we tricked?
But who would play such a pointless joke on him?
The warehouse had no windows, so he couldn't see what was inside. He simply knocked on the door.
However, there was no response from inside.
His brows furrowed even deeper, and just as he was hesitating whether to leave, he suddenly seemed to hear a whistle.
He paused for a moment, then quickly moved toward the direction of the sound.
The whistling was intermittent and noticeably less loud than before, which made his heart sink—the sound was coming from inside the warehouse.
He pounded on the warehouse door: "Zhiyi, Wen Zhiyi, are you in there?"
There was still no sound from inside.
He took a deep breath and kicked the door hard.
A few moments later, the door was suddenly kicked open. He felt relieved and quickly went into the warehouse.
The moment an indescribable fragrance wafted into his nostrils, Wan Qingzhou didn't realize what it was.
It wasn't until he saw Wen Zhiyi lying on the bed with her eyes slightly closed, her gaze unfocused, and her clothes half-undone that his mind went blank.
He rushed to her side and pulled her into his arms: "How are you?"
Wen Zhiyi thought the footsteps were her hallucination.
Even after Wan Qingzhou pulled her into his arms, she didn't feel anything real, instinctively snuggling against him and saying, "Ugh, I feel uncomfortable..."
Having traveled the martial world for so many years, Wan Qingzhou had seen all sorts of despicable things. Even though he didn't know where the fragrance came from, he could tell from Wen Zhiyi's condition that she must have been poisoned.
And she wasn't the only one who contracted the virus.
He was caught off guard when he entered and took two deep breaths of incense. At this moment, he relied entirely on his profound skills to suppress the restlessness that was rising in his body.
However, no matter how much he tried to suppress it, he couldn't stop Wen Zhiyi from rubbing against him like this in his arms.
Her body temperature was alarmingly high, and a thin layer of sweat covered her forehead, wetting the hair on the sides of her face. Her black hair clung tightly to her fair and flushed cheeks, giving her an astonishing allure.
Not to mention, her clothes were so loosely pulled back and forth that they barely clung to her body, leaving her shoulders and thighs exposed to the air, pressed tightly against his body.
Fortunately, Wan Qingzhou had amazing stamina and knew that he had no choice but to take her away now.
Otherwise, he himself probably couldn't have predicted what would happen today.
He gritted his teeth, gently gathered her clothes, stood up, and pulled her into his arms: "Don't be afraid, I'll take you out now."
Wen Zhiyi had completely lost her senses and couldn't hear his voice at all.
She felt that the person beside her was very comfortable, with a cool body that seemed to soothe her anger.
So she went even further, her slender, soft hands reaching into his chest, caressing him intentionally or unintentionally, her red lips lightly brushing his chin, her brows furrowed as she murmured, "Why don't you hug me?"
Wan Qingzhou's eyes reddened, and her body reacted uncontrollably.
Listening to her complaints, he felt a mixture of helplessness and amusement: "How else do you want me to hug you?"
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the two of them are now "perfectly matched".
He ignored her unreasonable behavior and strode towards the door.
However, he paused as he pushed the door open.
The door he had just kicked open was now locked again!
He stubbornly pulled and tugged at the door with all his might, but it wouldn't budge.
His brows furrowed deeply, and the next second he raised his foot to kick.
However, this time the door seemed to be locked from the outside with an iron pestle, and he couldn't kick it open with his feet alone. In addition, he had inhaled the fragrance of camel bell flowers, so his legs were far less strong than when he first came in.
Looking at the dark, prison-like warehouse, he couldn't help but curse.
Despite being a seasoned bird hunter, I was caught off guard and got pecked by a bird.
It's because when he came in, he was only concerned with checking on the person in his arms, and the incense was indeed very strong, so he didn't even notice the sound of someone closing the door outside.
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