Fog Returns to the Capital

Chapter 136 Don't drag me into this

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After a moment of silence.

Li Wu skillfully reached for the bedside table, just as she was about to take two sleeping pills to swallow.

I could faintly hear a knocking sound at the door.

a bit.

Another click.

In the stillness of the night, it was exceptionally clear, yet also exceptionally eerie.

At first, Li Wu thought it was her imagination. She rubbed her ears and buried her head in the soft pillow.

But after a while...

The knocking continued incessantly.

Li Wu was on guard and forced herself to ignore the continuous sound.

After two or three minutes, the knocking finally stopped.

The room fell silent again.

Li Wu's tense nerves relaxed slightly.

But lying in bed, she couldn't fall asleep for a long time, feeling uneasy about something. After a while, Li Wu turned on the light, put on her coat, got up, and went to the door to check.

Through the indoor surveillance camera, and by the cold moonlight streaming in through the window, Li Wu saw that the corridor outside was empty and deserted.

That moment.

Li Wu even suspected that she was hallucinating.

She frowned, and just as she was about to look away, she inadvertently noticed a small corner of clothing peeking out from a blind spot in the surveillance camera's blind spot.

"Who's outside?" Li Wu tentatively called out.

But no one answered.

Li Wu frowned, waited a while, and then carefully opened the door a crack. But she only opened the innermost part; the outer security door remained closed.

As the door opened a crack, the interior light slowly spilled out.

When I saw what was happening outside the door.

Li Wu suddenly froze.

Zhou Jinghuai lay against the corner of the wall, seemingly without a sound, his whole being almost blending into the darkness.

Li Wu had never seen Zhou Jinghuai so disheveled. His handsome face was deathly pale, and his usually impeccably pressed coat was wrinkled and crumpled. He must have drunk too much; the only thing beside him was a crumpled cigarette pack.

He looked more disheveled than ever before, and carried the biting cold wind of a winter night.

"Zhou...Zhou Jinghuai?"

Li Wu approached and tentatively called out, but received no response. However, Li Wu could smell the alcohol on him, so he must have drunk quite a bit.

Li Wu called him again, but there was still no response. Helpless, Li Wu simply helped Zhou Jinghuai to his feet and sat him down on the sofa in the room.

When Li Wu returned with the warm water, Zhou Jinghuai had regained some consciousness. He sat there pressing his temples, his handsome, deep-set face expressionless.

"Drink some water."

Li Wu asked for a water glass and handed it to him.

Upon hearing the sound, Zhou Jinghuai looked up at her, a ripple appearing in his deep, indifferent eyes.

He reached out to take the water glass from Li Wu's hand. But probably due to the effects of too much alcohol, his hand trembled slightly, and he failed to catch it after several attempts, spilling some water and wetting his trouser leg instead.

Li Wu didn't give the water glass to Zhou Jinghuai again. Instead, she knelt down beside him, held the glass to his lips, and slowly fed him the water.

Then, someone couldn't help but say, "Is your stomach problem better? You're drinking so much? You'll take every drink offered by anyone..."

Halfway through the sentence.

Li Wu glanced up unintentionally and met the man's dark, deep eyes, which were fixed on her intently. They were like a bottomless black hole, with a powerful vortex that seemed to want to suck her in completely.

Li Wu's heart skipped a beat.

My subconscious urge was to back away.

Suddenly, Zhou Jinghuai grabbed her wrist with great force, yet it was also accompanied by a slight, uncontrollable tremor.

Li Wu panicked and immediately tried to pull her hand away, shouting, "Let go of me!"

"You care about me?"

Zhou Jinghuai stared at Li Wu with his deep black eyes, his voice still a little hoarse and indistinct, like melting snow.

"I'm afraid you'll die out there tonight, and I'll be summoned first thing tomorrow morning!"

Li Wu's voice was cold, "Don't drag me into this!"

For a few seconds, Zhou Jinghuai remained silent.

At last.

Li Wu then heard Zhou Jinghuai's slightly hoarse voice, "Don't worry. Even if you stab me, it's because I ran into it myself. I won't let anything happen to you."

"Lili, I told you, I would protect you for the rest of my life."