"Ouch! That hurts! You're going to break my wrist!" Gu Qiqi yelled, "I didn't steal your dog—it jumped into my room on its own! And I didn't mean to hit it last night; I thought it was some kind of monster..."
Watching the handsome man's face darken, his eyes practically blazing with fury, the girl somehow lost her confidence as she spoke: "I, I even saved it last night..." "Shut up!" the man growled, his fingers sharply gripping her throat.
This stupid woman—maybe he should just kill her!
Seeing his phoenix-like eyes narrow, a flicker of murderous intent flashing through them, Gu Qiqi panicked. Could this man not be the dog's owner? Was he a robber or a bandit?
With that thought, she struggled desperately: "Brother, are you after money or... me? If it's money, my cash, bank card, bus pass, and meal card are all in my wallet! The wallet's under the pillow, and the bank card password is... take whatever you want!"
She rattled off a string of numbers like a machine gun. The man paused briefly, but his grip didn't loosen.
Not after money—so was he after her?
Gu Qiqi's heart skipped a beat. This man was handsome; if he wanted her, she wouldn't exactly lose out... but what if he was a perverted psycho or a serial killer on the run? That would be a disaster!
So she put on a pitiful tone: "Brother, if you're after me, you've got the wrong person! I've got elders to care for and kids to raise, plus I still owe my professor a paper..."
The man didn't want to hear her babble. Frowning, he tightened his grip: "I want your life!"
No way! Gu Qiqi's eyes widened in terror: "Brother, if you're going to kill me, at least give me a reason first!"
"..."
The man's mouth twitched, veins bulging on his forehead. How could he say it?! How could he say it?! He, the proud Wolf King of the demon realm, had been... by a woman last night! If those guys found out, how could he ever show his face again? How could he go on living? Though he sensed she meant no harm, he was furious! Furious!! FURIOUS!!!
The handsome man's features twisted, and faint green light flickered in his pitch-black pupils!
Huh, that green looked familiar. Had she seen it somewhere last night?
Gu Qiqi struggled to breathe, her mind growing dizzy. Her brief twenty-something years of life began flashing before her eyes like a movie—
At seven, her foster father brought her home from the orphanage; At seventeen, her foster parents died, and she was alone again; Seven months ago, she started dating Qin Chen; Seven months later, Qin Chen dumped her; Seven days ago, she got a scholarship; Seven days from now, she had a paper to submit...
They say dying under a peony flower makes you a romantic ghost. If I die today at this handsome man's hands, will I come back as a tough guy in eighteen years? Too bad—if I die, this house will probably be taken back by the demolition crew for free! Ugh, even in death, I won't let those demolition guys have it easy!!!
With that thought, Gu Qiqi's will to survive surged like never before. She used all her strength to try and pry the handsome man's wrist away. Of course, it was futile. A weak woman like her—how could she overpower the Wolf King of the demon realm? But in her frantic struggle, she managed to tear off the bandage on his arm...
Huh? A bandage!
That familiar, bloodstained bandage, tied at the end into a tiny bow—wasn't that the one she had personally wrapped around his wound last night?