As if grasping at a thread of clarity, Qiqi's mind cleared slightly, and she struggled to look at the handsome man's waist—well, his physique was truly stunning. Though clad in a black robe, the robust and perfectly sculpted lines of his waist and abdomen remained as elegant as a panther's... Ahem, focus, focus—the key point was the injured area on his waist. The wound was particularly severe, so when bandaging it last night, she had wrapped it an extra two times. Now, though covered by clothes, the bulging bandages were still unmistakably visible...
Seeing this, a mushroom cloud seemed to explode in Gu Qiqi's mind—How could this be? How could this be? Last night, she had clearly saved a dog, so why had all these wounds now transferred onto the handsome man?
"Dog... dog..." The girl pointed at the handsome man, struggling to speak.
"I am not a dog! I—am—a—wolf—" The handsome man, upon hearing himself mistaken for a dog, grew even more ferocious in demeanor, though his grip loosened slightly.
After all, she was his lifesaver; it wouldn't be right to kill her outright!
"You... Husky..." The girl said haltingly.
"My name is not 'Husky'! I am Rong Yi!" The man finally relented, releasing his hand. "I am the Wolf King!"
What? Wolf King? Wasn't that a pianist?
Seeing the girl's vacant expression, the handsome man shook his hand in frustration: "Thank you for saving me last night, miss! I'll repay this debt of gratitude another day. Farewell!"
He didn't want to stay here a moment longer.
Huh? What debt of gratitude?
He was leaving just like that?
Go ahead, no need to see you off!
At this point, Gu Qiqi couldn't care less; she just wanted to get rid of this nuisance. Though she had a weakness for handsome men, staying alive was more important now.
The handsome man moved with elusive grace, vanishing behind the door with a whoosh.
Gu Qiqi watched him disappear, sat in a daze for a moment, then finally reached out to silence her ringing phone. With a loud cry, she fell back into the bed, burying her head under a pillow.
A dream, a dream—she must have been dreaming just now! What Wolf King, what Husky—it had to be hallucinations from exam stress and overwork! Another nap and everything would be fine; when she woke up, nothing would have happened!
She hypnotized herself, trying to fall back asleep, but a noise from outside the door yanked her out of bed.
Slipping on her sandals and walking to the bedroom door, Gu Qiqi witnessed a miraculous moment—
The peerlessly handsome man was slowly walking down the hallway outside. When he reached the steps, he suddenly stumbled with a graceful misstep, then, with a beauty's delicate gesture, coughed up a mouthful of bright red liquid (spitting blood). Finally, he lunged forward like a tiger descending a mountain and collapsed onto the floor (fainting). A puff of green smoke swirled, and the handsome man vanished, leaving behind only an unidentified creature—black dog or black wolf—on the ground...
Huh? A living person transformed?
Gu Qiqi froze for a second, then immediately felt her heartbeat spike from 60 beats per minute to 120 beats per minute!
Clutching her chest, before her heart could go into sinus tachycardia, she let out a piercing dolphin-like shriek: "A—monster—!"
Caw, caw, caw...
A few black crows startled from the old locust tree.
After the shock, the girl collapsed, drenched in cold sweat, sliding down the doorframe to sit on the floor.
Heavens above! Earth below! Marxism-Leninism! Great saints, please shine your sacred light on this lost lamb! Was my twenty-one years of atheist education all just a bunch of bullshit?