100 Days with the Contract Lover - Chapter 231
When Nangong Yao arrived downstairs at the apartment complex, Yu Nuanxin was sitting at the entrance of the security guard room, looking like a lost child waiting for her parents to pick her up, pitiful and helpless.
He greeted the security guard, walked up to her, and squatted down. “How long have you been waiting?”
“Hmm?” She looked up in a daze, her face weary, as if she hadn’t heard what he said, her expression slightly vacant.
“Have you been waiting long? Are your hands cold?”
He tried to hold her hand, but she dodged and quickly hid her hands behind her back. He noticed she was deliberately avoiding him, so he insisted on pulling her hand over, only to find her fingers were swollen like radishes, his brows furrowing tightly.
…
“Hiss… be gentle… it hurts…” Yu Nuanxin’s face wrinkled up like a Shar Pei.
Nangong Yao’s face was gloomy, like a sky filled with dark clouds, ready to burst into a storm at any moment. “Who did this?” His voice seemed to come from underground, shrouded in gloom, sending chills down the spine.
She played dumb. “Wh-what do you mean, who did this?”
“Your hands!”
“I was fixing the electrical box this morning… accidentally got shocked…”
He rolled his eyes at her. “You got shocked and swelled up like this?”
“Yeah! It’s amazing, isn’t it? Kind of weird.”
He gritted his teeth menacingly. “Yu Nuanxin, don’t lie to me.”
She faced her fear, swallowed nervously, and answered with a trembling voice. “I really just got shocked…”
“If Xiao Tian calls, I’ll tell her you got hurt.”
She sat up in a panic and shouted, “Don’t!” If it weren’t for needing him as a shield to avoid Xiao Tian’s ‘surprise inspections’ going wrong, she wouldn’t have asked him for help at all!
“Don’t tell Xiao Tian…”
“Then you’d better answer me honestly. Even if you lie a little, I’ll know!”
Under his intimidating gaze, Yu Nuanxin didn’t dare to lie and could only tell the truth.
Nangong Yao’s expression grew uglier and uglier, and finally, he almost roared at her. “That old guy clearly did it on purpose! And you just obediently let yourself be tortured like this?”
“Actually… it’s not really torture… just testing my resolve…”
“So you mean, you’re willing? You like Wu Lian that much, determined to marry him? Is it worth it to end up like this for him?” Nangong Yao was jealous and heartbroken.
He couldn’t bear to see her hurt even a little, especially… for another man! It made him uneasy, as if her heart no longer belonged to him, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t win her back!
“Of course it’s worth it!” Yu Nuanxin smiled. “Compared to Wu Lian’s devotion and sacrifice for me, this is nothing. If I can’t even pass this little test, I’m not worthy of marrying him!”
“Enough!” Nangong Yao slammed the medicine bottle onto the coffee table, trembling with anger, the veins on his hand throbbing. “I don’t want to hear how sincere you are about Wu Lian. If that’s what you want to say, get out!”
Yu Nuanxin was stunned.
Only then did she realize she’d said something she shouldn’t have in front of him.
She was selfish and thoughtless, how could she ignore his feelings? She really shouldn’t stay here.
She whispered a soft “Thank you,” stood up, “Can I trouble you for one last thing? Don’t tell Xiao Tian I got hurt.”
She picked up her bag and had just reached the door when Nangong Yao suddenly grabbed her, spun her around, and met his blazing eyes. “Damn it! Do you have to treat me with such indifference?”
“I’m not indifferent, I just feel I shouldn’t ask you for help.”
“You…” Nangong Yao was fuming. She had this ability, with the most casual attitude and a light remark, she could make his blood boil, yet he couldn’t do anything to her. He couldn’t hit or scold her, couldn’t even say a harsh word, he’d suffocate himself sooner or later, torment himself to death!
“Sorry…”
“Stop with the useless apologies, stay here for now. When you’re healed, I’ll settle this with you.” Nangong Yao’s face was icy, but his hands were gentle as he scooped her up in a princess carry and placed her back on the sofa. “Besides your hands, where else are you hurt?”
“Nowhere!” She instinctively pulled up her collar, but Nangong Yao caught the movement, pulled her collar down, and saw two red marks on the back of her neck.
“And you call that nowhere? Where else are you hurt?”
“Re-really nowhere.”
Knowing she was stubborn, he simply threatened her. “If you don’t tell me, I’ll strip you.”
“My back might have a few more…”
“Take off your clothes and lie down!”
“Huh? Take off my clothes? Isn’t that a bit much!”
“What’s there to be shy about? It’s not like I haven’t seen it before.”
Yu Nuanxin was extremely embarrassed. Although he’d seen it before, that was six years ago. This time, she hadn’t planned to ‘bare it all’ with him. She clutched her clothes, torn between options.
“If you don’t take them off, I’ll do it myself.”
He made as if to pounce, and Yu Nuanxin cried out in panic. “Okay, I’ll do it, I’ll do it! You-you turn around!”
“Troublesome!” He looked impatient, but still did as she asked.
Yu Nuanxin waited a few seconds, made sure he hadn’t turned around, then slowly undid her collar. For her, this was really too difficult!
“Are you done yet?”
“I’m trying… wait a bit longer, just don’t turn around!”
“Don’t think of me as so wicked, okay? I just want to help you apply medicine, nothing else.”
Yu Nuanxin muttered to herself. He wasn’t exactly a good guy, who knew what he was thinking. If he suddenly pounced like a hungry wolf, she’d be doomed.
“Hurry up.”
“Got it, stop rushing me!”
