Start Telling Me The Truth

"Okay, we'll talk more about it later. Didn't you want to do something about the laptop? I'm thinking of smashing it with the fire-extinguisher in the corridor."

At her words, Jingwei gave a tired chuckle, lifting his head to smile at her. Xue Ning felt that anxious knot in her heart ease when she saw it. He could still smile! Surely things weren't that terrible.

"Let's save that for the worst case scenario," Jingwei said as he reluctantly let go of Xue Ning's addictive hold to sit back down on the chair, ready to fix his mess. Hopefully, he wasn't too late - although, it would serve him right if he was! That was just what he was like before, wasn't he, too late, too slow, too -

"Jingwei," Xue Ning's voice cut through the fog in his mind, like a lighthouse guiding him on a dark stormy night. "Get to work. Or I'll get the fire extinguisher."