Chapter 123

Chapter 123 Are You That Desperate?

Luo Yi nodded promptly as whatever misgivings he had against Mu Xia from before had become a thing of the past. "I'm going over there myself to expedite it, but no matter the level of urgency, processing will still take up to a day. I believe that if I were to head down personally, we should be able to get the results before tomorrow morning."

"Thank you."

"You've been a great help to us, so that's the least I could do," Luo Yi said while he looked to the man in the bed. "When will we be able to remove the needles?"

Qin Ranfeng pouted at Luo Yi for stealing all the lines.

「Who was it who ordered to have the needles removed in the first place?」

Mu Xia glanced at the man. "If he's already conscious and you don't need me to complete the treatment, then you can remove them now. I'll…"

"Stay put!" Ye Sijue held her down by the shoulder. "Allow me."

Qin Ranfeng warily eyed the hand Ye Sijue placed on Mu Xia, feeling a little jealous inside.

He very much wanted to say something, but lost his courage to do so when he recalled how he distrusted Mu Xia just as Luo Yi did. Thus, he decidedly slinked away quietly to the sidelines.

Just then, Jun Haoxuan led a few bodyguards through the door. "I heard that the man has been cured?"

In the next second, his attention was caught by the sight of Mu Xia on the bed and the mess in the room, and that prompted him to glare at Luo Yi. "What the hell did you do?"

"I…" Luo Yi scratched his nose uncomfortably.

Ye Sijue had just finished removing the needles. "Go out, all of you. Xia needs to rest."

Jun Haoxuan asked with a grimace, "What actually happened here?"

"It's nothing. Yi's going to have nowhere to hide himself if you keep asking. Come on. Let's get him out of here. His head's fixed, so we should get down to business," Qin Ranfeng said as he nudged Jun Haoxuan along.

Soon, it was just Ye Sijue and Mu Xia left inside the ward.

Looking at the drip bag hanging above her head, Mu Xia said weakly, "It's getting late, so you should go back and rest. I can watch it myself."

Ye Sijue remained poker-faced. "I don't like owing anyone favors, so don't mind me. Go to sleep."

Mu Xia seemed to have wanted to say something but ultimately did not do so as she was far too weary, and so instead, she quietly closed her eyes to get rested.

It did not take long before her breath steadied and she fell into a deep sleep.

Initially seated with his back to Mu Xia, Ye Sijue slowly turned around when he heard her breathing settled. His gaze then fell upon her face.

The slumbering woman was completely unguarded, and as docile as a snoozing Persian cat.

It was as though Mu Xia's face had some sort of magnetic draw to it, because by the time he came to his senses, his hand was already almost upon her cheeks.

Bemused, Ye Sijue quickly withdrew it, feeling quite annoyed with himself.

Had deprivation made him that desperate for a woman?

Come to think of it, Mu Xia was really more outstanding than those lame socialites and heiresses that his mother had been introducing to him. If it was her, he would not have been so averse to spending the rest of his life with a woman.

The way Mu Xia occupied his every thought made him shake his own noggin in frustration. He did not want to continue being alone in Mu Xia's company, lest he needed to take another cold shower.

Hence, Ye Sijue got up and walked to the window for a smoke.

He pushed the window wide open to prevent the fumes from drifting inside, but this let in the chilling night air which gave him quite a headache.

Just as Ye Sijue was wrapping up his smoke break, a call from his mother Shi Shuzhen came through.