Chapter 20: Why Is My Blood So Highly Valued

"Damn it." President Wang cursed and threw away my hand. The car door closed again.

Listening to President Wang's receding footsteps, I slowly opened my eyes. What did President Wang want my blood for? Why did he need it?

A sense of fear welled up in my heart. I was too scared to breathe, and could only watch helplessly as President Wang outside the car kept making phone calls. One moment he was jumping and laughing like a madman, and the next he was stomping his feet with a worried look on his face.

All these doubts made me terrified. As I watched President Wang approaching again in the distance, in a moment of distraction, I unexpectedly met President Wang's eyes.

He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing.

President Wang wasn't particularly fat, but his face was full of flabby flesh. When he laughed, his cloudy eyes glinted with a sinister light.

"Gu Mian, you really have a lucky life, don't you?" President Wang said in a sneering tone.

"What... What are you talking about?"

I tried to curl up my body, but my weak hands and feet wouldn't allow me to. I could only bury my face in my shoulder, not looking at President Wang.

"I'm talking about your life!"

President Wang gave a sinister laugh and opened the car door. In a moment of daze, President Wang slapped me across the face. "I've been trying to please Xie Yan for half my life, but he wouldn't even look at me. Just because of one word from you, I was kicked out. Gu Mian, you have to compensate me."

The clear sound of the slap jolted my mind.

But I had no idea what President Wang was talking about. I could only suppress my fear and plead, "If you want to go back, I'll go beg Xie Yan, okay? I'll beg Xie Yan to let you back to the club, okay?"

Despair surged over me like a tide. I put aside my dignity and made a promise to President Wang. "I'll talk to Xie Yan. I definitely will."

After I finished speaking, President Wang looked at me mockingly. With a disdainful smile, he said, "Do you really think I want to serve Xie Yan? I'll tell you, what I want is immortality, immortality!"

President Wang's eyes were fixed on me. I clearly saw that as he spoke, something like a spider web gradually formed on his eyeballs, a blood - red color.

I stared at the strange red on his eyeballs, feeling as if I had fallen into a terrifying nightmare and couldn't escape. My hands and feet started to turn cold, and my mind was quickly trying to process President Wang's words.

Immortality?

I couldn't understand it, but looking at the now - abnormal President Wang in front of me, I didn't dare to speak rashly. I could only ask in as gentle a tone as possible, "What does that have to do with me?"

I'm just a cake - maker, not a witch. The cakes I make can't make people live forever.

I really couldn't figure it out, so I could only pray that President Wang would say more. As I hoped, President Wang thought for several minutes. He looked at me like he was looking at a prey animal with murderous intent.

Cold wind whistled in from all directions, chilling my heart. I nervously swallowed my saliva. Just then, President Wang, who had been quiet, suddenly stood up.

I saw his blood - red eyes glaring resentfully at a certain place behind me. I slowly turned my head, and then suddenly, everything went black, and I lost consciousness.

It seemed like I had a very deep sleep. When I woke up, I was lying in a hospital bed. Looking at the yellowish mold spots on the ceiling, I confirmed that I was in a different hospital. I tried to move my wrist and found that I had regained some strength.

After sitting up on the hospital bed, I looked around the ward and unexpectedly met a pair of inquisitive eyes.

The person also saw that I was awake and greeted me. "Hey! You're awake?"

I didn't know him.

But out of politeness, I still nodded as a response.

He seemed to have more to say. I had just woken up, and my head felt heavy. I talked to the person beside me in a desultory manner. Until he suddenly asked me, "Is your husband very rich? Does he love you very much?"

Rich?

Love me?

I was stunned for a moment when I heard these unfamiliar words. Then I belatedly remembered that his name was Xu Qiang.

When he mentioned "my husband", he was probably referring to Xie Yan.

Was Xie Yan here?

I got up and looked around for Xie Yan's figure, but I didn't find him in the ward.

Seemingly noticing my movements, Xu Qiang stood up and walked to the side of my hospital bed. He casually praised me, "Your husband went out to buy medicine for you, special medicine. We don't have it here. You're not from around here, are you?"

I wasn't quite used to the word "husband" yet. The image before I passed out flashed through my mind. Now, hearing Xu Qiang mention "husband", I was certain that it was Xie Yan who had saved me.

It was Xie Yan again.

I thought of the expression on Xie Yan's face when he saw my blood, and my body grew cold.

Even with the thick quilt covering me, I couldn't help but shiver. Xu Qiang suddenly leaned in, his eyes shining as he continued to ask me, "You're not from around here, are you?"

I frowned.

I really wasn't from around here, but what did it have to do with Xu Qiang?

"Sorry, I'm tired. I want to sleep." I politely refused to talk to Xu Qiang, but he persisted. "Do you know that your husband killed someone? I saw it. A middle - aged man was strangled to death by your husband."

"Impossible." I almost jumped off the hospital bed.

I said coldly to Xu Qiang, "Xie Yan came to save me. He couldn't have killed anyone."

"Tsk."

Xu Qiang waved his hand indifferently, a strange smile appearing on his face. "White shirt, black pants. While he was being killed, he kept saying, 'Mr. Xie, spare me, Mr. Xie, spare me.' So, did I see it wrong or not?"

I listened blankly as Xu Qiang finished speaking. I felt that it was terribly cold around me. Although I didn't want to believe what Xu Qiang said, what he described indeed matched President Wang's appearance.

Did Xie Yan kill someone?

To save me?

I tried hard to suppress my racing heart and deny it. "You saw it wrong. Maybe he was just teaching him a lesson. Xie Yan wouldn't kill anyone."

I kept comforting myself in my heart.

"Well, you can ask him when he comes back and find out." Xu Qiang said with a smile and then returned to his own bed. "But I don't care. We're all the same. It's just that his starting point is different."

The same?

I swallowed my saliva and looked at Xu Qiang in confusion. He didn't look at me, but just muttered to himself, "Annoying. What kind of medicine has to be bought in the city center? By the time he comes back, it'll be too late. How can I contact him then?"

I slowly processed Xu Qiang's words.

Xie Yan had gone to the city center to buy medicine for me, and Xu Qiang wanted to contact Xie Yan? Something wasn't right!

If an ordinary person saw someone else kill someone, shouldn't they distance themselves immediately?

I had a faint feeling that Xu Qiang wasn't a good person. I tried to make myself as unnoticeable as possible until the ward door was pushed open again.

It was Xie Yan.

Looking at Xie Yan's tall figure and his obviously haggard face, I suddenly felt a bit of a lump in my throat. The moment he saw me, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed in his dull eyes.

Xie Yan walked quickly. He came to the bedside and without saying a word, tightly hugged me. "Mianmian."

His strong arms wrapped around my body, and his warm breath fell on my neck. The lump in my throat gradually spread to my chest. I raised my hand to hug Xie Yan and clearly felt that he had lost weight.