Trapped under his weight, Gu Mang could not even move at all. It had never crossed her mind that she was weak, but she failed to break free from him despite countless attempts and it infuriated her to no end. As she stared at his collarbones, she had the sudden impulse to sink her teeth into his flesh.
“Ssk—”
Never expecting her to attack him so suddenly and so hard, Lu Chengzhou’s spine tensed up as he hissed in pain. Worried that he might have really pissed her off, he hurriedly offered his apologies. “I yield, I yield. I was wrong. Can you go lighter on me?”
She did not release him, however, and bit down even harder instead. Her action amused him and he burst into a peal of laughter as he put a hand on the back of her head and looked down at her. “That’s not an interesting place to bite. Come, let me teach you how to bite my lips.”
Taking advantage of her daze, he lifted her chin and leaned in to steal a kiss.
…
In the girls’ dormitory.
Tang Xiaoxiao finished blow-drying her hair and realized that Gu Mang’s bed was empty. She turned to Zheng Miao and asked, “Miaomiao, is Gu Mang not back yet?”
“She’ll be back soon, I guess,” said Zheng Miao as she glanced at the empty bed. As soon as she said that the door to their room opened to reveal Gu Mang. Their hearts were put at ease when they saw that she had finally returned.
Zheng Miao snuck a peek at Gu Mang and found it strange that her lips were redder than usual. Guessing that it must be because Gu Mang was hot after her shower, she didn’t think much of it.
Sitting on her bed, Tang Xiaoxiao began massaging her aching arms and legs. “Gu Mang, you should massage your legs too or you won’t be able to hold out tomorrow. The instructor went hard on us.” A whole afternoon of training and a twenty-kilometer cross-country run in the evening. This is really killing us!
Gu Mang looked at her roommates, then took out two bottles of spray medicine from her backpack and handed one to each of them. “Take these.”
“What’s this?” asked Tang Xiaoxiao in confusion as she looked at the plain-looking spray bottle in her hand. It was all white with no logo on it
“It’s to relieve muscle pain,” answered Gu Mang. She had given a few bottles to Meng Jinyang and Qin Yaozhi while she kept two for herself. She saw no need for them, though. Her roommates thanked her profusely and immediately sprayed the medication on their sore spots.
Pulling the blanket off the bed, Gu Mang grabbed her phone and sat down, leaning slightly against the headboard. She checked her unread messages and replied to some. Once she was done sending her replies, she put her phone aside, intending to turn in for the night, but she heard her phone vibrate a moment later.
She picked up her phone again and saw that she had received a photo from her fiancé. In the photo, Lu Chengzhou had a finger hooked under his collar, tugging it wide open to show the glaring bite marks on the broken skin over his collarbones.
[Lu Chengzhou: Good night, little fangs.]
…
Early next morning, everyone gathered at 6 AM sharp to do another cross-country run. When Tang Xiaoxiao noticed that her legs were not aching as badly as they did the night before, she whispered to Gu Mang, “The spray you gave us yesterday was really effective. Thanks a lot!”
Gu Mang smiled back at her. “It’s no big deal.”
Zheng Miao chimed in, “My legs hurt so badly last night I wanted to chop them off, but now I feel so much better!”
Xu Wan, from the room next door, looked at them when she heard their conversation.
…
Just like last night, the distance between the students gradually increased as they ran. The students majoring in law and foreign languages, who started off behind the students from the traditional chinese medicine major, eventually caught up. When Qin Yaozhi and Meng Jinyang passed by Gu Mang, they shouted encouragement at her.
“Hang in there, Sister Mang!”
“Keep going, Gu Mang!”
She did not respond to them and continued running at her own pace.
Sang Xue, who grew up in a compound, had learned how to spar and was a pretty decent runner. When she ran past Gu Mang, she glanced sideways at her while wearing a smug smile on her face.
Su Jiaying sure is stupid for not being able to keep her temper in check while dealing with a person of this level. If I hadn’t been caught off guard, I wouldn’t have gotten attacked by Gu Mang that day.