"Ye Shikai, can you not speak properly?" Zhang Ting suddenly shouted, then slumped into the chair like a deflated ball, her face scrawled with "annoyance".
"Alright, just say what it is, I didn’t say I wouldn’t help," Ye Shikai sighed and said with a smile.
"So, you agree," just moments ago her face was full of displeasure (the unappeasable kind), and in a flash, she changed her expression, Ye Shikai began to regret why he had spoken at all.
When you say too much, you’re bound to slip up.
"What now, you haven’t even told me what it is yet. Hurry up and speak," Ye Shikai almost got tricked and hurriedly said.
"It’s just that... umm... I think..."
"You have one minute to get your words together, or I’m leaving in one minute," Ye Shikai blurted out.
"Don’t," Zhang Ting said in a panic, grabbing his hand and turning off the car engine, "it’s just... there’s some trouble at the police station, and I thought you could help."
Sure enough, Ye Shikai seemed to have guessed it already, so he wasn’t surprised in the slightest; he just knew it would be something . It wasn’t that Ye Shikai was too selfish, but after all, he wasn’t part of the police force. To be more precise, he was just a civilian. Why should he be the one to crack the cases?
What if something happened? Who could bring him back from the brink of death? Neither Zhang Ting nor the police station, that’s who.
"Get out of the car." Ye Shikai inserted the car key and started the engine, leaving behind just those two sentences.
"I refuse," Ye Shikai said bluntly.
"Don’t like that, think it over."
"Get out of the car."
"If you don’t agree, I won’t get out. And besides, you haven’t dealt with your ticket yet." After saying that, Zhang Ting buckled her seatbelt, clutched the leather cushion with both hands, and assumed the posture of someone who wouldn’t budge an inch.
"Zhang Ting, you seem to have forgotten that I’m currently a military instructor, with the rank of Major. At the very least, I belong to a unit, and although assisting the police station is not a problem, I need to get approval from my superiors," Ye Shikai changed tact, feigning compliance. But his words were not false; he was an instructor for the Dragon Teeth special forces squad, and even if he wanted to help the police station, he would need approval.
"This..." On hearing this, Zhang Ting realized that this couldn’t be solved on personal favors alone, looking as disheartened as a little girl who had her toy taken away.
"So it’s not that I’m unwilling, it’s that I can’t agree," Ye Shikai continued.
"So if your superiors agree, then you’ll accept," Zhang Ting suddenly chimed in. Ye Shikai was initially startled, but then he said, "Of course, I follow my superiors’ orders."
"Then fine, you wait," Zhang Ting said indifferently, then got out of the car.
"Wait, aren’t you going to give me a ticket?"
"Just wait here, the traffic police will arrive shortly." Zhang Ting turned her head and glared fiercely at Ye Shikai before getting straight into the police car.
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Returning home, Ye Shikai saw Su Qingyu working on documents at the desk and couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache. It was late at night, and it seemed like their honeymoon had indeed piled up a lot of trifles.
Thinking about it, except for that first intimate night with Su Qingyu, he hadn’t done ’that’ again. Ideally, they should have made love several times during their honeymoon, but due to his excruciating pain and fainting, he ended up spending a month on a sickbed...
"How’s that, you’re back." Su Qingyu took off her glasses and revealed a sweet smile, resembling a housewife welcoming home her husband with great warmth.
"Yeah, I’ve finished with my resignation procedures at the company," Ye Shikai nodded, stepped forward, opening his arms wanting to give Su Qingyu a hug.
"Hiss." Suddenly, a severe pain shot through his right chest, as if his heart was being ripped out, three times more painful than before, causing Ye Shikai’s face to turn a lot paler in an instant, gasping from the pain, and his movements stiffened.
"What’s wrong?" Su Qingyu, with her keen sense, quickly noticed Ye Shikai’s anomaly and asked.
"I... I’m alright." Ye Shikai lowered his arms and took a few steps back, and the pain in his chest immediately disappeared. Could this be the effect of the Single Love Poisonous Insect, Ye Shikai thought to himself while pounding his chest.
"I’m going to take a shower first, it’s so late, you should rest soon, too," Ye Shikai said directly, without waiting for Su Qingyu’s response, he took his change of clothes and went into the bathroom.
In the following days, how was he to face Su Qingyu? Now, even a slight display of tenderness would trigger the love worm, causing intolerable pain. Doesn’t that mean he couldn’t touch Su Qingyu at all? It wasn’t just about physical touch, even thoughts in his mind would be retaliated against by the worm.
Helpless, Ye Shikai could only hope for the Worm Sect.
Exiting the bathroom, Su Qingyu had already laid down on the bed, holding a magazine and flipping through it casually. Ye Shikai didn’t say anything, lifted the corner of the quilt and got in, but he didn’t move closer. Instead, he lay on the side, keeping as much distance as possible, turned his body, and faced away from Su Qingyu.
"Are you going to sleep?" Having noticed the change, Su Qingyu’s eyes flickered with a strange light, she put down the magazine in her hands and asked softly.
"Yeah, I’m a bit tired today, let’s sleep early," Ye Shikai didn’t turn around, just whispered, and then the lights went out all at once. Ye Shikai felt nervous; if Su Qingyu came over at this moment, the Single Love Poisonous Insect might act up again, but now he didn’t want to tell Su Qingyu about it.
Even if Su Qingyu wasn’t worried about the harm the worm could do to the body, once she knew the characteristics of the Single Love Poisonous Insect, it would be torture for her.
Five minutes later, Ye Shikai didn’t feel any movement, it seemed like Su Qingyu must have fallen asleep, Ye Shikai slowly relaxed his body, and soon fell asleep too...
Ye Shikai left the complex early in the morning; he had an extremely important matter to attend to today.
Reporting back to the Dragon Teeth special forces base.
After Su Qingyu’s recent fainting episode, Ye Shikai had taken an extended leave to search for the awakening fruit in the rainforest. Now that he was back, it was natural for him to first report to Yan Kuan.
"Commander." Ye Shikai, in his military uniform, saluted Yan Kuan.
"Last time you said you had an urgent matter, how did it go, was everything handled smoothly?" Yan Kuan stood up and asked lightly.
"Pretty well, almost everything is settled."
"That’s good. These past few days, those young guys were getting restless," Yan Kuan chuckled and then his expression changed slightly. "You seem distracted, are there still unresolved issues?"
"Commander, this is my personal matter, I..."
"Alright, then I won’t interfere. Take a look at this first." Yan Kuan took a file from the table and handed it over directly.