thefictionvixens Chapter 45 Embrace
Chapter 45 Embrace
Shen hope, who had been like a god of death, was now stunned, his eyes clear.
She watched in disbelief as the man who should have been dead walked towards her.
The two looked at each other.
She blinked:
"What did you say... You're not dead? How is that possible?"
Lin Zheng draped her coat over her shoulders to keep the cold air from getting in: "Why not? I'm standing right in front of you right now!"
"But I saw you stop breathing with my own eyes. Your breathing and pulse stopped. And even though I don't know the composition of the toxin they used, I can tell from its color that it was definitely highly toxic. How... how come you didn't die? This doesn't make sense."
Lin Zheng laughed and said, "There are plenty of unreasonable things in this world, and don't you know that everyone's constitution is different? Maybe I'm one of those rare, unparalleled masters. Have you ever seen kung fu? The main characters can survive being beaten to a pulp, but mine is just child's play."
Shen hope still couldn't believe it and reached out her hand until it touched Lin Zheng's face, confirming that there really was a living person in front of her.
Suddenly, as if all his strength had been drained, he collapsed.
Lin Zheng quickly helped her up and held her in his arms: "Hey? Little Shen hope, are you alright?"
"It's nothing... I'm just exhausted. You damn bastard, I came to settle scores with them without fully resting after avenging you, and you're telling me you're not dead? Doesn't that make me look like a clown?"
"Where's the Joker? He's so cool! I just saw a glimpse of him. You killed so many of them they didn't even dare to look at you. In my heart, you're incredibly handsome."
Shen hope burst into laughter through her tears, closed her eyes, and leaned into Lin Zheng's arms: "Young Master Lin, you bastard, I really hate talking to you the most."
She used the last of her strength to grab Lin Zheng's clothes, feeling the man's warm body temperature.
I'm afraid this is just a hallucination I'm having.
Fortunately, the temperature and pulse fluctuations were incredibly realistic.
Tears welled up in her eyes again without her noticing.
Remembering the assassins' words, Shen hope knew that even if she wanted to rest in his arms for a while, she didn't have time. She struggled to open her eyes:
"Hurry...hurry, get out of here first. Their reinforcements will be here soon. If we stay any longer, we'll die."
Lin Zheng responded with an "Oh," and said, "Don't worry, their reinforcements aren't coming. I've already taken care of everything on my way here."
Shen hope glanced at Lin Zheng as if listening to a joke: "What?"
"I told you I've already taken care of those people. Otherwise, do you really think it's because they're slow that it's been so long? There must be a reason why they can't come."
"You took care of them all? How many people did they send to support them? It couldn't have been just three or five, could it? That would be underestimating me, Shen Xi."
"I don't know if they respect you or not, but I feel like you're underestimating me, Shen Xi. Do you think ten or eight of those thugs could get close to me? Okay, enough of that. I'll help you to the car and take you back now. President Jiang has already sent people to pick us up."
He wanted to pick Shen hope up, but Shen hope said weakly, "In that case, let's not go back to the car first. I'll just rest here for a while. I'm too tired to move at all."
"Rest here?" Lin Zheng looked at the gruesome scene of death around them, like a battlefield. "The environment is quite beautiful, but is it alright for me to hold you like this? I personally don't mind hugging my family, but I'm worried you might come after me later..."
Shen hope snorted coldly:
"Don't be afraid, because I will definitely settle accounts with Young Master Lin afterward. Who told you to fake your death? If you're scared, just kill me now, then I won't bother you anymore. Otherwise, I'll remember this for the rest of my life."
Lin Zheng looked at Shen hope with her eyes closed and was surprised to find that this woman might have a bit of a proud and arrogant side.
"How could I bear to? That's going too far. I would rather die than let my little Shenxi die."
Shen Xi's lips twitched slightly for no apparent reason. While unconscious, she gripped Lin Zheng's clothes tighter. For the first time in her life, she realized that a man's embrace was so warm, a completely different feeling from the embrace that President Jiang had given her many years ago.
And he smelled really good.
That night, the criminal gang's crimes, which involved more than a hundred lives, were not actually reported on the news.
Only some citizens who witnessed the chase have some recollection of it, but they don't know the full story.
Most citizens continue their uneventful lives day after day, lamenting that there's nothing new or exciting happening every day.
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Inside Jiangcheng's largest and most advanced private hospital, Lin Zheng lay unconscious on the bed, his life support monitor beeping.
Yes... unexpectedly, it was Lin Zheng who ended up in a coma. Shen Xi, on the other hand, was able to get out of bed on the third day. After sleeping for two days, the doctor's examination revealed that Shen hope only had some superficial injuries, and as long as she took good care of herself, she would be fine.
But Lin Zheng was different. His internal organs were completely infiltrated by the toxin. Normally, when such a vicious poison enters the blood and organs, no one can survive for more than ten minutes.
But Lin Zheng was strangely maintaining his vital signs, and the doctors also discovered that the deadly toxins were slowly fading away along with Lin Zheng's metabolism.
Inside the dean's office, the dean, wearing a white coat, was reporting the day's examination report to General Manager Jiang and Shen hope:
"It's astonishing, truly a medical miracle! It's probably impossible to replicate even once; it's likely due to an insufficient dose of poison."
It's also possible that Mr. Lin's genes somewhat inhibit this poison. In any case, the poison's invasion stopped just before it became fatal, and his body cells were slowly forcing it out. Based on observations over the past few days, the toxins should be completely eliminated in another two or three days, and there shouldn't be any further effects.
Sitting in her wheelchair, Jiang Huaimeng asked worriedly, "Will there be any long-term effects?"
"Probably not. No residual damage has been found so far. However, such cases are often unrepeatable. If someone is poisoned again, this kind of toxin-induced repulsion may not occur. It can only be said that they are really lucky."
Shen hope stood to the side, her body covered in bandages, her brows and eyes filled with worry:
"But Dean, didn't you say he should have woken up by now that the toxins have been eliminated? But he's still in a coma. Won't he become a vegetable?"
The dean was somewhat embarrassed:
"Well, there are still many things in medicine that we haven't fully understood yet. I can't completely rule out that possibility, so we need to continue to observe. But based on the current instruments... there's a 99% chance it won't turn out that way, so you two don't need to worry."
Is there only a 99% chance that nothing will happen?
Shen hope felt even more worried after hearing this. What if he won that one percent?
This dog... this guy's luck has always been different from ordinary people.
He absolutely must be alright... he absolutely must be alright.