Forbidden Game: Ruthless CEO, Please Set Me Free
Chapter 35: Seeking Wealth or Taking Lives (2)

Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Seeking Wealth or Taking Lives (2)

Qiao Mo let out a slight sigh of relief, feeling a bit uneasy as she sat back in her seat. After all, there were rumors that Fu Nancheng was unpredictable and moody. She didn’t know if the bowl of noodles she casually made would suit his taste?

Fu Nancheng’s gaze fell on the bowl. It was a bowl of plain noodles with tomatoes, but upon closer inspection, one could see that the tomato skin had been painstakingly removed, and at the center of the noodles was an egg with a perfectly regular shape.

He lifted his eyes to glance at Qiao Mo’s bowl. The half-bitten yolk looked quite vivid, making it easy to deduce that the egg in his bowl was probably also cooked to about eight minutes.

Qiao Mo picked up her chopsticks and waited for a moment, unable to hold back as she spoke, "Mr. Fu..."

Fu Nancheng paused slightly, as if waiting for her to continue.

Qiao Mo knew it was annoying to talk while someone was eating, but it was rare for him to be in a better mood, so she had to seize the opportunity.

"You won’t go back on your words, right?"

He furrowed his brow slightly, momentarily unsure of which words she was referring to.

"You won’t trouble Jing Hao anymore, right..."

Qiao Mo added softly, but before she could finish, she distinctly felt the temperature in the room drop a few degrees, inexplicably feeling a bit cold.

Qiao Mo felt uneasy.

Could it be that he was going back on his word?

Meeting her anxious gaze, Fu Nancheng snorted coldly, "Hmph, it seems your brother’s life is not as important as Jiang Jinghao’s?"

Qiao Mo was slightly stunned, her heart tightening, "Mr. Fu! You already promised me about Xiao Xuan!"

Fu Nancheng let out a cold laugh, "So I get nothing in return and have to be a fool twice?"

Qiao Mo bit her chopsticks and said softly, "But just now... it was you who said I was boring, it shouldn’t be counted against me..."

Her soft and cute words, but they made Fu Nancheng furious!

This damned woman, she really takes advantage of the situation!

"Qiao Mo! Do you think I’m easily pushed around?" Fu Nancheng looked darkly at the woman in front of him.

Qiao Mo buried her head in her bowl, not daring to speak again, fearing that she might say something wrong and offend him once more.

For a moment, the room returned to its previous silence, with only the sound of Qiao Mo quietly eating noodles.

Fu Nancheng pursed his thin lips, coldly retracting his gaze, lifting the noodles, and as soon as he took a bite, his brows furrowed tightly. He looked up at Qiao Mo and said in a deep voice, "What did you put in here?"

Qiao Mo was slightly startled, looking at him in a daze, not reacting for a moment. She didn’t forget to stick out her tongue and gently lick her lips, "Ah... ah?"

Then, before Qiao Mo could react, she saw the man start to break out in red patches.

Qiao Mo was stunned.

She knew she was in trouble again.

More than an hour later.

Qiao Mo sat in front of the hospital bed, drowsy, nodding off repeatedly. Yet she had to keep her eyes wide open, staring at the IV drip in front of her, and the man on the hospital bed, his eyes closed, sleeping soundly.

Qiao Mo felt so wronged. She truly didn’t know he would have an allergic reaction to shrimp. She had only put in a tiny bit, who would have thought he’d have such a severe allergic reaction.

The afternoon sun was mildly intoxicating, and the air was filled with a faint smell of antiseptic. Qiao Mo’s gaze fell on the man’s face, and she couldn’t help getting a little lost in thought.

With his eyes closed, long eyelashes, a straight nose, and thin lips, he looked pure, like a youth walking out of an oil painting, nothing like his grim demeanor when his eyes were open.

Qiao Mo couldn’t help but wonder, how could someone so handsome... be so unlovable?

Staring at him for a while, Qiao Mo’s eyelids began to droop as well. The fatigue from recent days made it rare for her to have a peaceful afternoon. In no time, she completely forgot about his IV drip and fell asleep on the edge of the hospital bed.