My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 549: What is so hard?

Chapter 549: What is so hard?

Lin Tang quickly dimmed the flashlight, smiling as she said, "Oh dear, my mistake, my mistake. I didn’t mean to do it on purpose, Professor Kong, with the bright moon in your heart, you won’t hold it against me, right?"

She had heard about Kong Fangren from Gu Yingzhou.

Though he wasn’t very old, not even forty, he was a technical talent who had overcome numerous difficulties to return to his homeland and contribute to its construction.

He was especially valued by those higher up.

Kong Fangren smiled weakly, his complexion extraordinarily pale.

"Well, since you’ve said so, how could I possibly take it to heart?"

He said this jovially; as his tightly wound nerves relaxed, his head tilted and he fainted.

Lin Tang leaned forward, and upon seeing a sticky red patch on Kong Fangren’s abdomen, her expression shifted slightly.

How had this man managed to bear the pain and converse with her as if nothing was wrong?!

Lin Tang immediately felt a deep respect.

He was incredibly enduring!

Bending down to help Kong Fangren up, Lin Tang supported him back to her house.

She placed him in the guest room and examined his injury.

From the looks of it, the entry wound was small while the exit was larger, and there were burns around the wound... It seemed to be... a gunshot wound.

This...

Lin Tang immediately realized there was something unusual about this situation.

The initial idea of taking him to the hospital vanished instantly.

She casually administered some medicine to replenish his blood and energy.

Shortly after, the pale face of the man on the bed regained some color.

Just then, there was a knock on the courtyard door.

Lin Tang’s expression tightened, and she quickly turned to lock the door and walked toward the courtyard, calling out, "Who’s there?"

Upon hearing her voice, Gu Yingzhou breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed the hand that was gripping a gun.

"Tangtang, it’s me."

Lin Tang hurried to the door and opened it, cautiously scanning the outside before pulling Gu Yingzhou inside.

"Why are you here?" she asked.

"I heard there were bad guys heading this way and worried about you, so I came to check on you," Gu Yingzhou explained calmly.

In fact, a major incident had taken place in the county.

Professor Kong Fangren was too closely watched by certain forces and was decoyed by those higher up to Gu Yingzhou’s care.

Everything was going smoothly.

But the person whom Professor Kong trusted the most betrayed him, allowing the enemy forces to infiltrate from within.

Right after getting off the train, they were attacked in a planned assault.

Professor Kong Fangren went missing, and several technicians were injured. Gu Yingzhou, after learning about it, came out to resolve the aftermath.

Earlier, hearing that a thug had headed this way, he came over to ensure the young lady was safe.

Seeing with his own eyes that Tangtang was all right, he eased up.

"I have official duties and must leave now. You should go to bed early tonight, lock the doors and windows, and don’t come out if you hear any noise," Gu Yingzhou instructed, still worried.

Thinking of how the young girl would wrap her arms around herself and walk over like an old man whenever there was a commotion, poking her head around curiously, the man’s face was filled with helplessness.

Sometimes he felt that Tangtang was not like a young girl with her stable disposition, and at times, he found that Tangtang’s curiosity about the world and human nature was naively intense...

Her changeability closely hooked his heart.

Seeing Gu Yingzhou preparing to leave, Lin Tang reached out to grab his arm to keep him there and tell him about Professor Kong Fangren.

Her hand accidentally fell and touched the solid object at the man’s waist.

"What’s this on your waist, why does it feel so hard?"

As Lin Tang spoke, she attempted to reach out and feel further.

Before she could touch it again, her hand was caught by Gu Yingzhou.

"It’s nothing," he said.

Lin Tang didn’t believe it and leaned forward, wrapping her arms around Gu Yingzhou’s waist.

As she caught him off guard, she tried to feel with her other hand.

Gu Yingzhou’s face showed helplessness.

He slightly turned his waist to dodge her grasp.

His voice was low as he said, "...Don’t move, it’s dangerous. Don’t be so curious, little girl, be good."

Dangerous?

Recalling the shape and the hard, cold touch, it was... a gun!

"It’s a gun, isn’t it?" Lin Tang said, her eyes shining brightly.

His expression could hardly conceal his curiosity.

Just at that moment,

’Whoosh’...

The pitch-black sky was suddenly torn apart by a burst of light, which disappeared in an instant.

Gu Yingzhou received the signal, and his obsidian-like eyes flashed with a bright light.

His body relaxed abruptly.

Lin Tang also saw the light, not like fireworks, and asked curiously as she looked up, "What is that, a signal flare?"

Gu Yingzhou lowered his head and felt his heart skip when he met those eyes.

He leaned down and kissed her eyelid.

"We haven’t seen each other for days, and you don’t miss me? You have to ask all these unimportant questions?"

His voice was clear and carried a deep sense of mirth.

Lin Tang: "..."

If you don’t want people to see, just say so; why use your seductive charm?

Lin Tang pushed Gu Yingzhou lightly and glanced up at him.

"I won’t ask then. Just don’t dazzle me with your face."

Seeing the young girl earnestly speaking her mind, Gu Yingzhou obediently let go of her, a low chuckle spilling from his lips.

Even though his face was serious and stern, that laugh unexpectedly had a bewitching and tantalizing flavor to it.

It was as if he were possessed by a fox spirit.

Lin Tang couldn’t help but pinch her ear.

Lucky for her, she’d tamed this male fox; otherwise, who knows how he might toy with people.

Lin Tang struggled to calm her wildly pounding heart and refocused her attention.

She suddenly remembered Kong Fangren in the room and took Gu Yingzhou by the hand, walking towards another room.

"Professor Kong Fangren is inside."

"He’s hurt; come with me and have a look."

The medicine she fed him was enough to save Kong Fangren’s life—that was the least it could do.

But the bullet inside him needed to be removed soon, or it would harm his health.

When Gu Yingzhou heard that Kong Fangren was here, his eyes remained unperturbed.

But when he learned the man was injured, his handsome brows slightly furrowed, almost imperceptibly.

"Injured?"

Gu Yingzhou hurried his steps, pushed open the door, and entered.

Then he looked over and saw Kong Fangren lying there.

The man on the kang bed lay flat, his abdomen spreading a wide swathe of red.

His usually neat hair was a messy tangle, intermingled with yellowing leaves.

He looked nothing like the elegant and distinguished professor who had returned from abroad.

Gu Yingzhou observed that Kong Fangren’s complexion didn’t resemble that of excessive blood loss. As he examined the wound, he asked, "Have you given him medicine?"

Lin Tang nodded, and afraid he hadn’t noticed, she replied, "Yes, I have. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so spirited."

Just look, it’s like he’s fast asleep.

Gu Yingzhou looked at Lin Tang with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"You call this spirited?"

The little girl is really mischievous.

Lin Tang lightly nodded her chin, "Well, isn’t he spirited? Look at his complexion; it’s rosy beneath the white. If that isn’t spirited, what is?"

To save someone, she had used freshly made good medicine.

It was impossible for him not to be spirited.

Gu Yingzhou looked again, and indeed, the situation was as Lin Tang had described.

Someone who worked in research all year would be pale, and Kong Fangren’s natural pallor plus his lack of sun exposure gave his skin a sickly whiteness.

But now, it was tinged with a healthy pink, radiating vitality.

Gu Yingzhou: "..."

It was his first time seeing someone shot who actually appeared healthier.

If it weren’t for the red wound on the professor’s belly, he would have thought the man was in a deep sleep.

Seeing that Gu Yingzhou had run out of arguments, Lin Tang proudly lifted her small chin a bit higher.

Hmm-hmm~

Her medicine was fair and effective toward all, you see!