Although her purification purity was very high, she did not intend to show it to Shen Yuanshu.
Loyal to
"He's just, he won't really do anything to outsiders. As long as they keep their mouths shut, what's there to fear?"
Shen Yuanshu's tone became impatient. "Alright, there are only a few people outside who know I'm here. You keep a good eye on them and don't cause any trouble."
Footsteps approached, and Huo Rou calmly turned and sat on the sofa, fiddling with a lunchbox.
Her expression was calm, but she was secretly thinking.
Based on their conversation, it seemed Shen Yuanshu had created a false impression.
He wanted everyone to think she was dead?
Heh.
Huo Rou tugged at the corner of her mouth. They went to such great lengths, and she thought it was to threaten Qin Ningyi or the project team with her. Turns out, he was just faking her death...
Never mind whether the person in the lake looked like her.
If they really fished someone out, how could modern medicine not be able to identify a person's identity?
She couldn't understand the purpose of this tactic.
A hostage is most useful alive.
And an obstacle is most beneficial dead.
"Finished?" Shen Yuanshu opened the door and saw Huo Rou already sitting on the sofa opening her lunchbox.
Huo Rou was noncommittal, picking up her chopsticks to start eating.
Shen Yuanshu wasn't angry and smiled, "You're not afraid of me poisoning you now?"
Huo Rou swallowed a mouthful of food, her voice flat, "If you really wanted me dead, I'd die soon even if you did nothing."
"After all, you know about the poison in me."
She had seen the data on Shen Yuanshu's computer, and it was indeed the research process and data for Samael.
And Shen Yuanshu was indeed matching an antidote based on that document.
Or, perhaps, a temporary relief medication.
Huo Rou cooperated and showed trust on the surface, but in reality, she had memorized the Samael research document.
This information would definitely speed up the antidote research time for Shen Wuyou.
This poison could truly be cured then.
Her comrades would no longer have to fear this Samael poison, no longer be tormented by it.
"Shut up!" Shen Yuanshu roared, overturning all the food on the table with a sudden smash.
His eyes bloodshot, he glared at Huo Rou. "I've only just found you, you can't die, I won't allow it!"
"Huo Rou, you are mine!"
Shen Yuanshu's gaze fell on Huo Rou's fair, delicate, and tender wrist.
So beautiful, it made one want to crush it.
Shen Yuanshu's sinister thoughts resurfaced.
He lunged forward and grabbed Huo Rou's wrist.
"Even though you have a son, I don't care."
"Be my woman."
"I will save you."
"I will make you happy!"
Shen Yuanshu suddenly went mad, his arm tightening as he tried to pull Huo Rou into his embrace.
Huo Rou's beautiful eyebrows knitted. "Shen Yuanshu!"
With that, she made a sharp turn and escaped his grasp.
The frenzied Shen Yuanshu tightly gripped Huo Rou's wrist. Due to frequent poison attacks, Huo Rou's strength was no longer what it used to be.
"Let go!" A dangerous glint appeared in her eyes.
Shen Yuanshu looked at her reddening wrist in his hand, his eyes filled with even greater excitement.
"See, doesn't it look similar?" He extended his own wrist to her. "Beautiful, isn't it?"
"You gave it to me, and I still cherish it."
Shen Yuanshu's narrow eyes were filled with mad love.
Huo Rou didn't have time to ponder the meaning of his words before he quickly lunged at her.
She fumbled for a vase on the table, and with a swift movement, slammed it heavily onto the back of Shen Yuanshu's head.
Glass shards scattered everywhere.
Shen Yuanshu staggered, feeling liquid flowing down his neck.
"You hit me?"
His eyes turned even more bloodshot. After uttering this through gritted teeth, he then grinned.
"I like it."
He paid no attention to his injuries. While Huo Rou was still struggling to break free, he stumbled backward a few steps.
His listless expression vanished, replaced by a captivating smile.
Huo Rou, already separated from him by a corner of the table, was pulled forward by his backward fall.
Tripping on the table corner, her steps became unsteady.
From a distance, it looked as if she was willingly throwing herself into his arms.
As Shen Yuanshu fell onto the sofa, he landed on a shard of glass from earlier.
The pain of the shard piercing his flesh caused him to groan.
His eyes were blood-red. He looked at Huo Rou with amusement and opened his arms.
Huo Rou caught a glimpse of the scattered glass shards beside him out of the corner of her eye.
Her heart hardened. She twisted her body in mid-air and rolled towards the glass shards.
She attempted to shake off Shen Yuanshu's hand this way.
She flashed a stunning smile, like a Lycoris radiata swaying in the night.
Is he crazy?
When she's crazy...
He probably doesn't even know what he's doing.
The madness in Shen Yuanshu's eyes flickered, replaced by rising anger mixed with a hint of panic.