Escape

Some of the things Lu Zhi had upheld from beginning to end were things they had failed to do back then.

Shen Ranxin shifted against the restraints binding him and said, "Help me sit up."

Cheng Cheng reached out and helped Shen Ranxin up, letting him lean against the bed.

Shen Ranxin lowered his eyes. The light made him look impossibly noble and aloof. Cheng Cheng gazed at him obsessively and took hold of Shen Ranxin's wrist. "Ran, don't worry. Everything will pass. Afterward, we can be together again."

"It'll all pass?" Shen Ranxin sneered. "How will it pass? By continuing to extract my memories? Is it me you want? Stop fucking lying to yourself. All you want is a puppet that obeys your every word. You just want that puppet to have my face."

Cheng Cheng's face went pale. He opened his mouth, wanting to argue, but he could not defend even a single thing he had done. In the end, he could only silently close his mouth.

Shen Qi carried over a bowl of prepared plain congee and held it to Shen Ranxin's lips. "Be good. Eat something. Once you're full, you can keep sleeping."

Shen Ranxin looked at the bowl of plain congee and said, "I don't eat plain congee. I want preserved egg and lean pork congee."

Shen Qi paused, but said nothing. Patiently, he set down the bowl and went out to make Shen Ranxin some preserved egg and lean pork congee.

Shen Ranxin closed his eyes to rest.

The effects of the drugs in his body seemed to be slowly wearing off. He could feel his strength gradually returning.

But there had to be something wrong with whatever Shen Qi brought him. He absolutely could not eat it.

Before long, Shen Qi came in