You Think You're Worthy

Their overly parched lips met, instantly igniting some kind of craving within Shen Ranxin. The metallic tang of rust quickly spread through his mouth, and the blood Lu Zhi fed him through the kiss cleared his mind a little.

Shen Ranxin pushed Lu Zhi away, licked the blood from his lips, and looked at him without speaking.

But all he could think was that Lu Zhi had gotten ahead of him again this time.

"Are you okay?" Lu Zhi rubbed at the corner of Shen Ranxin's eye, glanced down at his feet, which had been tortured beyond recognition by the shackles, then bent down and picked him up.

Shen Ranxin touched Lu Zhi's chest. After a long while, he softly said, "It's real."

It was the real Lu Zhi, the Lu Zhi who always appeared right when he needed him most, the Lu Zhi who always kept his word.

The Lu Zhi who would always take him home.

Shen Ranxin leaned limply against Lu Zhi's chest and quietly said, "They want your gland. This was a trap set for you. You shouldn't have come. Even if you hadn't come, nothing would have happened to me."

Lu Zhi's voice was hoarse. "Nothing would have happened, and yet you got yourself into this state? Shen Ranxin, what are you trying to do? Abandon your wife and child?"

At a time like this, Shen Ranxin was inexplicably amused by him. He wrapped his arms around Lu Zhi's neck, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "I'll take care of you. For the rest of my life, wife."

Lu Zhi glanced at him without slowing down.

The alarms in the villa shrieked without pause, while chaotic footsteps echoed all around them.

Lu Zhi's pace gradually slowed.

Cheng Cheng and Shen Qi, one in front