Gu Zheng smiled. "It doesn't hurt! Thank you for taking care of me! I've been sleeping this whole time while you've been wearing yourself out for me!"
Song Ning felt a sting in her nose.
"That's right! I barely slept last night because of your injuries! You'd better get well soon!"
Gu Zheng moved his hand, as though he wanted to touch her face.
Unfortunately, his left hand was immobilized, and his right had an IV in it and a sensor clipped to it.
"Don't move! You can't move yet! Just hang in there for two more days... then you'll be fine!" Song Ning rose slightly and leaned her cheek against his arm.
The smile on Gu Zheng's face deepened.
But the tips of his ears quietly turned red.
"The Buddha Lord..."
He had barely brought him up before Song Ning took over.
"The Buddha Lord is dead! He didn't get away! You caught up with him! He'll never hurt anyone again!"
"Dead? Really?" Gu Zheng was a little surprised. "He really died?"
"Yes! We all went to confirm it! He drowned! And we caught the woman who was with him! They should be able to question her today! Everyone they could catch has been caught, and everyone they could recover from the water has been brought back! They're handling it, so just focus on recovering!"
Only then did Gu Zheng let out a long sigh of relief.
"Now I can finally rest easy!"
Song Ning reached out to check his pulse. It was still terribly weak.
Not daring to talk with him much longer, she said softly, "Rest a little more! Don't worry about what's happening outside! Recover first!"
"All right!" Gu Zheng gazed steadily at her. "I'll do whatever you say! Once this case is over, I'm taking