Chapter 8

She lowered her head and looked at her left wrist. Her wound had opened, and the blood was seeping through.

“Gu Mocheng, you as*hole…”

…

When Gu Mocheng passed by the entrance into the military camp, a thought passed his mind. He marched to the security guard.

“This is a military base. Unauthorized personnel is strictly prohibited. I don’t care what methods Jian Jianan used to sneak in this time. Next time, you do not let her in. I don’t care who says otherwise!”

“Yes, sir!”

“Good. Thank you for your effort!”

Just as Gu Mocheng was about to head in, the security guard called out to him. “Colonel Gu, your lips…”

‘Lips?’ he wondered.

Gu Mocheng glanced at the polished glass door. His handsome face darkened in an instant. ‘Damn it, Jian Jianan!’ Her lipstick was smudged on his lips.

He could not stop thinking about how soft they felt. How could someone’s lips be so soft? A strange, yet familiar feeling rushed into his lower body as he reminisced on that moment.

He cursed quietly. As he wiped away the smudge of lipstick, he noticed blood on his palm.

He frowned and rubbed it hard. ‘Since the blood is coming off, and he is not injured, could it be…’ he figured.

He was grabbing her left wrist with this hand…

“Mocheng, the Jian family insisted on calling off the engagement. Not only that, Jian Jianan slit her wrist because of it. We don’t have to be in-laws with the Jian family, and it’s not like Jian Jianan is your only choice. Let’s call it off!”

He received her mother’s phone call just a few days back. ‘Ah… So her wounded wrist was from to her attempted suicide? She deserved it!’ he thought.

Furthermore, whether or not she was hurt was none of his business.

Thinking on this, Gu Mocheng headed in with a look of distress on his face. “Colonel Gu, there is something I think I should inform you about. Miss Jian had already sent her driver away. She looked like she had hurt her foot, and it’s at least a two-hour ride into the city. She…”

“Mind your business!”

“Yes, sir!”

Gu Mocheng furrowed his eyebrows - he could kill a fly between his brows. His contemplation was obvious. Right now, everyone could see it.

His voice was low and deep as he cursed, and he made a dash for the entrance!

From a distance, Gu Mocheng spotted Jian Jianan shaded under a big tree. As he neared, he noticed Jian Jianan leaning on it with her eyes closed. She looked pale.

His pupils tightened. He ran towards her, held her up, and patted her cheeks.

“Jian Jianan… Wake up, Jian Jianan…”

Jian Jianan’s eyes were heavy. She tried opening them wide, and saw a blurry, handsome face. “You jerk!”

She mumbled these words, and fell completely unconscious.

Gu Mocheng felt an ache in his heart. He took her in his arms, and rushed towards the infirmary as quickly as he could.

When Jian Jianan regained consciousness, her entire body was sore.

She wanted to lift herself up, but she accidentally awakened on her wound on her left wrist and wailed in pain.

“Are you awake?”

She heard a clear voice, and turned. Gu Mocheng’s pitch-black eyes met hers. Her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Jian Jianan drew closer to Gu Mocheng, and closer still.

She thought Gu Mocheng would steer away. She did not expect him to stay, not moving a muscle. If Jian Jianan kept advancing, she might have kissed him again.

They could not have been any closer. Her tiny, delicate nose was just below Gu Mocheng’s straight, attractive one. Their lips were a centimeter apart - just almost touching. If either one of them leaned forward, they would be kissing.

His masculinity and his light musk invaded her senses, and her breathing turned into irregular gasps. She could feel the tension in the air.

She did not want to lose her pride to Gu Mocheng, so she ignored his stony gaze and grinned. “Admit it, you can’t bear the thought of me suffering!”

As she finished speaking, Gu Mocheng tugged her left arm and put distance between them.

She caught Gu Mocheng glancing with his eagle eyes at her treated wound. Filled with guilt, she pulled her arm away. “Hey… I accidentally hurt myself!”

“Accidentally committed suicide?”

“Not suicide. I…”

“Suicide or not, it isn’t any of my business. I have already informed your family to come get you. Now that you’re awake, you can leave now and stop wasting everybody’s time!”

Gu Mocheng rose. As he was about to leave, she clasped the hem of his shirt with a delicate, fair hand.

“Gu Mocheng, there is a beautiful woman here, right in front of you, but you keep asking me to leave. Tell me the truth, are you really bad at sex? Or are you G-A-Y?”