binnovel Chapter 846 - 845: You Can't Afford It
Chapter 846 - 845: You Can't Afford It
During this process, fortunately, after Chu Ge performed several rounds of chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, Mu Xiaoting's breathing and heart rate showed significant improvement, allowing Chu Ge to finally breathe a slight sigh of relief.In the urgency of the moment earlier, Chu Ge had no mood or time to think of anything else, but now he felt somewhat awkward.
The moment this awkward feeling arose in Chu Ge's mind, he humorously shook his head, wondering what kind of weird thoughts he was having. This was a life-and-death moment for Mu Xiaoting, so what was there to be embarrassed about?
In any case, the necessary first aid measures had to continue without interruption because they could mean the difference between life and death for Mu Xiaoting. Besides, even if Mu Xiaoting woke up and felt awkward, it didn't matter — awkwardness never killed anyone.
To put it more bluntly, if Mu Xiaoting were to just die like this, disregard everything else; it would at least not justify the half-night that had tormented him.
Chu Ge continued to give Mu Xiaoting mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions. He could feel her condition improving, yet she still hadn't opened her eyes.
Now... this was a bit strange, wasn't it?
At first, Chu Ge didn't pay much attention, lost in his thoughts, because a stronger heartbeat and smoother breathing didn't always mean the drowning victim would wake up.
However, after performing another set of chest compressions, he finally noticed that something was off — Mu Xiaoting's heartbeat... was quite irregular?
Beating so fast like a drum but not waking up, what kind of nonsense was that?
Realizing this, Chu Ge stopped what he was doing and closely observed Mu Xiaoting's face. Sure enough, her eyelashes were lightly fluttering.
"Alright, if you're awake, stop pretending. Those bastards have already tormented me for half the night. What, you plan to lie here and play dead to torment me the other half of the night? Would you be thrilled if I died from exhaustion?"
Chu Ge said grumpily, but Mu Xiaoting remained motionless.
"Are you getting up or not? If you don't, I'm leaving!"
As Chu Ge spoke, he stood up from Mu Xiaoting and kicked her a couple of times, but she still didn't move.
"Fine, if you want to lie there, keep lying. I'm done serving you; I'm exhausted."
Chu Ge muttered, rolled his eyes, and turned to leave.
With the rustling sound of footsteps on fallen leaves, Chu Ge walked further and further away.
Chu Ge thought he'd walk two or three meters away, and Mu Xiaoting would be about to call after him. However, this time he miscalculated; he walked over ten meters, and couldn't help but look back at Mu Xiaoting, who was still lying motionless on the ground, showing no response whatsoever.
"What the hell, is she playing a princess? How much did I owe her in a past life to deserve this mess? I'm really done!"
Chu Ge sighed; though frustrated, all he could do was turn back and walk towards Mu Xiaoting again. There's no way he'd really leave her there, despite his threats.
Squatting next to Mu Xiaoting, Chu Ge flicked her forehead and impatiently said, "Hey, isn't that enough?"
"Hey? Still pretending to be dead? Do you really think I have no means to deal with you?"
"What's this? Are you enjoying my massages so much you're waiting for more? Fine, you want a massage, I'll give you a 'deep' one."
As he said this, Chu Ge reached out again towards Mu Xiaoting, scratching her collarbone with a fingernail. Just as he was about to go further, Mu Xiaoting finally reacted, lifting her hand to grab his wrist and slowly opened her eyes.
Meeting Mu Xiaoting's wavering gaze, Chu Ge laughed teasingly, "Not playing dead anymore?"
Mu Xiaoting looked at Chu Ge, and after a moment suddenly let out a smile mingled with mock anger but also full of helplessness, "How can there be someone like you in this world?"
Chu Ge rolled his eyes, "Someone like me? What kind of person am I?"
Mu Xiaoting pursed her lips, "You were just now..."
Chu Ge impatiently glanced at Mu Xiaoting, "Is your mind in the gutter? What was I just doing? Why are you hemming and hawing? Oh, am I taking advantage of you? Missy, can you stop with the nonsense? You should be secretly happy you're still alive. Has your brain been kicked by a donkey? At this point, where do you get all this fuss?"
Scolded by Chu Ge this way, Mu Xiaoting looked even more wronged and said softly, "But..."
"Alright, stop with the 'but's. Let me remind you again, if I hadn't helped you, you'd be dead by now, let alone have the energy to bicker with me? Get up quickly."
Mu Xiaoting was almost in tears, "How can you be like this?"
Chu Ge curled his lips, "I'm just like that. And go ahead, take that as a compliment to me. Alright, get up quickly. Lord knows if those bastards will find this place; in my current state, with you as a burdensome dead weight, I can't guarantee we'll come out unscathed."
"You! Can't you say something nice? I almost died, can't you be a bit gentlemanly? At least, you should help me up, right?"
"What time is it now, and you're still acting like a spoiled princess? How pretentious..." Chu Ge muttered, but he still grabbed Mu Xiaoting's hand. Just as he was about to help her up, he suddenly realized something, "By the way, fix your clothes."
Mu Xiaoting sighed, "I don't have the strength now, can you help me?"
Chu Ge was a bit surprised, looking amusedly at Mu Xiaoting, "Yo? Why so generous this time?"
Mu Xiaoting didn't respond, enduring the pain throughout her body, she slowly straightened her back. While Chu Ge was helping her, she asked a question.
"Before you jumped down, why did you specifically say that sentence?"
"Are you brainless? Obviously to confuse the enemy, make them think I wanted to die with you, creating an illusion that I was desperate."
"Oh..." Mu Xiaoting breathed a sigh of relief.
In two sentences, Chu Ge pulled Mu Xiaoting up, "Shall we go?"
Mu Xiaoting didn't move, she side-eyed the nearby trees, biting her lip.
Chu Ge reached out to grab Mu Xiaoting's hand, "Missy, what's wrong again? Do you really want to wait for them to find us here and kill us both?"
Mu Xiaoting quickly pulled her hand back, "You, you're just leaving like this?"
At this moment, Chu Ge was incredibly impatient, he of course knew what Mu Xiaoting was struggling with, but in his view, Mu Xiaoting's struggle was rather untimely.
"Nonsense, how else am I supposed to leave? For you, Missy, I've thrown away my clothes, pants, shoes, socks, even my handbag, do you know..."
When mentioning the handbag, a surge of anger flared up in Chu Ge's heart, and his face suddenly turned grim. He then sighed slightly, shaking his head dispiritedly.
"Forget it, I'd like to put something on, the problem is what do I have to wear? Besides, it's not like you just saw me like this for the first time, you've already seen everything and I'm not saying anything, can't you stop making a fuss?"
Looking at Chu Ge's face, which had turned from angry to forlorn, a pang of bitterness arose in Mu Xiaoting's heart, "I... I'm sorry, is it because of me that you lost something important? I'm willing to compensate, no matter how much money, I will..."
Originally, Chu Ge didn't want to bring this up, but hearing Mu Xiaoting still mentioning it, the simmering anger flared up again. Suddenly, he swung a punch past Mu Xiaoting's ear, hitting the tree behind her heavily.
That punch was thrown with great force, leaves fell from the sky, and Mu Xiaoting was stunned.
"Mu Xiaoting, listen to me! What I lost, you can't afford to replace! Your dad, who's a provincial party secretary, can't afford it either! No fucking way! In this world, money and power can indeed buy and exchange many things, but there are also some things that no amount of money can buy, and no amount of power can have!"
Mu Xiaoting stared blankly at Chu Ge. She had good intentions, she didn't expect Chu Ge to explode into anger without any warning, and... with such intensity.
Unconsciously, all of Mu Xiaoting's focus was on Chu Ge's eyes.
In those eyes burning with rage, she only saw deep loss and heartache. This was the first time she had seen such an expression on Chu Ge's face.
Piece by piece, rain-soaked leaves fell from the tree behind her, and also falling to the ground were the tears suddenly bursting from Mu Xiaoting's eyes.
This half-night, the tears Mu Xiaoting shed were far more than the sum of the past few years.
Today, especially at this moment, this reckless, sharp-tongued, obsessive, crude, and chauvinistic man had completely overturned much of what she had steadfastly believed for over twenty years!
"I'm sorry..."
Besides these three words, Mu Xiaoting had nothing else to say.
Chu Ge withdrew his fist from the tree, raised a hand to pinch the bridge of his nose, exhaled slowly, and pointed to the belt he had thrown aside earlier, "Alright, stop talking, put on your belt, and come with me."
Mu Xiaoting silently bent down to pick up the belt, the eyes filled with tears suddenly showed some hesitation, which quickly turned into determination.
As Mu Xiaoting was picking up the belt, Chu Ge had already started to walk, yet after a few meters, he neither heard the sound of a belt being fastened nor footsteps from Mu Xiaoting.
His heart was full of irritability, what on earth was this young lady who caused him so much trouble doing again?
When Chu Ge turned back to look, he suddenly froze, his tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed, and he couldn't help but doubt his eyes.