She reached out desperately, but all she grasped was emptiness.
Su Mingyu dropped her hand in despair. Her heart sank to the bottom of the valley at that moment.
She had nothing left...
Just as her heart turned to ashes, a strong and warm hand suddenly grasped her icy one.
A deep and reassuring voice came from beside her ear, "Don't be afraid. I'm not going anywhere. I'm right here."
The voice was soft, but it penetrated deep into her ears. Su Mingyu instinctively grasped that hand tightly and then hugged it in her arms, "Don't go... I'm so scared..."
Gu Ruobai looked down at Su Mingyu with teardrops still hanging on her eyelashes. A dull pain welled up in his chest, as if an invisible hand had tightly grabbed it.
He reached out and gently brushed away the glistening teardrops on Su Mingyu's eyelids. His pair of jet - black eyes were as deep as water, glinting with a strange light that made one shiver at a single glance.
He should have noticed earlier that it wasn't that simple for the King of Yu to take her away.
He had been too careless. He thought that with Su Mingyu's intelligence, the King of Yu wouldn't be able to gain an advantage from her. He never expected that the king would use drugs.
By the time he realized it, Su Mingyu had already been taken back to the Su Mansion by the King of Yu.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw Su Mingyu sweating profusely. The drug used for torture had no antidote and could only be slowly metabolized by the body.
During this period, Su Mingyu would only become more and more painful and lose her sanity.
Gu Ruobai's face was as gloomy as water, but his tone of comforting Su Mingyu was extremely gentle, "It's okay. Don't be afraid. I'm here."
As if these short words had taken effect, Su Mingyu hugged his hand, and the tight frown between her eyebrows gradually relaxed.
Looking at such a vulnerable Su Mingyu, Gu Ruobai frowned with pity, "What on earth could make you so concerned?"
But the person on the bed obviously had no intention of answering him. She just curled up there like a wounded little animal, silent without a sound. She looked extremely obedient, which only made people feel more pity for her.
Maybe it was because she had something to hold on to, or maybe it was the deep voice in her ear that had an effect. In any case, when Su Mingyu opened her eyes again, she was obviously not as uncomfortable.
"You're awake?"
A cold voice came from above. Su Mingyu looked up and met a pair of deep eyes.
Su Mingyu blinked her eyes. It took her a while to squint her eyes in confusion, "Gu Ruobai? Why are you here?"
There was not much coldness in Gu Ruobai's cold eyes, "Do you know that you had a high fever all night last night?"
Su Mingyu shook her head, "I don't know."
"Do you know that you were drugged by the King of Yu?" Gu Ruobai's face wasn't looking good, but his eyes were gentle.
Su Mingyu looked into his eyes as if she was about to get lost in them. After a long time, she suddenly showed a beautiful smile, "You're worried about me!"
Gu Ruobai reached out and tapped her on the forehead, "Seeing that you're like this, you should be okay. Come on, drink the medicine."
Looking at the medicine bowl in his hand, Su Mingyu suddenly remembered, "You stayed here all night?"
Gu Ruobai looked at her non - committally, "What do you think?"
"I..." Su Mingyu's brain seemed to be suddenly connected. All the memories of last night came flooding back.
She glanced at Gu Ruobai's face, which showed signs of a sleepless night. Suddenly, her cheeks felt a little hot.
"That... You could have just pulled your hand away when I grabbed you!"
She had never seen someone so stupid. He had endured it for an entire night!
Looking at her blushing cheeks, Gu Ruobai curled his thin red lips, "I wanted to pull away, but you wouldn't let me. You hugged me so tightly."
Su Mingyu: ...
Seeing Su Mingyu's face darken again, Gu Ruobai reached out worriedly and touched her forehead. Finding that she didn't have a fever, the stone in his heart finally dropped, "What's wrong?"
Su Mingyu looked up at Gu Ruobai and suddenly grinned, "Thank you."
She had the lonely dream again after a long time.
But this time when she woke up, she wasn't alone anymore.
"Thank me for what?" Gu Ruobai handed her the medicine bowl in his hand, "Take the medicine first."
Su Mingyu nodded obediently, took it, and drank it all in one gulp. Just as she was about to wipe the remaining medicine stains on the corner of her mouth with her hand, Gu Ruobai had already taken out a silk handkerchief and wiped her mouth for her.
"Did you have a nightmare last night?"
Gu Ruobai looked at her with concern in his eyes.
Su Mingyu lowered her eyes. After a long time, she nodded and then sighed, "I had a good friend. She would always appear beside me whenever I felt lonely. But later, she died because she was too close to me."
As she spoke, Su Mingyu's eyes became a little red, "Since then, I've learned to handle my emotions alone."
This was a compulsory course for them as secret agents, but she had paid such a high price to learn to abandon her emotions.
Looking at Su Mingyu's pale face, Gu Ruobai reached out and ruffled her hair, "I won't leave you."
It was also these words that had calmed her down last night.
Su Mingyu grinned at Gu Ruobai. Her bright eyes were shining brightly, "It's okay. I won't feel lonely anymore."
She had Gu Ruobai, Zhizhu, and Xiamian by her side. It was these gentle people who had taught her to be gentle.
"However, since the King of Yu thought of using me, he should also be able to think of using others to find your weaknesses. What are you going to do?"
Maybe because she had had a good sleep, Su Mingyu's mind was unexpectedly clear.
Gu Ruobai slightly raised the corner of his mouth, "Then just let him see me and Mo Wenyuan appear together, won't it be okay?"
"The figure can be replaced by someone else, but what about the voice?" Su Mingyu didn't think they could find someone who met such conditions.
Gu Ruobai raised an eyebrow and only said two words, "Ventriloquism."
There was such a thing?
Su Mingyu couldn't help but laugh, "It seems I've over - complicated things. Has the show of the No.1 Fragrance started? Let's go and take a look."
Gu Ruobai estimated the time and said in a deep voice, "It's just the right time to go now."
"What are we waiting for? Let's go quickly."
Everything they had done was for today. She didn't want to be delayed at this crucial moment.
After saying that, Su Mingyu got out of bed, picked up the clothes beside the bed, and put them on without caring about Gu Ruobai beside her.
Seeing this, Gu Ruobai could only sigh helplessly and then turned around to wait for her to get dressed.
Su Mingyu casually found a hair ribbon to tie up her hair. When she turned around, she saw Gu Ruobai's back. Then she suddenly remembered her actions just now.
Although she was wearing an inner garment, it didn't seem very appropriate to change clothes in front of a man...
Looking at Gu Ruobai's straight back, Su Mingyu suddenly hugged him tightly from behind.