"You mustn’t!" Before Tang Ming could finish speaking, Xu Pei had already cried out sternly, "I won’t let you harm Zimo."
Tang Ming glanced sideways, looking at her bandaged face, "What did you say?"
He frowned deeply, staring at Xu Pei before him, his eyes filled with disbelief.
At this point, was she still protecting that person?
"I won’t let you harm Zimo," Xu Pei repeated.
"Do you still love him?" Tang Ming asked quietly.
"No, I don’t!" Xu Pei turned her face away, not looking into his eyes, "I just don’t want my Emperor View to be destroyed. I built it from the ground up; it’s my dream. If sothing happens to Leng Zimo, Emperor View will be finished..."
"You’re lying!" Tang Ming grabbed her wrist forcefully, lifting her gloved hand to her own eyes, "Look at this, look at what you’ve beco. All thanks to Leng Zimo. You’re still protecting him, talking about Emperor View, talking about your dreams, you’re lying about it all..."
Her wounds on the hand were still fresh, and his grip made them throb with pain. Xu Pei winced, her face crinkling beneath the bandages, "Tang Ming, let go, it hurts!"
Catching a glimpse of the tears in her eyes, Tang Ming felt a twinge of pain in his heart. In his panic, he let go of her hand and helped her to sit down on a chair, "I’m so sorry, I didn’t an to hurt you... Xiao Pei, don’t cry... The wounds on your face haven’t healed yet; tears could affect the skin graft, I promise you, I won’t go after Leng Zimo, be good... stop crying..."
He took a cotton swab from beside him and gently dabbed away the tears at the corners of her eyes with the cotton.
His movents, exceedingly tender.
Xu Pei sat on the chair, watching his focused actions, and her tears gradually stopped, calming down.
"Tang Ming, I know you want to avenge , but I..."
At this, Xu Pei choked up again.
Even though she ended up like this because of Leng Zimo, even though he had treated her with such cold indifference, the love in her heart for that person had never lessened, how could she truly bring herself to harm him.
"I know, don’t cry, I won’t target Leng Zimo, I promise you," he assured her.
Xu Pei, with her gloved hand, held onto his palm, "I want you to swear!"
Tang Ming raised his right hand, "Alright, I swear I won’t give these photos to the dia, now stop crying, okay?"
Looking at the fullness of tenderness and doting on his face, Xu Pei suddenly threw her arms around his neck in a hug, "Tang Ming, why are you so good to , why did Leng Zimo treat like that..."
"Because, I’m your best friend, aren’t I!" Tang Ming patted her back lightly, comforting her.
After a while, Xu Pei gradually quieted down.
"Let’s go, I’ll take you back to sleep," Tang Ming stood up, supporting her back to the sterile room and onto the bed, then carefully covered her with a thin blanket. He sat beside her, handing over a sleeping pill and water, "Get a good night’s sleep."
After taking the pill, Xu Pei snuggled into the pillow, "Tang Ming, could you stay with for a while?"
"Sure!" Patting her back, Tang Ming whispered softly, "I’ll tell you about our childhood, I rember, we went to the sa kindergarten..."
With his comforting words, Xu Pei gradually fell asleep.
Tang Ming tried to get up and leave, but found that like a child, she was still clutching his hands tightly.
"Don’t go... Zimo... don’t leave ..."
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