80: The inside is surprisingly full of surprises.

Forget it, she closed her eyes dejectedly.

Whatever happens, happens.

Anyway, she had already lost enough face tonight; a little more wouldn't make a difference.

On the other side.

Lin Chao walked into the bathroom, went to the sink, and turned on the faucet.

Icy cold tap water flowed out with a splashing sound.

He cupped some water in his hands and splashed it forcefully onto his face.

The bone-chilling cold instantly cleared his head, which had been a bit dizzy from exhaustion and the suggestive scene earlier.

From the corner of his eye, he caught an inadvertent glimpse of the woven laundry basket in the corner.

At the very top, an eye-catching splash of purple instantly seized his full attention.

Lace trimming.

Exquisite bows.

And a silky fabric that looked expensive at a glance.

Good grief.

He hadn't expected this iceberg female boss, who looked so cold and abstinent on the outside, to be... so well-endowed on the inside.

Lin Chao's Adam's apple bobbed uncontrollably once more.

However, he only took that one extra look.

See no evil, see no evil.

He muttered it twice to himself, forcing his gaze away from that patch of purple.

He considered himself to be quite the gentleman.

He cupped a few more handfuls of cold water and rubbed them haphazardly over his face.

The heat that had risen from the tension and ambiguity earlier was finally suppressed completely, and he felt much more refreshed.

Turning off the faucet, Lin Chao grabbed a disposable face towel to wipe his face before turning and walking out of the bathroom.

He walked back to the bedside.

Shen Zhixia was staring at him with wide eyes, her beautiful gaze filled with inquiry and scrutiny.

Lin Chao felt a bit uneasy under her gaze.

He deliberately avoided looking at her upper body, his gaze landing on the wrinkles of the bedsheets as he sat down on the other side of the bed.

There was a safe distance between them, enough for another person to lie down.

He didn't speak.

Instead, he reached out and took one of her hands that was resting outside the quilt.

Shen Zhixia's wrist was slender and cold.

Lin Chao's two fingers accurately pressed against her pulse.

That bit of warmth was like a pebble thrown into an icy lake, instantly sending ripple after ripple across her dead-silent heart.

She could even clearly feel her heartbeat skip a beat under his fingertips.

Then, it began to thrum wildly at an unprecedented speed.

Lin Chao, however, seemed completely unaware.

Time ticked by, second by second.

Only the sound of their intermingled breathing remained in the room.

Shen Zhixia felt as if her wrist was about to be burned through by the temperature of his fingertips.

Just as she was about to reflexively pull her hand back, Lin Chao finally moved.

His tense jawline seemed to relax slightly, and his furrowed brows quietly smoothed out.

He let out a long breath of turbid air. "Fortunately."

He released her hand, his voice somewhat raspy.

"Though your pulse is still a bit weak and floating, it has finally stabilized."

He picked up his phone to check the time. "In another twenty minutes, the needles can be removed."

Twenty minutes... Shen Zhixia's heart tightened again.

In other words, they had to remain in this bizarre situation for another twenty minutes.

She looked at his face, which was somewhat pale from exhaustion, and finally couldn't hold back the question that had been swirling in her mind for so long, nearly bursting out of her.

"You..." Her voice was also dry, as if it had been ground by sandpaper. "Why do you know medicine?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Chao merely lifted his eyelids and glanced at her with a strange look, as if he were looking at an idiot.

"Because I learned it, of course!"

He answered matter-of-factly, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"..." Shen Zhixia was so choked by his words that she almost couldn't catch her breath.

Nonsense!

Of course I know you learned it!

Did you even need to say that?!

She felt her blood pressure soaring at a dangerous speed.

The bright Silver Needles on her chest seemed to tremble slightly with her rapid breathing.

She took a deep breath, then another.

She tried to tell herself to be calm, she must be calm.

The other person was her savior; she couldn't lose her temper.

She forcibly suppressed the urge to strangle him and tried to make her tone sound as peaceful as possible.

"What I mean is..." She enunciated every word clearly, fearing he wouldn't understand again, "You're so young, why is your medical skill... so good?"

So good that he could forcefully drag someone back who had already stepped into the gates of hell.

This could no longer be described as 'good'.

This was a miracle.

This time, Lin Chao finally understood.

He rubbed his chin and thought seriously for a moment.

Then, under Shen Zhixia's expectant gaze, he grinned, revealing a row of white teeth.

"Probably..."

"Because I'm a genius."

"..." Shen Zhixia looked at him expressionlessly.

Her mind went blank for a moment.

She found that it was truly difficult to communicate normally with the man in front of her.

He seemed to always miss the point.

Or perhaps, he was doing it on purpose.

Using this cynical attitude to avoid the questions she truly wanted to ask.

Shen Zhixia decided to try another way.

She adjusted her emotions, her gaze becoming sharper with the scrutiny of a superior.

"I'm just a bit curious."

"Since your medical skills are so good, why did you choose to work at our Health and Wellness company?"

"And in the Marketing Department, as a Sales Supervisor no less."

This was the core of the problem.

A divine doctor who could bring the dead back to life was running around selling massagers.

It was too illogical.

This time, Lin Chao stopped joking.

The smile on his face faded, and his gaze became somewhat distant.

He casually tossed out an answer that almost gave Shen Zhixia a heart attack on the spot.

"Because I don't have a Medical License!"

Boom!

Shen Zhixia felt as if something had exploded in her head.

No... Medical License?

So, the person who had just touched her chest, poked her with needles, and pulled her back from the brink of death... was an unlicensed quack?!

She felt like she was going crazy.

The frustration she had just suppressed surged up once more.

She was certain that if it weren't for these Silver Needles still in her body, she would definitely faint right now.

Although her reason told her that he didn't seem to be lying.

But this answer was really not what she wanted to hear!

She opened her mouth, wanting to ask more.

For instance, who was his master? Why didn't he have a license? What exactly was his background?

But before she could speak, Lin Chao beat her to it and threw a question back: "Your condition is so serious, haven't you gone to a hospital to get checked?"