Frowning, he slightly moved his body, which was in unbearable pain, and the woman in the crook of his arm was even softer, motionless for a long while.
With a 'clunk', he started to panic. In the darkness, he couldn't see her face, only relying on the touch of his hands to feel, to touch her long hair, which was all tangled, to touch her cool little face, to touch her delicate nose tip.
A sense of foreboding instantly gave him the illusion that in the next second, this woman would vanish from the world—
It was messy, so messy; a panic he had never felt before tightly gripped his heart.
Stay calm, he must stay calm!
Trembling, his hand touched her slender and slightly cold neck until he felt the pulsating artery.
Thump-thump, thump-thump...
Phew!
Not until he confirmed that her vital signs were somewhat stable did Xing Liehuo finally relax his tense nerves. When he realized how foolish his actions were once more, he felt utterly stupid.
