The bone-chilling voice, heavy with overwhelming hatred, assailed him.

Lin Xiao's heart skipped a beat.

Fuck. I've been exposed.

So that's why she suddenly asked me to get her phone. She was testing me all along.

But Lin Xiao knew he absolutely couldn't admit it now. Otherwise, this chick would chop him to pieces.

"Bullshit! I'm not blind, of course I can see!" Lin Xiao said righteously.

"So, you saw my entire body?"

Shen Jingzhe's tone grew even colder, as if it were laced with ice. The spacious room instantly became terrifyingly cold.

"What do you mean?" Lin Xiao asked, feigning ignorance.

"Asshole, if you keep playing dumb with me, believe it or not, I'll go find your wife right now and tell her you could actually see the whole time but pretended to be blind, taking the chance to look at my naked body!"

Shit.

Lin Xiao was instantly furious.

"Shen Jingzhe, are you fucking sick? I was kind enough to help you detoxify, but look at you! You have the gall to accuse me of something like that!"

Shen Jingzhe coldly glanced at Lin Xiao. "Accusing you? Let me ask you, how did you know my phone was on the nightstand? And the bathroom light wasn't on earlier. How did you find my towel?"

"I sensed it!"

"Bullshit, you could see," Shen Jingzhe shouted angrily.

"Damn it, Shen Jingzhe, do you have a persecution complex? In a room so dark you can't see your hand in front of your face, you'd need built-in night vision goggles to see a damn thing!"

Shen Jingzhe fell silent.

Honestly, Lin Xiao's words made her doubt herself.

He's right, it's pitch-black in here. A normal person wouldn't be able to see a thing. Forget normal, even someone with an incredible cultivation level probably couldn't see. I certainly can't. Lin Xiao's cultivation is even weaker than mine, so he's even less likely to be able to see. But then how did he find the towel? And how did he locate my phone so accurately? Could he really have sensed it all through intuition?

Shen Jingzhe found it hard to believe.

"Fine, Lin Xiao. I'll remember what you said. You'd better not be lying, because if I find out you are, I'll make sure you regret ever being born!"

"Psycho," Lin Xiao muttered.

Though that's what he said out loud, he couldn't help but breathe an internal sigh of relief.

That was close. I almost got busted. Good thing I'm so quick-witted. Otherwise, I might not have made it out of her room alive today.

Shen Jingzhe paid no further attention to Lin Xiao. The severe pain had sapped her of the energy to argue about anything else. Her snow-white teeth bit down hard on the towel. Even so, veins faintly popped on her smooth forehead, and the agony in her clear eyes was impossible to hide.

It was obvious she was in a great deal of pain.

Of course, Lin Xiao knew how painful it was. While he had never experienced this exact situation, he had endured other things. When he was very young, a few old geezers, in their efforts to temper his body, had thrown him directly into a medicinal bath filled with venomous snakes. He couldn't count the number of times he had nearly died. Each time, just as he was about to meet the King of Hell, his masters would join forces to pull him back from the brink. Each rescue left Lin Xiao in agonizing pain.

"If you really can't stand the pain, you can scream!"

"Shut up!" Shen Jingzhe snapped, her body quivering.

Lin Xiao fell silent.

Time passed, minute by minute.

「About half an hour later」

The treatment was over.

Lin Xiao glanced at Shen Jingzhe. Her entire body was drenched in sweat, and her hair looked as if it had just been washed.

Shen Jingzhe lay sprawled on the bed. It was unclear if she had collapsed from the pain or the exhaustion. Either way, she was completely spent. She looked utterly helpless and pitiful.

Lin Xiao couldn't bear to watch any longer. He retrieved the Xuantian Needle.

"You get some rest. I'm leaving now!"

Shen Jingzhe didn't speak.

Lin Xiao was about to make his escape, but just then, a knock came from her door.

Lin Xiao froze. Who would be knocking on Shen Jingzhe's door at this hour?

Before he could speak, Su Qingning's voice came from outside.

"Jing Zhe, Lin Xiao is missing."

Her voice sounded frantic. Lin Xiao was dumbfounded. Who would believe that at four in the morning, Su Qingning would be knocking on Shen Jingzhe's door because Lin Xiao had disappeared? Yet, the very person she was looking for was right there in Shen Jingzhe's room.

The moment he heard Su Qingning's voice, Lin Xiao inexplicably panicked. Even though nothing had happened between him and Shen Jingzhe, even though he was truly just here to detoxify her, Su Qingning would never believe it. Especially with Shen Jingzhe being completely naked under the covers. No one would believe their story.

Shen Jingzhe also grew flustered. Though she felt completely drained of strength, hearing Su Qingning's voice made her quickly pull the quilt over herself. She instinctively glanced toward Lin Xiao, but in the pitch-darkness, she could only see his silhouette, not his expression.

Just as Shen Jingzhe was about to speak, Su Qingning's voice came again.

"Jing Zhe, I'm coming in!"

With that, they heard the sound of the doorknob turning.

Panicked, Lin Xiao didn't even think. He rushed to the window. Luckily, it was open. He leaped straight out. He had just landed when Su Qingning opened the door to the room.

Lin Xiao hid under the balcony just outside Shen Jingzhe's room.

My heart is racing like a rocket. That was so close. I was nearly caught. If Su Qingning had seen me, who knows what would've happened.

Just then, he heard Shen Jingzhe and Su Qingning talking inside the room.

"Jing Zhe, what happened to you?" Su Qingning asked in surprise.

Shen Jingzhe replied, "It's nothing, just a side effect of my cultivation practice!"

"You scared me. You're sweating so much, I thought something had happened to you."

"It's nothing. Are you looking for Lin Xiao?"

"Yes, I woke up and he was gone. I searched the villa but couldn't find him."

"Go check the courtyard. If he's not there, I'll help you look."

Su Qingning thanked her and headed out. But just as she reached the door, she suddenly stopped.

"Jing Zhe, are you really alright?"

"I'm fine. I'll be good after a little rest!"

"Alright then, I'll go look for Lin Xiao."

Shen Jingzhe murmured in agreement. Su Qingning quickly left the room and headed for the villa's courtyard.

Just as she opened the main door of the villa, she saw Lin Xiao walking over from a short distance away.

She froze for a moment, then broke into a run, rushing toward him. As she drew near, Su Qingning threw herself into Lin Xiao's arms.

"Husband, where did you go?" she asked, her voice filled with panic and unease.

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