Chapter 23

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Will you honestly answer me?

I noticed something was off, but didn't show it directly. I touched his face and got some dust and dried blood on my fingers.

"The hot water is ready."

I moved away from him and handed him the clothes from the bedside, saying, "Go take a shower first, your face is covered in dust and blood."

My hand slipped out of his palm, and Axiu didn't move, just pointed to my clothes, which were stained with dirt from hugging him.

His ears turned red, and his voice was hoarse and low: "You're dirty too. . . why don't you wash up?"

Damn.

. . . What does he mean?

I was dumbfounded, frozen in place, and then my heart raced as if all the blood in my body was rushing down. Because Axiu's words seemed like an invitation, I was excited to the extreme, and the glands in the back of my neck almost instantly began to burn and tingle, with heat rushing to the top of my head, making my scalp numb.

I was about to say yes--!But I held back, took a deep breath, and forced myself to speak calmly and composedly, "You go ahead, I'll tidy up the bedroom and take a shower later, uh, I mean, I'll take a shower later."

I felt my face burning, damn it, why did Axiu suddenly act up and make me blush - even though he couldn't see it, I could feel it.

At this moment, I completely forgot that there were two bathrooms in the house, and he seemed to have forgotten too. With an embarrassed look of rejection on his face and no excuse coming to mind, he averted his gaze, grabbed his clothes, and hurriedly got up from the bed, running away as if escaping.

I sat on the edge of the bed, my heart pounding wildly, irrational and uncontrollable, for a long time before finally calming down.

When the chaotic heartbeat subsided, I could finally calm down and think.

When did Axiu become so proactive and bold?

It's just too strange, too abnormal.

The sound of rushing water quickly came from the bathroom, and I listened for a while before opening the StarNet to check today's news.

Axiu had suddenly become strange after watching the news this afternoon, but he didn't mention a word about it when he confessed just now. There must be something else that happened to stimulate him.

StarNet was always filled with the same things every day - entertainment news, newly announced policies, some advertisements, and social news.

The top headlines are still about the Cabinet and the royal family pulling each other's hair and throwing mud at each other. I quickly skimmed over the titles "Prince Deli claims the imperial system is outdated" and "Gao Qingping hoards heavy weapons and mechas" and scrolled down to find a news article.

"Criminal responsible for residential city explosion has been executed."

Clicking on the article, I found a brief report released earlier today, stating that a terrorist who attacked the residential city was found near Satellite City at 7:18 this morning. The terrorist resisted arrest and was shot dead according to the law.

The accompanying picture was of a dilapidated warehouse with blurry details, showing signs of battle.

I frowned. Axiu had said he was rescued from the underground prisoner-of-war camp in the residential city, and he had not heard from those people since they separated.

Was it because he saw those people who saved him die that Axiu felt guilty and self-blaming to the point of collapse?

I fell silent for a moment.

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