Their eyes met.
"You still don't believe me?"
Cui Lingyao lowered her gaze, not looking at him. "My life is on the line," she said faintly. "I wouldn't joke about something like this."
The air grew still.
The color slowly drained from Xie Jinbai's face.
It was a ghastly, bloodless white.
His lips trembled, but no words came out.
Cui Lingyao wrapped her arms around his neck. "Can you save me?" she asked softly.
'Can you save me...'
Xie Jinbai had never imagined that he would one day face such a choice.
She was begging him to save her.
He should have agreed without a second thought.
But...
'How did it come to this?'
'How could this be happening?'
"Yaoyao..."
A tremor escaped Xie Jinbai's throat as he begged her in a hoarse voice, "Can't you be a little kinder to me? Please, stop tormenting me like this."
He was utterly powerless against her.
Completely out of options.
All that was left was to beg.
Like a desperate gambler who had lost everything.
