HBWMA -Chapter 380 Want to Kiss

The sound of thunder and rain seemed to freeze for an instant.

Jiang Huashan used real force in that bite. It wasn’t just pain—there was also an itching sensation, like ten thousand ants crawling over the skin.

That feeling was too familiar. He had endured it countless times in that small black room.

Shen Guiling lifted his eyelids slightly. The redness that had once gathered at his ears had somehow shifted to the corners of his eyes. He lowered his head, his gaze sharp and cold, without the slightest gentleness.

At that moment, the intruders had already moved from the small hall into the bedroom. They seemed cautious as well, using flashlights to search carefully.

Jiang Huashan had originally thought that after biting him like that, even if Shen Guiling didn’t scream in pain, he would at least loosen his grip obediently. But he didn’t react at all.

What was going on?

What was this turtle trying to do now?

Suspicion rose in her mind, and she lifted her head to check.

The moment she did, the hand covering her face shifted down, locking her chin in place. A dark shadow pressed down from above, blocking all her vision.

Even though she couldn’t see, she could still feel a hot, surging breath closing in on her.

Has this guy gone crazy?

Did he not understand the situation right now?!

【Congratulations. Hidden storyline “Heartbeat Arc: Rescuing the Pitiful One” has been triggered. Completion progress: 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999%】

【Congratulations. Hidden storyline “Rescuing the Pitiful One” triggered. Completion progress: 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999%】

【Congratulations. Hidden storyline “Rescuing the Pitiful One” triggered. Completion progress: 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999%】

The notification sounded three times. He clearly knew exactly what he was doing.

Jiang Huashan: “……”

“Boom—!”

Suddenly, thunder exploded again. The storm surged violently. The four windows facing the lake were slammed open by the wind at the same time. White curtains whipped wildly through the air like kites without strings.

The two people inside the room were startled and immediately went on alert.

At that moment,Shen Guiling’s eyes held no trace of the suffocating rainy night, nor the approaching danger—only the red lips he could lean down and kiss if he moved closer.

He really wanted to kiss her. He wanted to know what it would feel like to kiss her.

Just this once. It was supposed to be a reward—just once.

A flicker of madness crossed his eyes. Ignoring the burning heat in his ears, he forcefully leaned in. Just before their noses touched, his collar was suddenly yanked hard.

Shen Guiling snapped back to clarity in an instant. The chaotic thoughts in his mind immediately fell back into order.

If there had been a light right then, the panic in his eyes would have been impossible to hide.

Like he’d been electrocuted, he shook off the hand that had been holding his chin and turned away from the corner.

Jiang Huashan was stunned. Was Shen Guiling planning to lure the enemies away again because he couldn’t face her?

But this time, she didn’t need a decoy.

She reached out to grab him, but it was already too late.

In the next moment,Shen Guiling moved like a ghost, appearing behind one of the intruders. Before the man could react, he locked an arm around his neck and struck his temple with a punch. In just three seconds, one man was subdued.

The other immediately sensed danger and raised his gun at Shen Guiling. However, in the dim lighting, he couldn’t lock on quickly enough and hesitated to pull the trigger.

But Shen Guiling was faster.

He closed the distance and landed a punch directly to the man’s jaw.

“If I had known your combat level was this trash, I would’ve been more strict when I adjusted the report and restricted mission execution to those above B-level capability assessment.”

The man let out a muffled groan and collapsed to the ground.

Jiang Huashan rubbed her eyes and rushed out from the corner in shock. “You know them?”

“Yeah.”Shen Guiling awkwardly turned his head away. He couldn’t bring himself to tell her that he had recognized them the moment they entered.

“Ding—”

At that moment, the lights switched on. Voices filled with curses erupted from outside.

“Xiao Hua’er!” Shen Qingyu rushed into the room first. Only after confirming Jiang Huashan was safe did he finally relax. “Are you alright?”

Jiang Huashan shook her head and looked at the two men on the ground. “What’s going on?”

Shen Qingyu crouched down and pulled off one of the men’s black hoods.

Jiang Huashan froze. “Isn’t this someone from Zhou Yanheng’s side?”

So there were no kidnappers from the start. This so-called abduction was actually a prank orchestrated by Zhou Yanheng?

Shen Qingyu stood up and kicked the man. “That damn bastard Zhou Yanheng—he’s seriously insane.”

Jiang Huashan didn’t know how to describe how she felt right now. Because she had already assumed a maritime pirate kidnapping case might happen, she had focused her attention on that possibility from the beginning—even though she had briefly suspected Zhou Yanheng.

Had she overthought it and made things unnecessarily complicated?