By the time I got back to my quarters, it was already around 10:00 PM. Guozi MM and the others, who had gone out to look for Xinyu, had also returned. Xu Lin and Lu Xuehan were cooking together, while Xinyu was in the room looking after me. At that moment, I was in a pitiful state, covered all over in red and purple bruises. Even the slightest turn of my neck brought a sharp pain—likely from taking a club to the back of my neck. However, having years of street-fighting experience under my belt, I knew these were just superficial injuries. A night's sleep would probably set things right. If my bones had been broken, it would be a stabbing pain instead.
A lingering trace of tears still stained Xinyu's charming face. She had already taken off her newly bought jacket and placed it over my quilt. I turned the matter over in my mind again and again, still finding it deeply suspicious, until I finally couldn't help asking Xinyu, "Why did you run off to drink by yourself? If you were upset, I could have stayed home and drank with you until your heart's content. Didn't you know how dangerous it is out there?"
Xinyu bit her lip and whispered, "I'm sorry..."
Chapter 105