Anyone who usually smokes probably knows the feeling: you don't think about it when it's out of sight, but the moment you see it, the craving hits. Chu Qingmeng was experiencing exactly that right now. She held the cigarette case, turning it over and over in her hands. Normally, when she couldn't see it, she didn't even think about it, but the sight of it had triggered her nicotine cravings. Yet a single cough right now hurt so badly she felt like she might die, and she didn't dare actually smoke. She picked up the case, opened it to take a sniff, and was just about to ask Mo Liujin to take it back and put it away when Mu Lingxue happened to step into the room. Seeing her holding the case and smelling it, Mu Lingxue's expression instantly darkened. She strode over in a few rapid steps, snatched the case right out of her hands, and glared at Chu Qingmeng with hostile eyes.
Mo Liujin and the others looked at Chu Qingmeng and Mu Lingxue in utter bewilderment, only to see Chu Qingmeng writing guiltily on her tablet, "I wasn't smoking! I was just smelling it."
Mu Lingxue stared at her with a sharp gaze and demanded, "Let me ask you: do you still want your life?"
Chapter 100