The Genius Sweetheart of the Abstinent Goblin Boss

"I don't want it." Ji Ran shook his head stubbornly.

"...Of course..." Qi Mu was planning to continue persuading him, but he saw his expression suddenly change.

Then, he resolutely pushed her away.

The blood in his eyes suddenly turned scarlet, his face quickly turned pale and faded, his brows were furrowed, and he looked obviously very uncomfortable.

Ji Ran was a little surprised and obviously disappointed when he was suddenly pushed away from his embrace.

But when she looked up and saw Qi Mu's unusual look, she was very worried and wanted to go forward to show concern:

"Qi Mu, what's wrong with you?"

Unexpectedly, her approach made him even more nervous and he quickly took a few steps back.

"Qi..." Ji Ran continued to follow subconsciously.

"do not come!"

Qi Mu roared somewhat uncontrollably, his chest heaving violently, his face looked extremely ugly, and his whole body looked like it was about to break apart in pain.

Ji Ran was stunned, his heart felt as if it was hit by hail, and a trace of grievance and bitterness suddenly flashed across his eyes.

Qi Mu's whole body was shaking wildly at this moment, his nails dug deeply into his palms, but he still couldn't ignore her grievance. Suddenly, the guilt turned into a sharp knife that stabbed into his entire soul again and again.

But he couldn't go forward to comfort her at this moment. The only thing he could do was to turn around immediately and run away stumblingly.

The moment he turned and left, Ji Ran's inner grievance was completely replaced by the huge fear brought about by the thought of losing him.

She turned her head uncontrollably, her eyes following his staggering figure, confusion mixed with deep uneasiness and heartache.

Without any hesitation, she immediately chased after him. For some reason, the strong uneasiness in her heart made it impossible for her to let him leave alone.

When he was about to catch up with him, the tall figure in front seemed to be exhausted and he suddenly fell to his knees on the ground.

"Qi Mu!!" Ji Ran shouted in panic, but his steps did not stop for a moment.

"Of course... don't... come over here..." Qi Mu panted heavily, covering his head with both hands in agony, his sobbing voice seemed to have been suppressed to the limit:

“Please…”

Hearing this, Ji Ran's steps suddenly became heavy as if they were filled with lead, and his heart felt as if it was tied up with a thousand-pound rock and thrown to the bottom of the lake, and all his internal organs felt suffocated.

But she couldn't stop at all.

She didn't know what happened or why he suddenly behaved like this.

But she could feel the pain that he was in at the moment, which was like hell.

She couldn't just pretend nothing happened and turn around and leave, leaving him here alone to suffer this inexplicable pain.

She squatted down in front of him and reached out to grab his arm to help him up.

But the next second, she gasped suddenly, and was so frightened by the scene before her that she fell backwards and sat on the ground.

She saw,

His skin began to turn black, and the white bones on half of his face were clearly visible. There was also a piece of skull missing from his forehead. The other half of his face was severely decayed, like a moldy floating corpse, and his two empty eye sockets were oozing blood crazily...

The whole person seemed to have been rotten and was full of wounds, which was shocking to see.

At that moment, Ji Ran seemed to have stopped breathing, his pupils trembled wildly, his fingers curled up tremblingly, and dirt was embedded in his nails.

The man was still lying on the ground, struggling desperately, but he suddenly saw the frightened girl in front of him through his cloudy vision. Guilt and despair poured into his already shattered body like a torrent.

In the end...did he still scare her?

Or is it inevitable that she will dislike me?

Her soul-deprived daze at this moment was like a sharp spear, piercing his last fantasy and crushing his last bit of self-esteem.

But what he feared most was that she would be hurt and left with psychological trauma.

"Ran...Ran, don't look..."

His voice was so strange that it sounded as if it had been burned by flames, leaving it incomplete and broken beyond all recognition.

Hearing this horrifying voice, Ji Ran's heart felt as if it was being roasted on fire.

He is like this... like this...

But I'm still worried about her...

With the pain multiplied, Qi Mu had never felt so miserable as he did now, so... completely devoid of dignity.

Even though he couldn't see what he looked like, it wasn't hard to imagine how disgusting, dirty and ugly he would be.

He struggled desperately to get up. Even though his movements were awkward, he just wanted to escape as quickly as possible.

Ji Ran's blood seemed to have solidified and he was fixed in place for a long time, unable to move. Several of his fingers were rubbed raw by the rough ground and were now bleeding.

But she was so numb that she couldn't feel any physical pain at all.

The moment he struggled to sit up from the ground, Ji Ran suddenly exerted all his strength to straighten up, leaned forward again and held him tightly in his arms.

Her whole body was shaking violently, perhaps because of fear, but more because of shock at the inhumane torture he had endured.

She didn't know what to do, she just hugged him tightly and stayed by his side.

In an instant, Qi Mu was completely stunned.

Of course... I hugged him...

She hugged him in front of his disgusting and terrifying true face...

Suddenly, Qi Mu felt that all the magnetic field flows in the surrounding space seemed to have stopped at this moment, and the pain in his body miraculously began to dissipate rapidly at an unprecedented speed.

Only when he had completely regained his composure did he stiffly raise his hand to hold the girl, feeling her physiological reaction due to fear.

Every tremor of hers was like a thorny whip lashing him hard.

“…You’re obviously scared, why don’t you leave?”

His voice was very pale and weak.

Only after hearing his familiar voice did Ji Ran nervously let go of him.

Perhaps she was afraid to face the horrific scene again. She still kept her head down and closed her eyes, shaking her head and denying it:

"I'm not afraid……"

Qi Mu looked at her trying hard to hold on, and his heart was once again devastated.

"Of course... let's go..."

Hearing his voice that was about to break, Ji Ran shook his head even harder, tears trying desperately to burst out from his tightly closed eyes:

"I do not go……"

Qi Mu's heart ached so much that blood was about to drip out, and his voice became a little impatient:

"Why don't you leave? Why on earth?

Why on earth should a horrible monster like me be worthy of making you suffer so much?

I'm just a dead man, I can't give you anything!

I couldn’t even give you a warm hug when you fell into the river, you know what, idiot…”

Ji Ran bit his lips hard and slowly opened his eyes. His red eyes were slightly swollen from tears.

Seeing that his face had returned to normal, the pain on her face seemed to have not eased at all.

She couldn't help but reach out and touch his intact pale face. Unable to imagine the scars behind this face, she sobbed and begged:

"Don't push me away... please..."

Qi Mu's heart suddenly softened, his eyes were deep and silent, his heartache and reluctance for the girl turned into two sharp blades facing each other and pierced his heart at the same time, and the pain penetrated deep into his bones.

"You deserve a better life..." He repeated these words weakly, blood gleaming in the corners of his eyes.

Say it to her, and also to yourself.

Ji Ran bit his lips tightly, looked at him firmly, and shook his head slightly.

"Of course, be obedient..."

The next second, Ji Ran suddenly leaned forward and kissed his cold lips resolutely, blocking all his words in his throat.

The gentle breeze lifted a few strands of hair from her cheeks and brushed them lightly across his face, then ran through his body like an electric current in an instant.

The tingling and numb feeling is addictive.

Qi Mu stared blankly at the face so close to him, the blood in his eyes was like a rapidly flowing whirlpool, swirling wildly, drowning the girl's reflection in it.

Ji Ran's already weak legs were now full of numbness. She mustered up her courage and put her arms around his neck, trying to share the weight of her body with her lower limbs. She half-opened her blurry eyes and said softly and firmly:

"I just want you, I only want you."