Pathological Heart Lock - Chapter 17

Chapter 17

I was soaking in the bathtub, drifting in and out of sleep, when rows of scrolling text suddenly appeared before my eyes like a bullet chat.

[Careful now, baby. It looks like the Big Bosses have already sensed the existence of the other two ‘brothers’~]

[You know the consequences of being caught two-timing, right? Hehe, all three bosses are the type who are super aggressive and have absolutely no self-control.]

[Is our baby going to turn into a cream puff…]

My eyes snapped open, and I was instantly wide awake.

What is this? A bug in the horror game?

While I was still dazed, the system’s mechanical voice rang out in my mind.

[Congratulations to the host for successfully surviving seven days! Rewarding cheat: ‘Predictive Bullet Chat’.]

[Function: Reminds the player of the most dangerous and fatal predicament they currently face via bullet chat.]

[Please strive to stay alive~]

I was completely dumbfounded, nearly choking on bathwater in my panic.

The most dangerous, most fatal predicament! It was actually my entanglement with these three men!

Fatal? This was actually fatal?

If I’m found out for juggling three relationships at once, I’ll die?

Panic surged in my heart, and I wailed silently. I don’t want to die!

I regret everything! If there’s a next life, I swear I’ll never be a fickle player again.

But for now, I could only tearfully choose between the three men… well, no, between two of them.

Should I pick Xie Lizhi or Pei Wang?

Or should I just dump them both? Leave the instance and find someone else?

My thoughts were a chaotic mess, and I was no longer in the mood for a bath. I hurriedly dried myself off, threw on my pajamas, and collapsed onto the bed.

Xie Lizhi sat by the edge of the bed and let me rest my head on his lap. His warm hand rhythmically stroked my hair.

“Baby,” Xie Lizhi spoke up out of the blue. His voice was calm and devoid of emotion. “What is your relationship with the boss of the hospital next door?”

A jolt went through my heart.

Did he notice something? Is he testing me?

I swallowed hard and decided to play dumb.

“Huh? What boss? I don’t know. I just spent one night pretending to be a doctor NPC at the hospital. I didn’t see any boss.”

“Is that so?” Xie Lizhi lowered his eyelashes, masking the emotions that were twisting with jealousy. “But I’ve met Pei Wang, and that’s not what he said.”

Boom.

I felt like my head was about to explode.

What did… Pei Wang say?

What could a man like him possibly say?

I stared at him blankly.

“Pei Wang said that you and he… spent the whole night on the desk in the consultation room,” Xie Lizhi asked softly, his warm hand continuing its gentle, steady stroke through my hair. “Is that true, baby?”