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After seeing her chest that was moving up and down, Zhong Shaoting finally relaxed. However, when he walked in, Zhong Shaoting realized that her face was sickly pale white.

His large eyes, which had been filled with spirit energy, were closed, and his sunken eye sockets and cheekbones were revealed. His normally rosy lips were now very pale, and he looked much thinner than before.

Zhong Shaoting still remembered the first time he saw Ding Manman, when he and Su Hao were sweetly choosing a wedding photo. At that time, her delicate face was filled with happiness, and every frown and smile was so captivating, making people want to destroy her smile bit by bit.

But now, looking at Ding Manman who was extremely weak, Zhong Shaoting did not have the thought of torturing her anymore. Forget it, let her go for a period of time.

Zhong Shaoting kept to what he said, from that day onwards, it was as though Ding Manman had suddenly lived the life of a normal patient, she would go to sleep after eating her fill, then continue to eat after waking up, and all three meals were especially nourishing dishes.

Not only did Zhong Shaoting not appear to torture her, even when they met, he did not humiliate her with his words. Ding Manman could not help but be confused, what was going on?

Because her palm was heavily injured, Dr. Liu specifically reminded her not to move it too far before the wound was completely healed. As a result, she, whose hand was injured, was placed on the bed like a patient whose entire body was paralyzed.

If she hadn't known that she was still living in Zhong Shaoting's villa, Ding Manman would really have thought that she was in a dream.

Sun Linger would often come over to see her, and when she saw that Ding Manman's hands were wrapped up like dumplings, she would scold her brother a few times.

Ding Manman was curious about where Sun Linger, who was so afraid of her brother when she first met him, was hiding, but she knew that Sun Linger was doing this to make her happy.

However, every time Sun Linger mentioned the name Zhong Shaoting, he would unconsciously frown, and her complexion would darken accordingly. Sun Linger could only close his mouth and not talk about it.

A week later, Ding Manman's hands had almost healed, but the Dr. Liu still didn't allow her to get off the bed. Logically speaking, the Dr. Liu didn't have that much power to control her freedom.

But strangely, every time the Dr. Liu told her about the gods and demons, those servants would obey completely, as if they had heard Zhong Shaoting's orders.

Ding Manman was suspicious, but did not ask, one night when Ding Manman woke up, she was suddenly thirsty, the maid on duty had already went to rest, so she could only go down to the refrigerator and pour some water.

As they were walking down the stairs, they met Zhong Shaoting who had just returned from outside. The two of them had not met since she had fainted, at least, this was what Ding Manman thought.

Ding Manman awkwardly stood at the stairs, she did not step in, nor did she step out, but Zhong Shaoting only looked at her for a moment before retracting her words and putting her suit on the shelf.

After that, he changed into slippers and sat on the sofa to look at the computer, as if he was going to take care of some documents. Ding Manman stood there unmoving the whole time, but when she saw Zhong Shaoting, he was subconsciously afraid.

But then, Ding Manman remembered that she was the victim, and she did not need to be afraid. Thus, she walked into the living room full of confidence, and ignored Zhong Shaoting's existence.

Until she went to the kitchen to get some water, the two of them had not interacted at all. For some reason, Ding Manman felt that this way of interacting was a little weird, but she couldn't find anything to blame.

Then, she found a problem, her hand was tied up, causing her to be unable to open the bottle cap, Ding Manman had tried many different methods but to no avail.

Then, just as she was about to pour the water into the water bottle, she spilled it all over the ground. This was the first time Ding Manman felt completely powerless.

Just then, Zhong Shaoting suddenly appeared in the kitchen. When Ding Manman turned around, she was shocked.

Was he going to torture her again? Ding Manman subconsciously thought that after so many days of peace and quiet, it was still an illusion.

In that moment, Ding Manman had already prepared for the worst, but after Zhong Shaoting opened the refrigerator and took out a bottle of water, he seemed to be unsatisfied, he casually placed it aside, took another bottle of coffee and left.

Leaving Ding Manman in a state of disarray, she thought that she would be tortured cruelly again, but in the end, she just came in to get her coffee.

Just as Ding Manman was planning to endure her thirst and leave, she saw from the corner of her eyes that Zhong Shaoting had placed on the side a bottle of mineral water. The bottle had already been opened, but Zhong Shaoting did not drink it.

Ding Manman looked at the bottle of mineral water, then looked at Zhong Shaoting who was focused on processing the documents in the living room, he hesitated for a good while, then she carefully picked up the bottle and drank a mouthful.

Then, Ding Manman thought for a while, since she had already drank, Zhong Shaoting's obsession with cleanliness would definitely not touch it again. Since he did not want it, there was nothing wrong with her taking it away, so she carried the bottle of mineral water back to her room satisfied.

When they walked past the living room, Zhong Shaoting was still busy preparing the documents. Ding Manman noticed that the coffee he took out was not opened for drinking, but she did not take it to heart.

When the sound of the door closing came from upstairs, Zhong Shaoting finally moved his gaze away from the computer and looked towards the kitchen. When he realized that the bottle of mineral water was no longer in his sight, the corner of his mouth raised in a perfect curve.

Initially, Zhong Shaoting wanted to ignore her and force himself to focus on the documents on the computer, but he heard the sounds coming from the kitchen.

When he saw that she was holding up two clumsy hands that could not open the bottle, Zhong Shaoting did not want to care!

But the next moment he appeared in the kitchen and took the coffee he didn't need and opened the lid of a bottle of mineral water for her.

It was just like how he had planned to go straight back to the study when he returned to the villa, only to sit on the sofa when he saw her coming down the stairs.

He hated mineral water, and he temporarily didn't want to study in the study room, so he sat like this. After thinking about it for a while, Zhong Shaoting convinced himself that it wasn't because he cared about her that he wanted to do this.

It was just that when he thought about the bottle of mineral water that had been taken away, the corners of Zhong Shaoting's mouth unconsciously raised upwards. He really was an idiot, he didn't even know how to open the bottle.

The next day, Ding Manman was lying on her bed watching the news on her television. The news had mentioned that during this period of time, many companies had failed in succession due to the financial crisis.

Only a few large scale enterprises were still able to maintain their operations. Seeing this, Ding Manman remembered that Zhong Shaoting had been extremely busy during this period, could it be that his company was affected?