Wen Li was frightened by the biker gang's actions and his mind was in a state of high tension.

Huo Yuanchen held her in his arms, their bodies pressed tightly together. She could feel his body temperature which was obviously higher than hers. She felt inexplicably safe and couldn't help but put her arms around his waist and snuggled into his arms.

After lying there for a while, she gradually relaxed. As she relaxed, she quickly became sleepy, yawned, and fell into a daze.

Huo Yuanchen heard her whisper before she fell asleep, "If only someone had accompanied me like this at that time."

There was no expression on his face, his eyes were fixed on the void, and he asked in a low voice, "Who do you want to accompany you?"

Wen Li was completely in a daze. She rubbed against his chest out of instinct to move towards the heat and said vaguely, "You. At that time, I really wanted you to accompany me."

In the darkness, his expression was obscure and the only sound in the room was the sound of their two people's breathing gradually becoming intertwined.

It was unknown how much time had passed before Huo Yuanchen gently withdrew his hand from under Wen Li's head, put on his clothes and shoes with a dull expression, and left her room.

Wen Li woke up not long after she slept. She was worried and couldn't sleep well.

She reached out and touched her side, but it was empty. She was lost for a moment, then she perked up and looked for her phone to contact Zhou Ying.

She wanted Zhou Ying to help her get a new passport. She couldn't speak the language here, so it would be more convenient for Zhou Ying to be in China.

As soon as the call was connected, Zhou Ying started yelling, "Wen Li, did something happen to you guys in Country L?"

Wen Li was shocked and asked her, "How did you know?"

Zhou Ying became even more anxious and said, "Sure enough, something went wrong. This time when we led the team to Country L, Director Liu kept @Professor Huo in the group chat, but Professor Huo ignored us."

Wen Li became more and more confused as she listened, so she interrupted her and asked, "What happened to Huo Yuanchen?"

Zhou Ying sorted out her thoughts and told her, "I asked Yu Jingchen, it seems that Professor Huo used some of the power of the Huo family to put pressure on the local police station. Yu Jingchen said that more than a dozen police officers from Country L came to the lobby of the hotel where you are staying. Professor Huo negotiated with them. At first, the leader didn't take it seriously, but then the leader received a phone call, and the attitude of those police officers changed. They were quite polite to Professor Huo. Yu Jingchen also heard them assure Professor Huo that they would definitely do it."

After a pause, he continued, "They are going there for an inspection this time. Director Liu doesn't want to have too much influence in the local area, so he has been urging Professor Huo to keep a low profile in the group. I don't know if Professor Huo didn't see it or didn't want to care, so he didn't say anything."

After saying all this, Zhou Ying asked, "Wen Li, are you okay?"

Wen Li told her the truth, "My bag was stolen by a motorcycle gang. My passport and cash were inside."

Zhou Ying understood and said with emotion, "So, Professor Huo did this for you? Then he is still a man. At least he performed well in this matter."

Wen Li was silent for a moment, then said, "Zhou Ying, today I remembered the time I encountered the motorcycle gang in Country M. I was very scared."

Zhou Ying didn't know her until she went to college. She didn't witness the motorcycle gang incident with her, but she just heard about it. Just hearing about it was scary enough.

She thought for a moment and suggested to Wen Li, "During your time in Country L, you should spend more time with Professor Huo. Your hospitalization and the robbery have changed my opinion of him. You are used to being independent, but sometimes, you can try to rely on others and don't tire yourself out."

"Then I'll try."

When Huo Yuanchen came back, Wen Li was not asleep. She sat at the head of the bed with her legs hugged on her knees. No one knew what she was thinking about and she looked very lonely.

He walked over and asked her, "When did you wake up?"

"Two hours ago."

Huo Yuanchen paused while taking off his coat, then turned to look at her, "You were just daydreaming for two hours?"

Wen Li bit her lip and spoke with some difficulty, "Huo Yuanchen, I'm scared. As soon as I closed my eyes, everything in front of me was blood red."

Huo Yuanchen didn't take off his coat. He walked over, looked at her, hesitated for a moment, bent down and opened his arms, holding her in his arms, and asked her in a softer voice, "Are you scared?"

Wen Li paused for a moment before nodding slowly and saying, "Do you still remember what I told you about my encounter with a motorcycle gang in Country M? Actually, I didn't finish telling you. The man who was stabbed was not far from me. He held his stomach with one hand and used the other hand to push on the ground as he crawled towards me. The ground was covered with his blood, leaving a very long trail of blood. He asked me for help and asked me to save him, but I didn't. I left him and ran away. Later I heard that he died from excessive blood loss."

She paused, turned her head and looked directly into Huo Yuanchen's eyes, and asked him, "Am I very bad? I watched someone die without helping him, and killed a person. Am I really bad?"

Huo Yuanchen pursed his lips and looked at her for a while, then hugged her tighter and comforted her, "How old were you at that time? You were still a minor, and your parents were not around. When you encounter something like this, it's right to run away. You're not a bad person, you're too rational and chose the right approach."

Wen Li's words were full of loopholes. Since the motorcycle gang was robbing people in public on the street, there must be more than one person nearby. Why did the stabbed man ignore the strong locals and ask for help, but only stared at a little girl like Wen Li? If the man really died of excessive blood loss, it means that no one on the street helped him at the time, and it was not Wen Li who did not help him. Why did she blame herself and think that she was the one who killed him?

But at this time, Huo Yuanchen didn't care to investigate the truth. Even if this was a lie made up by Wen Li to gain sympathy, she was quite successful. At least now, she made him feel distressed.

"Don't think about it." He changed his position and let Wen Li lie in his arms in a more comfortable position. "If you can't sleep, then do something else."

Wen Li thought for a moment and said, "But I don't want to do anything. I think it's all boring."

"Then don't even think about it, leave it to me."

As he spoke, he covered her eyes with his hand and unbuttoned her clothes with his other hand. He kissed her and coaxed her, "The doctor said that you can do that now. As long as you are careful, there will be no problem."

Wen Li was indeed distracted by him. Her eyelashes trembled, and she said with a somewhat dissatisfied tone, "What will the doctor think of me if you ask him such a thing? You want to do that kind of thing when you are sick?"

Her eyelashes were very long, gently brushing across his palm. He chuckled and said vaguely, "I asked, and if anyone wants to talk, it's me."

Wen Li disagreed, "It's different. You're a man, and if you ask, people will only think you're a playboy, but they won't think of me in a good way. They might even think I can't stand the loneliness. In this kind of thing, we women always suffer more. For example, the word chastity was created to restrain women, but I've never heard of any country advocating men to be chaste."

Huo Yuanchen just wanted to divert her attention and stop her from thinking about the biker gang, but he didn't expect her thoughts to be too divergent. He couldn't help but used some force to make her shut up.

"Focus," he said, leaning over her.

This trick really worked. Soon Wen Li was just humming and groaning, and had no energy to think about anything else.