Contract Marriage: Boss, Let's divorce
Chapter 266 - 265 Where Did He/She Go? (1)

Shi Che fumbled for a while until he finally found the warm, soft body in his arms, which seemed to calm him. His arms suddenly wrapped around Ling Chuxia’s slender waist again, pulling her into his embrace and even tightening his hold, with Chuxia’s entire back almost firmly against Shi Che’s chest.

Ling Chuxia couldn’t help but silently curse her luck. She had just managed to get out of Shi Che’s embrace, and before she even had a chance to sit up, she was back to square one.

But she really hadn’t expected Shi Che to be so alert. He was clearly sound asleep, yet as soon as she moved out of his embrace, he could feel something was off. With this, how was she going to get up and grab that condom?

After all, that item was time-sensitive, and of course, the fresher it was, the better. Over time, once it dried out, it was utterly useless.

She had already checked that the lifespan of the item had a lot to do with the environment and temperature. At normal room temperature, it could only survive for four to eight hours, and the lower the temperature, the longer it would last. Naturally, the best preservation method was to freeze it with liquid nitrogen, allowing for long-term storage.

Therefore, she had to pick up the condom before it dried out. Even if she couldn’t immediately take it to the hospital, she had to refrigerate it to ensure its viability.

Ling Chuxia suppressed her impatience and forced herself to wait a good while longer. Once she was certain Shi Che was truly without any movement, she held her breath and carefully attempted to move out of his embrace again. However, this time she wasn’t as lucky as before; Shi Che nearly had her whole body enveloped in his arms, his arm on her waist was like an iron chain, and she couldn’t lift herself even slightly.

Ling Chuxia didn’t dare exert too much force and could only shift little by little, but after struggling for quite some time, and with sweat breaking out on her back, she still couldn’t move Shi Che’s arm from her waist by even an inch, leaving her in a near frenzy of frustration.

If it weren’t for the fact that Shi Che’s breathing sounded so regular and slow, she would have really thought that Shi Che was pretending to be asleep.

Ling Chuxia moved for a while until her hands were sore. She eventually let her hands fall and took a few short breaths, planning to rest for a bit before trying again.

But unexpectedly, as she relaxed, staring at the dark ceiling, her eyelids began to droop uncontrollably as they grew heavier. The surroundings were very quiet, save for the low tick-tock of the clock, sounding like a lullaby.

With the drowsiness she had been fighting off all night suddenly surging forth, her head tilted, and Ling Chuxia’s eyes closed as she fell into a deep sleep.

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The next morning, Ling Chuxia awoke suddenly from a nightmare, sitting bolt upright in bed.

Shi Che was just fastening the last button on his shirt, then proceeded to straighten his cuffs. At the sound from behind, he casually turned his face to see Ling Chuxia rolling out of bed and then squatting next to the trash can, her big eyes staring fixedly at it.

Shi Che paused while adjusting his cuffs, a frown creasing his brow as he fixed his gaze on Ling Chuxia, and his thin lips parted slightly to ask, "What are you doing?"