Heather just smiled.

She hoped he was alright, but it had nothing to do with her own situation.

Heather was taken away and locked in an interrogation room by Lucia, even Lake was not allowed to approach or see her. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

The only way now, as he said, was to wait for Li Sinian to wake up.

Lucia did what she said, death penalty could be avoided, but punishment was inevitable, Heather was severely tortured, but not fatally; when she almost couldn’t bear it, they would heal her, just like the treatment Li Sinian received.

Her face was always pale, she did not argue or beg for mercy.

She spent three days like this.

She lingered on the brink of life and death, getting close, then being pulled back.

At night, she would cry, but not from physical pain. In the silence, she would remember past events or have hallucinations, then weep softly.

She remembered Li Sinian repeating countless times, telling her that no matter what mistake she made, he would never be angry with her, which made her heart ache like it was being sliced by a knife.

She thought he didn’t know, but it turned out he really knew everything.

Guilt overwhelmed her.

These years of sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams already depressed her, and knowing this truth made it unbearable. Her body could withstand any punishment, but her heart couldn’t.

She even thought, it would have been better if Lucia had tortured her to death.

In this life, she could never repay Li Sinian’s debt.

During her drowsy moments, Heather felt her body being lifted by someone; in her hopeless situation, she was embraced, a warm hug.

"I’m sorry, I’m late."

It was his voice.

At that moment, Heather broke down crying, her hot tears falling on him.

Lake hurriedly freed Heather from her shackles, and Li Sinian carried her away.

Though Lucia was reluctant, she had to accept it.

This spy from the Night Hawk Faction still receiving their leader’s affection was something everyone hadn’t anticipated. They thought, the first thing the leader would do upon awakening, would be to consider how to make Heather suffer a more painful death.

But in the following days, what they saw was an entirely different scene.

Li Sinian, despite his own injuries, wouldn’t call so many doctors, but for Heather, he summoned all the doctors in the headquarters to his room.

Because Heather had no appetite and couldn’t eat anything, Li Sinian invited famous chefs from around the world to the headquarters, who creatively prepared delicious food and he personally fed her.

Many other meticulous details let everyone understand and know Heather’s unique place in his heart.

Since then, except for Lucia’s dissatisfaction, the rest dared not criticize her any further.

On the fourth day, under Li Sinian’s personal feeding, Heather finished her meal.

He immediately had someone take everything away.

Watching his back, Heather’s heart surged, overwhelmed with emotion.

Li Sinian turned around at finding her crying, sat beside her and kissed her tears away, asking, "What’s wrong? Where does it hurt?"

After speaking, he said to Lake: "Go call Chris over."

Chris was his personal doctor, also the best medical practitioner at the headquarters.

"No need—" Heather grabbed his arm, "I’m fine, nothing hurts."

"You cried, there must be pain somewhere."

"It’s the heart."

All these days, she had silently endured the torment in her heart, but Li Sinian had never given her a chance to regret.