Chapter 43 Full of Spirit and Mystique

Li Xu had already gotten used to being alone and enduring loneliness.

As an online writer, he often led a nocturnal lifestyle, facing the computer on his own, rushing to meet deadlines through day and night. He had to endure because this was his life.

Now it was still loneliness, still solitude, but completely different.

In a house of over one hundred and fifty square meters, empty except for him, none of the room's lights were turned on; only the scattered light from outside seeped in. Ordinary people would feel the creeps in such a gloomy, deserted place, full of shifting shadows, but not him.

All the ingredients were washed clean and sorted neatly within reach. The array of knives lay before him, orderly as if on parade. The carrot in his hand was topped and tailed, lying quietly on the chopping board. His fingers grazed the cold steel, and by touch alone, he made the best selection.

"Thump thump thump~~"