Li Shu could hardly believe her ears. “Zhou, Zhou Zong… Did you just say… you’re staying here for the night?”

The man leaning weakly against her sofa gave her a tired look. “I can’t leave right now.”

She thought for a moment. “How about I call an ambulance to take you to the hospital?”

But the man shook his head. “No need. It’s not serious enough to warrant that, and besides, it might make the news.”

She couldn’t understand his reasoning and tried again. “But, but this is just a run-down little apartment I rent for barely a thousand yuan …