Hearing the familiar voice, Gu Chengcheng finally lifted his head.
His clear and bright deer eyes were blurry with tears, while deep within them lay a full mix of fear and unease.
"Eldest Sister Qiqi, so many people, with knives, Mom is still at home, wuu wuu wuu..." The child choked up after uttering a few words, then grabbed onto Gu Zhiqi’s thigh and began to sob uncontrollably.
With the sight of Gu Zhiqi, the child’s fear and anxiety finally found an outlet, and he couldn’t stop crying.
Looking at her thigh being clung to by the child, Gu Zhiqi stiffened slightly.
Gu Yuluo, seeing this and fearing that Gu Zhiqi would hit the child too, immediately got up from the ground and quickly pulled Gu Chengcheng off of Gu Zhiqi’s leg.
"Watch the child." Gu Zhiqi dropped this sentence, then lifted her foot to walk towards the Gu Family.
She seemed to stroll leisurely, but in the blink of an eye, she had already gone far.
Seeing this, Gu Yuluo immediately picked up the still sobbing child and set off in pursuit.
"You... who are you? Wuu..."
The child asked while sniveling, then started to cry again with a wuu wuu wuu.
"I’m Zhizhi’s biological elder sister, your biological elder sister, get it?" Gu Yuluo said, carrying the child and walking briskly forward.
"Find, wuu... Aunt Yue, Mom said, to find Aunt Yue, to save, to save her, wuu wuu wuu..."
The child stuttered out a few more words amidst his sobs, and although Gu Yuluo was somewhat confused, she still managed to hastily piece together the sentence, "Your mom told you to find someone named Aunt Yue to help, is that correct?"
Gu Chengcheng nodded as he cried.
Upon seeing this, Gu Yuluo hesitated, her eye glancing in the direction Gu Zhiqi had left, with a trace of worry tinting her gaze.
Thinking of her current predicament, if she went now, especially carrying a child, she would surely only slow her down. Finally, with gritted teeth, she and Gu Chengcheng first made a trip to the Yue Family.
In the backyard of the Gu Family.
Tang Yun was being restrained by two men in black, her eyes brimming with hatred and coldness.
To Tang Yun’s left, a blood-covered Gu Chengan was being held captive, standing there, his head drooping listlessly.
On the ground to the right, Gu Bo lay there, his eyes full of shock and fear, his lips quivering wildly, yet he was unable to utter a word, only drooling onto the ground.
"Second Miss, just hand over the blueprints quietly, there’s no use in being stubborn. Your stubbornness will only lead to more suffering for you and your family, don’t you agree?" Yun Chuyao, holding a knife, stood next to Gu Bo, pressing the cold blade against Gu Bo’s face.
Gu Bo was terrified, his eyes suddenly widened, filled with panic. A few seconds later, he stiffly turned his head towards Tang Yun, his eyes wide open, looking at her.
Tang Yun pretended not to notice, her gaze slightly downcast, the hands behind her back clenched so tightly that her fingernails were nearly piercing her skin.
Seeing this, Yun Chuyao moved the knife to Gu Bo’s thigh, gently tapping it with the flat of the blade, "Since his legs can’t walk anyway, why don’t I help the Second Miss by chopping them off? What do you say, Second Miss?"
"Hmph." Tang Yun suddenly let out a cold laugh, then raised her brows, her gaze cold as she looked towards Yun Chuyao, "If I can watch my father die under your knife without flinching, what makes you think I would hand over the blueprints for someone who is about to die?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Chuyao’s expression changed slightly.
"If you have no intention of killing me today, you’d better not lay a finger on either of them. But if you’re set on killing me, then go ahead and make your move. Dying and taking two acquaintances along for a burial doesn’t sound too bad." Tang Yun’s gaze was icy, and the hatred in her eyes had become hidden deep within. She was calm yet frosty.
Only her fists, clenched too tightly and trembling slightly, betrayed the turmoil inside her.