"I’ve decided to have you go back, stay put in Yueqi Village, and wait for me to finish my business and come for you," Gu Yuluo said with a stern face, looking seriously at Gu Zhiqi.
Gu Zhiqi raised her eyebrows, a touch of mischievous defiance coloring her expression, "What, afraid I’ll hold you back?"
If anyone was to hold someone back, she was afraid that someone would be her.
"That’s no place for a child. Just do as you’re told and go back," Gu Yuluo still refused to relent.
Although she knew that Gu Zhiqi’s Ancient Martial Arts skills far surpassed her own, life was unpredictable, and accidents could happen. It was a gamble she couldn’t afford to take.
She was willing to go on adventures with her friends, but not with Gu Zhiqi.
She wasn’t afraid of her own death, but she was terrified of anything happening to the young girl.
Seeing this, Gu Zhiqi fell silent for a few seconds.
Gu Yuluo stood there with her arms wide open, blocking her way, her eyes filled with stern determination. She clearly wouldn’t allow her to go.
After a while, Gu Zhiqi clicked her tongue softly and began to speak tepidly, "Alright then, I won’t go."
Seeing her respond , Gu Yuluo let out a sigh of relief, but deep down, she was slightly suspicious. She had a feeling that the child wouldn’t give up so easily on going to Soraya.
Thinking this, she took out her phone from her pocket.
Leaving her here alone just didn’t sit right with her; she needed to call someone to watch over her.
She bent her head to type on the screen, but just as her message was halfway through, everything went dark, and she fainted.
When Gu Yuluo awoke again, she found herself in a hotel room.
Lying on the bed and rubbing the back of her neck, she scanned her surroundings.
Memories from before she fainted slowly came flooding back, and Gu Yuluo’s face suddenly turned pale.
She shot up from the bed and rapidly looked around. Not seeing any familiar faces, a slight heaviness settled in Gu Yuluo’s heart.
Catching a glimpse of her phone on the bedside table, Gu Yuluo reached out and took it.
She quickly unlocked the phone and, upon seeing the date, fell silent.
She had been unconscious for a whole day?!
Seeing the location indicated on her phone, Gu Yuluo’s mood took a turn for the worse.
To fall asleep and wake up in Soraya City, F Continent — can you believe it?
I mean, how do you even take someone who’s unconscious out of the country?!
Gu Yuluo’s doll-like face darkened, looking quite frightening as she flipped through her contacts and called Gu Zhiqi.
The call was quickly answered.
"Gu, Zhiqi," Gu Yuluo called out the name in a dark tone, annunciating each syllable, teeth gritted with anger.
On the other end, Gu Zhiqi was unfazed, speaking unhurriedly, "Awake?"
"I’m out eating. Just started; want me to bring you something?" Her tone was lazy and casual, without a hint of awareness that she had knocked someone out and taken them out of the country.
Listening to Gu Zhiqi’s question and her tone, Gu Yuluo’s heart fluttered with complex emotions, unsure of what to say.
"No? Well, I’ll eat by myself," Gu Zhiqi answered her own question.
"Where are you?" Gu Yuluo asked faintly, posing the question.
"Not too sure, I’ll send you my location," Gu Zhiqi said, and then hung up the phone.
Sitting on the bed, Gu Yuluo waited for quite a while but didn’t receive Gu Zhiqi’s location. Ultimately, she had to send a question mark to her.
However, just like a stone dropping into the ocean, the message elicited no response whatsoever.
Gu Yuluo lifted her hand, massaging her temples, slid off the bed to put on her shoes, and then called 007.