Chen Xi looked at him, crawled to his feet, and hit his leg forcefully, shouting tearfully, "Gu Yao! Kill me! Kill me! I’m begging you, just kill me!" Content originally comes from novel·fiɾe·net
Gu Yao squatted down, pinching her chin, making her look at him as he said, "Chen Xi, let me make it clear for you. If you want your sister’s body to be intact, you need to live well, obediently stay by my side, and listen to me. Any slight dissatisfaction, any failure to please me, and I’ll let you watch as her body is cut into pieces little by little."
"Ah!!!!!!!!!!" Chen Xi suddenly pushed him away, covered her ears, and screamed desperately.
Gu Yao was pushed to the ground by her, and he looked at her and said, "Chen Xi, you have no other choice. Either we get along, and your sister remains whole, or we keep struggling against each other, and I’ll send you a piece of her body every day."
Chen Xi covered her ears and screamed with all her might, desperately trying to drown out his voice.
Seeing her , Gu Yao said nothing more, stood up, and left the room, leaving her alone.
Qiao Yuxian kept thinking about Chen Xi’s matters after returning to Fenglin Villa from the Jinxia Building.
There was absolutely no trace of this person called Gu Yao.
Many people with the same name were found, but none met the criteria.
Yuan Wei also tried contacting Chen Xi through YM.
Chen Xi’s side had no news at all.
There were no photos of Gu Yao, no information about him, and she didn’t even know the location where this Gu Yao forced her.
Yuan Wei asked her to describe Gu Yao’s appearance, but she couldn’t do it.
It was as if everything was her imagination, as if Gu Yao didn’t exist at all.
Qiao Yuxian sat on the carpet in the side hall, petting Zhaocai’s head, with Dou Jin lying asleep on her lap between her and Zhaocai.
Gu Yanjing answered a phone call, came into the side hall, and saw her staring off while rubbing Zhaocai’s head.
Zhaocai looked utterly dejected.
It seemed worried about going bald, wanting Qiao Yuxian to stop, but it couldn’t speak.
Zhaocai heard Gu Yanjing’s footsteps, immediately looked at him, and cast a friendly pleading glance.
Gu Yanjing glanced at it, ignored it, and walked to Qiao Yuxian’s side, pressing her hair gently and said, "Thinking about that girl?"
At the sound, Qiao Yuxian looked up at Gu Yanjing, blinked, and said, "Yeah."
Gu Yanjing also sat on the carpet, pulling her into his lap, saying, "Want to help her?"
Qiao Yuxian, pulled onto his lap, instinctively let go of Zhaocai’s head, first holding Dou Jin to prevent it from falling.
Zhaocai’s head was freed, and it looked gratefully at Gu Yanjing. Then it turned to see Qiao Yuxian immediately protecting Dou Jin first.
Zhaocai stood up, tilted its head back, and grumbled twice in dissatisfaction.
Then, it got a stern glance from Gu Yanjing, behaved itself, and lay back down by Qiao Yuxian’s side.
Qiao Yuxian let Dou Jin settle in, petted Zhaocai as well, soothing it, and then leaned back into Gu Yanjing’s embrace, saying, "If I want to help, would you think I’m meddling?"
Gu Yanjing said, "If I thought so, would you stop?"
Qiao Yuxian thought for a moment and said, "No."
Gu Yanjing tucked the hair that had fallen by her ear behind it and said softly, "Helping others ought to be praised. But first, make sure you protect yourself."
"When poor, one should guard one’s own virtues; when wealthy, one can help the world." Qiao Yuxian turned and said.
"Yes," Gu Yanjing said, "Do whatever you want, don’t overthink it. If there’s trouble, I’ll solve it."
Qiao Yuxian smiled happily.
She shifted, hugging Dou Jin, sitting sideways in his arms, with her leg resting on his, her head on his shoulder: "But I don’t know how to help her."
Gu Yanjing adjusted his arm around her, making her more comfortable.
"The news from Yuan Wei, roughly says she’s somewhat mentally unstable." Qiao Yuxian said quietly, "The police in her hometown won’t take her case because her family arranged for a proof of mental instability for her. And there’s no trace of this Gu Yao, no evidence Chen Xi has to prove Gu Yao’s existence."
"Do you believe her?" Gu Yanjing asked.
"I don’t know," Qiao Yuxian said dully, "I guess I should believe her. Her sister is gone, and she... has been hospitalized before. I think these two incidents hit her so hard for a reason. I always feel that this Gu Yao wasn’t just imagined by her. But that’s just my own feeling; the reality is hard to say."
"Investigate slowly. If there’s a mystery, it will eventually reveal itself," Gu Yanjing said.