Chapter 22.1

“Get in. I’ll give you a ride.”

The other person looked very calm and casual. Gu Xi’s eyes moved for a second.

Did he recognize me? Or was he… acting?

Wu Hanqi was a very articulate man. Gu Xi realized that the man didn’t mention any name when he asked. Though he felt nervous, he forced himself to calm down and analyze the situation he was in.

He had once worked with an international sfx make up team that was once responsible for the character styling design of the movie ‘Avatar’. Although he only worked on the sidelines, he also learned some real skills. It wasn’t too difficult for him to change the features of his face by using makeup. However, he needed a good amount of time to really be able to change it properly.

Today, due to time constraints, his disguise wasn’t that great. However, though it wasn’t perfect, it was enough to hide his real face. Rong Jing even needed to observe him closely, only to doubt if he really was the real Gu Xi. 

Gu Xi observed his surroundings. The place was dim because of the large forest below the mountain road, and only a few street lights could be seen.

It was so dark, could Wu Hanqi really see him? Could he really recognize him?

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“Mbydjp cwv R’x qkdl oyzjkdt sd xu sod,” Plprkvl bkp eswcvp, Qw Dk elnkele vs vyjl y tyxczl yde clzklhle vbyv Ew Tydik eked’v jdso kv oyp bkx.

“El’al iwkvl y ekpvydnl yoyu qasx vbl nkvu. Zsw’zz byhl vs oyzj qsa y zsdt vkxl,” Ew Tydik dseele yde pkxrzu yehkple.

Qwlpp kv oyp aktbv vs tyxczl.

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Jwv vblal olal xydu rlsrzl obs oydvle vs sqqla vblxplzhlp vs bkx lhlaueyu. Mblal oyp ds dlle qsa bkx vs yvvynj psxlsdl.

“R’zz fwpv valyv kv yp lmlankpl,” Qw Dk pxkzle yde pvkzz alqwple.

Tl zssjle esod yde nsdvkdwle vs oyzj qsaoyae. Rq sdl oyp vs zssj nzsplzu yv Qw Dk’p cseu, vblu oswze pll vbyv bl oyp valxczkdt pzktbvzu. Slyzkgkdt vbyv vbl nya eked’v zlyhl yde oyp kdpvlye qszzsokdt bkx nzsplzu, bkp blyav clnyxl wdpvyczl ytykd. Tl nswzed’v blzr osdelakdt obu vbkp plnvksd sq vbl asye oyp ps zsdt.&dcpr;

Rv oyp ewakdt vblpl vkxlp obld bl oswze okpb vbyv bkp yckzkvu vs alye xkdep oswze nsxl ytykd. Ls sdl oyp yoyal vbyv bl bye vbkp yckzkvu. Tsolhla, vbkp yckzkvu oyp fwpv zkjl bkp blyv: wdpvyczl, yde tslp yde nsxlp okvbswv oyadkdt.

A few years ago, he was kidnapped and was brought into a villa. He tried his best to keep his innocence and burned the rope that bound him. He escaped in a self-destructive way. On his way to his escape, Wu Hanqi rescued him. It was also Wu Hanqi who suppressed the news of him being kidnapped. He was also the one responsible for sending the madman who kidnapped Gu Xi to a rehab.

He had been saved three times by Wu Hanqi during times when he needed help. However, he was only grateful to him and didn’t want to get close.

Was it really a coincidence that he was always there every time he was in trouble? During those times that he was in trouble, he had always tried to read his mind but always failed.

No, he didn’t fail. It was because this man had no voice in his head.

How could someone not hold even one thought in his head?

Maybe he wasn’t human. Maybe he was a god… or a demon.

Seeing Gu Xi’s nervousness, Wu Hanqi no longer insisted.

“Then, you pay attention to your safety. Even for a Beta, it’s still dangerous to stay outside alone.”

He acted as if he really was just a passerby: kind enough to offer him a ride when he saw someone walking alone. Since he didn’t take up the offer, there was no need to get acquainted. He was free to leave.

Gu Xi finally felt the tension in his body leaving as Wu Hanqi’s car moved away.

He really did leave. Did I misunderstand him?

As a matter of fact, Wu Hanqi never did anything bad to him. Should he really doubt the other person just because he couldn’t hear anything from his heart? It seemed a bit much to do that.

This was not the first time Wu Hanqi had seen Gu Xi wear a disguise. He had seen him like that before in some banquets in Shanghai.

Gu Xi was very principled, loyal, and loved his family the most. He was a small flower that has never been willing to compromise no matter how much others oppress him. Only by cultivating slowly and caring carefully can this most beautiful flower bloom.

He looked at his rearview mirror and saw Gu Xi standing still, looking confused. Then he took out his phone and looked at the red dot on the location app getting farther and farther away from his own location.

He smiled and put back the phone in his pocket.

When Xie Ling came back to the parking lot, he saw a large silly dog lying near the car’s door, whining, as if asking to open the door.

He remembered that this dog used to stay away whenever his little brother approached. Did the sun rise in the west today?

He let a servant pull the stupid dog away. When he got into the car, he saw his little brother lying feebly in the passenger seat.

“It’s already been taken away, what are you still afraid of?” Xie Ling didn’t know if he should laugh or cry, seeing his sorry figure.

“I didn’t take any allergy meds today,” Rong Jing answered helplessly. Back in his world, his friends always told him that his house was like a zoo. He didn’t buy any of the pets in his house though, and were instead either picked up on the road or followed him on his way home.

His parents would always laugh at how he would strangely pick up these animals and bring them back home.

Zhou Xiang consciously sat on the back seat of the car, leaving space for the two brothers who had been separated for a long time.

Rong Jing looked at Xie Ling and suddenly remembered that the original owner of his body was now long dead. If he somehow managed to go back to his original world, this body he has now would instantly drop dead. Xie Ling no longer had a little brother.

“Big brother, what if I die…” In fact, after Rong Jing recalled the rough plot of the story, he didn’t find any important thing about the original owner of his body. Wouldn’t this mean he really was simply a cannon fodder?

Xie Ling turned to look at him, his eyes motionless. He was giving him a death stare.

Rong Jing immediately chose to stop talking, “No, nevermind.”

Xie Ling frowned fiercely and drove out for a while before saying, “Don’t say such unlucky things in the future. I don’t want to hear them.”

Rong Jing saw the corners of Xie Ling’s mouth suddenly tighten, and nodded slowly, “Okay.”

The original owner’s mother never greeted him from the beginning to the end of the party, nor did she realize that his son’s soul was no longer the same as before. Rong Jing thought that his worries were useless.

On the contrary, he never expected Xie Ling, who never seemed close to the original owner, would be the one who would be the most concerned about him. 

Damn, people are indeed hard to read.

When they passed down the mountain road, Rong Jing saw a lonely figure walking to the bus stop at the foot of the mountain. It seemed to be the waiter that he had worked with earlier. However, Xie Ling quickly turned a corner, and Rong Jing didn’t see closely to confirm that it really was him.

Since Gu Xi decided to ask for a leave, he has been receiving lots of phone calls from his agent. When he answered the phone, he heard the other party’s vexing words, “Are you insane? You’re just in heat, you’re so unreasonable! Why can’t an Omega in heat come to work? Are you a young master? You still want us to support you?”

“I’m tired. I just want to take a break for a week,” Gu Xi pressed his beating heart and calculated that he hasn’t been sleeping for 60 hours. He took out a coenzyme q10¹Most commonly used for conditions that affect the heart such as heart failure and fluid build up in the body (congestive heart failure or CHF), chest pain (angina), and high blood pressure. Credits to google supplement from his medicine bag and took one pill. Then he drank a mouthful of water and swallowed it. 

“It’s still a week, not a day! Go see if the company and the investors are willing to give you a break!”

“I’ve already paid off the money I owe you.”

Some time ago, his agent wanted him to eat dinner with a big boss so he could hook up with him later. After he refused, his agent clung to him like a mad dog. Now, his contract was also about to expire, and so his agent wanted to take the opportunity to make him work hard like a slave until it ends.