Chapter 23.2

Warning: Mentions of a suicide attempt.

Chapter 23 (2): Beep⸺

Such a protagonist like Gu Xi should not be provoked. He must not be provoked.

After washing, Rong Jing sat cross-legged on the bed, trying to remember his and Xie Ling’s situation in the original story and thinking why his thoughts were often muddled.

Even with some of the restrictions disappearing¹He means the fog in his head that prevents him from remembering things, he still couldn’t fully remember some of the important points of the novel since he had only read it once and hadn’t finished reading it even.

He remembered that the Xie family has a second son named Xie Jisheng. However, his birth was not highly regarded.

Xie Zhanhong has three wives, Xie Ling’s mother being the first one. Xie Ling’s birth was the most orthodox. He had been picked as the heir of the Xie’s since his childhood. This was decided by Xie Ling’s grandfather when he was still of sound mind. The old man once said that Xie Zhanhong was destined to crash and burn because of women, and that it would be over if the Xie family’s business was handed to him, so it was decided early to have Xie Ling as the heir.

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The night he went to Maya Shopping Mall was where the story begins.

In the story, Gu Xi’s pheromones uncontrollably emanate and permeate the air then he stabs Wu Fuyu in panic. Wu Fuyu flipped out and looked for him, but inadvertently picked up the wrong person. That certain Omega was seized, causing the pheromones to pour out. Since they were in a public place, all the Alphas in the mall became restless. The commotion in the mall turned into a riot, causing one Alpha to be trampled to death.

Gu Xi mistakenly got into an unknown car due to panic, thinking only of escaping from Wu Fuyu. He was almost temporarily marked by another person and had to escape again with his heart full of despair.

The next day, Gu Xi’s best friend, Guan Hongyi, would be found dead in the suburbs, his head missing. Gu Xi, who went to the crime scene to identify the body, was devastated and wailed as he held the body close to him.

The police reported it as a serial murder case. Guan Hongyi was unfortunately one of the victims of the serial killer who was still at large.

After suffering multiple blows, Gu Xi appeared utterly broken-spirited, and soon lost his calmness and reason. 

Then news came out of nowhere, stating that the riot in the shopping mall may have something to do with Gu Xi being there. People had different opinions about the news. However, a campaign was soon made, forcing Gu Xi to pay for taking a human life.

They concluded that Gu Xi was a murderer. They wanted him to apologize for the death of someone. The victim’s family also put up banners in front of Gu Xi’s label company everyday to show him that they wanted reparation.

Gu Xi went to the top of a high-rise building and wanted to jump. Right when he was just about to jump, Wu Hanqi, who had always saved him from danger, encouraged him to not throw his life away.

On the other hand, Xie Jisheng, who was preparing to buy the company Gu Xi was under, changed his plans as his acquisition proposal was rejected by Xie Ling. He then found the dispirited Gu Xi and told him that he had a way to find the killer of Guan Hongyi. Because he knew people inside the police station, he could get first-hand information from them. In exchange, he wanted Gu Xi to do a small favor for him.

His eldest brother was a fan of Gu Xi. He hoped for Gu Xi to put in a good word for him. He also made him bring a bottle of black coffee that his eldest brother liked to drink to express his most sincere apologies.

Since Gu Xi was desperate at that time. Seeing him bring up information about the progress of the case of Guan Hongyi, he decided to help Xie Jisheng.

Xie Ling had just learned of his little brother’s death at that time. He died in a remote park, and was even treated as a homeless man before he died.

Rong Jing guessed right. He was a cannon fodder, whose name had not even appeared in the story. He didn’t even have the right to appear at all. In the novel, he only took up at most one sentence.

After finding out that his little brother died of excessive drinking, Xie Ling stopped all of his activities, stopped seeing anyone, and locked himself in his office.

Xie Ling blamed himself. He felt that he was the one who killed his little brother. He told himself that if he only cared more about him, he wouldn’t have died. Something like this wouldn’t have happened at all. Xie Ling fell into an endless regret.

When Gu Xi came to find him, Xie Ling was a little surprised because the two people didn’t know each other. He wasn’t of Gu Xi. He simply liked and appreciated Gu Xi’s face.

In the end, Xie Ling agreed to meet Gu Xi and then died later on. It was long after when Xie Zhanhong also died suddenly, and the Xie family’s business was passed on to Xie Jisheng, who had never once expected to be the successor. 

Xie Jisheng looked for information that could be used against Gu Xi and blamed him for being the killer of Xie Ling. Gu Xi unfortunately left fingerprints on the bottled coffee that Gu Xi gave to Xie Ling. 

Xie Jisheng found Gu Xi hard to control as he tried to commit suicide several times. He decided to use Gu Xi’s little brother who was in Country M to threaten him. This made Gu Xi stop his attempts of self-harm.

Rong Jing’s face turned pale as he thought of all these.

When will Xie Ling die? In the novel, it was the second day after the story starts, that is, the fifth day after the death of the original owner of his body.

Rong Jing looked stiffly at the date display on his phone.

…It happens today.

Suddenly, Xie Ling’s different expressions flashed across his mind. Rong Jing glanced at the black card that Xie Ling had given him forcefully. He knew that if he didn’t use it, Xie Ling would think again that he didn’t recognize him as his big brother.

Rong Jing covered his face, his expression slightly sour.

Where’s Xie Ling?

Before he left, he said that he was going to a winding road in the Mid-Levels to look for Xie Jisheng. Even if the plot had changed, the situation didn’t shift that much.

Rong Jing moved almost without stopping. He immediately took out his phone and dialed a number.

Beep⸺