Chapter 79: Footprints (Part 2)

  She closed her eyes, and Gu Huanli stretched out her hand to rub her brow, looking tired. She understood that Ye was not a person who didn't understand emotions or reason, nor was he the kind of person who would take advantage of the situation to blackmail her. He simply had the habit of plundering, and was accustomed to being high above others like a celestial body surrounded by stars.

  It was only a few seconds, she blinked her long eyelashes, half-opened her eyes to look at the night, and burst out with a gentle and beautiful smile. "Then you should return the white chocolate to Little Lizi, and by the way, tell her that not every wish can be fulfilled. If one's ability is not enough, then don't learn from others and do good deeds that are fundamentally impossible."

  Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and a faint cloud drifted across her gloomy eyes. "Woman, you should be honest with Xiao Ye like a little wild cat. What they call harvest requires paying an equivalent price."

  The result of being too greedy is usually that cleverness is mistaken for cleverness. Gu Huanli's fingers gently stroked the edge of the high-footed cup in front of him, and his eyes were a deep, rich black. "If Mr. Ye is concerned about that land, my answer is that cooperation is possible, but giving it up to others is impossible. It's just an abandoned factory area..."

  Looking at Gu Huanli tonight, he smiled lightly and said, "This kind of thing doesn't need you or me to discuss. Woman, tonight, I and you, only have romance, nothing to do with money."

  Gu Huanli blinked, finally facing the "fengyue" issue that Ye had mentioned. "Mr. Ye, I think that with your identity and status, there are many noble women who admire you; of course, you may have gotten tired of those social games, but with your temperament and coolness, hanging out in a bar, you should be able to hook up with a bunch of willing girls. Even if neither of these options is available, just say you want to vent today, find a few people, pay a small amount of money, and after dawn, say goodbye, shouldn't that be extremely simple?"

  "And you? Are you willing? Of your own free will? Or do I need to pay a small price?" He gazed at her raven-black hair, as dark and profound as the night sky, cascading down her resplendent red evening gown, like an exquisite doll, suited for being pampered, suited for being completely controlled, controlled in the palm of one's hand.

  She gazed at him with a distant look, then turned her head to look out the window. The night was still, the moonlight was still, but unfortunately, in an unseen corner, time was flying by rapidly. "It's already very late, I think I should leave."

  "What's going on? Is someone waiting for you at home?" Ye Dan smiled faintly, his eyes cold and icy, without any warmth.

  "Of course, the year is ending soon, doesn't Mr. Ye want to spend more time at home accompanying his parents and sharing family love?" Gu Huanli looked at Ye with a deeper meaning in her eyes and continued, "After all, Zhuangzi once said, 'It's easy to be filial with respect, but difficult with love; it's easy to be filial with love, but difficult to forget relatives; forgetting relatives is easy, but making relatives forget me is difficult; making relatives forget me is easy, but making the world forget me is difficult.'"

  "My parents have passed away." Even the fake smile without warmth was spared tonight.

  Gu Huanli's heart skipped a beat: her words just now seemed a bit too much.

  "After all, you're still a child." Looking at her expression at night, he let out a faint sigh, and his deep eyes looked at Gu Huanli, "You don't need to apologize, because for me, they were just people who gave me life and blood."

  Gu Huanli shook her head, but she still felt a chill run down her spine. The coldness was emanating from the bottom of her heart and spreading throughout her body. She fell silent for a moment before continuing, "Everyone has their own unique experiences. We can try to understand them, but we can't replace them."

  "The little wild cat is my person, her affairs are mine to handle, no matter how big or small." Ye Dan said calmly, his icy gaze sweeping towards Gu Huan Lian's increasingly pale face, "However... woman, your body seems to be not doing too well."

  "Yes, if Mr. Ye is willing to see me perform on the spot, I will muster up 120% of my courage." Gu Huanli looked down at her watch, hesitated for a moment before speaking, "If Mr. Ye does not want to bear the responsibility of taking an innocent life, then please accept my apologies and allow me to take my leave first."

  He stood up at night, walked to her back, and gently stroked a strand of hair by her ear with his fingertips. "Do you think I'll let you go in such good moonlight?"

  Gu Huanli suddenly realized that Ye had a strange and exotic scent on him, like the smell of snow pines, black sandalwood, and fragrant grass. This was a scent she had never smelled before in his presence. It seemed that as a condensed soul body, his senses were far more developed than those of humans. She was slightly dizzy from this subtle yet powerful scent, but still looked at him bravely and firmly, "Forcing the play may give you great pleasure, but for me, it's the most boring thing."

  Ye stretched out his hand and lifted Gu Huanli's delicate chin, his thin lips almost touching hers. Gu Huanli's breathing suddenly became rapid, her hands rubbing nervously on the table. If Ye dared to make any move, she would definitely stab him with a fork.

  "Girl, your temper is really too bad, you need to be properly disciplined." Ye grabbed Gu Huan's hand and pulled the stainless steel fork out of her clenched palm. "Otherwise, men will regard you as a fierce beast."

  A surge of emotions flooded into Gu Huanli's eyes, shock, anger, helplessness, disdain...

  Ultimately, it turned into icy indifference.

  He quietly watched her, his face still wearing that cold smile.

  Gu Huanli also smiled, the firm ice in his eyes melting into warm spring water. Such a beautiful smile, even someone like Ye, was stunned for an instant. In that instant, Gu Huanli suddenly rushed out of the door and ran into the dimly lit corridor. Ye didn't immediately chase after him, but instead looked at the weak figure's back, smiling mysteriously.

  Flood dragon...

  Town House Spirit Beast...

  Night Walker...

  Innumerable voices kept repeating in Gu Huan Lian's ears, some were muttering to themselves, some were sneering and mocking, while others were loudly scolding. That's right, she was the evil dragon, and had nothing to do with being a princess from the start.

  She ran all the way to the elevator, her high heels almost twisting her ankle. Just as she was exhausted, she suddenly found that this floor's elevator required a special card to be scanned before it could be opened.

  It was then that she understood why Ye had been so confident.

  As for escaping, Gu Huanli wasn't entirely without a plan, but if the secret were to be exposed, the consequences would likely be disastrous, and who knows, maybe they'd even get to see Cassidy's furious face.

  Exhausted and slumped on the ground, waiting for time to tick down to its last second.

  He slowly walked up to Gu Huan Lian, looking at her sitting paralyzed on the ground, and a smile that seemed like pity gradually floated out, "Woman, what's the point of this?"

  Gu Huanli raised her head and looked at him, smiling faintly. "You may have won something, but I'm afraid I'm not interested in being placed on your trophy shelf as a memento of your conquest."

  "If you can escape from my palm tonight..." Ye stretched out his hand and picked up Gu Huanli directly, smiling warmly and kindly, but the scars on his face were more terrifying in the dim light. "Then, I will choose a separate collection cabinet for you as a souvenir of my conquest."

  Gu Huanli's lips curled up into a mocking smile, except for the cluster of black flames in her eyes, she was almost as calm as water. She said word by word, "I'm very sorry, I have no interest in staying by a devil's side, nor can I let the devil give me so-called training."

  Looking at Gu Huanli that night, he smiled thoughtfully and said, "Woman, do you still believe in so-called love, or will you sacrifice yourself for the sake of love?"

  Gu Huan's face had lost all its color, and at this moment, she looked like a ghost. With her jet-black hair and fiery red dress, the sight of her was so captivating that it became enchanting. As he gazed into her eyes, he knew that this feeling, which hadn't arisen in his heart since that incident, had now resurfaced. At present, all he wanted to do was pounce on her like a starving tiger, watching as she begged, cried, and moaned beneath him until he reached the ultimate satisfaction.

  "Love? Is there really true love in this world?" Gu Huanli's face was still pale, but his voice was full of energy, and a faint glimmer of blood light flashed in his clear eyes. After a long time, he finally spat out a sentence coldly, "I, who have fallen into hell, only live for kinship, love is something that can be left to those happy fools to enjoy."

  "It's good this way." Ye leaned in close to Gu Huan Lian, the unusual fragrance on his body teasing her senses, "Woman, have you ever thought that if I'm very satisfied, perhaps I'll be reluctant to sully your hands and take revenge for you against those annoying people instead?"

  Gu Huanli's body began to tremble uncontrollably, she closed her eyes and when she opened them again, she was completely calm. "My family teachings told me that first, if a person only lives for hatred, it's too superficial. Second, one should take care of their own matters themselves. Of course, even kindergarten teachers teach this, Mr. Ye Yan, you must be incredibly talented to have graduated from university without even attending kindergarten?"

  "Women, you must learn how to communicate with people." Ye retreated a few steps back in the night, his eyes sharp and cold as he gazed at Gu Huanli, saying in a chilly tone, "If this is your game of teasing and flirting, then remember, if the timing is not grasped well, the result can only be counterproductive."

  Is it?

  Gu Huan Lian coldly smiled but didn't answer.

  To know, from arriving at Shenzhen City, her daily training was to get up at 5 am every day, wash up simply and then go hungry for a 5-kilometer cross-country run with weight, followed by 50-meter and 100-meter explosive power training. Then there were various leg presses, all in order to allow her tendons to be stretched to the greatest extent possible.

  After a short rest, it's time for basic skill training. Climbing trees, climbing lightning rods, climbing balconies, and climbing downspouts are all part of this training, which must last at least two hours.

  After lunch, it was anti-strike training and hand-to-hand combat learning. Although she would always be covered in bruises, for Gu Huanlin, the losses she suffered now would one day turn into her good fortune.

  At night, in addition to familiarizing herself with various firearms, she also practices throwing hidden weapons in dim or strong light, and mastering the force and accuracy is a must for her.

  After leaving Shensei City, although the number of subjects she practiced decreased somewhat, for Gu Huanli, her time was completely filled with various training except for school and sleep.

  But what pleased her most at night was her application of hidden weapons. Even if she had not received any training before, after a few adaptations, she could already do it with ease, without missing a single shot.

  Gu Huanli raised her hand, gently brushing over her long hair, a soft smile at the corner of her lips. In an instant, she had removed the diamond earrings and with a flick of her wrist, shot them directly at the lamp on the ceiling.

  The sudden darkness was nothing to the night, a smile-like expression floated on his face, but a thread of bloodthirsty ferocity flashed in his eyes, "Woman, your technique is very unique."

  "What's it to you?" Gu Huanli secretly took off her high heels and grasped them tightly in her hand.

  "If I'm not mistaken, in the whole world, only I and Xiaoyezi will. Ye took a step forward, but felt a gust of wind coming towards him, he slightly dodged to the side, 'More importantly, with Xiaoyezi's abilities, she doesn't even have the capability to teach others. So, woman, where did you learn it from?'"

  “A?ebsp;me??mn?mn。”

  "Women, you have a lot of secrets." Along with the soft click, the lighter in Ye's hand brought a brief light to the darkness. However, after he looked around, he didn't see that enchanting figure, and his eyes immediately released a gleam like a wolf seeing its prey - cunning, ferocious, and bloodthirsty. He smiled coldly, "Someone, turn on the lights, I want to see where she can escape to."

  After finishing, he took the phone from his bodyguard's hand and dialed a number. "Is this the Gu residence? I'm Ye, is your young lady in? She's not feeling well and has already gone to sleep? Alright, please let her know that I'll be visiting tomorrow. Yes, okay. Wait a minute, is Mr. Cassidy Mishael Collins there? Okay, please have him take the call." After saying a few more words indifferently, he hung up the phone.

  On the other hand, Cassidy said sternly to Gu Huanli who was lying in bed and on the verge of death, "I'm going back to the casino now, and I'll bring back the clothes you hid in the laundry room."

  "There's... there's also a necklace..." Gu Huan Lian said softly before covering her head with the quilt.

  "Yes, miss."

  On the other side, Ye looked at the red high-heeled shoes on the tray and smiled lightly at Nan Xing, "Looking for Cinderella? That's quite an interesting thing. However, I'm more interested in how she managed to disappear into thin air."

  "After a thorough search, the entire corridor only has two ventilation openings and one laundry channel. Given Miss Liumei's physique, the only possibility is that she escaped through the ventilation opening."

  "Her skills are not bad, using hidden weapons with the same technique as me, only a bit too tender." Ye opened his palm and handed the earring he had picked up to Nan Xing, "Go check this diamond. She really is willing to escape at all costs, but this decisiveness and sacrifice are truly precious."