Chapter 55: The Passage of Time (Part 2)

  "Huh?" Gu Huan's eyes fluttered open, dazed, as Ye's face loomed larger before her. Her body stiffened, her mind went blank in an instant, and her breathing grew disordered.

  "Sweet white chocolate, from now on I'll make sure someone buys it for you every day." The ball of his thumb slowly slid over Gu Huan's cheek, gently stroking her eyes with love. His left wrist turned, and he suddenly stabbed the attacker in the chest with a dagger.

  A miserable cry rang out.

  At night, he didn't even glance at her, but instead leaned in close to Gu Huan's ear and said, "For every piece you eat, you have to run an extra thousand meters. Little wild cat, tell me, how many pieces should I give you each day?"

  Although it was dark in front of her, Gu Huanli could feel the danger slowly approaching them. But what made her more concerned was Ye's gentle touch. "Brother doesn't allow me to eat snacks." She dazedly accepted Ye's caress, which seemed to be gently drowning her.

  "This is our secret." Ye furrowed his brow slightly, saying coldly, "It has nothing to do with Gu Tian Xi. Of course, on the premise that you can only eat the chocolate I give you."

  Gu Huanli finally managed to pry open his hand, and she stared at him in shock, momentarily forgetting to check on the assassin who was lying on the ground struggling for breath. "Why?"

  "It's simple, I just want to see how much chocolate you can eat before getting cavities. If we add others' data, the experiment won't be accurate." Yè replied.

  Gu Huanli's face turned black as she gritted her teeth and said, "I don't need you to buy me anything, I don't want to eat snacks, and I especially don't want a cavity. On the other hand, Uncle, it's better for you to go see a dentist early on, otherwise when you're over 50, your wisdom teeth will start growing in."

  "This is also a problem." Ye nodded, his expression not showing any regret, but in his heart, he was annoyed by her phrase "over 25 and still single". However, this trick she used on him before. So, if he got angry because of this, it would be falling into her trap. "I've never seen a stray cat with missing teeth, hmm, when you get your teeth replaced, I'll definitely have the medical center staff take photos to commemorate."

  Taking pictures...

  Still nostalgic

  Regardless of whether it's a bad taste or being idle, Gu Huanli couldn't bear to watch a group of people rush up with weapons in hand, like hungry tigers pouncing on sheep. And yet someone was still whispering in her ear, "Change your teeth, hurry up and change your teeth", as if he had never seen a fierce child before.

  Calm down, calm down, she really didn't need to get tangled up in tooth problems at a time like this. What she was really worried about now were these assassins in front of her - whose enemies were they?

  Silence, assassination, no end in sight, yet no one gave Gu Huanli an answer. A hint of darkness was hidden in her eyes, deep and profound, with a tinge of worry, "Uncle, do you know what my brother is doing?"

  The bodyguards hidden in the dark all rushed up, and instead of retreating immediately, they supported Gu Huan's shoulders, as if examining her, but also making her stay in this bloody scene, just to see the battle between life and death. "This is not something you should worry about."

  Feeling the coldness and fierce killing intent emanating from Ye's body, Gu Huan Lian furrowed her brow, "You bringing me out is a ruse, using me as bait is the truth..."

  As she spoke, she suddenly burst out laughing, only because the night was dimly lit, Gu Huan's expression on her face was a bit blurry, with only a pair of bright eyes, as if reflecting countless starlight. "Can we take advantage of the situation and wipe them out in one fell swoop?"

  She couldn't have anticipated that Gu Huan would say "we" so naturally, and for a moment she was stunned, her expression changing unpredictably, unable to utter a word.

  "Uncle, even if you are the Night, you are also Yan. As the spokesperson of the Night, if you suffer this loss, your prestige in Jianghu will inevitably be shaken. If Yan encounters such danger, at best, people's hearts will scatter, and at worst..." Gu Huanli smiled lightly, but didn't finish speaking.

  How could he not hear the underlying meaning in her words? If she cried or pouted, he would harden his heart and ignore her. Yet, at the scene of the fight, she was worried about him, and even called out to him with a soft "Yan". When she had utilitarian value to him, he would soften. When it came to Gu Tianxi, no matter what sacrifices were made, they could be justified.

  He had already possessed such cognition, but facing it like this still made him feel uncomfortable. As Yan, "Mei" was a good card that he didn't easily play; as "Ye", Gu Huanli was his customer, an important commodity that he must protect. "Little wild cat, who do you want to discuss this transaction with?"

  Gu Huanli's eyebrows furrowed, just as she was about to make a decision, when an assassin burst out of the encirclement, wielding his sharp blade like a malevolent deity and charging towards her. "In your eyes, am I Gu Huanli or that so-called 'Mei'?"

  “Bang——” With a loud noise, the assassin flew out backwards. Yezi Youyou Gu Huanli was slightly stunned for a moment, she looked at the scraps of paper and dust that suddenly rose up, as well as the assassin who had collapsed in the corner like a puddle of mud, when she came back to her senses, her eyes gradually became hot and moist.

  She didn't want to be a master of Jianghu, nor did she want to participate in competitions and win gold medals. Gu Huanli just hoped that she wouldn't live a life of debauchery and extravagance, and even more so, she didn't want to become a parasite with nothing to do every day. Although her surname was Gu, the assets of the Gu family shouldn't be squandered by her in disappointment.

  He reached out and grasped Gu Huan's chin, his expression akin to bloodlust, the gaze of a predator eyeing its prey, scorching and oppressive. The scars on his face seemed like white blades under the piercing gaze, the aura of murder emanating from him was like the crushing pressure of the deep sea. He stared into her eyes for a long time, but all he got in return was disappointment.

  Is she tired of life or indifferent to everything? Just now in the chocolate shop, she was obviously an emotionally sensitive child with a mind full of whimsy, yet at this moment, murderous intent had already arisen in her heart, but her expression remained absolutely calm.

  He snapped his fingers lightly, and the blood spread out at her feet. He made her look into the eyes of those assassins and bodyguards, their pupils sharp as hawks', the pupils of killers or those who had seen blood, constricted and long. He wanted to see her heart tremble, hear her heartbeat like a drumbeat that shocked and moved her. He wanted her to shiver in the extremely cold and windless night.

  "Charm" shouldn't be about lacking emotions, "charm" shouldn't be about being carefree and easygoing, "charm" shouldn't be...

  The lighter drew a fine arc in the air, its silver body reflecting the rare stillness and serenity of the night. Just as he reached out to catch the lighter, a hand stretched out from beside him and snatched the flashing object before he could.

  Gu Huanli knew that Ye was letting her have it, otherwise, given the gap between them, she wouldn't have been able to grab the lighter. The next second, the lighter accurately hit someone's head, directly knocking him unconscious. Gu Huanli finally let out a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, I didn't use chocolate to hit him, otherwise, it would be a waste of the shop owner's good craftsmanship."

  Is that it?

  That's it.

  However, his eyes lit up at night, like a flash of lightning passing through his dark pupils. He knew that someone in the rivers and lakes used hidden weapons, and their skills were quite good; he knew that Gu Huanli had never received training in this aspect, but earlier, whether it was accuracy or strength, both were just right...

  Night lowered its head, and the black hair as dark as ink swept lightly across his eyelashes. He carefully examined Gu Huanli, the silent night enveloping them all around, whose blood was frantically flowing in their veins. And the heart, wildly beating in the quiet night, startling and thrilling, even the whole body was chilled with sweat.

  His expression fell into the eyes of Huan Li, ferocious and bloodthirsty. Danger descended in an instant, she could even guarantee that he had absolutely bared his fangs, and was trying to pounce on her and tear out her throat. The distance was too close, she even saw expressions that she shouldn't have seen.

  He stared at her pupils for a full five seconds, his eyes fixed intently on hers, his brow furrowed in concentration. Even his icy fingers lightly brushed against her lips, lingering there.

  He sees what kind of person she is through her

  In the face of psychological aberration, mental distortion, murder and robbery, even antisocial personality, Gu Huanli's delicate eyelashes finally trembled in the stillness of a windless night. Such a dense thorny forest made her seem to be dancing with madmen in an illusion.

  His fingers couldn't help but lightly touch her long, curly eyelashes, the sensation was as if someone had used a feather to gently tease his heart. He stretched out his hand, took the blanket handed over by the bodyguard, and tightly wrapped it around Gu Huanlin's body, habitually picking her up, Ye said slowly, "You are 'Mei', my little wild cat. Also, Boss Li is older than me by a generation, so I don't want to hear you call me Uncle again in the future."

  As she stepped over the bloodstains and the dying assassin, Gu Huanli sighed, "Should I start calling Boss 'Grandfather'? Hmm, I remember Lan Ge saying that you're his uncle... So, it's not wrong for me to call you 'Uncle' after all."

  "This is not universal."

  "This is not a paradise either."

  "In front of me, being stubborn is not a good thing."

  "Forcing a little kid to still be wandering around on the streets after eleven o'clock is actually a very despicable, cruel and inhumane act."

  "I'll make it up to you."

  "It's obvious that you gave it to me just so I could grow a cavity, it doesn't even count as compensation."

  "I saved your life."

  "It was the bodyguards who saved my life."

  "Don't call them uncle."

  "Oh, bodyguard aunties."

  They are men.

  "Hey, don't be unreasonable, okay? It's weird to call people 'brother' all over the world."

  "No one asked you to call them brother."

  "Of course, I have only one brother, the greatest, kindest and most perfect brother under the sky."

  "Disgusting."

  "No wonder Su Dongpo and Fo Yin had such a conversation."

  "What conversation?"

  A dialogue between a Buddha and a lump of dung.

  He furrowed his brow, and his starry eyes seemed to be shrouded in suspicion. He nodded at Nan Xing, who had rushed over in a hurry, then simply held Gu Huanlin and listlessly watched as Nan Xing pulled out a man in his forties from the car.

  With a "crack", Gu Huanli almost thought that the man's arm was directly broken by Nan Xing, but Nan Xing didn't stop his hand. He fiercely punched the man's soft ribs, groin, knee bone, lower back, face, and joints, with each punch landing with a loud thud. The man groaned and fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, yet surprisingly, there were no external injuries on his body.

  "One should be able to beat someone without leaving any scars, this is the ability that a professional fighter should possess." Ye said, as if he was giving a lecture, while Nan Xing and the man were like demonstrators.

  Perhaps it was because of the professional ethics of not leaving scars that Gu Huanli recognized him in the instant the man looked up. One of the elders of the Chu Corporation, she had seen him at Chu Lintao's funeral. It seemed that her brother should be carrying out his acquisition plan. Gu Huanli wasn't worried about money or plotting issues; she knew even better that her brother didn't care much about others' opinions on his actions.

  However, Father is not like that, he attaches great importance to reputation. If Father were to find out that Brother is carrying out a series of acquisitions and sabotage activities against Auntie, if Auntie were to run to Father's side and speak ill of him, at that time, it may endanger Brother's position or even his safety.

  No, this is something she would never allow to happen, even in embryo.

  "Ask me, as long as I'm satisfied, I'll grant your wish." The dark eyes like ink shot straight into Gu Huan's heart, he coldly smiled, his tone was very certain, that attitude was really arrogant, as if the whole world was in his hands.