Chapter 49: Good Omen (Part 2)

  "I don't know." At night, he carried her up the stairs, his icy gaze sweeping over everyone who passed by him. Only after they deeply lowered their heads did he bring Gu Huanlin into the top floor suite.

  By the way, why does everyone including her brother want her to live on the top floor? Is it because they are certain she doesn't have acrophobia or is it because they are certain she won't suddenly go crazy and jump out of the window. "What if there's a fire, how will you escape?" Gu Huanlin guaranteed that she wasn't cursing him, but who can predict fortune or calamity?

  Upon hearing this, Ye's eyes deepened a few shades. He carried Gu Huanlin through the suite and into the mist-shrouded bathroom, directly tossing her into the water. Then he slowly said, "Soak for an hour every day." After finishing speaking, he left immediately.

  "Hey! Uncle Yan!" Gu Huanli struggled to swim to the edge of the pool, wiping away the flower petals and herbs from her face. She silently cursed: "Damn it, if you want to take a bath, just take a bath, do you have to make it as big as a swimming pool?!"

  "Kitty, I've told you before. You must call me by my name properly."

  The sound of night suddenly appeared, but Gu Huanli couldn't see him at all. However, thinking about her current situation, she couldn't help but let out a sharp cry, "Get out!"

  "Call my name properly, and use please." Ye walked to the edge of the pool, slowly bent down, looking at Gu Huanli's disheveled appearance with wide eyes, his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a hint of a smile. "This is the elegance and demeanor that 'Mei' should have."

  "What is 'Mei'? What is Yanli Tian? Since this is Shanjian City, why do you want me to call you Yan?" Gu Huanli leaned against the edge of the pool, her dark eyes shining with curiosity.

  "'Mei' is the master of the thirty-third heaven, Qing Jing Tian, and also the master of the Seven Leaf Hall." His night eyebrows were slightly raised, his thin lips pursed, and his expression seemed too emotionless. He reached out to lift up Gu Huanli's wet hair, his face covered with a layer of frost, coldly saying, "As for what Yi Li Tian is, if you can find your way to the entrance of Shan Jian City within a month, I'll answer your question and let you watch Gu Tianxi's match."

  "I get it." Gu Huanli snatched the hair from Ye's hand, turned around and dove into the water, swimming out very far before she poked her head out, floating while saying, "My name is Gu Huanli. If you want me to call you Yan, then call my name. Otherwise, to me, you're just Uncle Yan!"

  "Yè had never been threatened like this before, so his face was gloomy and covered with a cold frost. He gazed at the vague figure in the fog, saying, 'Little wild cat, are you trying to negotiate terms with me?'"

  "To gain others' respect, start by respecting them." Gu Huanli smiled and swam back, lying on the shore with her head raised to look at Ye Ye, "You follow the principle of equivalence, I follow the principle of conservation. Actually, they're not much different. So, if it's really difficult, then just don't make a deal."

  "Kitty, you're not qualified to make a deal with me yet." The dark eyes that were once cold and sharp now seemed deep and mysterious, like ripples spreading out in the night. He spoke slowly and deliberately, "You made two mistakes just now, so tomorrow's training will be increased by 2,000 times on top of what we already have."

  "Is it better to be flexible or stubborn?" Gu Huanli sighed, this question was indeed difficult to decide, each with its own reason and significance. Just like she didn't mind Ye Qinglan calling her "little girl", but was extremely annoyed when Luo Yichen called her that. Just like she didn't like being called "Little Li" by others, yet only her brother's call made her heart warm and soft. "May I ask you to have someone bring me a swimsuit? This dress is dirty, but it was the first gift my brother gave me."

  At night, she picked up the phone and said a few words to the butler. Before long, someone sent over a large number of the latest swimsuits and beachwear for Gu Xuan to try on.

  Wrapped in a soft bath towel, Gu Huanli's face turned pale and white like a drowned chicken. She gritted her teeth for half a day before locking herself in the spacious changing room. As she changed clothes, muttering to herself, "Is this person a pervert or something? Why do they collect so many children's swimsuits? Waaah, if he really is a pervert, brother, where did you say I could escape danger? You've actually sent me into the wolf's den!"

  "In the dressing room, although there is a ventilation duct, but the exhaust fan at the exit can't be removed by hand. If you're interested in playing hide and seek inside, I'll accompany you." Ye listened to the sound of moving chairs inside, his already unattractive face turned even colder, with icy killing intent in his eyes, making people's hair stand on end.

  "I'm not a cleaning maid, why should I clean the air duct for you for free?" Gu Huanli opened the door of the changing room, Xilin's latest lotus leaf skirt dress only reached her knees, revealing her snow-white and plump little legs, with delicate and slender ankles, plus Bali's ribbon sandals, feeling both cute and sweet.

  "It's very pretty." He glanced at her and wasn't stingy with his praise.

  "Are you not busy?"

  Yè chōu le chōu méi, yǎn zhōng jiàn jiàn fú xiàn chū jǐ fēn shēn yì, sì xiào fēi xiào de wèn, "Nǐ yǐ wéi wǒ de yào shì táng wán, chī guò yǐ hòu mō shén me fù zuò yǒu méi yo?"

  Translation:

  Yè raised an eyebrow, a hint of profundity gradually appearing in his eyes, as he asked with a sly smile, "Do you think my medicine is just sugar pills, with no side effects at all after taking it?"

  "This is also good." Gu Huanli walked a few dozen steps to the other side, nimbly shedding her dress. Her tender and lustrous skin gradually exposed itself to the air. An ivory-white three-layered swimsuit with an extremely large bow on it made her look cute and lovely. "Then let's each do as we please."

  An hour later, Gu Huan Lian felt like a cooked drunken crab, swaying back to the shore. She wrapped herself in a bath towel and walked up to Ye Fan, saying dazedly, "Is there anything else? If not, I want to go back to my room to rest."

  "Drink it." The night handed over a glass cup, filled with one-third of **, the bright red liquid did not look like wine, but instead floated with the fragrance of mixed cranberries and roses. "From now on, every evening, you will take one capsule, then soak in a medicinal bath for an hour, and finally drink this cup of medicine."

  "Do you have to take it every day?" Gu Huanli furrowed her brow as she took the glass cup, first taking a small sip and finding that the taste was slightly sour but the texture was not bad. She gulped it down in one go, despite feeling puzzled. She licked the remaining liquid on her lips and asked casually, "What's this medicine called? What's its use?"

  "Half a month." Ye Pingjing calmly picked up a strand of her hair and played with it in his hand, his eyes scrutinizing it as if examining an object. He said leisurely, "The latest medicine developed by the White Egret Hall needs to be tested on humans before it can be sold in Europe."

  "Cough, cough..." Gu Huanli's expression was as if she had swallowed half a fly. She stared at Ye with wide eyes, "You gave me medicine that hasn't undergone clinical trials to eat? No wonder you said there would be side effects! If I die from eating it, consider it my fault. But if I don't die, how will you reward me?"

  "It's very simple." The night paused for a moment, with a hint of gloom flashing in his eyes, and said in an unstoppable tone, "The reward I give you is that you must eat it day by day until I think it can end."

  "Why?"

  His thin lips were adorned with a faint, mocking smile, like a rainbow after the rain, drawing a perfect arc, but under the scar's reflection, it carried an unpredictable danger. He slightly raised his hand and easily grasped Gu Huanli's chin. She could only tiptoe to follow him, yet still not high enough. Ignoring the pain spreading from her neck, she tried her best to maintain this posture, accommodating his height.

  Seeing Gu Huan Lian's slightly pained expression, he smiled satisfactorily and increased the force in his hand, lowering his voice to remind her, "Because you need me to teach you martial arts, because you need strength to protect your brother, because I am stronger than you can imagine, because...I gave up on the Chu sisters and chose you as 'Mei'."

  Gu Huanli was firmly held back by him, unable to speak, and could only painfully gasp for air, her eyes wide open with a misty gaze, dazedly listening to his warning. She felt even more dizzy in her mind, the uncomfortable feeling growing stronger and stronger. She was still trying to hold on, unknowingly biting her lower lip. "What does this have to do with Chu Liangyou and Shen Moran? Why should I obey your decisions?"

  "You forgot, this is your own choice." Ye stared at her for a while, then suddenly leaned in close and asked softly, "Little wild cat, do you need me to give you another chance to choose?"

  Waft after waft of warm, wine-laced breath filled Gu Huan's nostrils, making it hard for her to breathe. Her physical discomfort intensified, and her heart pounded faster as she strained to hear what he was saying in a low voice: "As long as you listen and behave yourself here, no one will bother you. Don't be naughty or make pointless resistance; otherwise, the only one who'll suffer is you."

  "I said, don't hurt my brother." Gu Huan Lian slightly dodged to the side, but her body was entirely in the arms of the person behind her. She raised her crimson face and stared blankly ahead, after a while, she muttered to herself, "Lan Gege..."

  "Little girl?" Ye Qinglan, who had just rushed here from the banquet hall, looked down at Gu Huanli in his arms, frowning in pain. He knew that her obviously absent-minded expression was enough to explain that she was being controlled by drugs at this moment. "Night, I only asked you to take some time off to practice Taekwondo with Little Girl, what kind of medicine did you give her? How could it end up like this? How can I explain to her brother?"

  He took Ye Ling's hand, slender and long fingers, pale pink nails, looking crystal clear, like transparent crystal, making people love it. Those scars that had been there before had faded away with time. Tomorrow, let Zero test her hand nerve, if she can't hold a gun, maybe he'll have to find another weapon for her, one that suits her."Ling, don't forget, this is Shanjian City, you're not qualified to question me."

  "Both Pushe and Yeli Tian have always been of the Ye family lineage, and have always been mutually beneficial. Ye Qinglan smiled, but his eyes showed a few points of displeasure, only when he lowered his head to look at Gu Huanli did he show some gentle expression. "I heard that you found a new 'Mei', which is a joyful thing. However, Night, you should be clear, little girl is not suitable for the position of 'Mei'."

  "She is suitable or not, only I know." Ye Qinglan was deceived by the night from one side, but after four or five rounds, he took Gu Huanli into his arms. He looked at Ye Qinglan, his face changing with uncertainty, and after a long time, he said faintly, "Not bad, I didn't expect you to progress so quickly. Unfortunately, neither your strength nor experience is enough to be my opponent."

  He snapped his fingers and then said to the bodyguards who were hastily walking in, "See them out."

  "Night, even if you want to strengthen Xiao Yao's body, you should know that pulling out seedlings to help them grow will harm her instead." Ye Qinglan looked at Gu Huanli with a dazed expression and furrowed his brow, letting out an almost inaudible sigh. "Perhaps, Tianxi and I have gone mad, handing her over to you like this."

  "Hmph, do what you want to do first." Ye Da laid down horizontally and picked up Gu Huan Lian, his eyes hiding a hint of darkness, deep and profound, making it impossible for others to see through his heart. "If it weren't for this little wild cat's taste, why would I have let go of that good business?"