Chapter 75: Stay Here for Me
Eh?
Mu Yi wanted to refuse.
She did not need someone to “pull her back,” but saying that directly seemed a little too hurtful.
Looking at the smile on Gu Zhiren’s face, Mu Yi subconsciously looked away. By chance, she noticed the clothes bag beside her, which reminded her that today was a special day.
It was Gu Zhiren’s birthday!
She had even promised to record a video for him. At first, she thought it was only little fatty’s strange hobby, but now it was obvious this was Gu Zhiren’s selfish desire instead.
And he still wanted to deny it? Only a ghost would believe him.
After thinking for a moment, Mu Yi’s eyes suddenly lit up.
“Hey, we’re friends, right? Childhood friends too.”
Gu Zhiren smiled without saying anything. He vaguely sensed what she was planning, but as always, he chose not to expose it.
“Mm, and then?”
He deliberately sped up the pace of his piano playing.
“Then… then how can you make your friend wear cosplay clothes, especially such a sexy nun outfit, and even ask your friend to record videos for you?”
Mu Yi pressed the attack and matched his rhythm.
“Mm… but if I remember correctly, that seemed to be the birthday gift she promised me.”
Instead of directly answering her question, Gu Zhiren calmly raised a reasonable objection.
At the same time, he played the piano even faster.
“But… but today isn’t over yet! Birthday gifts can still be changed anytime! Can’t you pick a gift your friend can accept more easily?”
Mu Yi was just about to keep up with him.
But suddenly she frowned, realizing something strange. She turned to look at Gu Zhiren.
“Hey, why have you been speeding up the piano since just now…”
After thinking for a moment, Gu Zhiren finally played a few last notes before decisively pulling both hands away from the piano. Then he asked in return,
“So, in your opinion, what kind of gift would be better?”
Mu Yi also stopped playing. She touched her smooth chin and thought for a moment before suddenly getting an idea.
“Here.”
She placed the clothes bag aside and lightly patted her full chest with her small hand. Then she gently bit her lip before pressing it together again.
“I can let you touch them three times. Those three times will count as your birthday gift! Only three times though, no more than that~”
She raised three fingers and tilted her head slightly. Her snow-white hair playfully slipped from behind her ear and fell against her cheek, while a sly light sparkled faintly in her eyes.
“If you miss this chance, there won’t be another one. You better think carefully.”
As Mu Yi spoke, she slightly leaned her body forward. Gu Zhiren frowned and nodded.
“I have to admit, that gift really does sound attractive.”
“Eh—then you…”
Her eyes curved into crescents, and a playful, smug smile appeared on her face.
She looked just like a little fox who successfully tricked a hunter in the forest.
“But the brighter the color of something is, the more poisonous it usually is. And the sweeter the temptation, the more dangerous the trap often becomes.”
Gu Zhiren explained seriously.
“Eh, are you calling me a poisonous mushroom? Don’t you think that’s too much…”
Mu Yi pouted pitifully.
“Mm… you shouldn’t randomly accuse people. I never said that. You’re the one who said it yourself. Just because nobody else is here doesn’t mean you can force the blame onto me.”
Gu Zhiren helplessly shrugged.
What exactly could he do to make her behave a little better? She really was a naughty little perverted cat.
“Eh? That line… why does that line sound kind of familiar?”
Mu Yi tried to think about it.
“Cough.”
Gu Zhiren pursed his lips guiltily.
“Mu Yi, actually, you don’t need to think about changing the gift. Right now, there’s only one thing I want.”
“Mm?”
Mu Yi’s thoughts suddenly stopped.
“Could you, for my sake…”
Gu Zhiren paused for a moment. His hands tightened slightly before he forced himself to stay calm and continued,
“And for Anran too… for our sake, could you stay for now and not leave?”
“……”
Mu Yi was completely stunned.
Was he trying to make her stay?
………………
“What? They still haven’t caught her?”
On the rooftop of Hospital No. 13, Shen Muxue frowned tightly while answering Jiang Heng’s phone call.
According to Jiang Heng’s original plan, people had already been arranged to wait in ambush along the route Mu Yi usually took home. Once she passed by, there would be no way for her to escape.
But now, it seemed Mu Yi never went home at all.
Shen Muxue bit her red lips lightly.
Then where was Mu Yi now? Could she be hiding in some corner and crying her eyes out...
………………
After ending the call with Shen Muxue, Jiang Heng casually spun his phone in one hand before tossing it aside. Then he coldly looked at the two men kneeling in front of him.
They were the same two people responsible for Gu Zhiren’s “direct bus to hell.”
“I told you to send someone to the afterlife, but you couldn’t finish such a simple job. Yet when it comes to running away, you two sure are talented~”
The moment Jiang Heng finished speaking, a bald young man stepped forward and fiercely kicked one of the kneeling men.
The man who got kicked cried out in pain. Meanwhile, the other man, who had not even been kicked yet, already looked terrified as if he could feel the pain in advance. His face twisted in fear while he desperately begged for mercy.
The bald young man spat on the man beneath him with anger and contempt. Then he bent down and easily lifted the man up using only one hand.
“Mr. Jiang, how should we deal with these two idiots? Should we just bury them directly?”
“Heh~”
Jiang Heng rested his chin on one hand and smiled deeply.
“If the only value they have left is becoming fertilizer for plants, then burying them does sound like a good idea.”
“Mr. Jiang! Mr. Jiang! Please, give us one more chance!”
“We definitely won’t fail again this time!!”
Hearing that, Jiang Heng burst into laughter, mercilessly mocking their pitiful and pathetic appearance.
After that, he lit a cigarette and held it in his mouth. With a completely emotionless tone, he said,
“Opportunities are given to people who know how to use them. And as for you two, I already gave you your chance.”
As Jiang Heng finished speaking, the two crying men were dragged away by the bald young man.
The room was just about to become quiet again.
“Mr. Jiang, we got news about the target.”
At that moment, unexpected information arrived, making Jiang Heng slightly interested.
“Go ahead.”
“Yes. Someone saw Gu Zhiren make contact with the target and bring her into his car. However, their exact destination still needs further investigation.”
“Mm, no need to investigate further. Since she’s with Gu Zhiren, there probably won’t be any chance to act for now.”
As he spoke, Jiang Heng glanced at the subordinate giving the report. Then he stood up from the sofa, put both hands into his pockets, and walked toward the large window, looking down at the street below.
“Call back the people waiting outside. We’ll look for another chance.”
But his subordinate raised an objection.
“But Mr. Jiang, the target has to go home eventually. I think we should keep waiting a little longer. After all, she’s basically a shut-in!”
Hearing that, Jiang Heng half-closed his eyes. After thinking for a moment, he finally agreed with the suggestion.
A shut-in normally would not go outside often.
If they missed this chance, then catching Mu Yi outside again later would become extremely difficult. At that point, they would only be able to approach her directly or use people around her to find another method.
Hopefully, Gu Zhiren would really let Mu Yi go home.
Otherwise, today’s chance would be completely gone.