Chapter 90: Completely Targeted
The sky was still as blue as ever, and the outside world continued running normally like any other day.
But inside the apartment, the atmosphere slowly became heavier and more depressing.
Just like in the story of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.”
At first, Gu Zhiren thought Mu Yi was pretending again, so he did not pay much attention to it.
After all, he had already experienced her talent for lying before.
But after calling her name many times and still getting no response, he could no longer stay calm. Instinctively, his mind started imagining something extremely terrifying.
Whenever unexpected situations happened, Gu Zhiren would unconsciously think in the worst possible direction.
For him, there was only bad, and even worse.
No matter how dangerous the situation was, even when facing life and death, he always understood one thing.
No matter how lacking in confidence he felt, no matter how afraid he was inside, he absolutely could not show even a moment of weakness in front of the enemy.
At the very least, in terms of presence and spirit, he could not lose to the other side.
That was how it had been during the sudden car accident.
And it was the same now, with Mu Yi suddenly collapsing.
But during the car accident, he had still been able to protect her.
What if this was not just a simple fainting spell?
What if it was something far worse.
Like sudden death?
Then he would be completely powerless.
“Mu Yi...”
Gu Zhiren instantly stood up and rushed toward her in panic, like a child throwing himself at his favorite chocolate.
He held her carefully and let her lean against his body.
“Mu Yi! Mu Yi, wake up—!”
Gu Zhiren tightly furrowed his brows.
When calling her still did not work, he forced himself to calm down and briefly relaxed his tense nerves.
Then he quickly checked her breathing and heartbeat.
Thankfully, Mu Yi had only fainted.
She was simply sleeping extremely deeply.
Just as he was about to breathe in relief, a sudden wave of dizziness appeared in Gu Zhiren’s head.
His mind became hazy, and his thoughts slowly began drifting out of control.
Uncomfortably, he slapped his own head and gritted his teeth hard, refusing to simply pass out like this.
As he struggled against the strange force making him sleepy, the image of the delivery driver avoiding eye contact suddenly flashed through his mind.
At that moment, realization struck him like lightning.
Gu Zhiren suddenly raised his eyes and sharply looked toward the fried noodles.
Just then, the little white kitten had somehow jumped onto the table.
It greedily bit into the sausage.
But before it could take a second bite, its body flipped over, and it fainted on the spot.
If there had still been even a little uncertainty before, now the truth was right in front of him.
Without wasting even a second, he immediately took out his phone and made a call.
………………
At almost the exact same time, Assistant Xiao Xi was sitting in front of a computer, crazily typing away on the keyboard.
Words from the computer screen reflected in his eyes.
They were the contents of the light novel *After Stepping Down, the Proud Empress Actually Chased After Me!*
But Xiao Xi was not the original author, Arluo.
Today, he was only being forced to help the real author write chapters, changing from a president’s assistant into a poor novel writer.
And he had already been helping for an entire week!
During that time, the original author even kept calling him from time to time to check on his writing progress.
It was extremely annoying.
Xiao Xi’s originally handsome face now clearly carried a bit of exhaustion and misery.
Just then, his phone received another call.
Because he had already become tired of being bothered by a certain author, he subconsciously assumed it was that person calling again.
For a brief moment, he even considered simply ignoring the call altogether.
But in the end, he helplessly answered the call.
“Miss Su, I already told you, I’ve been writing nonstop this whole time. I haven’t taken a break at all...”
“Huh? General Manager?!”
………………
After going in circles, Mu Yi ended up back at the same clinic as before.
Only this time, she was lying on the hospital bed, sleeping quietly like a sleeping beauty waiting for a prince’s kiss.
Outside the room, Gu Zhiren and Xiao Xi were talking with the female doctor from the clinic.
Just moments ago, the test results for the takeout food had already come out.
“Don’t worry, it’s only **. But this kind of ** is not very common in our country...”
The female doctor casually placed the test report on the table and pushed up the monocle on her nose. A faint smile curved across her red lips as she rested her chin on one hand.
Before finishing her sentence, she glanced at Xiao Xi, and the lens of her glasses flashed.
“Mr. Xiao Xi, have you finished the twenty thousand words you promised to write today?”
“......”
Xiao Xi sighed with a miserable expression.
“General Manager, since things here are already handled, I’ll head back first. If anything else happens, please contact me anytime!”
After speaking, Xiao Xi bowed to Gu Zhiren with the expression of someone preparing to bravely walk toward death.
There was no helping it.
He had finally managed to come out and catch a breath of fresh air, but now he had to return to the computer and continue desperately writing chapters for the Miss Su Yu standing in front of him.
As for why a president’s assistant had fallen this far?
Long story short, Su Yu was the private detective they had hired this time.
But she did not accept money. Instead, she only asked people to help write novels for her.
And this time, she had chosen him.
“Mhm, thank you for your hard work, Xiao Xi.”
Feeling both helpless and sympathetic about Xiao Xi’s situation, Gu Zhiren patted him on the shoulder.
After Xiao Xi left, Su Yu continued the previous topic.
By comparing the information, she had already found the place where the drug was produced and mainly sold.
As for the identity of the buyer, Su Yu believed there would be no conclusion anytime soon.
She still could not confirm whether the drug had changed hands in the middle.
And if the other party had obtained it through unofficial channels, then the investigation time would become much harder to estimate.
“Based on how much that young lady consumed, she should naturally wake up by tomorrow morning at the latest. If earlier, then probably around nighttime.”
As she spoke, Su Yu picked up the test report again and glanced at it. She pressed her fingers against her forehead before shrugging.
“It’s not that I don’t want to help her. It’s mainly because there are still very few cases of this drug being used on humans.”
“I assume... you also don’t want me to treat your girlfriend like a lab rat and experiment on her, right?”
Hearing that, Gu Zhiren silently frowned and turned his head toward the direction of Mu Yi’s room.
“For your own safety, you two should temporarily avoid going back there. They might already be hiding somewhere nearby, just waiting for you to return so they can strike suddenly.”
Following Gu Zhiren’s gaze, Su Yu looked toward the room and gave her guess based on experience, kindly warning him.
That being said, many things could not be judged through normal logic.
The other side might also predict this line of thinking and leave early.
Or they might predict that she would predict them predicting it, and still choose to wait there like hunters waiting for prey.
“Thanks, Su Yu. We’ll probably have to trouble you for tonight.”
After thanking her, Gu Zhiren immediately stood up and walked toward Mu Yi’s room, opening the door.
“Mhm. Anyway, I don’t actually live here, so you two can just help me watch over the clinic for tonight~”
Su Yu leisurely replied.
That young lady had already been completely targeted.
Most likely, she had already been treated as Gu Zhiren’s weakness.
And if they still could not quickly find the person behind all this...