Chapter 107: A Rather Urgent Plea for Help
Chapter 107: Chapter 107: A Rather Urgent Plea for Help
Jiang Xiubai’s little face was flush with anxiety. "This is a gift..."
The two security guards didn’t believe him. They glanced at Jiang Xiubai and thought there was something wrong with the kid.
Who gives live people as a birthday present?
Besides, how did this little kid manage to tie up three grown men? ’Could he have accomplices?’
’Or maybe... they’re all in on it together?!!’
The two guards instantly looked around, on high alert. Instead of calling the police, they first called Housekeeper Fu.
"Housekeeper Fu! There’s a kid here with three men tied up!! He says they’re a gift for the Young Miss!!"
Uncle Fu thought they were joking, but as they described the child, he sounded more and more like Jiang Xiubai, who had been missing for a while.
Uncle Fu hurried over in a panic.
When he arrived at the gate, he saw the guards warily scanning the surroundings. Jiang Xiubai was holding a rope, and at the other end were three bruised and swollen men.
"Young Master Xiubai, what is all this...?" Even Uncle Fu was completely baffled.
If the Young Miss hadn’t been the one to bring the boy home, he would have assumed they were all accomplices, too.
Jiang Xiubai looked anxious. "Uncle Fu, this is a gift for Zhaozhao."
Uncle Fu: ???
’Could it be my hearing is really going bad in my old age?’
Seeing Uncle Fu just standing there, unresponsive, Jiang Xiubai grew even more frantic.
’What if she thinks I didn’t get her a present and hates me even more for it...’
’What if she doesn’t like my present...’
The corners of Jiang Xiubai’s eyes turned red with anxiety, as if he were about to burst into tears at any second.
Uncle Fu was at a loss. It looked like he was bullying the child. He had no choice but to call Gu Xulin, since he was the one who had brought the boy home.
At that moment, Gu Zhao was trapped in Gu Xulin’s arms while he combed her hair.
Hearing what Uncle Fu said over the phone, Gu Zhao froze for a moment.
Gu Xulin had never seen such a dazed look on Gu Zhao’s face before. He instantly whipped out his phone to take a picture.
Ever since he’d started looking after his little sister, his phone had filled up with a ton of random photos.
Uncle Fu was still on the line, asking how to handle the situation.
But Gu Zhao was recalling a description from the plot of the original novel.
Ye Zuiyi had rescued a fair, delicate-skinned little boy from a car. At first, she thought he was just a handsome young master from a rich family who had been kidnapped. But when she saw him take on all three kidnappers at once and defeat them, she realized she had saved a monster.
And that little boy from the original novel was none other than the mysterious male lead.
Later on, he acted like a complete mad dog, dealing with anyone who bullied or looked down on the female lead.
Of course, this had nothing to do with the original owner of her body. By that point, the original Gu Zhao was about to be written out of the story.
Gu Zhao was stunned! ’Could it be that the little scammer boy she’d run into was the female lead’s mysterious male lead?’
Gu Zhao took off running toward the manor gate. If he was really the male lead, then the three men he’d tied up had to be criminals!
’Bounty money, bounty money, bounty money!!!!’
When Gu Xulin saw the kid run off, he immediately chased after her.
With his long legs, he caught up to Gu Zhao with ease.
Gu Zhao was already panting from exhaustion, but he hadn’t even broken a sweat.
"Brother, squat down," Gu Zhao said thoughtfully.
Gu Xulin didn’t know why, but he did as he was told.
Gu Zhao climbed right onto his shoulders, perching on his neck.
"Giddy-up, Brother!"
Gu Zhao grabbed Gu Xulin’s hair, her two short legs swinging and kicking against his chest.
Gu Xulin: ...
"Don’t mess up my hair. As an actor, I have to maintain my image."
Despite his words, he obediently carried her along.
Meanwhile, Gu Yunqi, noticing in a flash that the guest of honor had disappeared from her own birthday party, frowned and called Gu Xulin directly.
Who else but him would want to spend all day with a child, practically attached at the hip?
"Where did you go? Get back here!" He hung up right after saying his piece, giving the other party no chance to refuse.
Gu Xulin had no choice but to carry Gu Zhao back. As soon as they returned, Gu Zhao told Uncle Fu to let Jiang Xiubai in.
’She needed to see her bounty money!’
Uncle Fu fell silent. ’If they came inside,’ he thought, ’it would surely give the guests a fright.’
Jiang Xiubai brought the men inside.
Gu Zhao stood between Gu Yunqi and Gu Xulin as guests came up one by one to give her their presents.
Zhang Bai walked over, followed by two men carrying a large, pink box tied with a ribbon.
’It’s so big!’ Gu Zhao stared at the box excitedly.
’I’m rich! I’m rich! Who needs to do system tasks anymore? A few more birthdays and a few more hauls like this, and I can just retire and coast through life!’
Although, to be fair, she hadn’t really done any tasks anyway and had been coasting as she pleased all along. If anything, it was Gu Xulin who had managed to "conquer" her.
’He deserves a Best Brother Award.’
"Miss Gu Zhao! We’ve come to deliver a gift on behalf of Commander Gu," Zhang Bai said, his expression a little strange.
The two men carrying the gift looked the same way, as if they were ready to bolt at any second.
"A gift from our eldest brother?" Gu Xulin was a little surprised, then he glanced at Gu Zhao sympathetically.
"Gu Xiao Zhao, trust me on this. We don’t want this gift."
Gu Zhao did trust him! But... it was so big. It was just so tempting.
’You tempting little thing, what am I supposed to do with you?’
In the end, she couldn’t resist. "Brother, I’ll just take a peek."
Gu Xulin put a hand to his forehead. He couldn’t bear to watch.
Gu Zhao untied the ribbon on the box, and it opened.
Gu Zhao was stunned.
She immediately closed the box back up and tried to retie the ribbon.
"Brother, the weather is so nice, look at all the stars and the moon." Gu Zhao looked up at the sky, inching her way back to Gu Xulin’s side.
But looking at the gift, Gu Xulin remembered something, and a wave of guilt washed over him.
’How could I have not been as thoughtful as our eldest brother this time?!’
Their eldest brother had actually gifted her every workbook and supplementary textbook she would need from kindergarten all the way to graduate school!
And he had forgotten to find a kindergarten for Gu Zhao!
’I’m the worst! I’ve already been through the suffering of school, so my dear sister should get to share in that misery!’
He would start looking for a school for her as soon as the party was over!
The moment Gu Zhao started opening the gift, Yu Xiaowei had gone over to livestream it.
The online viewers all started gloating.
[What did I just see? LMAO, Gu Zhao’s entire life of despair is packed inside that one big box.]
[That’s not a gift, that’s nine years of compulsory education plus higher education all wrapped up into a fixed-term prison sentence!]
[So thoughtful. I’m moved, in a "completely-disregards-the-Monkey-King’s-will-to-live" kind of way.]
[Gu Zhao: The moment I opened that gift, I started wondering if I should just return to the womb.]
The children at the party all silently took a few steps back, while one of the adults exclaimed, "What a genius! Why didn’t I ever think of giving my kid a gift like this!"
"I have to do it! I’m ordering a set for my kid right after this!"
A nearby child: !!! ’Are you disowning me? Is this my funeral?’
The children all glared indignantly at Zhang Bai. ’Bad guy! If you don’t know how to give a proper gift, then don’t give one at all!’
Zhang Bai was innocent too! He was just the fall guy!
"Miss Gu Zhao, I have a present for you too! This one is from me."
’That one was from your eldest brother! Your eldest brother! Don’t drag me into this!!’
Zhang Bai screamed internally.
He gave her a necklace worth over a hundred thousand yuan. Gu Zhao forgave him for one second.
The next second, she took it back. Gu Xulin, unable to wait, had already taken out his phone and started searching for good schools nearby.
"What’s this? Some kind of performance?" someone asked, noticing Jiang Xiubai, a small child, dragging three bruised and swollen adults over.
Gu Zhao’s eyes lit up. ’Bounty money, bounty money, bounty money!’
"Zhaozhao... this is my gift. Happy birthday," Jiang Xiubai said, his face a little red and his voice quiet.
Gu Zhao took the rope with a wide grin.
The guests: ??? ’Is this for real? Are they not treating those men like human beings? Is this a live human trafficking deal?’
Everyone panicked.
’It’s over. We’ve stumbled upon one of the Gu Family’s dark, unknown secrets!’
’Oh, wait. A well-known dark secret.’
’Are they going to silence us? Help, this is urgent!’