Chapter 127: Got Angry, Taking It Out on a Random Person
Chapter 127: Chapter 127: Got Angry, Taking It Out on a Random Person
Jia Xu couldn’t hide the smile on his face. If anyone else had said that, he might have thought they were just trying to curry favor.
But coming from Jia Hua, he believed it was true. After all, her face was filled with sincerity, and her eyes gazed at him with nothing but pure admiration.
’Most importantly, how could a child possibly lie!’
"Ahem..." He coughed into his fist, trying to hide the upward curve of his lips. "You do have a point."
"Brother, don’t worry about them! Let’s go get breakfast! I was looking for you because I wanted to eat with you! I’ve never eaten a meal with my brother before."
Gu Zhao lowered her gaze and started her act again. Since she couldn’t squeeze out any tears, she just started wailing instead. "SOB... Brother, you don’t understand. My parents have despised me since I was little. They don’t like me, so I ran away to find you. Brother, you’re all I have now."
"I really want to know what it feels like to eat with family."
A flicker of hatred crossed Jia Xu’s eyes. "That does sound like that old man’s style. He only cares about himself."
Gu Zhao was stunned. ’Did I really just guess the right answer again?’
’I should start a class and teach students how to guess on their exams!’
’I’m a natural!’
"Come on, your brother will take you to eat. From now on, you’re my, Jia Xu’s, little sister. No one here will dare to look down on you."
Gu Zhao immediately showered him with another round of extravagant praise.
Listening to this, Gu Xulin’s expression turned thunderous.
’It’s like he’s showing off his mistress right in front of his wife!’
’Gu Xiao Zhao!!’
"Boss, what about them...?" an assistant asked hurriedly.
Jia Xu glanced at them. "Keep them locked up. Give them one meal a day so they don’t starve. We’re saving them for experiments."
With that, he led Gu Zhao away.
The others locked the cell door tight and returned to their duties.
Once everyone was gone, Gu Xulin couldn’t hold back anymore and let out a laugh of pure fury. "Well done, Gu Xiao Zhao!!"
Zhong Mingrui scratched his head, completely baffled. "Why are you all mad at Big King? And... Brother Gu, aren’t you Big King’s brother?"
Zhong Siqi immediately clamped a hand over Zhong Mingrui’s mouth.
"Let’s keep that little mouth of yours quiet, okay?"
「Snowy Mountain.」
Ye Zuiyi ran for her life, a picture of misery. Behind her, the Snow Wolf watched at a leisurely pace. Whenever she managed to get some distance, it would immediately catch up and nip at her backside.
Although none of the bites broke the skin, the pain still made Ye Zuiyi cry.
But she forced herself to get up and keep running.
She had considered just giving up. Since the Snow Wolf wasn’t eating her or trying to kill her, maybe she could just stop moving.
But when she tried that, the Snow Wolf bit her backside even harder and started ripping her clothes. If she didn’t run, she’d freeze to death long before the pain killed her!
So she struggled to her feet and ran, and in her panicked flight, she lost all sense of direction.
Before she knew it, she had run to the edge of another crevasse.
Not watching her step, she slipped and fell.
Her body tumbled down into the darkness.
The Snow Wolf was stunned. ’You cunning two-legged beast!’
It scrambled on all fours, racing after Ye Zuiyi, but it wasn’t fast enough to catch her before she plummeted into the crevasse.
The Snow Wolf paced anxiously at the edge of the fissure.
’It’s over, it’s over! I failed the mission Xiangxiang gave me!’
The drone that had been following Ye Zuiyi also went into a panic.
Seeing this, Director Guo was surprisingly calm. He calmly took out a pen and paper and began to write.
The crew was in an uproar. One of them, seeing the director’s composure, couldn’t help but ask, "Director Guo, how can you be calmly writing at a time like this?!"
Director Guo sighed, his face a mask of despair. "It is precisely *because* it’s a time like this that I have to hurry and write my last will and testament."
The crew: ...
「The Ye Family Estate.」
When Ye Jincheng heard the news, his brow furrowed. "What a useless piece of trash."
Father Ye, also sitting on the sofa, was full of disdain. "Just as I thought. She’s a fool for not being raised at our side."
He rubbed his forehead in irritation. "Go ahead and arrange a rescue team. We have to at least make it look like we’re trying."
Ye Jincheng rose to make the arrangements.
Meanwhile, Ye Zuiyi’s fall into the crevasse wasn’t broken by the ground, but by a small mountain made of corpses.
Her entire body ached, and the stench of decay filled her nostrils. When she opened her eyes, she was met with the sight of a heap of rotting bodies.
She went pale with fright. Ignoring the pain racking her body, she began to climb down. Only after she had scrambled and tumbled off the corpse pile did she get a clear look at the bodies.
There were animal carcasses of all kinds, human bodies, and even some that were half-human, half-beast.
Nearby, there were even more bodies that were clearly freshly dead.
She began to dry-heave uncontrollably.
After retching for a while, she felt a sharp pain in her leg. When she looked down, she was so horrified she burst into tears.
Her leg was broken, twisted at a grotesque, unnatural angle.
"This isn’t how it’s supposed to be! This isn’t how it’s supposed to be!!" Ye Zuiyi screamed, terrified and on the verge of a complete breakdown.
’I don’t want this rebirth anymore! Send me back!’
’Send me back to the world where Gu Zhao is dead and I’m still the heroine!’
"Gu Zhao, why aren’t you dead?! WAAAH!" Ye Zuiyi wailed, completely losing it.
She tried to move, but the pain in her leg was excruciating, and the fear in her heart only intensified.
"Help! Help me!! Is anyone there?! Somebody, save me!" Ye Zuiyi shouted through her tears.
What she failed to notice was that, on the other side of the mountain of corpses, a red-eyed figure with scales on its face had taken notice of her.
...
Meanwhile, Gu Zhao was sitting in a chair, enjoying a delicious meal. Jia Xu, perhaps completely won over by her performance, was continuously piling food onto her plate.
Gu Zhao accepted it all, and after she finished eating, she looked at Jia Xu with a deeply moved expression and heaped praise upon him.
Throughout the entire meal, Gu Zhao’s flattery kept a smile plastered on Jia Xu’s face.
After the meal, Jia Xu went to catch up on his sleep. Gu Zhao waited quietly for a little while before growing impatient and running off to search for another exit.
But as she was searching, she ran into the handsome man who had warned her before.
The handsome man was still wearing a white lab coat, only this time, a little girl was trailing behind him.
The little girl saw Gu Zhao and fearfully hid behind him.
Gu Zhao shot him a curious glance and prepared to leave, but the handsome man blocked her path.
"You need to leave. Now."
Gu Zhao: ?
’If you weren’t blocking my way, I’d already be leaving, you know!’
"Leave the Arctic."
Gu Zhao was speechless. "You think I don’t want to?"
The handsome man was silent for a few seconds before handing her a hand-drawn map.
Gu Zhao glanced at it. The map wasn’t detailed; it was just a simple sketch, with question marks drawn over many areas.
"What are these question marks?"
"Places I’ve never been."
"Aren’t you one of them?"
"I was taken by force," the handsome man said, his tone icy.
Gu Zhao sighed internally. ’As expected of the brother I’ve decided to adopt; his tastes are just like mine.’
’When I see a handsome man, I want to snatch him up. The difference is, I just think about it, whereas he was actually snatched.’
Just then, another man in a white lab coat approached, followed by five men dressed in black.
"You must have a death wish! Stealing someone from my lab!" the lead man in the white coat roared, his face contorted with rage.
The handsome man pulled the trembling little girl behind him. "I told you, five-year-old girls are off-limits."
"The boss approved it."
The man in the white coat sneered. "That was when we had plenty of test subjects and the boss was willing to placate you. Now, subjects are scarce and we have no new supply. Even the boss would have to approve this."
The handsome man said nothing, simply shielding the little girl.
"Hand her over. Don’t think I won’t kill you just because you’re their son! It’s not like you’re their only one!"
Gu Zhao: ??
"Hello? Could you please show a little respect for the people present?" Gu Zhao hopped up and down, trying to get their attention.
The man in the white coat paid her no mind. In his eyes, she was just some little pet the boss was keeping.
"Last chance. Hand her over!"
The handsome man said nothing, continuing to shield the little girl.
The man in the white coat laughed. "You’re so protective of this five-year-old girl. You don’t still think your little sister is alive, do you? You think she might be one of them?"
The handsome man ignored him, but a flicker of anguish crossed his eyes.
Being ignored, the man in the white coat grew furious. "You’re just a prisoner now! What right do you have to be so arrogant?!"
"Get him! Grab the girl! I’m damn well using her today!"