Chapter 139: Then Where Is He?
Chapter 139: Chapter 139: Then Where Is He?
Gu Zhao was lying prone in the snow, her legs kicking wildly as she tried to chase after Zhong Mingrui up ahead.
Every time she caught up and reached out to touch Zhong Mingrui, his legs would flail, kicking a spray of snow into Gu Zhao’s face.
Gu Zhao wiped the snow from her face again and sighed.
Zhong Mingrui stopped crawling forward. He turned and looked back at Gu Zhao, aggrieved.
"Big King, why are you tickling me..."
’He felt so wronged. It was really ticklish!’
’He had used this move on others before, but now Big King was actually using it on him!!’
Gu Zhao was speechless. "Where are you going?"
Zhong Mingrui said confidently, "Didn’t Big King tell me to go take a look? I’m going right now!"
"I told you to stay put! *I* was going to take a look!"
Zhong Mingrui looked innocent.
Gu Zhao was out of options. They were already here.
’Might as well go together.’
Gu Zhao crawled to the front, and Zhong Mingrui followed behind.
After being knocked down, Ye Zexi lay in the snow with no desire to get up. His mind was a mess, filled with worry for Ye Zuiyi and confusion about his own recent actions.
’Why was I so impulsive?’
The icy snow seeped into his clothes, and the chill cleared his head a little.
Looking back, he suddenly felt he had gone way too far...
Gu Zhao was his sister too... Before Ye Zuiyi came back, he loved taking Zhaozhao out to play. If anyone else even wanted to pat Gu Zhao, he would guard her closely.
But why did he suddenly start disliking Gu Zhao?
’It shouldn’t be like this...’
He couldn’t figure it out.
’Was it because... he felt Ye Zuiyi was pitiful and wanted to take better care of her?’
’Or was it because... Father and Big Brother told him that Ye Zuiyi had suffered a lot and needed more protection?’
"He looks like he’s gone stupid," Zhong Mingrui said, poking his head out. He could see Ye Zexi staring blankly at the sky.
Gu Zhao looked over too, rubbing her chin as she contemplated how to get a little revenge.
’The sister sins, the brother pays. That makes sense, right?’
While Gu Zhao was thinking, the drone above Ye Zexi’s head spotted the two little ones in the snow.
It flew down excitedly.
It got right in Gu Zhao’s face for a close-up.
Gu Zhao jumped in surprise, grabbed the drone, and shoved it into the snow.
[AHHHHHHHH MONKEY KING!! IT’S MONKEY KING!! A LIVING MONKEY KING!]
[This is great! Everyone’s okay!! Monkey King even looks like she’s gotten chubbier!]
[Huh?!! Wait! Is this how you greet me after so long—by shoving me into the snow to experience being buried alive?]
[The way Gu Zhao is shoving the drone looks just like me when I get caught secretly eating snacks in class and frantically hide them! But the thing you’re shoving is me right now!! Let me out!!]
Once Gu Zhao realized what she was doing, she pulled it back out. There were only a few drones left; she should be more careful about breaking them.
Gu Zhao glanced at Ye Zexi again. Thankfully, he was still staring blankly at the sky.
But other people had noticed them. Seeing Gu Zhao, they immediately swarmed over.
One person looked closely at Gu Zhao and suddenly shouted, "She’s that little partner, Gu Zhao!!"
"They made it up!!" The crowd was ecstatic.
Hearing Gu Zhao’s name, Ye Zexi abruptly sat up, flailing in the snow. He immediately scrambled over to Gu Zhao, his eyes bloodshot. "Where’s my sister! Where’s Ye Zuiyi!"
Seeing this, Gu Xulin, who had been hiding nearby, immediately ran over.
Zhong Siqi and the others followed close behind, especially Song Yi and Gu Jiao.
The two of them thought Ye Zexi was bullying Gu Zhao, so they immediately took off their jackets, bundled up a huge clump of snow, and ran over.
"Get away from her!" Gu Xulin shouted as he arrived, snatching Gu Zhao up into his arms and glaring warily at Ye Zexi.
"Where is she! She’s still so young! You can’t hurt her!" Ye Zexi’s mind was just in a total jumble.
"Hurt her? Does she *need* us to hurt her? If you want to see her, stop bothering us and jump down to find her yourself."
"As for what she did to us, this isn’t over!"
Jiang Yifeng walked over, staring at Gu Zhao in shock, his eyes full of disbelief. "Are you... are you human or a ghost?"
’To jump from that high and not lose an arm or a leg, and instead end up looking rounder...’
’How well must she have eaten to get chubby in just one day!’
"Of course she’s human!" Gu Xulin retorted, displeased. ’How could my sister be a ghost! This guy has no tact!’
"No... but then why are you completely fine after that jump? And you all are fine too!" Jiang Yifeng was dumbfounded.
’If they can jump from this high and be fine, then what about all his explorer friends who fell to their deaths?’
’Were their bones just brittle?’
’Like a bag of potato chips?’
Gu Xulin just thought this guy had zero social skills!!
Gu Xulin ignored him and turned to Ye Zexi. "Ye Zuiyi deliberately lured an Arctic Bear to hunt us down. The Gu Family will not let this go with the Ye Family."
"You villain!!! Prepare to die!!" Song Yi and Gu Jiao ran over, each carrying a jacket full of snow. Taking advantage of Ye Zexi’s daze, they dumped the snow all over him.
And behind them, a little boy followed, muttering, "Impossible, impossible, this is illogical."
This latest assault snapped Ye Zexi out of his daze again.
"I’m sorry... I’ll give you an explanation for what Ye Zuiyi did, but can you please just tell me first if she’s okay?" his voice trembled as he looked imploringly at Gu Xulin and the others.
"Hmph!" Zhong Mingrui snorted unhappily. "The traitor has great luck! She was..."
Zhong Siqi quickly covered his mouth, smiling at them. "Ye Zuiyi is fine. A rescue team took her away."
Gu Xulin nodded, then looked at the people around them. "Are these people from your Ye Family?"
The man in the lead immediately explained, "No, we were invited by the production team to cause trouble for you."
After speaking, he felt the guests were looking at him with a particularly... resentful gaze?
"Heh, what a great director," Gu Xulin said with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes.
"I hope he has eighteen kids at once," Gu Zhao said, her face drooping.
Song Yi, his face also drooping, added, "I hope he steps on a banana peel every time he walks!"
"I hope he gets instant noodles with no seasoning packet!" Zhong Mingrui said angrily.
The others were all fuming as well.
The retired soldiers who had been invited smiled awkwardly.
’We shouldn’t have introduced ourselves...’
Meanwhile, the director who was the target of their "blessings" was smiling so hard his face was full of wrinkles.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! I don’t have to write my will! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Good luck is coming~ Oh, good luck is coming~"
The director was about to explode with happiness. He had never felt so blissful. His phone rang, and he answered it with a huge smile.
The person on the other end was congratulating him for dodging a bullet.
The staff members were also overjoyed. ’This is great! We get to keep our jobs!’
The director was thrilled. As for the guests’ curses... pfft, they were nothing compared to his own life being safe.
After cursing the director, Gu Xulin turned to look at Ye Zexi.
"What, has your Ye Family abandoned you?"
"We’ve all made it up, but not a single person from the Ye Family has come for you."
Ye Zexi’s face went pale. ’That’s right... why haven’t Father and Big Brother sent a rescue team...’
’They were the ones who always told him he had to protect his sister, weren’t they?’
’So where are they?’
Just then, a group of people rushed over from the distance. The man in the lead was Ye Jincheng’s assistant. "Young Master, are you alright!"
"The boss was so worried about you! He sent us over the moment he got the news!"
Ye Zexi felt a little relieved. ’Big Brother was still worried about them after all.’
Gu Zhao clicked her tongue twice. "Then where is he?"