Chapter 1471: Chapter 1490: Mind Your Own Business
At night, Gu Qiu packed her luggage, dragging a suitcase as she stealthily made her way from Maple Garden to the window beneath Nan Fei’s ho, knocking firmly. The sound startled Nan Fei, who hadn’t fallen asleep yet. He Shasha hadn’t left earlier and had stayed behind. Upon hearing the noise, she imdiately went to check.
Not long after, she returned with Gu Qiu, wrapped up like so kind of worker from the underground.
Nan Fei, who was busy tidying up her things, couldn’t help but laugh, “What are you doing?”
“I’m leaving with you!” Gu Qiu placed her oversized suitcase by the wall and sighed, “You have no idea how hard it’s been for to wait for this opportunity. Zuo Xinyao went out of town to discuss business, and only now do I have the chance to slip away. Otherwise, if he finds out later, we’d both be dood.”
“Didn’t we agree to leave three days later?” Nan Fei asked. She had been extrely busy lately with a lot of plans to finalize carefully; otherwise, dealing with Leng Peixi wouldn’t be so successful. That said, she had managed to handle Leng Tianqi and Leng Ran—getting them onboard was essential, and their cooperation ant the plan was already halfway to success.
“There’s no ti to wait anymore. I’ve already bought new tickets. We’re leaving in a bit, and once we’re at the airport, we’ll catch the 6:30 AM flight. We’ll leave the country first, then figure things out. If we don’t leave now, I fear we won’t get another chance.” Gu Qiu, dragging her heavy suitcase, was already out of breath. “Even though Zuo Xinyao isn’t here, my cousin is way too cunning—he’s already suspicious.”
“How could that be?” Nan Fei frowned. She had been extrely careful in her actions, and with Jiang Yang helping her erase all traces, not even Ning Di had noticed anything—what reason would anyone else have to suspect?
“How did Yu Fengji find out?”
Gu Qiu pinched her nose, red with the cold. “My cousin has been terrifying ever since he was young. Don’t be fooled by his quiet deanor and his appearance of uprightness—you’d think he’s the perfect image of a police officer. But his mind is scary sharp. On that front, he’s leagues ahead of Zuo Xinyao. So, if he’s already suspicious, it won’t take him long to uncover everything; when that happens, neither of us will be able to escape.”
Although Zuo Xinyao wasn’t exactly a saint either.
Gu Qiu sighed inwardly, lanting her unlucky fate. When she had been younger and more reckless, she hadn’t realized how bold she was back then. She could still vividly recall her fearless attitude when her mother remarried into the Yu Family.
Thinking about it now, she couldn’t help but admire her audacity from back then. The n from that household may have been handso and charming on the surface, but not a single one of them was a decent human being!
Although her full na was Yu Guoqiu, Gu Qiu hadn’t taken the Yu surna herself. She had gone by Gu Qiu since childhood. Her father had passed away when she was young, and it was only after her mother remarried into the Yu Family that she beca the “drag-along burden” entering their lives.
The Yu Family was a big household with a massive business empire and many mbers. Although Yu Fengji was her cousin in na, their relationship wasn’t close—they didn’t share much interaction due to the distant familial ties. That’s also why, after things went wrong, she chose to leave on her own instead of seeking help from anyone in the family.
Later, upon returning to the Imperial City for an episode of drama in her life, she was willing to accept Nan Fei’s assistance but wanted nothing more to do with the Yu Family. At first, she worried that Yu Fengji would try to pull her back into the fold.
However, it turned out that her fears were completely unnecessary. From start to finish, Yu Fengji hadn’t said much to her. While he occasionally asked about her situation, he never brought up anything else.
“What are you thinking about?” Nan Fei lightly slapped Gu Qiu on the back.
“Oh! I was thinking about my cousin Yu Fengji.” Gu Qiu had just co to a realization—Yu Fengji wasn’t soone who ddled in trivial matters, so why was he paying so much attention to their every move this ti?
Sothing about it wasn’t right.
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