Chapter 372
"Creak."
The door to the Room Barrier opened, and Sakuramiya Hitomi carefully poked her head out, glancing to the left and right.
Outside was the pitch-black office area of the Jinshi Group.
However, while she was still remaining vigilant of her surroundings, a hand suddenly pressed down on her head, grabbing her like a little chick and pulling her out the door.
"Ouch! Tong Yingying!!"
Sakuramiya Hitomi stumbled two steps while clutching her head, angrily shouting the na of the chief culprit.
"Call
Sister Tong."
Ignoring the thoroughly resentful Sakuramiya Hitomi behind her, Tong Yingying rubbed her wrist.
Surveying the luxurious Jinshi Group office that appeared hazy in the deep moonlight, she raised an eyebrow.
"How convenient, to actually open a Room Barrier in the local emperor of Linn's building for instant teleportation at any ti. If soone wanted to steal intelligence or carry out an assassination, it would be as easy as reaching into their own pocket."
"It is a good thing you are not the host of a Modifier,"
Sakuramiya Hitomi muttered a complaint. She waited for An Le to walk out from inside before closing the door to the Room Barrier.
"I was afraid of not being able to get out of bed every morning and delaying my work, so I opened a Room Barrier that leads straight here. Now it is perfect for finding Aruiya."
As she spoke, she glanced at An Le, who was currently using her mobile phone to send a ssage to soone.
"How is it? Were you able to contact Bai Yi?"
"Not yet. Classmate Yatsuhashi said she sent her a ssage, but there has been no reply so far."
Now that Ye Shiyu had shown up at their door and abducted Yan Huan, the three of them had all witnessed her formidable strength with their own eyes. Knowing they were no match for her, they could only go and call for reinforcents, staging a play of 'five warlords crusade against Ye'.
They had sent a ssage to Spencer earlier, and she said she would co down to et up soon.
However, Bai Yi was currently completely unable to be contacted.
"It is fine, having her or not makes little difference. Moreover, once we start fighting, our abilities will conflict with each other anyway. Let us just get Aruiya alone."
"Ding."
Right at that mont, the elevator ahead chid.
The three of them looked over and saw Spencer running out, having changed into a sports hoodie and shorts. She hurriedly asked them,
"How is Yan Huan?!"
"The President was taken away by Ye Shiyu. He should have been taken back to that staff dormitory you visited before."
"Then let's go! Let's go rescue Yan Huan!!"
Hearing this, Spencer turned around with full montum to press the elevator button, but Sakuramiya Hitomi stopped her.
"Wait a minute! At least let us make a plan first.
"Right now, Ye Shiyu can apply Hypnosis through various electronic products. She knows we will not let this go easily and will definitely be fully prepared for battle. Would charging in right now not just be throwing our lives away?"
Sakuramiya Hitomi had previously set up an inescapable net at the island hotel, so she was naturally familiar with the route of doing such things.
To the side, An Le also pursed her lips and suddenly reminded them,
"But, no matter how we plan, Ye Shiyu still has Future Sight."
"..."
As soon as the matter of 'Future Sight' was brought up, the expressions of Sakuramiya Hitomi and Tong Yingying could not help but change.
Obviously, what they thought of was not just that Ye Shiyu could foresee their rescue plan through Future Sight.
There was also...
The matter of Yan Huan marrying Sakuramiya Hitomi, yet having affairs every day.
The matter of Yan Huan getting tired of playing with An Le and ultimately abandoning her.
And for Tong Yingying even more so, the matter of her being entirely unaccounted for, with no such person found.
"..."
Spencer looked left at Sakuramiya Hitomi and An Le, then right at Sakuramiya Hitomi again. She then crossed her arms and asked in confusion,
"Why aren't you guys saying anything? What's wrong?"
"It is just..."
An Le hesitated to speak. In the end, it was Sakuramiya Hitomi who rubbed the space between her eyebrows and roughly explained the matter of Future Sight to Aruiya.
Perhaps because her ending could still be considered good, she was still able to speak about it optimistically.
"As for you, Ye Shiyu did not ntion anything, which ans that the President's future completely lacks you, Bai Yi, and Sister Tong."
As she reached the end of her sentence, Sakuramiya Hitomi weighed her words carefully and then scrutinized Aruiya's expression.
Hearing this, Aruiya blinked, her expression remaining entirely unchanged as she said,
"I don't believe it."
"..."
Hearing this response, Sakuramiya Hitomi pursed her lips, wondering if she had not clearly explained what 'Future Sight' was.
Just as she was about to speak, Aruiya looked at Sakuramiya Hitomi and firmly interrupted her,
"Because Yan Huan's future will definitely have
in it. Furthermore, I also believe that he won't do what you guys said."
eting those azure-blue eyes, Sakuramiya Hitomi was slightly startled, but then found herself unable to help but laugh.
Actually, it was not that the three of them did not believe in Yan Huan.
Although it was called 'Future Sight', the reality was that its contents perfectly aligned with the deep-seated insecurities they already harbored in their hearts.
Sakuramiya Hitomi finally got together with Yan Huan, but at the sa ti, he also got involved with An Le.
Right now, she could still use the excuse of trying to resolve the Modifier to console herself, treating it as the President going to practice his skills.
But what about after the Modifier was resolved?
What if the President remained exactly as he was now?
It was the sa for An Le, who had already been feeling anxious because of the moving situation.
For Tong Yingying, it was even simpler. Since she was the one taking the initiative much more often in her romantic relationship with Yan Huan, how could she not be afraid that all her efforts would be in vain?
And the future that Ye Shiyu spoke of perfectly aligned with all of their deepest fears. How could that not make them worry?
"..."
But regardless, Aruiya's self-assurance allowed them to regain a bit of confidence.
"It's fine. Ye Shiyu's Hypnosis doesn't seem to have any effect on . I'll go to that whatever dormitory to find Yan Huan, and then... hmm, you guys go find her mother."
"Her mother... you an, Aunt Ye Lan?"
"Yeah, she seems to be really afraid of her mom."
"...How did you know that?"
"Hmm... how should I put it... ah, just trust
on this!"
It was hard for Aruiya to explain, because from her perspective, Ye Shiyu was a very tall goshawk.
But every ti Auntie Piggy was present, she would slowly shrink, becoming just like a fledgling squawking to be fed, even shedding her feathers.
Sakuramiya Hitomi and An Le looked at Aruiya, whose entire body seed to radiate with the light of intelligence, and felt their morale rise even higher.
Having witnessed all this, Tong Yingying remained silent for a long ti before finally speaking up,
"...But, why do I rember that every ti you people with Modifiers gang up on soone, it is always the side with more people that loses?"
"..."
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere inevitably fell silent.
Because...
It seed that this was indeed the truth.
Back in Sakura Country, the four of them had fought An Le, only to end up getting whipped like spinning tops by her.
During the High Table Dinner, the four of them had fought Sakuramiya Hitomi, only to end up being tossed outside to watch a live broadcast of a cuckolding scene.
And now, it was the four of them fighting Ye Shiyu.
"How about we still call Bai Yi?"
After pausing for a second, An Le, the most superstitious among them, raised her hand and suggested.
Four against one didn't work before. Now, with Bai Yi added, it would be five against one. The outco would definitely be different.
"..."
"...Alright, I will go contact her."
Seeing this, Tong Yingying sighed and agreed.
"You?"
"Mhm. You all have things to do, so I, as the adult here, cannot just sit idle, right?"
Tong Yingying took out her mobile phone, then puckered her lips toward the variety show promotion poster featuring Bai Yi on the wall.
"I should be able to find out where she is very soon."
"Okay, then we will split up and take action."
With the plan finalized, Sakuramiya Hitomi and An Le returned to the Western-style mansion through the Room Barrier.
She could use her mother, Sakuramiya Lily's connections to reach Ye Lan.
anwhile, Tong Yingying used the Room Barrier to return to the South Ward, rallying people to search for Bai Yi.
Only Aruiya took the elevator down, heading in the direction of Ye International.
"Ding."
"Huff, huff, huff..."
The mont the elevator doors opened, Aruiya launched a bull charge, turning into an afterimage that not even the security guards could see clearly as she dashed out of the building, sprinting madly toward Ye International.
Overtaking nurous vehicles along the road, Aruiya soon arrived downstairs at the staff dormitory.
Looking at the door blocked by the employee access control system, she tilted her head, displaying a confused expression.
Because last ti when she and Auntie Piggy ca over, it was Auntie Piggy who opened the door.
"Hmm..."
As she stood there thinking, the blonde hair on her head suddenly grew brighter.
"Whoosh!"
In an instant, an employee ID card flew straight out from a room above, landing perfectly in her hand.
"Oh?"
Examining the card that had suddenly appeared in her hand, Aruiya swiped it against the door in front of her.
Imdiately after, she walked inside.
"..."
Inside, there happened to be an employee who had just finished working overti waiting for the elevator.
She was holding her mobile phone, scrolling through short videos.
"Oh right, I forgot to do that today."
She muttered to herself as she casually opened the Yezi AI and asked via voice command,
"Today's fortune."
"Ding."
On the screen, a custom-made, handso, blond Western man created by Yezi AI smiled faintly and spoke softly,
"Today's fortune is slightly bad. Judging from the prediction, you will be a bit more exhausted, Master. You probably worked very late, right?"
"Wow... you knew I had to work overti today..."
Aruiya curiously watched the woman talking to her mobile phone. The elevator arrived shortly after, and she walked in alongside the woman.
"Bzzzt... bzzzt..."
As soon as they entered the elevator, the lights around them began to flicker erratically.
But that woman was still chatting with the Yezi AI,
"No matter what you seek today, Master, I am afraid it will be hard to achieve. So, rather than making an effort only to return without success, would it not be better to rest early?"
The magnetic and gentle voice of the Yezi AI seed to offer solace to the corporate slave, making her blush slightly as she laughed,
"Ah, alright."
Aruiya cast another curious glance at the contents of her mobile phone, only to see...
An Index Finger on the screen, silently watching her.
"Return... without success."
"Yezi... how long have I been at it?"
At this mont, inside Ye Lan's room in the Ye Residence.
Wearing yoga clothes and stretching her flexible body, Ye Lan had a slightly flushed face, with tiny beads of sweat dotted across her forehead.
Panting slightly, she licked her dry lips and asked intermittently.
"It has been forty minutes, Mama. Today's exercise quota has already been t."
On her mobile phone, an expressionless little black-haired girl holding a small jellyfish doll tilted her head as she replied.
"Alright..."
"Mama, rest early tonight. Working during the day must have been exhausting, right?"
Ye Lan slowly stood up and used a towel to wipe the beads of sweat off her forehead.
Looking at the little girl on her phone who looked exactly like Ye Shiyu when she was a child, the smiles on Ye Lan's face had grown more frequent lately.
Earlier, Yezi had been watching her while hugging the jellyfish doll. Now, she was tilting her head and holding a toy telephone, seemingly pretending to make a call.
When she was little, Shiyu was actually a very playful child who bought a lot of toys.
Back then, Shiyu would never write her na on her toys.
Perhaps recalling sothing, the smile on Ye Lan's face faded slightly.
Shortly after, she softly said,
"Help
set the phone to Do Not Disturb mode, and then wake
up at six o'clock tomorrow morning. I will take a shower and then rest."
"Alright, Mama."
On the phone, the Yezi AI, hugging the phone and seemingly pretending to make a call, nodded in agreent.
"Yes, I know where Shiyu has been staying recently. How about this, I will go check on her place tomorrow. Wait for
to send you a ssage later, okay?"
At this mont, inside the Sakuramiya Residence.
Sakuramiya Hitomi had the phone on speaker. Hearing Ye Lan's reply together with An Le, she could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Following that, she pursed her lips and said,
"Okay, Auntie, we will wait for your ssage."
"Mhm, do not worry. I understand my child, Shiyu. She will not do anything too excessive to Xiao Huan. You girls can just rest assured."
"Alright, Auntie, get so rest early."
Hanging up the phone, Sakuramiya Hitomi looked at An Le beside her and revealed a smile.
"It is just a pity that Aunt Ye did not tell us the location. However, with her involved, Ye Shiyu should at least not dare to act recklessly." An Le also nodded. Just as she was about to speak, the mobile phone in her arms suddenly rang.
"Ding."
An Le was slightly startled. She looked down, and her heart instantly skipped a beat.
On Plane, a ssage arrived from the contact saved as 'Father':
"It is already so late, why aren't you at ho?"
'?!'
'Eh?'
'Why did Father suddenly co back?!'
"I'm outside hanging out with classmates. Father, why did you co back so suddenly? Didn't you say you wouldn't be back this week?"
"I ca back to get so clothes for your mother. Have you been living at ho recently? The tables in the house are covered in dust. Just where have you been all this ti?"
"..."
Seeing this, Sakuramiya Hitomi blinked and asked in confusion,
"What is wrong?"
"This... this is bad."
An Le pursed her lips, her slightly pale face lifting to look at Sakuramiya Hitomi in front of her.
anwhile, in a postpartum care center in Luoqiao District.
Bai Yi, holding her phone, hurried into the corridor with a slightly pale face. She scanned left and right, and upon seeing a woman with quite a few tattoos on her body, she could not help but cringe inwardly.
"Ningxue?"
"Yo?"
The tattooed woman saw that Bai Yi had arrived and greeted her.
"..."
Bai Yi approached her and gave her belly a once-over. Discovering that it was completely flat, she sat down in surprise,
"Ningxue, you... since when were you expecting?"
Hearing this, the woman rolled her eyes and directly gave Bai Yi a flick on the forehead.
"Expecting your head! It has been so long since we last t, and you curse
like this the mont you see , huh?"
Bai Yi covered her forehead and blinked, saying,
"...You aren't?"
"Of course I'm not! My older sister works a part-ti job here, and I ca to pick her up from work."
"...You arranging to et
here completely scared ."
The woman called 'Ningxue' chuckled, then asked Bai Yi,
"What is it? Will your mother not get angry if you co looking for ? Do not let her replicate what happened before and co to my shop to argue again. I will not be able to stand it."
She still rembered that when Bai Yi first went missing, her mother had once ntioned that Bai Yi had a very good best friend.
The person she spoke of was none other than the Ningxue standing right in front of her.
"Don't ntion it. I've already cut ties with my mother. She can no longer control
coming to find you."
"Not bad, not bad."
Ningxue turned her head completely and asked Bai Yi,
"So, what does our Big Star want with ?"
"I recently decided to run away from ho. I have nowhere to live, and staying in a hotel all the ti is not a long-term solution. Do you not still have a spare room at your place? I was thinking I could just stay with you. I will pay you rent every month!"
"You had to ask now of all tis. Right now, my sister is living there. Besides, it is not like you lack money. Go find a better place to live."
"I need to practice my musical instrunts. In a regular rental apartnt, I would probably receive a noise complaint within days. Only your place was suitable before. If I rent outside, the place is either hard to find or too expensive."
"Oh my, I couldn't tell you were so good at saving money. What a good woman."
Bai Yi stuck out her tongue. After being tactfully rejected, she took out her mobile phone, preparing to open the Yezi AI to search for suitable housing.
But in the very next second, Ningxue suddenly reached out and pressed down on her phone.
"Hmm?"
"Stop searching. Although you can't stay at my place, I actually know of a property that suits you perfectly."
Ningxue smiled faintly and introduced it,
"I know a friend who is selling two adjacent villas in a coastal residential complex in the North Sea District. One has three floors and even cos with a luxurious basent. Properties with a layout like that are rare in all of Linn."
"What would I need a basent for?"
Hearing this, Bai Yi's face couldn't help but stiffen.
"It is fine if you don't want it. The other villa has no basent and is decorated a bit better, right opposite that one.
"The main thing is that the location is remote, and usually no one lives around there. No matter how loudly you sing or play your instrunts, no one will bother you.
"I know the person, so I can help negotiate the rent down for you."
Saying so, Ningxue reached out a finger to lift Bai Yi's chin, speaking up,
"As for you, when you bring your little boyfriend to live there, you'll definitely be so lost in bliss every day that you won't even know what day it is."
"..."
Bai Yi's face flushed red, and she hurriedly slapped Ningxue's finger away, muttering,
"How did you know I'm in a romantic relationship?"
"Monts, duh. Did you think that just because your mother deleted , I wouldn't be able to add you back?"
"..."
Bai Yi actually knew about this very well, because that was exactly how she had added Yan Huan back.
"A while ago, you were posting a selfie every single day, coming up with all sorts of captions... about flowers, about love, and what not."
"Stop... stop talking."
Bai Yi's small face turned bright red. Thinking about how her Monts posts—which clearly carried a 'mating call' undertone—had been discovered by soone else, she couldn't help but feel deeply ashad.
During that period, indeed...
The mont she thought about being in a romantic relationship with Yan Huan soon, she got a bit carried away, posting a selfie every day in an attempt to attract a certain soone's attention.
In the end, she even ended up sulking because the other party did not like her posts.
Well...
Although it was the sa even now...
Yan Huan, that big jerk, hadn't contacted her at all since last night...
Truly...
Honestly...
"Then... then help
contact them. I'll rent the other house without the basent."
"Okey-dokey."
Just as she said this, the door to the room in front of them opened.
From inside, a care worker carrying a basin of hot water walked out. It seed she was exactly Ningxue's older sister.
Behind her, An Le's heavily pregnant mother was doing early prenatal education, using the Yezi AI to play nursery rhys for the child in her womb.
"Oh, you're here?"
"Mhm."
Ningxue curiously looked at the scene inside, where the AI was singing nursery rhys for prenatal education, clicking her tongue in wonder as she remarked,
"Technology is really amazing these days. It saves so much trouble."
Ningxue's older sister nodded and smiled, saying,
"Indeed, it even knows to remind her husband that the weather is going to change soon, telling him to rember to put on more clothes. See, didn't he go back ho just to fetch so clothing?"
"That is really impressive."
"I just don't know why it has taken him so long to co back. Ah, you must be Bai Yi, right? I heard Ningxue ntion you before."
"Ah, h-hello, sister."
"Hehe... In a bit, once her husband cos back, I'll be off work. How about we go out together to grab so skewers?"
"Mhm, sounds great."
"Creak."
North Sea District, underground in a certain three-story villa.
The door slowly opened, revealing Ye Shiyu's face.
Inside the room, Yan Huan, who was sitting on a chair, raised his eyes to look at Ye Shiyu in front of him.
She had bought many daily necessities...
But, he did not see any chains.
"I am back, Xiao Huan. I bought so food, as well as bedding and things like that. Then, since I did not know what you wanted to drink, I... bought a little bit of everything for you."
Ye Shiyu spoke as she squatted down, shaking the items out of the bags.
Seeing this, Yan Huan stood up and also squatted down in front of her, observing the things she had bought back.
"..."
Ye Shiyu kept her head lowered, sowhat afraid to et Yan Huan's gaze.
The main issue was that she couldn't let Xiao Huan leave right now.
Therefore, it was equivalent to locking Xiao Huan up here.
She did not know how she would explain herself if Xiao Huan were to ask.
"I do not want to stay in the basent forever."
"!!"
Hearing this, Ye Shiyu's body could not help but tremble.
Sure enough...
It was here!
Her movents of organizing the supplies paused slightly. Her lips parted slightly, as if she were brewing so words to say.
"Xiao Huan... you cannot leave yet."
"Why?"
Yan Huan continued organizing the items and asked naturally.
Ye Shiyu pursed her lips, and shortly after, she said,
"I cannot tell Xiao Huan."
"..."
Yan Huan nodded and did not question her closely anymore, simply retrieving a bottle of mineral water.
Soon after, he raised his eyes to look at Ye Shiyu and said,
"Don't worry, I won't leave. I just want to go upstairs. I don't want to stay in the basent, after all, there isn't even a toilet down here."
"..."
Ye Shiyu was slightly stunned, but she fell into hesitation.
Because she wasn't sure if this was just a stalling tactic from Xiao Huan.
Perhaps, as long as she let Xiao Huan out, he would find a way to escape.
Even though...
He said he wouldn't leave.
"Do you not agree?"
"Rustle, rustle."
Yan Huan's question and the friction of his clothes against his body—a movent that seed to indicate he was about to get up and leave—attracted Ye Shiyu's attention.
Thus, she subconsciously lifted her eyes to see what Yan Huan was trying to do.
But the mont she raised her gaze, all she saw was...
Xiao Huan suddenly drawing closer to her, and then staring straight at her, locking eyes with her.
"..."
Feeling Yan Huan's face and line of sight in such close proximity, Ye Shiyu's breathing inevitably hitched.
And in the next second, looking at Ye Shiyu, Yan Huan simply said calmly,
"Then you can just use Hypnosis on ... and command
not to leave the basent. Otherwise, I will definitely go upstairs."
"!!"
Hearing this, Ye Shiyu's pupils couldn't help but contract.
The entire basent instantly fell silent.
As the two stared at each other, the atmosphere seed to have grown complex and dangerous.
"..."
Ye Shiyu's throat, along with the light in her eyes, trembled slightly.
anwhile, Yan Huan's expression remained entirely unchanged as he maintained his gaze on Ye Shiyu.
Only, a single drop of sweat slid down his forehead at an untily mont...
"..."
A long, long silence ensued...
And after a certain instant, within the reflection of Yan Huan's motionless eyes, Ye Shiyu suddenly shifted away little by little, her eyes trembling faintly.
With a dodging gaze, she avoided Yan Huan's eyes.
Shortly after, she whispered,
"I-if Xiao Huan remains in my line of sight at all tis... then it's fine."
As she tilted her head and spoke softly in such a manner, Yan Huan faintly caught sight of her earlobe, which had turned slightly pink, hidden deep within her black hair.
Seeing this, Yan Huan's expression shifted slightly.
He...
Seed to have grown even more convinced of sothing.
Thus, he nodded and softly said,
"Alright, I won't leave.
"I will remain in your line of sight at all tis."
Having received Yan Huan's affirmation, Ye Shiyu pursed her lips and lowered her head.
Right after, she gave a soft 'Mhm'.
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