70: Chapter 70 What Relationship 70: Chapter 70 What Relationship Summoned by Gu Fan, everyone assembled together.
Gu Fan explained how he couldn’t simultaneously protect the map and the key, suggesting that one of them should be kept by soone else, adhering to the adage of not putting all one’s eggs in a single basket.
As to whom Gu Fan would entrust the key, he decided to keep it secret for the ti being.
He would go to find the person individually after the eting, his smirk oozing mystery.
Concerning Queen Qianye’s need for twelve sacrifices to attain immortality, whether this was true or not, eight had already disappeared, leaving four more to go.
The question now was, who will be next?
Now, only Lin Xi, Du Jun, plus two males and two females remained.
This ant that four of the six amongst will disappear next.
Who exactly would they be?
Would the perpetrator seize on an opportune mont, or had the victims been selected from the start?
Everyone appeared visibly shaken when Gu Fan voiced this possibility.
They all seed worried they might be the next to vanish.
No doubt, they hoped that if soone had to disappear next, it wouldn’t be them.
Everyone has their vested interests; Gu Fan was no exception.
He hoped it wouldn’t be Lin Xi who vanished next.
He vowed to use all his power to protect her and bring an end to this pattern of disappearances, safeguarding everyone’s safety.
Once Gu Fan considered that even if twelve people disappeared and Lin Xi was still safe, he wouldn’t need to ddle further.
However, when Zhou Yu and Xia Yue disappeared, Gu Fan felt a burden of responsibility.
Even if Lin Xi was safe, he would investigate relentlessly, determined to find and bring back everyone.
“If there are no problems, be careful on your way ho,” Gu Fan concluded the eting with these words.
Even though Gu Fan warned against going alone, one man and woman decided to go their separate ways.
The man nad Feng Jin and the woman called Shen Yun weren’t strangers to Gu Fan.
They were the love-struck couple at the cinema the night Zhou Yu disappeared.
Their public displays of affection had led everyone to believe they were a legitimate couple.
However, the revelation that Shen Yun’s official boyfriend was also at the cinema shocked everyone.
After the movie, the boyfriend, unable to contain his rage, got into a fight with Feng Jin.
It was only then that everyone realized Feng Jin was the third-party interloper.
Word got out that Shen Yun’s boyfriend beca her ex, and Feng Jin got promoted to boyfriend status, however, no one welcod the news.
As Feng Jin was off to work, he implored Shen Yun not to walk alone and to, at least, go with Lin Xi.
Shen Yun gave her full agreent at first, but as soon as Feng Jin left, she hurriedly distanced herself from the rest, leaving Lin Xi worried.
Unable to catch up to Shen Yun, Lin Xi wondered what Shen Yun was thinking.
Didn’t she realize that walking alone was risky?
Du Jun, along with a few classmates, left separately.
Jie and Lu Yi also decided to head to a job interview.
Now, it was just Gu Fan accompanying Lin Xi ho.
With no one else to bother them, Gu Fan took Lin Xi’s hand, and the two of them strolled down the street, talking and laughing.
Eventually, Lin Xi couldn’t resist asking, “Who are you going to entrust the key to, Gu Fan?”
Gu Fan theatrically smiled and said, “The secrets of heaven must not be revealed.”
At his words, Lin Xi seed a bit irked, “What?
Even keeping secrets from .
Don’t you trust ?”
Seeing Lin Xi upset, Gu Fan quickly assured her, “Don’t be mad, my dear.
It’s for your own good that I’m not telling you.
The less you know, the safer you’ll be.
Imagine if the enemy knew that I’ve revealed the whereabouts of the key to you.
You might beco their pri kidnap target!”
Lin Xi found Gu Fan’s explanation reasonable and forgave him.
She lovingly held his arm as they walked down the street, attracting envious glances from many.
As they were crossing the road, Gu Fan inadvertently spotted a familiar figure across the street.
The height, the clothes, wasn’t that Shen Yun?
“Wait a minute.
Who’s that man next to Shen Yun?” Gu Fan was puzzled.
Lin Xi was equally bewildered, the man next to Shen Yun was neither Feng Jin nor her ex-boyfriend.
He was soone neither Gufan nor Lin Xi recognized.
“You’ve got to be kidding!” Gu Fan and Lin Xi exchanged disbelieving looks.
They regretted worrying about Shen Yun walking alone, as she seed to be enjoying herself just fine.
Gu Fan couldn’t help but sigh, “What on earth is Shen Yun thinking?
She has a boyfriend, yet she was intimately close to Feng Jin.
Now she’s with Feng Jin but behaving ambiguously with another man.”
Lin Xi imdiately retorted, “Don’t overthink it.
Maybe the guy next to Shen Yun is her brother; it might not be what we think.” However, just as Lin Xi finished her sentence, Shen Yun and the man began to laugh and play with each other under broad daylight, eventually hugging each other, looking quite joyful.
Regarding this, Gu Fan shook his head: “It might not be as we think.
Perhaps they always joke around like this as siblings.”
After hearing this, Lin Xi looked at Gu Fan with a suspicious gaze, and then asked, “I rember you said you also have a sister.
Are you usually this intimate with your sister too?”
Gu Fan quickly shook his head: “Of course not.
Although she is my real sister, when we joke around, I still pay attention to propriety.
We absolutely never behave like them.
It’s too much, out in broad daylight.
It’s simply outrageous.”
“That’s right, co with .” Lin Xi tightly grabbed Gu Fan, started in a light jog, crossed the road, passed through the crowd, all the while keeping their eyes on Shen Yun and her questionable boyfriend.
Gu Fan was a bit worried: “This is their personal life, even though it’s a bit ssy, we still have no reason to interfere.”
“You’re right.
Then let’s just watch for a little while and then leave.” Lin Xi spoke with a curious and interested tone, and then continued to pull Gu Fan along, following after Shen Yun.
Seeing Shen Yun so into the arms of another man, Gu Fan couldn’t help but ask: “How do you think Feng Jin would react if he knew?”
Lin Xi straightforwardly responded: “It serves Feng Jin right.
He knew Shen Yun had a boyfriend but still tried to hit on her.
Now, another man is hitting on his girlfriend.”
“No way, Feng Jin knew Shen Yun had a boyfriend prior to them getting together?” Gu Fan was shocked.
If Feng Jin was unaware, it could be excused as him being deceived by Shen Yun.
But knowingly intruding into their relationship was despicable.
The thought reminded Gu Fan of Du Jun’s smug face.
Gu Fan couldn’t help but ask again: “Do you think this new guy knows Shen Yun has a boyfriend?”
To this question, Lin Xi frowned and couldn’t give an answer, but instead asked back: “Firstly, let ask you guys, if you encountered a girl who had feelings for you while she had a boyfriend, and she was throwing herself at you, would you accept?”
“This can’t be generalized, but I wouldn’t anyway.” Gu Fan replied decisively without any hesitation.
Lin Xi maintained a very calm expression, it was unclear whether she was satisfied with Gu Fan’s answer, but Gu Fan took it as a pass.
After a while, Lin Xi also felt it wasn’t right to follow.
It’s Shen Yun’s private life and they shouldn’t interfere.
Lin Xi then went with Gu Fan to take the subway, planning to go sowhere suitable for a date.
However, an awkward situation occurred.
While they were waiting for the subway, they unexpectedly saw Shen Yun and the other guy also waiting for the subway.
Gu Fan stood still, as did Lin Xi.
Shen Yun was flustered and then pretended not to see them, leading the guy to the other platform to wait for the subway.
“Is this so sort of divine intervention?” Gu Fan and Lin Xi were at a loss for words.
They couldn’t comprehend the complex changes going through Shen Yun’s mind at that mont.
Shortly after boarding the subway, Lin Xi received a ssage.
It was from Shen Yun, asking her and Gu Fan to keep her secret and not tell Feng Jin.
Lin Xi felt awkward and imdiately sought Gu Fan’s opinion.
Gu Fan thought seriously about it and texted Shen Yun back saying that they wouldn’t interfere in other people’s matters.
Understanding their intentions, Shen Yun replied with a “Thank you”.
“What’s going on?
If one day Feng Jin finds out I’ve been hiding this from him, will he be so furious that he blas for everything?
I’m completely innocent.” Gu Fan feigned a headache as Lin Xi awkwardly chuckled: “I don’t know what to do either, we can only agree to Shen Yun’s request for now.
If not, she wouldn’t let off easily.
Why was I so curious?”
Gu Fan couldn’t help but sigh: “No wonder Feng Jin could successfully interfere with her relationship.
It turns out Shen Yun can easily find another lover.
This is a good match.”
“Alright, let’s just hope that Shen Yun and that guy are not serious and will break up quickly.
Hopefully, Feng Jin won’t discover their affair, and even if he does, he won’t know that I concealed it.” Gu Fan made a blessed gesture.
He didn’t want to be unnecessarily involved and the situation was already ssy enough without any more complicated love affairs.
Lin Xi couldn’t help but think, couldn’t help but ask: “What on earth is Shen Yun thinking?
She already has a boyfriend who treats her well, their relationship is stable, why won’t she reject the other man?
Why does she like having more than one love affair?
Wasn’t what happened in the movie theater enough?”
“We can’t really understand this, especially a woman’s mind.” Gu Fan laughed after finishing his sentence: “Alright, let’s not waste our energy thinking about other people’s affairs.
We just need to be happy together.”
“Yeah!” Lin Xi nodded with a smile.
Reviews
All reviews (0)