Chapter 384 |
Gu Xi was forced down, kneeling on the ground!
Her hands were twisted behind her back!
Liguang held her wrists with one hand, the grip so tight that Gu Xi had no room to struggle!
Gu Xi knelt on the cold metal floor. Her ponytail had completely come undone in the earlier impact, leaving her black hair strewn messily over her shoulders.
She clenched her teeth, sweat beading on her forehead, but her body was pinned down, unable to move.
The silver-haired girl bent slightly, tilting her head to look at Gu Xi, who was pinned beneath her...
That same gentle, obedient smile lingered on her lips.
"Master."
She spoke, her voice soft and sweet:
Fang Qi blinked.
Huh...?
Wait—
What?
...Seriously?
He rubbed his brow hard, finally sorting out the situation.
The situation was:
His wife was way too strong!
So strong that the other side couldn't even fire a shot?
Sister Ghost, once again a prisoner?
He looked down at the policewoman, who was now pinned to the ground by Liguang once more.
Her hands were twisted behind her back, a few strands of hair clinging to her handsome, flushed face.
She didn't curse, didn't struggle. She just knelt there, lifting her head to glare at Fang Qi!
Fang Qi's eyes flickered.
He got the feeling... that Gu Xi wasn't at all surprised by what was happening?
"...Liguang, take her to the room over there."
Fang Qi pointed to a small door off to the side on the B2 floor.
"Let's have a proper... chat with this 'senior.' "
...
Looking at the policewoman before him, the corner of Fang Qi's eye twitched.
Gu Xi was now tied up tight to a metal chair!
Completely immobile!
Just moments ago, Liguang had dragged Gu Xi over and produced a length of rope—probably leftover supplies from the area.
She bent down, moving with practiced elegance as she...
Bound Gu Xi's hands behind the back of the chair.
Then she tied her calves to the chair legs!
The whole process was seamless!
But Gu Xi ignored Liguang entirely. Instead...
She kept glaring at him the whole time!
Those light brown eyes were practically spitting fire, yet she didn't say a single word!
Now, the silver-haired girl had finished her task, tilting her head with a blink, admiring her handiwork.
Fang Qi sized up the 'senior' tied to the chair.
Yeah.
That was definitely a secure job...
Tying people up was second nature to Liguang.
He'd experienced being tied up by her himself back in the day...
Gu Xi, meanwhile, was still glaring at Fang Qi!
Grinding her teeth, but keeping her mouth shut tight!
Fang Qi stared at her, a little baffled.
Sister Ghost...
What the hell are you trying to do here?
You just fell into our hands like this?
Were you really confident that these few goons could arrest him and Liguang?
Or...
He squinted.
Did she have another agenda?
"So... 'Senior'?"
He spoke up, a friendly curve to his lips.
He asked with a smile:
"How were we doing back in the day?"
Gu Xi's eyelashes fluttered. She turned her head away, avoiding his gaze.
"...I don't know you."
Still lying through her teeth!
Fang Qi ignored her, pressing on:
"And now you're this desperate to kill me..."
He pointed at himself, giving her a wink:
"Even in those 'dreams' before, you came after me."
Gu Xi's eyelids twitched!
"So..."
He tilted his head, still watching her, continuing to ask:
"Are we at odds now?"
Gu Xi stayed silent.
But those light brown eyes trembled!
The room was quiet, save for her heavy breathing.
Fang Qi didn't rush. He just waited.
Finally, Gu Xi spoke, her voice reverting to a cold, hard tone:
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"This is our first meeting."
"My mission... is to expel anyone illegally trespassing in a national classified facility."
She locked eyes with Fang Qi again, glaring at him:
"And that's all there is to it!"
Tch.
Fang Qi narrowed his eyes.
Some people just don't stop until...
"Master."
The silver-haired girl's gentle voice came by his ear.
Fang Qi turned to see Liguang standing beside him, still with her hands clasped demurely over her stomach.
She looked completely adorable!
As if she hadn't just single-handedly taken down eight armed personnel!
Now she tilted her head, smiling at the bound Gu Xi.
"Master, should we..."
The faint blue in her amber eyes swirled slowly.
"Start torturing her for information now?"
She leaned in slightly, close to Gu Xi's ear, her voice soft and sweet:
"Liguang can finish her right now~"
"Liguang really, really wants to interrogate this..."
She stared straight into Gu Xi's eyes:
"...'early flame' of my Master!"
Fang Qi: "..."
I told you, there's nothing!
Why are you bringing this up again?
And right in her face!
That's just rude!
Sure enough, the policewoman was stunned for a moment.
She blinked blankly. Then...
"Did you say something?!"
Her voice turned sharp. She suddenly exploded!
The calm the policewoman had held onto shattered in an instant!
She even began to struggle violently!
The chair rattled wildly with her movement!
Her face, sharp and elegant, was flushed red!
She finally turned to glare at Liguang!
"Bastard! Who's his early anything?!"
She screamed and thrashed:
"I am not! Not!"
"You can't treat people like this!"
"This is going too far!"
Fang Qi: "..."
...Hey.
His eyes went wide as he stared at Gu Xi, who had suddenly started to lose it.
What the hell?!
When all your people were down and Liguang had you kneeling on the floor...
You weren't this worked up!
When you were tied to a chair and couldn't move, you were still so calm!
But saying you're my early flame...
And now you flip out?!
Is being my early flame really that upsetting to you?!
Does that make any sense?!
That's brutal!
Fang Qi stared at her!
Policewoman, your reaction is even worse!
Liguang clearly thought the same thing.
Her small hand suddenly reached out, grabbing Gu Xi's arm, which was still bound behind her back...
And she twisted it.
"SNAP."
"AHHH—!!!"
A sharp scream cut through the air!
Gu Xi arched back from the pain.
Her black hair flew wildly against the chair's back!
"Miss Gu."
Liguang's voice was as gentle as ever.
"You really are quite rude. Being called Master's 'early flame'..."
She applied a little more force.
"SNAP."
"...is your honor."
"Ghh—!!!"
Gu Xi bit her lip, forcing the second scream down.
But sweat was already rolling down her forehead!
"You should be grateful for it."
Liguang's smile was perfectly kind:
"If anyone's being humiliated here, it's Master, not you."
"SNAP."
"AHHHHH—!!!"
Gu Xi screamed in agony, her bound body twisting every which way!
"Fang Qi, you bastard!!! Tell this lunatic to stop—!!!"
Fang Qi: "..."
Well, now she remembers she 'knows' him.
But man...
He quickly reached out and pressed down on Liguang’s arm.
"Liguang, let go, let go! Don’t be impulsive!"
Until he was sure whether she was an ally or an enemy, it was best to be cautious!
He didn’t want to accidentally strike a teammate again!
The silver-haired girl blinked, then obediently released the tension in her grip.
"Hiss—ugh...!"
Gu Xi gasped sharply in the chair, her lips trembling all over!
Liguang stepped back half a pace, clasping her hands together again in front of her stomach.
That faint, gentle smile on her lips didn’t waver at all.
Hiss...
Fang Qi pressed his lips together.
This version of his wife... she was a total wolf in sheep’s clothing...!
Gu Xi clenched her teeth, breathing in ragged tremors, the rims of her eyes turning red!
But in the end, she forced a sentence out through gritted teeth:
"I—don’t—know—you!"
"And I’m definitely not some crush of yours from junior high school or whatever!"
Then she stubbornly bit her lip and fell silent again.
Only her hands, bound behind the chair back, were still trembling faintly.
Seeing her like this...
Fang Qi let out a deep sigh.
...Fine.
He didn’t know if she was a teammate.
But she was definitely speaking in riddles!
Everyone around him—every single one—was a cryptic riddle-speaker!
If he got hurt by mistake, that was honestly their own damn fault!
So he pulled over a chair and sat down across from Gu Xi.
Not looking down on her, not aggressive—just sitting there, eye level with her.
"Gu Xi, big sis."
He began.
This time, he used the name written in the notebook.
Gu Xi’s eyelashes fluttered violently!
The silver-haired girl tilted her head slightly, glancing at him with that smile still in place.
A faint crimson gleam flickered in her red pupils.
Fang Qi: "..."
Babe, I’m trying to win her over here!
Keep it cool!
Fang Qi took a deep breath, then...
"Gu Xi, sis, I remember..."
He cocked his head, looking at her, his tone carrying a hint of teasing:
"Back in school, you were my best partner!"
"We used to stir up all kinds of trouble together, didn’t we?"
Gu Xi’s body stiffened slightly.
But she still said nothing.
Officer beauty, just come clean...
I promised my wife I’d get you to talk. If you keep playing tough... she really will start torturing you!
Fang Qi continued, "recalling" his childhood, his voice tinged with a hint of nostalgia:
"After that thing in the cafeteria, you came to me first, saying you hated injustice and couldn’t stand shady stuff..."
"Thinking about it now, that really sounds like something you’d say."
His tone was relaxed, like he was catching up with an old friend who’d been sulking.
"And that dormitory thing later—we worked together pretty well! We really shook things up at the scho—"
"Heh."
Gu Xi suddenly laughed.
A soft laugh, cutting off Fang Qi’s words.
Fang Qi: "..."
...Did I say something wrong?
Gu Xi slowly turned her head, those light brown eyes meeting Fang Qi’s.
Her eyes were still a little red, but the corner of her mouth curved into a mocking smile.
"Fang Qi, Mr. Fang..."
Her tone took on a strange edge.
"Don’t tell me... you stumbled across something like this somewhere, and just took it at face value?"
Fang Qi narrowed his eyes.
Gu Xi tilted her head slightly, her loose black hair covering half her face, leaving only that...
one mocking light brown right eye visible.
"I already told you, I don’t know you."
Her lips curled, but there was no real amusement in her eyes.
"I have no connection to you."
"None at all."
"Don’t flatter yourself—Ah!!!"
A scream!
Liguang’s hand clamped down on Gu Xi’s arm, still bound behind her back!
This time, she twisted it at an even sharper angle!
Gu Xi arched backward in pain!
"Ah...! Stop...!!"
The chair tilted beneath her!
Fang Qi: "...Liguang."
The silver-haired girl let go, tilting her head, that same gentle smile unwavering on her lips.
"Miss Gu really has a way about her."
Her voice was soft, as if patiently instructing a child who didn’t understand.
"The master says you’ve known him since childhood—you should be grateful for that kind of recognition."
"Why can’t you ever learn?"
Gu Xi’s lips trembled as she stared at Fang Qi and Liguang.
That expression looked like she was grinding her teeth down to dust!
She bit her lip and fell silent again.
Only her hands, still tied behind the chair, had fingertips quivering faintly.
Fang Qi pressed his lips together and rubbed his forehead.
Babe, you’re so violent...
And I love it!
But...
Clearly, this police officer sis completely refused to believe what he said.
Yet her reaction to that "school" thing proved she and he had definitely met as kids.
Just like in the notebook.
...?
Fang Qi felt like there was something off, but he couldn’t put his finger on it.
He just looked at Gu Xi’s red-rimmed light brown eyes, feeling that this "older sister" character...
was really hard to crack!
One after another...
An Lian, Lin Xiaoyou, Gu Xi.
These three "key NPCs"—every single one of them spoke in riddles!
Damn it!
The room fell silent for a long time.
Fang Qi stared at Gu Xi, his patience slowly wearing thin.
Maybe just drop it.
With Liguang this strong now, and Gu Xi taken down so easily...
Maybe there was no real danger?
Better go back and read the notebook...
"Fang Qi."
Gu Xi spoke at last.
Finally speaking on her own.
Her voice was slightly hoarse.
"Leave this place."
"Right now."
She looked at Fang Qi, those light brown eyes carrying an emotion...
He couldn’t quite read it.
"...Please."
Her tone suddenly softened.
...Huh?
Fang Qi froze slightly.
What... did she just say?
Gu Xi lowered her head again, her sharp-featured face hidden beneath her dark, loose hair.
Fang Qi couldn’t see her expression, but he could see...
Her hands, gripping tight behind the chair, were clenched rigidly!
"This place..."
She spoke again, her voice trembling.
"Isn’t where you should be."
"Go."
"...Please."
It was genuine pleading.
Fang Qi stared at her, dumbfounded. He opened his mouth to say something...
"Master."
Liguang spoke first.
He turned his head.
The silver-haired girl stood beside him, her gaze dim and distant, fixed on Gu Xi, bound in the chair.
"Master..."
"She’s stalling for time."
