Chapter 378: Bai Yi |
"Ha... ha..."
Inside the brightly lit villa, Bai Yi hurriedly closed the door, then immediately lowered her head to lock the handle, twisting it twice until it was deadbolted before leaning against the door. Her body slid down the doorframe little by little until she was sitting on the floor.
"Ba-thump... ba-thump... ba-thump..."
Her heart was beating wildly, and even her breathing was erratic.
[Why did you run away?]
At this moment, the illusory system interface appeared before her eyes once again.
Bai Yi looked up blankly and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
She paused for a second before suddenly saying,
"Unsubscribe."
Looking at that question mark, Bai Yi completely overheated. She grabbed the vintage pocket watch in her hand, its minute hand still turning, and puffed up like a pink pufferfish.
"Unsubscribe! I said unsubscribe!!!
"Ye Shiyu's hypnosis is terrifying! And didn't you know she knows martial arts? Even Spencer isn't her match. If I don't run, what am I supposed to fight her with? My head?
"Speaking of which, I've been wanting to complain about this for a long time.
"Everyone else's abilities are ridiculously strong, and they don't even have side effects! I'm the only one who feels like dying just from using a little bit of your power. You're useless!"
[But, aren't you using Indifference? How could Ye Shiyu discover you?]
"Eh?"
Looking at the subtitles in front of her, she finally realized:
She was still using Indifference!
And Ye Shiyu couldn't discover her at all!
"...Get lost!"
Having her embarrassment exposed caused Bai Yi's face to grow redder and redder. Her defenses were completely broken.
The pink pufferfish Bai Yi, her cheeks inflating, puffed up and glanced at her phone, discovering that only a few minutes had passed.
Because of her cowardice, she hadn't even lasted three minutes.
[...]
And as she spoke, the illusory interface before her eyes ceased to appear.
Her mind suddenly quieted down, and the entire villa became silent and still, which instead made Bai Yi feel quite unaccustomed.
She looked at the pocket watch in her hand. 'Could it be that my words just now hurt this pocket watch's pride?' she thought.
"..."
Soon after, she pouted, feeling guilty.
Thus, she apologized to the pocket watch in a soft voice,
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it... I didn't want to run away just now either, but my body subconsciously..."
But the illusory interface did not appear again, making her feel increasingly frustrated.
"Hmph, ignore me then! I'll ignore you too! Who cares about you!"
Thinking this, Bai Yi deactivated Indifference while simultaneously stuffing the pocket watch into her arms, unexpectedly starting a cold war with her Modifier.
"Just don't cheat and swallow my rewards..."
Although there was this minor interlude, Bai Yi's expression had changed from her initial panic to anger.
It was just like a kitten in an open space; feeling it had no advantage, it would trigger its timid instincts to flee.
But in a confined space where it could hide, it would feel that the advantage was its own, triggering its fierce tiger instincts to hiss.
Bai Yi seemed to be exactly like this.
"Ye Shiyu, you jerk! To think you secretly imprisoned Yan Huan here. I was wondering why Yan Huan hadn't come to find me these past few days. It turns out it was because of you!"
Leaning against the wall, she looked back at the villa hidden in the darkness, faintly able to see the surveillance cameras flashing with red lights.
"Buzz."
"Eek!"
Bai Yi immediately squatted back down, biting her manicured nails as she began to think.
"Calm down, calm down, Bai Yi. You didn't run away because you were afraid. It's because you are a tactician type of hero!!
"A frontal confrontation is disadvantageous; therefore, a temporary retreat is necessary. Use your brilliant brain to save Yan Huan!"
Bai Yi's beautiful face flickered with the intellectual glow of masterminding a strategy. Very quickly, she came to a conclusion:
With Yan Huan imprisoned by Ye Shiyu, not only would she disagree, but the other superpower users would definitely disagree as well.
But why had no one come to cause trouble for Ye Shiyu by now, leaving it for her to discover?
The only possibility was: they didn't know where Ye Shiyu had hidden Yan Huan!
Therefore...
The only way was for her to send the message out.
"Uh... I deleted Sakuramiya Hitomi and the others before... but it's fine. I just need to use the method I used to add Yan Huan to add them back..."
Bai Yi's manicured nails tapped rapidly across the screen, adding Spencer, Sakuramiya Hitomi, and An Le back one by one. Afterward, she messaged them individually and sent her location.
Having done all this, she finally took a deep breath and relaxed.
She closed Plane, revealing the Yezi AI software lying quietly on the main screen.
Holding her phone, Bai Yi couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart at the thought of seeing Yan Huan lying on the floor all alone and looking so pitiful.
"Just you wait, Yan Huan. I will definitely save you!"
In the end, she clenched her fists and declared solemnly.
"Ding~"
Little did she know, right when she sent the Plane messages, inside the villa opposite hers, Ye Shiyu's phone suddenly rang.
On the blindingly bright phone screen in the darkness, a message from Yezi AI appeared:
"Surveillance Target: Bai Yi. Has sent several special messages to other surveillance targets.
"The messages are currently intercepted. Would you like to read the contents?"
Hearing that sound, Ye Shiyu, who had been lying on the bed with her eyes closed, motionless like a doll, suddenly opened her eyes.
"Buzz~"
The darkness within the bedroom suddenly thickened the moment she opened her eyes, producing a terrifying sense of oppression out of thin air.
Ye Shiyu looked expressionlessly at the phone charging by the bedside. Somewhat curious about the contents of the message, she reached out her hand to grab the phone.
"Smack!"
But right at this moment, from behind, a large hand forcefully grabbed her shoulder.
"!!"
Ye Shiyu's body instantly stiffened, her entire frame going rigid on the bed.
Immediately, she turned her head blankly...
...and saw a shadow slowly rising from the edge of the bed.
"Sister... Shiyu."
"!!"
Ye Shiyu blinked, remaining completely motionless, though her fists clenched, as if ready to punch the evil spirit behind her at any moment.
But the next second, as the shadow drew closer to the moonlight, Yan Huan's smiling face suddenly became clear.
"??"
Seeing that it was Yan Huan, Ye Shiyu's initially tense body instantly relaxed.
At the same time, she looked at Yan Huan and tilted her head.
She didn't speak, but her meaning was obvious:
'Why is Xiao Huan standing by the bed looking at me and smiling in the middle of the night?'
"Pfft."
Actually, Yan Huan hadn't intended to laugh, but he really couldn't hold it back.
Seeing Ye Shiyu—who had been constantly scaring him before—getting a fright from him gave him a satisfying sense of revenge.
However, he still had to save Bai Yi right now, so getting down to business was more important.
The reason he suddenly stopped talking to Bai Yi just now was because he saw the Yezi App on Bai Yi's unlocked phone.
The moment he saw that software, Yan Huan knew things were going to go south.
Therefore, he hurried over to keep a close eye on Ye Shiyu, trying his best to stop her from noticing anything.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before her phone rang.
Thinking this, Yan Huan subconsciously wanted to put on his Mask of Perfect Poise, terrified that a single wrong step would lead to him being hypnotized and utterly defeated.
But...
His movements paused slightly, and in the end, he didn't do it. Instead, he just sighed and said,
"Sorry, Sister Shiyu, sleeping on the floor really is..."
"Uncomfortable?"
"Yeah."
Seeing this, Ye Shiyu slowly sat up, lifted the duvet, and prepared to get out of bed.
"Then Xiao Huan can continue... continue sleeping on the bed. I will sleep on the floor."
Her bare foot was just about to step off the bed when it was gently caught in mid-air by Yan Huan, stopping her from going any further.
"..."
Ye Shiyu blinked and raised her eyes to look at Yan Huan, only to see him point at the more than half of the bed space remaining behind her as he softly said,
"This bed is pretty big, and there are two duvets... I mean, how about we just share the bed?"
"!!"
Hearing this, Ye Shiyu continued to stare at Yan Huan expressionlessly.
Only, beneath the water-like moonlight, her face still inevitably took on a faint blush.
The evidence of her shyness didn't stop there. Her foot also subconsciously curled up, but forgetting it was still in Yan Huan's hand, she ended up gripping the muscles of his palm tightly.
"..."
She felt even more embarrassed, finding herself completely speechless for a moment.
"Ding!"
Right at this moment, Ye Shiyu's phone rang again nearby.
Perhaps it was an illusion, but the ringtone seemed a bit louder this time, as if it were a little impatient.
Ye Shiyu subconsciously shifted her gaze toward the phone, but before she could look, Yan Huan suddenly leaned in a bit closer, his direct gaze occupying her entire field of vision.
"Is that not okay, Sister Shiyu?"
"..."
Ye Shiyu's eyes trembled slightly. The next second, under Yan Huan's watchful gaze, her expression still showed no changes at all.
However, her eyes shifted unnaturally, looking away.
And after a brief silence, she seemed to finally remember that Yan Huan had asked her a question.
"Mhm."
Thus, she pursed her lips and softly replied.
"That's great, Sister Shiyu. Then scoot over a bit, and I'll sleep on this side, okay?"
"Mhm... whatever you want."
Ye Shiyu nodded and retreated slightly, giving up the spot where she had originally been sleeping so that Yan Huan could bring his duvet onto the bed.
At the same time, she moved farther and farther away from the phone charging by the headboard.
"Buzz!"
Seeing this, her phone stopped ringing.
Instead, an illusory interface floated before Ye Shiyu's eyes.
[Bai Yi seems to have realized that you have imprisoned Yan Huan. She is taking action in an attempt to rescue him.]
'Bai Yi?'
Having just laid back down, Ye Shiyu saw the illusory subtitles before her eyes, and her expression couldn't help but change slightly.
But the next second, she returned to her expressionless face.
'No need to care about her. She's just a useless piece of trash who can't accomplish anything.
'Even if she used Indifference and saw Xiao Huan and me here, she would probably just run away in fear.'
Based on her understanding of Bai Yi's persona, Ye Shiyu instantly made this judgment.
'Right now, she should be in a superimposed state between incompetent rage and trembling legs while calling Sakuramiya Hitomi, An Le, and the others to come help her.
'If she manages to call them over, she'll show the fake bravery of a petty person gloating upon achieving their aim, furiously berating me for this and that.
'And if she doesn't, she'll just cower in place trembling, incompetently accusing me while complaining about why the others haven't arrived yet.'
[...]
The illusory interface ceased to appear, seemingly rendered speechless all at once.
'And I've long since prepared for this: she can't leave here, she can't contact anyone, and no one has any way to come here... isn't that right?'
Lying in bed, Ye Shiyu looked at Yan Huan's back view, which was right in front of her. Her expressionless face grew increasingly rosy.
This was...
Xiao Huan's first time proactively sharing a bed with her without being under hypnosis.
She gently reached out her hand, as if wanting to touch him.
"..."
But ultimately, it stopped halfway.
Afterward...
...she slowly withdrew it back under the duvet.
"Goodnight, Sister Shiyu."
"...Goodnight, Xiao Huan."
At that exact same moment, outside the North Sea District, a ride-hailing sedan car was driving down the highway.
The driver was yawning, enjoying the evening breeze, while a short video played on his phone mount.
"Check this out, the guy's name is Xiaoshuai..."
And in the backseat behind him, a red-haired woman was looking at her phone.
It was none other than Tong Yingying, who had come looking for Bai Yi.
Although Sakuramiya Hitomi's side said they had already contacted Ye Lan, who would go look for Ye Shiyu...
...without having found Yan Huan for a day, Tong Yingying still couldn't put her mind at ease, feeling an ominous premonition.
Since she already knew where Bai Yi lived anyway, she simply decided to come find her tonight.
Whatever the case, having one more superpower user meant an extra margin of victory.
"Phew..."
The seaside highway outside felt endless and boundless, making Tong Yingying, who had been sitting for a long time, increasingly anxious.
"What kind of rundown place does Bai Yi live in? We've been driving for half an hour and still haven't arrived..."
"Oh, miss... that place is incredibly remote and close to the crematorium, so people usually don't go there. Even though it has an ocean view, it's just too inconvenient. Don't worry, once we pass the coastal intersection ahead, we'll be close. It's just a few minutes' drive."
"..."
Tong Yingying didn't reply, merely looking at the scenery outside the window.
Not long after, the ride-hailing car drove off the highway and entered an intersection.
By the side of the road, a dilapidated shopping mall and an amusement park could vaguely be seen. They seemed to have originally been the supporting facilities for that high-end residential complex.
One could imagine that when the residential complex had just opened for sale, everything here must have been decorated magnificently to attract buyers.
But now...
With the decline of the residential complex, these supporting facilities had all been abandoned.
The glass on the multi-story shopping center was mostly shattered, and even the intact panes were covered in a thick layer of dust.
The interior of the building was a stretch of boundless darkness, looking like a black hole ready to devour everything.
Outside, at the leafless amusement park, the carousel horses were missing either their heads or their legs.
Only at the entrance, a family clown missing an arm still swayed slightly in the night breeze, seemingly welcoming unseen guests.
They were almost there.
Tong Yingying glanced at her phone, double-checking the address she had previously gotten from her subordinates for the place Bai Yi was renting.
"Buzz."
The vehicle continued driving, but after a few minutes, it still hadn't stopped.
Tong Yingying couldn't help but feel curious, lifting her head to look outside.
However, what met her eyes was yet another intersection.
At the intersection, there was the identical dilapidated shopping center and amusement park.
'Just how rich was this residential complex before? To have built multiple facilities like this, only for them to all be abandoned now...'
"..."
Tong Yingying sighed at the thought, watching the scenery grow further and further away from the car.
And the car continued driving.
"Buzz."
Not long after, they drove to another intersection.
It was the identical shopping center again, the identical dilapidated amusement park...
The only difference was that the night breeze seemed stronger now, causing the clown at the amusement park's entrance to sway more frequently.
"Stop the car!"
Seeing this, Tong Yingying immediately shouted in a low voice, startling the driver.
"Huh?"
The car slammed on the brakes, stopping in the middle of the road.
"Where did you say it would be closer after we passed?"
"The... the coastal intersection? Hiss... right, didn't we pass it already? Why have we still been driving for so long?"
The driver was also full of confusion, turning off the short video and pulling up his map.
Meanwhile, Tong Yingying narrowed her eyes and asked,
"Take a look, where is this?"
"Ah?"
The driver looked up blankly, only to see the Coastal Intersection sign staring back at him right in the middle of the road, directly in front of the clown.
"..."
The driver swallowed a mouthful of saliva, cold sweat immediately dripping down his face.
"So you're saying we've already driven past three coastal intersections? A... a ghost wall?!"
"Ghost your head."
Tong Yingying didn't believe in such things, yet such a bizarre event had undeniably occurred right before her eyes.
After a brief moment of thought, she pulled a taser from her arms and directly opened the car door.
"Click~"
Tong Yingying stepped onto the street, looking at the anxious driver in the front seat, and commanded,
"Drive back and see if you can reach the seaside highway we came from. If you make it back to the seaside highway, close out the ride and let me know. I'll wait for you here."
"Ah? Uh, okay."
The driver swallowed a mouthful of saliva and hurriedly turned the car around.
Soon, in Tong Yingying's field of vision, the vehicle's taillights drifted further and further away until they completely disappeared.
And so, Tong Yingying just waited where she stood.
One minute, three minutes, five minutes, ten minutes...
Tong Yingying watched her phone until the next second, when an automatic deduction notification suddenly popped up on the ride-hailing app.
"..."
Seeing this, Tong Yingying immediately realized something, her expression turning ugly.
"Hypnosis..."
"Creak, creak."
The night breeze brushed past slightly, blowing through the massive, pitch-black interior of the shopping center to produce an eerie woo-woo sound.
Meanwhile, at the amusement park entrance, the swaying sound of the clown grew increasingly piercing.
"The hell are you screaming about!"
Listening to that irritating noise, Tong Yingying suddenly hurled the taser in her hand outward.
"Bang!"
It struck the wooden clown directly, shattering it to pieces as it collapsed to the ground, completely unable to make any more noise.
Looking at the pitch-black road leading to the villa district, Tong Yingying felt increasingly confused.
Why...
...would Ye Shiyu try to stop her from finding Bai Yi?
"...Did Bai Yi send you guys any messages?"
Thinking this, Tong Yingying sent a message on Plane while walking back.
And both An Le and Sakuramiya Hitomi uniformly replied,
"No."
Seeing this, Tong Yingying finally realized Ye Shiyu's strategy.
Her hypnosis truly acted like a phantom against those who did not possess a Modifier.
It was the information age; no one could live without the internet and mobile phones. Who knew when they would fall under hypnosis?
Only a Modifier's host wouldn't be completely controlled when hypnotized and would realize something was wrong.
Therefore, she had to use three-dimensional power to control them!
I'm afraid whatever happened at Sakuramiya Hitomi and An Le's homes was also Ye Shiyu's doing!
Then, on the flip side...
...Bai Yi, who was trapped inside, absolutely couldn't get out either!
"Tch."
Tong Yingying rubbed the space between her eyebrows, growing increasingly regretful that she had kicked that white snake away back then.
"Ye Shiyu, you pervert! You displayed suppression freak! You jerk! I curse you... I curse you!"
Late at night, inside Bai Yi's villa.
She sat on her bed hugging her knees, leaving the lights on while wrapping the duvet tightly around her entire body...
...almost as if she believed Ye Shiyu was restricted by some Non-Infringement of Blankets Treaty.
Watching the messages she had sent on Plane sink like stones into the ocean without a reply, she couldn't help but grow angrier,
"And An Le, Sakuramiya Hitomi, Spencer! You guys especially, why aren't you replying to my messages! Disgusting jerks!
"Before, when you were together with Yan Huan, you were all lovey-dovey and living a life of luxury. I didn't get to enjoy any of that, and I even got tricked by that scumbag man!
"Now that something has happened to him, you gluttons have all gone invisible, dumping all the difficulties onto me! Damn it..."
Bai Yi pouted, her entire being turning into a pink pufferfish just as Ye Shiyu had predicted. Her little mouth went off like a machine gun; even a dog walking down the street would have caught a few of her insults.
[Ye Shiyu's ability can be activated through electronic devices and the internet. Not only did the messages you sent earlier fail to go through, but there is also a high probability that she is already aware of them.]
However, amid the silence, the illusory interface suddenly lit up before her eyes again to explain this.
At this moment, in the villa across the way.
Yan Huan, with his back to Ye Shiyu, was activating his ability.
"Eh?"
Seeing this, Bai Yi's face immediately turned pale, and even her small mouth trembled uncontrollably.
"Then... then doesn't that mean she... she will come... looking for me?"
[Do not worry. Since she did not come looking for you immediately, as long as you do not continue to act rashly, you will be fine.]
"..."
That...
...That was wonderful.
Seeing this, the slightly pale-faced Bai Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, she still very honestly wrapped the duvet just a little bit tighter around herself...
...as if terrified that Ye Shiyu might crawl out from under the bed.
[You have discovered the secret of Ye Shiyu imprisoning Yan Huan, but she has an even more important secret that requires you to stop her.]
[Although you have currently fallen into an isolated and helpless situation due to the internet and other reasons, forcing you to face Ye Shiyu alone...]
[...as long as you complete the subsequent missions, you will receive even richer rewards.]
Seeing this, however, Bai Yi trembled and said,
"What rich rewards?! Are you kidding me?"
[...]
Across the way, lying in bed, Yan Huan looked at Bai Yi—who was trembling all over and seemed extremely afraid—and couldn't help but sigh.
'It really won't work out, will it...'
'It makes sense. The gap between Ye Shiyu's Modifier Level and Bai Yi's is simply too vast.'
'Furthermore, in terms of personality, Ye Shiyu just isn't someone Bai Yi can handle.'
'Me being forced to use the drive the tiger to swallow the wolf stratagem to deal with Ye Shiyu right now is fundamentally wrong to begin with.'
'Since Bai Yi is afraid, then forget it.'
'I'll just think of another way.'
[Understood. Then the subsequent missions will be closed...]
Thinking this, Yan Huan continued to transmit the message with his ability, intending to find an alternative.
"What use are rewards... At a time like this, isn't the most important thing that Yan Huan is still locked up by Ye Shiyu, and I have no way to save him?"
However, the next second, through Myau-chan, Yan Huan heard Bai Yi say this.
"..."
Hearing her words, Yan Huan's pupils contracted, and he couldn't help but freeze in a daze.
It felt as though, at this very moment, he was standing right in front of the girl who had spoken those words.
The young girl had her head lowered, hugging her body tightly, fear blooming in her heart because she knew full well she wasn't her opponent's match.
"It's all your fault... If only you, this broken pocket watch, weren't so useless. If only your abilities were a bit more useful...
"If only your Indifference could take Yan Huan into Indifference with me...
"Or, if Time Stop didn't have any side effects...
"Or, if it made me possess boundless strength during the time stop, then I could save Yan Huan and bring him into the city, somewhere Ye Shiyu couldn't catch up... That would be great."
Hearing these words, the dazed expression on Yan Huan's face faded slightly, and he couldn't help but reveal a helpless smile.
"It's also my fault... If only I... was a bit more useful..."
The smile on Yan Huan's face faded away a little more.
Yet, for some unknown reason, listening to Bai Yi's words, Yan Huan suddenly felt an indescribable sensation.
It was as if he could follow her voice and see her breathtakingly beautiful face.
See her feeling wronged, see her fear...
It made him desperately want to say something.
[The previous missions have been completed, and the rewards will definitely be fulfilled.]
Thus, these illusory subtitles appeared before Bai Yi.
"I already said, rewards and stuff..."
Bai Yi pouted, mumbling a complaint.
Yet, for some reason, as she looked at the pocket watch in her hand, a flush of color returned to her pale face.
"..."
Inside the duvet, Bai Yi stared at the pocket watch in her hand for a long time.
Following that, she gently lifted the blanket and glanced at the pitch-black villa across the way...
After staring for a long time, she pursed her lips and gradually clenched the pocket watch in her hand...
...seemingly having made a decision.
"Tick-tock... tick-tock..."
"Hah..."
"Tick-tock... tick-tock..."
"Ha... ha..."
"Tick-tock... tick-tock..."
"Wu-ha... ha... ha..."
The next day, morning.
The early morning sunlight pierced through the clouds, bit by bit awakening this prosperous maritime city.
In front of Ye International, Ye Lan sat in the backseat of a pitch-black sedan car. Before officially starting her workday, she was looking over a few documents regarding recent business affairs.
"President Ye, we're almost there."
"Mhm."
The vehicle slowly drove into the exclusive underground parking area. This place contained a private elevator leading straight to the upper floors; outsiders could not enter, as it was strictly for the internal management level.
Ye Lan's car was the earliest to arrive. Right now, it was completely empty outside, with hers being the only car in the entire lot.
As the vehicle gradually came to a steady stop, Ye Lan gripped her phone, preparing to get out of the car.
"Tick-tock... tick-tock..."
"Click~"
She had just opened the car door when, the very next second, from a bizarre blind spot in her field of vision, a hand violently shot out, grabbed her phone, and smashed it onto the ground.
"Crash!!"
"Bzzzt... bzzt..."
"!!"
"Who's there?!"
The driver's roar came first, while Ye Lan's pupils shrank as she looked up...
Only to see a breathtakingly beautiful young girl with a pale face and covered in sweat standing panting right in front of her car door.
Not only was she trembling all over, but her clothes were also completely soaked through with sweat.
Her lips were as dry and cracked as a ravine, and her originally beautiful long hair was messily plastered against her face.
"Who are you?! How did you get in here?!"
"Ha... ha..."
The driver in the front seat, seeing a strange girl appear here, immediately reached to call security...
But as he reached out to grab it, he found that his phone had vanished without him noticing.
'Huh?'
'Where's my phone?!'
Meanwhile, Ye Lan scanned the young girl before her up and down, then gently raised a hand to stop him.
"...I know this child. Stand down."
"Yes."
After stopping the driver, Ye Lan set down the documents in her hand, then leaned back slightly to make room as she spoke to the young girl before her.
"Bai Yi... classmate, why are you so exhausted? Quickly, sit down and rest..."
"I... I ran here overnight from the villa district in the North Sea District..."
"Eh? The villa district in the North Sea District? Ran here?!"
Ye Lan's eyes widened. She couldn't believe at all that the young girl before her had actually run from that place on foot all night long just to get here.
But...
...why?
"Wait, why would you travel all this way to find me? You could have just sent me a message, or even taken a cab over..."
"A-Auntie... I don't have time to explain it to you. Quickly... quickly, I have something to tell you!"
However, the very next second, the young girl before her immediately interrupted Ye Lan.
Ye Lan was slightly taken aback and was just about to ask...
"Thud."
The young girl's body suddenly went limp as she staggered, about to collapse onto the ground.
"Bai Yi?!"
Ye Lan's expression changed, and she hurriedly reached out to support her.
However, just as she grasped her hand and was about to call for a doctor...
...Bai Yi suddenly grabbed Ye Lan's wrist in a tight grip.
"..."
Ye Lan froze slightly, looking down at Bai Yi.
Only to see the young girl looking intently at her, tears flowing down her face as she panted and spoke, word by word:
"Auntie...
"Save... save Yan Huan!"