Chapter 28 Who is the substitute? Yiyi is not his future, but his...

"Director Gu, what are you doing? Are you shielding the murderer who persecuted people with special abilities?" Wen Yi raised her eyebrows.

"They are just following orders. There is no need to kill them all." Gu Yifeng walked towards her, stepping over the debris on the ground.

"Heh, when the Investigation Bureau was trying to wipe out the Wen family, why didn't you come out to stop them?" She took a step back.

"I deeply regret what happened to them... But fighting violence with violence is not justice. Calm down. We can resolve this conflict more peacefully. Leave everything to the law..."

"You mean the law?" Wen Yi interrupted him with a sneer.

"An innocent man died," she pointed at Wang Rui. "And yet the murderer is still alive and well, without even a hint of remorse. Who is your judicial system protecting? Is this the justice you uphold?"

"The law is certainly not perfect..." Gu Yifeng stared into her eyes and spoke word by word, "But if we allow lynching and revenge, what's the difference between us and those who trample on the law?"

"Your laws can't solve anything!" she gritted her teeth. "They can't bring back the dead, and they can't restrain me!"

Wen Yi closed her eyes lightly, just about to mobilize the energy in her body.

"Wen Yi, stop!"

She suddenly opened her eyes and met a pair of dark and deep eyes.

The next second, a big hand grabbed her wrist, and another hand crossed her waist, holding her tightly before she could react.

The strange fluctuations in the air suddenly stopped.

He lowered his head to look at her, his breath so close that it almost touched her lips: "Don't let it become irreversible!"

Wen Yi struggled for a moment, but didn't move at all.

But she didn't forget to swear: "I'm not thinking about redeeming them. I want them to pay with blood!"

"Then pay with my blood!" He released her hand and took a step back. "Let them leave safely."

"You?" Wen Yi raised her eyebrows, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.

"Yes," he said calmly. "Take me away. Kill me or chop me up, whatever you like. Using me as a hostage, even the Director of the Investigation Bureau is enough for you to negotiate."

The corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

"You said so," she reached out and hooked her hand around his tie, giving it a gentle tug.

He didn't dodge, but moved closer, his palm covering the back of her hand, his nose almost touching hers.

There was silence in the laboratory and everyone held their breath.

She traced her fingertips along his waistline, feeling his muscles tense slightly in her palm.

"A hostage should act like a hostage." She smiled smugly and took out the handcuffs she carried with her from his waist.

“Crack—”

Cold handcuffs clamped around his wrists.

Wen Yi was filled with excitement. She turned around and raised her chin to Wen Chi who had just arrived. "Brother, you're just in time! Let's take this guy back!"

Wen Chi frowned: ...Didn’t you agree not to do anything weird?

Wang Rui looked at everything in front of him in shock and doubt.

"What the hell is going on?" He turned and yelled at the Secret Service officer beside him, "Why do I feel like your commander is just jumping on the bandwagon to be a hostage? Why isn't he even struggling?"

No one dared to answer.

Ni Qianfan was shaking from trying to hold back his laughter, and made exaggerated moves to clear the passage: "Quick! Everyone, get out of the way! Don't hurt our director!"

Wang Rui was so angry that he jumped up and down, gritting his teeth and yelling, "Wait! I want to complain to your director! He said he would come to save me, but he surrendered to the enemy first! I want to report Gu Yifeng by real name for treason, harboring criminals, and abusing his power! I want to see the leader! Let me see the director!"

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On the Qinghe Highway under the moonlight, the speeding cars drew a smooth straight line on the asphalt road, leaving only the afterimages of their taillights.

Outside the car window, the outline of Yunhu City gradually blurred behind us, and the city lights were about to disappear on the horizon.

The handcuffs on Gu Yifeng's wrists made a small noise as the car bumped along. He glanced at her and raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Have you seen enough?"

He deliberately shook his handcuffed hands.

"Of course I haven't seen enough. I can laugh for a hundred years at Director Gu's appearance of being bullied." She laughed out loud and suddenly leaned forward.

"Remember that time with the ice cream truck? He handcuffed me the first time we met. This is karma!"

She recalled the scene when they first met, and every frame was as clear as if it happened yesterday.

He gently hooked her finger: "Are you satisfied now?"

"It's okay." She blinked.

"Could you guys please stop being so annoying?" Wen Chi, who was driving in the front seat, said coldly, "There are several Investigation Bureau cars following behind us!"

Wen Yi looked back and saw that there were indeed several dazzling high beams approaching rapidly.

She was about to speak, but was interrupted by Gu Yifeng:

"Take the next ramp to Route 66. There's no lighting there, and the signal is very poor, so their tracking will be hindered."

Sure enough, after entering Route 66, the car in pursuit slowed down noticeably.

Gu Yifeng leaned back in his chair and said calmly, "Get rid of them now."

"Hmph, you say?"

A highway sign flashed by in the night: [Yunchuan City Boundary 120km]

"Are you going to Yunchuan?" Gu Yifeng looked out the window and suddenly spoke.

Wen Chi glanced at him in the rearview mirror: "Why, you want to be our guide? After all, this is your territory."

"Okay." Gu Yifeng paused, then added, "Hostages should act like hostages. Since we've been captured, we'll do whatever you want."

Wen Chi sneered: "Gu, you are really good at confusing right and wrong. You are rushing to be a hostage. Only she will believe that you are not an undercover agent."

"Brother!" Wen Yi glared at him.

"If I have to stay in Yunchuan City, I need to go home to get some things." Gu Yifeng said suddenly.

"Hostages should act like hostages. We are not responsible for providing special transportation for hostages."

Gu Yifeng looked at the skyline of Yunchuan City and said, "There is a safe in my study, which contains the on-site investigation reports of the three explosions."

He turned to her, "These bombings are the key to uncovering the truth about Project Zero."

The wheels rolled over a shallow pothole, causing the car to shake violently and she fell into his arms.

He took advantage of the situation and put his cuffed hands around her waist and whispered in her ear, "Come home with me? Hmm?"

Wen Yi leaned in his arms, her ears feeling slightly hot.

"If you try to move me again, I'll put you in the trunk." Wen Chi said coldly, "We'll split up. You take Gu and get the information. I'll go to the lab to rescue him."

A highway sign flashed across the roof of the car: [Yunchuan City Boundary 100km]

After Wen Chi left, Wen Yi stepped on the accelerator and headed towards Gu Yifeng's house.

"There will be a lot of surveillance after entering Yunchuan City." Gu Yifeng reminded in a low voice.

"Don't worry." She held up a necklace shaped like a vintage pocket watch and said, "This AI face-changing generator is Guo Qingyu's latest black technology. As long as you wear it, the face captured by the surveillance camera will be automatically replaced..."

Before she could finish her words, Gu Yifeng suddenly pulled the chain, interrupting her show-off.

"Gao Yiyuan conducted internal prototype testing on this thing two years ago, but it wasn't released due to legal reasons. What's there for Guo Qingyu to be so proud of?"

Wen Yi was stunned for a moment and frowned at him. Is the focus now on Guo Qingyu?

Gu Yifeng pursed his lips, as if suppressing some emotion, then stretched out his wrist: "Give me the necklace."

"Why...why?" She subconsciously shrank her neck back.

"Listen to me. When we get to Yunchuan, I'll make sure you're safe." His voice deepened. "You won't need this kind of stuff."

"Listen, does this sound like something a hostage should say?" She couldn't help but chuckle.

"This is my...sincerity as a hostage." He pulled the necklace from her neck, "Give it to me."

Wen Yi: ...How can this be sincere? It's clearly an order.

He snatched the necklace but didn't put it away.

The car window rolled down, and the necklace drew a parabola in the moonlight before disappearing.

The car slowly stopped in front of a very modern villa on the outskirts of Yunchuan City.

Wen Yi glanced at the villa, then looked at Gu Yifeng: "Is this your home?"

"Yeah." He nodded, opened the car door and motioned for her to follow.

"Are you really going to wear this all the way?" Her eyes fell on the handcuffs around his wrists.

"Hostages need to act like hostages."

She followed Gu Yifeng through the long flower corridor, her eyes sweeping over the carefully tended roses and hydrangeas on either side, and asked curiously, "Is being a secret agent very profitable?"

He paused and spoke tentatively, "When you become Mrs. Gu, you'll have a better understanding of my financial situation. All my properties in Yunchuan and Yunhu City, my salary, stocks, and investments at home and abroad will all be yours."

"But I don't need these." She smiled and shook her head. "Where I live is different from here... The Wen family doesn't value material possessions when marrying off."

Gu Yifeng walked to the door and suddenly turned around: "Then what do you value?"

She raised the corners of her lips slightly and replied in a pretentiously profound tone, "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed."

He stared at her for a few seconds before looking away and raising his hand to enter the password.

But his finger was hovering over the electronic lock and he didn't press it.

"Let me unlock the handcuffs for you." Wen Yi took out the handcuff key. "I've been acting all this way, that's enough."

He was silent for a moment. "No need. You can open it for me. The password is 5211."

"How come you're addicted to wearing handcuffs?"

Wen Yi smiled lightly and stepped forward to enter the password. When the green light came on, she suddenly paused.

5211?

She must be overthinking it.

In the study, the green light of the safe came on.

Gu Yifeng pulled out a stack of files, his slender fingers stroking the edges. "Of the serial bombings, only the first, Yunhe City case, has made any progress," he explained, closing the safe. "But Zhang Mingyuan's body has been taken away by the Ninth Bureau, and we can't access it. The body from Yunchuan City is still being preserved for research into gravitational wave trauma, and I have the authority to dispose of it."

He looked at her and said, "The person I arranged will arrive tomorrow and we will make arrangements then."

"Is your team coming to Yunchuan to 'help the evil'?" She smiled arrogantly beside the bookshelf.

"Ni Qianfan will bring the 'funeral team' tomorrow." He walked over to her and gently stroked her palm with his fingertips. "We will replace the body on the way..."

Wen Yi covered her mouth in surprise: "Why do you look more like a villain than me?"

Gu Yifeng couldn't help but stroke her face: "I've said it before, you can try to trust me."

The skin he touched was slightly hot. Wen Yi lowered her eyes and said, "Then let's go meet up with Wen Chi now?"

"I need to make some preparations. You can rest here for a while."

He turned and walked towards the built-in armory. The moment his iris unlocked, the bulletproof cabinet door opened silently - a considerable number of various firearms were shining coldly.

While Gu Yifeng was preparing his gun, Wen Yi casually admired his study.

The study is designed in a minimalist modern style, and the moonlight coming in through the floor-to-ceiling windows adds a touch of coolness to the entire room.

The bookshelves are filled with books on quantum mechanics and theoretical physics.

How could he be so obsessed with these things?

A book called "A Brief History of Time" caught her eye. She pulled it out casually, but was attracted by a piece of sketch paper sandwiched inside.

After seeing the person in the painting clearly, Wen Yi's pupils suddenly shrank. It was the same one she had seen in Gu Yifeng's future!

The girl in the painting is standing under the tree, smiling with gentle eyes.

The next line of small characters reads: "One by one".

At that moment, Wen Yi felt cold all over, her heart seemed to have sunk to the bottom of the sea, and she almost couldn't breathe.

"Yi Yi" is not his future, but his past!

It turns out... he already had someone else in his heart.

What about her? What is she?

Is it a consoling episode in his life, or an illusion destined to be shattered in her life?

She slowly picked up the sketch, her fingertips were cold, and the air around her began to fluctuate faintly.

Gu Yifeng's watch light flashed red: [Grade 0.3 Gravitational Distortion]

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