perish together

When she pushed open the door, the room was pitch black. Yu Li turned on the switch on the wall, and the items were unchanged from when she left.

The flowers in the vase still bloomed towards her.

Yu Li closed the door. The weather was bad, so she chose a slightly thicker coat so that she would feel relieved when she took it off.

I poured myself a glass of water, sat down and drank it slowly. By the time I finished the glass, ten minutes had passed.

Kong Yizi, who was squatting in the bathroom: ...

Was Kwon Woo-ri really not teasing her? Did she do this on purpose because she knew she was coming? Was that cup of water holy water passed down from ancient times, worthy of such a taste?

The momentum that had been brewing for the entire afternoon was long gone. She had practiced Quan Yuli's nonchalant expression in front of the mirror a thousand times that afternoon, and finally mastered the essence of it, but ended up failing miserably.

Kong Yizi gritted her teeth and walked out of the bathroom.

Hearing the door open, Yu Li turned her head and paused for a second before saying in surprise, "Yizi, why is your face so dark?"

Kong Yizi:?

Yu Li: "Ah, that's not right. Yizi, why are you here?"

Kong Yizi's defense broke down: "Kwon Yuri, you really are a good actor. You should have known I was coming earlier."

"Couldn't I be more dignified?" Yu Li glanced at Kong Yizi's outfit. From head to toe, it was all new, and her hair was even styled. It was obvious she'd put a lot of thought into her attire. "Yizi, you're dressed so formally to see me."

Kong Yizi's hand trembled. Was Quan Yuli just saying it casually?

The more you talk, the more mistakes you make. Kong Yizi snapped her fingers, and there were a few noises outside the door, and then the door was locked tightly.

Afraid that Yu Li didn't know what was going on, Kong Yizi even walked to the door and pulled it, then closed the window. "Sorry, Quan Yu Li, I'm taking over this room now."

Gao Taizhuo said he would delay Cui Ze, Zheng Ruizhen was captured by her people, and the only useful person Zheng Zhihe was sent out to inquire about the news. Quan Yuli is now alone.

Just thinking about it makes her happy. Before Kong Yizi could say anything, Yu Li laughed out loud.

Facing Kong Yizi's angry glare, Yu Li waved her hands: "Sorry, I just thought your actions just now were like a real estate agent recommending a house to me."

After introducing the doors, we will now introduce the windows. What’s next?

"Yizi, the bathroom also has a small window. Is the bathroom locked?"

Kong Yizi finally couldn't stand it anymore: "Shut up Quan Yuli! Damn it, shut your stinky mouth!"

She was very angry and stepped forward to slap Yu Li, but Yu Li dodged it easily.

"You should have known this long ago. You can't just slap me." Yu Li held Kong Yizi backhanded. It didn't matter if it was a confined space. Kong Yizi alone couldn't do anything to her. "Yizi, think about it again. This opportunity you finally got, is there anything wrong?"

Mistakes? Kong Yizi struggled to recall—she didn't want to believe whatever Quan Yuli said, but she couldn't help it—"Choi Taek was at the drinking party and couldn't come out for two hours. I controlled Zheng Ruizhen that afternoon. Didn't you send Zheng Zhihe to the drinking party to inquire because you couldn't hear from Zheng Ruizhen?"

Zheng Zhihe will be intercepted. Gao Taizhu used a signal jammer and no message can be sent out. Quan Yuli can't even ask for help.

Kong Yizi was sure that she had made no mistakes and that she was not good at her job, but this time it was Gao Taizhuo who did it, and Gao Taizhuo had always been cautious.

"Kwon Woo-ri, are you scared?" She figured it out. It was because she had no helpers around her, and she was afraid that she would find out something, so she pretended to be confident of victory, hoping to use this attitude to make her retreat.

Perhaps he guessed right. Kong Yizi felt the hands that were restraining her lose their strength for a moment. She seized the opportunity, struggled to break free, and ran to the other side. "I was right, right? Haha, Quan Yuli, you have come to this day!"

She remembered the humiliation she had suffered on New Year's Eve and was determined to get it back from Quan Yuli. Having been freed, Yuli withdrew her hand and examined her fingertips one by one, which were red from the force she had applied.

Kong Yizi regarded this action as a provocation. She knew that Quan Yuli was good at fighting and she could not beat her, but it was Gao Taizhu who gave her the good stuff.

The buttons of her coat were unbuttoned, revealing something wrapped around her waist. She looked directly at Yu Li and said, "Can you listen to me now?"

Yu Li raised her eyes and was stunned for a moment when she saw the things on Kong Yizi. She actually brought such things with her. Was it really just to get rid of her?

"I'm mentally unstable, you should be able to sense that." Kong Yizi finally used the expression she had practiced all afternoon. "If I were with you, I wouldn't be afraid of death."

"So now, I want you to listen to me."

Her eyes moved, and she glanced at the camera in the corner. Kong Yizi continued, "Take off your clothes, kneel down, and beg for mercy."

*

At the drinking party, Song Minjing was shaking her cell phone under the table. Why was the signal so bad? She couldn't send the message for a long time.

The assistant was not qualified to sit at the table for dinner yet, so she waited outside; Cao Yujing was drinking with Cui Ze and Gao Taizhuo, and the group was talking and laughing. No one noticed her. After thinking about it, she got up and went out.

In front of the long table, Gao Taizhuo's eyes flashed.

After Song Minjing went out, she found that the corridor was dark and there seemed to be something wrong with the lights. The light was like in a horror movie. Turning on the flashlight on her mobile phone, she complained that the infrastructure in this place was too poor and that all the newly built restaurants looked like this.

According to her memory, the assistant should be in the lobby. She didn't dare take the elevator for fear of being trapped inside, so she walked towards the stairs.

I stepped carefully and pushed open the door to the stairwell. After taking two steps, I heard a man whisper, "Where's the person? Didn't he just come out?"

"The boss said we can't let her go. Send more people to look for her."

The English used made Song Minjing stunned. Mumu's mind suddenly became clear. Gao Taizhuo had gone abroad after being punished, and there had been no news before today. It was obvious where these foreigners came from.

In other words, it was her they were looking for.

Thinking back to what she had done before, Song Minjing didn't think that Gao Taizhuo looking for her would be a good thing. She swallowed her saliva and walked more carefully.

The light wasn't broken, it was deliberately turned like this to make escape more difficult. Song Minjing cursed inwardly as she ran. She didn't dare turn on the flashlight for fear of attracting attention. After finally reaching the first floor, she ran towards the front hall. Once she got out, she would be saved.

She passed by the assistant's room halfway and didn't dare to stop, fearing a trap. She touched the door and listened carefully. It was quiet outside, without any movement. She slowly pushed the door open.

Outside the door was a group of foreign men, smiling at her leisurely.

It's over, Song Minjing's breath was choked.

It turned out that they were just teasing her. They knew her purpose long ago. They said "send more people to look for her" to tease her deliberately. They just wanted to see the absurd expression on her face when she thought she had escaped but was caught in the end.

Yu Li's words came to my mind: Don't act rashly when encountering things.

Song Minjing was ready to accept her fate and think that Yu Li would come to save her. The next moment, several men standing in front of her were knocked down one after another, and Cui Ze's men appeared at the door.

Cui Ze would not leave himself a way out. He had made preparations long before Cao Yujing was unwilling to tell him that he was a wealthy businessman. Yu Li asked him to take good care of Song Minjing, and he agreed.

"Miss Song, hurry up." After bringing Song Minjing along, the leader pointed her in a direction and said, "Go straight over there. The locals of Yutai live there. Hide there. If you're in danger, ask the villagers to call the police."

Song Minjing kept nodding to show that she was listening. She couldn't go back to the crew, and Gao Taizhuo would not let her go. In high school, she locked Gao Taizhuo in a cage and let dogs scare him. Gao Taizhuo's expression at that time was very scary. Now, if she finds the opportunity, she will definitely take revenge.

Gao Taizhuo's men had just arrived with a new batch of reinforcements. Song Minjing didn't dare linger, finding her way and running forward without looking back. As she ran, she remembered that the message hadn't been sent yet, so she lowered her head to take a look. Yu Li probably didn't know Gao Taizhuo had returned yet.

"Ah!" Song Minjing let out a short cry, and her eyes went dark. Someone covered her with a black cloth.

*

In the B&B, Yu Li and Kong Yizi were still confronting each other.

"I said kneel down, didn't you hear me?" Kong Yizi shouted. This was the third time she had said it, but Quan Yuli didn't move at all.

Yu Li stared at the circle around her waist, wondering if she was doubting its authenticity: "Yizi, who is that with you?"

Just after asking, I received a message on my phone. It was from Song Minjing, "Lili, Gao Taizhuo! Rich businessman!"

"Ah, Gao Taizhuo." Yu Li sighed and laughed a little after digging this person out of her memory. "Are you the Avengers?"

She had disciplined Kong Yizi in junior high school, and Gao Taizhuo in high school. Since Gao Taizhuo transferred to another school abroad just a week later, she hadn't used any of her tactics yet.

Now that I think about it, Choi Taek, Song Min-jeong and others must have done a lot of things behind the scenes that week, which is why Gao Taizhuo ran so fast.

"Did Gao Taizhuo give you this? Isn't he afraid of accidentally hurting you? It seems he doesn't care much about you."

The fact that he could give this thing to Kong Yizi means that Gao Taizhuo has more. What does he want to do?

"I said, as long as I'm with you, I'm not afraid of death!" It was no use saying it several times. Kong Yizi simply pressed the timer and set it to one minute. The bright red countdown time made her eyes hurt.

Kwon Yu-ri must be scared now.

However, Yu Li still didn't respond, and even had the leisure to inquire about the news: "How did you two get in touch? Did he contact you, or did you contact him?"

Kong Yizi did not respond.

Yu Li: "Given your intelligence, he must have contacted you."

"Ah!" Kong Yizi was almost mad with anger.

Yu Li: "Who helped him get to where he is now?"

Kong Yizi was so angry that she jumped up and down: "Are you really not afraid at all? Gao Taizhuo clearly said that you are most afraid of death!"

Um?

Yu Li's eyelids twitched, and she caught something.

Gao Taizhuo said she was most afraid of death?

Time passed in a flash. Kong Yizi glanced at the time and saw the last ten seconds counted down.

If she couldn't scare Quan Yuli in these ten seconds, everything she had done today would be in vain. She stared at Quan Yuli and began to count down, trying to make a final effort.

"Ten, nine... Kwon Yuri, think carefully, there's no time... Six, five..."

She walked towards Yu Li.

Yu Li's ears finally twitched and she finally responded. She ran to the window in three or two steps. In front of Kong Yizi's surprised expression, the originally locked window was violently opened.

Glass fragments were scattered all over the floor. Kong Yizi subconsciously reached out to block them. When she waved her hand away, she saw Yu Li jumping out of the window. The whole process happened in one go.

Kwon Wook-ri ran away?

Kong Yizi blinked in disbelief.

But her running action was a bit panicky. It turns out that Kwon Wook-ri is really afraid of death, haha.

A trace of joy rose in her heart. She was not afraid of death, but she was. She was more powerful than Quan Yuli.

With a smile on her lips, Kong Yizi tilted her head to look at the countdown. The timer had already arrived, but so what? The explosives were fake and would not explode at all. If Quan Yuli knew that she had been tricked, she would be so angry.

Boom——

A flash of fire appeared.

Things that weren't supposed to explode did.

How could it be? Kong Yizi’s smile froze at the corner of her mouth.

Did Gao Taizhu lie to her? No, Gao Taizhu hasn't got Quan Yuli yet, so he won't give her the real thing.

So who switched the bombs... A woman's face flashed through Kong Yizi's mind, she lost consciousness and closed her eyes unwillingly.

After jumping out of the window, Yu Li only had time to run two steps before she heard a loud noise behind her. The explosives were real, so she turned around.

Firelight shone through the window, and from this angle, one could seem to see how desperate Kong Yizi was in the room. Yu Li's movements unconsciously slowed down, and finally stopped.

"Miss?" the person escorting her called out in confusion.

Yu Li only felt a flash before her eyes, just like when she jumped into the sea during the summer vacation of her senior year in high school, at the moment of the explosion, she seemed to have come to another world.

There was wanton laughter in her ears, and someone shouted at her: "Ding Yancan, let's die together. What a pity, your engagement party with Cui Ze is tomorrow, hahahaha!"

"I can't bear to see you so close to happiness. Why would they still choose you when your life is so different?"

Yu Li tried to open her eyes wide to see the man's appearance clearly, only to see that man pressed the timer, and then an explosion sounded, and she was blown away by the fierce gas bomb.

Every part of her body was screaming in pain, but she didn't care.

The person who just spoke to her had the same face as hers.

Or rather, it’s “she”.

An ending where everyone dies together.

"Miss?"

A shouting in her ear brought her back to her senses. The scene shifted, the excruciating pain vanished, and Yu Li returned to the present moment. The nearby guesthouse was ablaze, and the strong smell of gunpowder filled her nose. Yu Li turned and rushed towards the restaurant.

The timer exploded even though it was in his hand. This could only mean one thing: the thing had been tampered with. Otherwise, why would Kong Yizi die if she had already escaped? He should have pressed the timer and come out to catch her.

Kong Yizi herself probably didn't expect this outcome. The things were given by Gao Taizhuo, so it was Gao Taizhuo who wanted her dead?

Recalling what happened in high school, Yu Li just felt that Gao Taizhuo was too petty. She hadn't done anything in high school, but Gao Taizhuo wanted to kill her just for a few sarcastic remarks?

But is this really the case?

"How are Zheng Ruizhen and the others?" Yu Li asked. Shuang Zheng is now her symbol. Only when her people are under control will Gao Taizhuo relax his vigilance and show up. Now that she has gotten the answer she wanted from Kong Yizi, Shuang Zheng can come back.

"I'm on the way." The person who answered was wearing a mask. He was the successor chosen by Zheng Ruizhen from the security team after the Quan Binghe incident. He tried his best to avoid being seen by anyone so as not to be associated with Yu Li.

In the afternoon, Zheng Ruizhen and Yu Li acted separately. After cooperating with the person sent by Kong Yizi, they pretended to be controlled and handed over the command to this person. If you want a name, the person in the dark needs a code name.

D1.

"No need to come look for me, just go to the restaurant and meet me." Yu Li kept walking. Cui Ze and Gao Taizhuo were both in the restaurant.

At the same time, everyone at the party heard the explosion coming from the B&B. Someone opened the window to check and quickly pointed out in shock: "There's a fire over there! Was there an explosion just now? Did the gas pipe explode?"

Explosion? The faces of the first few people changed. The opening was imminent, and if an explosion occurred at this time, people from the relevant departments would definitely come to inspect it. They might have to make corrections, and the opening time would definitely be delayed, which would be extremely disadvantageous to them.

Cui Ze secretly observed Gao Taizhuo. Logically speaking, the explosion must have been caused by Gao Taizhuo, but he did not ignore the surprise that flashed across Gao Taizhuo's eyes just now.

This means Gao Taizhuo doesn’t know about this.

What happened? Cui Ze began to worry, is Yu Li okay?

Cao Yujing paced back and forth, looking at Gao Taizhuo. He was still waiting for investment. With this money, the fourth phase could be built even better. He could put advertisements on the big screen in the square of Xinjie 24 hours a day. Would he be worried about a lack of tourists then? Now that this has happened, he tried to turn the situation around: "Mr. Gao, this is just an accident. I promise to deal with it quickly."

Idiot, Cui Ze stood up, still dreaming about investment.

Gao Taizhu ignored Cao Yujing and focused all his attention on Cui Ze. When he saw Cui Ze stand up, he knew that Cui Ze was going to take action. He said, "I know. I'm not worried about the explosion."

Cao Yujing was delighted.

Gao Taizhuo: "It's you who should be worried."

What's the meaning?

Cui Ze walked out the door: "He was the one who caused the explosion. If you don't leave now, you'll have to wait for your family to come here and burn paper next year."

ha?

The group looked at each other, then at Cui Ze and then at Gao Taizhuo. Was this a joke or was it serious? Regardless, leaving was the right decision.

The crew members were the first to respond. They just wanted to shoot an explosion scene and didn't want to be killed in the real explosion. They hurriedly followed Cui Ze. After watching the crew members leave, the others also stood up.

Gao Taizhuo sat in the main seat without moving. Leave? Where to go? The downstairs is full of his people, the door is blocked, should he break through and leave?

He was not in a hurry at all, waiting for Choi Taek to rush up and ask him to open the door. In high school, before Quan Yuli did anything to him, Choi Taek and Song Minjing, the dogs, barked at him first.

When he entered high school, he was particularly obsessed with Kwon Wook-ri's face when he saw her for the first time. He politely expressed his love for her, but Kwon Wook-ri didn't even look at him. Okay, he decided to find a way to attract Kwon Wook-ri's attention.

He planned a confession in public. Although his classmates were all praising his behavior, Quan Yuli looked at him as if he was trash. "Are you trying to disgust me on purpose? Being liked by someone like you always makes me feel like I've stepped on dog shit for no reason." His confession failed, but okay, he would try again.

Song Minjing couldn't help it first. This stupid dog who knew nothing, after school, asked someone to lock him in a cage and scare him with a dog. "As expected, dogs love to eat dog shit. They are so happy to see you." He secretly hated Song Minjing and remembered her in his heart.

He then planned a second confession, but unfortunately before the day of the confession, Choi Taek discovered that he had secretly taken photos of Kwon Woo-ri.

There were a wall full of photos. He liked Kwon Woo-ri's face, so what was wrong with taking some photos? He was just a poor secret admirer. However, Choi Taek tore up the photos one by one in front of him, and even found someone to teach him a lesson and told his parents about it, causing his parents to send him abroad in a hurry.

Those photos were the result of his hard work. He looked at them over and over again before going to bed. As Gao Taizhuo thought about it, his ribs began to hurt again.

As a result, after going abroad, he met Quella, the wife of the head of the local powerful Bear Party. The day he went abroad was also the day Quella and her husband were attacked. Quella escaped and was rescued by him, but her husband died. He followed Quella back to the Bear Party and became Quella's confidant.

Without Quella, he wouldn't be who he is today.

But at the same time, without Quella, Kong Yizi might not have died.

Gao Taizhuo's thoughts drifted to the burning guesthouse. The explosives he'd given Kong Yizi were fake, but she must have removed them after taking them back, otherwise Quella's men wouldn't have had the opportunity to swap them for the real thing. Quella was incredibly possessive and wouldn't allow him to have other women around. She'd once caught Kong Yizi just as she'd come to see him, scratching her face and forcing her to undergo plastic surgery.

This time, she must have found out about him and Kwon Woo-ri, and was afraid that his heart would be seduced by Kwon Woo-ri, so she wanted Kong Yizi and Kwon Woo-ri to die together.

Is Kwon Wook-ri dead?

Just when he felt heartbroken for a second, he heard anxious footsteps outside the door. Gao Taizhuo came to his senses. Cui Ze was quite fast. He came to beg for mercy after only two minutes.

"Boss, there are so many people coming. We can't hold them back. You need to move quickly."

Um?

Gao Taizhuo thought he had heard it wrong. Who needs to be moved quickly?

"Isn't it Cui Ze?" At this time, he was still able to maintain his composure and gestured to his subordinates with one hand, "You are talking about me?"

The subordinate nodded vigorously: "Boss, it's you, there are too many of them."

Hesitantly, he added, "Cui asked me to tell you something. He said that only the protagonists would fight alone when they are in danger."

Obviously, Cui Ze did not define himself as the protagonist of justice. Even if he had to use human wave tactics, he would keep Gao Taizhuo.

"F**k! Where did he get so many people?!" Gao Taizhu jumped up from his chair immediately after hearing this, and followed his subordinates out from the other side of the stairs. The fact that he could arrange so many people meant that he had made preparations in the morning. Did Cui Ze know that he would come?

Impossible, he hadn't revealed himself at all before today. It was Kong Yizi, that idiot. He must have found out that there was someone behind Kong Yizi, so he pretended to be defenseless on the surface and only brought a few security guards, but in fact he really wanted to mobilize a whole regiment of people!

"F**k Choi Taek!" he cursed as he ran, and then asked about Song Minjing, "Is she in our hands?"

At least this incident did not disappoint Gao Taizhuo. His subordinate nodded and said, "Someone rescued her after she left the house, but she was caught by our people on the way to escape."

Good, Gao Taizhu was relieved. Now he could confirm that Quan Yuli was fine. Thanks to the fool Song Minjing, he had evidence against her.

"Bring her here."

Song Minjing was tied up on the second floor of the control room of the first phase of the Yutai project.

After being knocked unconscious by a club, Song Minjing regained consciousness and sat on a chair with her hands tied behind her back.

The administrator was knocked unconscious by Gao Taizhuo's men and thrown into a corner. The other people of some status were attending a drinking party, and the merchants had already gone home after get off work, so no one would come here.

There were three people guarding her: one in the room, one in the hallway, and one downstairs in the control room.

Song Minjing blinked, unable to tell what she felt.

Even though Yu Li had asked Cui Ze to take care of her, she was still caught.

"Why do we need three people?" she murmured. "One is enough. I don't have brains, and I don't know how to fight. The only thing I know is acting."

The man who was playing with his cell phone looked up in confusion when he heard Song Minjing's words. He was brought from abroad by Gao Taizhuo and didn't understand what Song Minjing was saying.

Song Minjing turned her head and looked at him: "Ah, why did you lock me up here?"

The man told her to shut up.

Song Minjing pouted: "I know it even if you don't tell me. You're afraid that others will find out easily. I am such a good handle that you can use to threaten Yu Li."

There is no difference between being locked up in a restaurant and in the hotel where Gao Taizhuo lives. It is easy to find him. Only here, no one thought of him for a while.

The handle is only useful at the last moment.

"But I don't want to be used as a handle." Song Minjing lowered her head and thought of Yu Li's words again.

—Don’t act rashly, don’t act on impulse.

She knew that as long as she was obedient, Yu Li would come to save her.

She had already acted rashly twice tonight. In the restaurant, no signal, no signal. She ran out even though she knew Gao Taizhuo was suspicious. Running out would be fine. Yu Li told her to find Cui Ze if she had any problems, but she didn't go back to find him. Instead, she continued to leave the restaurant.

He was even rescued by Cui Ze's men but was caught again.

Song Minjing started to make a fuss: "I don't want to be a burden anymore! It's like this every time! What should I do if Lili gets hurt because of me!"

The guard was getting impatient and talking nonsense. He pulled out a knife and walked up to Song Minjing and threatened, "Shut up! If you keep making noise, I'll cut off your tongue."

Song Minjing bit her lip and stared at the man with hatred.

The man was pleased. He had seen this kind of look many times. He lowered his head and leaned closer: "I heard you are an actor. Have you acted in adult movies?"

Song Minjing didn't say anything, as if she was frightened.

The man chuckled, relaxed his guard and tried to sit back down.

Swish.

Something flashed by, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Song Minjing stand up, swing the chair in her hand, and hit him on the head. The untying technique she had learned for filming came in handy here.

Still feeling it wasn't enough, Song Minjing added two more hits.

The man fainted and the knife fell to the ground. She didn't even bother to catch her breath and bent down to pick up the knife.