Gu Yan found Gu Li and talked to him about Gu Liyan's injuries. Gu Li exclaimed in surprise, "What? He's already this badly injured?! What are we going to do?!"

Gu Yan nodded, his expression grave, and said, "Yes, he's been unconscious ever since. I'm worried his injuries will worsen, and..."

Gu Yan didn't continue, but Gu Li hurriedly asked, "Gu Yan, you mustn't tell Mo Bai about this! Otherwise, that guy will throw a tantrum at us again."

Gu Yan frowned slightly. "Of course I know I can't tell him, but I'm afraid that if he asks, we won't be able to keep it a secret even if we want to!"

Gu Li frowned and said, "There's no other way. We can only try to stall Mo Bai. Gu Li, you should think of a way to cure that guy as soon as possible."

"Well, that's all we can do," Gu Li nodded with a bitter face.

Gu Yan and Gu Li parted ways, and on the way back, Gu Yan kept thinking about how to treat Gu Liyan. Suddenly, someone called out to him, "Great Strategist, please wait!"

Gu Yan looked up at the person who had come, and saw Mo Chen walking towards her. She immediately recognized Mo Chen and stopped, asking in confusion, "It's you? Is there something you need?"

Mo Chen stepped forward and bowed respectfully, saying, "I know that the strategist has already sent the person impersonating the White Emperor to the confinement room, so... I would like to implore the Grand Strategist to allow me to meet him."

"Meet him?" Gu Yan squinted at Mo Chen. "What do you want to say to him?"

"I..." Mo Chen pursed his lips and said, "I just want to ask him a question."

Gu Yan frowned, puzzled. "A problem?"

“Yes. I want to confirm whether he is sincere or not.” Mo Chen said with a serious expression.

Gu Yan glanced at Mo Chen and said, "I can let you see him, but before that, you have to do me a favor."

Mo Chen looked at Gu Yan with a puzzled expression.

Meanwhile, Mo Bai knew that today was the day Gu Yan would release Gu Liyan, so he rushed to find Gu Yan, only to find that he was not in the room at all. Just as he was about to go into the bedroom to check, Gu Yan walked in and asked, "What are you doing?"

Mo Bai was startled and retreated from Gu Yan's bedroom. Turning around, he saw Gu Yan return and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Of course I came to find you to help release Gu Liyan. I thought you were afraid of losing face and didn't dare to release Xiao Liyan yourself when you weren't here!"

“I, Gu Yan, keep my word. I released him long before you did. You can see that behind me!” Gu Yan said, stepping aside.

Gu Liyan, dressed in white and wearing a mask, walked in. Mo Bai rushed to greet him, patted him on the shoulder, and laughed, "Haha, it's good that you're alright. You've really suffered these past few days!"

Gu Liyan was startled, her gaze darting away as she instinctively looked at Gu Yan.

Mo Bai thought he was afraid of Gu Yan, so he comforted him, "Don't worry, Gu Yan wouldn't dare to do anything to you!"

Gu Yan snorted coldly in annoyance and said nothing.

Mo Bai asked worriedly, "Xiao Li, are you alright? Do you want to go back and rest?"

"I……"

Gu Liyan was about to answer when Gu Yan said irritably, "My demon race isn't that delicate! From now on, he'll be my personal guard, and the White Emperor won't need to interfere."

"Gu Yan, how dare you steal my man! I clearly chose Xiao Li first!" Mo Bai said angrily.

Gu Yan sneered, "What do you value? He's a member of my fox demon clan. Is he related to you by blood?"

Mo Bai was speechless. He looked at Gu Liyan and saw that Gu Liyan was looking down with his head down, as if he had done something wrong. Mo Bai frowned and said, "Fine, since that's the case, then you can have him. However, if Xiao Liyan is injured in the slightest, I will take him back!"

Gu Yan snorted coldly and said nothing.

Mo Bai looked at Gu Liyan with a frown and said, "Xiao Li, you can come back to my side anytime you want."

Gu Liyan glanced at Mo Bai and then quickly lowered her head. "I...I know."

Mo Bai frowned, turned his head to look at Gu Yan who was deliberately turning his head away from him, and said coldly, "Then, I won't disturb you!"

After saying that, Mo Bai turned and left.

After Mo Bai left, Gu Liyan breathed a sigh of relief. "Strategist, I..."

“You’ve already been exposed,” Gu Yan sighed, interrupting him.

"Huh?! My figure and voice are exactly the same, how could I be exposed?" Gu Liyan asked in surprise.

Gu Yan frowned and looked at Gu Liyan. Thinking of the tender look in Gu Liyan's eyes that day, she frowned again. "His gaze is gentle, like a woman's. You can't imitate that. Mo Bai should have seen it at a glance just now."

Gu Liyan removed his mask, revealing Mo Chen's face. Mo Chen said with a bitter expression, "Great Strategist, since you already know I can't learn it, why are you still making me act?"

“Even if you are fake, Mo Bai can confirm that he is still alive!” Gu Yan said.

Upon hearing this, Mo Chen immediately understood and hurriedly asked, "Grand Strategist, what do you mean...?"

Gu Yan glanced at Mo Chen and gestured towards the bedroom with her lip, "You'll see when you go in."

Seeing Gu Yan's gloomy expression, Mo Chen knew something was wrong and hurriedly went into the bedroom.

Gu Liyan lay on the bed with his eyes closed, his face pale and his lips bloodless.

"What happened to him?" Mo Chen asked anxiously. "He was fine the last time I saw him, how could he have become like this!"

"The day he parted ways with you, he went to the Demon Realm to gather intelligence. It seems he was seriously injured while trying to escape," Gu Yan said in a low voice, without mentioning the fight between Gu Li and Gu Liyan, or the fact that his injuries from being confined and left untreated.

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