"That's fine."

The subordinate immediately stopped what he was doing, took out several bottles of medicine, and sprinkled them on the man's bloodied and mangled back.

This is a simple disinfectant and hemostatic agent to prevent the person from dying from excessive blood loss.

Shi Bianji's eyes were blurred with tears and sweat. His already numb back was tingling from the medication, and the pain made him groan incessantly.

"Cough cough cough, hehe..."

Staring intently at the slender figure in the center of his vision, Shi Bianji laughed heavily.

"Is that enough?" Blood filled his mouth, making his words indistinct.

Shi Bianji crawled on his knees for a few steps, pulling the iron chain around his neck to its longest length, before reluctantly stopping.

"Is this little bit of time enough for Xiaoxi today?"

"......."

Shi Youxi stopped and turned to look at him. The man became excited.

"Don't you hate me? A few lashes a day aren't enough, are they?"

Shi Youxi stared straight at him, his phoenix eyes appearing even more profound beneath the boy's light pink hair.

The realization that those eyes were now looking at him sent shivers of excitement through Shi Bianji.

"Why should I put up with Xiaoxi? You can do whatever you want to me."

The subordinate standing next to him blushed upon hearing this.

What does this mean?

Isn't this man a traitor to the Shi Men? Why is the conversation veerting in such a strange direction?!

Is this something he can hear?

But the young master didn't say he couldn't leave!

At that moment, the boy at the door suddenly took a few steps toward Shi Bianji, and the subordinate quickly turned his back and covered his ears.

Shi Youxi stopped half a meter in front of Shi Bianji, and he could clearly see the undisguised desire on Shi Bianji's face.

The stuffy, pungent, and nauseating atmosphere gripped him like a tightly sealed net. The basement was dark and gloomy, and no one turned on the lights for him.

He kept watching until the acid in his stomach grew stronger and stronger, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Shi Youxi casually grabbed an ice pick from beside his subordinate's feet, raised his hand and plunged it straight into Shi Bianji's bent shoulder blade.

"Ugh! Cough cough cough—"

The ice pick pierced the skin. Shi Youxi lowered his eyes, twisting his wrist and pressing down again and again. He watched Shi Bianji struggle to breathe and vomit blood, and sneered:

"If I do as I want, will you still be alive?"

The subordinate turned around and saw another pool of blood on the ground. "Young Master, if the wound is too deep, he'll die—"

The man looked at the smile on the boy's face, and his survival instinct made him shut up.

Shi Youxi released his grip, his palms also covered in sweat. Ignoring the tissues his subordinate offered, Shi Youxi squatted down, admiring Shi Bianji's wretched state.

The man, who could once be described as refined and handsome, now had a sunken face and looked gaunt from the physical pain, which made Shi Youxi feel much better.

"See, you can't even take one stab. Killing you is easier than I thought."

The boy propped his face up with his hand, and with his other hand poured the medicine onto the wounds inflicted by the ice pick. Shi Bianji began to convulse and tremble violently.

"It's a pity there's no medicine that can bring people back to life. Otherwise, I would definitely grant your wish."

"I'm keeping you alive for tomorrow. If you die the day after, I'll lose all my happiness."

Shi Youxi curled his lips into a smile, "Your wife and father-in-law are searching the world for you. The Frey family has put several bounties on your head, but I can't bear to hand over Uncle Ji."

"Uncle Ji should know best how unforgettable happiness is when it comes to gradual progress."

"Hehehe, very good," blood foam hung from his chin as Shi Bianji twisted his face and sneered, "If I had known that this was the ultimate pleasure, I shouldn't have let Cheng Yuan poison Cheng Ran so easily in the first place."

Shi Youxi's lips curled into a straight line as he stared at him coldly.

"I should have made her like Su Tian, ​​watching herself being crushed to death by the collapsing building. Even if she were rescued, she would only be paralyzed and incontinent in the hospital, barely clinging to life! Poisoning is so much more tasteless—"

The ice spike was pulled out and then pierced again, leaving two dark, bloody holes in Shi Bianji's shoulder blades. Seeing Shi Youxi's cold and sinister expression, the silver-haired man's smile twisted.

"Xiao Xi! Xiao Xi, you really are just like me! No matter how much you try to hide it, you're still the same!"

Shi Bianji grabbed the boy's wrist, which was stabbing with an awl, and pressed it down hard. "Only I understand your joy. Only I can satisfy your desire to vent!"

"Thump!"

"Young Master!"

The handle of the ice pick slammed into the man's head, and Shi Bianji collapsed to the ground, twitching like a dying fish.

The subordinate quickly snatched the ice pick from the boy's hand. He looked at Shi Youxi's pale face covered in cold sweat and knew that he was having an attack. He quickly took out a bottle of medicine, soaked a handkerchief, and covered Shi Youxi's mouth and nose as Shi Si had told him.

Shi Youxi's vision blurred, his ears rang, and he heard a jumble of voices that seemed to pierce his ear canals and skull like needles.

Many grotesque faces pulled him further and further away from that beautiful figure.

"We are the same kind of people, Xiaoxi. No matter how much you try to hide it, it's the same. You, your father, and I are all the same kind of monsters."

"Only I know your despicable desires, your dark possessiveness! That's why you killed Chen Yiting, isn't it? Because she actually spied on your sister! Hahahaha, so do I! Every glance Mo Yifan gave Cheng Ran drove you crazy! And every glance you gave Cheng Ran made me jealous!"

"You didn't want to stay by my side, so I had no choice but to kill her, Cheng Ran! Just like you secretly killed Mo Yifan, and killed anyone who touched Cheng Ran!"

"I didn't want to poison CEO Cheng, but she kept watching you, she kept watching you! And you even tried to secretly take CEO Cheng away! I heard it, I heard everything! So I poured the whole bottle of miconazole in, so she could only stay by my side... You forced me to do this! You were the one who tried to take CEO Cheng from me!"

"Cheng Ran will die, not because of me, but because of you, Xiao Xi!"

No……

He's different...he's different! He's different from them!!

She'll come back...she'll come back...her sister is always here!

"Shi Youxi... Shi Youxi! Wake up!"

"Hurry up and get the medicine!"

A sharp pain shot through his neck, and the dizziness and spittle around his eyes gradually faded. Shi Youxi was panting heavily, and sweat from his forehead seeped into his eyes.

He realized he was still sitting in the dark basement.

Shi Si nervously waved his hand in front of him, and when the boy's bloodshot eyes turned to him, he cursed:

"Holy crap! Are you trying to scare me to death?! Are you crazy?! You started feeling dizzy and didn't even take your medicine!"

The person next to him silently stood up, but Shi Si quickly grabbed him, "Where are you going! You're not feeling well, come with me to the hospital! No, no, I'll get Guan Shiyan to take care of you!"

"Let go, I'm fine." Shi Youxi broke free from him, but the other man pulled him up again. He lifted his wet bangs, revealing his eyes, and stared coldly at Shi Si.

"Damn it..." Shi Si bowed down, covering his forehead. "Where are you going?!"

"Go back and get some sleep. I have class tomorrow."

"Go to hell with this class!" Shi Si snapped.

"Then take your dad's class." Shi Youxi turned and walked away expressionlessly.

"Holy crap..." Shi Si Teng Kong kicked and chased after him.

"We still haven't caught Qi Pan, one of Shi Bianji's men! Don't always be alone! Also, it seems they've managed to infiltrate the school with someone. Have any strange people appeared around you lately?!"

"........"

Shi Youxi's eyelashes trembled. He remembered the new resident in the apartment next door who had been with him in the past two days. She was a woman who always went up and down the elevator with him and was always wearing a mask and fully armed.

He had noticed the woman next door a long time ago.

This woman feels very similar to her.

But it's only similar.

"Maybe."

"What do you mean 'maybe'? Never mind, I'll have more people staking out your apartment building. Let me know immediately if anything happens! Got it?"

The boy walked out of the back door of the basement and waved to him.

Shi Si had other things to do and couldn't leave, so he could only helplessly rage at that cool and arrogant back view!

"Don't you dare charge in like a madman just because you're good at fighting! You need to learn how to be a leader, understand?! If you can't lead a team, you'll die! Fighting is the underlings' job! Shi Youxi, did you hear me?!"

"..."

...

"...Your target is the person who lives next door to you, his name is Shi Youxi! Did you hear me?!"

"........"

Mu Yiran was staring intently at the large, conspicuous jade bracelet on her wrist.

Why is the bracelet still there... and why haven't her clothes changed either?

Upon hearing Shi Youxi's name, she looked up in a daze, "What..."

"You mean... Shi, Shi Youxi?"

After being attacked from behind and knocked unconscious by the elderly sanitation worker, she woke up to find it was already broad daylight, and she was lying in a haystack next to the Qiao Lisi garbage collection building.

At first, Mu Yiran thought the old woman had a change of heart and only robbed her money without killing her, leaving her unconscious until dawn. But when she saw the electronic clock on the teaching building, she realized something was wrong.

The digital clock clearly indicates:

10:57 AM - July 27, 2018

2018...

2018?!

Has she...time-traveled again?!

Mu Yiran stood in front of that electronic clock for a long time, her face clearly reflected on the smooth electronic screen.

It seems like she's transmigrated into the body of someone who looks a lot like her!

Just as he was about to grab a passerby to ask, he was pulled aside by the heavily made-up blonde woman who suddenly appeared in front of him.

The woman spoke fluent Chinese, but it probably couldn't keep up with her swearing speed; she would occasionally unleash a torrent of insults at her in a London accent.

During this time, Mu Yiran suddenly realized that this time travel seemed different from the previous ones.

The clothes she was wearing were the ones she wore before she time-traveled!

The necklace with ashes around my neck is there!

The jade bracelet and pendant on my wrist are...!

Why?

You can wear the same clothes, but you absolutely can't have the same necklace and bracelet!

She touched her face in a daze.

Similar appearance...

Perhaps it's not similar?

That's clearly her face, that's her body!

She time-traveled, but unlike the previous two times, this time she seems to be... in... a different world!

The blonde woman mistook her for someone else.

Seeing her lost in thought, the blonde woman grabbed her chin and lifted it up, scrutinizing the newborn skin with intense disgust and a hint of inexplicable jealousy in her eyes.

"The master spent so much money to give you a makeover, not so you could use that face to seduce men! Remember your mission: get close to Shi Youxi! Win his favor and gain his trust! Have him take you to Shimen!"

The blonde woman patted her face and warned her, "Don't even think about running away, and don't think you'll be free just because you hook up with Shi Youxi! Don't forget the debts your father owes! And your brother too. If you dare to run, I'll sell your brother to northern Myanmar!"

"..."

Mu Yiran hesitated for a moment, then decided to tell her the truth: "I'm sorry, beautiful lady, you may have mistaken me for someone else. I'm not the person you're looking for..."

The blonde woman gave a cold, sinister laugh. "Mu Yiran, are you playing the amnesia card with me?"

Mu Yiran: "........" No? What the heck?!

Mu what?

Not only do they look alike, but they also have the same name!

But before she could retort, the blonde woman said coldly, "Stop pretending. If you don't want your brother to get into trouble, behave yourself. I'll be keeping an eye on you."

The woman left after uttering those harsh words, leaving Mu Yiran alone, bewildered in the wind.

But she was in a daze for long. The peak time for students leaving get out of class arrived, and students gathered on the road. Jolis is the number one art and design school in the world, and its students come from all over the world.

Among them, Mu Yiran saw a tall, handsome, blue-eyed boy.

She looked familiar. After confirming, it was indeed the British guy who mistook her in the elevator!

No time to lament the whirlwind of fate, Mu Yiran walked towards the boy. He saw her too and excitedly rushed over like a large, frolicking dog.

"Hey! Ran! Shall we go back together?"

A familiar scene, a familiar opening line. Mu Yiran skillfully took a step back, her face beaming with a smile even brighter than Doge's: "Hey!"

Who cares about looking like someone else or having the same name, who cares how shameful it is to steal someone else's identity, survival is the most important thing right now!

She had neither a passport nor a BRP, so she couldn't even check into a hotel. Moreover, if the woman with the same name and face as her didn't show up, this blonde woman would keep an eye on her, restricting her from going anywhere.

There is another one, Shi Youxi.

Although according to the timeline, Shi Youxi should be studying at Lukeli University in N City, Liguo right now, but... what if?

If it really is Shi Youxi... Mu Yiran still wants to see him again.

So Mu Yiran shamelessly followed the boy named Candice into the teaching building. She pretended that she had forgotten her bag and couldn't carry her things, so she asked Candice to help her carry them.

The boy had long strides and unconsciously led her along.

At first, Mu Yiran thought this "Mu Yiran" was also a student, until Kandis led her to the faculty office building...

Mu Yiran stroked her chin thoughtfully as she watched Kandis stand in front of one of the workstations.

"Ran, what are you going to bring?"

"......."

Please take her soul away.

Mu Yiran stared at the teacher's pass in her hand with a perverted smile, sweating profusely.

Good news: I got a professional knowledge question on the test.

Bad news: The questions were beyond the syllabus.

This is truly like the King and Queen of Spades in a deck of cards, going wild in the circus! What makes her even worthy of playing the role of Mr. George?!

Although it was just a temporary teaching assistant.

But this is also Joris's assistant coach!

This "Mu Yiran" is pretty good!

With a solemn expression, she hung the access card around her neck, her face radiating a sacred light.

She, Mu Yiran, is determined to play this role!

The double dose of surprise and shock made Mu Yiran feel lightheaded the whole way, until she followed Kandis into the apartment building and realized something was wrong once again.

This apartment building... isn't it the one with Lac Studio?

Candice pressed two floor buttons upon entering, one for the sixth floor and the other for the eleventh floor. He greeted her on the sixth floor and exited the elevator.

"Mu Yiran" obviously lives on the eleventh floor.

It seems that at this time, the eleventh floor had not yet been turned into a studio by Lack's private purchase.

The apartment, which was 18 years old, didn't have a password or fingerprint lock; it had a regular electronic card key.

With four households per floor and a separate courtyard layout, which one is "Mu Yiran's"?

Mu Yiran took the simplest, and most likely to get hit, approach.

She tried it directly.

First, she checked the two north-facing rooms; Mu Yiran swiped the door of room 1103.

"Beep—"

Not this one.

She quickly turned around and, before the person in 1103 noticed, swiped 1104.

It's open!

Just as she was about to go in, the sound of the door unlocking came from behind her, and Mu Yiran's heart jumped.

Even though the boy's voice had become more magnetic and lower than before, Mu Yiran still recognized it immediately.

Shi Youxi leaned against the door, staring intently at the back of the woman wearing a hat in front of him. He twirled the thin, sharp silver blade between his fingers and slowly walked forward.

"New neighbor? Were you the one trying to break into my house?"