"..."

The warmth on her face dissipated as she left, and Shi Youxi rubbed her hands together, her palms already cold and damp, chilling to the bone.

He used to be very used to this kind of coldness.

But how could someone who has experienced warmth be willing to endure cold again?

"I won't let you go," Shi Youxi said, lowering his hands and standing up.

"Since my sister can't like me like a normal person, it doesn't matter if she's a little weird,"

He curled his lips into a mocking smile. "Anyway, I'm a pervert who wanted to get his own sister pregnant."

"Shi Youxi!"

The man said no more and turned to leave.

Mu Yiran rushed over angrily, but was pulled back a few steps by the chain when she reached the door. She pounded on the door a few times until she was too tired to pound anymore, but there was no response.

She sat by the door for a while, thinking there was no need to make herself suffer; she needed to eat and sleep well to have the strength to run. Just as she was wondering if the chain was long enough for her to get to the bathroom, the next second she saw the bathtub next to the curtains, and Mu Yiran cursed Shi Youxi, that dog, again.

I'm not washing anymore.

I forced myself to sleep.

Mu Yiran lay on the bed, and as she calmed down, a wave of exhaustion washed over her. She thought back to herself at this time yesterday.

Damn it...

Mu Yiran habitually curled herself up; she couldn't sleep, she was waiting.

When will Shi Youxi come... to help her unlock it?

There's also medication... She doesn't want to, she doesn't want to get pregnant at all.

However, Shi Youxi did not return until Mu Yiran fell asleep.

They had a huge fight.

The result of the argument was that Mu Yiran not only got that kiss for nothing, but it also provoked Shi Youxi to imprison her.

Apart from the bodyguards who came to deliver food, Mu Yiran didn't see a single hair. She suddenly realized that Shi Youxi hadn't just calmed down this time; he was determined to lock her up here.

With the 72 hours drawing to a close, Mu Yiran could no longer sit still.

"Um... young master."

While discussing matters with Shi Si in the study, Shi Youxi glanced indifferently at the bodyguard holding a tray at the door and said, "Why haven't you sent these over yet!"

The lunch on the plate hadn't been touched at all. Shi Youxi frowned, and a bad feeling rose in her mind.

"It's already been sent over, but Miss Mu said she won't eat it and won't even let me in the door." Seeing his darkening expression, the bodyguard stammered.

"And breakfast too... and the cleaning staff said this morning that the room's trash was full of yesterday's food, and it seems that Miss Mu hasn't eaten anything these past two days."

"Is this a hunger strike?" Shi Si understood after listening for a while.

"Wait, wasn't Guan Shiyan just saying yesterday that he wished you a son soon? What's going on now? Did you have a fight?"

Shi Si poked at the document, his eyes catching the information about Tessa on it and the photo of Mu Yiran peeking out from underneath. He scoffed, "Or maybe she just doesn't want to be a stand-in anymore?"

Shi Youxi took the stack of plates and gave him a cold look. "She's not a substitute."

Shi Si watched the man's strong back, her heart sinking. "It's precisely because he's not a stand-in that things are so bad..."

When Shi Youxi arrived at the room, the three female bodyguards standing at the door gestured to him. He whispered, "You guys step aside first, so she doesn't see you."

The female bodyguard did as instructed.

Shi Youxi gripped the doorknob, but didn't go in immediately. His fingernails dug into the cold doorknob. After thinking for a moment, he asked someone to bring over the cheesecake that had been made.

Shi Youxi unlocked the door and entered, his plate overflowing with food.

The lock clicked open, accompanied by the sound of shattering glass, and the bodyguards nearby rushed into the room simultaneously.

"Miss Mu is going to jump out of the window! Stop her!"

The door slammed heavily against the wall, and a glimpse of the remaining dark fabric flashed past the bay window. In that instant, Shi Youxi's mind went blank, and his blood seemed to freeze, his heart stopped beating.

Without thinking, he instinctively rushed over and jumped out of the bay window.

———

"--How long will the examination take?"

The bodyguard asked the female doctor in front of him. This doctor was too cold. Since she came in, she hadn't answered a single question except when giving orders. She was still the same now, ignoring his question completely.

"Uh, it'll take about ten minutes. Please wait patiently outside," an intern doctor chimed in, trying to smooth things over.

Seifer finished writing the medical report with a blank expression before looking up at Shi Youxi, who was standing straight.

Are you two really teacher and student?

Shi Youxi turned her head mechanically: "Will she be alright?"

Seifer sneered, "Falling from a height of six meters, head injury, what do you think will happen to her?" Her phone beeped with a message—

[Seifer seems to have some issues!]

Seifer glanced at it and frowned, saying:

"Let me make this clear first: if I find that her injuries were not from a fall but from being beaten, I will call the police at any time."

The bodyguard immediately shouted, "Doctor Seifer, watch your words!"

Seifer didn't waste any more words. As soon as he entered the CT room, he saw Mu Yiran, who should have been lying unconscious, sitting on the machine, pulling the doctor next to her and talking to her.

"What's wrong? You can't sit up, it'll cause blood to rush to your head—"

Mu Yiran immediately grabbed Seifer's hand, "Seifer, I've been imprisoned! Please help me!"

"You! You're faking illness?!"

"..."

After much persuasion from Mu Yiran, Seifer finally stopped calling Shi Youxi outside. She asked him to help her disguise herself as a nurse and escape, but he refused sternly. However, he secretly revealed that there was another exit in Mu Yiran's CT room.

Mu Yiran ran out, even stealing a mask, and used it to cover herself as she ran down the emergency stairwell.

Her movements were so agile that she didn't seem like someone who had fallen from a height of six meters. If it weren't for the tree trunk cushioning her fall, she wouldn't have been able to escape unharmed.

Shi Youxi locked her in a three-story villa, with people from the Shi Clan guarding the place inside and out. Mu Yiran knew that even if she jumped out of the window, she wouldn't be able to escape, but if she got injured, Shi Youxi would definitely take her to Guan Yi for a checkup.

She broke a glass, tore the leather on her ankle, and bruised it all over. She hadn't eaten breakfast for two days and looked terrible. In addition, there was a frightening abrasion on her head. Shi Youxi really lost his composure and brought her to the hospital.

She took advantage of Shi Youxi's feelings for her and his nervousness towards her.

Perhaps Shi Youxi will be even angrier after realizing it.

But Mu Yiran only cared about herself.

She had no money on her, only a ring that she had temporarily taken from her room.

There were many more such things in the room, as if they had been prepared on purpose, but Mu Yiran dared not look at them too much.

She tried to exchange the ring for a passerby's phone and some change, but everyone looked at her like she was crazy. They thought Mu Yiran was a mental patient who had escaped from the hospital, and they started calling for medical staff in Guan Yi's lobby.

That won't do!

Left with no other option, Mu Yiran ran into the police station next door.

"please! I'm here for a tour, but my ID was stolen, could you please take me to the embassy?"

The police officer waved his hand repeatedly, saying, "Calm down, while we check your ID."

Identity information?!

“No!” Mu Yiran blurted out.

The policeman raised an eyebrow: "Any problem?"

"Can I call my friend first? My phone was stolen too," Mu Yiran explained with a forced smile.

If Mu Yiran's identity information is investigated, wouldn't her statement just now be considered a lie?!

That would only make things more complicated.

The only thing I can do is try calling candice for help.

The policeman glanced at her but didn't speak immediately. He then said "en" and walked away. Just as Mu Yiran was about to stop him, a cell phone was handed to her from behind.

Mu Yiran was overjoyed: "Thank you!"

She quickly took it, and before she could even ask for the lock screen password, the screen automatically lit up, and Mu Yiran stared at her own smiling face on the lock screen wallpaper.

"..."

Mu Yiran sat frozen, as if the blood in her body had reversed. She had never thought she looked so frightening.

"Weren't you going to make a phone call? Aren't you going to?"

The person behind her slowly walked up to her. "The password is..."

Seeing that she was still motionless, Shi Youxi squatted down to meet Mu Yiran's gaze. "What's wrong? Don't know who to call? Or..."

Shi Youxi sneered: "You don't want me to know who you're going to call."