055: Waiting for the rabbit to run into the tree stump / Escaping but being caught and brought back

Huai Yan paused, feeling that the voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Jiang Ze was also visibly stunned after hearing the voice.

The woman's voice outside the door continued to ring out, growing louder and louder.

The sound became increasingly shrill.

Immediately, Jiang Ze's expression darkened.

“73,” Huaiyan had a bad feeling, “Haven’t we heard this voice somewhere before?”

“I think so too,” 073 said, “...Be careful, the other party’s condition isn’t good.”

The knocking outside the door stopped.

Then, as if to confirm 073's words.

The next second, the girl's violent pounding on the door became even more intense than before.

"Stay away from the door."

Jiang Ze ignored it, seemingly knowing that the other person was a madman.

He grabbed the boy's shoulder and pulled him behind him.

It was as if they were afraid that the person outside the door might rush in and hurt Huaiyan at any moment.

But to their surprise, the banging on the door stopped very quickly this time.

The girl who had been acting erratically outside the door fell into an eerie calm.

Suddenly, a rustling sound arose, like a key being inserted into a lock and turned repeatedly.

……not good.

By the time they realized something was wrong, it was too late.

Huai Yan didn't have time to hide and could only stand behind Jiang Ze.

The girl who opened the door was someone both 073 and Huaiyan knew.

It was the girl who inexplicably stood at the apartment door that day and asked me questions.

At the time, 073 also said that the girl's mental state was not normal, and her sanity value was too low.

...Then why is she here?

"Brother!" the girl cried out in anguish, especially after seeing Huai Yan. "You lied to me!"

The girl cried out in anguish, her screams coming from her throat like those of a dying wild beast.

Despair and helplessness.

The boy was startled and gripped Jiang Ze's clothes even tighter.

elder brother? !

Jiang Ze, is he her brother?

“What did I lie to you about?” Jiang Ze asked his sister, his expression tense. “Who allowed you to come here?”

"You lied to me!"

The girl's eyes held an unusual stubbornness, as if she absolutely had to get to the bottom of it: "You said you wouldn't find anyone else! You wouldn't!"

This is the third time, and it's the same person again.

"I'm going to kill him!" the girl screamed, her voice piercing as she frantically tried to rush towards Huai Yan. "I'm going to kill him!!"

Jiang Ze grabbed the girl's arm, his brows still furrowed: "Jiang Zhi, leave."

He didn't want to say anything harsh to his sister, but she had already endangered the boy's safety.

"What did you say?!" Jiang Zhi exclaimed incredulously, as if she had heard something incredible. "You want me to leave?"

Jiang Zhi charged forward again like a madwoman, baring her teeth and claws, behaving like a madman.

Jiang Ze effortlessly gripped her hand and let out a barely audible sigh.

"Let's go." He took the opportunity to push the boy's back and whispered, "...leave this place."

Otherwise, if Jiang Zhi went crazy, he couldn't guarantee what uncontrollable things might happen.

The boy nodded timidly, not daring to anger Jiang Zhi.

While the other person was struggling, he immediately seized the opportunity and ran towards the door.

Jiang Ze breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the boy leave safely.

He kicked the apartment door shut with a thud.

The noise and cries were thus kept outside the door.

The boy's heart was pounding, and he stood at the elevator entrance, covered in sweat.

"So...so scary..." Huaiyan's eyes were bloodshot, and fear lingered in her shimmering gaze.

"She should be Jiang Zhi." 073 was a little scared. "But I feel like her current state..."

It doesn't seem like the SAN value is too low.

It's more like he's already gone into a state of madness.

"But in the original story," the boy asked curiously, "she didn't seem to be like that, did she?"

In the original storyline, Jiang Zhi was relatively normal.

However, in the original storyline, the original owner did not encounter Jiang Zhi directly.

It was Jiang Zhi who learned that the original owner of the body was by Jiang Ze's side.

They tried every possible means to drive away the original owner of the body, resorting to any extreme method.

Later, they even almost had someone force the original owner of the body into sexual intercourse.

If Jiang Ze hadn't arrived in time, the original owner's fate would probably have been brought forward.

Whether it's hiring someone to force the original owner or trying to make the original owner leave.

Jiang Zhi behaved perfectly normally from beginning to end.

She didn't do anything extreme, nor did she resort to any melodramatic tactics like going to find the original owner and kicking her out.

Why has Jiang Zhi suddenly changed so much?

“I guess he’s been through some kind of trauma,” 073 said. “Or maybe he went crazy in a mental hospital.”

The Jiang family personally locked Jiang Zhi in a mental hospital, and by careful calculation, it lasted for a full three years.

Because of that incident, the Jiang family was thrown into chaos, and outsiders would gossip about it.

“And Jiang Ze,” 073 asked in confusion, “is not afraid of Jiang Zhi at all.”

These two siblings are both incredibly crazy.

But Jiang Ze still had some sense and was clear-headed, yet he dared to directly provoke a mentally ill person.

If Jiang Zhi loses control and stabs him, Huai Yan won't be able to complete his mission.

"Then, we..." the boy hesitated, glancing towards the apartment door, "...should we go back?"

Go back and save Jiang Ze, otherwise there will be no male lead.

"No need," 073 said decisively. "He's the male lead; can't he even withstand this minor injury?"

Besides, the male lead has a protagonist's halo and a high health bar.

At least they won't be easily killed by a minor character.

The boy bit his lip, but eventually got into the elevator.

It's nothing else.

If Jiang Zhi were to attack him, the boy would be powerless to fight back.

“Let’s go back to the hotel,” 073 sighed, “and wait for Jiang Ze to come find you.”

Huaiyan's redemption value rose to 80 after keeping the appointment.

The end may not be far off.

-

"What's wrong?" Fang Shaohan tilted his head back and took a sip of wine, teasingly asking, "Can't find the person?"

The man rubbed his temples in frustration, suppressing his gloomy mood.

He simply turned around and dealt with a rat.

The boy ran away.

They ran away completely, without even saying goodbye or replying to messages.

I've also blocked him on WeChat.

Fu Tingyu's face darkened further, and he gave Fang Shaohan a cold look.

Fang Shaohan laughed even louder: "Look, it's no use me. I didn't take him away."

The man fell silent again.

He could actually find out where the boy was, but checking the surveillance footage would be a different matter.

In his usual style, capturing the person would be a piece of cake.

The party wasn't even over yet, and the person had already disappeared. Fu Tingyu had plenty of reasons to punish the boy.

But he wasn't in a hurry.

The boy's escape had only just begun.

Men should also play along and act a part.

-

When Huaiyan reached the stairwell, she had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

The hotel was bustling with people coming and going, amidst the constant flow of people.

The boy felt as if he had seen a familiar black figure.

It looks a lot like... a bodyguard to a man.

No, how did the bodyguards find their way here?

The boy shook his head, barely managing to steady himself, and walked forward along the corridor.

No way, how could a man find this place so quickly?

As it turned out, things didn't go as planned.

When the boy reached the corner, he stopped in his tracks, almost in a dangerous situation.

He saw a familiar figure.

That involuntary feeling of weakness in my legs came over me again.

The boy turned and ran.

The man followed too closely, even though it was only for a few hours.

We've already found this place.

It's impossible to completely escape a man's control.

“No,” 073 shook his head, “It’s no longer feasible with Fu Tingyu.”

Only if Huaiyan personally intervenes in Jiangze's case will the redemption value increase.

Since Fu Tingyu's approach is not feasible, there is no need to waste time on it.

Besides, now that the man has Miao Yu by his side, he probably won't need him anymore.

“I know,” the boy said, his eyelashes fluttering. “I won’t go looking for him.”

Unless Fu Tingyu takes the initiative to come to us.

The boy had just returned to the elevator when he received a call from Jiang Ze.

The other party was in a hurry and asked him to change his accommodation.

"W-What's wrong?" Huaiyan's voice was soft and gentle, revealing concern. "Did something happen?"

Jiang Ze was clearly unwilling to say more, only repeating, "Leave here, or you will be in danger."

The boy was so startled that he broke out in a cold sweat and hung up the phone in a panic.

"He...he told me to buy a train ticket and leave," Huaiyan asked softly, clutching her phone. "Should I leave?"

Even over the phone, 073 could sense the urgency of the situation.

Otherwise, Jiang Ze wouldn't have made a phone call without asking anything.

“Buy a ticket and go,” 073 decided immediately. “Jiang Ze couldn’t possibly be trying to harm you.”

This matter must be related to Jiang Zhi.

"good."

The boy, as always, was obedient and bought a train ticket to Y City.

Although the original owner was an orphan, she had a hometown in Y City.

After my parents passed away, our old home in Y City remained empty.

Perhaps due to family reasons, the original owner was unwilling to return to that place.

Unexpectedly, it has now become a refuge for the teenager.

Time was of the essence, and Huaiyan couldn't go back to the hotel to get her clothes, so she had to go and buy several more sets.

His flight was for 6 PM, so he had to get to the airport by 3 PM.

Fortunately, the money the man had given her before was more than enough.

Otherwise, the boy might not even be able to afford a plane ticket.

“Go there and stay for a few days,” 073 said. “Jiang Ze’s redemption value just reached 85.”

Because the boy obeyed Jiang Ze's words, he was also extremely obedient.

This gave Jiang Ze the illusion that he could control the boy at any time, so his redemption value increased dramatically.

There's no need to rush about the redemption points during this period, since right now, all that's missing is a major plot development.

After completing the main storyline, the mission is almost finished.

Fortunately, the airport isn't far from the hotel; an hour's drive is enough.

Even after Huaiyan got into the taxi and left, her heart was still heavy with worry.

Things seem to be progressing too smoothly.

First, he spotted the man in time and managed to escape by chance. Then, Jiang Ze called and said he was in danger.

And now we're on the bus.

It's as if there's an invisible hand driving the plot forward.

But so much has happened in the past few days that the boy still feels a tightness in his chest and can't quite process it all.

He originally thought that Fu Tingyu, having met Miao Yu, would no longer come looking for him.

Just as Jiang Ze said, there are many, if not many, wealthy families who keep mistresses.

Throughout the journey, Huaiyan passed through airport security with a feeling of unease and trepidation.

There weren't many people at the airport, but there were quite a few people talking in the waiting room.

Until I sat down in my seat.

Huai Yan only found out then.

What's causing his unease?

When the boy looked up, he saw what he had seen an hour earlier.

The man at the corner of the stairs.