Chapter 13: Can I Change My Target?

"roll!"

Before Gu Xingxian's hand could even touch Gong Ye's clothes, a furious shout was heard.

"Gong Ye, do you really want to spend the rest of your life as a eunuch? Do you even understand that you only have two choices now?"

Gu Xingxian patiently guided him.

Gong Ye remained unmoved, his face grim.

Gu Xingxian's words disgusted him.

Gong Ye really wanted to go back in time and smash the version of herself who had feelings for Gu Xingxian to death.

He must have been blind and foolish to have mistakenly believed that Gu Xingxian was a kind and pure person.

His handsome face twisted slightly, and he slammed his hand hard against the door frame.

Bang!

After a loud bang, Gong Ye's phone, which had fallen to the ground, suddenly vibrated.

Buzzing...

The cell phone on the ground kept vibrating, attracting their attention.

The phone fell relatively close to Gu Xingxian.

Gong Ye took a step forward, intending to retrieve the phone.

Gu Xingxian was afraid that Gong Ye would send someone to open the door and ruin her plans.

She quickly picked up the phone first and even took a few steps back to prevent Gong Ye from snatching it away.

He picked up his phone and saw that it was Gu Shanshan calling.

Gu Xingxian's expression changed, and he cursed under his breath, "Damn bitch, don't even think about ruining my plans!"

As he spoke, he menacingly tried to hang up the phone.

Give me the phone!

Gong Ye narrowed his eyes dangerously and shouted angrily.

Gu Xingxian was startled. He wanted to hang up immediately, but his hand trembled and he accidentally pressed the answer button, so he turned on the speakerphone.

"Hello? Gong Ye."

Gu Shanshan's voice rang out in the quiet air, sounding particularly abrupt.

Gu Shanshan held her phone, nervously calling Gong Ye's name, but after waiting for a while, she didn't hear a reply from him.

I felt even more uneasy.

Encouragingly, the butler called out again weakly.

"Gong Ye, are you there?"

He sounds so cowardly, but he's actually up to no good. He's already answered the phone, why doesn't he say anything?

When Gong Ye heard Gu Shanshan's voice, he was slightly stunned and didn't react for a moment. His astonished gaze fell on the phone, and his face was full of disbelief.

He had been supporting Gu Shanshan for so long, and this was the first time Gu Shanshan had called him.

Could it be that the little imp has finally come to her senses?

Gong Ye was preoccupied with too many thoughts and was also surprised, so he didn't look back at Shan Shan's call.

On the contrary, Gu Xingxian's face looked extremely ugly.

He stared intently at his phone, his gaze almost piercing through it, as if he wanted to kill Gu Shanshan through the phone.

He intended to hang up the phone and smash it on the ground, but just as he was about to hang up, he seemed to remember something.

A glint of light flashed in his eyes, and he began calling into the phone in an ambiguous tone.

"...Hmm...Miya, you're amazing..."

Anyone who heard that scream would know what was happening.

After making those lewd noises, Gu Xingxian hung up the phone immediately.

Seeing Gong Ye's dark expression and that Gong Ye was about to snatch the phone, he quickly threw the phone into the glass full of wine.

Foam rose in the wine glass, the phone screen lit up a few times, and then went out completely.

On the other end of the phone, Gu Shanshan was stunned for a while by Gu Xingxian's shout. When she came to her senses, her phone showed that the call had been disconnected.

Gu Shanshan didn't turn the phone on speaker, so the housekeeper had no idea what was being said on the other end.

Seeing Gu Shanshan staring at her phone with a grim expression, her fingers even trembling slightly as she held it, a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

He asked cautiously, "Young Master Gu, what did Mr. Gong say?"

"ah?"

Gu Shanshan seemed to have just been woken up by the housekeeper's voice. Her eyes were blank for a few seconds before she came to her senses.

With an awkward and conflicted expression, he put his phone away.

With his head bowed so his expression couldn't be seen, he suggested softly, "Butler, I think we should go back. Mr. Gong..."

Gu Shanshan felt even more disgusted when she thought of the voice coming from the phone.

He continued, "I don't think he needs us to take him back."

Gu Shanshan didn't want to come in the first place, but the butler insisted on calling him out of the back storage room, saying that Gong Ye was drunk and ordering him to come and pick him up.

Gu Shanshan didn't dare disobey Gong Ye's orders, so she didn't suspect anything and followed along.

He regrets it terribly now.

He even suspected that Gong Ye had deliberately called him over.

A bitter smile appeared on Gu Shanshan's lips; he really wanted to laugh at himself for being foolish.

She wanted to question Gong Ye about why he treated her this way.

He knew from the beginning that he was a stand-in, so why did Gong Ye still call him to this place and let him witness his lovemaking with the main wife?

"Young Master Shanshan, why do you look so pale? What exactly did Mr. Gong say?"

The butler was very worried. Looking at Gu Shanshan's expression, he was afraid that he had done something wrong despite his good intentions.

Gong Ye didn't actually ask Gu Shanshan to come and pick him up. It was the butler who thought that Gong Ye and Gu Shanshan had quarreled, and that in a relationship, one of them always has to apologize and show weakness first before they can make up.

He lied to Gu Shanshan, saying that Gong Ye had asked him to come and pick someone up.

Gu Shanshan thought of Gu Xingxian's disgusting screams and bit her lip to tell the truth.

"Butler, it seems that Gong Ye and my elder brother were... at that..."

When the butler understood what it referred to, his face turned pale.

He meant well, but who knew he'd pull such a stunt.

The housekeeper looked guilty and bowed his head in apology.

"I'm sorry, Young Master Shan Shan, I..."

"fine."

Gu Shanshan smiled at the butler, "I know you're doing this for my own good, but butler, please don't call me Young Master Shanshan anymore. I might not appear in the villa again in the future."

Gu Xingxian is back; it's time for him, the empress, to step down.

"this......"

The butler looked troubled.

He wanted to tell Gu Shanshan that he had served Gong Ye for so many years, and all he had ever seen was Gong Ye being with him.

Even if it was Gu Xingxian, Gong Ye had never brought him to the villa before.

"Stop talking, let's go. It's so late, and I'm tired."

He had only cleaned a small section of the dust in the storage room; he would have to go back and sweep some more before he could sleep tonight.

As for Gong Ye?

Go as far away as you can.

[007, I have a serious question: Can I request to change my strategy target?]

System 0 firmly and righteously refused: 【No!】

Okay.

Gu Shanshan's voice sounded very dejected.

He really didn't know how he, as a stand-in, could possibly defeat the Empress and take her place once she returned.

Just thinking about it makes my teeth ache.

Gu Shanshan lowered her head and walked away, her back view exuding a deep sense of powerlessness, her face shrouded in a sense of loss and dejection.

Bang!

The two had only taken two steps when they heard a loud bang from the door of the private room behind them.

Inside that private room were Gong Ye and Gu Xingxian.

Clang clang clang...

Immediately afterwards, several more loud bangs came from the private room.

Gu Shanshan and the housekeeper exchanged a glance, both looking puzzled.

"Butler, there's such a commotion inside!"

Fearing something might have happened inside, the two dared not leave and immediately called their bodyguards to come up and bang on the door.

The bar owner, who was also Gu Xingxian's friend, was attracted by the commotion.

As soon as I arrived, I saw a group of tall bodyguards in black standing outside the private room. The bodyguards were banging on the door, but the door was made of iron and they couldn't break it at all.

When the butler saw the boss coming, he immediately ordered the bodyguard to go and bring the man over to open the door.

The bar owner didn't dare to delay any longer. The commotion inside was getting louder and louder. He was sweating profusely as he opened the door.

He hated Gu Xingxian, this so-called old classmate, to the core.

Didn't we agree that we were mutually attracted and would rekindle our romance at his bar?

Why did it cause such a commotion? Look at those bodyguards with their dark faces, it's obvious that their boss is not someone to be trifled with.

If he had known, he wouldn't have lent the private room to Gu Xingxian just because of some classmate friendship or the benefits Gu Xingxian verbally promised.

No matter how much regret he felt, the bar owner didn't have time to think about it at that moment.

He hurriedly opened the door to the private room, and upon seeing the scene inside, which had been smashed beyond recognition, he immediately closed his eyes and fainted.

Gu Shanshan stared wide-eyed, never expecting such a terrifying scene inside.

There were no romantic or erotic scenes in his imagination; instead of being romantic or ambiguous, they were downright bloody and terrifying.

The floor, table, and walls of the private room were stained with blood of varying degrees, and all the furniture and television inside were smashed to pieces.

Gu Xingxian was beaten black and blue by Gong Ye, his face swollen and bruised like a pig's head.

Blood was flowing from his nose and ears, and his exposed wrists and legs also bore varying degrees of injuries.

Gu Shanshan was stunned. She stood there staring at Gu Xingxian, who was barely breathing, and didn't move for a long time.

Gong Ye knew someone was banging on the door and shoved Gu Xingxian, whom he had beaten half to death, away. He wiped his hands clean, stood up, and turned around to meet Gu Shanshan's slightly dazed face.

His pupils suddenly contracted, and a crimson desire returned to his eyes.

Gong Ye stared intently at Gu Shanshan's face, his dark eyes filled with undisguised desire.

In a hoarse voice, he ordered the butler, "Clear the area!"