Chapter Five: First Encounter

"Actually, as you know, my younger brother is a somewhat famous celebrity, but he has a very messy private life and has unclear relationships with many minor celebrities."

Gu Xingbai looked at his third brother. What was wrong with him today? Had he learned the essence of his own acting and was now putting on a show?

"ah!"

The two were taken aback. How could this be different from what Gu Yan had said? Was she lying to them?

"Besides, he's been sick recently with a strange, contagious disease. We didn't want him to come see you, afraid he'd infect you, but he wouldn't listen and insisted on coming. So, I had no choice but to bring my younger sister to explain things to you, to avoid any misunderstandings later and people saying the Gu family is bullying us."

"Xingbai, are you sick?" Qu Xiaoya looked at him with apparent concern.

No wonder there's been no news about him online these past two days. Could it be that he secretly went to get medical treatment?

"Yes! He has an incurable disease and probably won't live much longer."

[Third Brother is awesome! Luckily this place is secluded. If such explosive news got out, Fifth Brother would probably be too ashamed to show his face.]

Du Hao walked over and said, "Let's not talk about these sad things. Let's drink and be merry for today, and talk about other things tomorrow."

Even if his body is rotten and crippled, he is still a celebrity, still a member of the Gu family, and has a large fortune, much more valuable than those people brought from those remote and obscure places.

He glanced at the woman sitting on the sofa, who was almost unconscious. He hadn't expected to have two more prey. Tonight had been quite fruitful.

[That despicable man! He drank the antidote himself, but forced his two brothers to drink it too. He must be thinking, "I only needed to tie up one, but now there are three, so I can sell them for a good price!"]

"I won't drink it, I'm allergic to alcohol." Gu Yunlang placed the glass on the table.

"How about we have some water instead of alcohol?" Qu Xiaoya took out a bottle of mineral water from the side and opened it.

Good heavens, they've prepared a complete set of props; they're determined to take Fifth Brother away!

"No, we've met him today and explained things clearly, so we'll go back now. Miss Qu, just give up on that idea. Xingbai isn't good enough for you."

Could it be that they had already guessed there was something wrong with the wine and water? But that didn't stump her.

She turned to look at Gu Xingbai, but her eyes seemed to see only a pile of money.

"Xingbai, just this one, just one cup, okay?"

She even considered offering him her wine glass, hoping that if he drank it and the other two didn't cooperate, she could find a way to make them leave.

"You know, I fell in love with you at first sight, and no matter what you become, I will stay by your side."

Good grief, so they're starting to play the emotional card, huh? Love at first sight? These guys are insane. They're kidnapping celebrities to make money. They knew the brother was a rising star, so they'd been eyeing him for a while. They successfully packaged themselves as the daughter of a wealthy family and used money to build a relationship with Gu Yan, which is why Gu Yan ended up making this connection.

Sigh! Both groups want to make money off my brother, wouldn't it be better if I got the money?

How did Gu Xingbai discover that his sister had such a rich inner world? No wonder she's a member of the Gu family; she has such an interesting soul.

I had already sensed something was off between the two of them through my inner voice. Why would I go along with the drinks they drank?

"We've seen the person, and it's getting late, so let's head back!"

He placed the wine glass on the table.

[As expected of my good fifth brother, thankfully he wasn't too badly poisoned. What a close call!]

Qu Xiaoya sensed something was wrong and gave Du Hao a meaningful look. Unexpectedly, the door to the private room was opened.

[Holy crap, what's going on? Well done, brothers! When did you call the police? I didn't know. This is really bad for them!]

Two police officers walked in, showed their badges, and turned their attention to Qu Xiaoya and Du Hao.

"Please come with us. You two are suspected of poisoning someone's wine."

"No, I..." Qu Xiaoya wanted to say something more, but then the woman waved at her with a mocking smile on her face.

Could it be that she did it? She did it so discreetly, how did she manage that?

The two were taken away by the police, who also took the wine and water from the table.

Gu Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief. "Fifth Brother, now you understand, right? If a woman deliberately approaches you, she has ulterior motives. So even though you're a celebrity, you still don't have much experience with relationships. You can ask me about these kinds of things in the future. I have some skills and can help you make a judgment."

Gu Xingbai looked at his glib-tongued younger sister and affectionately patted her forehead.

"Okay, thank you again tonight."

"Thank me? What are you thanking me for? I didn't do anything; all I did was drink a glass of wine laced with sleeping pills."

"Cough cough cough!"

He Sihan walked in. "I'm sorry, gentlemen. I didn't expect such a thing to happen on my turf today. If we hadn't noticed that these two were acting suspiciously, our people would have called the police immediately, in case something bad happened. I apologize to you all here."

"You...you're President He?" Gu Yunlang was somewhat flattered. How could the legendary cold-faced devil appear here? Was he about to make another appearance? Had he begun his work inspection?

[What? This is He Sihan? Tsk tsk tsk, look at that handsome face, even better looking than his two older brothers. With such striking features, he's as handsome as Pan An, dashing and debonair. Sigh! It's such a pity he has such a beautiful appearance, yet he looks sickly.]

"Gu Yunxi!"

The two quickly interrupted her thoughts. Although they knew that only their family knew what she was thinking, they were still embarrassed to openly talk about the famous President He like this.

"ah!"

Gu Yunxi snapped out of her daze and looked at the person in front of her with a smile.

"It's alright, Mr. He. Thank you for calling the police for us. Third Brother, Fifth Brother, it's getting late, let's go back."

He Sihan took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Gu Yunxi. "This is my business card. If there's anything I can do to help you in the future, feel free to come to me anytime."

Gu Yunxi was somewhat confused.

[I've never met him before, could it be that he fell in love with me at first sight? Wait a minute! Isn't Gu Yan his ideal woman? What's going on here?]

However, you can't refuse something that's free; you never know when you might need it later.

"Thank you, Mr. He. I wish you a long and healthy life."

Gu Yunlang couldn't listen anymore. After thanking He Sihan, the two quickly grabbed their sister and ran away.

"May you live to be a hundred years old"—that's the kind of silly blessing a girl would give upon first meeting someone like that.

He Sihan had just noticed that his two older brothers were behaving strangely, and they probably understood her thoughts just like he did.

What an interesting woman, Gu Yunxi. There's plenty of time for the future!