As Mr. Xie’s most promising heir, Xie Yunjing’s room was located on the fifth floor.
The guests were almost all present, and the Xie family's relatives and friends had already gone downstairs to greet them. Gu Xian and the other two had no problems making their way through, occasionally bumping into passing waiters, who simply assumed they were guests with the host's permission.
But their goals cannot be fooled.
Zhang Hejie was worried: "Xie Yunjing will directly send someone to chase us away."
"That's what you don't understand. There must be no one around Xie Yunjing now." Gu Xian walked towards the window.
Daishan Villa is a European-style building from the last century, its corridors lined almost entirely with tall arched windows. The Xie family, wealthy and generous, eschewed the convenient remote-controlled curtains and instead arranged for someone to manually open the heavy drapes daily, simply to maintain a consistent interior style.
Gu Xian removed two tasseled curtain ties and handed them to Li Yuqiu and Zhang Hejie: "Just do as I tell you later, understand?"
Gu Xian said that there was no one around Xie Yunjing, which was consistent with his insistence on waiting until all the guests had arrived. However, Zhang Hejie was very nervous about what Gu Xian was going to do later.
“Would it be too much?”
"Are you scared?"
Zhang Hejie followed Gu Xian's footsteps: "After all, this is my personal matter..."
"Xie Yunjing and I have been feuding for so many years. Has the Gu family ever been retaliated against by the Xie family?" Gu Xian snorted, a hint of sarcasm flashing from his raised brows. "Young Master Xie's clear distinction between public and private matters is still reliable."
"But this is Xie Yunjing's engagement party, and the Xie family invited everyone they could."
The place was full of important figures, but the protagonist Xie Yunjing was kidnapped. This was undoubtedly a disgrace to the entire Xie family. Even if Xie Yunjing could maintain his composure, the Xie family would not let it go.
"How big of a difference do you think there is between taking Tao Ranran away and taking Xie Yunjing away?"
"They both ruined the engagement party. Taking Tao Ranran and Xie Yunjing away is nothing more than a slap on the left cheek and the right cheek. Taking Xie Yunjing away can at least prevent the Tao family from being implicated, and prevent your future father-in-law from hating you for the rest of his life."
Gu Xian turned on his toes and looked sideways at Zhang Hejie: "Are you still going? If you are really scared, it's not too late to leave now."
“…”
Zhang Hejie recalled the bargaining process with the man in front of him, opened his mouth silently, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Go!"
Gu Xian quickly stopped in front of a door.
"Be quicker later, you hear me?"
Zhang Hejie and Li Yuqiu nodded.
Gu Xian retracted his gaze and raised his hand to knock on the door. However, the moment his hand was about to fall, the door in front of him opened inwards.
As the protagonist of tonight's engagement party, Xie Yunjing wore a tailor-made silver-gray suit, which made his already perfectly proportioned figure look even more upright. Although his handsome and delicate facial features were only slightly modified, they were enough to make him stand out more outstandingly.
Gu Xian's hand, which was about to knock on the door, was suspended in front of Xie Yunjing's chest. He and Xie Yunjing looked at each other in surprise. Zhang Hejie and Li Yuqiu even held their breath, completely frightened and stunned in place.
"You..." Xie Yunjing's lips moved slightly.
Gu Xian suddenly lunged forward, knocking Xie Yunjing back several steps into the room, and at the same time reached out and hugged Xie Yunjing's arm tightly.
Gu Xian's "throwing himself into someone's arms" made Zhang Hejie and Li Yuqiu even more confused.
"hiss!--"
Xie Yunjing tried to break free. Gu Xian cried out in pain and then angrily said, "Hurry up and do it!"
Zhang Hejie and Li Yuqiu finally woke up from their dream, and rushed into the room with their curtain ties, one on the left and one on the right, wrapping around Xie Yunjing's wrists.
The open door was closed again, and Xie Yunjing's arms were tied behind his back and tied to a chair.
The curtains used to cover the tall arched windows were very heavy, and the cable ties were naturally quite thick and strong. Moreover, two fists could not fight four hands, so Xie Yunjing had no chance of escape.
Gu Xian grimaced, pinching his shoulder and twisting his arm. Xie Yunjing's struggle nearly dislocated his shoulder. He looked at the outline of Xie Yunjing's chest muscles, which were faintly visible under his shirt due to his hands being tied behind his back, and cursed, "Fuck, you're a fucking buffalo!"
Xie Yunjing showed no sign of panic at being controlled by someone else: "What are you doing here?"
"Tsk tsk, you're so heartless." Gu Xian pinched both shoulders and raised his chin towards Zhang Hejie. "You stole someone's wife, so I'm here to enforce justice."
"You?" Xie Yunjing curled his lips sarcastically, and finally looked at Zhang Hejie, "How much did he ask you for?"
“…” Zhang Hejie didn’t know whether he should answer this question.
Gu Xian, on the other hand, said bluntly: "What's wrong with asking for money? It's only natural to get things done for money. No matter what, it's better than you stealing someone's wife."
"Tao Ranran told me she has a boyfriend." Xie Yunjing ignored Gu Xian's ridicule and continued to say to Zhang Hejie, "This engagement party was a temporary measure to deal with the elders. I personally have no feelings for Tao Ranran, nor do I have any plans to fulfill this engagement."
Zhang Hejie looked surprised.
He had been pursuing her for nearly five years, and Tao Ranran finally agreed to his proposal not long ago. Before the two of them had a chance to get married at the Tao family, the Xie family proposed a marriage. In order to get involved in this marriage, the Tao family completely denied his relationship with Tao Ranran.
As they themselves were worried about bringing trouble to their own families and the possibility of coming under joint pressure from the Xie, Tao and Zhang families, they did not choose to make it public and only thought about eloping to avoid this turmoil.
Xie Yunjing understood: "You should know your girlfriend. If she hadn't agreed with me, she wouldn't have told me about your existence, nor would she have agreed to cooperate with today's engagement party."
Zhang Hejie looked at Gu Xian. Gu Xian crossed his arms, raised his right hand and flicked his little finger with an indifferent look on his face.
He could only ask Xie Yunjing: "What do you mean by telling me this?"
"What I'm saying," Xie Yunjing glanced at Gu Xian, "is, of course, to advise you not to follow certain unlearned people astray. Even if you can ruin today's engagement party, what about next time, and the next? The engagement was facilitated by the elders, and as long as the elders don't give in, no amount of struggling will help. Rather than risking the wrath of the Xie and Tao families by listening to someone and acting recklessly, you might as well trust me. Once I've appeased the Xie family's elders, I'll immediately cancel my engagement with Tao Ranran."
The Xie family was not easy to offend. If they got serious, it wouldn't be difficult for them to become impoverished. If he openly competed with the Xie family for her, even his parents would scold him for being ignorant and pressure him to give up Tao Ranran.
Zhang Hejie certainly felt some pressure when he went to disrupt the engagement party, but he simply couldn't bear it any longer when he saw that his beloved was about to become someone else's fiancée.
Xie Yunjing saw that he was loosening up: "I can assure you that Tao Ranran is just a shield for me. I will not have any thoughts about her now or in the future."
If what Xie Yunjing said was true, all problems could be solved, he would not lose Tao Ranran, and his family would not be blamed by the Xie and Tao families because of him.
Zhang Hejie took a step towards Xie Yunjing. Although he did not immediately respond by slapping Gu Xian in the face, his actions clearly showed that he had made a choice.
"Gu Xian..." He took the initiative to ask for help, but now he wants to turn against them at the critical moment. Zhang Hejie couldn't help feeling embarrassed.
Gu Xian remained in the same posture, only slightly looking up, and smiled at Zhang Hejie, "Anyway, she's not my girlfriend. Although I want the reward you promised, I don't have to take it. It's up to you to decide what to choose."
"..." Zhang Hejie opened his mouth, then pursed his lips as if he had made up his mind, "I won't change my promise to you. After all, it was you who brought me here. Thank you so much, Gu Xian, this time."
After saying that, he was about to untie the curtain tie in Xie Yunjing's hand.
Xie Yunjing did not show any sign of relaxation. He looked at Gu Xian and raised his eyebrows.
What tricks are you playing?
The curve of Gu Xian's mouth deepened, and when Zhang Hejie touched the curtain tie, he blew on his little finger: "Since you are so sincere, then I will remind you again."
He walked over to Zhang Hejie, put his arm around his shoulder, and pointed at Xie Yunjing. "This guy is now in our custody. It's not surprising that he would say anything to escape. And even if he really has no interest in Tao Ranran, he can get engaged to Tao Ranran now for the sake of convenience. How do you know that he won't marry Tao Ranran and even have children with her later for the sake of convenience?"
Zhang Hejie's body suddenly stiffened.
Gu Xian patted him: "Xiao He, do you still need help?"
The relief on Zhang Hejie's face turned into anxiety. He was in a dilemma: "But like he said, even if we ruin this engagement party, there will be next time, and next time..."
"Of course I have a way to solve this problem."
Zhang Hejie hesitated for a moment, then suddenly withdrew his hand from the curtain tie: "Please!"
Gu Xian snorted lightly, gave Xie Yunjing a smug look, and waved his hand to let Zhang Hejie step back.
He took something out of his trouser pocket and walked to Xie Yunjing, bending down to look him in the eye. "Master Xie, what's next? We have to get you out of the courtyard. For safety reasons, I have to ask you to keep quiet. Do you want to be hit by a club, or—"
He unfolded his hand, which had been in his trouser pocket, revealing a small transparent plastic bag. Inside the bag was a small, cut pill. Gu Xian waved a corner of the bag in front of Xie Yunjing, "Are you planning on eating this?"
Xie Yunjing ignored the pills and looked directly into Gu Xian's eyes: "You are such a despicable person."
Gu Xian wasn't annoyed at all, still smiling brightly: "What's wrong with being a scoundrel? As long as it can control you, Young Master Xie, then it's a good idea. Don't worry, this isn't some random thing, it's just a regular sleeping pill. This dosage won't keep you awake for long, do you want to take it?"
Compared to being knocked unconscious and injured, sleeping pills are certainly a better choice.
Xie Yunjing closed his eyes and said, "Eat."
Gu Xian asked Li Yuqiu to pour a glass of water, then took out the pills and pinched Xie Yunjing's cheeks to make sure he opened his mouth.
"Master Xie, it's time to take your medicine."
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