Chapter 87: Crisis Reappears Gu Yifeng slowly extended his hand towards Wen Yi...
Through disguise, against time and space, she met the eyes of Gu Yifeng, who was more than ten years older than her.
Gu Yifeng was breathing heavily, looking at her with deep eyes, as if they were meeting again, or for the first time.
Wen Yi felt a bit breathless, perhaps because of the hood or because the thrilling scene had just been too real. She locked eyes with Gu Yifeng, who was so close, and felt a bit dazed. She was incredibly grateful for the hood; it gave her a subtle sense of security. At this moment, she truly didn't know how to face Gu Yifeng.
Seeing that she was fine, Gu Yifeng did not help her up immediately, but slowly reached out his hand to her hood.
"How are you!" Guo Qingyu shouted and ran towards her quickly.
Gu Yifeng's outstretched hand paused for a moment, then moved closer to her even faster.
In the blink of an eye, the hand was right in front of him.
Wen Yi's heart tightened, and she leaned back suddenly, barely avoiding the finger that was about to touch her hood.
The hand stopped in mid-air.
Guo Qingyu arrived just in time, squatted down, and held her shoulders, his eyes anxious: "Are you hurt anywhere?"
She hid behind her disguise, so frightened that she couldn't breathe. Only when Gu Yifeng calmly withdrew his hand did she slowly exhale.
She didn't dare to say anything, and shook her head to indicate that she was fine. Guo Qingyu understood, let go of her shoulders, turned around and was about to thank Gu Yifeng when he heard hurried footsteps behind him - Gu Haosen had just arrived.
"Are you injured?!" He squatted beside Wen Yi and looked around as if he was surveying the scene.
"Don't be afraid. I'm a police officer, you can trust me. What exactly happened just now?"
As he spoke, he pulled out his ID from his chest, flashed it, and added, "This is my son. He happened to be on the boat with me."
Wen Yi and Guo Qingyu looked at each other, and Guo Qingyu spoke up, briefly explaining what had happened with the falling metal block.
Gu Yifeng didn't say a word the entire time, his expression so calm that he didn't look like a teenager at all. While Guo Qingyu was talking, his eyes were always fixed on her face, and there was no emotion in his cold eyes.
Wen Yi had an illusion. She was clearly wearing a mask, but her panic was obvious to him. He had a blank expression on his face, but she had no idea what he was thinking. It was better to be without a mask than with one.
She suddenly felt a little scared.
Zhou Yazheng’s matter is not over yet, so don’t make it more complicated.
The evil wind gradually subsided, as if the previous turbulent storm had never existed. The passersby who had been attracted by the accident dispersed, and the deck returned to a brief calm.
Guo Qingyu helped Wen Yi stand up.
Gu Haosen examined the metal block carefully, his brow furrowed slightly. "Although this was an accident, we still need to ask the ship's safety personnel to investigate and take preventative measures." He looked at the reactors and explained, "I'm not on duty, so I can't intervene. How about we go together and give a brief explanation?"
The two "reactors" froze at the same time when they heard this. The fear in their hearts almost burst out from their heads. They almost became real reactors.
Wen Yi suddenly bent down, holding her stomach and moaning: "Hmm..."
Guo Qingyu immediately supported her and said, "Officer, my girlfriend isn't feeling well. I'll take her away first. Please tell the crew about the accident, please and your son."
Wen Yi pinched Guo Qingyu fiercely from an invisible angle. He frowned and hissed softly, lowering his voice and saying, "Behave yourself."
Just as they were about to turn around and leave, Gu Yifeng blocked their way.
He raised his hand to support Wen Yi's other arm and said calmly and gently, "It's not convenient for you to walk in this way. Why don't you take it off now and I'll take you to the clinic."
Without waiting for their answer, the slender fingers reached out to Wen Yi's hood again.
"Reactor No. 1" suddenly grabbed Gu Yifeng's wrist.
"Thank you for saving my girlfriend just now." The voice from the hood was cold. "But I can handle it myself, thank you."
Wen Yi was pretending to be sick, but at this moment she was leaning on Guo Qingyu, listening to their hypocritical polite words, and unexpectedly tasted a hint of tension.
Gu Yifeng lowered his eyes to glance at his tightly grasped wrist, his expression unremarkable. The seventeen-year-old boy didn't confront the man head-on, but simply exerted a little force and pulled his hand back.
"You're welcome."
Gu Haosen looked up at the two "reactors" opposite, then looked at his son, raised his eyebrows, and smiled.
Guo Qingyu resisted the urge to break Gu Yifeng's wrist and sneered in his heart: That Wu Jian named Gu has his sights set on Wen Yi, and you're not even qualified to compete with him when you haven't even fully grown all your hair?
But on second thought, this makes no sense at all. It's impossible for someone named Gu to have any feelings for her now.
How is that possible?
Impossible?
His eyes swept back and forth between Gu Yifeng and Wen Yi through the small hole, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
He calmly protected Wen Yi behind him and whispered, "Let's go."
Gu Haosen and his son did not object anymore. They just stood there and watched the "reactors" leave.
"Have you delivered the medicine I asked you to deliver?"
Gu Yifeng didn't say anything, just said "hmm" softly.
"Did they accept it?"
“…”
Gu Haosen glanced at him and said, "You didn't deliver it."
Gu Yifeng looked down at the red marks on his wrists: "It was too late."
Gu Haosen was silent for a moment, then suddenly turned around and said, "Come on, let's go check some things together."
Gu Yifeng looked up at him.
"Those two people." Gu Haosen said solemnly, "There's something wrong."
Inside the cruise ship's security command room, several uniformed security personnel were gathered in front of the surveillance screen with serious expressions.
In the interrogation room, two young men sat at the table nervously.
The person in charge nodded to Gu Haosen and said, "Officer Gu, thank you for the information you provided. We have just confirmed the identities of the two real puppet actors—they are them."
He pointed at the two men and said, "They said someone bought their doll costumes this morning."
Gu Haosen asked: "Does the buyer have any clues?"
"The other party paid in cash and did not leave any identification information."
Gu Haosen didn't say anything.
Gu Yifeng stood aside, his eyes slightly narrowed.
"This ship isn't just hosting tourists today," the official continued. "We also have several important leaders on board. If anyone were to sneak in... the consequences would be disastrous." He paused, his tone filled with gratitude. "Thank goodness for your reminder. We'll remember this favor from the Yunhu Public Security Bureau."
After leaving the command room, Gu Yifeng remained silent. Gu Haosen comforted him: "Don't think too much, we have done everything we should do."
He asked softly, "Dad, what do you think...what is their real purpose?"
"They dress up as dolls not only to hide their identities," Gu Haosen said slowly, "but also to make it easier to get close to someone."
"Whatever their purpose," he said firmly, "if they threaten the lives and property of the people, I will catch them myself."
Gu Yifeng frowned slightly.
*
The faint smell of disinfectant permeated the treatment room.
Wen Yi was sitting on the hospital bed, having taken off her doll costume, revealing a slightly pale face.
The doctor withdrew his hand from checking her pulse, frowning slightly. "What's going on? It's been so long, and your heart rate is still so high." He looked down at the oximeter reading on her finger. "The blood oxygen level is low, and she's seriously hypoxic."
He chose his words carefully and said cautiously, "Your condition is not stable. I'm not an obstetrician and gynecologist. I suggest you seek medical attention at a large hospital immediately after disembarking. The most I can do here is give you oxygen to temporarily stabilize the oxygen supply to the placenta."
Guo Qingyu stood aside with a frown on his face.
"Thank you for your help."
The doctor nodded, took out an oxygen mask and put it on her, and warned her: "Lie down first. If your heart rate is too high, your heart muscle will be damaged."
"Be obedient." Guo Qingyu helped her lie down, his tone gentle: "Lie down well, you are not alone."
Wen Yi froze for a moment, said nothing more, and lay down silently.
After the doctor left, he sat beside her bed and tapped his headphones: "Is there any new developments with Zhou Yazheng?"
A few seconds later, a familiar voice rang out, "No target has been found yet." Xiao Yishan reminded, "Based on the ship's speed, it is estimated that you will enter the waters surrounding the nuclear power plant in an hour."
"Got it." Guo Qingyu nodded, "Continue looking for the target."
"clear."
After the communication was disconnected, he leaned back in his chair, his eyes never leaving her.
"You take a rest first." He thought for a moment and said, "I'll find a way to deal with Zhou Yazheng later. You find a place to hide and wait for me. Don't let Gu Yifeng and his father find you."
When Gu Yifeng was mentioned, Wen Yi lowered her eyes and glanced at the blood oxygen meter on her fingertips, and her heart rate instantly soared from 120 to 149.
Wen Yi: ...
Guo Qingyu observed her calmly for a few seconds and asked tentatively: "Do you feel——"
"Did you hear any strange noises?" Wen Yi suddenly interrupted him.
Guo Qingyu frowned, moved his ears, and heard it too - it was the hissing sound of gas leaking.
The two exchanged glances, and he immediately stood up to investigate. Following the sound, he finally found several oxygen cylinders in the corner of the clinic. One of the valves had been opened at some point, and gas was gushing out with a hissing sound.
Wen Yi's heart skipped a beat—that feeling of something being wrong appeared again!
Guo Qingyu was about to close the valve.
"Wait!" Wen Yi suddenly stood up and shouted at him.
Guo Qingyu stopped instantly and turned around: "What's wrong?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the distribution box on the wall in the corner of the clinic suddenly began to flash and sparks flew everywhere.
They both turned back at the same time—
"Oh no!" Guo Qingyu's eyes flashed, and he immediately turned around and rushed to the electric meter box, slapping his finger on the switch - the current was instantly rewritten and directed to the backup grounding system.
The spark disappeared and the distribution box made an unhappy "crackling" sound.
"That was a close call!" Guo Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief. "If I had been a step later, this place might have exploded."
Wen Yi got up from the bed, grabbed his clothes and ran out: "Let's get out of here first, the oxygen concentration is rising! This place will become a combustion chamber if we are not careful."
"This isn't an accident," she gasped, her heart pounding. "It's the purge mechanism that's killing us. I know this pattern all too well!"
"Clearance mechanism?" Guo Qingyu was stunned. "Has someone discovered our identities? Who could it be?"
The two looked at each other, and a guess emerged in their minds at the same time.
"Misfortunes never come singly. We haven't even found Zhou Yazheng yet, and now the god of death has come knocking on our door." Guo Qingyu couldn't help but shake his head. "We don't have much time left. We must complete the mission immediately."
*
In an empty corner of the cabin, the lights were dim.
Gu Haosen slowly squatted down.
In the corner, two sets of doll costumes lay quietly on the ground, as if they had been hastily discarded.
He reached out and picked up one of them, touched the lining, and then bent down to smell it.
"It's wet inside." He narrowed his eyes slightly, "It seems there's another person, a young woman. She's using imported high-end perfume."
He stood up and said to Gu Yifeng behind him: "Let's go, these two people have obvious characteristics, it won't be difficult to find them."
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Author's words: Gu Yifeng: I almost caught my wife [Let me see]
Guo Qingyu: You little brat, are you worthy enough to compete with me? [Angry]
Wen Yi: Help! Death is coming again! [Scared]
Director: Thank you all for following me. You are my bread and butter. I bow to you! Don’t forget our lucky draw. See you there! [Come on!]
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