Chapter 274 Ye Si didn't lie to him; he might really be going to die.
Yi Mohan looked at him hesitantly, her brows furrowed into a deep frown.
"So this is why you wanted to see me alone today, right? You want to know about the Yi family's secret underworld?"
Yes was a little surprised and praised, "You're smarter than I thought."
Yi Mohan coldly replied, "Impossible. That's a top secret of the Yi family. Do you think I would tell you for a woman?"
Ye Si suddenly grabbed his hand and slid two fingers onto his pulse point. "Your heartbeat doesn't seem to be telling the story."
"..."
Yi Mohan's face turned purple. "You fucking bastard, don't push me!"
"Why are you so resistant? Actually, I just want to get in touch with the core members of the Yi family, as you said."
Ye Si said slowly, "The chairman has cultivated me so much, and all I want to do is repay him and become his most trusted confidant. That way, he will continue to value me, and I can also use the Yi family platform to realize more of my ambitions. Isn't that a win-win situation?"
Yi Mohan:......
Ye Si's words were impeccable, and seemed more like a declaration of loyalty. Yi Mohan felt a surge of sarcasm in his heart, but at the same time, he wavered.
Yi Mohan visibly relented, "What exactly do you want from the Dark Division?"
Ye Si smiled, his face sincere, "Of course I'll find an opportunity to join and become a true core member of the Yi family."
Yi Mohan felt that his behavior was very much like that of a relative of the emperor who insisted on being included in the family genealogy.
While I was amused, I also felt that the "sincerity" on his face reminded me of someone else...
"Do you really think you can join the Dark Guard just by finding them? Don't be so naive."
"That's none of your business. I'll take care of the problem myself."
Yi Mohan sneered, then said, "Fine, I'll tell you, just don't be too scared to go."
Yes's pupils dilated slightly again as he looked at him expectantly. "Please speak."
Yi Mohan crossed his arms and coldly uttered five words, "West Suburbs Development Zone".
Ye Si was momentarily surprised, then suddenly realized that it was hidden there.
“That’s Xiao Yichen’s territory.”
"Heh, what is Xiao Yichen? In the early 2000s, his father sold half of the land and manpower in the western suburbs to our family in order to get my father to cooperate and launder his money."
Yi Mohan said arrogantly, "So half of his glorious Mo Clan belongs to our family."
After listening, Yes pondered for a moment, then revealed a knowing expression.
"I never imagined that the cooperation between the Xiao and Yi families had reached such a deep level."
"There are many things you can't imagine. Okay, I've told you everything. You can look up the rest yourself if you're capable. It's time to fulfill your promise, Vice President Ye."
Yes gave him a subtle look and nodded, "Of course."
As the two got into the car, Yi Mohan was both nervous and excited. "Where exactly is she being held captive? I always felt something was off about this Yao Yao. Was she switched at birth? That's why the person I saw at the banquet wasn't her at all!"
This conclusion made Yi Mohan feel much better. His Yao Yao really wouldn't treat him that way. He also felt that his love for Su Yao hadn't died out, and his heroic masculinity surged up.
"Is Xiao Yichen going to hire a lot of people to guard him? I'd better bring more people with me. I'll call for more people now."
Ye Si interrupted his passionate words, saying expressionlessly, "You are truly deeply in love with Su Yao, but I don't know why such a devoted CEO like you was so heartless towards your fiancée back then?"
Yi Mohan said unhappily, "...Are you bored? You've come here to seek justice for Fang?"
He sneered, "To be honest, I never expected you two to actually get together. But you two, one a discarded son of a prestigious family and the other a fake heiress of a wealthy family, are actually quite a good match."
"Back then... don't dwell on what happened back then. She was indeed madly in love with me, but I never had anything with her. When I like someone, I'm loyal to them forever, and I can't give Fang Ke any more hope."
Yes chuckled slightly, "Is that so?"
Yi Mohan looked out the window and mocked himself, "Those people online, and some who don't know the truth, all accuse me of cheating and having an affair, saying I was engaged but still messed around. Ha."
Isn't that so?
Yi Mohan retorted angrily, "Bullshit! I've mentioned breaking off the engagement with Fang Ke at least five times, but she just insists on clinging to me. What can I do?"
“I can’t keep waiting for her. I had already fallen in love with Su Yao, so naturally I had to take responsibility for her.”
Ye Si suddenly slammed on the brakes and brought the car to a stop.
Yi Mohan looked up and saw that the light was red. He clicked his tongue in boredom, and suddenly remembered a long-buried memory. With complicated feelings, he said, "Actually, I met her a long time ago, when our two families were having dinner. She was still very clever back then, and I thought it wouldn't be bad to marry her. Our families arranged the marriage. But I didn't expect that after she went abroad to study for a few years, her personality and temperament had completely changed. When I saw her again, she was just like any other person. I didn't feel anything at all."
Yi Mohan even got addicted to sharing, and even wanted a cigarette.
"On that day, I met Yao Yao. She seemed to be someone destined to enter my life, someone born for me. The moment I saw her, I felt that flutter in my heart again."
"...No matter where Xiao Yichen has hidden Yao Yao this time, I must find her and bring her back. She has suffered so much."
Ye Si gave a cold snort and didn't say anything. After a long while, when he started the car again, he said, "Yi Mohan, do you know that the engagement that you tried so hard to break off never actually belonged to you in the first place?"
"……What?"
"I originally wanted to warn you that going into that godforsaken place to rescue Su Yao might be dangerous, and you might die. But after hearing your heartfelt confession all this way, I think you're prepared to trade your life for another's, so I won't waste my breath."
"...What are you saying?" Yi Mohan's back tensed up inch by inch.
He soon witnessed a scene that shocked him to the point of palpable disbelief: after passing the traffic lights, a spacetime rift suddenly appeared in the middle of the once wide coastal boulevard?
The crack was just like the special effects in anime and movies, as if it had cleaved the earth and sky, and inside it was like a black hole, where you could see nothing but endless darkness, which made your scalp tingle.
Yi Mohan was so frightened that his face turned pale, but it was too late. The front of their car crashed directly into the crack, and soon the car was swallowed by darkness. All their senses were taken away by the darkness, and they could see nothing.
Goodbye, if you manage to come out alive.
Yi Mohan heard Ye Si utter these cold, emotionless words in the darkness.
Immediately afterwards, a tremendous force pushed him, and Yi Mohan was thrown out of the car.
"Holy crap?!"
Being kicked off the bus in such a godforsaken place, Yi Mohan cursed under his breath.
He chased after Yes's car for a while before realizing that his body felt light and he was about to fly away. Then he was shocked to see that there was another version of himself sitting in Yes's passenger seat, but his head was drooping and he had completely fallen asleep.
Yi Mohan had never experienced anything so bizarre. He desperately called Ye Si's name and chased after him with all his might. He saw another crack appear in the darkness, this time glowing with white light. That was the exit!
"Wait for me!"
He quickened his pace and rushed towards the exit.
Keyes' car disappeared through the crack, but he crashed headfirst into a light screen, as if he had hit a mountain, which was indestructible. He was then violently bounced back and fell to the ground.
Yi Mohan: "..."
Facing the endless darkness, Yi Mohan felt a sense of horror and fear for the first time.
Yes wasn't lying to him; he might really be going to die this time.
What kind of place is this? Is it the underworld?
Yi Mohan tried desperately to think of a solution and move around, but his head and body were limp and he had completely lost all his strength.
After a long while, he heard a beastly panting behind him, and could vaguely smell the fishy stench of wild animal saliva.
Just as Yi Mohan was on the verge of collapse, the jade ring he had carried with him since childhood suddenly emitted a fluorescent glow in the darkness. As if he had found his only lifeline, Yi Mohan frantically chanted "Amitabha" and pressed the jade ring against the ghostly thing stuck to his back.
He heard a pitiful scream, and the bone-chilling cold finally disappeared. Yi Mohan took his hand back and saw that it was covered in black liquid.
"..."
He was a normal human being who had lived for 30 years and did not believe in ghosts or gods. At this moment, all his concepts, reason, and emotions collapsed.
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