Chapter 396 Reversal
Bai Zhuwei only half understood what he meant, but she still trusted him and nodded slightly, replying softly, "Okay."
He then went out first, followed closely by the Taoist priest.
At the same time, after Si Yanxiao realized that there was no more sound in the independent space, he slowly opened his eyes and found that his eyes were blank. He was surrounded by research equipment, and the person they had been searching for was right in front of him.
Upon seeing this, Si Yanxiao was startled, not expecting that his going along with the situation would lead him to this place. He quickly walked to Si Zuochen's side and softly called out, "Achen! Achen!"
Si Zuochen's brows were furrowed, his face was pale, and there seemed to be some struggle between his brows.
Seeing that he seemed to sense something, Si Yanxiao listened to the sounds outside the door while softly calling out to Si Zuochen.
Just then, he faintly heard a conversation outside the door: "That child has lost the will to live. If the Azure Dragon Qi can't be forced out, I'll have no choice but to take drastic measures."
The unspoken meaning in her words was quite clear, and Bai Zhuwei responded softly from the side.
Upon hearing this, Si Yanxiao's gaze darkened slightly. Realizing that Si Zuochen seemed to be able to hear him, his expression hardened, and he prepared to provoke him verbally.
Thinking of this, Si Yanxiao pondered for a moment, then whispered in his ear, "Don't you want to see Ah Lin one last time?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Si Zuochen's fingers twitched almost imperceptibly. Si Yanxiao keenly noticed this movement and continued, "And Jiang Ran... she is also trying her best to rescue you."
He paused slightly, then whispered, "I have more good news for you: she's pregnant!"
"Didn't you always want to bring us together? Now that your wish has come true, after all the hardships we've endured, and finally being able to reunite as a family, are you just going to give up like this?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the conversation outside the door suddenly stopped, and footsteps approached. Si Yanxiao quickly turned around and lay back down, pretending that nothing had happened.
The Taoist priest and Bai Zhuwei approached one after the other, but did not find anything unusual.
The two stood in front of Si Yanxiao. The Taoist priest held a talisman, murmured a few words, and then the talisman appeared in the air and burned out of thin air.
At the same time, the Taoist priest shouted, "Pardon!"
Si Yanxiao immediately felt a bloody smell rise in his chest cavity, quickly surge to his throat, and blood spurted out.
Seeing this, Bai Zhuwei quickly stepped forward to support him, looked up at the Taoist priest, and asked sternly, "How could this happen! Didn't you tell me that nothing would happen?"
Si Yanxiao suppressed the churning in his chest, closed his eyes tightly, and pretended to be unconscious.
Given the current situation, having finally learned where Si Zuochen is trapped, we absolutely cannot allow any accidents to happen.
The Taoist priest was taken aback by what he saw. It was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and he was quite puzzled by this unexpected turn of events.
With a slight frown, he looked at the burnt-out talisman, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Did you give him all the talismans he drank?"
"Of course!" Bai Zhuwei replied coldly, her face showing displeasure.
After pondering for a while, the Taoist priest lowered his eyes and slowly said, "That's probably because the evil magic and the Azure Dragon's energy are counteracting each other. It's alright, you just need to see how he changes after he goes back."
"Although he has his own way of thinking, he is dangerous to make decisions based on yours."
As Si Yanxiao listened to his explanation, a chill suddenly rose in his heart. No wonder he would resort to such tricks to scheme against him and end up in this situation.
It turns out that she wanted to control herself and become a puppet-like being.
Thinking of this, Si Yanxiao's impression of Bai Zhuwei worsened.
At first, he was unaware of Bai Zhuwei's plans and actually fainted after dinner. However, he had already regained consciousness halfway there, but instead of exposing them directly, he waited and saw what they were planning to do.
Bai Zhuwei listened to his explanation, then glanced at him coldly, half-believing, half-doubting: "Are you sure?"
Seeing her doubt, the Taoist priest's face flashed with displeasure, and he replied coldly, "Whether it succeeds or not, you can go back and see."
After saying that, the two of them lifted Si Yanxiao up together. The man who had been guarding outside the door stepped forward and took him, asking in a deep voice, "Did you succeed?"
"Mmm," Bai Zhuwei responded softly.
The group drove away on their own. The man carried Si Yanxiao to the dining table, his eyes filled with coldness, and warned in a cold voice, "Although I helped you this time, don't forget who you are!"
Bai Zhuwei's gaze darkened slightly, and she paused in her movements, but did not respond.
Seeing that she had taken his words to heart, the man suddenly scoffed coldly and then turned and left.
Bai Zhuwei restored the table to its original state, lowered her eyes and quietly looked at Si Yanxiao, her expression unpredictable.
After a long while, a muffled groan was heard. Bai Zhuwei quickly pulled herself out of her thoughts, looked down, and saw Si Yanxiao covering his head with his hand, looking troubled, with a hint of confusion in his eyes. He asked in confusion, "What's wrong with me?"
"what happened?"
Faced with Si Yanxiao's question, Bai Zhuwei had already prepared an explanation beforehand. She explained in a low voice, "It's probably because this bottle of red wine has too high an alcohol content, and you haven't been resting well lately because of Achen's matter. You've been too tired."
Si Yanxiao stretched his limbs, deliberately feigning exhaustion, and without suspicion, replied, "I see."
Seeing this, Bai Zhuwei's eyes flickered slightly, and she suddenly said, "Ayan, let's move our wedding date forward."
“Okay,” Si Yanxiao replied slowly.
"It's just a wedding for the two of us, and we don't want any children to be there."
Bai Zhuwei made no attempt to conceal her meaning, implying that she was referring to Si Youlin.
Normally, Si Yanxiao would definitely have argued with her, but now a look of confusion flashed across his face before he simply replied, "Okay."
He realized that the method of controlling people's minds that the other person had told him was not absolute; it simply meant prioritizing one's own consciousness in everything.
Thinking of this, Bai Zhuwei felt a surge of joy.
Just then, his phone rang abruptly. It was the same phone he had silently called Gu Nan and then immediately hung up.
Gu Nan must have understood, and turned the call back.
Upon answering the phone, Si Yanxiao's brows furrowed suddenly, and he exclaimed in surprise, "What!? I'm coming right away!" After explaining to Bai Zhuwei, he turned and left.
Gu Nan was already waiting in the office. As soon as Si Yanxiao appeared, she hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"
Si Yanxiao's eyes darkened. Based on his memory, he guessed the approximate location and replied in a deep voice, "Send people there to investigate. Ah Chen is there!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Nan was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "How did you know?!"
Si Yanxiao briefly explained what had happened, then added a reminder: "Just in case, bring a doctor with you on your way."
"Okay." Gu Nan understood instantly, turned around and left to make the arrangements.
Things went very smoothly. After Gu Nan and his team arrived in that area, they quickly located the laboratory.
In the brief exchange, one of the people who helped with the experiment managed to escape, and Gu Nan immediately issued an arrest warrant.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Bai Zhuwei was in her room, fantasizing about Si Yanxiao's various actions and imagining the wonderful life she would control alone in the future.
Just then, a series of urgent and frantic knocks sounded at the door.
Bai Zhuwei's heart sank. Looking through the peephole, she saw a somewhat familiar figure. She quickly pushed the door open and saw another person in the research room looking disheveled.
Seeing this, Bai Zhuwei glanced around to make sure no one was following them, then quickly let the person in, asking in surprise, "What happened? How did you end up like this?"
"Our place has been raided, and Si Zuochen has been rescued."
Upon hearing this, Bai Zhuwei was immediately thrown into a panic and asked repeatedly, "How could this be? Where is that Taoist priest?"
"He was taken away too." The person in the research lab pursed his lips, his face turning cold. Then, remembering the Taoist priest's instructions in the heat of the moment, he quickly spoke up.
“Those people arrived far too timely; we were discovered as soon as Si Yanxiao arrived.”
"That master guessed that Si Yanxiao was probably not unconscious at the time, but just designed to make us lower our guard."
"What?!" Bai Zhuwei exclaimed in surprise, carefully recalling Si Yanxiao's state upon waking up; he didn't seem like someone who already knew...
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