His gaze was very gentle, but that gentleness only remained on the surface, like a frozen lake in the dead of winter. It looked calm and still on the surface, but under the ice, there were turbulent currents. One wrong step and you would be doomed.
Gu Baiwei didn't know what to choose. She couldn't bring herself to do it even to strangers she didn't know, let alone people she knew well or who were important to her.
"Sister, don't know how to choose?" Qi Yu licked her lips, a chilling smile playing on her lips. "Then how about I help you decide?"
His gaze fell on her hand, which was being held by Shen Yanqing, and his eyes gradually darkened.
He took the dagger handed to him by his subordinate, casually toying with it, and lazily walked up to Ye Sinian and Ye Yunting, a mocking smile playing on his lips.
It's like a cat that has caught a mouse and is about to play with it to its heart's content before killing it.
He raised his hand, the gleaming tip of his knife pointing at Ye Sinian's face. Gu Baiwei's heart leaped into her throat: "Don't touch him!"
She practically cried out those words, her eyes reddening from the effort.
"Oh, it seems I'm not needed. My sister has already made up her mind."
He slowly turned the dagger, the tip pressed against Ye Yunting's heart, and suddenly brought it close, his voice cold and venomous: "I've always been curious about what your heart is made of. In your past life, my sister was so good to you, how could you be so heartless to her..."
He spoke in a very low voice, so low that only the two of them could hear him.
A crack appeared on Ye Yunting's calm face. He also had memories of his past life. Could it be that he was reborn like them?
"Why don't I cut your heart out today and see if it's made of stone?"
Qi Yu spoke in a sinister tone, then turned to Gu Baiwei and smiled, "Sister, you must be just as curious as I am, right?"
As he spoke, he applied slight force with the dagger in his hand, and the tip of the blade easily pierced Ye Yunting's white shirt, quickly staining the shirt red with bright red blood.
Gu Baiwei was caught off guard by his sudden action and was momentarily at a loss for what to do.
In her past life, she hated Ye Yunting, hated him for ruining her sincere heart, hated him for making her waste her life, but even so, she never thought of killing him.
Regardless, he is the father of her child.
Her lips trembled, and she spoke just as Qi Yu was exerting his strength: "What exactly do you want? I'll agree to anything I can do, can you just let them go?"
"Tsk, sister's already feeling sorry for me?"
He suddenly released his grip, his gaze towards Gu Baiwei gradually turning cold: "Sister, I told you, you can only choose one of the three. Otherwise, you can choose President Shen. Anyway, you can always change boyfriends, right?"
Gu Baiwei's face turned deathly pale instantly. She didn't want anything to happen to anyone here, but if she had to choose one, she...
"Weiwei, I'm here for you."
Shen Yanqing tightened his grip on her hand, met Qi Yu's gaze, and said in a cold voice, "How about I give Mr. Qi a choice too? Will you choose your most capable subordinate, or..."
He spoke slowly and deliberately, and Qi Yu's gaze inadvertently drifted behind him, her expression suddenly changing.
Not far away, a bodyguard in black was pushing a wheelchair, and in the wheelchair was a woman whose deathly aura could not be concealed even with her exquisite makeup.
Beside them, another bodyguard in black was holding a little girl who looked about six or seven years old.
"Get your filthy hands off her and don't touch her!"
Qi Yu's voice suddenly rose, and his eyes looked at the lifeless woman in the wheelchair. The calmness in his eyes was instantly shattered, and undercurrents surged, like a wild beast ready to devour its prey.
The next second, he rushed forward, ready to snatch the wheelchair, but was stopped by Nightshade, who appeared silently.
"Owner."
"Get out of my way!"
Without any mercy, he flung the man away, and Nightshade was thrown to the ground. The outside of her thigh was scraped by the gravel on the ground, and spots of scarlet blood seeped out. But she stubbornly got up from the ground without making a sound and silently stood in front of him.
Qi Yu's eyes were bloodshot as she stared intently at the bodyguards pushing the wheelchair: "If you dare touch her, I'll make sure all of you die with her!"
The situation on the scene instantly reversed, and Shen Yanqing calmly suggested, "Mr. Shen, why don't we sit down and have a proper talk?"
Inside the room, Shen Yanqing and Qi Yu sat facing each other, while two groups of people stood silently facing each other behind them, eyeing each other menacingly.
Qi Yu stared at the person being pushed by the bodyguards, her face growing increasingly grim: "You can leave, but she can't."
As he spoke, he glanced at Gu Baiwei, who was sitting next to Shen Yanqing, and his expression turned ugly.
Success was within reach; all that was left was for her to return when the time came…
Shen Yanqing tapped her jade-like fingers lightly on the table twice: "Mr. Qi, first of all, Weiwei has nothing to do with you. You have no right to restrict her personal freedom. Even if you did, what is your status? Neighbor, childhood friend? Or a pervert who covets someone else's girlfriend?"
"Pah, you pervert, get lost!"
Sitting next to her, Ye Chuyue immediately spat on the ground. It has to be said that she and her future uncle-in-law were on the same side in this regard.
What kind of disgusting thing is Qi Yu? How dare she covet her aunt?
What kind of cult leader is he? Look at how arrogant he is, like he's filming a TV drama here.
And to be surrounded by a dead person all day long... it's disgusting just thinking about it.
Qi Yu wasn't angry this time; instead, a pleased smile curved her lips, as if she had regained the eccentricity and composure she had when they first met.
"President Shen, you seem to have forgotten that only I can cure the curse on Weiwei."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yanqing's expression instantly changed.
Song Anze is already researching the antidote for the Gu poison, but it will take at least another month to develop it.
Shen Yanqing: "What exactly do you want?"
He tightened his grip on Gu Baiwei's hand, feeling the touch in her palm. Gu Baiwei reassured him by squeezing his hand back: "Yan Qing, I'm much better now, you don't need to..."
"Yeah?"
Qi Yu's lips curled into a strange smile. The next moment, a sharp pain shot through her brain. Gu Baiwei felt as if countless worms were writhing and twisting inside her brain, and her face turned as pale as paper.
Noticing her unusual behavior, Shen Yanqing anxiously helped her up: "Weiwei, what's wrong?"
What did you do?
He held her tightly in his arms, and the calmness in his eyes as he looked at Qi Yu was gone.
Qi Yu seemed amused by his expression, raising her eyebrows and speaking in a light tone: "Do you still think you have the leverage to negotiate with me?"
"Give them back to me, then take your people and get out of here, or I can't guarantee those Gu worms in her brain will stay put."
Shen Yanqing pressed his thin lips into a straight line, his expression cold and stern. He could disregard everything else, but he absolutely could not allow anything to happen to her.
Just as she was about to agree, Gu Baiwei, covered in cold sweat, gripped his hand tightly and said with difficulty, "Don't... listen, he won't... let me die."
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