Reborn to Redeem: Their Abusive Love-Chapter 77: The power is out

To say he is a bewitching male Sea Monster is really not an exaggeration at all.

Is it true that as long as I don’t mention leaving, he’s not that violent?

But what about after I actually leave? Will he go crazy?

As Xu Si pondered this question, she walked hurriedly, carrying a few bottles of wine as she left the top floor. The scene from that deep night kept floating through her mind: the man grasping her hand, pressing it against his wounded heart, along with that genuine murmur:

"It doesn’t blame you; it loves you."

Her heart began to constrict strangely.

"That’s really..."

Swallowing the word "ridiculous," Xu Si momentarily struggled to find a more fitting adjective. To describe the sudden surge of elation in her heart?

One simply cannot resist the influence of hormones.

So much so that while she was making the Berry Wine, she was somewhat absent-minded, spilling the painstakingly extracted berry puree twice. Only when this resulted in a shortage of raw materials did she come to her senses and start to put her whole heart into the brewing process.

A layer of berries, a layer of jam, a layer of sugar.

Just as she squeezed out the honey from the old-tree beehive and was about to add it, the private chef suddenly stopped her. He looked particularly nervous.

"Madam, is this wine for you to drink alone, or is it a gift for the Boss?"

Xu Si paused, her hand still on the honey jar, and raised an eyebrow. "It’s mainly for him. Is there a problem?"

"Ah... let me tell you a little secret, but you absolutely must keep it confidential," the private chef said, chuckling nervously. "The Boss is allergic to honey. If it’s a gift, you mustn’t add it."

"Allergic?" Xu Si was slightly stunned.

How could that be?

She remembered making honey-flower tea for Pei Zhen once, and he had drunk every last drop.

But the private chef had no reason to lie to her.

Honey-flower tea.

She suddenly had a flash of insight, recalling how the youth had seemed to refuse the tea at one point. It was only through her gradual persuasion that he had obediently taken it and drunk it all.

So that was it?

Xu Si pursed her lips and finally closed the lid of the honey jar. Her heart completely softened, tinged with a guilty pang.

Towards the young Pei Zhen, she naturally harbored a sense of tolerance. At such a young age, he had been so accommodating by her side, sensible to an extreme.

Three years.

She genuinely hadn’t known about his allergy to honey. But as his guardian, even if he hadn’t said anything, she should have known.

She really had been somewhat negligent.

After brewing the Berry Wine, Xu Si had been smelling the sweet fruit scent all day and had no appetite for dinner. She decided to simply return to her room and, holding her phone, called Anshi, Butler Ge, Wen Jiaojiao, and others one by one.

This was her daily habit.

Come to think of it, she had already been staying in the Underground City for roughly a month.

Summer had quietly ended, giving way to early autumn, hot during the day. Though the nights weren’t too cold, the perpetually lingering fog always brought a faint chill.

When Butler Ge received Xu Si’s call, he thoughtfully advised her to wear more clothes and keep warm. Wen Jiaojiao chatted with her for a few moments before being called away by her mother, apparently for some urgent matter.

Only Anshi meticulously reported the situation on Hong Kong Island.

Over the phone, his voice was indescribably somber.

"Miss, everything at the company is fine. I will carry out your orders. However, people from the Underground City came and abducted the Gu Family heir. The incident was sudden. As a fellow heir, is your situation still safe?"

The Gu Family heir... that would be Gu Jing.

Xu Si bit her lower lip, frowning deeply. "We shouldn’t concern ourselves with his affairs. I am currently very safe, so don’t worry. Continue to help me find a new Identity Card."

"Yes."

「After hanging up the phone.」

Xu Si sat cross-legged on the soft sofa, rubbing her temples.

She was surprised. Four years prior, during a period of calm, the Gu Family had already established an inseparable relationship with the Underground City. So how could one of them have been abducted?

No, that’s not right.

The Underground City teemed with organizations.

Could it be that they offended some other organization in the Underground City?

Xu Si felt unsettled by this unannounced development.

She took a deep breath.

However, her smooth, fair thigh suddenly pressed against something, producing a rustling, folding sound.

She looked down and saw the kraft paper bag filled with gossip.

Eagerly, she reached out and opened it.

The first photo was of Hei Shi, imposing and majestic, standing on a yacht. An affectionate annotation was on the back: *Triad member: Hei Shi. A handsome photo I risked my life to take. He’s very handsome, and the photographer is also very handsome.*

Xu Si chuckled, feeling like she had been swindled. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

Could this be a Triad Society member’s glamour shots? She saw these people every day; she didn’t need photos. Besides, why did this gossip book even praise the Thief himself?

But the next page jumped to the main topic with no rhyme or reason.

It looked like a smaller version of Hei Shi.

Young and not so burly, but rather thin and sallow, he was locked in a cage. His left arm was held by someone as he was injected with a dark substance, his eyes so red they looked as if they might bleed.

The annotation on the back read:

*Artificial giant created by X Organization. We were hunted by X Organization for this photo. Cherish it while you can; it’s as valuable as gold.*

"What..."

Xu Si’s smile faded. She blinked, her hands clenched tightly, and her heart suddenly began to thump wildly.

What does "artificially created" mean...

Giant???

What does that imply? Is it what I’m thinking?

Her breathing grew hurried. Her finger shifted to the next photo, but she was suddenly a bit scared to look.

She glanced at it from the corner of her eye.

It was a very dim place.

There was also a cage-like structure. With no point of reference, its size was unclear, but it vaguely exuded a sense of familiarity. Xu Si felt she must have seen this scene somewhere before.

Her sixth sense issued an unprecedented warning:

Don’t look.

Yet curiosity eventually triumphed over caution.

Just as she was mustering the courage to pull out the photo...

All the lights in the mansion flickered a few times, followed by cries of surprise. Every room plunged into vast darkness as panic swept in.

A power outage.

Such a coincidence?

Xu Si’s first reaction was to grab her gun. She blinked occasionally, her lips pursed, as she silently curled up, tucking herself into the corner of the sofa.

Suddenly, footsteps echoed from the corridor of her floor. They were different from the usual heavy, slow, deliberate pace—these were somewhat messy and quick.

Then, someone forcefully pushed open her door.

After a two-second pause, the person, as if possessing a superpower, seemed to gaze directly at Xu Si in the darkness. Locking onto her, they navigated around obstacles as if they were invisible, then walked gently to her side and crouched down, calmly and tenderly pulling her into a firm embrace.

His voice was faint and elusive, hardly seeming human, yet it was a tone Xu Si recognized.

He gently soothed her,

"It’s just a power outage, Xu Si."

The spacious corner of the sofa was instantly filled with their two warm breaths, leaving no room for air.

Xu Si could vaguely sense the person’s carefulness beside her. He still wasn’t applying much pressure. Cradled in his arms, she didn’t feel suffocated, her nostrils instinctively drawing in his distant yet familiar scent, which was especially comforting on such a dark night.

The distance from the top floor to here was so far.

He must have run here immediately.

Any hesitation, and he wouldn’t have arrived so quickly.

This was a concern too genuine to feign.

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