The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker-Chapter 649 - 611: Increase Efforts

The cold wind blew through, and there was silence for a while.

Only then did Gu Yicheng suddenly react, it was a bit cold outside, and he quickly walked a few steps forward, nervously and flusteredly saying: "Xiao Xiao, um, it’s cold outside, let’s go in first."

Ji Xiaoxiao looked at him again, didn’t say anything, and entered the East Courtyard’s living room together with Chen Xi.

Aunt Mei was in the living room and first asked Ji Xiaoxiao about her situation.

Ji Xiaoxiao introduced Chen Xi briefly and then inquired about Qiao Yuxian’s condition.

When Chen Xi was hospitalized, Ji Xiaoxiao later visited a few times. The incident of Qiao Yuxian being poisoned, it was she who accidentally let it slip.

This time, Chen Xi asked Ji Xiaoxiao to bring her here because she wanted to see Qiao Yuxian.

Aunt Mei first went to pour drinks for them and then went upstairs to tell Gu Yanjing.

Gu Yicheng followed behind Ji Xiaoxiao and the others, looking somewhat at a loss, an awkwardness that didn’t fit his current image at all.

Ji Xiaoxiao pulled Chen Xi to sit down.

Gu Yicheng stood for two seconds, took a step towards the sofa, then backed away, took another step to his left, and backed away again.

"Are you dancing?" Ji Xiaoxiao watched him hesitate back and forth, left and right, and couldn’t help but ask.

Her words made Gu Yicheng jump in fright.

He shivered.

Ji Xiaoxiao widened her eyes: "Am I a ghost? What’s wrong with you?"

"No, no, I, I..." Gu Yicheng stuttered back and forth but ended up saying nothing substantial, eventually just stood there silently.

Chen Xi silently watched the two of them.

Only when Gu Yanjing came down from upstairs was the brief silence broken again.

Ji Xiaoxiao and Chen Xi both stood up, calling out "Mr. Gu."

Gu Yanjing responded, looking at Gu Yicheng.

Gu Yicheng pressed his lips together.

Gu Yanjing said: "She just woke up a while ago and went back to sleep."

Chen Xi was stunned for a moment before realizing he was speaking to her, and hesitated: "Then, then, President Gu, is it convenient? I, I have a matter I’d like to trouble you with."

Gu Yanjing’s eyes moved lightly as he took two steps forward, saying: "Sit down, what’s the matter?"

Ji Xiaoxiao and Chen Xi sat down.

Gu Yicheng paused for two seconds and sat down as well.

Chen Xi clutched her fingers and said: "I, I would like to meet with Gu Yao."

Ji Xiaoxiao widened her eyes again, surprised: "Why do you want to meet him?"

Gu Yanjing didn’t speak.

Gu Yicheng blankly stared at Ji Xiaoxiao, failing to hear what Chen Xi said.

Chen Xi lowered her gaze, speaking softly: "Didn’t he mention wanting to see me?"

"Whether he mentioned it or not is not important." Ji Xiaoxiao said, "What’s important is that you do not wrong yourself. Follow your heart, if you don’t want to see him, don’t. You shouldn’t have to compromise yourself to fulfill others’ requests."

"No." Chen Xi squeezed her hand, signaling for her not to get excited, saying, "I want to have closure with him. I know you all want to protect me, but this matter, I must resolve myself."

Ji Xiaoxiao said nothing further.

Chen Xi looked at Gu Yanjing and said: "Mr. Gu, could you please help arrange it?"

Gu Yanjing thought for a moment and said: "Okay. I’ll notify you once it’s arranged." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Thanks to Mr. Gu." Chen Xi said.

Then they inquired about Qiao Yuxian’s condition, chatted for a while, and didn’t stay too long before leaving.

Chen Xi left directly, while Ji Xiaoxiao stayed a while with the old man before leaving.

Gu Yicheng, like a tail, followed Ji Xiaoxiao the entire time but didn’t say a word.

Not until Ji Xiaoxiao reached the old house gate, clearly about to leave in the car, did he hastily call out to her: "Xiao Xiao."

Ji Xiaoxiao turned around to look at him.

"I..." He uttered a word but then didn’t know what else to say.

It had been too long since they’d last met, and suddenly seeing her, he had so much he always wanted to say, but upon seeing her, he didn’t know what to say.

Ji Xiaoxiao waited for a while and seeing he was silent again, said: "I’m quite well, don’t worry about me."

"I..." Gu Yicheng paused then said, "As long as you’re fine, that’s good."

"Hmm." Ji Xiaoxiao looked at him and said, "I’ve also seen some recent comments online. They’re all saying Mr. Gu hasn’t been to the company for a long time and it’s you who has been managing it. You... take care of yourself."

Gu Yanjing not appearing in the company recently certainly didn’t cause any unrest. However, with him not at the company, but Gu Yicheng there, it inevitably sparked speculation from the outside world.

Especially from the Gu Family’s relatives.

They feared Gu Yanjing and therefore always behaved well.

But with Gu Yicheng, they might not be so compliant.

So what Gu Yicheng faced wasn’t just the company’s work, but also various crises from all around.

"Alright, alright." Gu Yicheng’s tense face finally showed a bit of a smile, "You also take care. If there’s anything, tell them anytime. If there’s something you need from me, you can also call me anytime, my phone number hasn’t changed."

Ji Xiaoxiao wanted to say she had already deleted his number, but in a moment of kindness, she swallowed the words back and said: "I heard my brother got into trouble at school again a few days ago, was it you who had someone take care of it?"

"Ah, it was just a small matter." Gu Yicheng said.

"Don’t bother with him in the future." Ji Xiaoxiao said, "He needs to walk his own path, to know he’s not anything special."

"Xiao Xiao, I’m sorry..."

Ji Xiaoxiao interrupted him: "As you said, you owe me. I am me, and they are them. We’re unrelated."

Gu Yicheng’s expression paused for a moment, then said: "Got it."

"Also, everything’s in the past. Stop talking about who owes whom. Marriage is a mutual agreement, and having this child was my own choice." Ji Xiaoxiao said freely, "Go fall in love if you want to, get married if you want to. Don’t live in guilt. Our story has ended, and it’s time to move on."

The small smile Gu Yicheng had just put on faded instantly.

Ji Xiaoxiao said nothing more, got in the car, and left.

Gu Yicheng watched the car drive away without moving.

As soon as Ji Xiaoxiao got in the car, she started looking through her phone at various baby clothes, preparing for the little one’s arrival.

...

At night, in the study of Gu Mansion.

It was already 1 AM.

Chu Zhengran, Qin Xia, Lin Huai Shu, the siblings from the Lu Family, and Wan Ying Shangchen, Liu Zhou, Yuan Wei were still studying the maps of each continent.

Everyone had been focusing on finding Qu Qingkong and Quan Rong during this period.

Today they happened to return, so they conducted a study of the positions on each continent.

"Is there a possibility that we have already found Qu Qingkong’s stronghold, but it’s too well-hidden?" Yuan Wei said, finding a seat and plopping down, "Based on what we know about these...Quang Rong people, there’s a chance of that happening too."

"We’ve been very careful already when arriving at each place." Liu Zhou replied.

"I’ve already had people dig three feet deep wherever we go, I’m even afraid they might be underground," Yuan Wei added.

"Now, on the basis of being careful, we also need to speed up." Chu Zhengran said, "We need to race against time."

Qin Xia added: "The former methods are not feasible, they’re too slow. Focus on the key locations first."

"Alright." everyone agreed.

Gu Yanjing said: "Focus on thoroughly investigating the key locations we discussed earlier. The previous methods won’t work, they’re too slow. Prioritize key areas first."

"Okay." Everyone agreed.

Gu Yicheng also nodded.

"Did you get in touch with her?" Chu Zhengran asked.

"She contacted me first." Gu Yanjing replied.

Lin Huai Shu was momentarily surprised, but then felt it made sense. Qiao Yuxian helped her, so of course, she wanted to return the favor.

"There’s no way to keep it from Yao Mountain Island since Qiao Yuxian’s poisoning," Gu Yancheng added.

But the things Qiao Yuxian worried about didn’t happen either.

Every time Qiao Yuxian was in good condition, Yan Ting and Mr. Jiu sent messages to Qiao Yuxian.

After all, the first time Qiao Yuxian was in good condition, Yan Ting and Mr. Huo had someone notify Gu Yanjing.

The people over at Yan Ting’s place have been busy searching for Qu Qingkong all over the continents, rarely returning to Yao Mountain Island.

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