Qu Xiaobo twisted her lips and stood up unhappily, "I don't buy it."

After saying so, she went straight back to her room.

Mo Shaoyan had the blanket on and wanted to follow her.

But he was stopped by Gu Baisheng, "Sit down."

Mo Shaoyan was still looking at Qu Xiaobo's door, "But she..."

"No matter if you're serious or not, you need to take it slow. Bobo just lost Zhang Kai and doesn't have the energy to be with you yet."

Gu Baisheng was not against getting over a relationship by starting a new one.

But Zhang Kai and Qu Xiaobo had been together for more than ten years.

They were really close to each other for many years, so Qu Xiaobo couldn't get over Zhang Kai or accept someone new.

She needed time.

She needed time to heal from this relationship.

And she also needed time to work on herself.

Then she could start a new relationship.

Mo Shaoyan looked down after hearing Gu Baisheng's words, "I can wait, no matter how long it might take."

Gu Baisheng looked at Mo Shaoyan's serious face and believed that he was not lying.

But she didn't agree with his words, "You can wait, but my suggestion is that you had better not do stupid things like this anymore."

Then she pushed the ginger tea nearer to Mo Shaoyan, "Take a hot bath and go home after finishing the ginger tea."

Mo Shaoyan didn't want to leave.

So he turned around to look at Hu Hui.

He wanted Hu Hui to have mercy on him and ask him to stay.

But Hu Hui wouldn't do so. She turned around and walked to the bathroom, "I'll check the water temperature first."

After realizing Hu Hui wouldn't help him, Mo Shaoyan held the blanket tighter and waited to go back home later.

...

Qu Xiaobo had been staying in her room for a long time, but it was still dark outside.

She couldn't fall asleep at all.

She couldn't forget about the way Mo Shaoyan looked at her after he was dragged out of the pool.

He was soaked and looked very messy.

But when he looked at her, his eyes were as bright as stars.

He looked so happy and hopeful.

He seemed to believe that she would hold him up the next second and agree to be with him.

But when she looked into his eyes, she felt so upset.

She didn't even try to get close to him. She just turned away.

She almost fled the scene.

Yes, she was panicked.

It was because she found that she was not so firm when she was looked at by Mo Shaoyan in that way.

She planned to give birth to Zhang Kai's baby and raise the baby herself, but at that moment, she was not so sure.

Being a single mom could be hard and stressful.

If Mo Shaoyan liked her a lot and would like to accept the baby, she could probably consider being with him.

But she felt so scared because of this idea.

She felt ashamed because she felt she betrayed Zhang Kai, so she couldn't face Mo Shaoyan.

That was why she left in a hurry.

When she recalled how she felt back then, she felt worse and buried her face into the pillow.

Gu Baisheng opened the door gently.

She saw Qu Xiaobo curl up and bury her face in the pillow.

So she walked over and asked her gently after patting her back, "Are you asleep?"

"Not yet."

Qu Xiaobo moved and turned to her.

Gu Baisheng could clearly see that Qu Xiaobo cried.

She felt nervous and suddenly recalled that it might be because of Mo Shaoyan.

She wiped away her tears and smiled, "Why are you crying again? Didn't you say that you would be strong?"

Qu Xiaobo held Gu Baisheng's waist and rubbed her face against Gu Baisheng's clothes, "It's so hard to be strong, Shengsheng."

Gu Baisheng put her hand on the back of Qu Xiaobo's head and caressed her hair, "Yeah, it's hard."

But it would also be hard if she didn't remain strong.

Compared with being beaten up by her hard life, it would be better to face the difficulties strongly.

"Mo Shaoyan..."

"Don't talk about him."

Gu Baisheng was interrupted by Qu Xiaobo immediately.

Qu Xiaobo seemed to be afraid of hearing his name and shook her head, "I don't want to talk about him."

"Fine, I'll stop talking about him."

Gu Baisheng didn't go against her.

If she didn't want to talk about him, they could drop it for now.

But Gu Baisheng knew that they had to have this conversation sooner or later.

They might have to talk about it tomorrow if it was not today.

Or they needed to talk about it the day after tomorrow.

Mo Shaoyan would show up again.

He must've been very firm if he waited outside the building at midnight.

"Have a good rest now."

Gu Baisheng patted Qu Xiaobo's back and reminded her smilingly, "If you wake up at midnight again, don't go out alone. If you have to go out, you can wake me up and I'll go with you."

Qu Xiaobo nodded and felt very grateful, "Yes, thank you so much for your company."

"You're welcome. We agreed to keep each other's company forever."

She and Qu Xiaobo were best friends and promised to be with each other for the rest of their life.

...

Beicheng's night was replaced by dawn.

At the small village of Gui Town, Xiao Rong frowned at the unexpected guest standing in front of him.

"Who are you?"

Xiao Rong gestured to that guy.

That guy was wearing a black top and a black mask.

He was a very big young man.

Xiao Rong was sure that he hadn't met that guy before, let alone have connections with him.

He assumed that that guy wouldn't understand his sign language.

Unexpectedly, that guy replied immediately, "Who I am is not important. The important thing is that I'm here to help you to go back to Beicheng."

Hearing the words "help him to go back to Beicheng", Xiao Rong's heart beat violently.

At that moment, even his blood started to race.

But he didn't say anything. Instead, he checked who he was carefully, "I won't go with you if you don't tell me who you are."

"You can't go back to Beicheng if you don't go with me. And you'll die here."

That guy's voice was very cold and his eyes were very scornful, "So you think you can beat Miss Xiao?"

Xiao Rong's eyes darkened and his blood went cold.

That guy was right.

He couldn't go back to Beicheng on his own.

He would get killed on his way back.

But it was not practical to stay in Gui Town.

Xiao You knew that Zhang Tiantian was dead, so he would definitely try to go back to Beicheng.

So, before he even set off, she would guarantee to make him stay at Gui Town forever.

On thinking about it, Xiao Rong bit his lips and looked very doubtful.

"How do you plan to take me to Beicheng?"

"We'll leave tonight. I've booked the flight tickets."

"Why are you in such a rush?"

Xiao Rong felt that it was such a rush if they had to leave tonight.

"I haven't packed up. Why don't we leave tomorrow morning? I can have some time to get ready."

Xiao Rong suggested to that strong guy.

That guy looked very impatient, "We have to leave tonight. Otherwise, it's too late."

"Too late?"

Xiao Rong was a bit confused.

That guy realized that he didn't know the current situation, "Do you really think that you can stay in Gui Town forever? Miss Xiao has sent people over. I'm ahead of them. If you don't leave with me, you'll die at Gui Town."

"Who are you? Who sent you?"

Xiao Rong asked.

That guy didn't plan to reveal who he was.

But he knew that if he didn't do so, Xiao Rong wouldn't leave with him. He then said impatiently, "I work for Mrs. Xiao."

"My stepmother?"

Xiao Rong was surprised.

He worked for Han Lu, didn't he?

"Why would she help me?"

Xiao Rong asked.

That guy sneered, "It's simple. Miss Xiao isn't Mrs. Xiao's biological daughter, so she doesn't feel close to Mrs. Xiao. And Miss Xiao is very bossy, so Han..."

He realized that he almost said Han Lu's name, so he changed immediately, "Mrs. Xiao doesn't have Mr. Xiao's children. If Miss Xiao gets the power, Mrs. Xiao can't enjoy her life anymore."

"So she offers to help me? She wants me to compete with my sister?"

Xiao Rong gestured.

That guy nodded, "Yes."

Xiao Rong became silent and shook his head, "I'm no match for her."

"Of course, you're not." That guy laughed, "But why would you be afraid if you can get Mrs. Xiao's help?"

"What's the condition to get her help?"

Xiao Rong knew that everything came with a price.

Han Lu definitely wanted something from him if she offered to help him.

That guy hesitated and said, "Isn't it obvious? Why do you have so many questions?"

He became impatient.

Then he checked his watch and rushed Xiao Rong, "Let's go before it's too late."

He was in such a rush as if everything would have changed if they had been late.

Xiao Rong took a second thought and stood up.

After Xiao Rong stood up, that guy stood up quickly, too.

Xiao Rong couldn't see things clearly under the dim light.

He saw that guy's shadow and gestured, "I don't have many things to pack up, but I need to get my ID."

"ID? It's useless." That guy didn't want Xiao Rong to pack up.

Xiao Rong insisted, "It won't take long. It's under my pillow."

That guy nodded impatiently, "Hurry up!"

Xiao Rong looked down and walked to his bed, and then he reached out for his pillow.

He took out the things that had been under his pillow, his ID and his wallet.

Then he took out a shiny sickle.

It was very thin and shiny.

If a hair fell on it, it would be cut in half.