Since last night until now, Yu Qingxue had been sitting by Gao Sijin’s bedside. Time passed slowly without her noticing. She found it strange; she could have played on her phone to pass the time, but compared to that, she preferred admiring Gao Sijin’s sleeping face and listening to his steady breathing.
For a moment, Yu Qingxue felt like she had become a writer herself. In her mind, a scene unfolded that made her adrenaline spike. She bent down, closing the distance between their lips until they overlapped, pulling a thin, glistening silver thread before she would be satisfied.
“How about we elope?”
The awakened Gao Sijin nodded. Together, they burst through the surrounded hotel, reached the shore, and sailed to the other side of the world. Tsukiyuki Rio would never be able to catch them again, and they would possess each other for eternity.
However, this only existed in her imagination. Qu Xiqian had warned her before that she must not entertain any wicked thoughts while Tsukiyuki Rio was fighting Feng Na, or else she would die a miserable death. Later, Yu Qingxue deliberately verified Qu Xiqian’s prophecies about the future, and it turned out Qu Xiqian truly could foresee the future.
So, originally, I would have really taken advantage of this opportunity to steal Gao Sijin away, and then be killed by Tsukiyuki Rio?
Yu Qingxue swallowed. She was 100% certain that the room was covered in cameras with no blind spots. After Tsukiyuki Rio left, Yu Qingxue checked the drawers, the TV wall, the air conditioner vent, and the gap behind the mirror for cameras, but found nothing. However, that didn’t mean she could sneak a bite. She knew Tsukiyuki Rio too well. That mischievous young lady had deliberately set up a cruel game: locking a ravenous wolf in a cage with a piece of tender, juicy meat—a test of Yu Qingxue’s loyalty.
“Sijin, my heart has long been battered black and blue from tormenting myself over you, yet you remain clueless, sleeping soundly. This is truly the most unfair thing in the world,” Yu Qingxue murmured softly by his ear, her lips pursed. “You know, I really hope Tsukiyuki Rio dies at Feng Na’s hands. If she dies, you’ll belong only to me. Why doesn’t she just die?”
“No, I’m her maid. She might be a bit mean, but she treats me well enough, and serving her is quite interesting. Why did you have to appear in my life and cause me so much pain? Were you sent by heaven to punish me?”
“Better to die singing in the rain than live under someone else’s rule. I want to take you away from the Young Miss, escape to a place where it’s just the two of us. We won’t need society or family; we’ll only need each other. I want you so much it drives me crazy. I wish I could devour you like a wild beast, not even leaving the bones.”
At 7 a.m., Gao Sijin woke up. The dosage from last night wasn’t too high. When he awoke, there was no Tsukiyuki Rio in bed; the other side of the bed was cold.
“How did you sleep last night?” Yu Qingxue asked, gently stroking Gao Sijin’s forehead like a caring older sister.
“Qingxue, why are you in the room?” Gao Sijin sat up slowly, looking around. “Where’s Rio?”
“Junior Rio went out early this morning. She said she was going to meet an old friend in the area. Seeing you so sound asleep, she didn’t have the heart to wake you. That’s the situation. Hey, why are you making that unhappy face? Shouldn’t you be happy to see a great beauty like me first thing in the morning? Come on, give your big sister a smile.” Yu Qingxue pinched Gao Sijin’s cheeks, trying to make him grin.
“You’re indeed a beauty, Qingxue, but you’re far from my Rio. Yesterday was so wonderful—first holding the wedding with Rio, meeting her family, going on a date, watching fireworks, and drinking kuchikamizake. Waking up without Rio here makes me a little regretful,” Gao Sijin yawned and got out of bed slowly. “When will Rio be back?”
“How should I know?” Yu Qingxue crossed her fair arms over her chest and pouted, her brows furrowed.
“Ah, forget it if you don’t know. I should get up and write.”
Yu Qingxue looked at Gao Sijin, finding it a bit amusing. He had been in the dark the whole time, completely unaware of what was happening at Mount Asama right now.
“Alright, go write. Maybe Rio will be back by the time you finish. I’ll go prepare breakfast for you.”
“Hold on, Qingxue.”
“What is it?”
“You’re not hiding something from me, are you? You seem a bit off.”
“I can’t not hide things from you.” Yu Qingxue turned around and sneered. “Sijin, ignorance is bliss. You’ve been laughing so carefreely lately. But that’s a good thing for you.”
On Mount Asama, the mechanical arms deployed by the Iron Maiden model robot failed to capture Feng Na. Just as the arms were about to reach her, Feng Na immediately pulled out two short blades hidden in the heels of her high heels. The heels, originally only about fifteen centimeters, suddenly transformed into two over one-meter-long twin blades. With just a light swing, she chopped two mechanical arms in half. The remaining arms tried to catch her, but at the critical moment, Feng Na darted behind a Yakuza member and shoved the man toward the mechanical arms.
The man seized by the arms was like prey caught by a giant squid. The arms quickly wrapped around his limbs and mercilessly snapped them one by one, ignoring his piteous howls.
“You grabbed the wrong person, you idiot. It’s your fault for insisting on using this antique invented in the mid-21st century,” one of the Law Enforcement Department agents said coldly.
“Anyway, let’s wrap up the mission quickly and return to the 22nd century.”
Feng Na looked at the twenty-person Law Enforcement Department and knew she couldn’t defeat them. The agents in the department, both in terms of the tools they wielded and their personal abilities, were the cream of the crop. Now, fleeing was her only option.
“Group Leader Ishida, have your men block them,” Feng Na ordered Ishida, who was standing nearby.
“Feng Xiaona, you have violated the Time Management Bureau regulations. Do not resist futilely, or your life will be lawfully forfeited,” the man with a stern expression, clearly the leader, spoke up.
The twenty Law Enforcement Department agents spread out and advanced toward Feng Na.
The Yakuza members began a second round of shooting, but it was still useless—they couldn’t penetrate the force field.
“Primitives.” The female agent in white looked disdainfully at the guns in the Yakuza members’ hands, then pulled out a pistol like a magic trick.
However, what shot out of the muzzle wasn’t a bullet but an electric field.
—Bzzzt.
The Yakuza members fell like wheat being harvested, all knocked unconscious, collapsing to the ground.
“Group Leader Ishida, what are you standing there for? Block them!”
Ishida Ryuichi clutched his head and began bleeding from every orifice. It would have been easy to release the mind control on him, but Young Lady Tsukiyuki had said: from now on, Tokyo has no need for the Yakuza. The Law Enforcement Department, loyal to the Tsukiyuki Family, decided to follow orders.
