novelA Kind Cousin
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Fu Xuejun had been feeling unwell since last night. The atmosphere in the Fu family was so heavy that she could feel herself choking in it, especially this morning when she had woken up to see the gaze that Baili Wenxi gave Gu Xiqiao. It shocked her, and she felt something leaving her little by little.
Fu Wei was looking at her with heavy eyes, and she didn't know what was wrong. However, she couldn't stand being any longer in the Fu family house, as it had become like this overnight.
Especially after she heard that after she had left, Fu Dongyi had returned to Fu Enterprise and took over the mess that she had left behind.
What was so great about Fu Dongyi? He was just someone that had been picked up, what qualifications did he have to stand against the young miss of Fu Enterprise?
But when she went to Fu Enterprise today, she found that the employees were looking at her with indifference, but were all looking at Fu Dongyi with respect in their eyes.
Fu Xuejun couldn't accept this, and so she returned to school. Unexpectedly, the people in the class who had previously looked at her with admiration and respect refused to meet her eyes. She once again couldn't take the atmosphere and left, but then she saw Wanqi Jue instead.
When they were previously back in England, Wanqi Jue had always been responsive to her and stalked her movements. However, she had always looked down on his identity as an ordinary person, and she only half-heartedly responded to him all the time.
Right now when she saw Wanqi Jue, after losing the Fu and Baili family support, it was like a new hope had appeared.
Wanqi Jue got out of the car, his long legs and slender fingers were striking to everyone around them. His facial features were sharp and angular, unlike the rounded kind of the Chinese, but a more wanton kind of arrogance aura radiated from his person. He stuck out like a sore thumb, just by standing in the crowd like this.
In Fu Xuejun's eyes, Wanqi Jue had a low status. The only reason she had maintained contact with him was due to his attractive looks.
She watched Wanqi Jue walk toward her, a smug smile appearing on her face. She could feel the countless envious gazes of the people around her, and her depressed mood from the past few days vanished. She was already prepared with what she would say to him when he reached her, first she needed to complain about why he hadn't been picking up her calls, and then...
Before her line of thoughts could continue, Wanqi Jue brushed past her, walking straight on.
The smile that was on her face froze, she never thought that Wanqi Jue would ignore her, and she even heard snickering and laughter from the girls around her.
"Miss Gu." Wanqi Jue strode to the front of Gu Xiqiao, a charming smile on his face, the charming luster forever present in his clear blue eyes."What a coincidence."
It wasn't a coincidence, obviously. He had purposely sent someone to find out her location. He had gone to the set of 'Divergent Paths' first, but he didn't expect for his people to tell him that she had left the moment he arrived, and so he hurriedly drove here.
Gu Xiqiao narrowed her eyes as she raised her head, then she noted Fu Xuejun's face that had paled dramatically. The girl smiled suddenly.
Wanqi Jue had rarely seen her smile, even those days that she had been in England, her face had remained cold and indifferent. The only change in her expression was when Jiang Shuxuan had appeared, but other than that, he had never seen her with any other expression before.
"That's right, what a coincidence." Gu Xiqiao turned away from Fu Xuejun."You're busy. I have matters to attend to, so I'll leave first."
"Wait-" Now Wanqi Jue felt like he had stuck his foot in his mouth.
Why did he say 'coincidence'? Clearly it wasn't, he had purposely come to find her!
After this time's 'coincidence', who knows when the next 'coincidence' would be?!
"Wait up, I've been looking for you for something!" Wanqi Jue reached out to catch the figure, but the two of them seemed to be separated by a space in between them, and no matter how far he stretched, he couldn't touch her.
The slender figure melted into the crowd.
F*ck! Wanqi Jue's face darkened, and he turned around to chase after the figure.
However, as soon as he turned, his sleeve was grabbed by someone. He lowered his head to see, and found Fu Xuejun staring at him. A confused look appeared on his face, as though this was the first time he was seeing her."Miss Fu, why are you here?"
Miss Fu? He was actually calling her Miss Fu?
Fu Xuejun felt that she was going crazy. Her world had been turned upside down ever since Gu Xiqiao appeared in her life, and now even Wanqi Jue was like this?!
Her face twisted, the surprise at seeing Wanqi Jue at the beginning had disappeared by now. Only deep-rooted panic was left inside her."Wanqi, why are you calling me 'Miss Fu'? Are we so estranged?"
She looked at Wanqi Jue with a smile quick to appear on her face again.
Wanqi Jue just stared at Fu Xuejun with his azure blue eyes, his clear eyes looking as though they could pierce through people's hearts, and Fu Xuejun couldn't help but let go of the sleeve that she had caught.
"Do you know that the last time you sent someone to kill Miss Gu, I was present? And all the things that you've done recently, I also know about them." Wanqi Jue looked at Fu Xuejun's gentle face, and he smiled suddenly."You right now, it makes me unable to believe that at one point of time in the past, you would have thrown your own life away if it were for the sake of saving mine."
On the contrary, Gu Xiqiao had really saved him before, from the Seal of Inheritance.
Fu Xuejun looked at Wanqi Jue with wide eyes, taking a step backward.
Wanqi Jue turned and walked toward his car, staring at the direction that Gu Xiqiao had left. Just as he was about to start the car, the steering wheel was held down by someone. He looked up to find Murong Feiye's accusing eyes on him."Wanqi, why have you come here? You made me wait at the airport for more than half an hour for you!"
What a waste of his good intentions!
"Didn't you wait for me for gossip?" Wanqi Jue raised an eyebrow, his tone light.
Murong Feiye was not embarrassed to be exposed to his true intentions at all."It's all the same, just an extension of my deep love for you. However, Qingqiu and the rest have already booked a room at Yuyuan. We're just waiting on you."
"Alright, I know." Wanqi Jue patted Murong Feiye's hand."Hurry up and let go, I still have something to do!"
"What is it that is so urgent?" Something so urgent that made him come here immediately, Murong Feiye glanced to the side thoughtfully. Naturally, he caught sight of Fu Xuejun. Knowing all the complicated matters between the two, he thought that Wanqi Jue had rushed here for her.
Wanqi Jue stepped on the gas pedal, and the car sped into the crowd immediately. However, his voice carried to Murong Feiye's ears."I'm going to find Miss Gu!"
Miss Gu? Gu Xiqiao?
Murong Feiye stared at the disappearing car.
He was going to follow after, but his phone rang in his pocket at this time. He pulled it out to find that it was Tang Qingqiu who was calling him.
"Hello... Wanqi? He went after Miss Gu." Murong Feiye replied, slightly confused.
As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Tang Qingqiu also became excited."Where did you see her? D*mnit, wait for me to come over!"
Having said that, the call was cut.
What the heck? Murong Feiye pulled the phone away from his ear, and he stared at the screen which indicated that the call had been hung up. He felt the entire situation was weird, why was everyone looking for Miss Gu at the same time?
He held his phone and walked away from the area slowly, ignoring Fu Xuejun who stood to the side.
Fu Xuejun was stunned. She had always thought that Wanqi Jue was just a businessman—an outstanding one in England. She didn't expect him to be so familiar with Murong Feiye, and it seemed that he was also close to Tang Qingqiu.
The Fu family was still a member of the ancient martial arts world, and she obviously knew who Murong Feiye was, the proud son of the Murong family. They were well known in both England and China, and those who mixed with him were basically part of the upper level of the ancient martial arts world.
Then there was Tang Qingqiu, someone that you shouldn't provoke in the ancient martial arts world, according to Fu Wei.
Tang Qingiqu was just one of them.
But how did Wanqi Jue know them? Wasn't he just an ordinary person and a businessman?
Being in the same circle as Murong Feiye and Tang Qingqiu, he wouldn't just be some random commoner, right? As long she could grasp onto him, then who cared about the Fu or Baili family, or Nine Heavens, were all of those comparable to one of the top clans in the ancient martial arts world?
When she thought about it, Fu Xuejun's eyes sparkled.
***
On the other side, Wanqi Jue was speeding away. He was driving, while Gu Xiqiao was on foot. Within a minute, he could see the figure he was looking for in the crowd.
Just as he was about to slam on the gas pedal to catch up, the green light in front of him changed to red, forcing him to wait in the spot for three minutes.
The horns from the cars behind him blared loudly.
Wanqi Jue raised his head, watching the figure disappear quickly into the crowd. When he realized it, he laughed, dumbfounded. Other than her, who else could change a green light to red?!
***
Gu Xiqiao went to pick up Hua Youlin from school directly after leaving A University.
"Sister Gu, only you are here to pick me?" Hua Youlin looked at Gu Xiqiao's lone figure. After waiting for a long while, he didn't see the shadow of a car, and he felt that something was weird.
Gu Xiqiao was famous right now, and even his classmates had been able to recognize who she was.
All the students that sat at his table were crazy fans of Gu Xiqiao, and if he hadn't taken the long way here, they would have come with him and pounced on Gu Xiqiao.
Thinking of the possibilities like that, Hua Youlin's face was full of concern.
"Sister Gu, you don't have to come and pick me up next time. I'll follow Brother Luo back, or I'll take the bus back myself. Whichever one is fine with me." Hua Youlin sighed.
The community building that they stayed in was near to A University, and there were many buses that went to that area. It was really convenient.
However, Gu Xiqiao had said that she personally picked him up in order to defend him from the Hua family. She didn't allow him to go home alone, and when he thought about it, it couldn't go on like this forever.
"What are you thinking about." Gu Xiqiao rapped his head lightly with her knuckles."I'm awesome."
"Oh, " Hua Youlin replied, and then he asked, "When is Brother Jiang coming back?"
Although when Jiang Shuxuan was around, the two would not see eye to eye. The older man would tease him about his low IQ, but he had been away for quite a few days already, and Hua Youlin felt slightly anxious when he wasn't around. Especially seeing Gu Xiqiao's gloomy face and the recent rumors on the internet, he knew that he was unable to help even if he wanted to. He could only defend Gu Xiqiao's honor along with all her fans in Weibo.
And so, Hua Youlin was desperate for Jiang Shuxuan to return for the past few days.
"I don't know. It should still be a while longer, " Gu Xiqiao replied, rubbing Hua Youlin's head, her eyes lowered.
Hua Youlin muttered something sullenly, and then he fell silent.
After a while, he sneaked out his phone and sent a text to Jiang Shuxuan—[Brother Jiang, when are you coming back? Sister Gu and I miss you a lot. Also, Sister Gu is being bullied. ]
***
In a small town in the southside, a gloomy faced man pulled out his phone. When he saw the message, he was stunned for a long while. It took a while more before he finally pressed the keyboard a few times to reply—[I won't be able to come back for a short period. Little Huazi, take good care of your Sister Gu. ]
Having sent the message, he raised his head, his sullen expression easing slightly."How long more?"
Yi Tiao looked up, replying cautiously, "Boss, we still have to wait for the person behind the scenes to appear." Jiang Shuxuan had also invested a lot of time and patience for this, and he had been waiting for years. Unexpectedly, he had been getting impatient as of late.
As to how long more they needed, Jiang Shuxuan was the one most aware of it, right?!
Seeing Yi Tiao being so honest, Yi Bing felt that his eyes couldn't roll back any further. He was already well aware of the boss' bad mood, and still he poked at him this way. Had his brains been given to the dogs as food?
Don't you feel the chill that was radiating off from the boss?!
Mommy! Yi Tiao, you piece of sh*t!
However, there was someone even sh*ttier than him behind who came in in a hurry."Boss, Miss Cecillia has already arrived!" In order to meet the boss, that woman had also tried her hardest.
Yi Tong couldn't help but wipe his face. Apart from Miss Gu, this was the second most terrifying person that he had ever met. It was no wonder she was among the top ten in the Youth Ranking List.
Yi Bing had already squeezed himself into a corner. He wasn't afraid of anything but meeting those teammates of his that were like pigs.
For example, the two in front of him!
Jiang Shuxuan raised his head, his eyes focused on Yi Tong. The pair of obsidian eyes were like a deep endless pool. The man sat quietly, like an ink stain on a painting, and no one dared to question the terrifying strength of the man before them.
Jiang Shuxuan unrolled his sleeves and got up, walking out the door slowly.
The crisp white shirt contrasted with his onyx black hair. His covered eyes made it difficult to read whether he was angry or happy.
Yi Bing stood and followed behind Jiang Shuxuan, and turned back to glance at the other two who remained in the room, whose eyes were full of sympathy. Especially Yi Tong, he had already foreseen a miserable end in his mind.
Ten minutes later, Yi Bing came back once again.
Yi Tiao and Yi Tong immediately surrounded him, wanting to find out the gossip. Yi Tong's eyes were sparkling as he asked, "Yi Bing, so what happened? What did the boss say to Miss Cecillia?"
Yi Bing looked at the two for a long while, before he only shook his head in answer.
"Hey, what does that mean?" Yi Tong asked, anxious.
"That's what it means, he didn't say a single word." Yi Bing said, a blank look on his face."Not only that, he gave her a sound thrashing. You weren't there to see the disbelief look on her face, it was incredible."
It was simple a once in a lifetime moment.
"No way, the Boss didn't show the slightest ounce of mercy toward the fairer sex?" Yi Tong exclaimed in surprise. Although Miss Cecillia's strength was a little terrifying, she was still a beautiful foreigner from America with a great body and attractive face. Even himself, who had seen her countless times couldn't deny that she was a beauty that was extremely attractive. Even if the Boss didn't like her, he wouldn't be so harsh, right?
Moreover, it was an associate that had been sent by America. How could the boss treat an associate like that? Yi Tong's mouth twitched a little at the thought.
Jiang Shuxuan was bold as always, if it were any other country, none of them would dare to touch a single hair on Miss Cecillia's head. You didn't even have time to flatter them, but why did he need to give them a beating like that?
And this person was their boss, even admitting this fact was enough to bring tears to his eyes.
"Mercy toward the fairer sex?" Yi Bing glanced at Yi Tong."Do you think those words even exist in the boss' mind?"
Yi Tong: "..." You are right.
"I have something to say." Yi Tiao raised his hand quietly."I think it does exist, or have you forgotten Miss Gu's existence?"
Not mentioning Gu Xiqiao was a good thing, but once she was brought up, Yi Tiao and Yi Bing could only stay silent. They had almost forgotten, there was not only one abnormal person in this world, but another even more abnormal person existed.
"Do you think that Miss Cecillia will let go after getting trashed like that?" No matter how strong a heart someone had, after getting a sound beating like that, anyone would have a broken heart, right?
"I say she won't, " Yi Tong replied, shaking his head.
"Not only would she not, she would probably try even harder to get his attention." Yi Bing said, agreeing. After all, Jiang Shuxuan's strength had completely dominated her. Although it wasn't his intention, his mood was probably very bad today, and so he had gone out to vent his anger.
Poor Miss Cecillia, she became a punching bag for Jiang Shuxuan just like that.
"I'm suddenly looking forward to Miss Gu's appearance, " Yi Tong said suddenly.
If she did appear, then things would be lively here once again. Let's not talk about her confrontation with Miss Cecillia, just the thought of their moody boss being able to be less depressed and more normal was something that Yi Tong looked forward to.
Yi Tiao nodded his head."Yeah, that's right. But it's not like boss will allow her to come, how could he be willing to risk her!"
Yi Tong glanced at YI Tiao sympathetically."Yi Tong, it's better not to think about these things for now. There has been some happenings in N City recently, boss wants you and Miss Cecillia to head over there."
Yi Tong: "..." What the heck, what had he done to earn the ire of their boss?!
***
Gu Xiqiao didn't take Hua Youlin directly home, but brought him to the training base instead.
Seeing the large, fire breathing and extremely busy Xixi, Hua Youlin finally understood why Gu Xiqiao had always said that Xixi was very busy. So a bird could also be as busy as a bee like this.
Really, his entire point of view of the world had been shattered.
"Xixi, tell me, is it possible that you are able to rise to the heavens?" Hua Youlin stood under Xixi's feet, trying to crane his neck as far as he could to look at the bird.
Xixi flapped his wings slightly when he heard the words as it said, "Little Huazi, I have always been able to do it!"
Hua Youlin: "..." Oh really now.
Gu Xiqiao had come here today to repair the cave. She had been studying the data of the Trial Tower that the system had sent her, and finally managed to find a model of the said tower that would work. Adding on that she had been in the Trial Tower the other day and able to feel the chi for herself, she already had a plan in mind for transforming the cave.
When Yin Shaoyuan returned with a group of people, he saw a crowd gathered in front of the entrance of the cave. Even Yao Jiamu and Wu Hongwen were present.
"What's up?" Yin Shaoyuan walked over, patting Wu Hongwen's shoulder as he asked.
Wu Hongwen spared him a glance before answering, "Er Qiao is inside, she said she wants to rebuild the cave."
Yin Shaoyuan nodded, thinking that Gu Xiqiao was probably setting up more formations and arrays inside or something. She had deployed terrifying arrays after arrays throughout the entire training arena after all, so he didn't feel it was anything weird at all.
After a while, Gu Xiqiao came out with light steps. She smiled faintly as she said, "Go ahead and try it out. I'm going home to eat."
Yin Shaoyuan followed the group of people in, and the moment he stepped in, Wu Hongwen disappeared from his side.
At the same time, a dark figure appeared in front of him, its strength was comparable to his own.
The appearance of the black shadow was extremely familiar, and Yin Shaoyuan's eyes widened comically."F*ck, this crazy girl. She actually moved the Trial Tower from the ancient martial arts world here?!" Not only had she copied it over, this was an improved version of it! Those were Yin Shaoyuan's thoughts as he was sent flying out the door by a punch from the man in black.
Another sentence surged from the bottom of his heart as he flew through the air—Motherf*cker, Qiao Qiao really was a terrifying person!
The phone in his pocket rang, and he picked himself up painfully. He pulled it out, and saw the caller was Tang Qinghong.
"There's still half a month to the qualifying matches, are you really not coming back?" Tang Qinghong was drenched in sweat as he just came out from the Trial Tower.
Yin Shaoyuan shook his head, and then remembered that the other couldn't see him, and replied, "Nope, wait a minute bro. Has there been any abnormal happenings in the Trial Tower recently?"
He knew that Gu Xiqiao couldn't have known about the functions of the Trial Tower just like that.
"There is one thing, I heard that someone took ten minutes to go from the first floor to the twentieth. The elders were searching for the person for a long time, but they couldn't find them. Boss Jiang wasn't around, and some people are guessing that it might have been Jiang Tong." Tang Qinghong said, his voice indifferent.
Upon hearing Tang Qinghong's words, Yin Shaoyuan immediately knew that the person must have been Gu Xiqiao. Other than her, there was no one else in the world that was as nuts as her.
As for Jiang Tong? Haha.
Copying the details from the Trial Tower was one thing, she had also caused such a commotion during the time. When he thought about it, the corner of Yin Shaoyuan's mouth twitched upward.
"So you're really not coming back?" Tang Qinghong finally asked again.
Yin Shaoyuan raised his head, looking at the cave in front of him."Nope, there's a better place that I can train compared to the Trial Tower. Also, Cousin, I think you should find Qiao Qiao. Maybe you can also come here instead."
This was way better than the Trial Tower! Let it not be said that he wasn't a kind cousin!
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