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For the next few days, the sky was covered by dense dark clouds. Occasionally, there would be a heavy rain, and even the air was slightly moist.

Ever since Gong Yan had come to the house for dinner that day, the incident had not stopped for a single day. Every evening, after work, he would return to the Thousand Islands Manor, and the black Rolls-Royce would drive straight to the house, leaving the servants in the house with no choice but to buy vegetables.

However, at the dinner table, the two of them maintained a tacit understanding of each other and remained silent. Neither of them wanted to break the atmosphere.

After she finished her meal, Pei Luoyi returned to her room and sat on the windowsill in a daze. Sometimes, she would sit for the entire day during the day.

It was as if he had really become a caged bird.

The door frame of the room had been repaired, but the door had not been closed again. It was probably to prevent her from closing the door again, she thought, and she simply did not install the door.

She could not see the end of such a life. The endless emptiness and the uneasiness of wasting time made it difficult for her to sleep after tossing and turning every night.

That morning, when she had finished washing up, for the first time she did not wait for the servant to bring her breakfast, she went to the door and pretended to go downstairs.

As expected, the moment he walked out of the room, he was stopped by a bodyguard guarding the door.

"Miss Pei, please don't make things difficult for us."

"Difficult?" She looked at the sturdy long arm in front of her and couldn't help but curl her lips. Her eyes were cold as she said, "I'm going downstairs to eat breakfast. You guys can follow me. Don't tell me you think I can run away from you?"

The two bodyguards looked at each other, as if hesitating.

Pei Luoyi did not wait for them to consider the matter properly. She raised her hand to brush away the arm before her and walked ahead of them.

The two men looked at each other and followed.

After breakfast, she stretched her back and turned her head to look outside the door.

It had rained for a few days, and the road was still wet. The sky was still dark, but there were no clouds.

He suddenly wanted to take a walk outside.

As soon as the thought popped into his head, his body involuntarily rose from the chair.

The two men naturally stood in front of her without a second thought.

His already fiendish face became even more stern and stern.

"Miss Pei, please return to your room."

Her voice was loud like a bell, ringing in her ears.

She curled her fingers before releasing them. Raising her head, she resolutely said, "I want to go out for a walk."

"I'm sorry, but we can't do this without Young Master Gong's instructions. Please go back to your room."

"And if I don't?" She stared coldly at the man who had signaled her to go up the stairs, her eyes brimming with stubbornness.

The man obviously didn't want to talk to her. When he assigned this woman, the employer gave him the right to take the necessary measures when necessary.

Just as he was about to make his move, another bodyguard at his side suddenly moved to stop him.

Pei Luoyi was prepared to be dragged back to her room, but upon seeing this, she couldn't help but be stunned.

The bodyguard gave her a long look before taking out his phone and dialing a number. He went to the side to answer the call, but did not know what he said to her. When he returned to Pei Luoyi, he said, "Young Master Gong allows you to move freely within the villa, but you have to let us follow you."

After all, she had a record of not going through the main entrance and climbing over the walls to escape, letting a bodyguard watch her, that was the bottom line of a man.

At this moment, on the top floor of the Gong Family Group Building, behind a huge wooden desk, Gong Yan was fiddling with the phone he had just hung up from.

In the evening, as the twilight gradually dyed the sky, the dark clouds finally dispersed as if they had been cleansed. The orange afterglow of the setting sun passed through the layers of clouds, covering half of the sky.

Rolls-Royce drove into the gate of the estate and, as usual, stopped in front of the white house, waiting for the man in the back seat to get out before driving away.

A group of servants had long prepared dinner. Almost as soon as a man sat down, he would be able to eat a steaming hot meal.

Gong Yan walked into the dining room and sat down at the head of the table. As he had done for the past few days, he didn't use his chopsticks.

After sitting quietly for a while, his gaze swept across his wristwatch and saw the minute hand pointing towards it. Suddenly, a frown appeared on his handsome forehead.

The servant at the side felt a chill spreading through his body and hesitated for three seconds. Finally, he came forward and stuttered: "Young Master Gong, Miss Pei, she …" "He's not back yet."

Since there was someone specifically watching over her, they didn't pay much attention to her. It was just that after the afternoon break, she said that she was going out for a walk, but she didn't even come back for dinner.

Hearing that, the man's beautiful eyebrows creased into a deep frown.

Ye Zichen took out his phone from the inside pocket of his suit with his slender and clean fingers, then clicked on a number and broadcasted the news.

By the time the call connected, Gong Yan was already out the door.

"Where is she?"

"..."

The summer days were always longer than the other seasons, and it had only been a few minutes since Gong Yan had entered the pavilion by the lake. At this time, the sky was still faintly lit, and the lamps in the garden had already lit up.

In the pavilion, from time to time, a breeze blew over from the lake.

Pei Luoyi was lying on the marble table, sleeping soundly on her pillow.

Even when the men approached, they showed no sign of waking up.

A head of long seaweed like hair covered most of her back, wrapping around her round shoulders. A few strands of playful hair stuck to her fair cheeks, a small exquisite nose, and two eyelashes that were like a fan, lightly vibrated from time to time …

The corner of his heart was like an iceberg meeting with a warm current, melting into a puddle of icy water. It was unbelievably soft.

This feeling was unfamiliar to Gong Yan, but he didn't reject it.

He seemed to have forgotten that the moment he walked into the pavilion, he was still filled with anger.

But looking at this scene, it was as if everything was thrown to the back of his mind.

Pei Luoyi was fast asleep, and the whole afternoon had completely recovered her sleepless nights.

However, after a few hours of deep sleep, if he did not want to wake up, he would be able to sleep to his heart's content.

She opened her eyes in a daze, then raised her head to look at a face that was several times larger than her own.

Ah!

A person who had just woken up would have a period of mental chaos. She didn't even have time to react to where she was. The moment she screamed, her entire body involuntarily fell backwards.

Before she could grasp anything, her strong, long arms unhesitatingly wrapped around the small of her back and lifted her up.

In the next second, Pei Luoyi's entire body was lifted into the air.

She was hugged by a man.

Realizing that this wasn't a dream, the first thing that came to her mind was the man's leg.

He didn't need that walking stick for the past few days, but even if she didn't have any common sense, she should know that such a serious injury wasn't something that could be healed in a day or two.

Pushing the man's chest, Pei Luoyi glared at the man, "Gong Yan, let me down, do you not want your legs anymore?"