Chapter 400: Yan Luoxi Ran Away? The Scumbag Begins to Suspect

Chapter 400: Chapter 400: Yan Luoxi Ran Away? The Scumbag Begins to Suspect

"Huh?"

Yan Luoxi looked up to find Gu Yizhou watching her with a concerned expression.

"I-it’s nothing."

Yan Luoxi quickly shook her head and said guiltily.

"Are you sure it’s nothing?"

Gu Yizhou frowned slightly. "You don’t look very well," he said, his voice tinged with worry.

"Xixi, are you okay?"

Roy asked from the side, her voice full of concern.

"I’m really fine, just a little tired, I guess."

Yan Luoxi said, making up a casual excuse.

"Then do you want to rest for a bit? Or we could reschedule our meeting with the chamber of commerce for another day?"

Roy suggested after a moment of thought.

"No, no, I’m really fine."

Yan Luoxi quickly waved her hands, refusing the offer.

’The meeting with the chamber of commerce was just a front. I was planning to find an excuse to slip away soon anyway.’

’I can’t drag this out any longer. If the time comes and I suddenly transform into a cat in front of everyone, it’ll be a huge disaster.’

"Okay, then. If you start to feel unwell, you have to tell me... um, tell me and my brother-in-law!"

Roy said.

"Okay, okay, I will."

Yan Luoxi nodded dismissively.

Just then, the waiter finished brewing the tea and began to pour it for the three of them.

Gu Yizhou lifted his teacup, took a small sip, and praised, "Excellent tea!"

"I’m glad you like it, brother-in-law."

Roy said with a smile.

She then started chatting with Gu Yizhou about the art of tea.

Yan Luoxi, however, drank her tea distractedly, her eyes flicking up to the wall clock from time to time.

’Half an hour has passed, but my body hasn’t changed at all. There’s no sign of the transformation coming.’

’This is different from before.’

’That’s strange.’

’Could it be that because I’m with Gu Yizhou today, the transformation is delayed?’

’Could it be delayed for a whole day, just like last time?’

At this thought, Yan Luoxi couldn’t help but feel a surge of secret delight.

’If that’s really the case, doesn’t that mean I can spend a little more time with Gu Yizhou?’

With this in mind, her mood brightened considerably, and she began to listen attentively to Gu Yizhou and Roy’s conversation.

However, just then, her body suddenly went rigid.

She felt a powerful, strange sensation welling up from deep within her.

’Oh no!’

’It’s happening!’

Yan Luoxi’s heart leaped in alarm. She shot to her feet and blurted out, "I just remembered something urgent I have to take care of. You two continue chatting, I’ll be right back."

Without waiting for their reactions, she rushed out of the tea house.

She left Gu Yizhou and Roy staring at each other in confusion.

"What’s with Xixi? Why did she just leave all of a sudden?"

Roy asked, bewildered.

"Uh... she probably really does have something urgent to attend to."

Gu Yizhou gave a slight smile and didn’t say anything more.

However, his mind was filled with questions.

Yan Luoxi’s reaction was too strange. The panic in her eyes as she left made him feel that something was off.

’Could it be...?’

A thought suddenly flashed through Gu Yizhou’s mind.

’Is Yan Luoxi hiding some kind of secret?’

In that moment, a hundred different thoughts raced through Gu Yizhou’s mind.

But he naturally wouldn’t say much in front of Roy.

After a moment’s thought, Gu Yizhou spoke up again. "Um... Roy, I’m going to go check on Xixi. I’ll leave you to handle things with the chamber of commerce."

"Uh... okay, brother-in-law. You go ahead. I can handle things here."

Roy nodded.

With that, Gu Yizhou stood up and headed for the door.

But by the time he stepped out of the restaurant, Yan Luoxi was nowhere in sight.

"Er..."

Staring at the empty entrance to the tea house, Gu Yizhou was at a loss for words.

After a moment’s thought, he headed to the parking lot, intending to go back to the company and see what was wrong with Yan Luoxi.

...

「On Yan Luoxi’s end.」

The moment she was outside, she hailed a taxi, got in, and was on her way.

"Driver, Binjiang No.1 Mansion District."

Yan Luoxi urged the driver to get to the district as fast as possible.

Seeing how anxious Yan Luoxi looked, the driver complied and sped up.

Before long, the taxi arrived at the main gate of the Binjiang No.1 Mansion District.

Yan Luoxi paid the fare and hurried into the residential complex.

As she walked briskly, she sent a message to Gu Yizhou on her phone, telling him that she had been pulled into an unexpected international video conference and wouldn’t be coming back.

After messaging Gu Yizhou, she sent a quick message to Roy as well.

After doing all that,

she finally made it home.

This made her let out a huge sigh of relief.

Just as she entered her bedroom, a familiar wave of dizziness washed over her.

’It’s coming!’

The world went black for Yan Luoxi.

When she opened her eyes again, she had transformed from her human self back into Mao Xiaobai.

Looking down at her small, furry paws, Yan Luoxi couldn’t help but feel a sense of resignation.

’This secret of mine—turning into a cat—is becoming increasingly difficult to hide.’

’I have to find a way to solve this problem, or my life will become a complete mess.’

...

Meanwhile, Gu Yizhou was driving to the company.

While waiting at a red light, he saw Yan Luoxi’s message.

He picked up his phone to look at it, and his brow furrowed slightly.

After a moment’s thought, he called her on WeChat video.

"RING— RING—"

The call rang for a long time, but no one answered.

This made Gu Yizhou’s frown deepen.

"HONK— HONK HONK—"

Just then, the light turned green, and the cars behind him started honking, urging him to move.

Seeing this, Gu Yizhou had no choice but to put down his phone, start the car, and drive on.

As Gu Yizhou drove, he couldn’t help but replay Yan Luoxi’s behavior from earlier in his mind.

Her panic, her haste, the look on her face as she’d abruptly left—it all seemed like she was trying to hide something.

All of it made him feel that Yan Luoxi was hiding a secret.

’But what could it be?’

Gu Yizhou shook his head, pushing the question to the back of his mind for now.

He decided that once he got to the company, he would go to Yan Luoxi’s office himself to see what was going on with her.

Soon, Gu Yizhou arrived at the company.

Instead of going to his own office, he took the elevator directly to Yan Luoxi’s presidential office on the top floor.

However, when he pushed the door open, he found the office empty.

’Yan Luoxi isn’t here?’

Gu Yizhou frowned, took out his phone, and tried calling Yan Luoxi’s WeChat video again.

"RING—"

It rang for a while, but just like before, no one picked up.

After a moment’s thought, Gu Yizhou found Yan Luoxi’s phone number and dialed it instead.

"BEEP... BEEP... BEEP..."

The phone rang for a long time, but still, no one answered.

’Where on earth did Yan Luoxi go?’

A sense of unease washed over Gu Yizhou.

He turned and left the office, intending to search for her elsewhere.

Just then, he ran into Yan Luoxi’s assistant, Bai Jie.

...