Chapter 401: Yan Luoxi Loses Contact, Gu Yizhou is Stunned

Chapter 401: Chapter 401: Yan Luoxi Loses Contact, Gu Yizhou is Stunned

"Hm?"

When Bai Jie saw Gu Yizhou coming out of the president’s office, she was stunned for a moment but quickly composed herself.

Given his current relationship with her president, it was perfectly normal for him to be here.

But hadn’t he gone out with President Yan and President Luo earlier?

’Why is he back so suddenly?’

"Hello, Assistant Bai. Has President Yan come to the company recently?"

Gu Yizhou asked.

"President Yan? No, she hasn’t. Didn’t she go out with... uh, with you earlier?"

Assistant Bai Jie said, a little confused.

"She hasn’t?"

Gu Yizhou froze. "Are you sure?"

"I’m sure."

Assistant Bai Jie nodded.

Hearing this, Gu Yizhou’s frown deepened.

’Yan Luoxi hasn’t come to the office, and she isn’t answering her phone. What on earth is going on?’

A strong sense of unease washed over him, and he decided to go to Yan Luoxi’s home to see for himself.

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「Meanwhile」

Yan Luoxi was lying on her bed, staring helplessly at her own furry little paws.

’I wonder if that damn man is worried sick now that he can’t reach me.’

She could only watch helplessly as the time ticked by, her heart filled with frustration and anxiety.

Suddenly!

An idea struck Yan Luoxi. She jumped onto the computer desk and turned on the PC...

After some time, Yan Luoxi shook her stiff little paws, preparing to get up and head back to Gu Yizhou’s place.

’After all, it’s getting late. That damn man is probably about to come home.’

Just then, she suddenly heard the sound of a door opening outside.

’Hm?’

’Someone’s opening my door?’

’A burglar?!’

Alarmed, Yan Luoxi quickly leaped off the bed and hid underneath it.

Soon, the bedroom door was pushed open.

Yan Luoxi peeked out quietly and saw Gu Yizhou standing in the doorway, a worried expression on his face as he looked into the empty room.

"Xixi, are you here?"

Gu Yizhou called out.

’Huh?’

’It’s that damn man!’

That was right!

Gu Yizhou had originally planned to look for Yan Luoxi at her villa.

But Roy had told him that Yan Luoxi hadn’t been back to the villa in a long time.

As for Yan Luoxi’s parents, Gu Yizhou didn’t want to bother them.

Mainly, he didn’t want to make her parents worry.

It was just his own suspicion, his own worry for Yan Luoxi.

Maybe Yan Luoxi really was just busy with something.

After all, this had happened before, and she had always shown up the next day as usual.

When she saw Gu Yizhou muttering to himself, his face etched with worry for her, she no longer cared how Gu Yizhou had found out her door code.

Her heart stirred, and she felt the impulse to respond to him, but reason told her she couldn’t.

’If he finds me, I won’t be able to explain how I got here. He might start to connect some dots.’

She could only remain silent, hiding quietly under the bed, listening to the sound of Gu Yizhou pacing around the room.

Gu Yizhou searched the room but found no sign of Yan Luoxi.

A strong sense of unease couldn’t help but well up inside him.

’Could something have happened to Yan Luoxi?’

To be honest, he had just tried the code on a whim, not actually expecting the door to open.

What he hadn’t expected at all was that Yan Luoxi had actually set her door code to his birthday.

That’s right!

The code to Yan Luoxi’s door was Gu Yizhou’s birthday.

She had changed it a while ago.

This just went to show how important Gu Yizhou was in Yan Luoxi’s heart!

At this thought, he quickly took out his phone, preparing to call Yan Luoxi again.

Just then, his gaze suddenly fell on the space under the bed.

’Is something moving under there?’

Gu Yizhou froze for a second, then walked over, crouched down, and peered under the bed.

And there, he saw a pair of familiar, furry little paws.

"Meow~"

Yan Luoxi saw Gu Yizhou too. Startled, she tried to run, but he grabbed her in one swift motion.

"Huh?"

"Xiaobai, what are you doing here?"

Gu Yizhou stared at the cat in astonishment.

He was utterly shocked.

’Why is my Xiaobai in Yan Luoxi’s apartment?’

He just couldn’t understand it!

Grabbed by the scruff of her neck, Yan Luoxi was unable to move. She could only look at Gu Yizhou with an innocent expression.

She silently breathed a sigh of relief. ’Good thing I’m a cat. There’s no way Gu Yizhou will recognize me.’

But then, another problem occurred to her.

’What am I supposed to do if he just keeps holding me like this?’

’If he finds out I’m Yan Luoxi, I’ll die of embarrassment!’

At this thought, Yan Luoxi began to struggle, trying to break free from Gu Yizhou’s grasp.

But Gu Yizhou was too strong; she couldn’t break free at all.

"Hm?"

Seeing the cat struggle, Gu Yizhou finally snapped out of his daze.

"Xiaobai, how did you get in here?"

he asked, completely baffled.

"Meow~!"

Yan Luoxi meowed at him, still feigning a look of complete innocence.

’Anyway, I’m just a cat. I don’t know anything,’ Yan Luoxi thought to herself.

Gu Yizhou looked into the cat’s big, innocent eyes, and his confusion only deepened.

He knew his Xiaobai was a bit mischievous, but the cat had never run away from home like this before.

And besides, how did it end up in Yan Luoxi’s apartment?

Gu Yizhou thought for a moment and decided to let the cat go, to see if it would run back home on its own.

So, he released his grip. The cat immediately scurried out from under the bed and darted outside in a flash.

Seeing this, Gu Yizhou had no choice but to follow it out.

What else could he do?

What if this silly little cat ran off to who-knows-where again!

After turning and leaving the room, Gu Yizhou found that the cat had already run out of the apartment.

As he stepped outside, he happened to see Xiaobai squeezing through a hole under the door and back into Apartment 305.

He stared, dumbfounded.

Seeing this, Gu Yizhou felt a sense of resignation.

He now knew how Xiaobai had gotten out of his apartment, but he couldn’t figure out how it had gotten into the one next door, 306.

’Did it get in through the balcony window?’

Gu Yizhou frowned. That was a real possibility!

However, when he turned back, went into Apartment 306, and walked over to the balcony to check the window, he found it shut tight, with no sign of it having been opened.

This made him even more confused. Just how did Xiaobai get into Apartment 306?

’Surely Xiaobai didn’t enter the code and open the door by itself, right?’

Gu Yizhou shook his head, thinking the idea was too absurd.

’How could that be possible!’

’How could a cat possibly open a keypad lock!’

But for the moment, Gu Yizhou couldn’t find any other reasonable explanation.

"RING, RING—RING, RING—"

Just then, Gu Yizhou’s phone suddenly started to ring.

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