Chapter 96: Yan Luoxi Is Angry and Isn’t Coming Back

Chapter 96: Chapter 96: Yan Luoxi Is Angry and Isn’t Coming Back

「Meanwhile.」

Over at the Cuihu Villa Estate, Yan Luoxi sat on the sofa holding a cup. A delicate pink silk nightgown perfectly accentuated her curvaceous, impeccably proportioned figure.

However, her flawless, makeup-free face was currently twisted with fury.

All because of a video she had just received on her phone...

"What a pair of scumbags!"

"So utterly shameless!"

She tossed her phone aside, muttering through clenched teeth.

CLICK~

Just then, the door clicked open.

Yan Luoxi instantly schooled her features, reverting to her usual persona as the cold, ice-queen CEO.

Roy, dressed in a casual blazer, walked in with her hands full of shopping bags.

"Xixi, my dearest Xixi, I’m he~re!"

The moment she stepped into the living room, she started complaining, "These are killing me! Quick, come give me a hand!"

When she reached the living room, she saw Yan Luoxi’s exquisitely beautiful face, but her expression was terrifyingly dark.

’Clearly, this is the calm before the storm!’

"Gulp..."

She immediately clamped her mouth shut.

Yan Luoxi remained on the sofa, not bothering to get up. She simply lifted her eyelids and shot Roy an expressionless glance.

The atmosphere in the living room instantly grew awkward.

"Ahem~"

Roy spoke timidly, testing the waters. "So... Xixi, I bought some of your favorite fried skewers. How about we have a couple of drinks?"

Yan Luoxi: "..."

That’s right.

Yan Luoxi had no interest in exquisitely plated Michelin-star cuisine. Instead, she had a particular fondness for street food, especially fried skewers.

If the public ever found out that the great, aloof, ice-queen CEO of a hundred-billion-dollar corporation loved to eat from street stalls, countless jaws would hit the floor!

"You sold me out, and you still have the nerve to show your face?"

"Er..."

Roy was momentarily flustered. "Well... I’ll just go, then?" she mumbled.

...

「Binjiang No.1 Mansion District, outside apartment 305.」

CLICK~

Gu Yizhou took out his key and opened his front door.

The usual sight of Xiaobai napping on the sofa wasn’t there to greet him when he opened the door.

"Huh?"

"Where’s Xiaobai?"

Gu Yizhou was puzzled.

’Don’t tell me that silly little cat ran off to hide under the sofa again.’

Gu Yizhou shook his head with a sigh.

He never really understood why cats loved hiding under sofas.

THUD...

He pushed the door shut behind him.

He walked over to the sofa.

"Xiaobai, Xiaobai... I’m home!"

"Are you hiding again?"

"You little rascal!"

Gu Yizhou said with a smile.

He crouched down and peered under the sofa.

’Huh... She’s not here?’

Gu Yizhou frowned slightly, realizing that Xiaobai wasn’t hiding under the sofa either.

’Could she be sleeping in the bedroom?’

Gu Yizhou muttered to himself, getting up and heading for the bedroom.

Upon entering the bedroom, he found no sign of Xiaobai there either!

"Hmm???"

Gu Yizhou’s brow furrowed even tighter. "She’s not in here, either. Where on earth did she run off to?"

...

「Back with Yan Luoxi.」

She was sitting on the living room sofa, devouring the delicious fried skewers!

"Ahhh~"

"So satisfying!"

The look of pure satisfaction on Yan Luoxi’s face was just like a man in his post-coital bliss. If she lit up a cigarette, the image would be complete!

Beside her, Roy stared, completely dumbfounded, at the sight of Yan Luoxi.

The slender cigarette dangling from her lips nearly fell out of her mouth!

’Holy crap...’

’This...’

"Xixi, did you just escape a famine in Africa or something?"

Roy muttered to herself as she stared at Yan Luoxi.

Yan Luoxi: "..."

’You try being a cat for this long, unable to eat anything greasy!’

Yan Luoxi griped internally.

She rolled her eyes at Roy.

’So satisfying!’

’Now I can even roll my eyes whenever I please!’

Right now, Yan Luoxi was thoroughly savoring the feeling of being human!

’You really don’t know how good it is to be human until you’ve been a cat!’

’No!’

’After tonight, I’ll have to be a cat again tomorrow morning.’

’So I have to enjoy tonight to the fullest!’

That’s right.

Because she had forced herself to remain a cat during the day, she would have to spend half of tomorrow as a cat, too!

Initially, Yan Luoxi had planned to send Roy off later and head back to the Binjiang No.1 Mansion District, but not anymore!

’That scumbag of a man went too far tonight!’

’He actually... kissed her!’ [Gu Yizhou: I’ve been framed! I was the one who got ambushed with a kiss, okay?!]

’That shameless bastard!’

’I’m not going back tonight. Let’s see how he likes that! It’ll scare him to death!’

’Let him panic! Let him worry!’

’It’ll serve him right for bullying me all the time!’

’Hmph!’

Yan Luoxi thought deviously.

...

Meanwhile, Gu Yizhou had already turned his entire home upside down.

But he still couldn’t find any trace of Xiaobai!

Well, of course he couldn’t!

Xiaobai was currently in her form as the aloof, ice-queen CEO, bickering with her best friend, Roy. Poor Gu Yizhou, on the other hand, was frantic, pacing back and forth like an ant on a hot pan!

"Where on earth could she have gone?"

Gu Yizhou fretted, standing in the middle of the living room.

Refusing to give up, he started searching all over again.

"Xiaobai? Xiaobai?"

"Where are you?"

"Stop playing games! Come on out!"

Gu Yizhou called out as he searched.

After another, even more thorough search.

Gu Yizhou had to reluctantly accept it: Xiaobai was really gone.

Although Xiaobai had often run off on her own before, it was always during the daytime!

She always came back on her own in the afternoon!

But!

It was so late tonight, and she still hadn’t returned.

This abnormal behavior made Gu Yizhou’s heart sink with worry.

’Could it be... was Xiaobai being mischievous, ran off somewhere, and fell from the building to her death?’

The sudden thought horrified Gu Yizhou.

’No!’

’I have to go downstairs and look for her!’

’What if she fell and didn’t die? What if she just broke a leg? She’s probably huddled pitifully in some corner right now, licking her wounds!’

Gu Yizhou’s heart ached at the thought.

Without another thought, he rushed downstairs to look for Xiaobai!

He searched all around the base of the building.

He checked every possible corner where she might be.

Gu Yizhou even rummaged through the trash cans.

But!

There was still no sign of Xiaobai. Gu Yizhou was now fairly certain she was no longer in the district.

’Could she be in heat? Did she run outside the district to find a tomcat?’

When Gu Yizhou was a kid staying at his grandfather’s in the countryside, he had seen the village’s female cats howling late at night, looking for tomcats to do... that sort of thing.

Gu Yizhou thought to himself.

By now, his shirt was soaked with sweat from running all over the place.

He was exhausted and his throat was parched!

"Sigh..."

With a soft sigh, he lit up his phone screen and glanced at the time.

It was already eleven o’clock at night.

’I have to get up early for work tomorrow... There doesn’t seem to be any point in searching like this anymore...’