CHAPTER 130: CHAPTER 130: SHE STRIDES FORWARD

Gu Jiayin decided to distance herself from this man as far as possible.

So, she turned around and left.

Unable to take the mountain road, she planned to jump into the sea.

Unexpectedly, Sheng Qianchi didn’t stop her either.

Gu Jiayin descended the stairs filled with gloom, seeing Sister Li still waiting at the staircase.

Sister Li seemed perpetually in a fog, unable to grasp anything clearly, "Jiayin, what’s going on with you?"

Gu Jiayin continued walking without stopping, her voice stiff as if frozen, "It’s nothing, I’m leaving."

Sister Li baffled, watched Gu Jiayin’s resolute back until she slammed the door and left. Only then did she come to her senses, glancing upstairs with a belly full of skepticism.

Since it’s a contract relationship, why end the contract so restlessly?

Gu Jiayin left the villa and walked westward, where there was a cliff, and beneath it was the sea.

The mountain wasn’t high, but the terrain was peculiar.

The southern side had a crafted winding mountain road, which Sheng Qianchi had already blown up.

The northern and eastern sides were filled with dense forest and thorns, making it impossible to traverse.

Gu Jiayin had contemplated; if she wanted to leave, her only option was to jump into the sea from the cliff on the mountain’s western side. She needed to scout it first.

After crossing a hill, she finally reached the western cliff.

It was 2 a.m.

The bright moon hung high in the sky, its light scattering over the sea. Looking down from the cliff, a dark, shimmering expanse unfolded.

The sea breeze blew over, refreshing and cool.

In the deep night, no one was around, it was utterly silent.

Gu Jiayin observed the cliff for a while, which was steep as if cut by a knife, indeed suitable for diving into the sea, yet too high, extremely dangerous, perhaps more fitting for bungee jumping.

She needed a rope to climb down the cliff into the sea, then swim ashore to leave.

After confirming her plan, she returned to Shuiyunjian. This time, Sister Li was waiting at the villa door with Jiajia, peering toward the west.

Seeing Gu Jiayin return, she approached with a smile, "Jiayin."

She still hadn’t figured out what was happening with Gu Jiayin.

By now, Gu Jiayin had calmed down, only one thought in mind: leave Shuiyunjian immediately and never return, never to see the deranged Sheng Qianchi again.

"Sister Li, prepare a sturdy rope for me, over a hundred meters long."

Sister Li hesitantly asked, "For what?"

"To jump into the sea."

"Ah?" Sister Li widened her eyes in surprise, "Jiayin, you..."

"That’s enough, don’t ask, just prepare it quickly."

"...Alright."

Before long, Sister Li dragged a thick rope over a hundred meters long to Gu Jiayin.

Gu Jiayin, offering no further explanations, dragged the rope and climbed once more towards the western cliff.

The rope was thick and long, therefore quite heavy. By the time Gu Jiayin dragged the heap to the western cliff, she was drenched in sweat and panting heavily.

After a brief rest, she was about to tie the rope to a large tree when she suddenly saw a line of tall, robust bodyguards standing atop the cliff, more than twenty of them, all dressed in black suits. In the night wind, they were akin to an impenetrable wall.

Gu Jiayin’s expression turned icy as she strode over, sarcastically teasing the lead bodyguard, "Were you sent by Sheng Qianchi to act as the morning’s Black Angel? Does he think he’s the Death God?"

The lead bodyguard twitched his lips, suppressing his amusement and lowering his head.

Gu Jiayin clenched her fists in secret, her every word icy and sharp, "What, Sheng Qianchi destroyed the road to prevent me from leaving, and now he won’t even let me jump off the cliff?"

The lead bodyguard answered with great respect, "No, Miss Gu. Young Master Chi said you’re free to jump off the cliff, but the rope belongs to Shuiyunjian, and you can’t use it."

Gu Jiayin, "..."

Without the rope, jumping off the cliff could leave her nothing but a splattered mess.

She bit her lip in a cold smile, "What if I insist on using it?"

The lead bodyguard remained expressionless, like a robot, "Young Master Chi said, we may engage with Miss Gu. If none of us twenty-odd people are her match, then you may jump into the sea without returning to see him again."

With that, the lead bodyguard courteously bowed, "So, to avoid jumping into the sea, we will do our utmost, and we apologize if we offend Miss Gu."

Gu Jiayin’s cold gaze swept across the two rows of black-suited bodyguards. Ten seconds later, she furiously abandoned the rope and returned to Shuiyunjian once more.

She wasn’t arrogant enough to presume she could take on over twenty bodyguards.

This return trip stoked a fire in her heart, even more intense than the sight of the demolished mountain road earlier.

Sheng Qianchi was evidently tormenting her. Just a single rope, and if he was that petty to refuse her use, he could have stopped her at Shuiyunjian instead of letting her climb to the western cliff, sweating and exhausted, before intervening.

She didn’t want to speak now, only to fight.

In truth, she’d wanted to fight before, but Sheng Qianchi’s shameless logic angered her to the point of forgetting her initial intent. This time, she had no plans of reasoning.

Back to Shuiyunjian again, Sister Li hadn’t slept, still waiting in the living room for Gu Jiayin to give her a peace of mind call. However, she returned once more, full of fury.

"Jiayin..."

"Don’t ask me anything!"

Sister Li’s words were scattered by the ferocious aura emanating from Gu Jiayin. In the end, she couldn’t pose any questions, only silently watched Gu Jiayin stomp upstairs.

She had a premonition, a great battle was about to unfold on the second floor.

With a "bang," the door was kicked open once more.

This time, the room was brightly lit.

Sheng Qianchi sat leaning against the headboard, tapping away at his computer. Gu Jiayin’s furious aura had permeated the room like a fog, yet he remained serenely unflustered.

After finishing a line of text, he elegantly turned to look at the woman filled with anger but unable to conceal her fatigue, and playfully smiled, "Miss Gu, it’s the middle of the night. What are you planning? Can people still sleep?"

Gu Jiayin stayed silent, tightly pinching her lips, slowly and methodically rolling up her sleeves.

Watching the woman ready to fight, Sheng Qianchi’s eyes sparkled like waves spreading, amused enough to overflow,

"No need to get so worked up, Miss Gu. You can’t descend the mountain tonight. Given we know each other..."

He patted the spot beside him on the bed, "I’ll lend you half the bed."

Gu Jiayin, "..."

Ha!

All this trouble to trap her on the mountain, wear her out, just to make her share the bed with him?

Dream on!

No words necessary, she immediately marched over and yanked off the duvet covering the man.

She had no desire to speak, only to give him a pummeling.

But as the duvet fell, she felt as if ice water was poured over her, stabbing her in the eyes.

She froze, her eyes couldn’t move away.

The bastard wasn’t wearing any clothes.

Indeed, at first, she thought he wasn’t wearing a shirt, but he wasn’t wearing anything at all.

Such lecherous shamelessness!