The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker

Chapter 395 - 365: Gu Linhai Comes to Visit

Jingyu GardenAfter waiting nearly five hours, Gu Yicheng finally saw Gu Yanjing arrive.

Upon hearing footsteps, Gu Yicheng immediately stood up and looked in the direction of the sound: "Brother."

Gu Yanjing was dressed in casual home clothes, rolling up his sleeves as he approached.

Gu Yicheng instinctively stepped back two steps: "Brother. I..."

Gu Yanjing sat on the sofa and finally raised his eyes to glance at him.

Gu Yicheng was drenched in sweat, his lips pale, and there was a tremor deep in his pupils. Unsure of what to say, he called out again: "Brother."

"What are you here for?" Gu Yanjing asked, looking at him.

Gu Yicheng couldn’t immediately reply.

Gu Yanjing looked at him, waiting for an answer.

Gu Yicheng, under his gaze, retreated another step: "I, I... I’m here to take Xiaoxiao home."

"Does she want to go back with you?" Gu Yanjing asked.

Gu Yicheng again couldn’t answer.

Gu Yanjing softly said, "Speak."

Gu Yicheng said, "Brother, I know I was wrong. I want to see her, I want to take her back."

"What’s the use of knowing you were wrong?" Gu Yanjing said coldly, "You knew it was wrong and still did it. Knowing you were wrong, what can you make up for?"

"I had my difficulties." Gu Yicheng said.

"What kind of difficulties push your wife to such a point?" Gu Yanjing asked again.

Gu Yicheng fell silent once more.

"If you know you’re wrong, don’t keep being wrong." Gu Yanjing said, "Respect her. It’s not difficult, right?"

"But if I let go, she might really never look at me again." Gu Yicheng lowered his head and said.

Gu Yanjing looked at him.

"Brother, could you let me see her?" Gu Yicheng said.

"If you don’t let go, will she look at you again?" Gu Yanjing asked.

Gu Yicheng kept his head down.

Gu Yanjing said, "You’re in your twenties, don’t you know how to take responsibility for your actions?"

"I know." Gu Yicheng said, "Brother, I really know I was wrong. I genuinely want to make amends, I don’t want a divorce."

Gu Yanjing didn’t speak.

Gu Yicheng continued, "I’m genuinely afraid she’ll leave me. That’s why I did so many stupid things some time ago. It’s not that I don’t support her acting or working. I’m just, just... I’m too scared she’ll leave me. I’m too scared that if others treat her well, she won’t want to be with me. So I..."

"My mom kept urging us to have kids." Gu Yicheng said, "That’s why I thought of using a child to keep her bound."

Gu Yanjing clenched his hand, genuinely wanting to hit him.

But when he came down, Qiao Yuxian had told him to try not to get physical.

So he didn’t strike.

"Brother, I won’t do it anymore, I really won’t." Sensing Gu Yanjing’s intention, Gu Yicheng quickly said, "I really won’t interfere with her work anymore. I, I’ve already arranged two activities for her. Let me see her."

Gu Yanjing’s phone rang twice, he took it out to check.

Qiao Yuxian sent him a message.

Ji Xiaoxiao didn’t want to see him.

Gu Yanjing thought about it, replied with a "hmm," turned off his phone, and said to Gu Yicheng, "She doesn’t want to see you, go back."

"Brother." Gu Yicheng took a step forward.

Gu Yanjing looked at him.

Facing his gaze, Gu Yicheng instinctively backed up a step again, then after a while said, "Brother, can I stay here for a bit?"

Gu Yanjing didn’t speak.

But Gu Yicheng quickly said, "Brother, I won’t bother. I’ll come back when I have time."

Saying this, he hurriedly headed out.

Afraid of being too slow, worried his brother would take his life.

He had only rushed a few steps when Gu Yanjing suddenly called out to him, "Yicheng."

Gu Yicheng’s footsteps halted, his body like being hit with electricity, tensing all over. He took a deep breath and turned to look at Gu Yanjing: "Brother."

Gu Yanjing looked at him and said, "Don’t touch things you shouldn’t."

Gu Yicheng gripped his trembling fingertips, paused, and said, "Brother, I understand."

Gu Yanjing didn’t speak again.

Gu Yicheng looked at him and said, "Brother, I’m leaving."

"Okay."

...

After Gu Yicheng left, Gu Yanjing told Qiao Yuxian what Gu Yicheng had said.

Qiao Yuxian conveyed it to Ji Xiaoxiao.

Then Ji Xiaoxiao left the next day.

Another day later, when Qiao Yuxian asked Ji Xiaoxiao, she was at an audition.

Gu Yicheng had arranged work for her, but she didn’t go. She was looking for film crews to audition on her own.

Gu Yicheng no longer interfered with her work, but frequently lingered within her sight.

Ji Xiaoxiao ignored him, focused on finding work, and first settled her life.

Qiao Yuxian had He Tu gather some of the scripts Xi Mei invested in and sent them to Ji Xiaoxiao for her auditions.

Afterward, Qiao Yuxian’s life became quite busy.

The dubbing studio had work, if not completed, Shi Tan would chase her down.

Her internship at the Gu Group needed finishing, and she was constantly worried about the Imperial Power Club and those handling the bodies.

Being busy one day, just before getting off work the next day, Gu Linhai approached her.

Gu Linhai had been interfering with online news in the background.

At first, he only removed online news.

Then, he actually wanted to shift the wind of online opinion, slowly reversing the reputation of the Imperial Power Club, making the public think it was falsely accused.

Since Gu Linhai began secretly removing online news.

Gu Yanjing stopped involving himself with the online matters.

Because it wasn’t necessary anymore.

He had people spread the word about the Imperial Power Club to expedite its closure by the Jin City side.

Afterward, even with the club closed, whether or not there was online news about it didn’t matter.

He quietly watched as Gu Linhai spent money and effort everywhere to withdraw news.

Now, Gu Linhai wanted to shift online opinion again, pressing with public sentiment, but Gu Yanjing didn’t pay much attention to it.

As long as the Jin City’s police website didn’t remove their news, even if they twisted and turned, nothing would change.

So he wasn’t aware of the specifics online, and naturally didn’t know about a platform called YM, which was continuously fighting against Gu Linhai.

On other platforms, where Gu Linhai hired people to lead the narrative, netizens started being misled, even searching for evidence that the Imperial Power Club was falsely accused.

Then, on every platform where such evidence appeared.

YM would present evidence to refute them.

If they couldn’t provide evidence against YM, they’d curse YM, smear YM, and attack it from all angles, aiming to erase it from the world.

But YM was too resilient.

Its mantra was that everything here was under their control, and no one could lead it around.

Therefore... YM not only fought an online battle but a commercial one as well.

Yuan Wei was still on Cui Mountain Island helping Qin Xia manage Qin Family affairs, not in the Capital City.

So YM was temporarily led by Qiao Yuxian.

As for Qiao Yuxian, she had nothing else, just plenty of money.

Thinking they could topple YM with money was absurdly delusional.

So after a few days of fierce battles, Gu Linhai inevitably came knocking...