Gu Xiaorou nestled obediently on his shoulder like a kitten, and said resentfully, "Who knows you? You always keep your thoughts to yourself and never say anything. With so many beautiful women surrounding you, I don't feel safe."
Ling Yun smiled bitterly, thinking to himself, "You didn't see what it was like before I gained my superpowers. Not only did I lack the comfort of beautiful women, but even the prettiest girl in my class dared to point her finger at me and berate me."
Thinking of the class beauty, Ling Yun's heart skipped a beat. He thought of Li Lingling. Almost a semester had passed since the start of the semester, and he realized he hadn't seen Zhang Yunfeng and Li Lingling at all. During the first month of school, the three of them kept in close contact by phone, especially Li Lingling, who called him almost daily. But later, their calls gradually decreased until they disappeared altogether. Ling Yun, busy with his own affairs, had almost completely forgotten about them. Fortunately, everything was temporarily settled now, and he should visit his two old friends when he had some free time.
Gu Xiaorou sighed softly: "I've known since I was little that some things can't be forced. Actually, I don't ask for much. As long as you can stay by my side, I'll be happy."
Ling Yun held her rounded shoulders, looked her beautiful face from left to right, and said earnestly, "Xiao Rou, I am willing to stay by your side for the rest of my life, only with you, believe me!"
Gu Xiaorou looked at him with sparkling eyes, her bright eyes shining with surprise and excitement. A blush involuntarily rose on her fair face. Her beloved's sweet words flowed into her heart like honey, making her look incredibly beautiful and charming. Even her fair neck was flushed with a rosy blush.
Suddenly, the girl's face turned deathly pale. She abruptly broke free from Ling Yun's embrace, clutching her head tightly with her slender hands, trembling uncontrollably as if she had suddenly encountered something extremely terrifying.
Ling Yun was taken aback. He had never seen Gu Xiaorou suddenly become like this before. He thought his girlfriend had been ambushed in the simulation and that this was only happening now. His heart almost stopped beating. He hurriedly helped Gu Xiaorou up and called out in a panic, "Xiaorou, Xiaorou, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me."
He grabbed Gu Xiaorou's right arm, and in his desperation, he disregarded everything else. His mental energy field surged into Gu Xiaorou's body like a river flowing into the sea, instantly transforming into countless trickles that probed within her numerous meridians and nerves, trying to find the main cause of the girl's unexpected attack.
His right eye had turned into a shimmering emerald green. The emerald eye of the Blood Eye possessed a rare balancing ability. If exerted to a certain degree, it could even forcibly draw energy from the heavens and earth to replenish the damaged body. This meant that as long as one possessed the emerald eye, one could even possess, to a certain extent, omnipotent power and temporary immortality.
Lingyun had been researching this superpower for a long time, but the deeper he delved, the more mysterious it seemed. He didn't intend to use abilities he hadn't fully understood. For superpowered individuals, unknown supernatural arts might possess powerful strength and benefits, but they were more likely to cause massive damage and attack. Statistically speaking, the latter was more probable.
But at this moment, Ling Yun couldn't care less about anything else. He only had one thought in his mind: to ensure Gu Xiaorou's safety. Even if it meant his own death, Ling Yun would not hesitate. In his heart, this lonely girl seemed to have become one with him, inseparable and impossible to sever.
A strong and pure mental surge flashed through Gu Xiaorou's mind, instantly forming a fragment rich in useful information. This fragment was formed according to a special rule, somewhat like the famous Uddiyana cipher. No one except the person involved could know what this fragment meant.
Ling Yun let out a soft breath, finally putting his mind at ease. When he used the Azure Eye and the Eye of Illusion together, he sensed fragments of mental activity within Gu Xiaorou's consciousness. However, the patterns of these fragments were too complex, and even with Ling Yun's keen senses, he couldn't decipher their meaning. This wasn't some kind of hidden injury flare-up, nor was it some kind of mental attack like hypnosis. It was simply an act of transmitting and translating codes, only this time in the form of a mental field with a special frequency.
Gu Xiaorou must know where this fragment came from, otherwise her mental field wouldn't have received such a strange mental vibration fragment. Judging from the girl's closed eyes and trembling eyelashes, the content of the fragment was obviously very surprising!
After a moment, Gu Xiaorou slowly steadied herself and opened her eyes. Her expression had returned to normal, but her face was still pale. Seeing Ling Yun looking at her with concern, the girl felt a warmth in her heart. Even though she didn't know what Ling Yun had just done, Gu Xiaorou knew that he cared about her. Therefore, before Ling Yun could ask, she blurted out, "It's my mother's last words?"
"What? Your mother's last words?" Ling Yun was immediately incredulous, exclaiming in surprise, "Didn't your mother pass away a long time ago? How could she have left a last message? And how did she convey it to you through mental telepathy? And why is she only telling you now?"
“I don’t really understand either, but it’s definitely my mother’s information.” Gu Xiaorou said with a somber expression. She didn’t have a deep relationship with her mother. In her memory, her mother had almost never shown any maternal love. All she did was cultivate, or act as a killing machine. But she was still her biological mother. “This is her secret technique. As long as you know the characteristics and frequency of a person’s mental field, even if you are thousands of miles away or a long time has passed, you can still transmit the information she wants to convey to me. I didn’t expect that after so long, she still had an unfulfilled wish to tell me.”
"Oh..." Ling Yun nodded thoughtfully. This was the first time he had ever heard of such a strange technique for transmitting information. He had never even heard of it before, let alone seen it. The yellow book barrier didn't seem to contain any information about this technique. However, Ling Yun had a strange feeling in his heart, a feeling that made him very uncomfortable, as if he had just been spied on by some evil being.
"What were the contents of your last words?" Ling Yun asked, putting aside his feelings. Compared to this strange feeling, the contents of the last words were more important, as they involved a mystery that remained unsolved to this day.
Gu Xiaorou's mother, as a high-ranking member of the Heavenly Eye Society, possessed extremely high power and status. Why would she choose to steal the Heavenly Eye and defect from the Heavenly Eye Society, not only losing her own life but also having her daughter hunted down for more than three years? If she was after coveting the treasure, why would she entrust the Heavenly Eye to her daughter and let her find her biological father whom she had never met?
Obviously, this would be a losing proposition. As traitors, the Sky Eye Society would not hesitate to act, so there must be another reason. This reason should still lie in the secret of the Sky Eye, otherwise Gu Xiaorou's mother would not have risked her life to steal the Sky Eye and deliver it to her daughter so that she could come to China.
Ling Yun had a vague idea of why Gu Xiaorou was sent to China. It was likely related to the China Superpower Headquarters. Gu Xiaorou's mother was Chinese, and although Gu Xiaorou was exceptionally beautiful, she was still Chinese, showing no signs of mixed heritage. Even from a genetic standpoint, it was clear that Gu Xiaorou's parents had close ties to the Chinese people. Her mother's decision to send her to mainland China was probably due to the immense power of the China Superpower Headquarters, which would deter the Sky Eye Society from acting recklessly.
In short, everything is closely related to the mystery of the Heavenly Eye. Without unlocking the secrets of the Heavenly Eye, it is impossible to know the reasons behind all the actions of those with superpowers. This small black bead has affected the fate and actions of countless people. The name "Heavenly Eye" is truly well-deserved.
Gu Xiaorou's beautiful eyes flashed with a sharp light: "There was nothing else. They just told me a clue about my biological father, saying that his whereabouts could be found in Hong Kong, in a very famous bar near the west side. That's all."
“Is that so…” Ling Yun frowned. He originally thought the last words would be related to the secret of the Heavenly Eye, but he didn’t expect it to be about clues to Gu Xiaorou’s biological father. This was a bit strange. Since it was a secret technique left behind long after Gu Xiaorou’s mother died, it should be very important. Why was it only about the whereabouts of Gu Xiaorou’s biological father and had nothing to do with the Heavenly Eye?
He pondered for a moment and asked, "Why didn't she tell you sooner, instead of using this method to convey the information?"
"I don't know." Gu Xiaorou seemed very unwilling to think about this matter. Her childhood memories did not bring her any warmth, and compared to the present, the girl preferred not to recall them. "My mother always had a strong purpose in everything she did, but she never told me what she wanted to do?"
“Lingyun, let’s go to Hong Kong. I want to fulfill her last wish and give the Heavenly Eye to that man. From then on, I will have no more ties. The Heavenly Eye will not be in our hands, and no one will pay attention to us or try to take advantage of us. We will live a peaceful life. Isn’t this the life you want? Actually… it’s what I want too.” Gu Xiaorou said softly, looking at Lingyun, her bright black eyes showing a hint of hope.
Ling Yun silently grasped her soft, smooth hands. Gu Xiaorou's words had touched the deepest part of his heart. The boy did not like this kind of life. On the contrary, he missed his peaceful high school life. Even though no one paid attention to him and he had the trouble of not doing well in school, those troubles were nothing compared to his current troubles.
“We’ll take Yang Yuqi back, get ready, and then we can set off. It’s better to do it sooner rather than later; I don’t want to miss my school’s final exams,” Ling Yun said.
"You bookworm, you really take university seriously." Gu Xiaorou tapped his forehead with her slender finger, both amused and exasperated.
Just as Ling Yun was about to say something, a slight rustling sound came from behind him. Yang Yuqi on the sofa suddenly moved her body, as if she was about to wake up.
Gu Xiaorou's expression subtly changed. Suddenly, she gently pressed Ling Yun's chest, triggering the spiritual imprint of the yellow book barrier. In the blink of an eye, she transformed into a silver ball of light and flashed into the yellow book barrier. She was quite familiar with the key to the barrier, and with just a few gestures, she could move in and out freely.
Then her voice rang in Ling Yun's mind: "Go take care of your little beauty. She'll probably be happy to see you when she wakes up, but she might not be so happy to see me. I'll hide away for now and give you two a chance to be alone. But I'm warning you, don't try anything funny. I'll be watching you from inside the barrier. I can see everything you do through the barrier."
Ling Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly. What was this? He was essentially wearing a camera, with someone able to know his every thought at any moment. He had originally thought that the evolution of the Yellow Book barrier would bring huge benefits, but unexpectedly, instead of enjoying the benefits, the side effects were quite obvious: being within the barrier was no longer a closed environment, but rather allowed him to probe the outside world at any time through his mental energy field—essentially, he had gained an extra pair of eyes. Unless Ling Yun completely stopped using his mental energy field, Gu Xiaorou wouldn't be able to see anything, but without the mental energy field, the barrier obviously wouldn't exist either.
Yang Yuqi let out a soft moan, feeling extremely dizzy. But now that she was awake, her consciousness became clearer and clearer. She sat up from the large sofa, covering her smooth forehead, and slowly opened her eyes. Suddenly, she remembered the white handkerchief that had covered her mouth and nose before she lost consciousness. She immediately realized that she had been kidnapped and was about to scream and stand up in fear.
A pair of strong hands placed on her smooth, rounded shoulders, and she slowly sat down: "Don't worry, Yuqi, I'm here. You're alright. Have some water first."
As the words fell, a figure all too familiar came into Yuqi's view. Then, she placed a steaming cup of water on the coffee table. The boy she had been longing for stood in front of her, looking at her with a gentle smile.
Yuqi stared blankly at Lingyun, momentarily lost in a daze. Had a miracle truly occurred? Had she fallen into a daydream while unconscious and seen the figure deepest in her heart? Or had heaven finally granted her wish and unintentionally sent Lingyun to her side, filling her with both shock and boundless joy?
"Are you alright? Don't worry, it's all over now, you're safe..." Ling Yun saw that the girl looked disoriented and thought she was too frightened by the kidnapping to come back to her senses.
He was about to say a few more words of comfort when he suddenly stopped. The boy stood up, looking somewhat bewildered at the girl who had suddenly leaped up like a little rabbit and rushed into his arms, hugging him tightly.
Yuqi's heart pounded like a deer's, her face showing tenderness and infatuation. Even though she was shy, she still hugged Lingyun tightly, unwilling to let go.
Chapter 210 Tonight I Am Yours
Ling Yun stood there awkwardly, truly unsure whether to hug her or not. If it were anyone else, being offered a hug by a beauty like Yang Yuqi would probably be ecstatic. Ling Yun was also on the verge of madness, but not from sheer joy; rather, he was on the verge of a tragic breakdown. The worst part was that his girlfriend was hidden inside the yellow book's protective barrier!
Embracing another girl in front of his girlfriend, Ling Yun felt as if his heart was being twisted into a knot by an inexplicable force. He felt an indescribable discomfort and embarrassment. While others enjoyed embracing beautiful women, he felt like he was being tortured on a hot stove. Suddenly, a tingling, electric-like sensation shot through his chest. Ling Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly, knowing that this was Gu Xiaorou's doing, using her control over the yellow book's barrier.
After letting Gu Xiaorou enter the barrier, Ling Yun handed over all management and control to her. Gu Xiaorou had become the mistress of the yellow book barrier. Since the barrier had independent abilities, Gu Xiaorou could punish Ling Yun with the attack power it had just generated whenever she wanted. And now was an excellent opportunity to punish him. Gu Xiaorou fully demonstrated her ruthless style of never being soft on enemies and used this method on her philandering boyfriend, achieving very good results.
"See if you dare to do it again next time!" The girl's fierce voice sounded sour and jealous. At the same time, she increased the current output of the barrier. After practicing for a while, Gu Xiaorou was able to precisely control the power of the barrier and then used it all on Ling Yun, making him feel sad but not showing any abnormality on the surface.
Ling Yun almost burst into tears, but fortunately Yang Yuqi was still leaning on his shoulder and didn't see the bitter expression on his face. She thought Ling Yun was as excited as he was, trembling all over.
"Women and petty men are the hardest to deal with." Lingyun suddenly felt a deep understanding of Confucius's words. Alas, life is always full of helplessness.