After traveling through time, the four best friends were all targeted by the boss

Late at night, Gu Ling sat by the bed for a whole hour until he got up when he heard the sound of rain outside.

He looked at his palm and dragged his feet towards the yard where Meng Yin was.

He quietly opened the door and saw Meng Yin lying obediently on the bed, sleeping soundly.

Gu Ling reached out and stroked her face gently. Meng Yin's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he immediately withdrew his hand.

He now regretted what he had just done, otherwise Meng Yin should be lying in his arms now.

But he was really angry. Whenever he thought of Meng Yin talking to other men, or even just looking at each other, he wanted to see blood.

He sat down on the edge of the bed, thinking to himself, maybe it was just as Ayin said, and his words were just an excuse for his morbid possession of her.

He is a patient, but he really can't live without Ayin. If she leaves him, he will not be able to survive.

Gu Ling knelt on one knee on the ground and looked at Meng Yin's hand so close to him, but he didn't even try to pull it.

Ah Yin must be very angry now, he thought. If I wake her up, she will be even angrier. If she leaves me...

Gu Ling suddenly realized a fact: he couldn't live without Meng Yin, but Meng Yin could leave him. If he kept making Meng Yin angry, she would leave him, and he couldn't stand her leaving, so he would lock her up, and she would hit her head against the wall, and then he would hit his head against the wall too...

After being stuck in a rut for the whole night, Gu Ling finally realized that Meng Yin asked him to calm down because she hoped that he could change.

If I change Ayin, will she always be with him?

The rain was getting heavier, and there was no moonlight. Gu Ling sat in the dark, his hands on his knees, and he was deeply troubled by this question.

Change...or not change?

Gu Ling couldn't help it, so he reached out and pressed her sleep point, then he boldly held her hand.

"Ayin, Ayin..." He murmured over and over again, as if he wanted to engrave Meng Yin's name into his heart, so that she would be connected to him forever.

His love for her would not diminish, but would only grow.

But what about Meng Yin's feelings towards him? He was not sure, and for the first time in his life, he felt panic.

-

The wind made the fiery red candlelight flicker. Duan Ran reached out to close the window and said to his little sister who was writing, "Ayan, writing at night hurts your eyes. Don't read it. Be good."

He walked forward, took the pen from her hand, and put away the paper and ink.

Duan Yan looked at her brother's busy back and suddenly asked, "Brother, do you like me?"

Duan Ran answered without any hesitation: "Of course, my brother likes Ayan the most."

Duan Yan ran up to him with a smile and hugged him, looking up and saying, "Today I was chatting with Sister Yin, and she said that she and Master Gu... like each other and want to be together forever. I thought, my brother also said this to me, we should be together forever."

Duan Ran looked at her face, so cute, so innocent. He half-knelt down in a daze, holding her cheeks with both hands, and asked softly: "Then Ayan... did you tell the madam and the others what I said?"

His heart was beating a little faster. He had been saying those words to Duan Yan since she could remember. She didn't understand the meaning and just thought it was her brother's love for her. But Meng Yin and Qiao Yi must understand. If they knew what he said to Duan Yan, his hateful and dirty thoughts would be discovered.

Duan Yan shook her head and said, "No, I just thought about it in my heart. Brother, do you want me to tell others?"

Duan Ran felt relieved, picked her up and sat her on a chair, saying, "Don't think about it. This is a matter between the two of us. It's fine as long as we two know it."

He held up his finger: "Besides...Ayan will never leave her brother, right?"

Duan Yan hooked his little finger and said with a smile: "No! Let's make a pinky promise."

-

The next morning, Qiao Yi brought a letter from Gu Huai, saying that things had already started.

Meng Yin got up very early. After reading the letter, she took Qiao Yi outside to have breakfast.

Meng Yin said: "I think there will be news tomorrow, Qiao Yi, keep an eye on them."

Qiao Yi nodded: "Yes."

After the two of them ate, Meng Yin felt much better, especially when she thought of the two people's shocked expressions, she couldn't help but smile.

So she took Qiao Yi shopping happily, while on the other side——

Gu Ling looked at the empty room and the cold bed and realized that Meng Yin had gone out long ago.

He put the breakfast on the table, lowered his eyes to look at his hands, and then looked around expressionlessly.

Lu Yun was trembling with fear at the side. He heard Gu Ling's very sure voice: "I should lock her up."

"Master Gu...you must not do this." Lu Yun couldn't help but speak. He didn't dare to directly point out the strange way Gu Ling's train of thought was, so he could only make a careful suggestion.

Gu Ling glanced at him and motioned for him to continue.

"If we do this, Miss Meng might..." He didn't continue, but Gu Ling understood.

He pondered for a moment and said "hmm" lightly.

Lu Yun breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that Lord Gu could really figure it out.

-

Into the inconspicuous courtyard, two men walked in one after the other.

The door was opened, and the boy, who was slightly thinner than the two muscular men, looked at them and said with a bow, "You two are here, my young master is waiting inside."

The two looked at each other and walked in.

There was no one else in the courtyard. Inside the open door of the lobby, Gu Huai was sitting on a couch, dressed in blue. The light shone on his fair face, and he finally looked less sickly.

"Master Li, Master He, how are you?" Seeing the two of them, he put down his teacup and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Li Yang took the lead and said, "Mr. Gu, I didn't expect you to find us."

Gu Huai said: "I still remember the help you two gave me a few years ago, but unfortunately fate is unfair..."

His eyes moved as he slowly looked at the two of them. "Now I'm calling you two again. I wonder if this is a bit abrupt or not?"

He Xiaotian laughed a few times and sat down on the couch: "Of course it's not abrupt! Master Gu called us here for the position of Palace Master?"

Gu Huai smiled and said, "Uncle He, you are still as outspoken as before."

He Xiaotian waved his hand and said, "No, Master Gu, I, He Xiaotian, still hope that you will take the position of the Palace Master. Now that Master Gu... humph! I feel really suffocated in front of him. I don't know which words will offend him!"

Li Yang held him down and signaled him to speak less.

Gu Huai noticed his actions and said, "After so many years, Uncle Li has become estranged from me."

Li Yang was stunned, then laughed and said, "That's not the case. It's just that we don't know why Mr. Gu called us here. After all, we are still working under Gu Ling. We can't speak nonsense, right?"

Gu Huai nodded in understanding and said, "Uncle Li is right. I called you here today because I hope you can join me, take the jade slip, and seize the position of Palace Master!"

With a slap, He Xiaotian excitedly slammed the table, a wrinkled smile on his face: "Okay! I'll do it with you! Damn, I've been fed up with that kid Gu Ling for a long time. Don't you know that he came back a few days ago, and he actually brought a girl with him!"

Gu Huai raised his eyebrows and asked, "What happened to that girl?"

He Xiaotian said, "That girl looked very lovely, but I don't know how she managed to seduce him. He sent people to look for her after not seeing her for a quarter of an hour. That girl was also shameless, hugging and kissing him in public! Bah! What big deal can she achieve?"

His words made Gu Huai's hands hidden in his sleeves gradually clench, but his face remained calm.

"I think it's Gu Ling's fault and has nothing to do with that girl." Gu Huai said.

He Xiaotian said indifferently: "Hey, don't talk about this." He shook Li Yang's arm with his hand, "Old Yang, you don't want to do it, do you?"

Li Yang shook his head: "Of course not, but Master Gu needs to tell us what we should do."

Gu Huai said: "I have an informant inside. You know that person, it's the woman that Gu Ling brought back - Meng Yin."

The two looked at each other, and He Xiaotian quickly said, "Oh, Master Gu, I just said it without meaning it!"

Gu Huai continued, "Gu Ling is on guard against you and will not tell you when to get the jade slip and its location, but he will not tell Miss Meng. When the time comes, go find her and she will tell you the news."

Li Yang said: "We are looking for her...how should we start talking?"

Gu Huai took out a piece of paper with two lines of poetry written on it: "Just tell her this and she'll take it up, that's all."

The two looked at each other and nodded silently.