Gu Xiukai swallowed, his mouth shut tight now that his life wasn't hanging by a thread.
After a few seconds, Di Mingjue, angered and embarrassed, exclaimed, "You're playing with me!"
Last time in the suburbs, and now this again. They say there's no third time after the second, but his actions were practically treating him like a circus clown!
Fearing he'd be strangled and thrown away, Gu Xiukai scrambled and rolled towards the safe zone.
In such a small area, where could he hide? He didn't get far before Di Mingjue intercepted him.
"Mr. Di, I truly don't know. Even if you kill me today, I still wouldn't know," Gu Xiukai was so anxious that sweat and tears mingled on his face.
Others' tears were pearls; his were crocodile tears!
Di Mingjue half-crouched in front of him, "I'm giving you one last chance!"
"I couldn't tell you even a hundred times!" Gu Xiukai shook his head frantically. "It's true I'm here for a reason today, and that's because I'm afraid Gu Xiuyu's image will affect Gu's. The operations of Gu's have been very poor recently, and if it's further impacted by negative news, the company will collapse even before I have to take over management."
Since Gu Xiuyu had left abruptly last time, Gu's situation had declined significantly. It was now like a small, rocking boat on the sea, liable to be capsized by the waves at any moment.
A puddle of water lay on the smooth floor. Di Mingjue looked down at the water flowing from beneath Gu Xiukai, frowning at his embarrassed state.
He'd wet himself from fright?
Di Mingjue looked disgusted. "This is your last chance. If I find out you've been fooling me again, I will show no mercy!"
Gu Xiukai breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at his soaked pants, he furrowed his brow in self-disdain.
Leaving the studio, Di Mingjue waited for Shen Lin to approach.
"Mr. Di, where do we go next?" Shen Lin asked.
The entire city now knew about Ye Ziyu's incident. Gu Xiuyu wouldn't bring Ye Ziyu to a crowded place at this time.
Since they needed to travel by yacht and the accommodation had a sea view, it meant the person was on a small island within the sea area.
Di Mingjue said, "Go buy a map of the Sijiu City sea area."
Since the area was too vast and they couldn't be in the sea itself, he would be an outsider, observing the entire sea region.
Shen Lin was efficient. In less than half an hour, Di Mingjue received the map he wanted.
"Mr. Di, shall we open it now?" Shen Lin asked.
The map was quite large, and when opened, it revealed a vast expanse of blue. Di Mingjue leaned over to examine it, marking the places he had already searched with a red marker.
Last time, they had only reached halfway out to sea in the middle of the night, not even discovering any small, uninhabited islands. He found the point where they had stopped previously and looked at the forks appearing on the map.
"Mr. Di, look here!" Shen Lin pointed to a large green area not far from where his pen had landed.
The large green area represented a forest. If trees could grow there, it meant the place was a small island.
Di Mingjue marked a red star on it, staring at the spot, lost in thought for a long time.
The dock.
Shen Lin rented a yacht, and the two of them set off alone into the sea area.
With the map, the journey was faster than the previous aimless searching. The sea breeze whistled past their ears, and in ten minutes, the two approached the location marked with a star on the map.
Shen Lin docked the yacht near the island, ensuring it wouldn't drift away, and then looked at Di Mingjue, "Mr. Di, shall we go down?"
"Drive away." Di Mingjue took the helm of the yacht.
The boat's speed was too fast; as soon as the engine ignited, it shot forward. Shen Lin swayed precariously, nearly falling into the sea.
After the yacht circled the island, Di Mingjue discovered an entrance. He looked at the footprints on the ground, old and new overlapping.
"Mr. Di, should we go in and take a look?" Shen Lin asked again.
Di Mingjue still refused his suggestion.