"I want to leave here with you right now," Ye Ziyu poured out her heart.
They were currently on Gu Xiuyu's territory. Having arrived empty-handed, though they had numbers, they were not enough to confront him.
Di Mingjue, seeing Ye Ziyu's urgency to leave, took her hand and said, "I'll stay and be with you."
"No!" Ye Ziyu quickly sobered up.
She desperately wanted to return to their former life as soon as possible, but she couldn't be so selfish as to insist on leaving before they were fully prepared.
Ye Ziyu pushed against Di Mingjue's shoulder, urging him to leave quickly. "Go now. Come back to rescue me when everything is ready."
Sounds of departure could already be heard from downstairs. A message arrived on Gu Xiuyu's phone.
【Come down quickly, Gu Xiuyu is back!】
Ye Ziyu craned her neck to look at the content on the screen, her anxiety increasing. "It's too late."
"If it's too late, we won't leave," Di Mingjue replied to Ye Chenhan's message, then muted his phone's volume.
Seeing that he was serious, Ye Ziyu's heart leaped into her throat. Having lived here for a few days, she was familiar with all the facilities in the room. Gu Xiuyu had installed surveillance equipment everywhere to prevent her from escaping.
How could he, a living person, avoid these devices?
Ye Ziyu, with a choked sob, urged, "Mingjue, be good, please leave with them, okay?"
"It's already too late," Di Mingjue said, then bent down to crawl under the bed.
Footsteps grew closer at the door, and then the door was pushed open.
Ye Ziyu looked at Gu Xiuyu holding a wedding dress outside the door and stepped forward to approach him.
"The wedding dress has arrived. Try it on first. If it doesn't fit, I'll have someone alter it," Gu Xiuyu presented the wedding dress to Ye Ziyu.
Fearing he would enter the room, Ye Ziyu pushed him outwards. Standing in the hallway, Gu Xiuyu still waited for Ye Ziyu to try on the wedding dress.
"I don't like the style," Ye Ziyu said.
Knowing her unique taste, Gu Xiuyu had already prepared alternatives.
"Ziyu, there are a few more styles of wedding dresses downstairs. Come and take a look."
The boxes Di Mingjue and his companions had brought contained wedding dresses arranged by Gu Xiuyu, which were now hung in the living room downstairs.
Ye Ziyu went downstairs.
The living room was filled with wedding dresses, one of each style, with even the patterns on them being different.
He had indeed put in a lot of effort! But he had chosen the wrong person.
Ye Ziyu weaved through the numerous wedding dresses and casually picked up a more conservative one from the corner. "I'll try it on here. You wait outside."
Gu Xiuyu was taken aback, but since she was willing to try one on, he would gladly wait outside, let alone step out.
"Okay, take your time trying it on. Call me if there are any problems," Gu Xiuyu walked out of the living room, looking back repeatedly.
Ye Ziyu drew all the curtains and went upstairs with the wedding dress she had chosen.
"Mingjue?" Upon entering the room, Ye Ziyu squatted by the bed and looked underneath.
Di Mingjue, who she had seen crawl in, was not there.
There was a rustling sound from the balcony, and Di Mingjue emerged from behind the curtains.
"Don't worry, I'm here," Di Mingjue said, looking at the wedding dress in her hand. "Are you wearing this one tomorrow?"
"I'll use trying on the wedding dress as an excuse to make him wait outside. I'll find an opportunity to stall him later, and you can find a chance to leave," Ye Ziyu instructed.
His hiding here was not a foolproof plan. Gu Xiuyu was very cautious, and if he discovered them, they would be at a disadvantage.
Di Mingjue understood Ye Ziyu's worries, but he also had his own arrangements. Having already taken a step according to the plan, how could he retract it?
Di Mingjue embraced her waist, his palm caressing her cheek. "Continue with your original plan, and don't focus your attention on me."