Walking on the stairs, Ye Ziyu looked back at him inexplicably.
Why didn't he stop her? Or was he so confident she couldn't get out?
Ye Ziyu stared at the exit that was right in front of her, her steps growing larger, her pace quickening.
"Ziyu, the kitchen is on the left. Don't go the wrong way," Gu Xiuyu reminded her from behind.
His words were like air, existing but not taken to heart.
As she approached the living room door, Ye Ziyu quickened her pace into a jog. The moment her hand touched the doorknob, she felt a current surge from her palm straight to her heart.
The door was electrified!
Ye Ziyu turned back incredulously to look at Gu Xiuyu, who was following closely behind.
"The island is very unsafe. I've installed anti-theft systems on all doors and windows. Did it shock you? Does it hurt? It's all my fault. I should have told you earlier." A crisp slap landed on Gu Xiuyu's face. After hitting himself, he reached out to check where Ye Ziyu had been shocked.
No wonder he hadn't stopped her earlier. It turned out he had everything prepared in advance. This place was like a sealed box, and once inside, one could never leave.
Ye Ziyu recoiled, looking fearfully at Gu Xiuyu as he approached her. "Don't come near me, you're too terrifying!"
If there were devils in this world, Gu Xiuyu would undoubtedly be ranked first, with no one daring to claim second.
"You're afraid of me?" Gu Xiuyu frowned, looking at Ye Ziyu with a distressed expression.
Afraid?
Ye Ziyu sneered, "Besides fear, I hate you even more. My life has been thrown into chaos because of you. My children and husband have been forced away from their side. Do you think I could have any good feelings towards you for everything you've done to me?"
"I did these things because I love you. Ziyu, believe me. No one in this world loves you more than I do."
"Enough. Don't talk about love anymore. Hearing the word 'love' spoken from your mouth makes me sick."
Facing Ye Ziyu's expressed dislike, even hatred, Gu Xiuyu stood there in pain, as if struck by a great blow, lost in thought, devoid of any vitality.
But he was the one whose life was in chaos, the one who should least feel hurt or wronged.
Ye Ziyu looked at Gu Xiuyu helplessly. "We have a fated karmic entanglement. Gu Xiuyu, I really don't like you. Even if Di Mingjue didn't exist in this world, our personalities would never allow us to be intimate lovers. Truly, please let me go and quickly put an end to this chaotic situation, so we can each live our own lives!"
"No!" Gu Xiuyu retorted with absolute certainty. "I love you, and if Di Mingjue weren't around, I would have pursued you first. No matter the circumstances, you would have fallen for me and become my wife, Gu Xiuyu's wife."
It was as if, from the beginning, without any hardship, and if Di Mingjue hadn't been involved due to having children, they would have become a couple envied by the entire world. He had the Gu Corporation behind him, and she had the Ye Corporation. Both they and their companies would have been objects of admiration. And the current Di Mingjue was like a thief, stealing everything that should have belonged to him.
"Ziyu, give me a chance. I will do a hundred times better than Di Mingjue. If you miss your children, if you worry that they are sad not seeing you, I will send people to bring them over right now. When we get married, let the children be our flower bearers to witness our wedding, okay?" Gu Xiuyu pleaded earnestly.
Ye Ziyu's gaze fell upon his hopeful eyes, and she shook her head ruthlessly, refusing, "No!"
It was enough that she was trapped in this hopeless life alone; how could she willingly let him bring the children to share this miserable existence with her?