Return to the East China Sea

"The timing isn't right yet?" Hoshino Kannon raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "Is it Lin Yu? If so, I can kill him for you after my injury heals."

"Or you could have the organization take him out."

After saying that, Hoshino Kannon gave Gu Chenan a slightly smug look.

Seeing this, Gu Chenan immediately shook his head: "No, not him. Don't act rashly!"

[Damn it, Lin Yu is the protagonist. How can you kill him so easily?]

[If you go after him yourself, Lin Yu can definitely escape, and he'll tell the Black Falcon Organization that you tried to kill him.]

[If you claim that Lin Yu killed Gong Fei, when the Black Falcon sends people to eliminate him later, they'll be affected by his protagonist aura, ultimately exposing the fact that you betrayed the Black Falcon.]

[The Black Falcon might even take this opportunity to switch investigators and eventually discover that I killed Gong Fei!]

Hearing Gu Chenan's inner voice, Hoshino Kannon frowned in confusion.

Lin Yu is the protagonist?

What does that mean?

She was about to ask, but Gu Chenan's inner voice appeared again.

[Although the plot has long been shattered, the timeline can still be traced.]

[In the original plot, Lin Yu has already eliminated Xiao Jian and successfully obtained Xiao Yajie at this point.]

[Next, he will start dealing with the remaining major families in Suhang.]

[Currently, the Xiao family is under my control, and the Liu family is subject to me. The only one left capable of causing trouble is the Li family!]

[Li Rufeng's character in the novel is someone who values wealth above all else and seeks revenge for any grievances. He will definitely take action against me, even if he doesn't intend to kill me, he'll at least make me apologize to Liang Bufan!]

[By then, although I can rightfully eliminate Li Rufeng, with his many disciples, I alone cannot possibly eradicate them all.]

[And this is where I will need to rely on the power of the Black Falcon!]

Hearing this, Hoshino Kannon was stunned for a moment, pondering before realizing.

Could it be that this is the world of the novel?

So does that mean I'm a character in the novel?

Hoshino Kannon was quite perplexed, staring at Gu Chenan with a confused expression.

"@€＃"&$%?" (Is this the world of the novel?)

The question she intended to ask came out as an incomprehensible language, startling Hoshino Kannon herself, and she immediately covered her mouth.

Gu Chenan frowned and looked at Hoshino Kannon: "What nonsense is that, the ancient tongue?"

Hoshino Kannon swallowed and tentatively tried to speak: "&€......"

The words came out in a different language again, and she immediately covered her mouth.

Gu Chenan thought Hoshino Kannon was going crazy again, so he pretended to be angrily: "Speak properly!"

Hoshino Kannon was terrified and didn't dare ask about this world anymore. After a pause, she slowly took her hand away and changed the subject: "Young Master Gu, who do you intend to eliminate then?"

After asking this question, she heaved a sigh of relief.

In her heart, she had confirmed that this world must exist within a novel, and due to some rule, even if she knew this, she couldn't say it out loud.

If she tried to force herself to say it, the words would come out as an incomprehensible language.

"Not a single person," Gu Chenan narrowed his eyes and said, "but an entire force."

"I understand," Hoshino Kannon nodded.

After a while, she suddenly looked up and said, "Young Master Gu, could you help me take some leave?"

"Leave? Who are you asking leave from......" Gu Chenan paused, then suddenly remembered something.

[Oh right, I almost forgot that Hoshino Kannon is posing as an international student who came to China, so her public identity is still a university student!]

[And since she came to China, she has been attending classes on time.]

Thinking about this, Gu Chenan couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled.

If Hoshino Kannon needed to attend classes every day, how did she become Su Qianmo's personal bodyguard?

"Your public identity now is a university student, right?" Gu Chenan asked.

Hoshino Kannon nodded: "Donghai University Medical College."

"Then how did you become Qianmo's personal bodyguard?" Gu Chenan asked.

Hoshino Kannon laughed: "Come on, university students aren't high school students. I leave after my classes are over."

"So you didn't request leave to come to Suhang?" Gu Chenan asked.

"I did, I requested three days off," Hoshino Kannon raised her eyebrows with a smile. "That's why I need the famous Young Master Gu of Donghai to help me extend my leave."

"You could have just called to request leave, right?" Gu Chenan said.

Hoshino Kannon shook her head: "I told you, it won't work. I have to go back to the university in person to request leave."

Hearing this, Gu Chenan was stunned, then became angry in his heart: "You're in this state, and they're still making you go back to the university in person?"

"Yeah," Hoshino Kannon nodded. "I can't help it. I can't be expelled from the university for the sake of maintaining my identity."

Gu Chenan nodded: "So I have to go back to Donghai?"

"Not quite," Hoshino Kannon suddenly hooked her arm around Gu Chenan's and rested her head on his solid chest. "We'll go back to Donghai together."

[Indeed, it's time to return to Donghai. In the battle between the Xiao family and the Black Falcon, almost all the bodyguards I brought from Donghai were wiped out.]

[Although the next plan doesn't require too many people, having more is always better.]

After pondering for a moment, Gu Chenan asked, "Your injury won't be a problem, will it?"

"Of course not, I've suffered much worse injuries than this. This minor wound is nothing," Hoshino Kannon said, looking up at Gu Chenan's chiseled jawline. "Besides, didn't you treat my injury, Young Master Gu?"

Gu Chenan looked down, and their eyes met: "Then, when shall we depart?"

"Anytime," Hoshino Kannon smiled radiantly.

......

Donghai, the Su Family Residence.

Su Tianming sat on the sofa, watching Su Qianmo talking on the phone with her subordinates outside the main hall.

After a while, the phone call ended, and Su Qianmo walked into the main hall.

"Qianmo," Su Tianming called out.

"What is it, Father?" Su Qianmo, who was about to return to her room, stopped and asked.

Su Tianming shifted his body and leaned against the back of the sofa: "Chenan has been in Suhang for several days now. Haven't you given him a call to check on him?"

Su Qianmo paused, then shook her head with a smile: "Chenan went to Suhang to handle some business. I didn't want to disturb him."

"How could that be a disturbance? You're his fiancée. He's out on business, and you don't even give him a call? What's the matter?" Su Tianming's words carried a hint of reproach.

After all, to Su Tianming, Gu Chenan was not only his future son-in-law but also his life-saver.

"Alright, Father, don't worry about me and Chenan," Su Qianmo said, then went upstairs in her high heels.

Entering her room, Su Qianmo sat on the edge of the bed and recalled what her father had said, pondering for a moment before realizing there was some truth to it.

So she took out her phone and found Gu Chenan's number.

After a brief hesitation, she made the call.

Soon, the call connected.

"Hello, Qianmo, what's the matter?" Gu Chenan's rich, magnetic voice came through.

Upon hearing Gu Chenan's voice, Su Qianmo's heart raced, and her longing for him grew stronger.

She spoke softly: "Chenan, you....."

Originally intending to ask when he would return, the words caught in her throat, and Su Qianmo changed the subject instead: "...how are things on your end?"