Addicted: Book One - The Inquietude of Youth

Chapter 190 - GU HAI successfully ESCAPES

"His nephew huh? I thought it was his son!" The soldier sighed, "He really looks like him."

"His son is still studying. When have you seen him dressed like this?"

"That's true."

Once he entered the room, Gu Yang did not say anything further. The first thing he did was to immediately tear off this ridiculous looking outfit.

So stupid.

He really wanted to look in the mirror and slap himself hard in the face.

After changing out of his clothes, Gu Yang began to walk about until he finally found a small crack on the floor of the living room. He then carefully and cautiously moved it to the side. He took in a deep breathe and made his way down.

At this point, Gu Hai was already the same color as the earth he lay on. This made it hard to distinguish where his body was which caused Gu Yang to nearly stumble over him.

"Gu Hai......" Gu Yang tried to call out, "Is that you?"

Gu Hai cracked his eyes open and tried his best to focus. After a few seconds, he was finally able to make out who the person was in front of him.

"Why are you here?"

His voice sounds broken when he spoke. Just hearing it nearly made Gu Yang think that he had entered the wrong tunnel.

"Don't say anything. Come out with me first."

Gu Hai had been hunger stricken for nearly five days now, but even then, he still has the strength to shove Gu Yang to the side. "Go away, I would rather die than submit."

This stubbornness, even when in the face of adversity, brought a sense of annoyance into Gu Yang's already roughed up nerves. He shifted closer again. Although he couldn't see too clearly in this dark and cramped tunnel, Gu Yang narrowed his eyes, just enough to display his displeasure. His eyes began to well with anger then without warning, he slapped Gu Hai in the face.

"You better fucking behave. Bai Luo Yin made me come."

A dirty and messed up monkey emerged from the tunnel. It was already impossible to see what his clothes had looked like originally and his face--his defined and well sculpted face--was caked in dirt to the point where it was hard to see his facial features. This kind of appearance would make anyone think of an image of a miner in the aftermath of a mining disaster. The miserable condition of those miners who had suffered for a few days until they were rescued by being lifted out of the debris and into the open air was a great portrayal of Gu Hai at this moment.

"Water," said Gu Hai as he waved his hand in front of Gu Yang.

Gu Yang quickly brought over a cup of water. He propped Gu Hai up with his arm then fed him several big mouthfuls.

After he finished the water, Gu Hai lay back down on the floor again. His eyes were bloodshot, the surface of his lips was covered entirely with frostbite that refused to leave. Unsurprisingly, it was a ghastly sight for anyone to take in.

Yet, even under this circumstance he nevertheless seized Gu Yang's hand and incessantly asked, "Where's Yin Zi? How is he?"

Gu Yang yanked the front of Gu Hai clothes forward as he stared at his cousin, eyes brimming rage.

"Look at the state you're in and you still have the audacity to think about someone else?"

Gu Hai continued to ask, "Yin Zi sent you with a message for me, right?"

Anger rose from Gu Yang's stomach and traveled all the way to the sensitive skin at the top of his temple. He fiercely grabbed Gu Hai's head with his hands and smashed it against the floor. "Is there something wrong with your fucking head? Didn't I tell you that it's enough to just play around? Didn't I warn you not to be so serious? Why didn't you listen to my words? Why?......" Gu Yang's yelling immediately stopped. He found no other words to speak.

Upon seeing Gu Hai's head, that was smashed heavily on the floor earlier, had already started to bleed out, Gu Yang stopped his savage actions. He pulled Hai up and held him tightly against his chest. Never once had a complete sense of fear and heartache appeared so impressively on Gu Yang's face until now.

"Ge, you've said it too late." Gu Hai calmly started to speak, "You should have said that before I changed schools."

Gu Yang randomly found some food for Gu Hai to eat so that his stomach was well fed for the time being, then he took him into the bathroom. After taking a bath, all of Gu Hai's limbs cramped up, leaving him sore and even more tired than he was previously. While putting on the change of clothes, he grimaced in pain from each movement.

"Hurry up and stop wasting time." Gu Yang urged him repeatedly.

Gu Hai grumbled bitterly, "I also want to be faster, but my arms and legs won't listen to me at all!"

With a cold face, Gu Yang stepped forward and helped Gu Hai into the entire set of clothes that he had worn previously. Normally, Gu Hai is just a bit more robust than Gu Yang even though their statures were about the same. But, after being tormented for several days, his body had lost several kilograms of muscle. Once he was able to get into the clothes, they fit him perfectly.

Gu Yang passed his hat and sunglasses over to Gu Hai. Looking at it, Gu Hai hesitated for a moment.

"Isn't it too stupid looking? I'm not wearing it."

Gritting his teeth, Gu Yang fastened the hat on the stubborn fool's head.

I'm letting you off easy by not wearing women's clothes here! I'm not making you lose face yet you still want to be picky!

After changing into the clothes, Gu Hai put the sunglasses on and stood in front of the mirror. He looked almost like Gu Yang when he first entered the base.

"Good enough?" Gu Hai asked.

Gu Yang nodded his head in approval.

Just as Gu Hai was about to open the door, Gu Yang suddenly stopped him. "When you're walking, keep your pace a bit more steady. Here's the car key, it's parked at the side of the street."

Gu Hai remained silent for quite a while before he suddenly asked, "If I go, what's going to happen to you? What if my dad asks?"

Little bastard, good thing you still have your conscience. Even at this point, you can still think of me.

"Just go your way, don't worry about me. I have my own way."

Finally, Gu Hai gave Gu Yang a grateful look before pushing the door open to leave.

Gu Yang quietly stood waiting at the door for a moment, listening to the movements outside.

As he had anticipated, after Gu Hai walked out, those four soldiers did not have any reaction since the similarity was very high. Even if there was an area that was not quite similar, the sunglasses concealed it. Also, coupled with this overwhelmingly flashy get up, it would make it difficult to doubt this person's identity.

Gu Hai then escaped in Gu Yang's car without a hitch.

After some time, Gu Yang sent Gu Wei Ting a text message: "Uncle, I have something to attend to, I'll head out first. I'll come and look for you again when I have time."

Then he changed into Gu Hai's clothes. He looked around in the room for a while until he finally found a bundle of rope. Once he completely cleared up the crime scene, he takes a bottle of water and the rope and made his way into the tunnel. 

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