Chapter 211: Parallel Universe
A week later, Gu Shen's leg injury had completely recovered. He and Yan Xi returned to the Gu Corporation together.
On the first day at the company, Yan Xi was very excited. She spent a lot of time before she found a satisfactory outfit.
The work in the fashion department was not difficult. After interacting with the team for half a day, Yan Xi had already understood most of it.
As soon as she arrived at the department, her colleagues were very curious about Yan Xi. A few of them took the initiative to ask her out for a meal, but Gu Shen had already sent her a message, so Yan Xi could only reject them one by one.
When she arrived at Gu Shen's office, Yan Xi realized that Gu Shen was not the only one inside. Fu Xing was also there.
However, the two of them selectively ignored him.
Gu Shen asked, "Are you happy with that department? Can you get along well with the team?"
"Not bad. My colleagues in the department are very enthusiastic."
"Aren't you going to have lunch with them?"
Yan Xi secretly glared at Gu Shen. "Didn't you send me a message to ask me to eat with you for lunch?"
Fu Xing cleared his throat to attract attention. He finally knew why some companies prohibited office romance. How could a lovey-dovey couple focus on work?
"Do you guys want me to go and leave this space to you?"
Gu Shen did not give him any face. "If you want to go out, go out. Stop being a third wheel."
Fu Xing stood up. "You asked me to come and now you asked me to leave."
"I just asked you to deliver something. Where is it?"
"You love-struck fool." Fu Xing threw the USB flash drive on the desk. "I worked so hard to help you, and this is your attitude?"
"You have something else to say?"
He sat back on the sofa, crossed his legs, and said, "I'm already here. Aren't you going to treat me to a meal?"
"Busy, no time."
"But you have time to eat with your little darling?"
With a chuckle, Yan Xi said, "Professor Fu, stay and eat with us."
"Alright." Fu Xing stood up and looked at Gu Shen provocatively. "Your little darling knows how to treat a guest better than you."
*****
Fu Xing ordered a hotpot to Gu Shen's office.
Gu Shen frowned, but Yan Xi said excitedly, "I want a bottle of soy milk. Soy milk is the best when eating hotpot."
"Do you want duck intestines?"
"Yep." Yan Xi said, "And two servings of shrimp."
Fu Xing turned to Gu Shen and asked, "President Gu, you don't have any objection to us having a hotpot here, do you?"
Gu Shen pursed his lips and compromised. "Just order whatever you want."
Fu Xing smiled smugly. He had finally fulfilled his wish to eat hotpot in Gu Shen's office.
Because of this excitement, Fu Xing was especially proactive when eating the hotpot.
"After this meal, you won't be able to get in touch with me for about a month, so cherish it."
"What are you going to do?" Yan Xi asked curiously. "Are you going to the deep mountains to cultivate or something?"
"I wish I was. I'm going to the quantum lab soon."
Fu Xing paused for a moment and said mysteriously, "Let me tell the two of you secretly. The quantum laboratory has already detected the existence of a parallel universe. As long as this discovery is confirmed, it will definitely cause a sensation all over the world."
Yan Xi paused. "Parallel universe? Does such a thing really exist?"
"Of course. But I don't know the details of this project yet. It was launched twenty years ago, and now it's just started again."
Fu Xing paused and deliberately kept them in suspense. "Do you know who started this project twenty years ago?"
Yan Xi bit the prawn in her mouth. "Who is it?"
"The President..."
Yan Xi was lost in thought.
Was that parallel universe detected by the quantum laboratory where she had lived before?
Was it possible that she didn't transmigrate into a book, but instead, she entered another parallel universe?
Then would she go back again?
Chapter 212: His Whole Universe
A week later, on the second floor of the luxurious music restaurant, Fu Xing and Yan Xi met alone.
Fu Xing said, "I've already told you, there's no update. If the Quantum Lab does come up with anything, I'll be sure to let you know."
In the past week, Yan Xi asked him about the progress of the research on the parallel universe almost every day.
He knew she was interested in this, but her interest in it wouldn't help the research progress, would it?
If Gu Shen knew about them meeting pretty much everyday, he would kill him.
Yan Xi heaved a sigh of relief and smiled.
"The thought that there might be a parallel universe makes me excited."
For her, no progress was the best progress.
Fu Xing leaned forward and suddenly looked at her seriously.
"Be honest with me. Do you have a secret?"
Yan Xi's heart skipped a beat.
'Does he know something?'
"What secret can I have?" Yan Xi smiled awkwardly.
"I'm joking. Anyway, as I said before, I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything. Are you relieved?"
"Okay, thank you!" Yan Xi stood up. "Gu Shen still has something to tell me. I'll leave first. You can eat by yourself."
Then she left in a hurry.
*****
At Gu Corporation's office.
"Gu Shen!"
Yan Xi walked into the office with a smile and came to Gu Shen. She wanted to hug him, but he dodged her with a cold face.
"We are in the office. Behave yourself!"
Yan Xi was stunned. He never minded having intimate interaction with her in the office before.
Puzzled, she asked, "Gu Shen, what's wrong?"
Gu Shen looked up with dark eyes and tapped the table lightly.
"You've been sending messages to Fu Xing for the past week. You even met him just now, right?"
Was he jealous? Yan Xi's lips curled up. She moved closer to Gu Shen and grabbed the corner of his shirt.
"I knew you'd ask me that!"
Yan Xi squatted down and held his hand. Her eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky.
"I only went to see Fu Xing to ask him about the parallel universe his laboratory is researching."
"Are you very concerned about that?"
"Of course I am. Don't you want to know if there's a parallel universe?"
Gu Shen shook his head. "As long as I have you, it doesn't matter which universe I am in."
She was his universe.
Yan Xi smiled and kissed him on the lips.
"Same here."
She was really muddle-headed. Instead of paying attention to something that had yet to be discovered, she might as well cherish the person in front of her!
*****
In the blink of an eye, it was time for Gu Shen's surgery. Yan Xi told Zhou Xu in advance to help her hide the fact that she was the chief surgeon.
Zhou Xu naturally had no objections. He was just afraid that Yan Xi would give herself too much pressure. After all, this surgery was more difficult than they had imagined.
Yan Xi was very determined. As long as she could make Gu Shen stand up, it was worth the risk.
The day before the surgery, Yan Xi finished her work in the company. The next day was the day of the surgery for Gu Shen. She wanted to get off work early and rest well so that she could have enough energy to operate on him.
However, just as she was about to send a message to Gu Shen and leave, she suddenly received an unknown message.
"If you don't want Gu Shen to die tomorrow, come to this place."
At the end of the message, there was an address.
Yan Xi recognized that location. It was an abandoned seafood factory.
It was obvious that the one who sent the message was up to no good.
Yan Xi ignored it and deleted it. Unexpectedly, the person did not give up. He sent another one.
"Do you want Gu Shen to die on the operating table?"
Of course, Yan Xi did not.
However, the person clearly knew about Gu Shen's surgery. Since he wanted her to go over so much and it concerned Gu Shen's life and death, she had to go and take a look.
Yan Xi put away her phone. She didn't inform Gu Shen to make him worry about her because he had to undergo surgery tomorrow.
Chapter 213: Take My Hands
Half an hour later, Yan Xi arrived at the seafood factory.
This place was so quiet that even the wind could be heard. It was six o'clock in the afternoon. The moment she walked into the dark factory, Yan Xi felt a chill running down her spin.
"Finally," a man's voice said from the gloom.
Yan Xi narrowed her eyes and placed a hand on the scalpel she had prepared. "Who are you? Why did you ask me to come here? How much do you know about Gu Shen's surgery?"
The man chuckled. It sounded very strange.
"You don't have to care about who I am. As for Gu Shen... idiot, of course I lied to you!"
"So you tricked me into coming over?"
Halfway through, Yan Xi saw the dagger the man was holding and subconsciously took a few steps back. "Do you want to kill me?"
"Kill you? No, no, no, why would I kill you? I just want to make you unable to save Gu Shen!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man pounced on her.
Without hesitation, Yan Xi turned around and ran out of the seafood factory.
She knew that if she stopped for even a second, she would probably be killed by him.
Suddenly, she saw a few figures in front of her and immediately stopped. When she saw that they were the man's accomplices, coldness flashed across her eyes.
Damn it, there was more than one person!
Yan Xi gritted her teeth. "Who sent you?!"
These people were obviously hired to carry out someone's request.
The man snorted coldly. "You're a clever one, aren't you? It seems the man was right. I'll have to be more careful when dealing with you!"
'The man?'
Yan Xi frowned. "Who is it? Even if you are going to kill me, at least tell me who wants me dead."
"Do you think you can fool me?" The man gave his accomplices a look and they immediately surrounded Yan Xi.
One of the accomplices tried to grab Yan Xi's hair, but she nimbly dodged him.
Yan Xi held the scalpel tightly and cut the artery on the man's wrist.
"Ahhhhhh!"
He fell to the ground and screamed. When the man saw this, his expression gradually darkened.
"You guys, take him to the hospital. I'll deal with this woman!"
"Boss, this woman is trained. Can you..."
"Go now!"
Hearing that, they left, carrying the injured man.
For a moment, only Yan Xi and the man were left in the seafood factory.
Yan Xi sneered. "You must be the strongest among them, right? Are you confident that you can catch me alone?"
"I guess you still don't know who I am. I used to work in the special forces. Do you think a weak girl like you can fight someone like me?"
Yan Xi's pupils constricted.
It would be strange if she could fight with a former soldier!
At a time like this, escaping was the best choice.
The man seemed to have seen through her and blocked the way to the door.
"Do you think you'll have a chance to run out today?"
Yan Xi's palms were already sweating.
Was she really going to die here?
"Bang!"
Yan Xi was thrown to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.
She struggled to get up from the ground. The scalpel was stained with blood.
Although she hadn't been able to hurt the man in the slightest, she realized that he really didn't want to kill her.
Clearly, he just wanted to cripple her so that she couldn't operate on Gu Shen.
Yan Xi put her hands behind her back and stared at the man coldly. "How much did they give you? I'm willing to pay you double the price to let me leave!"
"Double? They paid me fifty million. Are you going to give me a hundred million?"
100 million?!
Yan Xi couldn't help but pout.
Were her hands only worth a hundred million?
They were priceless!
"Let me go and I'll give it to you."
"That's the thing. If I let you go, why would you give me a hundred million?"
Yan Xi cursed under her breath.
She didn't expect this man to be so smart.
She took a deep breath and put out her hands. "In that case, take my hands."