Chapter 371 – Your family’s plum blossom is lost again (47)
At this moment, the restless unease in his heart, which was something he had never experienced before, made it abundantly clear to Mu Ci just what Yan Luo meant to him.
She was water, she was air, she was the only person who could make him truly understand what it meant to feel fear. She was also the only one who could teach him what emotions really were.
—So, Luoluo, don’t let anything happen to you.
Xiao Gege is coming to find you soon and will take you home, just like before.
Alright?
His phone buzzed incessantly, but it wasn’t a call. It was a message from Lin Yixuan.
Through hacking into surveillance cameras, Lin Yixuan had finally located Wang Shi in a small alley not far from the school. Her mental state seemed unstable.
Mu Ci’s eyes darkened as his lips pressed into a thin line. He took a step forward, anger simmering in his gaze, laced with a fear he barely acknowledged.
Wang Shi had been found… but where was his Luoluo?
Just a few minutes later, another message from Lin Yixuan arrived.
Yan Luo had been found.
She was on her way home.
Mu Ci’s pupils contracted slightly. His mind didn’t have time to process the relief. His body had already turned around, heading straight for the Yan residence.
Meanwhile, in his workspace, Lin Yixuan sat at his desk, frowning as he twirled a pen between his fingers, eyes fixed on his computer screen.
After searching for so long, they had finally found her, and she was unharmed. That was definitely something to celebrate. But…
On the surveillance feed before him, the Yan Luo they had been frantically looking for was walking under an umbrella with another man. Though there was no audio, the atmosphere between them seemed amicable.
Lin Yixuan hesitated for a long time before deciding against calling Mu Ci. Instead, he cautiously drafted two text messages and sent them to the boss.
Then, he clicked his tongue as he watched the man nonchalantly keeping close to their little Yan Luo.
That guy sure had guts. But once the boss saw this, would he lose his mind?
Lin Yixuan’s mouth twitched slightly. He had known Mu Ci since childhood, and that man had always been indifferent to everything.
Because Mu Ci, lacked emotions, all his joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness were mere facades. Deep down, he simply didn’t care.
His only goal had been to escape the laboratory’s control, and he had used every possible means to achieve that.
Most of the time, no matter how much trouble they caused, it didn’t matter to him. But when it came to Yan Luo…
Mu Ci’s emotions, though weak, did exist. They weren’t just an act. He simply wasn’t aware of them himself.
As subordinates, as friends, as fellow survivors who had also suffered under that laboratory but were ultimately freed by him, Lin Yixuan and the others all harbored the same hope—that Yan Luo could help Mu Ci truly understand what emotions were.
And it was working.
Mu Ci might not have realized it yet, but in front of Yan Luo, he was no longer his usual calm and collected self. He actually displayed irritation—an emotion that should have been foreign to him. But now…
Lin Yixuan glanced at the boss’s location, then at Yan Luo’s.
Wasn’t this just asking for trouble?
Oh well, here we go. Direct confrontation.
Mu Ci had hurried home, completely unprepared for the sight that awaited him.
His little girl was standing there, a faint, shy smile on her lips. Next to her was another young man.
And right in front of them was Yan Luzheng, who had also been searching for Yan Luo.
Calm down… Right now, whether in Yan Luo’s heart or Old Master Yan’s, his position was already somewhat unfavorable. He needed to stay calm…
Mu Ci’s fingers tightened slightly. He pressed his lips together, forcibly suppressing the fire raging within him, and walked forward—appearing perfectly composed.