Chapter 479: Chapter 290: Threat, The File from Five Years Ago
The setting sun tilted westward, and the glass curtain wall of the building was reflected a deep red.
The sun was about to dip below the horizon, the sky gradually darkening, with traffic lights in Manhattan District changing back and forth; beneath the neon signs, pedestrians and vehicles moved continuously, coming and going.
The signal light turned from red to green, and a Maybach suddenly sped through the middle of the avenue like a black whirlwind, brushing brazenly against the faces of pedestrians.
And at this moment, in the back seat of the Maybach.
Gu Qiye sat with his head bowed, staring blankly at the photograph on his phone.
The twilight outside the window gradually faded, and the dwindling afterglow illuminated his profile bit by bit; in the dim car, only the light from the phone screen lit up his eyes, making them shine.
"Dad... is still alive?" Gu Qiye’s mind went blank, gaze fixed without blinking, staring at the unkempt and slightly dejected face in the photo.
After a long time, tears unconsciously slipped from the corners of his eyes, blurring his vision.
[Black Cocoon: Aren’t you curious about who your grandfather is?]
[Black Cocoon: You haven’t replied to my message in 10 seconds, why are you ignoring me, are you stonewalling me?]
[Black Cocoon: I’m depressed.]
The "ding ding dong dong" sound of text message notifications was incessant as Black Cocoon’s texts kept popping up from the top of the screen, annoyingly excessive.
But Gu Qiye his eyes as if blind, unmoving, just staring at Gu Zhuo Case’s face.
Hearing the overly noisy notification sound, You Ruirui slowed down the vehicle, glancing up at the rearview mirror.
She paused, as it was the first time she had seen a man shedding tears.
"You’re... crying?" She asked softly.
"No, it’s just that my eyes are sensitive." Gu Qiye responded quietly.
"Do you need eye drops?" You Ruirui asked, "Due to the effect of my superpower, my pupils change color, and sometimes become very sensitive to light, so I carry eye drops with me."
Saying this, she blinked her icy blue eyes, seemingly a bit at a loss. You Ruirui had never seen anyone cry, so she didn’t know how to react.
"No, I don’t need it, I’ll be fine in a bit." Gu Qiye said, "Thanks for your concern."
There was a moment of silence, then You Ruirui suddenly said: "I just sent you a message."
"Did you?"
"While you were spacing out."
Gu Qiye was casually looking at his father’s photo, only then did he exit the message interface.
Opening WeChat, he noticed a message from the friend "Ice" displayed at the top.
[Ice: 1.]
"What does this mean?" Gu Qiye asked, voice slightly hoarse.
"I just wanted to test it, I sent you a message but didn’t hear the notification." You Ruirui paused, "Did you set me to Do Not Disturb?"
"I usually do that for colleagues." Gu Qiye said.
"Colleagues..." You Ruirui thought for a moment, "Then who’s the person who just texted you?"
"A friend." Gu Qiye said, "He’s helped me a lot, I still owe him a huge favor."
You Ruirui suddenly fell silent.
She was quiet for a while, looking ahead.
The city’s view was gradually dimming. In its place, neon lights were lit like a toppled domino chain, one section after another, seeming to extend to the ends of the earth.
The Maybach was weaving through the brightly lit streets of New York, approaching Times Square, where giant LED billboards atop skyscrapers broadcasted advertisements.
You Ruirui had driven past the pre-booked restaurant.
She didn’t know what she was doing, only that she was in a bad mood, so she wanted to take a quiet drive. Times Square was lively and dazzlingly filled with neon lights.
Gu Qiye sat in the back seat, and after such a long time, his mood finally calmed down.
[Gu Qiye: Did you rescue my dad before?]
[Black Cocoon: Yes, I arrived a second late; he was almost crushed into pulp by that ice-playing little sister. And I also disguised the scene, almost seamlessly perfect.]
[Gu Qiye: But why did you keep it from me?]
[Black Cocoon: Uh... at that time I wasn’t sure if I could save him, so I kept it from you, is that alright?]
[Gu Qiye: No, you’re lying, you wanted to use my dad’s apparent death to provoke me, forcing me to join Rainbow Wings.]
[Black Cocoon: No way! Am I really such a bad person? I was just asking.]
[Gu Qiye: But anyway, thank you for saving my dad, and I don’t regret joining Rainbow Wings now.]
[Black Cocoon: That’s the way, now let’s talk business; the team your sister is in is called "Ghost Train Corps", and they were targeted by a group called "Salvation Society" while on their mission to London.]
Gu Qiye paused for a moment, before he could digest the sudden influx of information, Black Cocoon sent another message.
[Black Cocoon: And "Lin Zhengquan" from her team was brutally murdered by the Salvation Society’s assassination operation.]
[Black Cocoon: (Photo).]
Gu Qiye frowned, clicked into the photo, revealing a head hanging from a street lamp. Blood dripped from the neck stump, seemingly dyeing even the hazy yellow lamp light red.
He stared gravely at the photo, then exited the enlargement and typed a message to send.
[Gu Qiye: What’s this about?]
[Black Cocoon: I can only tell you now that the Salvation Society is a very dangerous organization. They are stronger than all existing forces in the world.]
[Gu Qiye: Are you saying they are even more powerful than Lake Hunting?]