"Oh, okay..."
Gu Xiyan had originally dared to hug her parents because she clearly knew that their blood tests were fine, only then did she do so.
But she forgot about the Tide of Chaos and the demons.
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's instructions, her heart tensed, and she began to interrogate everyone one by one.
In the end, she found that Gu Shiqian, the cousin who had once taken over her Face of Jade Company, had many problems with her memory and could not answer many of her questions.
Gu Xiyan's heart sank. Although the two had had many conflicts, she truly did not wish for any misfortune to befall her relatives when it came to serious matters.
But Gu Shiqian seemed to have had her memory tampered with by the Tide of Chaos.
And when Gu Xiyan asked Gu Shiqian several questions, to which she gave incorrect answers, the faces of the Gu family members by her side also changed slightly.
They knew something was wrong with Gu Shiqian.
When Gu Xiyan bluntly pointed out that Gu Shiqian might have a problem, Gu Shiqian's parents couldn't help but burst into tears.
Though they could hardly bear to part with their daughter, they didn't dare to forcibly keep her with them for the safety of everyone else.
Meanwhile, Gu Shiqian's expression changed dramatically as she pleaded in haste, "I'm fine, I really don't have a problem. Cousin, are you doing this because of the conflict we had a while ago?!"
"I was wrong, I won't dare to do it again, cousin, brother-in-law, please don't send me away, okay?"
Gu Shiqian begged piteously, then turned to look at her parents, grandparents, uncles, and aunts, hoping they would speak up for her.
Gu Xiyan calmly said, "Don't worry, Xiaoqian, your problem isn't serious, but for everyone's safety, you need to live alone in another building temporarily, rest assured, if anything happens, we won't ignore you..."
"I don't want to!"
Gu Shiqian screamed, "Those people over there have blood problems—who knows when they'll become demonized. They weren't immediately killed just because it's a mercy. You're making me live with them, what about my safety? Why don't you go live with them?"
"I don't care, I came all the way here with great difficulty, I'm fine, no one can send me away..."
Gu Shiqian screamed as if she were going mad.
"Slap!"
Mu Jinyu had no patience for her, walking up and slapping her directly.
He had plenty of matters to attend to; if these people hadn't been somewhat related to him, he wouldn't have bothered coming to see them at all, let alone spending time checking to see if any of them were demon minions.
"You hit me?!"
Gu Shiqian, holding her face, looked at Mu Jinyu incredulously, and then started screaming like a madwoman, "I'm going to fight you all, I'm clearly fine, and yet you insist on framing me!"
"Slap!"
Mu Jinyu gave her another slap, this time with a bit more force, knocking her out.
"Take her away!"
Mu Jinyu didn't bother to argue with Gu Shiqian or to explain anything to the Gu family members; he just gave his order to the members of the Dragon King Hall behind him.
"Yes."
The member responded and stepped forward without delay, picking up Gu Shiqian and taking her away.
Gu Shiqian's parents watched the scene, trying to speak several times but stopping themselves, and in the end, they said nothing.
After all, judging by their daughter's reaction just now, the problem seemed quite serious. If they let her stay in their suite, they might not be able to prevent a major incident.
As parents, they might be willing to take the risk, but now they were not the only ones living together, there were other residents as well, so they dared not speak up.
"These people should all be safe for now, you go have a good talk with your parents first."
Mu Jinyu looked at the Gu Family Members who began to show fear towards him, didn't say much, just nodded slightly to Gu Xiyan's parents, gave Gu Xiyan a few instructions, and then went with Wen Rou and Mei Yinxue to find the Family Members of the Xu family.
After meeting the Family Members of the Xu family, Mu Jinyu briefly spoke with them, questioned them with the investigative materials he had, and seeing that they were generally all right, he then went to find Yu Linglong and the others.
Wen Rou and Xu Qingya were whispering to each other. Xu Qingya looked at Mu Jinyu several times as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself, and finally, as he left, she watched his back and her eyes dimmed.
"Wen Rou, I'm so envious of you right now,"
Xu Qingya said in a low voice after Mu Jinyu left.
"Ah? What happened?" Wen Rou asked, somewhat puzzled.
Xu Qingya's tone was filled with regret as she said, "Back then when I saw a few of you follow Director Mu, I liked him in my heart, but I didn't want to compete for anything and just buried this feeling deep inside. Now... sigh..."
Wen Rou understood Xu Qingya's thoughts upon hearing her words.
It wasn't that she thought women who were with Mu Jinyu during these dangerous times would be better taken care of, which was why she envied them.
It was likely that, faced with the possibility of an untimely death, the uncertainty of living from one day to the next, life being so fragile, she could no longer suppress her feelings and longed to have a lover by her side to protect and encourage her during these times.
But obviously, it was no longer possible for Mu Jinyu to easily accept another woman.
So her feelings were doomed to remain unrequited.
"Sigh..."
Wen Rou let out a small sigh too, feeling sorry for Xu Qingya. Among them, Xu Qingya was actually the first one to meet Mu Jinyu, but due to her personality, they never ended up together in the end.
But she couldn't comfort Xu Qingya with anything, only joining her in feeling sorry.
Mu Jinyu was unaware of Xu Qingya and Wen Rou's conversation. After leaving the temporary suite of the Xu family, he went to look for Yu Linglong, Lin Qiaoxia, and the others.
Due to limited housing, Yu Linglong's family, Lin Qiaoxia's family, and Shen Shuyao's family all lived together in one apartment.
"Jinyu!"
When Yu Linglong and Lin Qiaoxia saw Mu Jinyu coming over, they both appeared quite excited, especially when they saw Gu Xiyan and Wen Rou were no longer by his side, they couldn't help wanting to rush forward and embrace Mu Jinyu, to express their fear and anxiety from the past few days.
However, because of the presence of both families' parents, as well as Shen Shuyao and the others, they didn't dare to act on this impulse and instead greeted Mu Jinyu with restraint.
"Are you all okay?" Mu Jinyu asked with a smile.
Yu Linglong shook her head and said, "We're fine, but we were really upset for a long time when you were unconscious a while back."
"Sorry about that..." Mu Jinyu wasn't in a position to tell them that he had actually come close to dying that time, so he changed the subject, asking how they had been recently.
Shen Shuyao and her grandfather, Shen Changchun, stood to the side, listening to their conversation with a complicated expression.
In her heart, she thought she had long been forgotten by Mu Jinyu, but to her surprise, during this crisis, he had even called them to come to the Capital City for refuge, which moved her deeply.
"It's been a long time, Miss Shen."
As Shen Shuyao was lost in her thoughts, Mu Jinyu finished speaking with Yu Linglong and approached Shen Shuyao with a smile, saying, "Good to see you again."
Shen Shuyao came back to her senses, looked at Mu Jinyu, and replied with a smile, "Yes, it has been a long time. I thought with all your important affairs, you would have forgotten about me and my grandfather."
"How could that be?" Mu Jinyu touched his nose and said, "When the Jinyu Group was being boycotted by Lin Pharmaceutical, you were the first to stand by me. How could I forget you?"