Billionaire's Long Journey of Chasing His Love-Chapter 371 - 328: Brushing Past Death (Third Update)
Tong Airui was absolutely right. The next morning, Mi Chenxuan handed him the portrait, and Tong Airui just glanced at it before tossing it onto the table.
Yi Luowa picked it up to take a look and almost burst out laughing. This portrait, apart from the knee-length hair which was characteristic of the gunman, had no other features because the face of the gunman was made up of facial features from at least five different anime characters.
"What are you doing?" Tong Airui finally erupted, questioning harshly.
Mi Chenxuan was taken aback, "What’s wrong?"
"You tell me what’s wrong! Doing this is irresponsible to yourself and to us! Do you think I haven’t seen cartoons? Is this even a human you’ve drawn?"
Mi Chenxuan looked innocently at Tong Airui, "Fourth Brother, that’s exactly what I saw. I’m really not lying."
"Do you think I’d believe you?" Tong Airui grabbed the portrait, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it at Mi Chenxuan’s face.
Mi Chenxuan shook his head helplessly, "If you don’t believe me, there’s nothing more I can say. We’ll just have to wait until we catch her, and then you can see for yourself."
"There’s no need to catch anyone!" Tong Airui grabbed Yi Luowa’s hand, "Wife, let’s go home. If I look at him any longer, I’ll end up hitting him."
Tong Airui pulled Yi Luowa to the door, then suddenly turned around and shouted at Mi Chenxuan, "Cancel your leave and get back to the base immediately."
"Fourth Brother, my Seventh Brother’s wedding..."
"Yuan Hang!" Tong Airui shouted towards the door.
Yuan Hang came running in hastily.
Tong Airui pointed at Mi Chenxuan, "Personally take him back to the base, and don’t let him leave without my orders!"
"Yes!" Yuan Hang approached Mi Chenxuan, reached out, and tugged on his arm, "Let’s go."
Mi Chenxuan glanced longingly at Yi Luowa, "Sister-in-law, say something for me. I’ve already arranged with my Seventh Brother to be his groomsman."
Yi Luowa hesitated for a moment, "Your Fourth Brother means well. If that person is really coming after you, the base is the safest place for you."
"...She wouldn’t..." Mi Chenxuan hesitated to speak further and finally followed Yuan Hang out the door.
Tong Airui took a deep breath, "There’s no saving him!"
Yi Luowa gently patted his chest, "Let it go, don’t be angry. I just thought, maybe we’ve all misunderstood Old Eight. Think about it, would a killer show up to murder in her true appearance? It’s quite possible that what Old Eight saw was indeed like that."
Tong Airui furrowed his brow slightly.
"When we get home, I’ll put on makeup like hers for you to see..." Yi Luowa nudged him, "Don’t just storm off angry, at least say goodbye to Big Brother, Sister-in-law, and my Second Uncle before leaving."
"Leaving already?" Joyina came out just as she heard they were heading home, rubbed her eyes, and asked.
"Good thing you came out, or we’d have left you here." Yi Luowa walked over with a smile, "Pack up; it’s time for us to go back. I still have classes today."
"I have to work today too." Joyina covered her mouth with a yawn, "How many classes do you have? I’m casting actors this afternoon, all fresh faces; don’t you want to come and see?"
Yi Luowa snuck a glance at Tong Airui, seeing his face still dark, she quickly shook her head, "I’m not going."
Tong Airui looked at Joyina, "You’re really carefree, hurry up and pack so we can leave."
"If I weren’t carefree, I’d be scared to death. Luowa and Huo Li have people who care for them, but I don’t, so I have to fix myself." Joyina muttered as she went back to her room.
"This little girl really has a lot of grievances." Yi Weiyang came out, looked Yi Luowa up and down, "Were you scared by last night’s incident?"
Yi Luowa shook her head, "No, Second Uncle, I have classes today, so I need to go back."
Qiqi stood at the kitchen door and said, "Breakfast is ready, why not eat before you go?"
Yi Weiyang smiled, "Huo Li and I will eat when we get back, so we won’t disturb you further here."
Tong Airui looked at Qiqi, "Sister-in-law, we’ll take breakfast with us to eat on the way, we’re running a bit late."
Qiqi quickly instructed the servants to pack it up, and within five minutes, Tong Airui had Yi Luowa and Joyina in the car.
"Do we still need to find that person?" After breakfast, Yi Luowa couldn’t help but ask.
"Yes! I won’t rest easy until we find her."
"So many people searched the mountain, and she still got away; she must be quite a character. I’m afraid she won’t be easy to find."
"Her hair is her weapon; she won’t cut it short easily, so we’ll have to start with her hair." Tong Airui sighed lightly, "Be careful, and keep more people around you for the next few days."
Yi Luowa patted his hand, "I’ll be fine. When we reach the intersection, Joyina and I will get off, then you can head to the camp."
"I’ll drop you both off before going back to the camp."
Tong Airui dropped Yi Luowa off at the school, watched her enter the school gate, and then drove Joyina to the Aldridge Building.
Joyina got out of the car and bounced into the ground floor of the building.
All the elevators were on the upper floors, so Joyina, feeling bored, took out her phone and called Yi Luowa, "Luowa, your husband has returned to the camp. Are you coming this afternoon?"
"I’ll be there." Yi Luowa chuckled, "I was just about to call you. I can arrive by noon, and then we can have lunch together."
"Alright, I’ll ask my idol to get a badge for you. Otherwise, you won’t be able to get in."
While Joyina was on the phone, someone tapped her head. Annoyed, she turned to see who it was.
"Who are you getting a badge for?" Mi Chenshuo glanced at her.
"Your sister-in-law, of course. I couldn’t care less about anyone else. Idol, just met you here, can I hitch a ride in your elevator?"
"Haven’t you hitchhiked enough?" Mi Chenshuo slightly furrowed his brow, pressed the button for his exclusive elevator, and as soon as the door opened, Joyina darted in first.
Mi Chenshuo was slightly stunned, "No one’s fighting you for it, why rush in so fast?"
Joyina said with a smile, "I’m used to cramming into employee elevators, afraid I’ll get kicked out if it’s overloaded."
Mi Chenshuo helplessly shook his head. Just as he stepped in, someone bumped into him from behind.
Unhappy, Mi Chenshuo looked at who had bumped him, seeing a teenager of about seventeen or eighteen, and frowned, "Don’t you know this is an exclusive elevator?"
The boy adjusted his crooked hat and sniffed, "Brother, my mom is sick. I need to find my dad. Please, let me go up with you!"
Joyina, seeing how pitiful he looked, tugged at Mi Chenshuo, "Idol, let him ride with us. Otherwise, it’s a waste having such a big elevator empty."
Mi Chenshuo slightly furrowed his brow and moved to a corner of the elevator.
The boy reached out to press the elevator button, "Which floor are you going to?"
"Thirty-two, thank you." Joyina glanced at his hand, then at her own, and turned to Mi Chenshuo, "A boy’s hand is thinner and longer than mine, there’s no living with this!"
Mi Chenshuo’s lips twitched, "Where did you and Xuanxuan go yesterday?"
The boy’s ears perked up ever so slightly upon hearing this.
"To the Red Valley."
"Didn’t Fourth Brother tell us not to disturb them?"
"We went secretly. It was so romantic, I almost cried." Joyina checked her phone, noticing the call was still ongoing, and quickly picked it up, "Luowa, I’ll hang up now, see you at noon."
After Joyina hung up, Mi Chenshuo asked, "So you came back, but where’s Xuanxuan?"
"Who knows where he went!" Joyina pouted, "Something small happened yesterday. Then we stayed at your big brother’s place. When I got up this morning, I didn’t see Mi Chenxuan. I work for you, but I’m not responsible for watching him!"
The boy slowly removed his hand from his pocket.
"What happened?" Mi Chenshuo anxiously inquired.
"Someone shot at us..." Joyina recapped the previous night’s events and, seeing Mi Chenshuo’s face darken immediately, quickly reassured him, "Don’t worry, we’re all fine. I vaguely heard Tong Airui this morning saying they were sending Mi Chenxuan to the base."
Mi Chenshuo frowned, "He should have been sent away a long time ago!"
Joyina nodded with a chuckle, "I think he should return to the team soon. He causes too much chaos at home, too annoying! Yesterday, I said I didn’t want to go to the Red Valley, but he dragged me there. Also, Sister Huo Li said she wanted to stay home with Second Uncle, but Mi Chenxuan nagged her like a monk chanting until she went with us. Maybe if we hadn’t gone, there wouldn’t have been any incident."
The boy glanced at the numeric keypad, pressed the button for the twentieth floor, and dashed out of the elevator as soon as it opened.
Joyina blinked, "What bad manners, running off without even a thank you!"
Mi Chenshuo’s lips twitched, "Sometimes, you’re even ruder than that."
Joyina grunted in dissatisfaction, "Get me a badge later, when you cast actors in the afternoon, I want to take Luowa to watch."
"Did she tell Fourth Brother she’s coming here?"
Joyina was full of disdain, "If she tells him, can she still come? You better not tell Tong Airui either, he’s so petty!"
"..." Mi Chenshuo looked at her speechlessly.
Joyina giggled, "I love seeing you like this, wanting to stop me but being unable to, hahaha, it’s so satisfying!"
She laughed heartlessly, completely unaware that she had just had a brush with death.
The boy who had just exited the elevator adjusted his hat, looked at the ascending elevator, and turned with a slight smile to enter the stairwell.
At noon, Yi Luowa called Lady Jing Ya to inform her that she wouldn’t be coming for lunch, then took Kou’er to Aldridge Building.
Joyina was waiting on the ground floor with the badge, and when she saw them arrive, she laughed and said, "Mi Chenshuo said he would treat us to lunch."
Yi Luowa asked worriedly, "He won’t tell Tong Airui that I’m here, right?"
"I told him not to, he won’t, don’t worry." Joyina led her and Kou’er onto the observation elevator, "We’re going to the revolving restaurant to eat, to avoid running into Tong Aino at the company cafe; I fear he might make snarky comments."
Yi Luowa smirked at her, "If Fifth Brother Tong heard this, wouldn’t he have a fight with you."
"With Connie on my side, he can’t beat me." Joyina laughed, looking at Yi Luowa’s earrings, "I thought you weren’t into wearing jewelry."
