Married to My Ex-Fiancé's Cousin-Chapter 599 She Became His Weakness_1

"Then that’s all. Remember to take care of yourself out there. Don’t overwork yourself. Although hardworking men are attractive, you shouldn’t tire yourself out too much." Lin Zhenyu’s voice was sweet. She was long used to Zhou Yixiu’s indifference toward her.

Zhou Yixiu responded lightly.

"I’ll hang up now." Before Lin Zhenyu could end the call, Zhou Yixiu hung up first.

He handed the phone to a servant. He had more important matters to attend to and didn’t have the mind to deal with women.

Ji Yunhuan returned to the room and put Ruirui on the bed. The little one loved to crawl and started climbing over the sofa again.

Ji Yunhuan had been here all day. Her mind was in turmoil, and she couldn’t contact her family. She didn’t know how Qi Cheng was doing. The thought of him frantically searching for her made her heart ache.

If she had known earlier, she wouldn’t have kept arguing with him. Even if he got jealous, she should have just appeased him.

Only when they were apart did she realize that even his quarrels with her made her happy. Now, she was filled with worry, restless every day.

Late at night at the Qi Residence in C City, Qi Cheng stood by the window in his robe. Ji Yunhuan had been missing for two days and one night. His grandfather was sick, and everyone was in C City. Despite the situation, he hadn’t stopped looking for Ji Yunhuan. His elder brother was helping him search too.

Although his elder brother said that if Ji Yunhuan had been kidnapped, the perpetrators would reveal their intentions, so he shouldn’t worry, he couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

His inner worry was no less than Ji Yunhuan’s, who was far away.

He even felt like he was splitting apart, hoping she had run away with Bai Liyan, at least so she was safe. Yet afraid she had indeed run away with Bai Liyan, then what would he mean to her?

Early in the morning, Ji Yunhuan was woken by knocking. Because she had slept late the night before, she still wasn’t fully awake. For a moment, she seemed to be back at Qi Garden, with a servant waking her up. Opening her eyes, she remembered she and Ruirui had been kidnapped by Zhou Yixiu. Wearing her pajamas, she climbed out of bed angrily, opened the door, and yelled at the person outside, "Why are you waking me up so early?"

She thought that here, she would be locked up, wouldn’t have anything to do, and didn’t need to get up so early.

As she opened her eyes, she saw the person outside, and immediately became more alert.

"Why so angry?" Bai Liyan looked at her and sighed.

Ji Yunhuan stared at Bai Liyan for a few seconds, stunned, "Why are you here?"

"I heard Zhou Yixiu kidnapped you, so I came." Knowing full well that no matter how much he worried about her, it wouldn’t leave the slightest trace in her heart, he still came immediately out of concern.

"Did Qi Cheng come too?"

"I came by myself." Bai Liyan examined her, "Are you okay?"

Seeing Bai Liyan, Ji Yunhuan quickly frowned before suddenly understanding something. "Did Zhou Yixiu bring me here because of you?"

"Probably."

"What do you mean, probably?" Ji Yunhuan stared at Bai Liyan, guessing, "Could it be that you told him to bring me here?"

Bai Liyan was taken aback, "Why would you think that?"

"..." Although she knew she shouldn’t think of him this way, Ji Yunhuan found it hard not to. If Bai Liyan had nothing to do with it, Zhou Yixiu wouldn’t have let him see her so easily, right? Even if he did come, Bai Liyan should have notified Qi Cheng and brought him along, shouldn’t he?

Bai Liyan understood her thoughts through her eyes, feeling somewhat disappointed, "Is this how you see me? I didn’t know Zhou Yixiu would do this. I just knew you had been kidnapped by him and got really worried, so I came."

His innocent and disappointed expression made Ji Yunhuan feel like she might have misunderstood him. From what she knew of Bai Liyan, he wasn’t the kind of person who would do such things.

She asked, "Then how did you know I was kidnapped?"

"Zhou Yixiu told me."

"..." Zhou Yixiu didn’t kidnap her to threaten Qi Cheng, but to threaten Bai Liyan! Zhou Yixiu had always stayed close to Bai Liyan, seemingly trying to get something from him.

Bai Liyan knew she still doubted him and explained, "He wanted me to do something for him. I refused. He knew I liked you, so he kidnapped you. I told you before, I didn’t want you in front of him, but he still went after you in the end."

He had always told Zhou Yixiu that Ji Yunhuan was of no use to him, but Zhou Yixiu had long considered Ji Yunhuan his weakness. Once Zhou Yixiu decided to act, there was nothing he could do.

Ji Yunhuan felt speechless, "Why me?"

"What do you think?"

Bai Liyan’s direct gaze made Ji Yunhuan awkward.

The answer was obvious because Bai Liyan liked her!

But every time this came up, Ji Yunhuan felt very awkward. She looked down at herself and then realized she was still in her pajamas. She said, "I’ll go change. Wait for me."

Zhou Yixiu had prepared a suite for Ji Yunhuan, with a separate living room and bedroom and a kitchen and bathroom. It had everything except communication devices to prevent her from contacting anyone outside.

Bai Liyan left her bedroom door and waited in the living room. After a while, Ji Yunhuan came out freshened up with Ruirui. Upon seeing Bai Liyan, Ruirui stretched out his arms for a hug from afar. Bai Liyan smiled and took Ruirui in his arms.

Ji Yunhuan sat down on the sofa and asked, "Are you here to take me back?"

"I’ll do my best."

His words confirmed he couldn’t take her back yet.

"Didn’t Zhou Yixiu want you to help him? He won’t let you take me back?" Seeing Bai Liyan, Ji Yunhuan thought she saw hope of going back.

Bai Liyan held Ruirui and told Ji Yunhuan, "He went to great lengths to bring you here. He won’t let go easily without achieving his goal."

However, he didn’t want Zhou Yixiu to succeed easily.

"So he will keep me here to threaten you?" Bai Liyan didn’t seem too troubled. Ji Yunhuan couldn’t tell if he was anxious or not.

Bai Liyan put Ruirui on his lap. The little one stomped on his legs. He looked at Ji Yunhuan, "No matter what, I won’t let you get hurt."

"Does Qi Cheng know you are here?" Ji Yunhuan asked.

Bai Liyan shook his head.

Ji Yunhuan’s eyes clearly showed distrust, "You can’t take me away, you didn’t tell Qi Cheng. So why are you here?"

She couldn’t help but think this whole thing was planned by Bai Liyan and Zhou Yixiu together!

"When I found out you were in trouble, I went to Zhou Yixiu. Before coming here, I didn’t know where you were. Along the way, he removed all my people."

"But why do I feel like you’re lying?"