Chapter 422: Chapter 250: News of Father’s Death, Rainbow Wings’ Final Notice
"Wenyu, can you... help me turn off the TV?"
"Oh."
Gu Wenyu nodded, picked up the remote from the table, and pressed the power button, turning off the TV.
The host’s clear broadcast disappeared. As he reported the death of Ghost Bell, his voice carried an undisguisable joy, as if he had seen a pest being stomped to death. That’s why his voice sounded so noisy to Gu Qiye.
Noisy enough to make one want to tear his mouth apart.
Gu Wenyu casually tossed the remote onto the sofa and silently watched his brother’s back.
In truth, Ji Minghuan also knew that if he were to tell Gu Qiye at this moment that their father wasn’t actually dead, his brother would probably feel a bit better, right?
But the problem lies in that if he tells Gu Qiye this, he might really give up the opportunity to join Rainbow Wings, so regardless, Ji Minghuan must steel himself and hide this matter from him, at least for the time being.
"Dad’s fake death might become the last chance for my brother to join Rainbow Wings... this is the last opportunity."
Gu Wenyu thought to himself and then withdrew his gaze from Gu Qiye’s back.
"I’ll go take a shower... I’ll clean up later. You don’t need to worry about it now."
Gu Qiye said softly, getting up from the sofa and staggering into the bathroom.
He shut the door casually, then leaned against it, unable to hold his body anymore, sliding down slowly. He sat silently on the floor, his head hanging low.
At this moment, immense regret enveloped his heart.
If he had told Gu Zhuo Case yesterday that he wouldn’t join Rainbow Wings, would Gu Zhuo Case not have impulsively approached the people from Rainbow Wings?
If he had told father that Rainbow Wings people came to this city to find him, would he have had a chance to escape an injury?
What am I doing? Why can’t I be more straightforward? Why am I causing conflicts?
Why?
Gu Qiye, what exactly are you doing?
Everything is finished, there’s no saving it anymore; knowing dad is dead, how will Wenyu and Xiaomai think? They barely managed to breathe after mom died. And me? What am I supposed to do... struggling to start a new life, finally deciding to say goodbye to the past, to say goodbye to that damn mask.
Gu Qiye couldn’t understand anything, couldn’t see anything. Tears blurred his vision, and he hugged his head tightly, curled up behind the door, listening quietly to the thud of rain hitting the window.
"Mom, save me..."
Outside the door, Gu Wenyu stooped to pack up the cake on the ground, licking the black chocolate on his fingertip, "Such a waste. In the Welfare Institute, I never had cake, I was looking forward to it..."
He muttered, picking up a broom, quietly cleaning up the cake and cream on the floor, mopping.
Then he took out a black restraint belt from his sleeve, picked up the "Happy Birthday" banner and candles, throwing them all into the trash bin.
After a while, Gu Wenyu flopped on the sofa back, suddenly turned his head.
His gaze passed through the sofa back, looking at the desolate figure sitting on the ground far behind the screen door.
Actually, he could understand Gu Qiye’s feelings, precisely because he was a fake person, he understood his brother more than anyone else, all these years, this foolish brother thought he matured, thought he became stronger, could protect his younger siblings.
Always thinking he won’t have to see the same tragedy occur in front of him again.
But at the moment father’s death news reached him, Gu Qiye seemed to have returned to that night, watching mother shattered into a scattered blood mist. He suddenly realized he never actually grew up, just a child blinded by helplessness and hatred.
Thinking of this, Gu Wenyu softly murmured, "I’m sorry, brother, it’s the only thing I can do..."
He lay comfortably on the sofa, staring at the time on the wall absent-mindedly, using the corner of his eye to observe the blurry figure behind the glass screen door, curious about when Gu Qiye would finally stand up from there.
Eventually, feeling impatient from waiting, Gu Wenyu got up from the sofa and walked slowly towards the bathroom.
Amidst the sound of rain, he stopped in front of the door, knocking symbolically twice, and said softly, "Brother... I’ve cleaned up the spilled cake, stop staring in the bathroom, if you want to sleep, go sleep on the bed, okay?"
After hesitating for a moment, he asked again, "Uh, do you want me to go out and buy another cake?"
"No need..." After a moment of silence, Gu Qiye replied softly, "Wenyu, dad just called saying he’s gone out of town, so... no need for the cake."
"Wow, dad just came back, how is he human? Forget it then."
After speaking, Gu Wenyu went upstairs to lie down on the bed to rest.
He turned his head from the pillow, looking outside the window.
The rain stopped silently, after the dark pile of rain clouds dispersed, it revealed the vermilion sky of dusk. The sun sank to the bottom of the horizon, and the last remnants of a sunset like red wine hung on the edge of the sky, flying away with the birds.
The night grew deeper, inside the bathroom on the first floor, it was so dark one couldn’t see their hand, only hearing the sound of water dripping in the basin.
In the darkness, Gu Qiye sat hugging his knees dazedly, lips moving as if pleading for help. After a long while, the phone on the ground suddenly vibrated.
He was slightly taken aback, looking down at the phone screen that suddenly lit up.
[Ice: Haven’t you made a decision yet?]
"Ice", this is the WeChat name of Rainbow Wings’ Extreme Ice Maiden You Ruirui.
Her profile picture is a piece of ice in a glass, just like her name, both in minimalistic style. Opening her Moments reveals nothing, not set to only be visible for three days, but rather she hasn’t posted a single Moment.
After contemplating for a long time, Gu Qiye picked up his phone, silently typing and sending.
[Gu Qiye: I saw the news, did you kill Ghost Bell?]
[Ice: Yes, I heard that before your promotion to Catastrophe Level, you were beaten quite badly by him.]
[Ice: Helped you avenge.]
[Gu Qiye: Who killed him?]
[Ice: I can’t answer, we signed confidentiality agreements.]
[Ice: Unless you become a Rainbow Wing Member, otherwise I can’t disclose.]
[Ice: The reason is as follows: By assessing site photos and building damage, one can deduce Rainbow Wing Members’ abilities.]
[Gu Qiye: Then when are you leaving?]
[Ice: Tomorrow night, we’ll return to New York.]
[Gu Qiye: That’s fast.]
[Ice: Blue Arc, this is your last chance, please think carefully.]
[Ice: Join Rainbow Wings.]
[Ice: Or be an ordinary person?]
Gu Qiye stared at the lines on the screen, then slowly lifted his head, looking at himself in the mirror.
At this moment, black electric arcs danced in his pupils, his haggard cheeks sunken inward, yet tears still flowed from the corners of his eyes.
Like a monster with a face completely unrecognizable.
The faint light from the phone screen illuminated his numb and indifferent face. The pitch-black lightning darted around in his pupils, almost springing forth.
The young man in the mirror had a blank expression, yet appeared as ferocious as a ghost.
Gu Qiye’s gaze gradually grew cold.
His fingers gently tapped the screen, sending the last message to the other party, and then the phone dimmed.
[Gu Qiye: I’ll join.]