Gu Xiaoqi watched as Lu Yuan aggressively pulled the door open and then was kicked down to the ground, his hands tightly grabbing onto the door.

"Let me go, who are you?!" Lu Yuan panicked. He struggled with all his might, but to no avail.

A figure flew past Lu Yuan and rushed into the room, "Xiao Qi!"

The instant Mu Liancheng saw Xiao Qi, his eyes turned red. His fingers trembled as he tried to untie the rope, afraid that he would hurt the person in front of him.

On the contrary, Gu Xiaoqi was much calmer than him, and was even in the mood to tease him. "Mu Liancheng, am I very ugly now?"

Ugly?

His face was covered in cuts and bruises, and his skin and flesh were slightly raised outwards. How could he be ugly? It was simply terrifying.

But Mu Liancheng was still able to hug Gu Xiaoqi, and said with a serious face: "No, Xiao Qi is very beautiful."

"Is that so?" With her hands released, Gu Xiaoqi couldn't help but touch her face, "Sss!"

"Xiao Qi, don't move, I'll bring you home." Mu Liancheng hated him to the core, but not only did he hate Lu Yuan, he also hated himself.

He hated himself for being incapable, being unable to properly protect Xiao Qi, causing her to receive so much harm for no reason.

Mu Liancheng raised the person up horizontally and intimately covered Gu Xiaoqi's face with his jacket, blocking the gazes that were shooting towards him.

When he was passing by the door, Mu Liancheng couldn't hold back and kicked over the grinning Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan flew out more than two meters and then smashed into the wall. Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth as he lost consciousness.

"Take him away. Be careful of his safety." With a light command, Mu Liancheng immediately left the dilapidated apartment.

Shen Nan accepted his fate and cleaned up the mess, showing no mercy towards the culprit, the Ninth Master had said that his idea was safe, as long as he had a breath of life left in him.

"Xiao Qi, don't worry, we'll be there soon."

This was the first time Gu Xiaoqi had stepped into this place in the past few months.

Passing through the dense forest, the car stopped, and Mu Liancheng entered the house with quick steps.

"Ninth Master, what's going on?" Nanny Wang put down the things in her hands and walked forward. She did not expect to see Gu Xiaoqi again, and the child's face was covered in scars.

Nanny Wang's face was filled with pain.

Mu Liancheng didn't bother to answer Nanny Wang. He gently placed her on the sofa, then grabbed the doctor who had been waiting for a long time: "Quickly, let her see."

Seeing this, the doctor didn't dare to hesitate. He quickly took out some alcohol to disinfect the wound.

The icy cold liquid that landed on his wound caused waves of intense pain. Gu Xiaoqi was in so much pain that her tears almost fell.

However, she didn't dare to cry. Otherwise, with the salt on her face, she wouldn't be able to withstand such a secondary injury.

Gu Xiaoqi desperately clenched onto the man's hand, looking like she wanted to cry but didn't dare to.

"Xiao Qi, I'm here, don't be afraid." Mu Liancheng wished he could replace Gu Xiaoqi. He clumsily blew two breaths into the girl's face, then looked at the doctor impatiently, "Can't you be a little lighter?"

The doctor couldn't help but cry out in his heart. His hands were light enough to leave after touching the skin.

However, alcohol was inherently irritating, and this was something that couldn't be avoided. If it couldn't be completely disinfected, then the infection would become troublesome.

But he could not tell these to Mu Liancheng. The doctor could only be more careful.

It took an hour for those wounds to be cleaned up.

Without the blood, the cuts made by the knife finally showed up.

Gu Xiaoqi's originally beautiful face was now cut into several pieces by the crisscrossing scars, which made her look extremely terrifying.

Seeing Nanny Wang unable to bear to speak, Gu Xiaoqi knew that her injuries were severe and she subconsciously looked at Mu Liancheng.

Her eyes met his, and she saw pain in his eyes, anger, self-blame, but not a hint of disdain.

Gu Xiaoqi's heart was at ease. Her Ninth Master was indeed not a Scumbag who judged by appearances.

But she couldn't stop worrying. Was she going to have to live with this face in the future?

After applying the medicine with unease, Gu Xiaoqi grabbed the doctor and asked, "Can my face still be restored to its original state?"

The doctor first glanced at Mu Liancheng, then said with great difficulty, "Miss Gu doesn't have to worry. With the present advanced level of medicine, those wounds can be diluted with medical beauty." However, the wound was so deep, he still had to leave a scar.

Under Mu Liancheng's torch-like gaze, the doctor did not dare to speak the latter half of the sentence out.

Gu Xiaoqi was relieved. She gently touched her face that was wrapped in bandages, and jokingly said: "Alright now, you can only lie down and dress like a mummy tonight."

Amongst everyone present, only Mu Liancheng understood the meaning behind her words.

During the time they shared the bed, he had experienced how terrible the girl's sleeping posture was. If it wasn't for him hugging her tightly, he would have found her on the floor the next day.

During the time that Xiao Qi wasn't in Mu Family, Mu Liancheng was worried the most that she wouldn't be there at night, so this person would roll out of the bed to catch a cold.

That was why he had sent the huge bed over.

However, Gu Xiaoqi's words made him even more determined to keep the other party here.

What Xia Yichen, what threat, what promise, he threw them all to the back of his mind.

So when Xia Yichen received the news, he immediately called Mu Liancheng.

"Mu Liancheng, have you forgotten what you promised me?" Xia Yichen tried his best to suppress his anger, and at the same time, he also felt a jealousy that he hadn't even noticed before.

After Mu Liancheng coaxed him to sleep, he had been waiting for Xia Yichen to come looking for him.

This time, he stubbornly replied, "Whatever you want to do, I'll take it as a loss if you can contact Xiao Qi."

After a period of observation, Mu Liancheng confirmed one thing.

That was — No matter what Xia Yichen's goal was, at the very least, he still had a bit of sincerity towards Xiao Qi, and didn't need to hand his over to the organization.

So as long as he wasn't allowed to speak nonsense in front of Xiao Qi, then there was nothing to be afraid of.

Xia Yichen also thought about this, so after a few conversations, he hung up without taking advantage of the situation.

Mu Liancheng's abnormal domination made Xia Yichen suspicious.

Very quickly, he received news that Lu Yuan had kidnapped Gu Xiaoqi and ruined her face.

Disfigurement?

When he thought of that lively and beautiful smile filled with scars, Xia Yichen could not help but feel his heart ache.

When she found out that the one provoking her was Gu Jiabao, she felt so ashamed and angry.

He thought about what Gu Xiaoqi had said that day.

"Xia Yichen, how can you brazenly say that you like me after doing so many things that hurt me?"

"Your liking will only make me feel disgusted."

Xia Yichen thought that the reason Gu Jiabao dared to do this, was only because she was supporting his.

He was indeed very shameless, as he condoned the damage Gu Jiabao was doing to Xiao Qi, and at the same time shamelessly confessed.

If he was Gu Xiaoqi, he wouldn't be touched, and would only feel angry.

But how could he tell Xiao Qi that Gu Jiabao couldn't move?

Not only could he not move, he had to do his best to satisfy the other party's demands. The boss had already been dissatisfied with his little trick last time.

But Xia Yichen was still Xia Yichen after all, and it was fine that he couldn't openly take care of Gu Jiabao, but could secretly cause some trouble to vent his anger.

Seeing that Gu Jiabao was about to be unlucky, Xia Yichen's anger finally dissipated.

No matter how he thought about it, he still could not relax. He could only shamelessly step into Mu Family's doorstep.

When Mu Liancheng found out about Xia Yichen's visit, he was not surprised at all. He even let his in with a calm attitude, making Xia Yichen uncomfortable.

When Xia Yichen came over, Gu Xiaoqi was sitting in the hall changing medicine. She was wearing Little Strawberry home clothing, with his back to the door.

"Xiao Qi, I've come to see you."

Gu Xiaoqi turned her head when she heard her voice.

After that, Xia Yichen saw a crisscrossed face, the scars were scabbed and raised high, with the help of the purple liquid, it looked even more terrifying.

Therefore, Xia Yichen did something that he did not expect. He ran.

"Hur hur." Gu Xiaoqi looked at the man's actions and sneered.

Yes, she did it on purpose.

Originally, Mu Liancheng had wanted to kick them out, but she forced him to do so so so that he could have a chance to see him again.

Just as she expected, Xia Yichen was afraid the moment he saw her face.

Hearing the girl's sneer, Xia Yichen stopped in his tracks in shame. He turned around and walked to stand in front of Gu Xiaoqi once more.

"I …"

"Xiao Qi, it's time to drink the medicine." Without waiting for Xia Yichen to finish speaking, Mu Liancheng walked out wearing the same kind of strawberry pajamas as Gu Xiaoqi, and holding an exquisite porcelain bowl.

A grown man wearing a little strawberry should have seemed childish, but Mu Liancheng had actually grown up with a handsome, sky-splitting face, giving him a domineering look.

Xia Yichen was shamelessly jealous. He wanted to sour blame for the other party's rudeness when he saw them in his pajamas.

However, when he thought about how he was not informed beforehand and how he was an evil guest, he lost all face in an instant.

As if he was sitting on pins and needles in front of a big lightbulb, Xia Yichen stared at the two people in front of him with a masochistic gaze.

Facing such a face, he did not believe that Mu Liancheng would not be affected at all. As long as the other party revealed even the slightest hint of displeasure and dissatisfaction, he would have the qualifications to mock him.

But Xia Yichen was bound to be disappointed.

Mu Liancheng naturally pulled the girl into his embrace and personally fed her the medicine, feeling both patient and gentle.

Seeing that Gu Xiaoqi obediently drank the medicine and did not cause any trouble, Mu Liancheng rewarded her with a kiss, his expression focused.

Xia Yichen, who had been fed with dog food, wished that he could find a hole to hide in.

At this moment, Xia Yichen admitted that he could not compare to Mu Liancheng.

At least, he couldn't kiss Gu Xiaoqi's face as if nothing had happened.

Gu Xiaoqi looked at Xia Yichen whose face was ashen, feeling extremely comfortable in his heart. She purposely wanted to anger Xia Yichen to death.

Didn't he say that he would not regret his love for her and that he would confess to her complacently? If he couldn't scare Xia Yichen to death, it was her loss.

It was a rare opportunity to bully Xia Yichen, so Gu Xiaoqi pulled Mu Liancheng to the seat closest to him, and it was hard for Xia Yichen not to look.

Gu Xiaoqi, "..." I'll see if you still dare to confess in the future.