A moment later, Allen opened the door from inside. Seeing Qin Tianyi, he showed a slight look of surprise and asked, "What is it? Here, after dark, every household closes its doors and doesn't visit each other. I'm sorry, I only receive patients here, not guests."
Tianyi held the door open with one hand, preventing him from closing it, and said anxiously, "Susu is missing, can you mobilize the people here to help me find her?"
"Missing?" Allen thought he was making a fuss. "Perhaps she went for a walk by the sea, go look for her by the sea yourself."
"It's pitch black everywhere here, not even a streetlamp. She wouldn't go for a walk, she'd only be scared..."
Allen said impatiently, "Don't push your luck. I've already healed her injuries, and you can leave anytime. Don't bother me again."
"Consider it me begging you. As long as you help me find her, I'll owe you a favor." Tianyi was truly worried, afraid something might happen to Susu.
Allen sneered, "I don't need anyone to owe me anything. I just want to stay here with him, and I don't want anyone to disturb us, especially you and Gu Susu. Who was it that kept chasing us? I was doing fine running a dessert shop in Lancheng, but you forced me to this deserted island. Now I've done all I can for you..."
"Alright, it was my fault back then. I shouldn't have investigated Yang Sijie's whereabouts. As long as you help me find Susu, we'll leave here in a couple of days and never bother you again! Consider it me begging you, help me find her!" Tianyi stared at him. "She's always considered you a friend. No matter how many illegal things Yang Sijie did, she always believed you were a good person. You've saved her several times, help me find her this time."
Allen was silent for a moment, seemingly conflicted, but finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll mobilize the islanders to help you search."
They immediately went to find the local who understood English, and then had him mobilize others.
Almost everyone on the island was mobilized. They searched everywhere for Susu all night. By the time dawn broke, they still hadn't found her.
Everyone was tired and sleepy and went home to rest one after another. Only Tianyi was unwilling to give up, refusing to believe Susu could disappear into thin air like this.
Allen had been following him, searching together, and they walked to the end of the sea of flowers.
Tianyi insisted on climbing the cliff at the end, as it was the only place they hadn't searched.
The cliff was still empty. Allen followed him, looking around and saying, "Could she have accidentally fallen into the sea and been washed away by the waves?"
"No," Tianyi stood on the rock, gazing at the rolling waves below the cliff. He thought that Susu's leg wasn't fully healed yet, so she couldn't have climbed up here. "She must still be somewhere on the island, trapped, or in danger?"
"What's that?" Allen suddenly noticed a hat stuck in a crevice of the rocks by the cliff and pointed to it.
Tianyi recognized it as Susu's hat at a glance. He immediately stepped onto the rock, trying to retrieve the hat from the crevice. He still couldn't believe Susu would come to this cliff, or that she might have fallen into the sea.
He got the hat and examined it closely, saying, "It's her hat, alright, but it could have been blown here by the wind..."
As he spoke, he was about to turn to look at Allen when he felt someone behind him give him a hard push.
He instantly felt like a leaf, falling towards the rolling waves.
Allen stood on the rock Qin Tianyi had just stepped on, picked up the hat that had fallen before he plunged, brushed off the dust, and looked down at the waves swallowing Qin Tianyi whole, his heart devoid of joy or sorrow.
No one would ever disturb him and Yang Sijie again. Even if Qin Tianyi swore an oath, he still didn't believe that Qin Tianyi could keep their hiding place a secret for the rest of his life after leaving here.
To be honest, he didn't like doing such terrible things, but no matter how he hid with Frank, they always ran into people they shouldn't have.
He also didn't like Qin Tianyi. Although he had never harbored ill will towards Qin Tianyi, every time Qin Tianyi saw him, he would speak harshly to him, even resorting to physical violence.
Only when Qin Tianyi disappeared forever could he find peace. As for Gu Susu, he couldn't bring himself to harm her yet.
He still had to figure out whether to let her stay on the island forever or let her disappear forever.
...
When Susu woke up feeling sore all over, she found her hands and feet bound and her mouth taped shut. She didn't know where she was.
It seemed like there were walls on all sides, and she couldn't see anything.
She remembered that before she fainted, she was in the sea of flowers, and it felt like someone had grabbed her. Who had kidnapped her?
Tianyi had said that the people on this island were very simple. They had no reason to tie her up like this.
Besides, when she walked around the island, she had met a few locals. Even though they couldn't speak the same language, both men and women had been very friendly to her.
She was trying to see if she could move herself to bump into something and make a noise to attract help.
Suddenly, something outside kept hitting the door. It didn't sound like someone hitting it with their body, but rather something metallic hitting the door rhythmically, which scared her into not moving.
After more than ten hits, the door was forced open from the outside, and bright sunlight instantly streamed in.
Susu saw a wheelchair rush in with panic. Her eyes were facing the light, so she couldn't see the person in the wheelchair clearly.
She only heard someone stammering, "Ai... Lun, why didn't you open the door, and you... you locked it..."
She could hardly believe her ears. Although the voice was muffled, she could recognize Yang Sijie's voice even if he turned to dust.
"Who... who are you?" The electric wheelchair slowly approached Susu.
Susu avoided the direct light and finally saw that the person in the wheelchair was Yang Sijie. She couldn't believe it and struggled desperately, trying to break free from the ropes binding her hands and feet.
No, this wasn't right. She must be having a nightmare!
She quickly closed her eyes and opened them again. Looking at everything in front of her, the person in the wheelchair was still Yang Sijie.
And the place she was in was actually a neat room with curtains, a sofa, a coffee table, an old piano, and a bookshelf.
She still couldn't believe that all of this was real. She was clearly on a primitive island, so how could she see Yang Sijie in a wheelchair?
Yang Sijie stared at her blankly, still controlling the wheelchair to move closer to her, his eyes filled with a light he had never had before.
Susu wanted him to stop coming closer, but her sealed mouth couldn't make a sound.
She lowered her head, trying to figure out how to move herself, hoping this nightmare would end soon.
At that moment, Allen walked in. He completely ignored Gu Susu, who was tied up on the ground, and strode to Yang Sijie's side, tidying the stray hairs on his forehead. "How did you get into this room, and you broke the door?"