Gentle Young Master Gu... Scared Out of Their Minds!

Gu Xiao made a rare appearance in the library.

The usual sounds of pages turning, water being drunk, footsteps, and hushed discussions all vanished.

In an instant, it was as though someone had pressed pause on the library's fifth floor.

Only the sound of Gu Xiao's and Fu Huai's leather shoes remained.

"A-Xiao, what are you doing here?"

Fu Huai was in a fairly good mood. He waved a hand, signaling that everyone could leave.

The library at Aisili Noble Academy had ten floors.

The fifth floor was a study room. Usually, only low-ranking students and some betas studied there.

Fu Huai had no need to make things difficult for these ants.

"Looking for someone." Gu Xiao turned back and looked calmly at Fu Huai. "But you've sent everyone away. Where am I supposed to look?"

Fu Huai said, "...Who are you looking for?"

He waved a hand and said something, and the doors to the fifth floor were shut.

Everyone was trapped on the fifth floor.

They were all terrified and uneasy, not understanding what Young Master Gu and Young Master Fu wanted.

Could it be that one of them was about to receive a red card?

Who?!

They had no idea whether that counted as bad luck or... good fortune.

"A-Huai, your cousin is back." Gu Xiao looked at him with a smile. "He's among these hundred-odd people. You should be able to find him, shouldn't you?"

In such silence, they could hear every word Young Master Gu said with perfect clarity.

"Oh, he's back." Fu Huai's expression was calm as he swept his gaze over them. "Fu Sinian, A-Xiao is looking for you. How long are you going to hide?"

In the crowd, Fu Sinian's brows were tightly furrowed.

He had simply happened to have nothing to do today and stopped by to look something up.

What did A-Xiao want with him?

Fu Sinian stepped out of the crowd. "A-Huai, long time no see."

Only after greeting Fu Huai did Fu Sinian look at Gu Xiao. "A-Xiao, you've grown even more handsome."

"Brother Nian, long time no see."

Hearing how Gu Xiao addressed him, Fu Sinian's expression became a little odd and uneasy.

Although he was also a member of the Fu Family, as a beta, his standing in the family was not high.

In other words, he was guaranteed a life without worries about food or clothing, but entering the core of the Fu Family's business was impossible.

Gu Xiao, meanwhile, was the Gu Family's sole heir.

He could hardly bear being called "Brother" by Gu Xiao.

Thus, Fu Sinian merely managed to maintain a smile and said nothing.

"Brother Nian, let's find somewhere to talk," Gu Xiao said casually. "It wouldn't be good to disturb their studying."

Since when had Gu Xiao been so polite?

Fu Huai frowned, eyeing Fu Sinian warily.

This man was only two or three years older than them.

He sometimes called him "Brother" merely because the Fu Family placed some value on blood ties.

What reason did A-Xiao have to call him "Brother"?

He himself hadn't even called him that just now.

He was three months older than A-Xiao, yet A-Xiao had never once called him "Brother"!

Fu Sinian could only feel a chill at his neck and turned to glance at Fu Huai.

His cousin still wore a gentle expression, even giving him a polite smile when their eyes met.

Fu Sinian was speechless.

He felt there was murderous intent in his cousin's eyes.

After returning the fifth floor to those students, they took the elevator straight to the tenth floor.

The entire tenth floor was F4's territory.

Apart from people who had received red cards, no other group had ever been brought inside.

Even guests were not worthy of entering.

This was a "playground" belonging exclusively to F4.

Fu Sinian naturally knew this too. Uncertain and apprehensive, he followed half a step behind Gu Xiao.

He had only just returned to the country. Surely he hadn't had time to offend these young masters yet?

Fu Sinian's expression struggled, and finally, just before they reached the door, he couldn't help asking, "A-Xiao, may I ask what this is about?"

If he really had offended Gu Xiao, he hoped Fu Huai would help him out for the sake of their shared bloodline.

"I just wanted to ask Brother Nian for a favor."

Those words made Fu Sinian's hair stand on end.

What help could a beta like him possibly offer?

Even Fu Huai was puzzled. "A-Xiao, whatever you want to do, we can help too."

Gu Xiao smiled at Fu Huai. "You can't."

Fu Huai was speechless.

He could barely maintain the mask on his face.

"I hear Brother Nian knows a great deal about networks." Gu Xiao pushed open the door and gestured for him to enter. "Don't be afraid. I'm only asking you for a small favor."

Gu Xiao's current attitude made Fu Sinian even more terrified.

He looked at Fu Huai in alarm, wanting to say something but not daring to speak.

He could afford to offend neither of them.

"A-Huai, Brother Nian and I have something to discuss. Make yourself at home."

Fu Huai grabbed Gu Xiao's arm. "A-Xiao, what are you doing?"

Why was A-Xiao treating a beta so well?

He couldn't accept A-Xiao speaking in such a gentle tone to anyone other than the three of them.

No, he should say that even the three of them had never been treated this way by A-Xiao!

"I'd rather ask you, A-Huai. What are you trying to do?" Just as Fu Huai wished, Gu Xiao's tone turned considerably colder.

"Don't worry. I won't do anything to a member of the Fu Family. I have to give you some face, after all, don't I? A-Huai, let go."

One of those remarks pleased Fu Huai with ease.

He let go. "Take your time talking. I'll wait here for you to come out."

Gu Xiao personally poured Fu Sinian a cup of tea.

Fu Sinian sprang to his feet. "A-Xiao, there's no need. I can do it myself."

The more respectfully Gu Xiao treated him, the more Fu Sinian felt something was wrong.

Who didn't know how vile the leader of F4's temperament was?

The more he draped himself in a gentle guise, the more... terrifying he became.

"A-Xiao, what favor do you want to ask of me?"

Gu Xiao sensed Fu Sinian's fear and couldn't be bothered to keep up the act.

"Someone installed cameras in my residence at school." Gu Xiao casually dropped those words, making Fu Sinian's pupils quake. "Brother Nian, sorry for the trouble, but please take care of it."

This brief conversation lasted less than five minutes.

When he came out, Fu Sinian looked utterly drained and extraordinarily dazed.

Fu Huai knitted his brows. "A-Xiao, what happened?"

"Brother Nian and I hit it off at first sight." Gu Xiao calmly dropped a bombshell. "I'm having him stay at my place tonight."

"No!"

Feng Ji resisted the most fiercely.

Even his baby face looked several years older with anger. "A-Xiao, what are you doing? What the hell is Fu Sinian, anyway!"

After saying that, Feng Ji glared furiously at Fu Huai. "A-Huai, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Faced with that accusation, Fu Huai sneered. "What does this have to do with me? A-Xiao simply hit it off with Fu Sinian at first sight. That's all."

It was Feng Ji's first time seeing such an expression on Fu Huai's face, and he knew this had nothing to do with him.

If Fu Huai really insisted on planting one of his own people by A-Xiao's side, wouldn't it be better to take the field himself?

"A-Xiao, what exactly are you doing?" Feng Ji could only go back to complaining to Gu Xiao. "If you want company, can't you come to me? If that won't do, even Lin An would work!"

Fu Huai glanced at Feng Ji. What, after him came Lin An?

What about him and Ji Chuan?

"I'm already tired of looking at you." No one could oppose something Gu Xiao had decided. "Take your time arguing. I'm heading back."

Feng Ji watched Gu Xiao leave, his face full of frustration.

There was nothing he could do.

Fu Huai was very calm. "Fu Sinian is only a beta. A-Xiao couldn't possibly be interested in him."

Feng Ji ground his teeth. "Of course I know that, but can you guarantee Fu Sinian isn't interested in A-Xiao?"

Fu Huai said, "A-Xiao is an alpha with SS-level mental power."

"So what?" Feng Ji's expression was dark. "I won't allow Fu Sinian near A-Xiao."

Fu Huai watched Feng Ji for a while before saying, "Maybe A-Chuan has a way."

"A-Chuan?" Feng Ji calmed down a little. "Right, I have to tell him about this. We can't be the only ones suffering!"

Fu Huai said gently, "All right, ask where A-Chuan is and have him come back."

If A-Chuan doesn't come back soon, Fu Huai thought helplessly, he won't be able to come back at all.

He had a rough idea of what A-Xiao wanted to do.

He hadn't expected the first person to be exposed would be A-Chuan...