Yu Yi quickly looked at Tu Feibai: “Commander, please believe A Ju. Lieutenant Gong is slandering her.”
Gong Shi said, “A Ju, while I was out with the commander tonight, you snuck into the secret room, didn’t you? Then you framed me…”
Yu Yi knew Gong Shi was just trying to drag someone else down. He had no evidence and probably didn’t even believe his own words. However, if Tu Feibai believed even half of what he said, it would be troublesome. She looked at Tu Feibai, who was staring back at her unblinkingly.
Yu Yi knew any explanation would be futile. What eloquence could a maidservant have to defend herself? She could only look at Tu Feibai with a grieved yet trusting expression: “Commander…” in a manner that asked him to decide.
Tu Feibai stared at her for a moment, his tightened mouth relaxing: “I believe… A Ju is not a mole.”
Yu Yi placed her hand on her chest, visibly relieved.
Seeing his attempt to frame her fail, and noting the ambiguous look between Tu Feibai and A Ju, Gong Shi secretly seethed. Suddenly, he laughed and said, “A Ju, do you know what’s hidden in the commander’s basement…”
Before he could finish, Tu Feibai’s eyes turned cold. Without letting Gong Shi complete his sentence, he raised his right hand and shot him in the chest. In the dark night, the gunshot was deafening.
Gong Shi’s vitality quickly dissipated from his eyes, yet a smile still lingered on his face. Seeking fortune in danger, since he had failed, death was inevitable. In Tuo Feibi’s hands, he feared a fate worse than death – just look at those inhuman creatures imprisoned in his basement. Therefore, he only wished for a swift death.
Yu Yi covered her ears, her face deathly pale as she watched Gong Shi collapse heavily to the ground. His face suddenly overlapped with Hao Guang’s – she had dreamed of Hao Guang many times before. He had fallen in the same way, blood blossoming on his chest, then a trickle of blood foam emerging from the corner of his mouth…
She stepped back two paces, stumbling behind the sofa. Tuo Feibi reached out to catch her, and the moment he touched her, he felt her tremble. He looked down at her, seeing fear in her eyes.
