Chapter 63: Warm Intentions (Part 2)

  The night was deep, and Gu Huanli was alone in her dream, walking for a long time. Half asleep and half awake, she heard a faint sound coming from beside her ear. She wasn't sleeping deeply to begin with, so she immediately opened her eyes, looked up, and saw someone standing in the shadows, backlit, only able to vaguely make out his figure.

  "What's wrong?" Gu Huanli asked lazily, propping up her head with one hand, "Wasn't everything clear last night?"

  "No."

  "This is strange, could it be that angels also have somnambulism?"

  At the words, Cassidy took a step forward, his blue eyes still holding a faint smile. He said softly, "I just happened to be passing by and dropped in to see Miss Shen."

  Ms Shen?

  Gu Huanli asked softly in her heart, but a smile appeared on her face as she asked in a gentle voice, "The great Holy Angel, is there something you can't handle?"

  Cassidy picked up a nearby cardigan and draped it over her shoulders, continuing, "I'm too conspicuous; if I lend them a hand, they'll be suspicious."

  Gu Huanli was taken aback for a moment, and the next second, she burst out laughing and teased, "My dear Cassidy, don't you know how to cast transformation spells?"

  "Right." In the darkness, Cassidy's deep blue eyes flashed with a hint of cold light, but soon calmed down and said slowly, "The problem is, no matter how I change, my appearance is still that of a white person."

  "Ah, I see." Gu Huanli nodded and gazed at Cassidy for a moment before suddenly realizing, "Are you planning on letting me go? Cassidy, please, this is Shanjian City. Even if I could escape, it would require the right timing, location, and people. It's the middle of the night, even if I had the guts to climb over the wall, what about the electric fence? Honestly, I have no interest in being a roasted suckling pig."

  "It's okay to take a girl out below." Cassidy's lips curled up into a perfect smile, as casual as discussing the weather on the streets of London.

  "Hmph, if you could bring me out, why didn't you say so earlier?" Although Gu Huanli said this, she still walked to the dressing room and changed into a light and easy outfit, then put on her down jacket. "Let's go, Saint Heavenly Messenger."

  When Cassidy jumped from the balcony to the top of the cypress tree with Gu Huanli in her arms, she looked down at the seemingly endless dark abyss below and couldn't help but take a breath of cool air. This height had already exceeded her tolerance. "Hey, although it can avoid becoming a roasted suckling pig, being smashed into a meat pie is also not a good look."

  "Heaven is higher than this, Miss. You weren't afraid before, why are you trembling at just this height?" Cassidy's lips curled into a faint smile, as if he had been waiting for this moment.

  "Have you heard that souls can die? No. But people who have died are many. That's the difference, humans will always die, but souls are indestructible." Gu Huanli lay in Cassidy's arms, moving restlessly, her long eyelashes trembling slightly before she slowly said, "Tell me, what's going on with Mrs. Shen? Is it that my lovely aunt is causing trouble again?"

  "Yes." Cassidy replied without hesitation, but a faint bitter smile floated on his lips. As an angel, he couldn't intervene to change someone's fate, but as a human, Gu Huanlin could. So, he needed her power, needed her help.

  When Cassidy held Gu Huanli in front of the Shen family's window, the scolding and crying voices inside intertwined, gradually dispersing into the night with the ruthless cold wind.

  Since Chu Lin Tao's death, Shen Yanran and her mother had not yet enjoyed the wealthy life brought by the inheritance, but were pushed into a miserable situation by Gu Wenjuan. Although they paid a large sum of lawyer fees, they still lost the lawsuit. Although Shen Yanran wanted to continue appealing, everyone, including her brother, advised her not to confront the Gu family again.

  She chose to compromise, but what she got was Gu Wenjuan's relentless pursuit. The house where they lived with their mother was given by Chu Lintao, but Gu Wenjuan said that the funds for purchasing it were their common property as a couple, so the gift was invalid.

  Having lost her livelihood, Shen Yanran really didn't know where to go or what to do now that she was about to lose her home. Go back to the house she had lived in for over twenty years? Even if her brother was willing to take them in, his mean sister-in-law would never let them move into that small apartment, and besides, she didn't want to hear her sister-in-law's sarcastic remarks and insults.

  The road ahead is uncertain, where should she go and where should she come from?

  At dusk, where should I go and where should I come from?

  And what about the child in her womb, the poor little one who has already lost its father before it was born? Where will fate take him to?

  Shen Yanran didn't dare to think about it, but Gu Wenjuan forced her to think. Every day, someone would scold outside her window, every day someone would splash red paint on her front door, and the entrance was filled with trash, which made the neighbors angry but not dare to speak out, so they could only vent their grievances and complaints on Shen Yanran.

  Shen Muran hadn't gone to school for a long time, she couldn't bear the teacher's disdain, her classmates' contempt, and most importantly, after transferring from Cijiao Primary School to an ordinary school, such a decline made it difficult for her to adapt.

  Tonight, someone came again to make trouble. Shen Mu Ran had also tried to beg the neighbors for help to call the police, and had also tried to plead with Gu Wen Juan to spare her mother. As a result, she was pushed to the ground by someone, and her palms were covered in wounds. (It was) blurry with blood and flesh, but there was no way to apply medicine, the piercing pain finally made her unable to bear it, and she burst into tears.

  Gu Huanli gazed at all of this, her shallow smile hiding the cold glint in her eyes. "Cassidy, do you really think I'd lend a hand to help them? Let's be real, they may not be my enemies, but when it comes down to it, neither of them has been innocent of stirring up trouble. Besides, Chulintao is already gone, and the mother-daughter duo poses no threat to the Gu family anymore. Why would I stick my neck out to offend Auntie and Lianyou? After all, the Gu family now has an additional young mistress, and we sisters are inseparable, aren't we?"

  "If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone." Cassidy looked at Gu Huan's hesitant expression and knew that soothing the wound in her heart would take some time. However, her nature was still kind, so he changed his tone and said softly, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

  Friend?

  In Gu Huan's deep and mysterious eyes, a dark light flashed, like lightning, that was the door to memories. After a long while, she tilted her head and smiled faintly, saying in a soft voice, "Isn't it better to let them fend for themselves?"

  "If Miss also decided to let the mother and daughter fend for themselves, I'm afraid...” Cassidy said slowly, looking at the few lewd men who suddenly walked into the house, “Not long after, the three souls in front of us will be erased from memory by their holy angel, and then re-sent to the mortal world."

  Gu Huanli listened to his words, glanced at the situation in the room, and her originally smiling face gradually turned cold. Her dark eyes sank deeply, as if she was enduring a huge anger, but still hesitated and refused to move forward.

  Cassidy couldn't help but let out a soft sigh at the sight, then tightened his arm and hugged Gu Huanli tightly. "Since Miss has made up her mind, I'll see you back to Shanjian City."

  Gu Huanli shook her head, and before she could speak, she saw someone slap Shen Mueran's face, with what seemed to be curses coming from their mouth. However, it was too far away, and those foul words couldn't reach her ears. Besides, Cassidy never allowed her to hear such things, usually using magic to isolate her from the outside world.

  "With my current abilities, even if I rush in to save them, I'm afraid it would be a case of having the heart but not the strength." Gu Huan Lian thought silently, reality was indeed cruel, and even more cruel was her aunt. How could she disregard the law and human relationships, and do such a shameless and despicable thing?

  Cassidy bit his lower lip, but looking at the chaos in the house, he clenched and unclenched his fists, his voice low, "If I say so, I have the ability to let Miss temporarily return to your suicidal age, would you like to give it a try?"

  "Kidding... " Gu Huan Lian looked at Cassidy's serious expression and was tongue-tied, she stuttered, "You mean, I can return to my adult form?"

  "For the time being."

  “……Alright……” Gu Huan Lian lightly responded, her heart feeling somewhat annoyed and worried, but a smile appeared on her face, with a cold intent flowing in her eyes. It seemed that this clumsy angel still had many things hidden from her. “Before dawn, you'd better recall the things you can remember but forgot to tell me, and say them again.”

  "Yes."

  "How did it change?"

  "It's not changing." Cassidy's right hand index and middle fingers pointed at Gu Huanli's forehead, the fingertips glowing with a silver light in the night color. After blinking, a woman appeared in mid-air, it was Gu Huanli before her suicide. Her body gradually changed from transparent to solid, while her original body seemed to be asleep, lying in Cassidy's left arm. He looked at Gu Huanli in front of him and said in a low voice, "This spell is called Soul Condensation, the duration is one hour, it should be enough for Miss."

  "Should I thank you for conveniently transforming my clothes too?" Gu Huan Lian looked at the obviously enlarged clothes on her body, shaking her head in a mixture of laughter and tears. "Take good care of my body, if anything goes wrong, I'll pluck all the feathers from your wings." After saying that, she flipped over and jumped onto the balcony of the Shen residence.

  "I'll be waiting here for Miss's triumphant return."

  Listening to the faint voices coming from behind, Gu Huanli moved her fingers and picked up a few goose egg stones from the empty fish tank on the balcony. Hopefully, with increased strength, her aim was still accurate.

  At this time, several men in the house had already taken off their pants. Shen Mu Ran was so scared that she couldn't make a sound, while Shen Yan Ran beside her had her skirt lifted up by someone and another person pried open her mouth.

  "Disgusting." Gu Huanli cursed under her breath, her left hand picking up the flower pot and smashing it against the glass window as she leapt into the room. As for spiritual bodies, they were indeed very light, but who knew if they would backfire on their physical body after getting injured.

  Ahh, ahh, something so important, how could she forget to ask Cassio? Damn stupid angel, can't she see that just because he occasionally shows some kindness, she'll end up losing her life? And if the soul can't return, won't she become a vegetable?

  The sound of shattering glass was crisp and piercing, startling everyone present. Taking advantage of the thugs' momentary stunned state, Gu Huanli's right hand swiftly shot out several small stones. In an instant, a man's temple was hit, causing him to fall directly to the ground. Although the others dodged to the side, their faces were still injured by the stones that flew over immediately after. Despite this, not one of them stopped uttering vile and obscene language.

  "Where did this little girl come from, daring to ruin old man's good things?"

  "Hey, you look pretty good! Want to play together? Two is not a small number, three is also not too many."

  "This fiery temper is going to be exciting to play with."

  ……

  It's really something, previously she was always being hit and they even gave it a nice name, learning to take hits, only then do you have the qualifications to learn how to hit people. Hmph, human sandbag or whatever, she's finally found one.

  Shen Mu Ran's face was twisted in agony, with blood bubbles constantly emerging from her mouth. Cold sweat dripped down like soybeans, one by one. She struggled to sit up, her lips moving as if pleading, but no sound came out of her throat. With all her might, she managed to stammer out, "Save me... save my mom..."

  Gu Huanli looked at Shen Yanran, who had disheveled hair and tattered clothes, then glanced around the room at the broken objects and the photos that had been trampled beyond recognition, including those of Chu Lintao and their mother-daughter pictures. She couldn't help but sigh, "Take good care of your child."

  Tears welled up in Shen Yanran's eyes, but she quickly wiped them away. Yes, that was right, she had to protect her child, it was a mother's duty and obligation.

  As she watched the mother and daughter crawl into the corner, Gu Huanli turned her gaze to the men who were pulling up their pants, sneering, "If you're not afraid of the cold, why wear it?" After finishing speaking, she spun around and kicked out with a loud thud.

  Ten minutes later, Gu Huanli coldly smiled and threw all the clothes, pants, including underwear of those men from the window to the downstairs, leaving only their socks and leather shoes on them. Aren't they exhibitionists? Now let them expose themselves enough.

  Pick up the phone to call the police, then looking at Shen Yanran who was shrinking in the corner of the wall and tightly covering her daughter's eyes, Gu Huanli sighed, "The police will be here soon, let's just consider tonight's events as a nightmare."

  "Miss..." Shen Yanran looked at Gu Huanli under the moonlight, she couldn't tell why she felt that the person in front of her was very familiar, even though she had searched every corner of her memory without finding any trace. But this night, was the warmest night she had felt since Chu Lintao's passing. The heavens hadn't completely abandoned them, mother and daughter, nor had they abandoned her unborn child. "A life-saving favor cannot be repaid, I..."

  "Sometimes, retreating is to accumulate the strength to move forward." Gu Huanli's words were indeed a temporary idea, she didn't believe that Shen's mother and daughter would be grateful to her. Perhaps, she agreed to help Cassidy just to leave a chess piece to restrain her aunt and Lian You.

  How pitiful and lonely...

  Ridiculous to the extreme.