Gu Jin walked silently to the courtyard and knelt there without moving until ten o'clock in the evening.

Chen Yihan stood by the window, watching the black figure behind the courtyard. After a moment, she turned around and saw Su Che packing up the food he brought from the kitchen. After a brief silence, she asked, "Su Che, it's been a while since I last had sweet and sour cabbage."

Su Che stopped in his tracks and looked at Chen Yihan with surprise. "What's wrong? Yihan, do you miss your mother?"

Chen Yihan stared at the floor in silence.

Su Che didn't know why Chen Yihan's emotions were a bit strange. He thought it was because she missed her mother, so he stood up and said, "Yihan, if you want to eat, I can take you out when I have time. How about that? But for now, you need to listen to me. Our top priority is to complete the plan. If we don't act quickly, it will be disastrous if we're discovered."

Chen Yihan nodded and said, "Today, I saw Chufan cooking for Gu Jin."

Su Che sneered, "As a young master, he doesn't have much to worry about. He has plenty of time to focus on other things. Stop wasting your time paying attention to him, understand?"

Chen Yihan lowered her gaze and replied, "Understood."

I don't know why, but even though Su Che is not that old, Chen Yihan feels that he is like a fog, impossible to see through or understand. And she herself feels like a puppet, only needing to follow Su Che's instructions step by step, walking towards the incredibly beautiful and pure world he described, taking each step emotionlessly.

Su Che packed the food neatly, holding it in his left hand. As he approached the door, he took a deep breath and suddenly slapped himself in the face with a loud "smack!" This startled Chen Yihan, who stared at him in disbelief.

"Suchen, what are you doing?!"

"You'll find out soon." Su Che's fair cheeks quickly displayed five distinct red fingerprints. He adjusted his expression and walked out of the door.

Before Gu Jin arrived, he actually tied a soft sandbag to his knees. Kneeling down didn't hurt at all, it was even a little comfortable. However, there were always two mice on the second floor staring at him from behind. Gu Jin couldn't find a gap to stand up and stretch, so now half of his body feels a bit stiff.

Guided by Cen Xiuzhi, Gu Jin naturally understood when he saw those scenes. All of this was a carefully planned trap set by Su Che. Therefore, he had to outwit them and first observe what these people intended to do. He needed to gain a clear understanding of the other participants behind the scenes and what their ultimate goals were. He also had to determine whether he had any value that could be exploited, and then seize the opportunity to eliminate them all in one fell swoop.

Gu Jin was dozing off with his eyelids half-closed. As expected, he soon heard faint and fragmented footsteps approaching from behind.

"Gu Jin?" Su Che's small voice echoed from behind, causing Gu Jin's body to tremble. He turned his head and saw Su Che's widened eyes. "Xiao Che, what are you doing here?"

Su Che walked slowly to Gu Jin's side, placing the insulated lunch box on the ground. He opened the food container facing him and said in a warm and gentle voice, "Madam said you're not allowed to eat, and I was a bit worried. These were all brought from the kitchen. If you don't mind, please have a taste."

Without quotation marks:

He adjusted his slightly long strands of hair to deliberately reveal the red mark on his left cheek. Gu Jin glanced at it and asked, "What happened to your face?"

Su Che let out a small cry and quickly covered his face, stepping back a step stuttering, "N-nothing, my mother was just worried about me, that's why she didn't want me to come here... You should eat quickly, remember to hide the insulated lunch box, I'll go first."