At this critical moment, there was a knock at the door.
Gu Miao's fingers suddenly loosened, his red eyes withdrawing their murderous intent.
"Elisa, nothing happened today, right?" Gu Miao's threatening gaze made Elisa shiver uncontrollably.
"Yes, yes, nothing happened at all." Elisa replied, enduring the pain in her throat.
"Then the mark on your neck..."
"I accidentally bruised it while getting dressed." Elisa finally managed to think quickly and answered, "My skin is really delicate. Even a little pressure leaves a mark."
Gu Miao nodded with satisfaction.
Not too dumb after all.
Gu Miao straightened his clothes and finally spoke: "Come in."
The door opened. It was one of the villa's servants, who politely stood at the entrance and said, "Mr. Gu Miao, Butler Xiaomi asked me to invite you for tea. He said it's the new tea from the Yun family this year."
"Please tell her I'm not feeling well, so I won't be coming." Miles Gu said coolly, "I appreciate her kindness."
"Alright, I'll go report back." The servant turned and left.
Miles Gu's gaze landed on Elisa Field again.
Elisa Field shivered instinctively. "Miles Gu, what's wrong with you?"
"Elisa, let's keep talking." Miles Gu's eyes were dangerous, making Elisa's legs tremble.
"What's there to talk about? Miles Gu, I just remembered I have something to do..." Elisa tried to flee by instinct.
Even Miles Gu's second personality was still full of pressure and threat.
Elisa finally felt the oppressive aura of someone in power.
"No matter how important, nothing matters more than what's between us, right?" Miles Gu reached out again, stroking Elisa's cheek. "Look, such a pretty face—wouldn't it be a shame if it got ruined?"
"Miles Gu, what are you trying to do? Are you crazy? This is China!" Elisa stared at him in disbelief and blurted out, "How can you treat me like this? Has your first personality come back?"
As soon as she said it, regret flashed across Elisa's face.
God!
She actually said it out loud!
Is she crazy?
She's dead meat!
Sure enough, Miles Gu's red eyes narrowed. "First personality? Elisa, you'd better tell me everything you know. Otherwise, you should know there are plenty of ways I can make you wish you were dead. That's not a threat. That's a fact."
Elisa still wanted to resist, but at that moment, Miles Gu's phone rang.
Miles Gu answered with one hand, patiently listening to the report on the other end.
The report was quick—just a few minutes and it was done.
"Well done. Give Team X a reward this year; they've done a great job." After hanging up, Miles Gu turned to Elisa, his gaze chilling. "My people just reported that you hypnotized me? Hm?"
Elisa grew even more terrified, her face drained of color and her body going limp, hanging onto Miles Gu's hand, nearly collapsing.
"I'll talk, I'll tell you everything!" Elisa was terrified, crying and sniffling, her tears ruining her delicate makeup.
Miles Gu let go in disgust, grabbing tissues to wipe his fingers clean one by one.
So dirty.
"It was the Chief Steward who did all this, it has nothing to do with me! They forced me to be your fiancée." Elisa sobbed, "The Chief Steward said your relationship with the Yin family was too close, which was bad for the Field Family, so they brought in Mr. Locke to awaken your second personality. But your first personality was too strong—Mr. Locke failed several times. In the end, they had to use hypnosis and graft your memories to make your first personality loosen up and awaken your second. Right now, you are your second personality!"
"Second personality." Miles Gu lowered his eyes, unreadable.
"Yes. Everyone in the Field Family has inherited genes—what we call bloodline inheritance. But not everyone can successfully awaken their second personality. If they fail, they either go crazy or become idiots. But once the second personality awakens, the first personality will sleep forever and never wake up again." Elisa was spilling everything now, truly afraid of Miles Gu.
If she'd known Miles Gu was this terrifying, she never would've agreed to help the Chief Steward.
After all, no matter how good a man is, you need to stay alive to enjoy it.
"Heh, the first personality will sleep forever?" Miles Gu looked at his own palm. "I see. So why are my memories messed up?"
"That... that's because Mr. Locke hypnotized you. It wasn't a complete awakening." Elisa tried her best to explain, "Your second personality isn't fully awakened, so we had to fill in your logic and memories... Because you had an obsession with your fiancée, the Chief Steward made me pretend to be her..."
Elisa's voice grew quieter and quieter, until it was almost inaudible.
"Fiancée? Obsession?" Miles Gu's heart skipped. "Details!"
"Mr. Locke tried all sorts of ways to hypnotize you and change your memories, but your first personality was stubborn—no chance at all. But you loved your fiancée so much, she was your weakness. Mr. Locke grabbed your weak spot and made the first personality's defenses loosen, so he could break through. You woke up because of your fiancée, so you always needed her by your side to control your thoughts. That's why I had to be here!" Elisa sobbed harder.
"Miles Gu, I've told you everything! I didn't want to do it, I was forced! Please, Miles Gu, spare me!" Elisa dropped to her knees, hugging Miles Gu's legs. "If you want revenge, go after the Chief Steward, not me!"
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"I'll settle your accounts, one by one." Miles Gu looked down at Elisa coldly.
If it weren't for them, he wouldn't have broken off his engagement with Yina Yin.
Heh.
Turns out, the one he truly loved most was Yina Yin.
They lied to him, and they will pay the price!
"Get out." Miles Gu spat out the word coldly.
"Yes, yes, I'm leaving right now." Elisa scrambled out the door.
Just as she reached the doorway, Miles Gu's voice sounded behind her like a ghost: "Once you leave this room, nothing happened here. Understand?"
"Understood, understood." Elisa didn't dare resist, just nodded frantically.
After Elisa left, Miles Gu began to review everything she'd just said, adding in what Team X had found. He fell deep into thought.
First, the person in this body now is the second personality, awakened from sleep.
Rather than a second personality, it's more like another version of himself.
His own memories were so out of sync—totally different from the first personality, completely incompatible.
Second, his real fiancée was Yina Yin, the one he'd truly loved. But because of those lunatics, he thought Elisa was his true love and broke off his engagement.
That explains why he was jealous of Yina Yin's relationship with Gao Tian, and why her agreeing to the breakup didn't make him happy—it tore him apart.
Third, he had to admit—he was nowhere near as good as the first personality.
You could tell just by looking at how the Yin family and everyone else acted.
If the second personality was the opposite of the first, it proved just how perfect the first personality was.
Fourth, things had gone so far that even if he wanted to back out and not break off the engagement, it was probably too late.
News of the breakup was everywhere, and the invitations had already been sent out.
There was no avoiding the breakup now.
Fifth, even though the Field Family's lunatics were unreliable, from his perspective, he was actually grateful to be awakened.
He was really jealous of his first personality, who had everything people dream of.
Status, wealth, love.
Too bad now, everything but love belonged to him.
So, even knowing the truth, he wasn't about to give up control of this body.
Miles Gu looked at his palm. The feeling of controlling a body—amazing!
Sorry, first personality.
This body belongs to me now.
Everything you had is mine too!
As for Yina Yin, I'm not letting her go so easily!
Even if we're broken up, I'm going to win her back!
I'm going to use this body to fulfill all my dreams!
Funny thing is, after everything the Field Family did, the Yin Family didn't react at all?
They really accepted it, agreed to the breakup?
Something just feels off.
At this moment, Miles Gu's second personality was already reconstructing his world, starting to think things through.
But second personality is still second personality—not as farsighted or deep as the first. He only doubted the Yin Family's silence, never realizing they were working in secret.
He had no idea the Yin Family was quietly making moves behind the scenes, more concerned about Miles Gu's body than anything.
If they didn't care about Miles Gu's body and first personality, Yin Sicheng would've sent someone to finish him off ages ago.
No one in this world dared to embarrass Yin Sicheng like this.
Yin Sicheng was so patient because he still wanted to awaken Miles Gu's first personality, so he tolerated the second's recklessness.
Once he figured out what he wanted, Miles Gu decided to take action and win Yina Yin back.
Miles Gu rushed out of the room, eager to find Yina Yin.
But when he got outside, the first thing he saw was Yina Yin and Gao Tian sitting together, making clay figurines.
The intimacy between them stung Miles Gu's eyes.