Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1377: Each Finding Their Own Happiness

Chapter 1377: Chapter 1377: Each Finding Their Own Happiness

"Who’s there!" Catherine’s mood was disturbed, and her expression immediately darkened.

Her subordinate reported from outside the door, "Lady Catherine, Helen from the East Nobles has arrived and is in the living room."

"Helen, what is she doing here at this time?" Catherine frowned tightly, while Gu Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the mood had been disrupted, and that sort of thing could no longer continue.

Catherine smiled slightly, her finger resting on Gu Fan’s lips, "I’m sorry, I have something today. Next time, I will compensate you double."

"Alright, I’ll be waiting for that day." Gu Fan smiled, looking very much forward to it arriving soon.

The door opened, and Gu Fan walked out, unhurried and calm on the surface, but inside, his legs were urging him to leave this place quickly.

Although Helen kidnapped Li Shi, which made Gu Fan a bit angry, Helen was just following orders, and it was better for Li Shi to be in Helen’s hands than with someone else from Organization X. Therefore, Gu Fan had to thank Helen for that.

Now, with Helen’s timely arrival, she helped Gu Fan maintain his bottom line. Gu Fan hadn’t done anything to betray Lin Xi, and for this, he was even more thankful to Helen.

"Thank you, dear relative." Gu Fan left the nightclub through the back door, still feeling a bit nervous. He carefully looked around, making sure no one was there before he quickened his pace.

At that moment, Helen was sitting on the sofa in the living room, legs crossed, arms folded, her indifferent gaze carrying an ominous presence.

"Oh, if it isn’t Helen, what brings you to my humble abode?" Catherine greeted her with a smile as she walked in.

Helen snorted coldly, "One of my competent subordinates, because he did you a favor last time and you took a liking to him, you poached him from me. Recently, his wife came to me, saying that she hasn’t heard from him for a long time and wants to know where you sent him."

"Him? If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have forgotten. I sent him overseas for work. It seems he met some trouble and got himself killed," Catherine said with an indifferent expression, casually pouring herself a glass of wine as she spoke.

Helen’s expression darkened, "You know who that man’s wife is, right? She saved me once."

Catherine huffed coldly, "So what? Sacrificing for Organization X is the highest honor."

Helen stared at Catherine’s arrogant face. If it weren’t for the fact that they were both nobility, maintaining a semblance of courtesy, Helen really wanted to slap her.

Helen took a moment to adjust her emotions, trying to appear as though she had matters to discuss amicably, "Catherine, I didn’t come to cause trouble. If the man is still alive, please hand him over to me. I assure you he won’t talk."

Hearing this, Catherine feigned confusion, "What do you mean? If he’s alive, why would I hide him? That doesn’t make any sense."

Helen suppressed her anger, then closed her eyes and took a deep breath, finally managing to restrain her temper, and said patiently, "Catherine, I know about your ways. I understand you’re in a hurry, but there’s no helping it. The problem isn’t with those men; it’s you..."

"Shut up..." It was now Catherine’s turn to be displeased. She said coldly, "You’re young and beautiful; you have plenty of opportunities, of course, you’re not in a hurry. When you’re in my situation, you’ll understand."

Helen knew she had touched a nerve with Catherine and could only put on a very apologetic face, "Catherine, I didn’t come here to argue. If that person has received the highest reward from you, I am asking you for mercy for him, consider it a debt I owe you. Can I repay it in the future?"

"What highest reward? I don’t understand what you’re talking about," Catherine tilted her head, clearly disinterested in continuing the conversation.

Talking past each other, Helen knew it was pointless to go on and wisely chose to leave.

However, before Helen left, she glanced at the sulking Catherine and remarked, "Catherine, you are nobility after all. You can’t keep devaluing yourself for the sake of having children; the higher-ups will eventually take notice."

Catherine did not respond, and Helen had no choice but to walk away.

Within Organization X, to ensure the continuation of noble bloodlines, all those with noble ancestry had to have children upon reaching adulthood, to guarantee the lineage did not die out, before they could be transformed into members of the Xue Clan.

Who among the nobility wouldn’t want to become a member of the Xue Clan? Who wouldn’t want immortality? Yet, it was mandatory to have a descendant first. Unfortunately, in her childhood, Catherine was afflicted with a curse that impacted her fertility; only a man with outstanding potential could enable her to conceive.

When Catherine was twenty, the West Nobles sought several suitable partners for her, but none were successful in impregnating her. To keep this a secret, the West Nobles secretly disposed of all those men.

At twenty-five, Catherine still could not find the right person, nor could she break the curse on her. Eventually, even the West Nobles gave up.

But Catherine never gave up. She continued her search until, at thirty-two, she began to feel the urgency of time.

In Catherine’s eyes, a capable man must possess excellent potential, hence her highest reward was to offer herself to those who excelled in completing challenging tasks.

If successful in getting pregnant, Catherine would naturally be thrilled, recognize the man, and publicly declare their relationship.

Gu Fan was lucky; Helen’s appearance had done him a great favor, for if Catherine had not become pregnant by him, she would have surely silenced him to hide their liaison.

So, at the time, Gu Fan’s choice to push Catherine away would have led to a dead end; not pushing her away was equally fatal.

Of course, Gu Fan was unaware of this. He fled back to his temporary residence, hastily took a shower to stay alert, and tried to shake off the stunning moments that had just happened.

"That was close, that was close. I managed to keep my innocence intact," Gu Fan muttered while he dried himself off.

Although it wasn’t his first time dealing with matters of intimacy between men and women, and he wouldn’t exhibit any shy behavior, to be honest, his last encounter was with his ex-girlfriend Leng Le, and it had happened almost three years ago.

Gu Fan was, after all, a vigorous young man. When Catherine had thrown herself at him, he truly felt a rush to respond, but his rationality and sense of responsibility prevailed.

The recent incident with Catherine resurfaced in Gu Fan’s mind. Recalling how he almost ended up with her made his thoughts inadvertently drift to that long-ago time with Leng Le.

"It’s so strange! Why didn’t Leng Le get pregnant?" Gu Fan wondered why it crossed his mind, secretly relieved that back then Leng Le hadn’t become pregnant, otherwise he and Lin Xi might not have been able to get back together so easily.

Meanwhile, next door, Leng Le was passionately entangled with a man in a mysterious