Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1397: Almost Went Too Far

Chapter 1397: Chapter 1397: Almost Went Too Far

Xue Long suddenly slapped his thigh, made a decision, and that was to go to another town to deal with Gu Fan, Su Hui, and Lin Xi’s group.

The reason for Xue Long was simple—this gathering was originally to deal with those people, but unfortunately, they encountered the Hunter’s Guild, resulting in lost troops and humiliation upon returning.

To salvage his pride and to redeem himself, Xue Long thought of continuing the original plan.

"What, still can’t keep calm?" Gu Fan looked at Xue Long, who had forgotten the pain once his wound healed and wanted to persuade him. However, someone took the initiative to make Xue Long think twice, and as a result, got punched and sent flying.

The people sent to meet him all frowned and issued a warning, "Xue Long, don’t mess around. We were ordered by Xue Wang to bring you back safely. You’ve already assembled people without Organization X’s consent, and without permission you redirected those monitoring Gu Fan and the others. Xue Wang ordered you to come back immediately."

Hearing this, Xue Long got discouraged—this was indeed troublesome. If he returned empty-handed, he was waiting to be punished.

These people were sent by Xue Wang and mostly represented his will; even nobles dared not defy them. Thus, Xue Long could not resist and could only nod in agreement to return.

So, everyone started the journey back to Dark City.

At the Dark Gate, Gu Fan found that even nobles like Xue Long needed to show surveillance certificates for admission, he hadn’t anticipated that the security in Dark City was so strict.

Moreover, Dark City also kept records of what each person went out for, when they left, and when they returned.

Xue Long was also questioned; his city exit permit listed "going out for business" and along with his noble status, he was quickly allowed to pass.

Gu Fan and Li’s city exit permit listed that they were helping Catherine with unique makeup products, which led the gatekeeper to question them for quite a while, because Gu Fan and Li had used a similar reason the last time they left the city.

Xue Long didn’t mind Gu Fan and Li’s situation because he couldn’t cope with it and was directly taken away to the Tower of Darkness to further undergo Xue Wang’s interrogation, as his own safety was in jeopardy.

Under the aggressive questioning by the gatekeeper, it made Gu Fan and Li seem suspicious. Eventually, Catherine arrived and forcefully took them away, "Yes, I asked them to go out to buy makeup products for me; I am their witness."

There was nothing the gatekeeper could do but let them go, even apologizing to Catherine. The gatekeeper claimed that the security check at the gate had recently become much stricter, but this was under the orders of Xue Wang and Lord Xiong, as Gu Fan’s group was still lingering in that town and their intentions were unclear.

Although Catherine was dissatisfied, it was an order from Xue Wang, and she couldn’t object.

Gu Fan expressed understanding towards the gatekeeper’s thoroughness—during such times, it was necessary. At the same time, Gu Fan felt concerned; now that security in Dark City was so strict, if Organization X discovered his trace missing, to what extent would they heighten the security?

Be cautious, definitely cautious. Gu Fan initially thought about letting Lin Xi, Su Hui, and the others sneak in too, but now he saw the need to delay this plan, as they might end up being caught all at once in Dark City.

Gu Fan and Li were taken to Catherine’s office area, where Catherine only asked what exactly had happened and how they ended up in such a state.

Li narrated everything about the attack and even emphasized how bravely he fought against the enemies to safely escort Xue Long out.

However, Li didn’t take all the credit to himself, and slightly mentioned a few of Gu Fan’s good deeds.

After hearing this, Catherine looked at Gu Fan with great interest. And it was precisely such a look that made Gu Fan’s heart race—Gu Fan secretly thought this woman hadn’t succeeded last time, she wouldn’t try again this time, would she?

After hearing the report, Catherine understood the gist and couldn’t help but sigh that the enemy was becoming more and more difficult to deal with, though she always believed that Organization X was the strongest.

Li just heard a few verbal praises from Catherine and then was asked to leave the office.

"Okay!" Li was obedient. He left Catherine’s office and, at the moment he closed the door, he looked back at Gu Fan’s figure, feeling that Gu Fan had already received Catherine’s key attention. Li truly envied yet pitied him.

Now only Catherine and Gu Fan were left in the office. Catherine smiled at Gu Fan and then slowly stood up.

Her beautiful smile, simple movements, and enchanting figure made Gu Fan remain calm on the surface, but he was very nervous inside.

"This time was really hard, if we had lost Xue Long, it would have been a great blow to our western nobles," Catherine said while coming over to straighten Gu Fan’s clothes with a very gentle look.

"This is what I should do," Gu Fan acted very seriously and thought to himself, oh God, please not this, this is testing me.

Suddenly, Catherine hooked her arms around Gu Fan’s neck and then took a good look at him: "I really wasn’t wrong about you, you are indeed different."

Hearing the words "you are indeed different," Gu Fan’s heart raced and thought, yes, performing too well now would definitely draw the attention of Catherine and perhaps other people from Organization X.

If Organization X seriously reviewed Tai’s records, past life, and experiences, and questioned Gu Fan in detail, they would discover the problem. Gu Fan was not Tai.

At this moment, Catherine had pressed her whole body against him, and the feeling of softness and warmth made Gu Fan nervous, thinking whether to use the tickling trick from last time to stall a bit.

This time, Catherine kissed Gu Fan directly, seemingly intending to give Gu Fan the highest reward.

"Holy shit!" Gu Fan cooperated for a moment and held Catherine tightly, responding to the kiss.

The two kissed for a while, and Catherine felt it was enough, wondering why he hadn’t moved to the next step yet—just holding and kissing, does he not have experience?

"What should I do? What should I do?" Gu Fan had already noticed that Catherine’s hands had started to pull at his collar.

However, Gu Fan was holding Catherine tightly, and their bodies pressed together, limiting Catherine’s range of movement, only allowing her to pull open his collar and unable to do much else. Catherine was secretly irritated, thinking serious effort had been made on her part, why won’t you just make a move?

Suddenly, a rapid ring of the telephone startled both Gu Fan and Catherine.

The interruption displeased Catherine, and she went to answer the phone.

Gu Fan didn’t know who it was, but seeing Catherine’s face grow increasingly solemn, he knew it wasn’t something good, probably related to the recent mobilization of manpower by the two great noble houses.

Sure enough, Catherine was called to the Tower of Darkness and could only ask Gu Fan to head back first.

Before leaving, Catherine gave Gu Fan a look as if to say, I’ll deal with you later.