The Villain Runs Wild

became well-behaved.

Inside the Tian Qi building, Yan Qi had just finished his third meeting and tiredly sat down on a chair.

The Yan clan had already been integrated by him and he’d eliminated any unnecessary sinkholes, it operated while serving as a reserve pool of capital for Tian Qi, to assist in Tain Qi’s growth.

The development of the third generation of the Blue Butterfly system aimed for the military was almost complete, it was right in the middle of the testing stage.
Yna Qin let out a troubled breath and turned on the system, wanting to see Lin Sui.

He’d just purchased today’s ingredients to make coconut chicken for the young master when he got back.
He should like it, he ate a lot last time.

After seeing the empty home with not a soul in sight, Yan Qin straightened up in his seat and investigated every camera, trying to find clues.

A section of time had been cut out, along with a section from the main entrance camera and the one on the road.

The office door opened, and Tao Ting was about to discuss something with Yan Qin when she saw him striding out with a gloomy face, and she stepped out of his way slightly surprised.

What was going on? Could it be that the Lin family found out what he did?

Yan Qin searched every corner of the house.
Lin Sui seemed to have vanished all of a sudden, everything was exactly the same, only he had disappeared.

The house was dark, only the living room was lit with a dim white light.

Yan Qin examined the system with a heavy face and found no traces of unauthorised access.
Upon closer inspection, he finally found some foreign traces, a few streams of data that had snuck in among the others and were issuing administrative orders.

Yan Qin’s eyes darkened, but he was especially calm in this extremely anxious situation.

His system had actually been hacked without him knowing, which clearly meant the other party had more control than he had imagined, and that none of his other systems were safe.

Yan Qin ordered his team to work overtime.
Both the already-released first generation and the second generation in beta testing, even the third generation system in the middle of development, they all needed to be upgraded.

Lin Sui’s disappearance had either been orchestrated by the Lin family or by an unknown, hidden rival.

The probability for the latter relatively small, while the former… The Lin family had been quiet for so many days, could it be that it was to make him let his guard down?

But how could they know it was him? Moreover, Lin Sui had always been inside the golden house he’d built him, so how did the outside world find out about his disappearance?

A heavy cloud of doubts and suspicions pressed down on his heart, Yan Qin planned on shutting down the house’s operating systems, but was met with obstruction.

Every piece of smart home technology turned on a red light, flashing in a slightly crazy manner.

The TV turned on by itself, and broadcast a message.

“According to the 238th article of the criminal law, the punishment for illegally detaining another, or using another method to illegally deprive another of their personal freedom, is 3 years or less…”

The mechanical voice seemed to be particularly mocking at that moment, water flooded out from everywhere, the roomba rolled around in disarray across the entire house, and the air conditioner jumped from an extremely low temperature one moment to an extremely high one the next.

Yan Qin was in the middle of this chaos, but revealed a trace of a smile.

This kind of childish phenomenon was not the young master’s doing, but at least it had been done by someone for the young master’s sake.

It seemed that the young master was safe and sound, and that was enough.

Yan Qin made a call, and slightly lowered his eyes in front of the mirror as he tidied up.

The thing he’d been afraid of for a long time had already happened, it was actually kind of freeing.

He had been in a constant state of anxiety from loss, frightened about losing him and frightened of what he had done.

How could a person imprison their own master? The proposition was contradictory from the outset.

If he wanted to tame a butterfly and maintain its beauty, there were only two ways.

The first was to turn it into a specimen, the second was to turn into its habitat.

He was reluctant to harm Lin Sui, and he had no way to make Lin Sui willingly stop for him.

How should he get him, then? He didn’t know.

Yan Qin had thought about it for a long, long time, from six or seven years ago up to the present, and he could not get an answer.

That soul was set up on high, drifting outside of the mortal world, coldly looking askance at his vulgar love and despicable greed.

At the Lin house, Lin Min was very surprised when Yan Qin suddenly paid her a visit, and made him a cup of tea.

Yan Qin chatted about business for a bit, then asked about what Lin Sui had been doing recently seemingly by accident, observing Lin Min’s expression.

“Isn’t An-An having fun outside? Hasn’t he contacted you?”

Lin Min was a little surprised, she thought Yan Qin and her brother had a thing, shouldn’t he know where Lin Sui was?

“We had contact before, but he didn’t reply to my message today.”

“An-An said he lost his phone and had someone pass the news to us.
Don’t worry, he’ll contact you again when he has a way.”

Lin Min patted him on the head, thinking of this opportunity.

Yan Qin’s body leaned forward unconsciously, and he asked a little urgently: “When did he get in contact with you?”

“About half an hour ago.”

Half an hour ago.
Lin Sui had left that house two hours ago, it seemed that he really was fine.

Yan Qin spoke a bit about business again, seemingly having come only for that purpose.

Lin Min watched him leave, then looked towards the young man that came out of the room.

She wanted to ask him something, but seeing Lin Sui watching Yan Qin’s departing back with a smile, she didn’t ask anything.

Yan Qin returned to that bungalow, purposefully walking towards that room on the second floor.

The inside of that box was absolutely empty, there was no trace of its contents.

Yan Qin cupped the empty box in his hands, but it was as if he’d gained the most precious treasure.

“He took it…”

Yan Qin muttered with delight, then held the box against his cheek as if it was Lin Sui’s palm.

The thin chain that he originally wore around his neck had been broken by Lin Sui, so the one that had been placed inside the box was the golden chain that paired up with Lin Sui’s bracelet.

The engraving on it was still ‘Sui’, but he hadn’t put it on himself, rather, he was waiting for the day when Lin Sui would put it on for him once again, even if that day never came.

“He took it.”

Yan Qin repeated once again, his tone light and tender.