Who moved her body?

Guan Jie would run around the island's track every morning and evening, but Mu Gua, who initially tried to build a strong physique by following him, quickly gave up.

"You run by yourself, I really can't run anymore." Papaya said, bending over and supporting herself on her knees, panting heavily. "Walking is more suitable for me, running is simply killing me."

Guan Jie, who was running in place, stared incredulously at the road behind him. He had only run a few hundred meters, which was at most a warm-up for him. However, seeing Mu Gua's miserable state, Guan Jie had no choice but to give up.

"Then I'll be going now?"

"Okay, I'll take a break."

……

He ran into a few acquaintances on the way, and they waved to each other. Guan Jie's back view left them far behind.

Near Situ Feng's villa, Guan Jie stopped and bent over to stretch.

It was very quiet behind the iron gate, and the red sports car in the garage outside was gone.

A dozen minutes later, two cars drove onto the stone-paved road in front of the villa; the one in front belonged to Xu Haiyang.

As soon as the two cars came to a stop, Xu Haiyang got out to open the door for the car behind him. The two children jumped into Xu Haiyang's arms almost simultaneously, causing him to stumble and fall backward.

"No, you can't." Alice gently scolded them.

Xu Haiyang, holding one in each arm, smiled at Alice and said, "It's alright, it's alright. In two years, I'm afraid they won't want to hold me anymore."

"You spoil them too much," Alice complained, though anyone could tell it wasn't a genuine rebuke.

The two children seemed to have had enough of Xu Haiyang's embrace and eagerly wanted to get down. They rushed through the door opened by the driver and ran into the villa, laughing all the way.

"Sister-in-law, you should go home and rest early. I'll come see you and the children again tomorrow."

Xu Haiyang handed several large paper bags from the car to the driver, saying, "Be careful, these are the young master and young lady's things."

The driver readily agreed and only closed the door to the villa after Alice went inside.

Guan Jie saw all of this.

"Si Tu Feng's wife and children are all here, so Shan Shan must not be in the villa." Guan Jie turned and ran back the way he came, worrying about Shan Shan's safety as he ran.

Although Shan Shan had woken up, the fact that she needed to be taken back by ambulance indicated that her condition was not as simple as he had initially thought. Guan Jie had originally believed that his appearance had stimulated Shan Shan's brain, causing her lost memories to return, which led to her coma.

As often seen on television, many people who have lost their memory experience headaches and dizziness when recalling the past. They recover as soon as the stimulus disappears. This temporary stress response will not cause any fatal harm to the person.

But Shan Shan's situation seems different.

"I need to find her as soon as possible." Guan Jie channeled his anxiety and worry into boundless motivation, his legs moving mechanically without feeling tired at all.

When Xu Haiyang drove onto the main road, Guan Jie happened to appear at the intersection.

Guan Jie was drenched in sweat, with only the brim of his baseball cap remaining dry. Upon hearing the horn, he stopped and began to pace in place.

"Zhao Ren, did you just get pulled out of the ocean?" Xu Haiyang opened the car window and laughed, throwing a spare towel from the car to Guan Jie.

"Boss? Didn't you go to Desolate Rock City?" Guan Jie wiped the sweat off his body.

"My brother told the kids to come home for dinner, so I came back early." Xu Haiyang pressed the unlock button, waved to Guan Jie, and said, "Come on up, let's go eat together. Where's Mugua? If you haven't eaten, call her over."

Guan Jie draped a towel around his neck, got into the car, and called Mu Gua. Mu Gua, who was panting heavily on the other end of the line, nodded in agreement.

Soon, we arrived at the staff canteen.

Although it's a staff canteen, it's in no way inferior to a hotel. Private rooms and à la carte options are available, and if you're willing to spend the money, the service on Wild Rock Island is absolutely top-notch.

Xu Haiyang went to his usual private room, ordered several large dishes, and then sprawled out in the chair.

"You have no idea how much trouble my two nephews and nieces are. How can such young children have so much energy? They can jump around all day without getting tired. They're like fully charged toys, never stopping for a moment."

Xu Haiyang rubbed his face, looking mournful.

"Raising children is the most mentally taxing and physically demanding thing in the world. Don't be fooled by how angelic they look; they all have a devil inside them that won't stop until it's driving you crazy! I really don't understand why humans are still so eager to have children. Tsk tsk."

Guan Jie poured tea and handed it to Xu Haiyang, saying, "Children are the continuation of human genes. If everyone stopped having children, wouldn't humanity become extinct?"

"Tch, what's the point of continuing the lineage? It's not like we're immortal." Xu Haiyang picked up his tea and drank it all in one gulp. "It's good enough for a person to live a good life. Why think about the continuation of humanity? Oh, such things that concern the survival of humanity are not within my scope of consideration."

Guan Jie filled Xu Haiyang's teacup with tea, just then Mu Gua knocked on the door and came in.

"Boss, boss, you're back."

Papaya's face was flushed, and she was breathing heavily. Two beads of sweat hung on her temples, with two clear streaks of sweat beneath them.

Xu Haiyang was inexplicably amused.

"Papaya, what's wrong?"

"I went running with Zhao Ren, but he ran too fast. I was afraid I'd run myself to death, so I just strolled around for a while." Mu Gua chuckled, took the tissue Guan Jie handed her and wiped the sweat off her face, then sat down on the other side of Xu Haiyang.

"Go running with him? You're just making things difficult for yourself," Xu Haiyang said, leaning back with his right hand on the chair. "Don't you even look at Zhao Ren's physique? He's a bull, and you're just a skinny monkey."

"Boss, I'm just trying to follow in Zhao Ren's footsteps. When I'm strong enough, I can help you out."

"I like hearing that." Xu Haiyang praised with satisfaction, "Then you'd better work hard, or I'll have to take care of you in your old age."

"No, no," Papaya quickly waved her hand.

Guan Jie had no intention of joking, and smiled along with Xu Haiyang when he burst into laughter.

"Boss, you've had a tough day too, spending it with Madam and the young master and miss all day," Guan Jie said.

Papaya looked up as if remembering something and asked, "Boss, now that Madam is here, where will Miss Shanshan stay?"

"Of course we can't live together, my cousin is a perfect family man." Xu Haiyang glanced at Mugua as if she were an idiot.

"Miss Shanshan is sick, isn't she? Don't you think she's very sad that the boss isn't around?"

"You're so chivalrous, aren't you?" Xu Haiyang looked at Guan Jie and then at Mugua with amusement.

As the dishes were served, Xu Haiyang picked up a piece of tender white cod and said casually, "Women must respect themselves. Getting married is the best way. Otherwise, if you become a mistress, no one will care about you when you're old, sick, or dying. You deserve to be miserable."

"But I think Shanshan and the boss are truly in love. The young mistress is in America, and the boss must be lonely here all by himself. Once the young mistress goes back, Miss Shanshan will return to the boss's side. It's not that tragic, haha."

"What do you know?" Xu Haiyang spat out a transparent fishbone and said, "True love gets sick and then thrown into the cold palace? Give me a break. You've only seen the glamour of mistresses in wealthy families, but you've never seen how miserable their deaths are."

Guan Jie chewed the cartilage in his mouth with a crunching sound.

Guan Jie finished eating the cartilage in his mouth and drank a bowl of soup in one gulp before he could suppress his excitement.

"Isn't Dr. Chen taking care of Shanshan?" Guan Jie asked.

Xu Haiyang picked up a mantis shrimp and carefully peeled its shell.

"Dr. Chen is an experimenter, not a doctor. If my cousin really loved Shanshan, why didn't he take her to the hospital when she was so sick? If you ask me, my cousin just got tired of Shanshan. If she dies, it will be the end of it all, clean and tidy, and everyone will be happy."

Guan Jie's hand, which was holding the chopsticks, suddenly clenched as if in a spasm, and the bamboo chopsticks snapped with a crack.