Her destiny stolen? The Divine Witch Ancestor has returned!

Chapter 81 Fatal Options: Choose One of Two

There was a pop.

Gu Jiaxi immediately knelt down on both knees.

Wu Zhao glanced at Gu Chen and chuckled, "You're quite a competent uncle."

Gu Chen paused for a moment and looked away.

She twirled the ring, her expression turning cold: "Mr. Gu, do you think you can lie to my face?"

When Gu Jiaxi's teammates came out after tidying their clothes, they saw their captain kneeling in front of Wu Zhao.

One of the female team members suddenly became furious: "Captain!"

"Who do you think you are, daring to make our captain kneel before you?!"

Wu Zhao laughed angrily, "Who do you think I am?"

"Xu Liyan, 27 years old. Graduated from the Imperial Capital Police Academy as an outstanding graduate. He has carried out two classified missions and received a second-class merit award. He joined the Imperial Capital Garrison two years ago and became Gu Jiaxi's team member six months ago."

"Is it right?"

The female team member who had been about to help Gu Jiaxi up froze, saying in disbelief, "You, how did you know?!"

Her information was top secret, something ordinary people couldn't possibly know. How could she not be shocked that Wu Zhao had revealed it so easily!

"Do you still want to know who I am?"

Wu Zhao chuckled: "Perhaps you'd also like to hear me talk about those two top-secret missions, or the origin of your second-class merit award?"

"Or would you rather I tell you why you applied to be transferred to Gu Jiaxi's team six months ago?"

A hint of amusement crept into her smile, her gaze shifting back and forth between her and Gu Jiaxi's fingers.

"What, do you think you're so great that you can save your beloved man from dire straits?"

"Trying to be kind to a man will only bring you bad luck for the rest of your life!"

Wu Zhao seemed to realize something, and his expression froze for a moment.

Gu Chen silently maneuvered the wheelchair backward a short distance.

Xu Liyan's face flushed red, and she immediately let go of Gu Jiaxi's hand.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't—"

When her gaze met Wu Zhao's knowing eyes, she immediately found herself unable to deny it.

“This has nothing to do with the captain,” Xu Liyan retorted softly. “The captain knows nothing about it.”

Wu Zhao took two steps back and sat back on the sofa. "I know why you're here. Someone died in Mo Dahai's film crew. There's a witness who says I killed him, right?"

"You didn't arrest them directly because Wu Shiyu from the Wu family said that since the murderer couldn't be traced back, it was highly likely a frame-up. So you're trying to find a breakthrough through me, right?"

Xu Liyan was already somewhat numb. They hadn't even said anything when they arrived here, and their true identities had already been completely exposed!

"I advise you not to waste your time on me. No matter what Gu Jiaxi's mother said, crossing the line will only put you in an awkward situation."

Wu Zhao advised him gently, "None of you can afford to get involved in this mess with the Gu family. Don't lose both your wife and your army."

Her meaningful gaze swept over Xu Liyan and the team members behind her.

"What do you mean? We're only here because of the deceased from Director Mo Dahai's program..." Xu Liyan didn't quite understand her words. "What does this have to do with the team leader's mother?"

Gu Jiaxi shook her head: "Xiao Xu, don't worry about it. You take them and leave first."

"I'll handle this; it's a family matter and has nothing to do with the mission."

Wu Zhao noticed that one of the team members behind him visibly breathed a sigh of relief after he said those words.

Although the movement was very subtle, she still keenly sensed the man's guilty conscience.

She was so easily fooled; the other party gave themselves away as soon as she mentioned Gu Jiaxi's mother.

Ha... a spy, huh?

Xu Liyan hesitated for a moment before nodding: "Okay, then we'll wait for you outside, Captain."

After they left, Wu Zhao said irritably, "Why are you still kneeling?"

Gu Jiaxi glanced at Gu Chen, who had retreated some distance, and asked, "Uncle, can I... get up now?"

“Zhao Zhao has the final say.” Gu Chen looked at Wu Zhao, his tone unusually unnatural.

Wu Zhao sneered, "You've already used up all your self-inflicted injury tricks, and now you're asking me if they worked?"

Gu Chen slowly wheeled himself closer to Wu Zhao. "As for the younger generation in the family, I won't interfere if you want to teach me a lesson."

However, he had clearly sensed the murderous intent and rage emanating from Wu Zhao just now. Although it came suddenly, Gu Chen knew that she truly wanted to kill someone at that moment.

How could I possibly let you bear the burden of murder again? Gu Chen's eyes darkened.

Wu Zhao couldn't see through his thoughts.

"Get up now, or else..." Wu Zhao gave him a disdainful look. "Come here."

Gu Jiaxi then stood up, patted her pants, and walked over.

Wu Zhao took out a talisman and casually touched Gu Chen's hand.

"Sorry, my hand slipped." Wu Zhao said perfunctorily, taking a lipstick out of her bag on the sofa.

Huo Weiwei, who was hiding in the corner watching the drama unfold, stared wide-eyed: "That's my limited edition..."

Zi Yao quickly reminded her from behind, "It's alright, Miss, we'll have the head of the family buy it for you later!"

After drawing the talisman on the paper with lipstick, Wu Zhao stood up and slapped it onto Gu Jiaxi's forehead.

The talisman immediately became hot and started to burn.

"hiss……"

Gu Jiaxi felt a sudden bright light followed by darkness before her eyes, and a scorching heat burned her for a moment.

Suddenly, I felt a cool sensation in my mind, and the tightness and stinging in my chest suddenly felt relieved.

"This is..." He touched his forehead, only feeling a little bit of ashes from the burning talisman.

Wu Zhao shrugged. "It's just Shen Jiaojiao's boring trick, a little trick to confuse people."

"But you don't want to be like that fool Huo Tingchen, whose curse wasn't fully effective, so it was easily lifted."

Then she looked at Gu Chen, "Your whole family has probably been targeted by Shen Jiaojiao. There's no way to stop her good fortune..."

Gu Chen looked at Gu Jiaxi and said, "You've known Wu Shiyu for so long, yet you still managed to be schemed against."

Gu Jiaxi's cold, hard face flushed slightly. "Uncle, we just have a normal employer-employee relationship. As you know, she... doesn't really like contacting people from the garrison."

"Tsk, at this rate, you won't catch up to her even in ten or eight years," Wu Zhao said with amusement, arms crossed. "If you keep looking back and forth, the red thread will be torn apart by someone else."

With her face flushed red, Gu Jiaxi stammered in denial: "I, I didn't chase after him..."

If Wu Zhao hadn't seen through the connection between this guy and Wu Shiyu, he wouldn't have so readily stepped in to save him.

However, it was really difficult for them to make their wish come true... Wu Zhao pondered for a moment, and was somewhat unsure whether his approach was correct.

Although the Wu family acts on behalf of Heaven, being granted such abilities by Heaven comes at a price.

Three thousand years ago, Wu Zhao did not believe that she would pay such a heavy price, but after waking up three thousand years later, she had no choice but to believe it.

Wu Shiyu is the most outstanding successor of this generation, but the price she pays is a bumpy love life.

In severe cases, it can even lead to the loss of a loved one...

She scrutinized Gu Jiaxi's face, trying to find a glimmer of hope in that lifeless expression.

"Ugh……"

With a sigh, Wu Zhao felt a headache coming on.

"It's better not to chase after them; chasing them might cost us our lives."

Wu Zhao asked, his gaze fixed intently on Gu Jiaxi.

"Love or life, which would you choose?"