Rebirth! The Assassin's Revenge-Chapter 485: Concealed Ending

After an unknown period of silence, Gu Ningyue made a decision: "Let’s find a time to meet!"

Ling Tianyou responded with a sound: "We’ll decide after I return from my parents’ house. Is the account you had him investigate related to Jin Chenglong?"

Currently, Gu Ningyue is only focusing on this one thing, and Ling Tianyou’s first reaction was to connect it to Jin Chenglong.

"No, it has no relation to Jin Chenglong." Since she revealed her true identity to Ling Tianyou, Gu Ningyue wasn’t planning to hide anything from him: "It’s the administrator account of the X website, everyone has a hidden ID. I’m now suspecting that the X website administrator has changed, and this person should be related to the person I’m looking for."

Ling Tianyou asked: "The person you’re looking for? Not your master?"

Gu Ningyue smiled and explained: "Besides my master, there’s another person. The one who submerged me in the sea, I’ve been searching for him. You knew this, right? This person might be the one who disappeared without a trace, so I’m considering giving it a try."

Ling Tianyou furrowed his brows, as he’s been pursuing the cause of Gu Ningyue’s demise all along. Yet, apart from knowing the name of the vanished person, he knows nothing else.

Moreover, that name is likely a fabrication.

It’s highly possible that the name was used by someone, like Gu Ningyue, replacing another to board the cruise ship.

"Alright, I understand." Ling Tianyou said to Gu Ningyue on the other end of the phone: "I’ll arrange a time with Kai Qi when I come back tonight."

Gu Ningyue responded and hung up the phone.

In the office, Ling Tianyou added Kai Qi’s new WeChat account and sent him a message.

Kai Qi responded quickly, "I didn’t expect President Ling to be so attentive towards Miss Gu. I thought with Miss Gu coming back, President Ling would at least skin her alive!"

Ling Tianyou did not reply. If it weren’t for Gu Ningyue’s request, Kai Qi would probably have long disappeared from his list.

It’s not that he lacks generosity, but during this period, he’s heard plenty of comparisons between Chen Rui and Gu Ningyue.

To him, although not terribly harsh, it’s definitely uncomfortable.

He feels a deep pain for Gu Ningyue, hoping to bring her happiness and joy, not such experiences.

Though Gu Ningyue always seemed indifferent, he knew she cared.

If she didn’t care, she wouldn’t have mentioned it to him once.

So currently, words about Gu Ningyue made Ling Tianyou feel upset.

Does everyone think he’s being insincere towards Gu Ningyue? Or do they think his care for her is just that?

After a while, Kai Qi sent another message, and Ling Tianyou opened the dialogue, only to see a transfer record.

Ling Tianyou felt puzzled: "What does this mean?"

"Ding-dong——"

Kai Qi almost instantly replied, "Last time, I couldn’t assist President Ling, and it was embarrassing to take the money. It’s better to return this money to President Ling!"

The corners of Ling Tianyou’s mouth curved into a smile; embarrassed to take it? Clearly, it’s because Kai Qi found some connection between Gu Ningyue and the person she’s seeking, so he returns the money to have Ling Tianyou speak favorably of him to Gu Ningyue for some clues.

This Kai Qi surely knows how to conduct affairs!

Given the situation, Ling Tianyou wouldn’t mind taking back his money.

After clicking accept, Ling Tianyou typed a sentence in the chat box and, without waiting for a reply from Kai Qi, tossed the phone aside. Meanwhile, in the villa, Gu Ningyue repeatedly typed and deleted strings of text in her chat, pondering for ages without sending anything.

If the former self were to meet Kai Qi, what would Master say if he knew?

He’d probably block me, or perhaps say it doesn’t matter while hoping secretly that I wouldn’t go!

Then, find an excuse to completely dispel my thoughts?

Gu Ningyue has always been puzzled, what exactly happened between Kai Qi and her master?

Was it just that one event that made him keep avoiding Kai Qi, unwilling to see him?

As she handed the carved wooden keychain to her master, the glimmer in his eyes remains unforgettable.

The wooden keychain has always been treasured by Master, carried for many years.

Once Gu Ningyue joked with Master about giving her the wooden keychain.

Though a jest, her master’s refusal was stern.

Gu Ningyue tried to ask her master where the keychain came from and why he held it so dear?

But every time, Master would either brush her off or outright refuse to answer, never allowing her the chance to uncover the truth behind the wooden keychain.

Reflecting on past events, Gu Ningyue realized she was kept in the dark, enjoying Master’s protection, living a life oblivious to everything.

The last task she undertook contained immense unseen plots, and only now did she faintly sense something. In hindsight, her master’s indirect protection led her ambiguously to her demise.

It seems anything concealed leads to less-than-ideal outcomes.

She wonders what would happen if Ling Tianyou discovered matters concerning Lin Ruixian.

Gu Ningyue hopes that if Ling Tianyou finds out that half her endeavors against Jin Chenglong were for Lin Ruixian, everything would come to an end.

If not, Ling Tianyou would probably explode in fury!

Gu Ningyue considered this and suddenly had an idea: to first break through Ji Qianqian and Lu Qingqing, to get closer to her master.

After all, currently, her master is teaching at the Lu Family, evidently not wanting his location exposed to Kai Qi.

But wait?

Gu Ningyue was struck with the thought, why has Master deliberately avoided Kai Qi, but now calls her to find Kai Qi?

Doesn’t Master fear she might accidentally expose her whereabouts?

Thinking this, Gu Ningyue sent a message to Xia Yingbai: "Teacher Xia, Kai Qi wants to meet and seems to want to ask about you. How should I respond?"

"Ding-dong——"

This time, Xia Yingbai almost instantly replied.

Xia Yingbai: "Given the situation, how does Miss Gu think you should convey to the other side?"

Gu Ningyue pursed her lips and smiled; her master indeed waited to see her choice.

Gu Ningyue: "Naturally, Teacher Xia is more important, I’ll do as you say."

"Ding-dong——"

Xia Yingbai: "In that case, I’d trouble Miss Gu to say she doesn’t know, thank you."

Seeing the message from her master, Gu Ningyue replied affirmatively and set her phone aside.