Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon's Reluctant Love-Chapter 244 - 243 Gu Sitings Heart Ached Suddenly
Chapter 244: Chapter 243: Gu Siting’s Heart Ached Suddenly
Chapter 244 -243: Gu Siting’s Heart Ached Suddenly
Fu Yunshen bit down on his back molars and, after taking a deep breath, he jumped into the swimming pool.
He grabbed the woman who was searching for the ring in the pool and tried to pull her ashore.
But the woman forcefully pushed him away, out of control, like a madwoman not in her right mind.
She kept searching and finally, after half an hour, she found the ring.
She clenched the ring tightly in her palm, her forehead resting against her fist, muttering softly, “I’ve finally found you, finally found you…”
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Fu Yunshen had never seen her lose control like this before!
It turned out, her love for Fu Ziyuan had penetrated deep into her marrow!
He found it laughable, yet his chest also ached.
But more than that was anger.
A raging inferno burned wildly within his chest, as if it wanted to reduce the woman, whose eyes and heart were fixated only on that ring, to ashes.
After his fury had subsided, Fu Yunshen calmed down and emotionlessly got out of the pool.
Looking down from his elevated position at the woman, dripping wet and looking all the more slender and exquisite, he removed his glasses, and not a hint of warmth could be seen in his long phoenix eyes, “Wen Yuci, I’ll give you three days to think it over. Become my woman again, and your father might be saved. Otherwise, prepare for him to grow old and die alone in prison!”
Having said that, he strode into the villa.
Wen Yuci watched the handsome, indifferent figure of the man, feeling as though her blood had frozen solid in her veins.
What did he mean?
Did he want her to be his mistress?
Her father being suddenly arrested, what did that have to do with him?
No, it couldn’t be!
Did his hatred for her really reach the point where he wanted to see her family ruined and herself destroyed?
Fu Yunshen reached the second-floor balcony; in the darkness, he watched Wen Yuci leave, looking forlorn and devastated.
His heart felt as if it had been fiercely clawed by a cat’s paw.
Ci Ci, I hope you’ll be more obedient in the days to come; otherwise, I don’t know what I might end up doing!
…
After arriving in the capital, besides taking care of Old Madam Gu, Gu Siting also had to visit the Presidential Residence.
Ming Yao was alone in the small courtyard, somewhat listless. She built a snowman in the yard.
She took a photo and sent it to Gu Siting.
Yaoyao the Fairy: [Husband, does it look good?]
After waiting a while without a reply from the man, she called Wen Yuci.
Wen Yuci told her not to worry, that everything was fine with her.
After chatting with Wen Yuci, Ming Yao prepared to go back inside, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw Wen Qing coming over.
“Miss Ming, the Old Madam wants you to come to her room.”
Apart from the day they paid respects to the ancestors, Ming Yao hadn’t seen Old Madam Gu in several days.
Being suddenly summoned, Ming Yao couldn’t describe the feeling in her heart.
Even though she hadn’t spent much time with Old Madam Gu, Ming Yao had gotten used to her kindness. The sudden cold treatment made her feel somewhat distressed.
She gave a slight smile, “Alright, I’ll change clothes and come over right away.”
Lately, since Old Madam Gu was ill, she probably wouldn’t like her looking too flashy.
Ming Yao dressed rather simply.
After a few days of rest, Old Madam Gu had somewhat recovered from the shock.
She sat propped up in bed, watching the approaching Ming Yao, her gaze complex, “You must have heard about my recent health condition. Although I feel much better today, my heart is still uneasy.”
“I know you are filial. Go to the ancestral hall for me and copy the scriptures. While you copy, pray for me.”
Wen Qing handed over a thick volume of scriptures to Ming Yao.
If she were to finish copying, she would likely need to do so without sleep or rest for two or three days.
Ming Yao pursed her lips, showing no displeasure as she took the scriptures Wen Qing handed to her, “If copying scriptures can set Grandmother’s heart at ease, I will do it.”
Seeing that Ming Yao had no complaints, Old Madam Gu was somewhat surprised.
She had thought Ming Yao would grumble about it.
After all, such a thick volume of scriptures would take more than a moment to copy.
But then she thought about how Ming Yao had deceived her for so long, and she forced herself to harden her heart.
To only punish her with copying scriptures was already a very light punishment!
“Go, if you are sincere, the writing must be neat. With concentration, nothing is difficult to achieve,” Old Madam Gu said, implying that Ming Yao was not to do anything else until the scriptures were copied.
Ming Yao nodded, “Okay.”
After Ming Yao had left, Old Madam Gu rubbed her temples, which were starting to ache.
“Wen Qing, do you think I’m being too harsh on her?” she asked.
“Not at all, Old Madam,” Wen Qing replied. “She took credit for Miss Shi’s achievements, causing you to force Fourth Young Master to marry her. She has always been scheming, and you have no reason to keep pitying her.”
Old Madam Gu nodded, “Has the person who went to the Imperial Garden found out anything yet?”
“I was just about to bring that up,” Wen Qing took out a document she had just received and handed it to the old lady, “It turns out that Fourth Master and she only have a contractual relationship!”
The person who had sneaked into the Imperial Garden had quietly found the two-month agreement that Gu Siting made Ming Yao sign.
From the contents of the agreement, it seemed that Ming Yao did not like Gu Siting.
It appeared that Gu Siting’s affection was greater than Ming Yao’s.
This displeased Old Madam Gu considerably.
“What is so good about her that Ah Ting would go so far as to humiliate himself for her?” Overwhelmed, Old Madam Gu started coughing uncontrollably again, “After two months, if she wants to leave with another man, he won’t stop her. Does he need to degrade himself to this extent?”
Wen Qing didn’t understand the change in Gu Siting’s attitude towards Ming Yao, why it had happened so quickly?
Half a year ago, he had clearly detested Ming Yao.
“Old Madam, our people found out that after Miss Ming’s adulterer Xiao Yixuan was jailed, she began to ingratiate herself with Fourth Young Master. On her birthday, he broadcast her down jacket advertisement throughout the city and let off fireworks of confession,” Wen Qing reported.
“Fourth Young Master used to despise her so much and suddenly changed; I think there must be something fishy going on!”
Old Madam Gu nodded thoughtfully, “After the New Year, I will have Ah Ting divorce her!”
…
Ming Yao wrote until it was dark.
But she had completed less than a quarter of the thick volume of scriptures.
Her handwriting was elegant and refined, leaving clean empty spaces on the rice paper. The entire page exuded an aesthetically pleasing and ethereal beauty.
However, long periods of copying had made her wrist sore.
Ming Yao set down the brush and massaged her wrist.
After less than five minutes rest, she resumed her copying.
Gu Siting returned around ten o’clock at night; when he reached the small courtyard and didn’t find Ming Yao, he searched around before finally asking several servants, who informed him that she had gone to the ancestral hall.
The Gu Family’s younger generation, especially the girls, generally didn’t dare to come to the ancestral hall at night.
What was she doing in the ancestral hall?
Gu Siting strode over there.
Pushing open the door to the ancestral hall, he saw the flickering candlelight illuminate a slender figure standing at the writing desk, tender white fingertips gripping a writing brush, intently copying something.
Her thick eyelashes cast a small shadow on her delicate face.
She was so engrossed in her copying that she didn’t even notice his arrival.
Watching her alone, standing quietly in the family ancestral hall, Gu Siting felt an inexplicable ache in his chest.
“Ming Xiaoyao.”
