Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon's Reluctant Love-Chapter 216 - 215: He walked over and hugged her tightly into his arms.

Chapter 216: Chapter 215: He walked over and hugged her tightly into his arms.

Xia Yiwan immediately informed Gu Siting of the news she had just learned.

When Ming Yao first came to Pingshan Village, she spent most of her time with this very auntie.

Gu Siting did not believe that the auntie could have recognized the wrong person.

It must be Ming Yao!

Gu Siting asked in a deep voice, “Is there any place nearby where people can rest?”

Ming Yao had not come to school; she must have gone to some other place nearby.

The auntie thought for a moment and said, “There is a nunnery on the mountain ahead, where occasionally people stay!”

A nunnery?

Shock appeared on the faces of both Xia Yiwan and Gu Siting.

“Yaoyao wouldn’t be so desperate as to become a nun, would she?”

Gu Siting’s thin lips were tightly closed; he didn’t say a word and immediately headed down the mountain, running towards the nunnery on another mountain.

Ming Yao had indeed arrived at the nunnery.

Surrounded by mountains with the crisp and pleasant chirping of birds, and the sound of nuns clicking their wooden fish and chanting scriptures.

These sounds had a calming effect on her tumultuous heart.

Having left Gu Siting, she of course could not sleep.

At night, she would sit by the window, hugging her knees and watching the dark night sky outside.

During the day, she would join the nuns in clicking their wooden fish, occasionally copying scriptures or doing some painting.

Time passed quickly, and yet it seemed so slow.

To her, there was no difference between day and night.

She did not count the days with her fingers; her eyes grew increasingly dry, her heartbeat ever faster.

In truth, she too was afraid of death’s approach; who wouldn’t be when they knew they were going to die?

Perhaps, this was her fate!

That day, after Ming Yao finished her meal, she returned to her room to copy scriptures.

It seemed that only this could bring a moment’s peace to her heart, beating faster and faster within her chest.

Time passed, and suddenly, a commotion arose in the nunnery.

Engrossed in the scriptures, Ming Yao did not notice at all.

Upon finding the abbot and learning for certain that Ming Yao was here, the anxiety Gu Siting felt in his throat slowly subsided.

Fortunately, he had found her.

“Abbot, where is she now?”

The abbot pointed to one of the rooms, “Miss Ming is in that room.”

Gu Siting, Jing Hang, and Xia Yiwan hurried towards that room.

At the room’s entrance, Gu Siting looked back at Jing Hang and Xia Yiwan. “I’ll go in first to see her!”

Jing Hang and Xia Yiwan paused.

Although Jing Hang was upset that Gu Siting had hurt his senior sister, making her hide herself away, he knew that only the person who caused the problem could solve it.

Jing Hang and Xia Yiwan silently moved aside.

Gu Siting stood at the entrance of the chamber, staring at the wooden door in front of him. His frame was tense, his thin lips pressed into a straight line.

His clenched fists betrayed his inner emotions.

He was undoubtedly nervous and flustered.

After taking a deep breath, he lifted his hand and knocked on the door.

There was no response from inside.

Ming Yao, immersed in her scriptures, had not heard the knock at the door.

Gu Siting no longer had the patience to wait; he reached out and pushed the door open.

In the spartan room, Ming Yao stood at an unadorned table, upon which lay a long roll of Xuan paper. She held a writing brush and was copying something.

She was dressed in plain clothes, looking slender; shadows faintly lined under her eyes.

Bright light from outside shone through the window, casting a golden halo on the delicate woman’s face.

She seemed as exquisite and ethereally delicate as a person in a painting!

Gu Siting took quiet steps towards her.

Her writing was graceful yet vigorous, and each line of scriptures was neat and beautiful.

He entered, and she had no perception of it.

Completely submerged in her own thoughts.

She didn’t know how long it had been when a strand of hair fell from her cheek.

She was about to reach for it when a hand beat her to it.

The man’s distinct, long fingers swept the strand of hair behind her ear for her.

The cool tips of his fingers touched her delicate, smooth skin, bringing a tingling sensation.

Ming Yao’s long lashes trembled as she lifted her head to look at the man beside her.

Their eyes met.

Ming Yao suddenly froze.

Was she hallucinating?

Otherwise, how could she see Gu Siting?

It couldn’t be possible that he found this place, could it?

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Before Ming Yao could react, the man’s other large hand tightly encircled her slender waist and forcefully pulled her into his embrace.

Ming Yao’s chin rested against the man’s broad and solid chest.

The fresh scent laced with the unique smell of the man’s chilled fir overpowered her senses.

It was a scent she was familiar with and deeply craved.

The moment she smelt this scent, her long-lost drowsiness surged up.

She shook her head a little and stepped back from the man’s embrace.

Her petite body retreated several steps.

She looked up at the man again, who was still standing there, his dark eyes looking at her deeply and tenderly.

Ming Yao felt as if struck by lightning.

She had fled to the deep mountains, and yet, he had actually followed her here?

“You…” She barely started speaking when the man approached her again.

He took the brush from her hand, removed his coat, and wrapped it around her.

Then, he picked her up horizontally and carried her to a hard wooden bed not far away.

“Don’t say anything, just sleep first,” he said.

The unmistakable red blood vessels in her eyes were heartbreaking to see.

The man didn’t leave but lay down with her in his arms.

Ming Yao struggled slightly.

But the man held her even tighter.

“Mrs. Gu, I haven’t slept for the past few days either.”

His eyes were sore, and his head was heavy.

Ming Yao, stiff in his arms, tried to lift her head to look at him, but in the next second, his large hand came down and covered her eyes.

“I’m also tired, let’s sleep first, okay?”

The man’s long arms wrapped around her like iron chains, forcing Ming Yao to lean against him.

Although they couldn’t continue like this, his scent was as addictive as poppies to her.

Her eyelids grew heavier, and drowsiness became more apparent.

Finally, her remaining consciousness was replaced by a total haziness.

They both quickly fell asleep.

Jing Hang and Xia Yiwan were waiting outside. One hour passed and seeing no movement in the room, and with Fourth Master and Ming Yao not coming out, they looked at each other confused and bewildered.

“What’s going on? Could it be that Fourth Master Gu was so enraged that he directly throttled Yaoyao to death?”

Jing Hang’s mouth twitched, “Isn’t your imagination a bit too wild? Do you think my sister is someone who can be easily throttled to death?”

“Then why are they so quiet, and why haven’t they come out?” Xia Yiwan came up with another possibility, “Could it be that Fourth Master Gu did that to Yaoyao…”

Jing Hang looked unimpressed, “This is a sacred Buddhist place, Fourth Master Gu surely wouldn’t be so senseless, right?”

Xia Yiwan scratched her head, her pretty face full of concern, “I can’t help it, I’m worried about Yaoyao, I must go and check.”

Xia Yiwan quietly pushed the door open a crack, poked her little head through, and looked into the room.

Jing Hang, equally worried, stood behind Xia Yiwan and also peered into the room.

When they saw the scene in the room, both were taken aback.