Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon's Reluctant Love-Chapter 285 - 284 A Huge Secret
Chapter 285: Chapter 284: A Huge Secret
Chapter 285: Chapter 284: A Huge Secret
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After everyone had taken their seats, Shi Yuan went to the kitchen to serve soup for everyone.
She carried herself very humbly, resembling a servant.
Ming Yao walked into the kitchen as Shi Yuan finished preparing the soup and saw her, pausing slightly.
“Miss Ming.”
Ming Yao’s lips curved slightly, “Miss Shi, do you need help?”
Shi Yuan shook her head, “No need, Miss Ming, please take your seat at the dining room. I will bring the soup to you.”
Ming Yao shrugged her shoulders, ready to leave, then suddenly pretended to accidentally bump into Shi Yuan.
Shi Yuan stumbled backward, about to fall, but Ming Yao caught her.
“Are you okay, Miss Shi? I’m sorry, it wasn’t intentional.”
Shi Yuan was slightly annoyed, clearly sensing that Ming Yao had bumped into her on purpose.
But she didn’t say anything at the moment.
Once tonight was over, she vowed to exact revenge for the humiliation she had suffered, and more.
“I’m fine.”
Shi Yuan glanced at the soup bowl; it showed no signs of being disturbed.
“Miss Ming, I hope we can get along peacefully in the future.”
Ming Yao looked at Shi Yuan with a smirk that wasn’t quite a smile, “Oh?”
“After all, I’m the only one in the country who can cure Fourth Brother’s psychological illness. As his wife, you surely don’t want him to continue being sick, do you?”
Ming Yao nodded thoughtfully, “Miss Shi makes a good point, I will consider it.”
Shi Yuan brought the bowl of soup to the dining room and saw Gu Siting lower his head, taking a few sips of the drugged soup. She couldn’t help but curl the corners of her lips.
It seemed that the plan was half-successful!
As long as she could become Gu Siting’s woman tonight, she would be able to completely drive a wedge between him and Ming Yao.
On the other hand, this was the old mansion; if Gu Siting took her, Old Madam Gu would make him take responsibility for her!
Shi Yuan did have some feelings for Gu Siting, but she wasn’t so smitten that she couldn’t have anyone else.
It was Ming Yao who had forced her into this situation!
This woman had ruined the reputation the Shi Family had built up over generations, making her the target of public judgment.
She couldn’t swallow this grievance.
Even if Gu Siting refused to take responsibility for her afterwards, she could still severely vex Ming Yao.
Or perhaps, with some luck, she might even become pregnant with Gu Siting’s child!
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With that bond of a child, Gu Siting would never be able to shake her off for the rest of his life!
Song Yuzhi saw Gu Siting drink the soup, and a smile involuntarily crept upon her lips.
Zhou Zhiyan was useless, unable to seduce Gu Siting, but she didn’t believe Shi Yuan would fail—
She had struck a deal with Shi Yuan: if Shi Yuan’s plan succeeded, she would recognize her as her daughter-in-law.
And Shi Yuan, in turn, would secretly help Gu Yanyu wrestle power from Gu Siting!
After the meal, Song Yuzhi called Ming Yao to the reception room for a talk.
Meanwhile, Gu Siting was summoned to the study by Gu Mingde.
Gu Siting had intended to take Ming Yao back to Imperial Garden, but Ming Yao blinked at him, indicating she would not go back.
Gu Siting knew Ming Yao quite well.
With that sly look on her face, she was surely up to some mischief.
Even if Song Yuzhi called her away alone, he didn’t need to worry about her safety.
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In the drawing room.
As Song Yuzhi watched the increasingly dazzling beauty of Ming Yao, her heart was filled with disdain and contempt.
Winning Gu Siting’s affection through beauty won’t last long.
“Ming Yao, I heard that you falsely claimed credit for Shi Yuan’s achievements?”
Ming Yao sat down at the tea table, poured herself a cup of tea as if she didn’t hear Song Yuzhi’s question.
Her indifferent attitude infuriated Song Yuzhi, her face turning green with rage.
“Ming Yao, don’t think that just because you know a little about medicine, you really consider yourself a divine doctor! You’re with Gu Siting for money and fame, aren’t you? You were able to win the medical competition only because he was pulling strings for you behind the scenes, right?”
Song Yuzhi didn’t believe a nobody could become a divine doctor; it must be Gu Siting creating momentum for her.
“The higher you’re lifted now, the more miserable your fall will be when everyone discovers your utter ignorance!”
Ming Yao took a sip of her tea, leaned lazily back in her chair, and looked at Song Yuzhi as if she were looking at an idiot.
“With your intelligence, how exactly did you give birth to a husband with his smarts?”
Song Yuzhi, “…”
After snapping out of it, she glared at Ming Yao, furious and embarrassed, “You really have no class!”
“Ms. Song, you’re really classy yourself, with that fierce face and cursing like a sailor, so elegant and dignified!”
A light remark, that left Song Yuzhi seething with anger.
Especially Ming Yao’s careless demeanor, as if she took no notice of Song Yuzhi, treating her like nothing more than a court jester.
“Ming Yao, no wonder your parents cut off relations with you, having such a daughter is really a blight on their health!”
Ming Yao toyed with her long hair, “So, Ms. Song, why do you insist on provoking me? Judging by your facial features, you don’t have long to live, and if you push yourself to lose another ten years, wouldn’t that mean you don’t have many years left? What will you do then? Your husband is in his prime. If he finds another, younger woman behind your back, you wouldn’t rest in peace even in the Underworld, would you?”
Song Yuzhi’s chest heaved violently, clearly enraged by Ming Yao.
“Ming Yao, are you actually cursing me to die early?”
“Women who get angry easily, indeed, don’t live long, Ms. Song, haven’t you noticed more crow’s feet at the corners of your eyes? When I saw Mr. Gu today, I found he looked much younger than you. When you two go out, others might think you’re his sister, right?”
Ever since the incident with the red bumps on her face, Song Yuzhi has been desperate to make her face smooth again, visiting every major beauty clinic.
Eventually, she went abroad for skin graft surgery, and the marks left by the red bumps on her face finally disappeared.
But since it wasn’t her original skin anymore, she seemed several years older all at once.
Recently, she could also feel the coldness from Gu Mingde.
Ming Yao’s words jabbed at the deepest, most painful wounds in her heart!
There was a time when she even suspected if the disfigurement was Ming Yao’s doing.
But later, she denied it.
She didn’t think Ming Yao had that kind of ability!
“Ming Yao, you might be glib, but it’s no use trying to win a war of words with me. Men are fickle creatures, and Gu Siting is no different. His fondness and affection for you won’t last!”
With a face ashen with fury, Song Yuzhi left the drawing room.
After Song Yuzhi left, Gu Yanyu entered.
On his devilishly handsome face was a mischievous smile, “Little sister-in-law, you’ve got quite the skill, to infuriate my mother so much in just a few words.”
Ming Yao recalled how Gu Siting shielded her behind him when he saw Gu Yanyu, clearly not wanting her to have much interaction with Gu Yanyu. She didn’t plan to talk much with Gu Yanyu either, and stood up from the chair, ready to leave—
When Gu Yanyu saw her indifferent attitude, he arched an eyebrow, his voice brimming with amusement, “Little sister-in-law, my mother schemes for me daily, yet I’m in no hurry. Do you know why?”
Ming Yao’s steps halted momentarily as she walked towards the exit.
Gu Yanyu moved beside Ming Yao, bent down close to her ear.
But the next second, she dodged away.
Gu Yanyu wasn’t angry, he chuckled with a somewhat cynical laugh, “Because I know a huge secret about Fourth Brother, and when the time comes, everything he has will become mine!”
