Chapter 587: Chapter 587: An Answer
Fifteen minutes later, Gu Yingzhi and Lawyer Zheng sat in the Western restaurant.
"Has Lawyer Zheng been busy lately?" Gu Yingzhi looked at Lawyer Zheng and said, "The weather has been getting colder lately, and the office air conditioning seems a bit outdated, not heating well."
Lawyer Zheng smiled, "Not too busy lately, before you came to find me, only a client’s daughter came to see me. No new cases have come up."
Gu Yingzhi looked at Lawyer Zheng and said, "Is it the girl with the diamond bracelet? She looks like she’s from a pretty wealthy family!"
Lawyer Zheng nodded at his words and said to Gu Yingzhi, "That is the eldest daughter of the Gu Family, you might not know since you just came to City A. She’s quite a legendary figure!"
"Oh?" Gu Yingzhi smiled and looked at Lawyer Zheng, "Just a little girl, how legendary could she be?"
The eldest daughter of the Gu Family, Gu Ningyue? Why does she look nothing like the girl in the photos?
The photos I received showed heavy makeup, clearly a non-mainstream look.
Not only that, her eyes were always cautious, just looking at them was oppressive.
But the girl I met today was clearly confident and youthful, especially that face, simply a stunning beauty.
Could the photos have been wrong? Or did I miss something?
"I heard that Gu Ningyue was originally promised by Chairman Gu to the Ye Family’s young master, Ye Mingchen, but for some reason, at Gu Ningyue’s twenty-third birthday banquet, she—a typically timid person—publicly revealed the scandal between her sister and Ye Mingchen." Lawyer Zheng recalled the gossip that spread like wildfire at the time, even he, who had seen many peculiar cases, found some interest: "Not only that, she left the birthday banquet hand in hand with Master Ling."
Gu Yingzhi responded indifferently, "Is he the new successor of Ling Corporation? I know him, a very famous figure. The eldest daughter of the Gu Family being with him, even if things end up unfavorable, she wouldn’t lose anything."
"Indeed!" Lawyer Zheng said, "Initially, Gu Ningyue’s mother left her a substantial inheritance, but now it seems not so substantial anymore, hahaha..."
Gu Yingzhi nodded, saying to Lawyer Zheng, "But with no emotional foundation between them, they might fall apart someday. I’ve seen plenty of these rich family feuds in my years of practice. Although Gu Ningyue is beautiful, beauty doesn’t last forever. Alas, in the end, it may just be her mother’s inheritance that she can rely on for stability!"
"Not necessarily," Lawyer Zheng said, cutting into his steak, "Ling Tianyou is a very distant person. Before Gu Ningyue, he was only close to a childhood friend. No other woman could get near him. Recently, the two are about to get engaged, and Ling Tianyou has paid a great deal to host the engagement banquet for Gu Ningyue!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yingzhi became more intrigued by Gu Ningyue, "Wasn’t there a report previously saying Gu Ningyue was the most useless socialite in City A? But what I just saw of her doesn’t match the report at all!"
Upon hearing Gu Yingzhi say this, Lawyer Zheng said, "I’m not sure either, but she seems like a completely different person from before. I first found it strange, but as such reports became more frequent, I got used to it. Maybe she experienced something and finally came to her senses!"
Sending Ye Mingchen and Gu Wanwan, one to jail and one to the hospital, every move Gu Ningyue made afterward was almost surprising.
"Hmm, maybe," Gu Yingzhi lowered his head and smiled; it seems his trip to City A was not in vain, he even gathered some interesting stories.
After lunch, Gu Yingzhi looked at Lawyer Zheng and said, "I need to go to a client’s house in the afternoon; he has an appointment with me to sign documents. I’ll head off first! Let’s have tea together sometime."
Lawyer Zheng looked at his empty hands and couldn’t help but say, "Lawyer Gu, aren’t you going up to get the documents?"
Gu Yingzhi smiled, "I already left them in the car, I can head straight there."
Lawyer Zheng responded, then also drove home.
After an unknown amount of time, Gu Yingzhi’s car stopped in front of a bakery.
A young and beautiful girl came out upon hearing the sound, and upon seeing Gu Yingzhi, a trace of fear appeared in her eyes, "Mr. Gu, why are you here?"
Gu Yingzhi smiled, "What? Not welcoming me?"
Gu Lingxue felt a bit panicked inside; could he have found out about Cheng Yulan helping her with her life-saving assassin ranking issues?
"No," Gu Lingxue looked at her rarely visiting father, years of fear surfacing in her heart, even her gaze was somewhat evasive, "Did you come to see me?"
Gu Yingzhi smiled, "You previously said Gu Ningyue came to your cake shop with Ling Tianyou?"
Gu Lingxue nodded, "Is there any problem with her?"
"The situation where the Blood Jade was taken by Lin Ruixian is not unrelated to this girl." Gu Yingzhi looked at Gu Lingxue and said, "Next time she comes over, observe whether her relationship with Ling Tianyou is really as good as rumored. If not, Lingxue knows what to do, right?"
Gu Lingxue was stunned, "Gu Ningyue and Ling Tianyou’s relationship is good, at least it seems that way to me. Besides, wasn’t that matter already over? Why still drag innocent people into it?"
Hearing his daughter’s words, Gu Yingzhi suddenly revealed a sinister smile, "Lingxue, do you really think I don’t know who saved Lin Ruixian’s life?"
Gu Lingxue shivered; she couldn’t be more familiar with this smile, a chill spreading all over her body, even her teeth slightly chattering, "I..."
Gu Yingzhi reached out and lovingly patted her head, "Don’t worry, Lingxue, you are my daughter, I won’t hurt you. Even if you make the gravest mistake, I will protect you."
Gu Lingxue stood still quietly, feeling as if her feet had taken root, "Dad... I don’t like this..."
Gu Yingzhi’s smile grew even broader upon hearing this, "Really? Then what kind of life does my daughter want? Like your mother, living an ordinary life, hastily marrying someone, then..."
Gu Lingxue was already tired of hearing the rest, having only to bring up Ling Tianyou to change the topic, "Dad, Ling Tianyou wields substantial power, and the two are about to get engaged; he’s very..."
"Enough!" Gu Yingzhi looked at Gu Lingxue: "Your mother wouldn’t want to see you so weak. Do you understand what I mean?"
Gu Lingxue was silent. After so many years, she has never gotten what she wanted from her father.
Not even a single answer...
