Chapter 596: Chapter 596: Are You Satisfied Now?
Gu Ningyue chatted with Ling Tianyou downstairs for a while, then got up and went upstairs to the room where her mother’s relics were kept.
Ling Tianyou saw this but didn’t say much, just glanced and continued sitting on the sofa watching TV.
About five minutes later, a phone call came: "President Ling, bad news, Second Young Master jumped off the building!"
Ling Tianyou stood up abruptly: "What? Who did you say jumped?"
The voice on the other end of the line couldn’t hide its urgency: "Second Young Master, Young Master Tianze jumped. Just now, when I went to the sanatorium to investigate some things, Second Young Master somehow bypassed everyone, climbed to the rooftop on the tenth floor, and... then he jumped down!"
Tenth floor... Ling Tianyou felt as if all his strength drained away, there was absolutely no chance of survival.
Yet even so, Ling Tianyou held onto a sliver of hope and asked, "Tianze... where is he now?"
The voice fell silent for two seconds: "President Ling, my condolences... Second Young Master didn’t make it..."
From the height of the tenth floor, by the time he arrived, the person was already smashed beyond recognition.
Even if he was made of iron, he would be shattered, let alone Ling Tianze who had grown increasingly frail?
Ling Tianyou’s fingers clenched tightly, his mind went blank, even his originally handsome face lost its color: "Secure Tianze’s room; no one is allowed inside!"
"Yes, President Ling!"
After hanging up, Ling Tianyou collapsed onto the sofa for a full minute before finally calming down from the immense shock.
Even then, his fingers couldn’t help but tremble.
"Get the car ready, to the hospital!"
Aunt Zhang, nearby, quietly asked Ling Tianyou: "President Ling, should I call Young Madam?"
Ling Tianyou hesitated for two seconds, then gently nodded.
Aunt Zhang, given permission, quickly went upstairs and knocked on the door.
Gu Ningyue was originally staring blankly at the photos and letters left by her mother, oblivious to everything happening outside.
It wasn’t until she heard the knocking that a bad premonition surged in her heart.
"Come in!"
Zhang Shener pushed the door open and said to Gu Ningyue: "Young Madam, bad news, President Ling’s brother jumped and died!"
"What?" Gu Ningyue was stunned, thinking she was hallucinating: "Didn’t Jin Chenglong jump and die?"
Aunt Zhang’s face turned grim as she looked at Gu Ningyue and repeated, "It’s President Ling’s brother who had the accident. Young Madam, President Ling is waiting downstairs for you to go together and take a look!"
Only then did Gu Ningyue finally react, quickly stood up, and went downstairs: "Tianyou..."
Ling Tianyou stood there pale, already wearing a coat and waiting for her: "Go get a coat, it’s chilly!"
Gu Ningyue responded as she looked at Ling Tianyou, took a coat casually, and got in the car with him.
This time, Ling Tianyou and Gu Ningyue sat in the back seat, not driving themselves.
Gu Ningyue tightly held Ling Tianyou’s hand, trying to give him some strength, but his hand was cold, as if all warmth had drained away.
"Tianyou..." Gu Ningyue hesitated for a long time, but softly called him.
Yet after that, Gu Ningyue found she had no words to comfort Ling Tianyou.
She felt so powerless, leaning against him silently, not knowing what to say.
Instead, Ling Tianyou turned to her and said, "Don’t worry about me."
But saying so, how could Gu Ningyue not be worried?
Ling Tianyou’s hand had always been warm, but now it was almost devoid of any warmth.
He quietly watched the scenery ahead, clenching his teeth hard; his brother was gone, the brother who always liked sticking to him, boasting everything to him just disappeared from this world.
And the root cause behind all this seemed to be him, the brother?
"Ning Yue..." Ling Tianyou turned to look at Gu Ningyue and said: "Do you think I really made a mistake? I shouldn’t have sent Tianze there. He pleaded so much, and I didn’t... He should have been home; if he was home, he wouldn’t have died..."
Gu Ningyue was stunned upon hearing this, then held Ling Tianyou’s hand and said: "How could this be your fault? Tianyou, it’s not, don’t think like that! There are so many people in that sanatorium, but only Tianze jumped. Clearly, someone wanted to harm him! If he returned home, perhaps... it would be even worse! Your parents can’t keep an eye on him! They would only give others more chances!"
Ling Tianyou shook his head, "No, if he came home, I would have people following him; at least he wouldn’t become a cold corpse. Ning Yue... I killed my brother!"
"I killed him!"
The usually composed Ling Tianyou couldn’t bear the pain of losing a loved one.
Gu Ningyue felt waves of pain in her heart, comforting Ling Tianyou over and over, yet it was still no match for even a tenth of the self-inflicted pain Ling Tianyou felt.
No, not even a hundredth.
The car drove all the way to the hospital entrance, Ling Tianyou barely calmed his emotions, trying to appear no different from usual.
But even so, his reddened eyes couldn’t hide his feelings at this moment.
"President Ling, you’ve arrived. Your brother’s condition is hard to look at; I suggest early cremation..."
The doctor sighed and spoke to Ling Tianyou.
Upon hearing this, Ling Tianyou just shook his head, his voice hoarse, looked at the doctor in front of him and said: "He is my brother; I don’t care about his appearance!"
"Your brother’s multiple joints are shattered; his eyes have been directly pierced by sharp stones; are you sure you want to see?" The doctor confirmed twice, seeing Ling Tianyou still resolute, he could only shake his head and lead Ling Tianyou to the already sent-to-the-morgue body.
Just after taking a few steps, urgent footsteps were heard behind.
Gu Ningyue turned around first and saw the Ling Family elders with Liu Liu following, crying, walking toward them.
An elderly loss, white-haired people sending off black-haired ones; needless to say, the feelings of the two elders must be extremely sorrowful at this moment.
Let alone Liu Liu, being Ling Tianze’s wife for many years, and having a five-year-old son.
"Dad, Mom. Liu Liu, why are you here?"
Ling Tianyou was clearly shocked, seemingly wondering why he hadn’t phoned the two elders and sister-in-law, yet they had already learned the news and came.
"Smack!"
Before getting an answer, Ling Tianyou’s face had already received a heavy slap.
The surrounding doctors and nurses were so shocked they couldn’t speak; in A City, daring to hit Mr. Qi, apart from these two elders, there was no one else.
The tearful woman trembled her lips as she looked at Ling Tianyou and said: "Your brother is gone, are you satisfied with this result?"
