Chapter 156: Chapter 156: He personally went to the courtyard to pick her up
Gu Siting watched the speeding supercar and touched the corner of his mouth with the tip of his tongue.
After his extreme anger, he actually let out a low laugh.
The driver ahead, Lu Zhou, felt goosebumps all over his body.
Fourth Master’s current expression truly was more terrifying than if he weren’t smiling at all!
Lu Zhou wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, “Fourth Master, do you want to chase after that sports car?”
Gu Siting’s voice was deep and cold as he spoke, “No need.”
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Based on his understanding of her from their recent time together, once she made up her mind, she wouldn’t easily change it.
She wouldn’t even take his coat, which showed just how angry she still was with him.
Even if he caught up, she wouldn’t get in the car with him.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t forcibly take her away, but rather, he didn’t want to make their relationship even more tense!
The death of Little Snowball, and his blaming her that night, was indeed his fault.
Little Snowball was pregnant, and even he, as its owner, had failed to notice; it was quite normal for her to have been negligent when she was busy with other things, wasn’t it?
However, he hadn’t considered the situation from her perspective.
That night, he had only cared about his own sadness and pain, which ended up hurting her.
Gu Siting watched the supercar disappear from view, his thin lips tightly pressed together, “Take me to the company, then you go find out where the wife has been staying recently.”
Didn’t she leave Li City for the airport with that Jing guy yesterday?
Why didn’t she leave?
And how did she find out it was Zhou Zhiyan who killed Little Snowball?
Gu Siting furrowed his brows slightly, a touch of confusion appearing in his deep black eyes.
But no matter what, she seemed to be smarter and more decisive than he had imagined, and increasingly mysterious, drawing him in against his will!
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Jing Hang drove the sports car back to the suburban courtyard.
Glancing at Ming Yao, who was lost in thought while looking out the car window, he quirkily raised an eyebrow, “Sister Yao, your husband came to pick you up, and you really got out of the car?”
Ming Yao snorted, “Am I the kind of person who can be called upon and dismissed at a whim?”
Jing Hang’s eyes revealed a hint of concern, “But you haven’t slept for two days, you need your husband in name!”
“If he really cares, he will naturally come to apologize. Do I have to shamelessly go looking for him?”
Jing Hang paused for a moment, then seemed to understand something; he took one hand off the steering wheel and gave her a thumbs-up, “Sister Yao, you’re really shrewd, knowing how to keep a man on his toes.”
Ming Yao, “I had no choice. If it weren’t for my insomnia, I wouldn’t even bother to keep him interested!”
Jing Hang laughed, “Can you really let go so easily?”
She was taken to the airport yesterday, yet she still came back!
Ming Yao, “…”
That man is cold and fierce all day, with no skills in bed either; what’s there for me to hold onto?
“Just you wait and see, the day I get his ‘heart blood’, I will dump him without a second thought!”
Jing Hang, “Just don’t wind up crying about it, Sister Yao.” You cried so much over the death of a cat, it’s easy to imagine how reluctant you would actually be to leave him!
“Junior brother, you really underestimate your sister Yao!”
After chatting for a while, Jing Hang changed the subject.
“These couple of days have been so thrilling, today smashing that scumbag felt great. Why don’t we throw a party in your courtyard to liven things up?”
Ming Yao, supporting her chin with her slender fingers, hesitated for a moment, then nodded, “Alright.”
Her nerves had been wound too tight recently; she indeed needed to relax a bit.
Once he had Ming Yao’s agreement, Jing Hang promptly called a five-star hotel to have someone come and set up the courtyard.
Jing Hang then started inviting the fair-weather friends he had made in Li City.
Ming Yao still admired this junior of hers.
This probably was what they called “social butterfly syndrome.”
Having spent less time in Li City than she had, he knew far more people than she did.
Ming Yao didn’t partake in the decorating; instead, she carried the little kitten to her room to concoct herbal remedies.
When evening came and Ming Yao stepped out, she found the courtyard transformed.
Small colorful lights hung all over the yard, while the long dining table was laid with various exquisite foods. Towering stacks of transparent, tall champagne glasses shimmered under the lights, enticing with their appealing color.
Jing Hang had even hired a band that was playing soothing, melodious songs.
Ming Yao emerged in a fine black spaghetti strap long dress.
Her curly, wavy hair was gathered and swept over one shoulder, leaving the other shoulder delicately exposed—so pale and soft, her exquisite collarbones were so beautiful they could nurture fish, a swan-like neck, broad shoulders, tall and elegant figure, bright yet cold charm, there was an indescribable allure about her.
The moment Ming Yao appeared, nearly all the men and women on the lawn were stunned.
“What are you all staring at—that’s my sister!” Jing Hang walked up to Ming Yao, greeting everyone, “Come on, come greet my sister! Call her Sister Yao!”
“Hello, Sister Yao!”
“Sister Yao, hello, you are so beautiful, even movie stars can’t compare!”
“Sister Yao, it’s a pleasure to meet you, my name is Shen Haojie, and I’m still single…”
Shen Haojie hadn’t finished speaking when Jing Hang kicked him.
“Shen Haojie, you dare to hit on my sister, do you have a death wish?”
Ming Yao chuckled, pulling at the hopping Jing Hang, her smile radiant, “All right, everybody just have fun!”
They were all young folk, and Ming Yao wasn’t uptight; she quickly became one of the group.
After a few drinks, Jing Hang had the band start on some rock music.
A circle of young men and women formed, energetically singing and jumping to the music.
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It took Lu Zhou nearly half a day to find out that Ming Yao was living in a suburban courtyard.
He rushed to report to Fourth Master at the company.
“The place where the wife is staying is very close to Mount Wan Chong. That area has few people daring to venture there in the daytime. Yet the wife, a woman, still lives there at night, it’s truly pitiful!”
Gu Siting put down the fountain pen he had been using to sign documents; his dark pupils narrowed slightly.
He did remember, when she disguised herself as the Little Maid, once he, along with Steward Zhong and Aunt Zhong, had gone to the Tube Building to pick her up, and she wasn’t there. She had said she was job hunting around the area of Mount Wan Chong.
So, she lived there.
Little Swindler!
“Fourth Master, do you plan on finding the wife and bringing her back to the Imperial Garden? It’s really not safe for a woman to live there.”
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Gu Siting’s dark gaze fixed on Lu Zhou for a moment, “You seem… quite concerned about her.”
Lu Zhou froze, then wiped the cold sweat that sprouted on his forehead, “Fourth Master, I’m thinking of you.”
Gu Siting raised an eyebrow skeptically, “Oh?”
“The last couple of days you’ve been so frosty, colleagues think you’re scarier than King Yama. I was thinking, maybe if the wife could be by your side, you might be a bit happier.”
Gu Siting pulled at the corner of his mouth, “Don’t make her out to be too important.” He stood up and walked outside.
In the basement, Lu Zhou drove, and through the rearview mirror, he glanced at the man in the back seat, “Fourth Master, shall we head back to the Imperial Garden?”
“Assistant Lu, I think it’s time for you to step down from your Chief Assistant position!”
Lu Zhou, “… ” Didn’t he say the wife wasn’t that important?
Lu Zhou drove out of the company, heading towards the suburbs.
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