Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon's Reluctant Love

Chapter 269: Chapter 368: Reconciliation! Her Heart Aches for Him

Chapter 269 -368: Reconciliation! Her Heart Aches for Him

Gu Siting’s dark eyes gazed deeply toward the distant mountains. By then, the sun had set, and the remaining glow of the sunset fell on his sculpted handsome face, painting it with a magnificent hue.

His voice was hoarse, “Su Mo was a poor boy, besides painting, his family background was very bad. His father was a gambling addict, his mother had passed away early, and the Shi Family was a major, almost divine family—they naturally wouldn’t agree to their relationship.”

“Although I wasn’t favored in the Gu Family back then, I still had the support of Old Madam Gu and the Fang Family. The Shi Family had to accept me as a lesser option, letting Shi Ying be with me, after all, we grew up together since we were young.”

“Every time Shi Ying and Su Mo had a date, they would first ask me out. Plainly speaking, I was their cover.”

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Ming Yao suddenly remembered the words Fang Keer had said.

——The outside world rumored that Fourth Brother was madly in love with Sister Shi Ying, but when Sister Shi Ying was still around, Fourth Brother took me to the park to meet her. When we got to the park, Sister Shi Ying vanished, and Fourth Brother played with me alone. Anyway, I never saw them holding hands or doing any intimate action…

Ming Yao took the photo album from Gu Siting’s hands and carefully examined the photo of the young man sitting in the studio.

The style of the painting on the young man’s easel seemed to match the style of those oil paintings in the room on the third floor.

Could it be—

“Are all the paintings in the room on the third floor painted by Su Mo?”

Gu Siting nodded.

He closed his eyes and, upon reopening them, his eyes appeared even more bloodshot.

“Before I took over as the Person in Charge of the Gu Family, I was almost assassinated every year. To cover for Shi Ying, everyone thought she was my lover. Those scheming against me turned their attention to her.”

“That year, Shi Ying was studying abroad, and I went with Su Mo to visit her during the winter break. As soon as we landed, we learned she had been kidnapped.”

“The kidnappers were after me, and since Chengjin and Shi Ying attended the same school, understanding that I was the target, he nobly joined me in delivering the ransom.”

“During that process, a fierce battle broke out, and we couldn’t save Shi Ying. She was shot twice and thrown into the sea by the kidnappers. Chengjin was also injured, and I got shot in the heart, nearly dying…”

Although he recounted that past in just a few sentences, Gu Siting’s body tensed up, with veins on his forehead and neck bulging visibly.

It was evident how deeply that chaos had wounded him.

One death, two injuries!

Gu Siting held his head with both hands, his slender fingers threading through his black hair, gripping his scalp tightly.

His voice was extremely hoarse, “It was my fault for not protecting Shi Ying, allowing her to die so tragically!”

“You ask why I go to her grave every year, rain or shine. It’s because I feel such guilt. If not for me, she wouldn’t have died so miserably!”

“After learning of her death, it wasn’t long before Su Mo left a suicide note and jumped into the same sea where the incident with Shi Ying happened. I had people search for seven days and nights, but we never found his body, and there was no further word from him ever again.”

“Those paintings were of Shi Ying, painted by Su Mo during his lifetime. After both of them were gone, Su Mo’s father took those paintings to demand money from the Shi Family. The Shi Family gave him a sum of money and planned to burn those paintings. I bought them all!”

“After placing those paintings in the room on the third floor, I myself have never gone in, nor allowed Steward Zhong, Aunt Zhong, or anyone else to enter.”

“It’s not that it’s taboo for me; those memories belong to Su Mo and Shi Ying. I owe them too much, and I want to preserve the few things they left behind in this world!”

Hearing Gu Siting’s narrative, Ming Yao was lost in thought for a long time.

So that was the real truth of the matter.

She had misunderstood him again!

Once more she had plunged him into painful memories of the past, she truly deserved to die!

Ming Yao, looking at the man’s face filled with sorrow and heaviness, reached out and embraced his stiff body.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t realize it was like this and brought up those sad memories again.”

Gu Siting’s bloodshot and somber eyes stared at Ming Yao, his large hand lifted to embrace her in return, burying his tense face into her slender neck, “Suddenly being cold to you wasn’t because I stopped liking you, but because I realized you’re too exceptional, and I—”

He spoke in a voice that became deeper and hoarser, “I have a past that I can’t bear to look back upon, harboring severe mental illness; uncontrollable emotions turning me mad at times… And one more thing, although I have now set up the Dark Cabinet and gathered quite a few experts around me, the person who wants to murder me hasn’t been caught yet. Since Shi Ying died, there’s been no movement, and I am very worried that if the person behind the scenes finds out that it’s you I truly care about, will you end up suffering the same fate as Shi Ying?”

“I am paranoid and sick, with a strong possessive desire; just seeing you closer to other men, I get very upset. Can such a person be a match for someone as outstanding as you?”

Hearing him say this, Ming Yao’s heart suddenly contracted.

People with paranoia have one characteristic: they easily consider themselves superior, self-centered.

For them to admit that they have an illness is an especially difficult matter!

Ming Yao embraced the man’s neck with a heartache, and all the grievances and sour feelings in her heart these past days had completely vanished.

In their place were guilt, regret, and discomfort.

If she had just trusted him a little more, perhaps things wouldn’t have turned out this way.

Every time he mentioned the past, it was as if a sharp knife were thrusting into the deep wounds of his scars!

When the nanny fell down the stairs, the family doctor said he had mental issues; maybe Gu Mingde and Song Yuzhi were behind it!

But why would they do such a thing to him?

Aren’t they his biological parents?

And who is the person behind the scenes trying to harm him?

That person couldn’t be Song Yuzhi or Gu Mingde, otherwise Gu Siting wouldn’t let them still be alive and well.

All of this seemed abnormal to Ming Yao.

There must be some shocking conspiracy behind all of this!

Thinking about his past experiences, Ming Yao’s heart ached unceasingly.

“It’s my fault; I won’t doubt you again in the future. I won’t believe what others say anymore.”

Gu Siting lifted his head from between Ming Yao’s delicate neck, his slender fingers caressing her cold, charming little face, “How did you know I went to the cemetery that day? How did you think of going to the third-floor room?”

“Shi Yuan told me about it.”

Gu Siting’s handsome face suddenly turned icy, and he pinched the woman’s face hard, “You believe her, but not me?”

Ming Yao, “She is a very good psychologist, knows how to incite discord!”

The man snorted coldly, his face becoming even more tense.

Feeling guilty, Ming Yao took the initiative to sit on his lap and kissed his thin lips.

Her small hand traced along his handsome features, sliding down to his Adam’s apple.

Her lips approached his ear, “Shall I apologize to you?”

Gu Siting’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and he tightened his grip on her waist, his voice a few degrees huskier, “How will you apologize?”

Ming Yao whispered two words in his ear.

The man’s eyes darkened in an instant.

With her apology and comfort, his heart, as if fallen into an abyss and ice cellar, gradually warmed up again.

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