【Strong Female Lead + Everyone's Regret + Second Male Lead Rises + Both Pure + Childhood Friends】
My fiancée's white moonlight contracted a terminal illness. She made a request: ...
"Okay, I'll go." I pretended to be under her thumb and gave in.
After hanging up the phone, I thought about it carefully.
There was indeed an ambiguous relationship between Su Shenglin and me, but we did not do anything too intimate in public.
Given Gu Yutian's personality, if the so-called "evidence" she has is really solid proof, she would have used it to nail me to the pillar of shame long ago, instead of waiting until things have come to this point between me and her brother before using it to blackmail me.
Therefore, it is highly likely that the video did not capture anything substantial.
She's probably just trying her luck, thinking that if she manages to fool me, she might be able to get back at her brother.
Having figured all this out, I felt calmer, but I still decided to keep the appointment.
Not for himself, but for Su Shenglin.
His status is special, and I cannot be careless even about the slightest scandal that might affect his reputation.
The phone rang, and Gu Yutian sent the meeting address.
It is a restaurant.
I drove there and as soon as I stepped into the restaurant, I saw Gu Yutian sitting alone at a small table.
The location was right behind a row of green plants, making it quite secluded.
I suspect she came to see me without Gu Yanqing's knowledge.
"What would you like to eat? The Wellington steak at this restaurant is excellent; I recommend you try it." Gu Yutian asked me before I even sat down.
I pulled out a chair and smiled faintly: "No need, let's get straight to the point."
Gu Yutian said, "I'm treating. We're sisters-in-law, so we should part ways amicably, shouldn't we?"
After saying that, she raised her hand to beckon the waiter and ordered, "Two Wellington steaks, two pasta dishes, one vegetable salad, and one pitcher of fresh juice."
After she finished speaking, she looked at me and explained, "It would have been more appropriate to pair it with red wine, but we both have to drive, so let's just leave it at that."
I sat quietly, a faint smile playing on my lips, secretly wondering what she was up to.
When I was on good terms with Gu Yanqing, she never treated me to a meal, but she did take a lot of high-end custom-made items from my studio and profited from me quite a bit.
Now they're being generous.
After the waiter left, I casually asked, "You're not here to plead for your brother, are you?"
Gu Yutian raised an eyebrow and said with disdain, "To be honest, I don't really like you being my sister-in-law, but my brother is completely devoted to you, as if you've bewitched him."
I chuckled: "Wasn't it Jiang Yi who put the curse on him?"
"Jiang Yi is dead, what's the point of mentioning her?"
Indeed, may the deceased rest in peace; there's no need to mention them again.
So I sat up and asked directly, "Where is the evidence you have of my infidelity? Let me see it."
I beckoned to her and waited for her response.
But she pursed her lips, her eyes somewhat unfocused, and said, "I will give it to you, but not now."
"You don't have anything in your hands, do you?" I deliberately provoked.
"Of course you did! You and that Second Master Su had a great time having dinner together in the rooftop garden across from your company!"
I was secretly startled.
She actually saw it?
It's rare that she didn't rush out and yell at me; she managed to stay calm.
“My friend saw you two, secretly recorded a video and sent it to me, asking if you cheated on my brother.”
Oh—it dawned on me, so she didn't witness it herself.
"Birds of a feather flock together. Are your friends just like you, with warped values and unable to distinguish right from wrong?" I mocked.
What do you mean I cheated on Gu Yanqing?
He married another woman in a high-profile ceremony at the wedding I had meticulously prepared, forcing me to be the witness and give them my blessings in public—I've completely forgotten about such an outrageous and bizarre thing in the blink of an eye.
The harm and humiliation he brought me were not just a matter of being cuckolded; it was utterly devastating.
"Jiang Wan! You, don't be so quick to judge. My brother had no choice back then. After all, Jiang Yi had a terminal illness. My brother's actions were understandable, and doesn't that just prove he's a good man who values loyalty and righteousness?"
Gu Yutian's words made me frown repeatedly.
It seems there's a serious problem with the Gu family's feng shui. These children are all acting strangely. If the Gu family is handed over to them, it's doomed sooner or later.
I didn't respond; I just wanted to see what was going on in the video, so I asked again, "Give me your phone so I can see it, or I'm leaving."
Gu Yutian remained frozen in place.
I ran out of patience, grabbed my bag, and got up.
"Hey, wait a minute!" She panicked and immediately called out to me, pulling out her phone.
I sat down, and just then the waiter brought over a tray.
We both waited quietly for the waiter to serve our food.
After placing the freshly squeezed juice down, Gu Yutian instructed, "Pour a glass for each of us."
"Okay." The waiter took away the tray and poured us some juice. "Enjoy your meal."
As soon as the waitress turned and left, I looked at her again: "My phone."
Gu Yutian pouted, looking unwilling, but after hesitating for two seconds, she compromised: "Okay, I can show you, but don't even think about deleting the video. I have a backup."
Her tone, expression, and actions were all unpleasant. Before she could finish speaking, she stretched out her arm and swung it over, saying, "Here you go!"
As a result, the phone was thrown off due to excessive force and landed squarely on the plate of mushroom sauce for dipping the steak.
The mushroom sauce was thrown around, and my body instinctively dodged, quickly retreating, but I still couldn't avoid being poisoned by the sauce.
"Ah!" Gu Yutian covered her mouth, startled. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!"
I looked at my stained coat; thankfully it was dark-colored, so it wasn't very noticeable.
Gu Yutian's phone also fell to the ground. I was too lazy to pick it up for her, so I got up and asked the waiter for directions to the restroom and went over to clean it up.
When I came out of the restroom, Gu Yutian obediently handed me her phone, the screen of which was on that video.
After watching the video, I smiled indifferently: "What does this prove? Mr. Su is my VIP client, and we met to discuss business."
In that video, Su Shenglin and I were sitting face to face. We were indeed laughing and chatting happily during the conversation, but judging me to have cheated based on that is far-fetched.
"Who are you trying to fool!" Gu Yutian didn't believe her.
"Didn't you attend Madam Su's birthday banquet? I made all the clothes Madam Su wore at the banquet, and many people in the Su family are my VIP clients."
Gu Yutian stammered, clearly unable to argue with me, picked up a straw to drink her juice, and said impatiently, "Anyway, you've fallen for someone else, that's why you insist on divorcing my brother."
I sneered, feeling that there was no way to communicate, and got up again to leave.
"Hey! You haven't eaten yet! Things aren't cheap here, it's not good for you to waste food, is it?"
Looking at the tempting Wellington steak and then at Gu Yutian's insistence on treating me to food, I suddenly realized that she must have another purpose in asking me out tonight.
I was a little curious, so I sat down again.
But just as I was about to pick up the straw to drink my juice, I suddenly discovered a problem.
The glass was filled with more than half a glass of orange-yellow juice, which looked very fresh, but there were some white foamy substances attached to one side of the straw.