Chapter 145 You want to be the young mistress of the Gu family? You're not worthy!
His features were handsome and unrestrained, and his peach blossom eyes looked at people with three parts smile and seven parts aloofness. The corners of his mouth were always habitually curled up, revealing a cynical and roguish air.
He is Gu Beixiao.
He looked around, his gaze lingering on Zhang Sisi for a moment, before walking straight over and sitting down opposite her.
"Miss Zhang Sisi?" His voice was very pleasant, with a touch of lazy magnetism.
Zhang Sisi immediately put on a flattered expression, hurriedly put down her book, and stood up awkwardly: "Mr. Gu... hello."
"Sit down." Gu Beixiao raised his chin, his eyes sharp as an eagle, and looked her up and down.
Zhang Sisi's heart skipped a beat when he looked at her, and her cheeks flushed red, making her look even more pitiful.
“Mr. Gu, I’m so sorry, my mother…” She lowered her head, her voice barely audible, “I didn’t know I was bothering you.”
Gu Beixiao twitched the corner of his mouth, said nothing, and waved to the waiter to order food.
He'd seen far too many women, but this one was definitely a high-level one.
This delicate, innocent, and pitiful appearance can indeed arouse the protective instincts of most men.
Unfortunately, he wasn't like most men.
"I heard Miss Zhang just came back from the farm?" Gu Beixiao asked casually as he cut his steak.
Zhang Sisi's body stiffened for a moment, and her eyes instantly reddened.
"Yes...it's all because I was ignorant and made mistakes before, and I deserve to be punished."
She bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes but refusing to fall. Her restrained and strong demeanor was enough to soften any man's heart.
"Oh?" Gu Beixiao raised an eyebrow. "What mistake did you make?"
Zhang Sisi's tears finally fell. She hurriedly wiped them away with the back of her hand, her voice trembling with sobs: "I...I offended someone."
She didn't say it explicitly, but the grievance and resentment in her tone were unmistakable.
Gu Beixiao stopped cutting the steak and looked up at her.
"Who did you offend? Tell me, in this city of Beijing, is there anyone who would dare to subject Miss Zhang to such an injustice?"
Zhang Sisi sobbed, saying intermittently, "It's...it's your cousin's wife, Su Yue."
While sobbing, she secretly observed Gu Beixiao's expression. Seeing that he didn't react, she boldly continued.
“I really didn’t mean it… I just… I just told the truth, and she… she had Commander Gu send me to the farm… Mr. Gu, I know Commander Gu listens to his wife the most, I can’t fight them… I admit it…”
Her words implied that Su Yue was abusing her power and distorting the truth.
Gu Beixiao listened quietly, his expression unchanged, but his eyes grew colder and colder.
He had met his cousin-in-law once and heard many stories about her.
He single-handedly built a military-owned pharmaceutical factory, making it a thriving business on the island. Even his arrogant grandfather praised him highly.
A while ago, he even went into the restricted area with his cousin Gu Beichen, rescued people, and uncovered an enemy agent who had been lying dormant for more than 20 years.
Would such a person send a delicate young lady to a farm just because of a few words?
Even if Gu Beixiao is a scoundrel, he's not stupid.
The woman in front of me is cunning and manipulative, her very being screams "scheming."
Especially when she mentioned Su Yue, the resentment and venom that flashed in her eyes was impossible to hide.
It's really... disgusting.
"Are you done talking?" Gu Beixiao put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a napkin, his movements elegant, but his tone was icy cold.
Zhang Sisi paused in her sobs and stared blankly at him.
Gu Beixiao stood up, looking down at her with a mocking smile.
"Ms. Zhang, your acting is quite good. It's a pity you chose the wrong audience."
"I'm not interested in a green tea bitch like you."
After saying that, he turned and left without looking back, leaving Zhang Sisi alone, frozen in place, her expression shifting from astonishment to humiliation, and finally settling on a ferocious resentment.
That evening, at the Zhang family's house.
Mrs. Zhang was so anxious that she paced back and forth in the living room.
"It's over! It's over! The Gu family called! Gu Beixiao went back and confronted his family, saying he'd rather die than be with you, and he even said..."
She looked at her daughter who had returned from outside, hesitant to speak.
Zhang Sisi took off her coat expressionlessly, her demeanor unusually calm.
"What else is there to say?"
"He said... he said you should never appear in front of him again, otherwise he'll humiliate you every time he sees you!"
Madam Zhang was so angry that she trembled all over.
"That bastard! How dare he!"
A crack finally appeared on Zhang Sisi's face.
She walked to the sofa, sat down, picked up the tea that had gone cold, and took a sip.
"Mom, why are you in such a hurry?"
Her voice was cold, devoid of any warmth.
Mrs. Zhang was nearly frantic: "How can I not be anxious! The roads are all blocked! We've lost all hope!"
"Who said it's gone?"
Zhang Sisi slowly put down her teacup, raised her head, and looked at her mother.
A strange smile appeared on her face.
"Mom, don't you always say that men are all driven by their lower bodies?"
Mrs. Zhang was stunned: "You... what do you mean by this?"
Zhang Sisi stood up, walked to the window, looked at the night outside, and her voice drifted out softly.
"Since the soft approach isn't working..."
She turned around, speaking slowly and deliberately, her eyes revealing a madness and ruthlessness that she could no longer conceal.
"Then let's go for the hard way!"
"I want him, so you have to marry me!"
The atmosphere in the Zhang family's living room was extremely oppressive.
Madam Zhang paced back and forth, her handkerchief nearly torn to shreds.
"Sisi, that Gu Beixiao... he's a complete scoundrel! This path of ours is probably a dead end!"
"It's blocked?"
Zhang Sisi sat on the sofa, slowly and methodically trimming her nails, without even lifting her eyelids.
Her voice was flat, devoid of any emotion.
“Mom, the roads in this world are made by people walking them. If he doesn’t want to walk, I’ll push him along.”
Mrs. Zhang stopped and looked at her daughter's eerily calm face, feeling a chill run down her spine for no reason.
"What...what else do you want to do? He's already made himself so clear!"
“Clatter.”
Zhang Sisi cut off the last bit of her nail, threw the nail clippers on the coffee table with a crisp sound.
She finally raised her head and looked at her mother.
"Mom, didn't you always say that all men are the same? No matter how strong their upper body is, their lower body is always weak?"
Mrs. Zhang's eyes widened suddenly.
"Are you crazy! You want to use drugs?!"
Zhang Sisi revealed a smile, a smile that carried a desperate, reckless madness.
"I'm not crazy. I'm perfectly sober."
She stood up, walked to Madam Zhang, and took her cold hand.
"Mom, this is our last chance. Once it's a fait accompli, can Gu Beixiao deny it? The Gu family is powerful and wealthy, and they value their reputation above all else. Do you think they would let their own descendant get someone pregnant and then not take responsibility?"
"Then, I'll be the young mistress of the Gu family! Who is Su Yue? She'll have to bow down and call me sister-in-law when she sees me!"
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