Miscalculation #061: The Death of Aunt Liu
Xiao Liu looked at the business card in Shi Tou's hand and read out Gu Mingxia's name in a trembling voice.
"The Gu family's daughter...the Gu family in Xiangcheng?"
Old Bi also leaned over, looking at the three big characters "Gu Mingxia" on the business card, his expression somewhat uneasy.
"Thank goodness... thank goodness I didn't sleep with her, otherwise... I probably wouldn't even know how I died!"
He now understood that Gu Mingxia's claim of having AIDS was a lie. Fortunately, she admitted to having AIDS, otherwise... Thinking of the Gu family's top-tier wealth, Old Bi broke out in a cold sweat on the sweltering summer day.
Shi Tou didn't say anything, but simply put away the business card Gu Mingxia gave him. Many wealthy families are rife with intrigue and power struggles for inheritance, and it seems that the Gu family is no exception!
The three of them drove very fast. Shi Tou glanced back out the car window and saw a tall, imposing man holding the slender Gu Mingxia tightly in his arms.
"Xiaxia, you really scared me to death, you know?"
Gu Mingxia was held tightly in Xiao Yan's arms, and looked at Liu Yan and Zhang Yunyi standing to the side with an embarrassed expression in her eyes.
"I'm fine now, aren't I? I haven't showered for days and I stink, so please let me go!"
Leaving Xiao Yan's embrace, Gu Mingxia smiled and looked at Liu Yan. Liu Yan opened her arms and excitedly hugged her, laughing and crying at the same time.
"Xiaxia, you have no idea how scared I was when Xiao Yan told me that something might happen to you!"
"Fool, I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"
Gu Mingxia patted Liu Yan's back, her eyes also red. Zhang Yunyi looked at Xiao Yan, smiled and nodded at him. Xiao Yan reached out and punched him lightly to express his gratitude.
"Okay, let go of me now so I can go back to the hotel and take a good shower. I feel like I'm going to rot!"
Liu Yan then smiled and released Gu Mingxia. The group got into Zhang Yunyi's car and sped off to Jinling Hotel.
As soon as Gu Mingxia entered the room, she rushed to get a sanitary napkin and soaked herself in the large bathtub for a full half hour before rinsing off the foam, putting on a bathrobe, and coming out.
“Yun Yi, look at the MSN number on my phone. The three people who kidnapped me said that he paid them to come after me.”
Taking the hair-drying towel from Xiao Yan, Gu Mingxia wrapped her hair inside, then sat down opposite Xiao Yan and looked intently at Zhang Yunyi.
"Okay, let me check for you. It's really hard to find a specific person just from an MSN contact!"
Zhang Yunyi turned on his computer and started looking up the MSN number in Gu Mingxia's phone. After more than half an hour, he shrugged at Gu Mingxia with great regret.
"This MSN number is a new number that was only registered a few days ago, and by tracing it, we found that he recently used an IP address and discovered that he was using a foreign proxy server. Obviously, this person has some counter-surveillance knowledge. Mingxia, I'm sorry, I can't help you."
Gu Mingxia nonchalantly took the phone Zhang Yunyi handed her and smiled at him.
"It's alright, I didn't expect to find the person behind this through MSN! The three people who arrested me were all from Xiangcheng, and it's obvious they followed me all the way here, which means that the person behind this must also be in Xiangcheng!"
Xiao Yan frowned, his face expressionless. After listening to Gu Mingxia's words, he gave her a deep look.
“I went to see Aunt Liu, and she admitted that she was the same Aunt Liu from back then, but she still refused to tell me the real cause of Aunt Nanlan’s death. She just told me to tell you to be careful and take care of your family!”
Beware of the Gu family? Gu Mingxia smiled bitterly. What could be more pathetic than someone telling her to be careful of her own family? But thinking of Gu Huaikun and Uncle Qi's reactions, Gu Mingxia vaguely felt that her mother and A Dong's deaths might have been orchestrated by the Gu family!
However, without evidence, she couldn't rashly confront Gu Huaikun. That old fox wouldn't admit his mistakes until he was faced with a real threat. Only when she had solid evidence could she force Gu Huaikun to confess the truth about what happened back then.
"I want to go see Aunt Liu again tomorrow."
Now that she had begun to admit that she was the Aunt Liu from back then, Gu Mingxia still wanted to try to get some clues out of her. Xiao Yan understood her thoughts and nodded to her.
Seeing her haggard expression, Xiao Yan stood up and glanced at Zhang Yunyi and Liu Yan.
"Xiaxia, you should rest. I'll go downstairs and book three more rooms. We'll go with you to see Aunt Liu tomorrow!"
Gu Mingxia nodded. Liu Yan came over, hugged her, and kissed her on the cheek before reluctantly leaving the room.
Gu Mingxia slept soundly that night, perhaps because she had been too tired these past few days!
The next morning, after having breakfast, the group drove to Jingfuyuan.
Since she still didn't know Aunt Liu's exact room number, she just lingered downstairs. Finally, around ten o'clock, Gu Mingxia saw the handsome man from that day.
"Hello sir, is Aunt Liu at your house?"
The handsome man frowned, and when he recognized Gu Mingxia as the person who had come to see Aunt Liu that day, his face showed great displeasure.
"She already said you've mistaken me for someone else, so why are you still looking for Aunt Liu?"
"Sir, I really didn't mistake you for someone else! And when my friend came over yesterday, she admitted that this was the person I was looking for!"
Gu Mingxia met his displeased gaze and became a little angry as well. She was looking for Aunt Liu, not him, so why was he giving her such a hard time?
"Miss, I advise you not to force people to do things against their will in the future. Aunt Liu has worked in my family for many years and has always been well. But because of you and your friend, last night... Aunt Liu committed suicide!"
The handsome man's words stunned Gu Mingxia: Suicide! Aunt Liu committed suicide!
Thinking of Aunt Liu's gentle and kind face, and the three neatly arranged beauty marks under her left eye, Gu Mingxia suddenly covered her mouth, her big, watery eyes filled with tears.
Xiao Yan quickly walked over and hugged her, while glaring at the handsome man with great dissatisfaction.
"I don't know what you want from Aunt Liu, but she's already said you've mistaken her for someone else. You keep coming to see her, which is causing her a lot of trouble. Aunt Liu... you've driven her to her death!"
"Sir! Please speak more politely! We're here to see Aunt Liu, but we've never forced her to do anything. Even if she committed suicide, that was her own choice!"
Xiao Yan stared coldly at the man before him, his eyes flashing with displeasure. The man was not intimidated by the icy aura emanating from him; instead, he smiled mockingly.
"Say whatever you want, even if Aunt Liu wasn't driven to her death by you, she still died because of you!"
After saying that, the handsome man opened the door to the stairwell and went inside.
"Sir, where does Aunt Liu live? I'd like to... pay my respects to her!"
"Aunt Liu didn't want to acknowledge you when she was alive, and now that she's dead... do you still want to bother her?"
The man paused for a moment, then closed the stairwell door and entered the elevator by himself after saying those words.
"Xiaxia, let's go. Don't blame yourself too much!"
Xiao Yan put his arm around her shoulder and softly comforted her. Gu Mingxia closed her eyes, and crystal tears fell from the corners of her eyes. When she opened them again, only sadness remained in her eyes.
"I'm fine. Aunt Liu loved life so much, she wouldn't commit suicide for no reason. I must find out the truth about this!"
After saying that, Gu Mingxia got into the car by herself. Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, then followed her.
"Let's go back to the hotel to pack our things and head back to Xiangcheng!"
After driving for a while, Gu Mingxia suddenly said this out of the blue. She suddenly had a very bad feeling, as if everything from the moment Bai Zixuan caught her cheating was a conspiracy, and she had fallen right into such a conspiracy with an unknown purpose.
"good!"
Upon arriving at the hotel, the group quickly unpacked. Seeing that Gu Mingxia seemed a bit emotionally unstable, Liu Yan drove her car, while Zhang Yunyi and Xiao Yan each drove their own cars back. Gu Mingxia then rode in Xiao Yan's car.
Back at the villa, Gu Mingxia sat listlessly in the living room, hugging a cushion, leaning against the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling.
"Xiaxia, have something to eat. You haven't eaten much on the way here."
Xiao Yan brought over a bowl of white porridge. Gu Mingxia looked away, stared at him blankly for a moment, then looked up at the ceiling without saying a word.
Xiao Yan was at a loss because of Gu Mingxia's behavior. Could it be that she was too shocked by Aunt Liu's death?
"Xiaxia, are you... alright?"
Xiao Yan sat down beside her and asked cautiously. Gu Mingxia sat up straight and looked at Xiao Yan, who had a worried expression on his face.
"Xiao Yan, do you think Aunt Liu was really killed by me? For fifteen years, she lived a good life in Nanjing, but because of my appearance, she committed suicide!"
“Xiaxia, you should know better than me that Aunt Liu did not die because of you. You should not have such thoughts, and you should not be so depressed as you are now.”
Holding Gu Mingxia's hand, Xiao Yan looked at her with deep affection and seriousness. Gu Mingxia looked down at his large hand holding hers and suddenly wanted to rely on him like this from now on. But when she thought of her mother, A Dong, and Aunt Liu's death, she knew that she had no right to rely on anyone. The only thing she had to do was to be strong and unravel such a huge conspiracy!
"Xiao Yan, thank you for comforting me! I'm fine, I'm just having some questions!"
Gu Mingxia pulled her hand away from his and picked up the white porridge on the coffee table, eating it slowly spoonful by spoonful. Seeing her eating, Xiao Yan felt relieved.
"By the way, Aunt Liu asked me to tell you that day. It wasn't that she didn't want to tell you the cause of her death back then, but that she was afraid to. She also told me to remind you to be careful with your family!"
"Right? Looks like I'll have to make more trips to the Gu family these days! This matter is definitely related to them!"
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