Chapter 239 Deception, Acting Chairman of the Gu Group
"Xiaxia, why didn't you wait for me? There's no fiancée at all. You know my feelings for you have always been the same. Xiaxia..."
Xiao Yan squatted by the car, his face contorted in pain, as if he were a heartless person, unable to express how helpless he felt.
Should he break with Alice? But he still had so many things to do. If he turned against Alice now, what would all his hard work and suffering amount to?
But if we don't break ties, should we just let Xiaxia misunderstand and let her leave our side?
Once everything is resolved, will she come back to him? In the past, Xiao Yan would have been confident of this, but now he has no confidence at all.
With his eyes closed, Xiao Yan suppressed all his pain and helplessness, took out his phone, and dialed Liang Yuhao's number.
"Where is it? Come to the 7UP Hotel."
"Boss, this is my personal time, you have to let me have some time to date!"
Liang Yuhao said with great dissatisfaction, holding a wine glass in his hand, with a glamorous and beautiful saleswoman sitting next to him.
"Hurry up, Alice and Tina are in Xiangcheng!"
"Come on then!" Liang Yuhao reached out and pinched the voluptuous woman's cheek, but the smile he thought was sexy was instantly replaced by a jolt as if he'd been electrocuted. "Who are you talking about... Alice and Tina..."
"Yes, it's the mother and daughter, so hurry up and come to the 7UP Hotel, room 3606."
"Okay, wait for me."
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Liang Yuhao abandoned his spoiled rich kid persona, got up and hurriedly left the bar, immediately driving to the 7UP Hotel.
"What time is it, and you're still in the mood to drink?"
As soon as he entered, Liang Yuhao snatched the wine glass from Xiao Yan's hand and looked at him with a worried expression.
"When? It's just tonight, why can't I even have a drink?"
Xiao Yan's face clearly showed bitterness. Liang Yuhao put the wine glass and bottle aside before sitting down next to him.
"How is your sister-in-law?"
"Xiaxia? She's gone! I don't know where she went."
Xiao Yan leaned back on the sofa, his expression one of utter helplessness. He had called many people, but had not been able to find any trace of Gu Mingxia.
In Xiangcheng, Miss Gu still wields considerable influence. Therefore, when Xiao Yan tried to access the road surveillance footage, he discovered that all the footage had been deliberately erased. He didn't want to think about it; he knew it was Gu Mingxia's doing—she did all this to prevent him from finding her.
"She...saw Alice and Tina?"
Liang Yuhao frowned and immediately understood why Gu Mingxia had left. He looked at him with great concern, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"I think so, take a look at this."
He casually handed his phone to Liang Yuhao. Xiao Yan felt really, really tired. He hadn't done anything since returning to Xiangcheng, and he had inexplicably lost Xia Xia.
He had already missed her for seven years, did he have to wait another seven? Xiao Yan felt he couldn't afford to wait, because he would go crazy during that time. The last seven years of waiting had exhausted all his strength and perseverance. If there were another one, he felt he would definitely not be able to bear the pain of unrequited love.
With a puzzled look, Liang Yuhao opened Xiao Yan's phone and immediately saw the message Gu Mingxia had sent him. After reading it, his brows furrowed.
"What does your sister-in-law mean by this? What does 'wishing you and Tina happiness' even mean? Is she trying to back out and give you away to someone else? This isn't like your personality!"
Who is Gu Mingxia?! Everyone in Xiangcheng remembers her. Back then, she was only eight years old, yet she managed to stab her father's second wife with a dagger. Her personality was indescribable; just looking at her was terrifying.
Why is he thinking of turning around and leaving as soon as he sees Alice and Tina? This isn't like Gu Jia's style!
“I hurt her feelings a while ago, and now she must think that I’ve been lying to her all along, that everything I’ve said and done to her has been a lie!”
Xiao Yan could also understand that the only way to explain his transformation from having nothing to becoming the sole heir to a global conglomerate was through his identity as the son-in-law of the Morgan family.
But that's not him! His heart only belongs to Gu Mingxia. Tina is just a little girl. How could he possibly be interested in a child who hasn't grown up yet!
Xia Xia wouldn't give him a chance to explain, and quietly left with just a text message. Xiao Yan felt like a complete failure.
He's over thirty, yet he's accomplished nothing. He has no family of his own, no career of his own. All his hard work over the years has been for that one thing, but now, if he were to give up Gu Mingxia for that thing, wouldn't he have any regrets?
"I never agreed with you keeping it from your sister-in-law from the beginning. Now look what's happened, this is how you're going to clean up this mess?"
You're lying to her, aren't you? You wanted to destroy her family business and do everything you could to hurt her father. If this isn't deception, then what is? Dude, I'm not very educated, so don't try to fool me!
Liang Yuhao sat next to Xiao Yan, muttering to himself. But seeing Xiao Yan's expression of unspoken suffering, he couldn't bring himself to say anything that might upset him, even though he desperately wanted to.
"You don't understand Xiaxia. If I had been honest with her from the beginning, do you think there would still be a chance for me and him to be together?"
"Brother, is there still any chance for you two to be together?" Liang Yuhao glanced at Xiao Yan, who was leaning back on the sofa with his eyes closed, and was really worried about the intelligence of such a goofy friend.
If you had been honest from the beginning, maybe she could have understood your reasons for doing this. But now... she'll definitely think you're with her to deceive and take advantage of her. I guess these two have a long way to go in their future!
At the Gu Family Restaurant, Gu Huaikun looked pale, as if he had been seriously ill, and pleaded with Ah Xin sitting across from him.
"Ah Xin, I feel terrible. You...you need to make me a cup of soy milk right away."
"Are you feeling very unwell right now?"
"Mmm, it hurts so much. It feels like countless ants are gnawing at my bones, it's so painful."
Ah Xin leisurely trimmed her nails. After hearing Gu Huaikun's words, she gave him a seductive smile. He was in so much pain that he didn't even notice the mockery and scheming in Ah Xin's lips.
"You want some of my homemade multigrain soy milk, don't you? Yeah, whenever you feel unwell, a glass of multigrain soy milk makes you feel so good, like you're floating on air, doesn't it?"
"Yes, yes, only soy milk can relieve my pain. Ah Xin, my good daughter, please, Daddy begs you, please make me a cup right away, okay?"
Gu Huaikun held onto A Xin's arm, his face covered in tears and snot, his eyes filled with pleading and helplessness.
He vaguely knew what was wrong with him, but what could he do? He couldn't control the painful impulse, nor could he endure the suffering that came with it, so all he could do was beg his daughter.
"It's not that I can't have soy milk, but Dad, you have to promise me one thing."
"You said, as long as you make me soy milk, I'll agree to anything you ask."
Gu Huaikun's consciousness was now consumed by pain, and he only uttered these words according to his instinct. Perhaps when he regained consciousness, he would forget what he said and did, but that didn't matter. What mattered was that as long as he could drink soy milk for the rest of his life, he could completely relieve the pain in his body and the feeling of being gnawed by countless ants in his heart.
"Good girl, wait a moment."
Ah Xin patted Gu Huaikun's face with satisfaction, got up and swayed her slender waist as she walked towards the kitchen. After a while, she brought out a cup of dark-colored mixed grain soy milk, while holding an agreement in her other hand.
"Give it to me, give it to me right now."
In his haste, Gu Huaikun forgot about his pretense of illness and immediately got up and staggered toward A Xin.
Seeing his disheveled appearance, Ah Xin looked at him with disdain, her mockery growing ever stronger.
"Want a drink? Sure, but first sign your name and put your fingerprint here."
"I'll sign, I'll sign."
Gu Huaikun lay on the table and, following A Xin's instructions, signed his name and pressed his fingerprint on the agreement.
Looking at the agreement, Ah Xin was momentarily dazed. Was this what she had always wanted to achieve? Why didn't she feel as happy as she had imagined after it was completed?
"Daughter, my good daughter. Daddy did as you said. Be good, hurry up and give Daddy the soy milk, Daddy feels terrible."
Seeing Gu Huaikun's pitiful pleading appearance, A Xin felt inexplicably irritated. She suddenly slammed the soy milk cup on the table and said coldly.
"Drink it yourself, your attitude is disgusting."
It was unclear whether Gu Huaikun understood or not, but his hand holding the soy milk cup froze for a moment, but he quickly brought it to his lips.
Pain had consumed his reason; nothing else mattered now. The most important thing was that he could drink this cup of soy milk, which would not only alleviate his pain but also give him a blissful, almost ecstatic feeling.
The soy milk cup crashed to the ground and shattered. Gu Huaikun sat in the chair, his face showing an expression that was both extremely enjoyable and slightly painful.
Now all the pain has disappeared, and he only needs to enjoy happiness, endless happiness.
The next day, Ah Xin, unusually, put on light makeup and wore a proper business suit.
"Dad, thank you."
"What...did you make me sign yesterday?"
Gu Huaikun is now fully sober, and the look in his eyes when he looks at A Xin is one of murderous hatred. It's all her fault for putting drugs in his food, and now she's using those drugs to control him. Gu Huaikun's teeth itch with hatred whenever he thinks about it.
"Actually, it's nothing much, just a power of attorney. You have now completely entrusted me, Gu Mingxin, to be the acting chairman of the Gu Group."
Ah Xin smiled alluringly, her smile filled with mockery and smugness. Now that the Gu family was in her hands, what did Gu Mingxia matter? Even if she was the eldest daughter of the Gu family, she couldn't get anything.
"You...you really did have this in mind!"
Gu Huaikun pointed at A Xin, so angry that he could barely speak. His body trembled incessantly in his wheelchair, and he appeared unusually agitated due to the effects of drugs.
"Dad, you should be happy. Look, I didn't make you sign the property transfer agreement while you were out of your mind. I just wanted a temporary chairman to play around with, so... you see, your daughter is still very kind, isn't she?"
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