Chapter 266: Unexpectedly, every gain comes with a price.
"Miss Gu, are you sure you're telling the truth?"
Miss Mei looked at Gu Mingxia with a half-smile, seemingly not believing a word she said.
The smile on her alluring and delicate face held a hint of mockery. When Gu Mingxia met her smile, she inexplicably saw the shadow of Nan Lan in her.
For a moment, Gu Mingxia was stunned. Ever since she learned that Nan Lan was not dead, she had started to miss her mother. No matter what her mother had done, she was still the person Gu Mingxia loved the most. Those happy memories of the past could never be forgotten, and it was impossible to pretend that they had never happened.
Sometimes, when Gu Mingxia thought about how Nan Lan had kept the truth from her that she was still alive, she felt a bitter feeling in her heart. It wasn't blame or resentment, but rather a sense of absurdity that her own mother hadn't died, yet had kept it from her all along.
It's more likely that he's the one who kidnapped her in South Africa and was going to sell her to Africa! Every time Gu Mingxia thought of this, she felt like her heart was breaking.
Disappointment and ridicule constantly occupied her thoughts, preventing her from thinking properly.
Looking at the young woman opposite her, who called herself Miss Mei, smiling sweetly at her, Gu Mingxia suddenly lowered her head and smiled.
"Otherwise, Miss Mei, what kind of words do you think I should say to be considered the truth?"
Regardless of how A Dong died, the cause of death was a heart attack. Even if it was related to Gu Huaikun, Gu Huaikun has now become like that, so Gu Mingxia can only think about the big picture and protect the Gu family.
Even if she makes Gu Huaikun pay with his life now, A Dong will not be able to come back to life, and the Gu family may still fall into the hands of outsiders.
Gu Mingxia felt that this was not only an outcome she didn't want to see, but if A Dong were still alive, he certainly wouldn't want to see the Gu family change hands either.
There are some things that simply leave no other choice. The only thing she could do was to live well and protect the Gu family. Only by doing so could A-Dong rest in peace in the afterlife.
As for Gu Huaikun, he is their father after all. Without him, they would not exist. Gu Mingxia cannot forgive him or accept him as a father, but they have an unchangeable blood relationship. Therefore, the only thing Gu Mingxia can do is to have someone take good care of him and do her best to give him a good old age.
This was the only thing Gu Mingxia could do for Gu Huaikun. She had already figured these things out, which was why she wasn't moved by Miss Mei's suggestion at all.
"Whether it's true or false, Miss Gu naturally knows the answer, so I don't need to tell her, right?"
Miss Mei played with the jade earring in her hand. Her slender, fair fingers held the equally white and translucent jade earring, creating a beautiful and pleasing scene.
"Miss Mei doesn't seem to have told me your true intention in bringing this earring to me!"
"Does Miss Gu think that what we just said wasn't my true intention?"
Gu Mingxia looked at Miss Mei with a smile, and after a short while, she spoke slowly and seriously.
"Since Miss Mei is unwilling to be honest, then I will not disturb her any longer. Goodbye."
She didn't have that much time to play games with this woman of unknown identity. With so much time wasted here, Gu Mingxia felt she would rather go back and take good care of her pregnancy!
As Gu Mingxia got up and slowly walked out, Miss Mei did not try to stop her. She remained seated at the table, holding a clear glass of water, quietly watching Gu Mingxia's slender and upright figure.
"goddess……"
"let's go."
Interrupting Song Jia's question, Gu Mingxia and the other walked directly towards the gate of Lanxinyuan. Only after her figure disappeared did Miss Mei put down her smile and slam down her water glass.
"Big sister, should we have someone follow them?"
The alluring woman leading the way stepped forward and, seeing Miss Mei's unfriendly expression, immediately lowered her head and said the following words.
To everyone's surprise, Miss Mei merely squinted at the direction where Gu Mingxia had disappeared, and only after about five minutes did she reveal a mocking smile.
"What's the point of tracking her? Do you think she can escape my grasp now that I'm back?"
As she said this, Miss Mei clasped her hands tightly together, her eyes and face filled with a determined look.
She has never been unable to get what she wanted, not in the past, not now, and not in the future. As long as she sets her sights on something, she will definitely get it!
"Notify Ah Xin and tell her it's time for her to come see me too."
Miss Mei touched her face, which was too young for her. She often felt unfamiliar when she looked in the mirror. Although her face was beautiful and young, she just couldn't get used to it!
"Understood, I'll go and inform them right away."
"Tasha, tell me, which is more important: looks and youth, or family and children?"
Miss Mei seemed to be touched by something, and just as Tasha took two steps, she suddenly asked this seemingly random question.
Tasha paused, seemingly incredulous at Miss May's question. She merely raised an eyebrow, then a bitter, mocking smile appeared on her lips.
"Sister, I think the sisters in the church already gave you the most direct answer when they chose to join. Now you're asking me again. Do you want a different answer from me? Or do you already have the answer in your heart and just want someone to agree with it?"
Miss Mei frowned, her eyes clear and innocent, completely surprised that the usually silent Tasha would say such a thing. She looked up at the withered lotus leaves in the opposite pond and spoke softly after a long while.
"Have you... ever regretted it?"
Have you ever regretted it?
Tasha kept asking herself, she was already sixty-five years old, but her face looked like she was only eighteen or twenty at most, and her figure showed no signs of aging. If she hadn't joined the church, she would be a grandson by now!
But she had already made her choice, and once that choice was made, there was no turning back.
Have you ever regretted it?
Of course she regrets it. Now she has a more beautiful face than the average person, lives longer than people her age, and looks younger.
But what's the point of all this? She gained youth and beauty, but she lost her beloved husband and her adorable child. She will be alone for the rest of her life, which is not the life Tasha originally sought.
Almost all the sisters in the sect were like her, having started to regret their decision more than a decade ago. However, if they left the Longevity Sect, they would only face certain death.
They would rather die than regret it.
"Women are always like this: they have a happy family but also want stunning beauty; they have countless riches but also want eternal youth. There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and even if you regret it, you can't turn back!"
Just like me, I regretted it as early as the second year after joining the Longevity Cult, but what could I do?
Since she had gained an ageless appearance and longer youth, she had to pay a price. Everyone has to pay that price, and even as the most direct person in power in the Longevity Cult, she had no right to regret it.
“What you say is true, I’ll go and let Ah Xin know.”
Tasha said nothing more. This time, her steps seemed to tremble as she walked out, and even her usually straight back seemed to have become slumped.
Miss Mei said nothing, but looked at the sun not far away and sighed softly.
Sitting in the car, Gu Mingxia, who was looking back at the Gu family, gazed solemnly at the scenery outside the window.
Although Miss Mei looked different from Nan Lan and was of a different age, she exuded a unique charm that belonged only to Nan Lan. Even Nan Lan's favorite gesture of playing with small objects was clearly reflected in Miss Mei.
If Miss Mei is indeed Nan Lan, then it's clear from the suggestions she made to me at the beginning that her purpose in returning this time is to bring down the Gu family or even drive Gu Huaikun to his knees.
But what kind of grudge could drive a once loving couple to such a point of confrontation?
Gu Mingxia had so many questions, and because she couldn't understand them, her beautiful brows furrowed tightly together.
"Goddess, what are you thinking about so intently?"
Seeing Gu Mingxia's furrowed brows in the rearview mirror, Song Jia hesitated but decided to speak, hoping that saying something would at least make her feel a tiny bit better!
Song Jia didn't expect Gu Mingxia to accept his feelings; he only hoped that she could spend every day happily and healthily, and that would satisfy him!
Some might think Song Jia's love was humble, but in Song Jia's heart, it wasn't humble at all. When she was single, he pursued and cherished her with all his might. When she had someone else in her life, when her heart belonged to someone else, Song Jia felt that as a true man, he should step back and offer his blessings and protection, helping her find her own true happiness when the time was right!
"I'm wondering how old Miss Mei really is."
"She looks no more than twenty-two years old. It's not just her face that's young, but her whole demeanor is youthful. If she were over thirty, she wouldn't exude that youthful energy."
"Do you have X-ray vision? You can see her youthful energy even from that far away?"
Gu Mingxia smiled unconsciously. Unlike the faint smile she gave to others, this smile was genuine.
"This is a unique potential in men that you women don't understand, and young, beautiful women are the best at unleashing this potential."
"You mean I'm too old? So old that I can no longer unleash a man's potential?"
"No, no, no! Only tasteless men like young girls. Men with real taste and discerning eyes prefer goddesses and other exceptional women!"
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