Chapter 142 He ran away
Gu Qianqian's hand missed again. This time, the perfect smile on her face finally showed a tiny crack, but it was instantly covered up by a deeper "tolerance".
She took back the scarf without any displeasure, but instead looked at Yu Ling with a compassionate look that said "you have suffered."
"Okay, okay, I won't touch you," she said softly, placing the expensive silk scarf casually on the coffee table, right next to the property deed. She sat down on the sofa with an elegant posture.
"Sister, listen to my advice." Gu Qianqian leaned forward slightly, lowering her voice even lower with a sincere heartfelt expression.
"It's not worth being sad for a man like that. What he left for you..." Her eyes swept meaningfully across the luxurious living room and the property deed on the coffee table, and the corners of her lips curled up in an extremely subtle, compassionate arc.
"...These are just cold, money-purchasable things. Can they make up for the harm he's caused you? Can they offset his...shady debts?"
She watched Yu Ling's body tense up instantly and the pain in her eyes surge, and a huge sense of pleasure surged in her heart! Adding fuel to the fire was exactly the purpose of her trip!
"Debt?" Yu Ling's voice was hoarse and dry, with a barely perceptible tremor. "Isn't he... bankrupt?"
"Bankruptcy?" Gu Qianqian let out a faint, mocking laugh, as if she had just heard some ridiculous joke. She leaned back slightly, leaning against the soft backrest of the sofa, her posture more relaxed, a condescending pity evident.
"Silly sister, you believe the lies men tell women?" She shook her head, a look of "you're too naive" on her face. Then, as if "inadvertently", she picked up her phone that had been placed on the coffee table.
The phone screen is locked.
The moment she picked up the phone, an extremely tiny red dot on the inside of the seemingly delicate Cartier bracelet inlaid with diamonds on her wrist flashed very briefly and imperceptibly.
Gu Qianqian's fingers swiped across the screen naturally, unlocking it. Without opening any apps, she simply placed the phone face down on her thigh.
However, the moment her finger left the screen!
Because of the subtle changes in angle and light, the phone screen reflected the screensaver image very briefly and clearly in Yu Ling's sight!
The background of the picture is blue sky, white clouds and the narrow window of the plane!
By the porthole, there is a silhouette of a man wearing a white casual shirt and sunglasses!
That tall figure, that sharp jawline, those bony fingers casually resting on the porthole...
Even through the sunglasses, Yu Ling recognized him at a glance - it was Zhao Chen!
Below the screensaver, there is a small, artistic time watermark:
Today at 7:48 AM
Destination: Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands! A famous tax haven in the Caribbean!
It was like being struck by lightning!
Yu Ling's pupils suddenly contracted to their limit! Her mind went blank! All the blood seemed to rush to her head, then drained away completely the next second! She felt icy cold, as if she had fallen into an icy cave!
"Bankruptcy"? "Running away"?
So... what was written in Gu Qianqian's file... was true?
Did he really...run away?
Did he take those "shady" things of his and run away to the Caribbean to avoid debt?
So what is this house…this “permanent ownership”…meaning? Hush money? A last-ditch handout?!
A huge feeling of being fooled, abandoned, and a crushing despair instantly engulfed Yu Ling like a tsunami! It was more intense than any previous time! More real!
"Oh!" Gu Qianqian let out an extremely artificial exclamation, as if she had just "discovered" that Yu Ling had seen her phone screensaver. She hurriedly grabbed the phone and quickly turned off the screen, with just the right amount of "regret" and "apology" on her face.
"Lingling, don't...don't misunderstand!" She hurriedly explained, her voice tinged with a barely perceptible smugness. "Brother Chen...he might be going to deal with some...urgent business matters...he..."
"Shut up!!!"
A shrill, voice-breaking scream, like the final wail of a wounded beast, erupted from Yu Ling's throat, completely interrupting Gu Qianqian's hypocritical explanation!
All rationality! All restraint! Completely shattered at this moment!
A surge of anger and despair erupted like a volcano! Like a madman, Yu Ling suddenly grabbed the insulated basket on the coffee table that Gu Qianqian had brought, printed with the logo of a top-tier hotel! Inside, the exquisite bone china coffee cups and snacks still exuded a warm aroma!
Without even looking, she used all her strength to hit the exquisite face opposite her that was full of hypocrisy and malice!
"Bang—crash—!"
A sharp cracking sound was heard!
The insulated basket slammed hard against the sofa back behind Gu Qianqian! The bone china coffee cup inside shattered instantly! The scalding, dark brown coffee splattered like angry ink!
It splashed all over the expensive sofa and onto the hem of Gu Qianqian's off-white dress! The exquisite pastries rolled to the floor, covered in coffee stains and debris!
"Ah! My skirt!" Gu Qianqian let out a real, sharp and piercing scream!
She stepped back in panic, her high heels making messy tapping sounds on the smooth floor.
Just as she retreated in embarrassment, trying to get away from the furious Yu Ling——
Because of her violent movement, the hem of her skirt suddenly swept over the edge of the coffee table!
“Snap!”
A slight sound!
The crimson "Real Estate Certificate" that Yu Ling had tightly grasped and casually placed on the coffee table was accurately swept down by Gu Qianqian's skirt!
The heavy certificate drew a brief arc in the air, and fell cover down, squarely into the pool of steaming, dark brown coffee stain that had just been overturned on the floor!
“Puff—”
The crimson hardcover was instantly soaked by the scalding coffee! The gold-stamped words "Real Estate Certificate" quickly became blurred and distorted under the dark brown liquid! Like a tarnished, mocked joke!
Yu Ling remained in the position she'd been in to smash the basket, frozen in place, as if all her strength had been drained away in an instant. She watched helplessly as the golden cage, symbolizing "permanent property rights," sank like garbage into the dirty coffee, its cover stained an ugly dark brown...
Work collapsed.
Life collapses.
Dignity collapses.
This last bit of cold "guarantee" gained at the cost of humiliation...was also completely tarnished and trampled upon.
Gu Qianqian also stopped flapping her skirt and looked at the property deed on the ground, soaked in coffee, its cover stained beyond recognition. Then she looked at Yu Ling, who stood there like a stone statue, her face completely drained of color, her eyes completely empty...
An extremely pleased, extremely vicious smile, like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, was finally no longer concealed and slowly climbed up the corners of her delicate mouth.
The heat... is just right.
She straightened her slightly messy temples and put on that false, compassionate elegance on her face again. But her voice was like a knife tempered with ice, gently, word by word, piercing Yu Ling's last defense:
"Ah...sister..."
"You see... this is fate..."
“Some things look bright and beautiful…”
“… Deep down, I’ve been dirty and smelly for a long time…”
"You can't force it..."
She looked at Yu Ling's completely dejected and dead eyes, and picked up her Birkin bag with a little coffee stain with satisfaction. Her posture became calm and proud again, like a queen returning from victory.
"Sister will come to see you another day."
"You... take care of yourself."
The high heels tapped on the smooth floor, the sound crisp and indifferent.
The heavy smart door closed silently.
He left the messy room, despair and the coffee-soaked "golden joke" to the woman behind him who was completely destroyed.
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