The bodyguard was startled and turned around abruptly, just in time to see Gu Qingyan crouching down, trying to slip away through the grove of trees on the right.
"Halt!" the bodyguard shouted, his voice loud and authoritative, like a bomb exploding in Gu Qingyan's ear. Gu Qingyan's back stiffened instantly, his heart filled with despair and fear. He knew that his escape plan had failed.
The bodyguard's footsteps grew closer, like the pursuit of a demon. Gu Qingyan felt his heart pounding to its limit. He turned and ran, his steps faltering and chaotic, like a startled rabbit.
Gu Qingyan weaved through the grove, trying to shake off the bodyguards.
However, the bodyguards relentlessly pursued him, making escape impossible. Gu Qingyan felt his strength waning, and his steps grew heavier and heavier. He didn't know how much longer he could hold on.
After running for a while, Gu Qingyan reached the edge of a cliff. Seeing that there was no way forward, he stopped and stared at the bottomless darkness below the cliff, his heart filled with fear.
He knew he had nowhere to run. The bodyguards had caught up; they stood behind Gu Qingyan, weapons in hand, coldly watching him.
"You can't escape, Gu Qingyan," the bodyguard said calmly, drawing his baton.
Gu Qingyan took a deep breath, turned around to face the bodyguard, and pursed his lips. "I can give you a lot of money, as long as you let me go."
"You two really are siblings, aren't you? Your sister told me the same thing." The bodyguard laughed heartily.
"Ningning said the same thing to you?" Gu Qingyan was taken aback, a look of confusion on his face.
"Yes, your sister doesn't have the money to pay, and she even brought out the ruby necklace you bought at auction to negotiate with me," the bodyguard continued.
"A ruby necklace?"
"Yes, they said it's worth three million US dollars." The bodyguard said, carefully taking out a ruby necklace from the inside pocket of his coat and dangling it in front of him.
Gu Qingyan's eyes glazed over when she saw the necklace.
Back then, he knew that Shen Zhi Qiu really liked ruby necklaces, so when he saw this necklace at the auction, he was immediately attracted to it. He was certain that Shen Zhi Qiu would like it, so he bought it without hesitation, intending to give it to Shen Zhi Qiu as a wedding anniversary gift.
However, when he happily brought the gift back, wanting to surprise Shen Zhi Qiu, the butler handed him a letter addressed to Shen Zhi Qiu.
However, Shen Zhi Qiu was on vacation on an island with Zhou Xiao Ran during that time and was not at home. After receiving the letter, the housekeeper was about to put it in the study, but he happened to run into Gu Qing Yan who had just returned, so the housekeeper naturally handed the letter to Gu Qing Yan.
Gu Qingyan casually took it, intending to carry it to his study, but stopped in his tracks the moment he saw the person looking up.
The sender's name on the envelope was clearly written as "Si Mingyu".
In an instant, the smile on Gu Qingyan's face vanished completely.
He never expected that the person he least wanted to see would send a letter to Shen Zhi Qiu.
Immediately, feelings of jealousy, envy, and anger surged into his heart, making it difficult for him to control himself.
Half an hour later.
Gu Qingyan sat silently at his desk, his face grim, the letter still clutched tightly in his hand. His fingers were so clenched they turned white, and his knuckles cracked as if he might crush the letter at any moment.
Looking at the name "Si Mingyu," Gu Qingyan felt an intense irritation. He knew that Si Mingyu had cut off all contact with Shen Zhi Qiu after going abroad, so he never expected that Si Mingyu would write a letter to Shen Zhi Qiu.
He didn't know which letter this was, nor did he know whether Shen Zhi Qiu and Si Ming Yu had been corresponding while he was away from home.
Thinking of this, Gu Qingyan got up, walked to the window, opened it, and took a deep breath. He tried to calm himself down, but the anger in his heart was like dry tinder that had been lit, burning brighter and brighter. He couldn't control his emotions, and he lit a cigarette with trembling hands.
After the cigarette ash had burned out, he returned to his desk, picked up the letter, and tried to tear it to shreds.
But after hesitating for a second, he opened the letter anyway.
He needed to know what was written inside.
Unexpectedly, the letter contained very simple information.
This is a sincere apology letter.
Moreover, it was clear from his words that Si Mingyu had mustered up the courage to write to Shen Zhi Qiu for the first time.
Gu Qingyan was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected it to turn out this way at all. But after thinking for a moment, he still tore the letter to shreds.
Fragments fell like snowflakes, scattering across the desk.
Regardless of the contents of the letter, he didn't want Shen Zhi Qiu to see it.
He walked out of the study in a daze, still holding the gift for Shen Zhi Qiu in his hand, when he unexpectedly heard Gu Ning Ning's voice coming from downstairs.
He frowned and walked downstairs.
"Brother, you're finally down!" Gu Ningning ran over to Gu Qingyan as soon as she saw him come down, and tugged at his arm in a coquettish manner, saying, "Brother, I'm going to a banquet this week, but I don't have a suitable necklace. Can you buy me one, please?"
Without any hesitation, Gu Qingyan handed the exquisite little gift box to Gu Ningning and said in a cold tone, "Take it, it's yours, perfect."
"Huh?" Gu Ningning didn't react for a moment. She originally wanted Gu Qingyan to accompany her to the option chain, but she didn't expect Gu Qingyan to have one ready-made and give it to her so perfunctorily. She was a little unhappy and didn't reach out to take it.
"Brother, I want you to come with me to buy it. You just shoved this one at me, I don't even know if I'll like it or not," Gu Ningning continued, clinging to Gu Qingyan's hand and pleading. "Please, brother?"
"Open it and take a look," Gu Qingyan said coldly. "A necklace worth three million US dollars, you should like it."
"What? Three million?" Gu Ningning stopped what she was doing and looked at Gu Qingyan in shock.
She came to ask Gu Qingyan to buy a necklace worth less than three million RMB. She was worried that Gu Qingyan wouldn't buy it for her, so she came all the way here to be cute.
But, to her surprise, Gu Qingyan was so generous and casually tossed it to her.
"Do you want it or not? If not, I'll take it." Gu Qingyan's face fell when he saw that Gu Ningning hadn't taken it yet, and he said somewhat unhappily.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Gu Ningning hurriedly took the box and opened it.
The ruby shimmered with a unique light, like a blooming rose, exquisitely beautiful.
Gu Ningning immediately imagined herself wearing this necklace and becoming the focus of everyone's attention at the entire banquet, and couldn't help but show a happy smile.
It wasn't until he felt a cold touch on his wrist that Gu Qingyan came to his senses and saw that the bodyguard was handcuffing him.
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