Gu Qingyue’s expression remained calm as she shot back without hesitation, “If you have the nerve to come, why can’t I?”
“Where did you go the night before last?!” Gu Jiaxin stepped forward and began interrogating her.
She had taken such a powerful aphrodisiac, yet she still managed to escape. Gu Jiaxin had clearly underestimated her.
A chill gathered between Gu Qingyue’s brows. “None of your business.”
She brushed past Gu Jiaxin and was about to leave.
Unexpectedly, Gu Jiaxin refused to let it go and chased after her, pressing on. “Why didn’t you answer when I called you?”
Gu Qingyue’s gaze was clear and cold, frost sinking into her eyes. With a smile that did not reach them, she retorted, “Didn’t you people smash my phone? What was I supposed to use to answer it?”
In truth, she had long since blocked every number from the Gu family.
“If you still want to return to the Gu family, dress nicely tonight and go to the hotel. He’s a big boss. Being favored by him is your honor.” Gu Jiaxin spoke in a tone of pure notification, as if she were certain Gu Qingyue would never bear to leave the Gu family.
Gu Qingyue let out a cold laugh. “Since Li Qunshan is so great, why don’t you go be with him yourself?”
Gu Jiaxin said, “The Li family’s company has already gone bankrupt, and Li Qunshan has been sent in. Dad and Mom have arranged someone else for you.”
Gu Qingyue froze. Her mind involuntarily replayed the words she had heard the previous morning, a man’s voice cold and indifferent.
“Cut off his company’s funding and send him to prison.”
She had thought Shang Yuze was dealing with the person who had drugged him.
Perhaps because she thought of Shang Yuze, Gu Qingyue suddenly felt steadier inside. She met Gu Jiaxin’s eyes directly and spoke each word with clarity.
“Gu Jiaxin, listen carefully. I’ve cut all ties with the Gu family. From now on, anything related to the Gu family has nothing to do with me.”
In the past, she had never fought or competed. She had been obedient, well behaved, and willing to endure everything because she did not know she was not their biological daughter. She had wanted her father’s and mother’s affection.
After learning the truth, she no longer yearned for their love. After all, they had raised her for eighteen years, and back then the Gu family had not treated her excessively badly.
So she still retained a trace of feeling toward the Gu family. In those two years, although she rarely went home, she bought them gifts during holidays and festivals and continued to act weak and obedient in front of them.
Gu Jiaxin had never expected the usually quiet and withdrawn Gu Qingyue at home to have such a forceful side. After being rebuffed, she was so furious that she nearly exploded.
“Our family raised you for so many years! You say there’s no relationship and that’s it?”
Her parents had repeatedly warned her that Gu Qingyue was still useful and that in a couple more years she would be married off for an alliance to exchange for benefits for the Gu family.if not for this, she would never have tolerated Gu Qingyue.
Gu Qingyue’s eyes sharpened, icy and piercing.
“You know better than anyone why the Gu family adopted me. I advise you all not to provoke me. Someone with nothing has nothing to fear. I have nothing left now. If you push me too far, don’t blame me for dragging everyone down with me.”
Gu Jiaxin was stunned by her overwhelming presence. Her lips trembled, and she could not say a single word.After speaking, Gu Qingyue ignored her completely and left without looking back.
At the beginning, it was because Gu Jiaxin’s health was poor. She fell ill every few days, and the worst time was when she nearly died.
Desperate measures were taken in desperation. The Gu family believed a master’s words and went to an orphanage to adopt her.
The master also said that before Gu Jiaxin turned eighteen, she could only be raised outside, so Gu Qingyue was to be kept at home as the Gu family’s daughter.
Before eighteen, she was meant to take on disasters for Gu Jiaxin. Now they wanted to use her again to exchange for benefits.
The Gu family had deceived her for twenty years.If that night she had truly lost herself to Li Qunshan, she would have dragged the entire Gu family straight to hell with her.
Only after Gu Qingyue’s figure disappeared from sight did the shaken Gu Jiaxin turn back around. She glared viciously in the direction Gu Qingyue had left.
She refused to believe Gu Qingyue could survive after leaving the Gu family. In just a few days, she would come back obediently with her tail between her legs.
At the same time, at the Shang Group.In the president’s office.“Brother Ze, I heard you were drugged the night before last? Who did it? They really must be tired of living.” Pei Lüheng’s handsome face was tinged with anger as he spoke indignantly.
Shang Yuze stared at the computer in front of him, his tone indifferent. “It’s already been handled.”The person who drugged him had been sent in, and the company involved had gone bankrupt as well.
“That’s good.” Pei Lüheng had just relaxed when he suddenly thought of something. He took a few quick steps over, raised his brows with a mischievous look, and asked, “After getting drugged, how did you deal with it?”
Shang Yuze shot him a cold look, killing intent spilling from his eyes. “Shut up.”
Pei Lüheng, never afraid of stirring trouble, half narrowed his eyes as he looked Shang Yuze up and down and guessed, “You didn’t lose your virginity, did you?”
At this, Xu Youan immediately perked up. His expression was shocking, but his eyes were full of anticipation as he laughed twice. “What kind of fierce woman was it to actually take Brother Ze?”
Pei Lüheng pressed on fearlessly. “Brother Ze, how did you handle the girl?”
Shang Yuze’s expression did not change as he replied lightly, “I married her.”The moment the words fell, the two of them nearly dropped their jaws. The schadenfreude froze on their faces, making them look utterly ridiculous.
Xu Youan tugged at the corner of his mouth. “Brother Ze, that joke’s a bit cold.”Shang Yuze looked at him, his brows dark as ink. “It’s true. We’ve already registered for marriage.”
Pei Lüheng stared motionlessly at Shang Yuze’s face, trying to find any sign of lying.Unfortunately, he failed.It seemed he was telling the truth.
Pei Lüheng gave him a thumbs up. “Still Brother Ze, fast as ever.”Xu Youan lifted a brow lightly. “When are you bringing your sister-in-law for us to meet?”
Shang Yuze had always kept women at a distance, ascetic and restrained. His life revolved around work and nothing else. No matter how many women there were, none ever caught his eye.
And yet this man had silently pulled off something huge, going straight to registering the marriage and bringing her home. It was a one-step solution.
Shang Yuze’s gaze returned to the computer. His fingers lightly rolled the mouse wheel as he said casually, “When my girl agrees to meet you, I’ll bring her.”
She was sensitive. It would not be good if she got frightened.“Oh.” Pei Lüheng deliberately dragged out the sound. “Marriage really does make a difference. You’ve learned to be considerate.”
They had thought he married out of responsibility after sleeping together. Now it seemed that was not the case.Just what kind of woman could make this cold, aloof figure fall from his pedestal?
Shang Yuze’s voice turned firm. “Where’s the proposal I asked for?”
The two men who had been enjoying the spectacle instantly lost their smiles and hurried back to their computers to work on the proposal.
Gu Qingyue only had one class that afternoon. She had planned to go shopping with Xu Youning and Song Ranran, but Jiang Yan called her at the last minute and asked her to come to the laboratory.
By the time she finished, it was already 7 p.m. After discussing it, the three of them unanimously decided to go eat hotpot at a restaurant near the school.