Chapter 299: Kind Words Can't Persuade That Damn Ghost

"Li Shao, what secret conversation are you having with my brother?" Gu Yinxue walked over and interrupted Li Dan's words.

Li Dan glanced at Gu Yinxue and, in front of the other's sister, still gave his brother some face.

"It's nothing." Li Dan stared deeply toward Lin Shutong ahead, his eyes bearing an almost angry contempt, "Yinxue sister, you and this Miss Lin go ahead; I still have something to discuss with your brother."

He emphasized the word "Miss," and Gu Zhiyan frowned.

Gu Yinxue smiled, "Together then; Shutong is waiting for my brother, and today I'm just a third wheel."

Since she said that, Li Dan couldn't persist, so he reluctantly walked forward together.

Li Dan's steps were heavy.

He felt like he had become the second Xie Yongsi, watching helplessly as his brother was deceived.

But he was not Xie Yongsi.

Gu Zhiyan was even less like Shen Xun; after all, he is Gu Zhiyan, the Eldest Son of the Gu Family. Even if he dislikes the legal profession, he still entered the law firm as a senior partner through his own ability. Though that partnership isn't entirely merit‑based, it shouldn't let Senior Lawyer Gu be completely swayed by a compulsive liar and gold‑digging woman, right?

Where's his brain?

Could it be that even knowing the other's sordid past, one would still take over to call it love?

Then he might never understand any damn love in his whole life.

Standing on his snowboard, Li Dan watched Gu Zhiyan and Lin Shutong's intimate posture, almost steaming with anger, and slid down directly.

Gu Yinxue stared at Li Dan's angry silhouette, seeming that he had already heard something.

She put on her gloves and slid out as well.

Lin Shutong said she wasn't very good at skiing, and Gu Zhiyan taught her hand‑by‑hand.

The outdoor ski slope always has many people, with uneven skill levels, so it's inevitable that beginners shout "watch out" and "move aside" before colliding.

Gu Zhiyan pulled Lin Shutong into his arms, stopped quickly; by inertia, Lin's weight pressed onto him, and he fell backward, sitting on the icy snow.

Unsteady, Lin Shutong completely flopped onto her.

Gu Zhiyan smelled a slightly strong perfume on her, no longer the faint rose scent of before.

With Soft Fragrant Jade in his chest, Gu Zhiyan's heart thumped nonstop, and he asked, "Why the change of perfume?"

Lin Shutong didn't share Gu Zhiyan's delight at his precise recollection of the perfume scent; a flash of panic crossed her eyes as she replied, "Changing the scent, changing the way of life."

In fact, it was to mask the smell.

Although she was already taking medication to control it, bathing frequently, and her parents said they didn't notice any strange odor, she still felt insecure.

People with ghosts in their hearts are always cautious and careful.

Gu Zhiyan knew this incident dealt a heavy blow to Lin Shutong, so he pressed the back of her head, let her lie on his chest, and said, "Don't worry, I'm still here."

"Thank you, Zhiyan." Lin Shutong slowly lifted her head, under the vast sky, she wanted to win Gu Zhiyan over with a kiss, but she understood even more that if Gu Zhiyan's health faltered, the Gu Family would never let her off.

The Gu Family is not the Shen Family.

Gu Zhiyan is not Shen Xun either.

After a moment of affectionate eye contact, Lin Shutong stood, reached out, and pulled him up.

Li Dan, who had slid to a mid‑mountain stop, watched their clingy interaction, his expression growing increasingly grim.

Gu Yinxue became more certain that Li Shao had heard something, and, stopping beside him, teased, "Li Shao, that look you have makes me suspect you're jealous because my brother has a girlfriend."

"Yinxue, your brother loves you most and listens to you; go persuade him not to be with Lin Shutong, or he'll have bad luck!"

"Why?" Gu Yinxue pretended not to understand, "Are you referring to the earlier incident with Shutong? Doesn't that just show my brother really likes her? My brother even had his card suspended to help Shutong."

"What?" Li Dan doubted he had misheard, rubbing his ears, "Say it again?"

Gu Yinxue gave a faint smile and did not repeat it.

Li Dan: "It's hopeless; you go distract Lin Shutong, I need to tell your brother something."

Gu Yinxue shrugged lightly, "I wouldn't dare."

Li Dan always felt Gu Yinxue's attitude was odd, but couldn't pinpoint why; clenching his teeth, he decided not to give Gu Zhiyan any face and spoke bluntly to Gu Yinxue.

"Go persuade your brother; Lin Shutong isn't clean, it's spread throughout the circle."

Gu Yinxue's heart jolted.

Is there really a disease?

No way?

She looked up, her brows slightly furrowed, "Li Shao, who did you hear that from? Who in the circle spread it? Echoed words can't be taken as truth, right?"

"If it were just someone else saying it, that'd be fine, but did you know Xie Yongsi said it? Xie Yongsi is Shen Xun's brother and has always been friends with Lin Shutong; that day he dropped this heavyweight bomb in the group chat, and the next day went for a medical exam, posting the report to the group."

Gu Yinxue's brows furrowed even more.

Lin Shutong had completely offended Shen Xun and Xie Yongsi, and since Xie Yongsi himself took a medical exam, it shows that Shen Xun beside him was already infected.

Li Dan: "Yinxue, you can't stand by; your brother has loved you most since childhood."

"I know." Gu Yinxue shouted, "Brother!"

Gu Zhiyan and Lin Shutong looked at her.

Gu Yinxue for a moment didn't know what excuse to use, and Li Dan quickly said, "Gu Zhiyan, your sister twisted her ankle!"

Gu Zhiyan, with Lin Shutong, slid down slowly, stopped beside Gu Yinxue, his concerned gaze landing on her foot.

"Twisted?"

Gu Yinxue nodded.

Gu Zhiyan took off his gloves, stepped off the snowboard and said, "Let's not ski today; next time we'll come back, let's go back now."

Lin Shutong was the first to agree.

Gu Yinxue, however, was her accomplice.

The four left the ski resort in less than half an hour.

On the way in the car, Gu Yinxue said her foot seemed no longer painful, no need to go to the hospital, let's return straight to the hotel.

At the hotel, they let Lin Shutong escort them inside, not letting the two big men come along.

Li Dan let out a sigh of relief; thanks to the cleverness of their younger sister Yin Xue, they managed to get Lin Shutong to leave.

Once the door to Gu Zhiyan's hotel room closed, Li Dan couldn't wait to finish what they hadn't said before.

"Gu Zhiyan, Lin Shutong is an unclean woman; she has a disease—wake up."

Gu Zhiyan's pupils constricted, and their face immediately turned cold.

"Li Dan, I thought you were my friend, yet you are slandering the person I like."

Li Dan: "……"

"Am I slandering? This talk has spread everywhere—don't believe me? I'll show you!" Li Dan pulled up the group chat log.

Gu Zhiyan frowned tightly: "Is the source Xie Yongsi? Is this Shen Xun's revenge?"

Li Dan: "........"

"I just don't understand, Gu Zhiyan— is Lin Shutong the one who saved your life?" As soon as those two words came out, Li Dan themselves also realized: how could Lin Shutong's overseas incident be considered saving Gu Zhiyan's life? I don't know what that something in the wine is; if anyone in the Gu family gets involved with contraband, it directly affects the careers of others in the Gu clan.

"Yes, she saved your life." Li Dan themselves were speechless; "And you, having been rule‑abiding since childhood, you especially like this kind of bright‑personality woman, right?"

Gu Zhiyan couldn't help but admit, Li Dan understands them very well.

But they also couldn't figure out one thing.

"Li Dan, even you think I only make wrong choices, right?"

Li Dan understood that the choice Gu Zhiyan spoke of definitely wasn't purely about Lin Shutong, but rather used the matter of choosing Lin Shutong as a small example to stand for the whole of their life choices.

This hat is too big.

Li Dan immediately shut up, after a moment of hesitation said: "You clearly know I don't mean that."

Gu Zhiyan: "Then you don't support my affair with Shutong, and also don't slander."

Li Dan: "."

Damn it.

Good advice can't persuade a damned ghost.

They could only place their hopes on Gu Yinxue, hoping Gu Yinxue would go find Lin Shutong to get things clear, then come persuade Gu Zhiyan.

They couldn't persuade at all.