Chapter 158: Gu Tingyan Has Left

Gu Tingyan sat in the car, his fingers trembling with rage, his gums aching as he gritted his teeth.

With eyes bloodshot, he stared at the villa that had already gone dark; the mere thought of what Qin Shu and Ji Yanli might be doing inside made Gu Tingyan's heart spasm and tremble with pain.

Yet he dared not go, dared not step forward to confront Qin Shu and Ji Yanli.

He was afraid that if he opened the door, he would see a scene he never wanted to witness.

He was even more afraid that Qin Shu would vanish from his world again, leaving him unable to see her ever again.

Suddenly, Gu Tingyan seemed to understand how Qin Shu must have felt back then when she saw him walking with Chu Sheng.

Xiao Hua, she must have been heartbroken back then, too, right?

The next day.

Ji Yanli woke up feeling refreshed; he opened his phone to find over a hundred missed calls from Gu Tingyan.

Ji Yanli: "Good thing I turned it off."

He got up and pulled back the curtains, seeing that the Maybach parked by the roadside downstairs was gone.

Gu Tingyan had left.

Ji Yanli's tall, upright figure stood by the window, his expression dark and heavy.

Gu Tingyan, I told you, you weren't good to Xiao Hua.

I will take her away from your side.

It is you who didn't know how to cherish her.

Ji Yanli rubbed his thumb over the phone screen, his thin lips pressed lightly together.

He knew that one should not covet a friend's wife, and that his behavior was immoral.

But he had given Gu Tingyan countless chances, and each time, it resulted in Qin Shu being covered in scars.

Now, he did not want to give Gu Tingyan any more chances.

Ji Yanli tucked his phone away and went downstairs; Qin Shu had also just woken up, and the two happened to meet by the stairs.

Ji Yanli paused slightly, feeling the guilty conscience of someone caught doing something wrong by their teacher.

"Xiao Hua, morning."

Qin Shu's cheeks flushed slightly: "Morning, morning, morning."

Nangong Jin suddenly popped up from behind, yawning: "Daddy, Mommy, morning, morning, morning."

That "Daddy" hit the mark in Ji Yanli's heart.

He looked at Qin Shu with a smile, walked over, and picked the little one up from the floor: "Good boy."

It wasn't a waste to raise this little one.

After breakfast, it was time to take Nangong Jin to school.

After dropping the little one off at the school gate and watching him walk inside with his backpack, Qin Shu closed the window, and the car slowly drove toward Xinrui Technology.

Today was the Xinrui Technology gala; there would be a press conference, and a pile of data needed to be processed.

Qin Shu and Ji Yanli went to the company early.

The two sat side by side in the back seat when Ji Yanli's phone suddenly vibrated; it was a message from Lu Ziqian: "What exactly is going on between you and Qin Shu?"

Ji Yanli replied concisely: "We are together."

Seeing this reply, Lu Ziqian gasped.

He looked at the man beside him who was dead drunk, his brain feeling like it was about to explode.

Lu Ziqian: "She is Tingyan's wife!"

"Yanli, have you lost your mind?"

"You and Tingyan grew up together; how will you face him in the future?"

This was stealing a brother's wife.

Ji Yanli: "Be serious, Xiao Hua is his ex-wife; they are already divorced."

Lu Ziqian felt this relationship was a mess; now, he had lost another brother.

"Are you serious?"

Ji Yanli: "Yes, I liked her even before Gu Tingyan did."

Lu Ziqian didn't reply; he looked at Gu Tingyan beside him, feeling helpless.

Qin Shu and Ji Yanli had just arrived at the company reception when they saw Chu Sheng, who had been waiting for a long time on the leather sofa in the lobby.

Chu Sheng looked up and saw the two walk in together; seeing Qin Shu beside Ji Yanli, she was slightly surprised.

She had originally been staking out Lynn; Chu Sheng had spent some money to find out that Lynn would come to the company early.

Chu Sheng frowned slightly: "Ji Yanli, why did you bring her to the company?"

She looked at Qin Shu with disdain: "Qin Shu, what are you doing here?"

Xinrui Technology was a tech-focused enterprise; Qin Shu was just someone from the entertainment industry, a vixen who only knew how to use her looks to bewitch men.

She couldn't be trying to use Ji Yanli to make a comeback, could she?

Thinking she wanted to use a man's connections to work at Ji Yanli's group?

Chu Sheng crossed her arms and sneered at Qin Shu: "I didn't expect that one day, you would also rely on a man to climb the ladder?"

"It makes sense, though; the entertainment industry changes so fast, even if you wanted to stay in it now, I doubt many people would pay attention to you."

Qin Shu chuckled: "You are that kind of person yourself, so you assume everyone else is just like you."

Chu Sheng was so angry she laughed: "From head to toe, only your mouth is tough."

"Let me tell you some good news: Dad has already written his will, and I am now his sole heir."

"You rely on men, while I—"

Qin Shu: "Are you trying to tell me that you rely on your daddy, is that it?"

Seeing Chu Sheng, Ji Yanli's good mood from the early morning vanished, and he frowned deeply: "Why are you here?"

The man's expression darkened slightly: "Where is security? Who let her in?"

A security guard walked in quickly: "Mr. Ji."

"Throw this foul-mouthed thing out, and she is not allowed to enter ever again."

"Yes."

The security guard stepped forward, and the two of them grabbed Chu Sheng and dragged her out.

Watching Chu Sheng being dragged away, Qin Shu stood where she was, a mocking smile appearing on her face: "To think Chu Xuanming actually handed the group over to an idiot like Chu Sheng."

Her mother's life's work, the family business of the Nan Family, Chu Xuanming had handed it all over to the daughter of a mistress.

Ji Yanli reached out and took her hand: "Rest assured, I will help you take back the Nan Family's assets."

Qin Shu: "No need for you to act; I'm afraid of dirtying your hands."

"I am no longer the person I was four years ago, someone they could manipulate at will."

Qin Shu lowered her eyes, a hint of coldness hidden in their depths: "Some grudges and some grievances, I will settle them myself."

Ji Yanli: "Mm, I will accompany you."

A warmth welled up in Qin Shu's heart, and she raised her hand to hold his.

The two of them took the executive elevator to the top floor.

Chu Sheng, who had been kicked out, sat in her car staring at the entrance when suddenly, her phone vibrated: "Ms. Chu, that person has arrived and has already entered the CEO's office."

Chu Sheng had been watching the entrance the whole time and hadn't seen anyone, except for Ji Yanli and Qin Shu who had just gone in.

Her expression changed slightly, and an ominous premonition arose in her heart; could Lynn be Qin Shu?

Aside from the two of them, no one else had gone in.

The informant sent the message over at this moment.

"How is that possible?"

"It absolutely cannot be her."

"Qin Shu doesn't have that ability."

Chu Sheng's family company had cultivated many doctoral students and authoritative experts in the medical field; those people were top-tier talents in the industry.

Even they couldn't develop the Anti-cancer drug, so how could a bitch like Qin Shu possibly develop this kind of special-grade medicine?

"Did you see wrong?" Chu Sheng asked, her expression displeased.

"I didn't see wrong; the CEO had the secretary bring all the important documents inside."

"And two cups of coffee."

Chu Sheng's expression was grave as she asked urgently: "Did you see the person? What do they look like?"