Chapter 48: Gu Tingyan, who do you really love? Can you even tell the difference?

Gu Huaiyuan said coldly, "One month from now, you will get engaged to Sheng."

"Tingyan, Sheng is the most suitable candidate to be your wife."

Chu Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously looked at Gu Tingyan to see his reaction.

Upon hearing these absurd words, Gu Tingyan let out a cold laugh: "Even a divorce has a cooling-off period, yet you are already impatient to find me a successor."

"Getting remarried right after divorcing, aren't you afraid of being gossiped about behind your back?"

Gu Huaiyuan felt humiliated by Gu Tingyan's words, his face turning livid.

Gu Huaiyuan's eyes darkened slightly: "Since you intend to divorce, you should live well with Sheng in the future."

A sense of irritation rose in Gu Tingyan's heart, and he said coldly: "My affairs do not require your concern."

"I'm not getting married."

Gu Huaiyuan advised him earnestly: "If you don't get married, what will you do when you grow old?"

"You can't stay unmarried for your whole life, can you?"

Gu Tingyan said indifferently: "I'll die when I'm old."

Gu Huaiyuan kept muttering to himself that this was his own flesh and blood; he took a deep breath and looked at Gu Tingyan: "What will you do if others laugh at you?!"

Gu Tingyan: "I'll die at their doorstep."

Gu Huaiyuan: "........."

Gu Tingyan draped his suit jacket over his arm, his expression cold and gloomy, and turned to walk out.

Gu Huaiyuan stared at his back and issued an ultimatum, threatening: "I am giving you one month; otherwise, it will be time for someone else to sit in this Gu Group."

Gu Tingyan's footsteps paused slightly, a mocking smile tugging at the corners of his lips.

Just as Gu Tingyan got into the car, Chu Sheng chased after him: "Tingyan."

Gu Tingyan's car sped away, and Chu Sheng watched the departing vehicle, her fingers clenching tightly.

A Zhong saw Chu Sheng's figure through the rearview mirror; he had always thought this Miss Chu was kind and simple, but now he no longer thought so.

He felt that being entangled by such a woman was a terrifying thing.

It made him afraid to date; women were too terrifying!

"President Gu, you and Miss Chu are on the trending list again," A Zhong said while driving.

Gu Tingyan was physically and mentally exhausted and closed his eyes to doze; hearing this, he opened his eyes and took out his phone to take a look.

That Weibo post from Chu Sheng: He gave it to me; he said it suits me very well.

This Weibo post was written very ambiguously; it neither made things explicit nor did she say who it was, but this simple sentence caused a stir, and fans in the comment section were all wishing her and Gu Tingyan happiness.

Gu Tingyan raised his hand to rub his brow upon seeing it, feeling the veins on his forehead twitch.

Gu Tingyan sent a message to Chu Sheng: "Delete the Weibo post."

Chu Sheng: "........."

Gu Tingyan used an almost commanding tone, his attitude unprecedentedly firm: "For your own good, delete it."

"I am married; having this exposed will do you no good."

The biggest taboo in the entertainment industry is for a woman to be a mistress; once exposed, Chu Sheng's career would basically be over.

When Chu Sheng saw the message Gu Tingyan sent, she had originally been a bit angry, but seeing him say it was for her own good, a warm current surged in her heart.

Tingyan really does care about her.

With a smile on her lips, Chu Sheng obediently deleted the Weibo post.

Gu Tingyan returned home, but the lights were already off; he used his phone's flashlight to avoid disturbing anyone and went upstairs in the dark.

Gu Tingyan stood outside the door with his hand on the doorknob; even though he hadn't done anything wrong, he inexplicably felt guilty.

Gu Tingyan coughed once before pushing the door open; the room was pitch black: "Qin Shu."

There was no sound.

Gu Tingyan's heart instantly became panicked; he "clicked" the bedroom light on, but the bed was empty, with no sign of Qin Shu.

Qin Shu had left.

His heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Gu Tingyan used his phone to call Qin Shu, but the phone was powered off, and messages sent to her were like stones sinking into the ocean.

Gu Tingyan was flustered; he clutched his car keys, turned, went downstairs, and drove out.

Qin Shu had moved back to her rented place; she told her grandfather she was going to film, so she moved back, just in time to join the crew in two days.

Qin Shu was memorizing her lines when her door was knocked on loudly; looking through the peephole, she saw it was Gu Tingyan, so she ignored him and went back to memorizing her lines.

Qin Shu was not at all surprised that Gu Tingyan could find her residence.

Since she wouldn't open the door, he kept knocking from the outside; Qin Shu, harboring anger, went to open the door: "Can you stop disturbing the neighbors?"

Gu Tingyan stood outside her door, soaked through, his hair wet, looking exceptionally disheveled; his eyes were bloodshot, and he pulled Qin Shu tightly into his arms.

"I couldn't get through on the phone, and you didn't reply to my messages."

"Qin Shu, you've grown bold, haven't you?"

Qin Shu silently reached out to push him away.

A cold smile hung on her lips: "Why did you come looking for me? Why don't you go find your Chu Sheng?"

Gu Tingyan stared at her with his dark eyes: "Are you jealous?"

Qin Shu had a smile on her lips, looking at him coldly: "Impossible."

"Gu Tingyan, if one day you found out that 'Spade' was not Chu Sheng, would you still like Chu Sheng?"

Hearing this, Gu Tingyan's body stiffened slightly; he looked at Qin Shu and chuckled softly: "I never deal in 'ifs'."

Upon hearing this, Qin Shu felt a faint stabbing pain in her heart again; he doesn't deal in 'ifs' because, regardless of whether it's true or false, he, Gu Tingyan, doesn't care, right?

Gu Tingyan lowered his eyes and explained to her: "Today's charity gala, I didn't ask Sheng to go."

"Sheng, you call her so intimately."

"It was Mom and Dad who told her to go; it has nothing to do with me."

Gu Tingyan thought Chu Sheng was still lying in the hospital and hadn't arranged a seat for her at all.

Gu Tingyan pressed his tongue against his back teeth, his hands and feet icy cold, and said hoarsely, "As for that watch, consider it my compensation to her."

Gu Tingyan's eyes were dark and murky as he explained, "After all, I owe her."

What he owed Chu Sheng was a life plus the affection from back then.

Qin Shu listened to his explanation, gave a self-deprecating smile, and said in a cold, sharp voice, "So, you actually don't believe what I said, do you?"

"You think I'm jealous of Chu Sheng?"

"That I said it on purpose?"

Gu Tingyan stood where he was, silent and speechless.

Seeing that he wouldn't speak, Qin Shu knew the answer in her heart.

The smile on her face gradually vanished, and her heart felt as if it had been tugged by something; she slammed the door shut with a heavy "Bang!"

Qin Shu cursed angrily at the person outside the door:

"You believe whatever Chu Sheng says!"

"Get lost!"

She should have known she was just overestimating herself, actually daring to try and challenge Chu Sheng's position in his heart.

Gu Tingyan did not believe her.

No matter what she said, he would only believe Chu Sheng, infinitely favoring Chu Sheng.

Gu Tingyan, do you actually love Spade, or do you truly love Chu Sheng?

Can you really tell the difference yourself?

A sense of sorrow welled up in the depths of Qin Shu's heart; she leaned her back against the door, her body slowly and weakly sliding down, and she hugged herself tightly, tears swirling in her eyes.

Gu Tingyan looked at the tightly closed door, stood at the entrance, and raised his hand to knock, but in the end, he lowered his hand again.

He knew Qin Shu was angry again.

Gu Tingyan's eyes were deep and heavy as he said to Qin Shu inside, "I'm heading back first; calm down by yourself."