Chapter 96: Gu Tingyan, I Beg You, Don't Go

Seeing the tears in the corners of Qin Shu's eyes, Gu Tingyan's expression softened for a moment, and his heart trembled slightly; he truly wanted to cast everything aside and stay to properly accompany her.

To be open and honest with Qin Shu and tell her everything.

Then he would no longer have to be terrified every day, guarding against them and fearing that Qin Shu might learn the truth.

Once a lie is told, countless more must be told to cover it up.

Gu Tingyan did not know when the blade hanging over his head would fall.

Gu Tingyan's fingers curled into a fist, his eyes revealing struggle and pain; he looked at Qin Shu's tear-stained face, his lips parting slightly: "Huahua, I..."

Lin Jingshu stood at the doorway watching Gu Tingyan, her peripheral vision glancing at Qin Shu's belly as she coldly called his name: "Tingyan."

"Qin Shu's belly is big; you mustn't provoke her and disturb the fetus."

She stared at Gu Tingyan expressionlessly, her gaze icy: "Be careful, or it could be two lives lost."

Lin Jingshu was warning Gu Tingyan that hiding the truth was not what was terrifying; what was terrifying was whether the person who learned the truth could withstand the blow.

The child in Qin Shu's belly was already seven months along and at a critical stage; once stimulated at this time, it would be fatal.

The child was three months from birth; if Qin Shu were to learn the truth while heavily pregnant, these three months would truly be an endless, agonizing hell for her.

At seven months, the risk of a miscarriage could cost the pregnant woman her life.

Gu Tingyan's face turned gloomy, his body stiffened slightly, and the words on the tip of his tongue were blocked in his throat, unable to be uttered.

Qin Shu sensed that he had something to say, something very important, so she raised her eyes to look at him: "What were you going to tell me?"

The emotions in the depths of Gu Tingyan's eyes dissipated, and his handsome, cold face returned to its usual calm; he raised his hand to stroke Qin Shu's head: "Wait for me to come back."

Qin Shu reached out to tug at the corner of his clothes, her eyelids reddening from the strain: "What if I insist that you don't go?"

Gu Tingyan lowered his brows and eyes, watching her quietly for a moment, then reached out to pry away the hand clutching his clothes: "Huahua, don't be unreasonable."

"Once you have given birth to the child, I will tell you everything."

By then, whether Qin Shu chose to forgive him or not, he would have to bear the consequences.

Qin Shu looked at him with a dazed expression; was there something he was hiding from her?

But before she could ask, Gu Tingyan had already dragged his suitcase downstairs.

Qin Shu watched his departing back, an inexplicable panic and fear rising in her heart.

"Gu Tingyan, I beg you, don't go." Qin Shu was inexplicably panicked; she clutched her large belly and chased out after Gu Tingyan's back.

"Gu Tingyan."

The moment she stepped out.

Qin Shu's hand was grabbed by Lin Jingshu, who blocked her path and looked at Qin Shu with icy eyes: "As expected of someone from a humble background, you have no decorum."

"Wherever Tingyan goes, you love to follow?"

"Stay at home for me."

Heavily pregnant, Qin Shu dared not struggle violently; she was blocked on the stairs, watching Gu Tingyan's back grow further and further away, crying out his name loudly: "Gu Tingyan!!!"

"I am truly afraid."

Qin Shu felt an inexplicable panic, always feeling that something was about to happen.

If Gu Tingyan left, he would not be able to come back.

Qin Shu pleaded with him in a trembling voice: "I beg you, can you not go?"

Gu Tingyan dragged his suitcase to the doorway, his footsteps pausing when he heard Qin Shu's words; the knuckles of the hand gripping the suitcase turned white.

The man stood stiffly in place, hearing her pleas and sobs, but he dared not turn back.

Gu Tingyan closed his eyes tightly, hardened his heart, and dragged his suitcase away without looking back.

Qin Shu watched his figure disappear completely from the villa, and she couldn't help but curl her lips in self-mockery.

"Keep a close watch on the Young Mistress."

Lin Jingshu gave her a cold look, dropped that single sentence, and went downstairs.

Bodyguard: "Yes."

As Lin Jingshu went downstairs, she ran into Gu Laoyezi, and a hint of a smile appeared on her cold face: "Dad."

Hearing she had arrived, Gu Laoyezi had rushed over without even having time to drink his medicine; seeing Lin Jingshu coming down from upstairs, his face darkened: "Who let you come here?"

Lin Jingshu's expression stiffened, and she explained: "I came to see Qin Shu and brought her some supplements."

Chen Ma was waiting downstairs, indeed holding a bag of supplements needed by pregnant women.

Gu Laoyezi's sharp gaze fixed on Lin Jingshu; under that majestic gaze that seemed to see through everything, Lin Jingshu's true nature was exposed completely.

"Grandpa." Qin Shu cried out Gu Laoyezi's name from upstairs.

"Butler!" Gu Laoyezi's heart panicked, and he quickly went upstairs; seeing two bodyguards he had never seen before standing at Qin Shu's door, he flew into a rage: "Get out, all of you!"

The bodyguards paused, standing at the door without moving.

Gu Laoyezi's chest heaved with anger; he turned and went downstairs, his gaze landing on Lin Jingshu, who was sitting on the sofa with a calm and composed expression.

Lin Jingshu's expression remained calm as she brewed a pot of tea and handed it to the old man: "Dad, your health is poor, don't get angry."

"Drink a cup of tea."

Gu Laoyezi knocked the tea from her hand, the boiling water splashing onto the back of Lin Jingshu's hand; she acted as if she felt no pain, expressionlessly wiping away the tea with a tissue.

Gu Laoyezi stared at her cold-blooded, ruthless face and sneered: "Take your people and get out."

"Otherwise, when Gu Huaiyuan returns, you two will divorce, and you will get out and go back to your maiden home!"

This was a threat to Lin Jingshu, that he would have his son return to divorce her!

If Gu Laoyezi spoke, Gu Huaiyuan would certainly obey, as he had always treated Gu Laoyezi's words as imperial decrees.

Lin Jingshu's face turned deathly pale, her fingers pinching until they turned white, and she stood up to look directly at Gu Laoyezi: "Dad, you have looked at me with displeasure since the first day I entered this house."

"I would like to ask, why?"

"You gave the status symbolizing the Matriarch of the Gu Family to an indecent woman."

The woman questioned him word by word, watching Gu Laoyezi's calm madness: "I have managed the Gu Family for half my life, yet you have never once considered me!"

Gu Laoyezi raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face.

"Slap!" A crisp sound rang out; the servants in the villa were shocked, terrified, and trembling with their heads bowed.

Gu Laoyezi had always been kind and approachable; they had served him for so many years and had never seen him lose his temper like this.

Chen Ma cried out in panic, put down what she was holding, and went over to support Lin Jingshu: "Madam!"

"Old Master, how could you hit someone?"

Gu Laoyezi backhanded Chen Ma with a slap, his expression icy and his gaze sharp: "You dog of a servant, I am not dead yet."

"In this house, it is not your place as a servant to question me."

Chen Ma's body trembled, and she knelt directly on the ground.

Gu Laoyezi looked at Lin Jingshu and said coldly: "You ask why I do not value you."

"Lin Jingshu, for all these years, I have left you seven parts of face."

"If it weren't for the fact that you gave birth to Tingyan, I would have let you roll back to the Lin Family long ago!"

"Your heart is crooked, your conduct is improper, and you do not have a shred of the demeanor of a Matriarch of the Gu Family."