Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 346 - Chapter 346 Chapter 345 Never Entangle Again

Chapter 346: Chapter 345: Never Entangle Again Chapter 346: Chapter 345: Never Entangle Again His purpose in kissing her was to humiliate her!

It was also her own fault that she had responded to him involuntarily.

Ming Yao pressed down the discomfort and anger in her heart, and a faint sneer appeared on her bright and beautiful face, “Senior Brother certainly knows, but, Mr. Gu, aren’t you afraid Nangong Xuan will find out?”

“It’s clear that Nangong Xuan has taken you to heart, she cares a lot about you.”

Gu Siting’s facial lines were tense, his voice sharp, “What, are you jealous?”

Ming Yao lightly curled the corner of her lips, “How could that be? Congratulations on finding a new love!”

Gu Siting’s dark eyes, sharp as swords, stared at Ming Yao as though trying to bore holes into her.

His scarlet lips were pressed tightly into a straight line, and in the end, he said nothing more.

Why would he ask her if she was jealous?

How could this heartless woman possibly be jealous?

She treated even Little Snowball better than him. In his presence, she was always acting, everything was fake.

She must be wishing he would find a new love soon so she could get rid of him faster!

A sharp pain flickered deep within Gu Siting’s eyes. He clenched his hands into fists, his knuckles popping.

Ming Yao saw his gloomy and icy expression and thought he was about to hit her. She stiffened, daring not to move.

But several seconds passed, and he didn’t lay a hand on her.

After giving her a deep look, he strode away.

Shortly after, the SUV sped off.

Ming Yao closed her eyes, now reddened, and leaned weakly against the wall.

Since the divorce, each encounter with him was like an invisible tug-of-war.

Ming Yao stood outside for a long time before she entered the room.

Uncle Hua developed a fever in the middle of the night, and Ming Yao administered another acupuncture treatment for him.

As Uncle Hua’s condition slightly improved, Ming Yao furrowed her brows, pondering what medicine could replace Snow Ganoderma and have the same effect.

At dawn, Ming Yao finally thought of two alternative medicinal ingredients.

They should help improve the condition, but the effect would definitely not be as good as Snow Ganoderma.

No matter what, preserving Uncle Hua’s life was the most important thing.

Ming Yao got up, intending to find the medicinal ingredients, when a black Bentley pulled up.

Lu Zhou got out of the car.

He was holding an exquisite box in his hand.

“Miss Ming, Fourth Master sent me to deliver this to you.”

Ming Yao was stunned.

Looking at the box, it should contain the Snow Ganoderma.

Hadn’t he disagreed earlier?

Seemingly noticing Ming Yao’s confusion, Lu Zhou scratched his head, unsure of how to relay Fourth Master’s message to her.

Ming Yao pursed her lips, “Assistant Lu, just speak frankly!”

“Fourth Master says he won’t let your hopes down, that he will start a new life and also hopes that once you take this Snow Ganoderma, you won’t appear in front of him again.”

Hearing the message Gu Siting had Lu Zhou deliver, Ming Yao’s heart felt as if it had been gently stung by a bee, at first just a minuscule pain, but slowly, the pain spread around her heart and to her viscera.

Her fingertips holding the box turned white.

Taking a deep breath, she said to Lu Zhou, “Then, please relay a message for me as well. As long as he does not provoke me, even if we meet again, I will turn around and leave, treating him as a stranger and not entangling myself with him!”

Without waiting for Lu Zhou to respond, Ming Yao turned and entered the house.

Caught in the middle as the messenger between the couple, Assistant Lu had it the hardest.

Neither side was easy to deal with!

Lu Zhou returned to Gu Corporation, but he didn’t dare to walk into Gu Siting’s office.

After finishing a meeting in the morning, Gu Siting seemed to remember something and tapped on Lu Zhou’s desk with his finger, “Come in for a moment.”

When Lu Zhou entered Gu Siting’s office, Gu Siting was already sitting in the leather chair, holding a fountain pen and signing documents.

“Fourth Master, are you looking for me for something?”

Gu Siting spoke with a dark expression, “What did she say when you relayed the message to her?”

Lu Zhou hesitated before saying, “Miss Ming didn’t say anything–”

Having been with Gu Siting for many years, Lu Zhou had a habit–if he lied, he wouldn’t dare to meet his eyes.

“Assistant Lu, I’ll give you one more chance. Repeat her exact words without leaving anything out!”

Lu Zhou had no choice but to steel himself and repeat Ming Yao’s words.

Hearing Ming Yao’s phrase ‘treat him as a stranger and never entangle herself with him again’, Gu Siting felt as if a wad of cotton was stuck in his chest, suffocating him to the point where he couldn’t breathe.

Even though it was him who had told Lu Zhou to convey that he was starting a new life and had received her blessings, why was he the one feeling so awful?

Damn it!

That woman’s influence on him was simply too great!

This couldn’t go on.

Hadn’t he been hurt by her enough?

Gu Siting’s large hand clutched the fountain pen tightly until it suddenly snapped with a crack–the tense string in his heart appeared to break along with it.

He closed his eyes and when he opened them again, they held a bone-chilling coldness.

…

With the Snow Ganoderma, Ming Yao managed to refine the medicine and fed it to Uncle Hua.

After two or three days of recovery and nursing, Uncle Hua’s condition had noticeably improved.

When the auntie came and saw color back on Steward Zhong’s face, she couldn’t stop praising Ming Yao as a miracle doctor.

Uncle Hua had been poisoned into muteness, missing part of his tongue; there was no way for Ming Yao to help him regain his speech.

His tendons had also been severed, preventing him from writing.

When Ming Yao revealed her identity to Uncle Hua, his tears flowed with emotion.

Through sign language, he claimed that he knew she was his master’s daughter as soon as he saw her.

Once Uncle Hua was able to get out of bed and walk, he took her to a hidden spot behind the house and dug up an iron embroidery box.

He asked Ming Yao to open the iron box.

Inside the iron box, there was a blank piece of paper and a yellowed photograph.

Written on the paper were three sets of initials: ‘UM’, ‘KT’, ‘LA’.

Ming Yao frowned, not quite understanding the meaning of these three sets of initials.

Uncle Hua gestured to Ming Yao that her mother had given him these initials before she passed away; he didn’t know their meaning either but was sure they were of great importance.

Ming Yao nodded thoughtfully, “I’ll look into it.”

Ming Yao took out the photograph and, upon seeing the woman in the picture, her frown deepened.

“Liu Yun?” This was Nangong Heng’s mother and Old Master Nangong’s second daughter-in-law.

Uncle Hua made some gestures, “The day your mother met with trouble, I went to find her and saw Liu Yun in her room. They were arguing, and as I tried to help, your mother signaled with her eyes for me to leave…”

Tears of regret welled up in Uncle Hua’s eyes, “If I hadn’t left at that time, perhaps your mother wouldn’t have encountered her misfortune.”

Ming Yao’s fingers tightened around the photograph, “Did Liu Yun kill my mother?”

“I don’t know; there’s no direct evidence.”

Ming Yao packed the evidence Uncle Hua gave her into her bag, “Uncle Hua, rest assured, I will get to the bottom of this. I will arrange for you to be sent to Li City. Take your time to recuperate!”

Uncle Hua looked at Ming Yao with concern, “Miss, be careful. The Nangong Family is fraught with dangers; you must protect yourself!”