Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 373 - Chapter 373 Chapter 372 His Jealousy

Chapter 373: Chapter 372: His Jealousy Chapter 373: Chapter 372: His Jealousy The man, his face frosty, spoke, “With such a foul mouth, it looks like you need a wash.”

The two women who had been badmouthing Ming Yao behind her back turned around to look.

Seeing the man dressed in a black shirt, with a stern expression, they were both startled.

Isn’t this Fourth Master Gu?

Although Gu Siting’s fame in the capital was not as great as in Li City, his power was something they could not afford to offend.

“Gu, Fourth Master Gu, we don’t know how we offended you?”

Gu Siting’s thin lips were tightly closed. He did not speak and put one hand in his pocket, while the other hand took out a cell phone and made a call.

Soon, Lu Zhou arrived with two bodyguards.

“Give them a good mouthwash.”

Gu Siting left with a cold and predatory glint in his eyes.

The two women weren’t so lucky. After Lu Zhou gestured, the bodyguards immediately dragged the women into the men’s restroom.

In the men’s urinal, the bodyguards filled the basin with water and forcibly submerged the women’s heads.

Naturally, the water in the basin smelled bad, and their lips and noses were submerged, leaving them unable to breathe.

They wanted to scream but could not make a sound.

Only when they were about to drown did the bodyguards pull them out.

The two women slumped to the ground, weak and disheveled.

With an icy expression, Lu Zhou looked at them and warned, “If you spread any more malicious rumors about Miss Ming, next time it’ll be your tongues getting pulled out!”

The two women were shivering all over and dared not say another word.

Huo Chun waited for a long time without seeing the two, so he went out to take a look.

Seeing them drenched and in a sorry state, he asked, “What happened?”

Shocked and traumatized, the two women didn’t say another word to Huo Chun and fled as if running for their lives.

…

Inside the Peony Hall private room.

After Ming Yao and Old Master Huo entered and ordered dishes, it wasn’t long before the door of the private room was pushed open.

Standing at the door, Liu Jinyan, with a mature and handsome face, wore a warm smile, “Grandfather Huo, it’s been a while. I heard you were dining here and I specifically came by to greet you.”

Upon seeing Liu Jinyan, a smile appeared on Old Master Huo’s face.

Liu Jinyan was low-key and capable, mature and steady, and quite favored by Old Master Huo as a younger generation.

Old Master Huo glanced at Ming Yao beside him and suddenly felt that the two of them seemed quite well-matched.

“Are you also dining here, Jinyan? Have you ordered yet?”

“Not yet.”

“How about this, come join us!”

Liu Jinyan cleared his throat, “Well, I’m with a friend, Gu Siting. Grandfather Huo should have heard of him.”

Old Master Huo nodded, “A promising figure in the business world. In that case, invite him to join us.”

Liu Jinyan returned to his private room and after discussing with Gu Siting, they came to the Peony Hall private room together.

Ming Yao was startled upon seeing Gu Siting.

When Liu Jinyan said he was dining with a friend, she had a hunch.

She feared that ‘his friend’ referred to Gu Siting.

Ming Yao’s gaze flitted away; she didn’t look up at Gu Siting. Her emotions, which had just settled down, became chaotic and cluttered once again due to his arrival.

Locked in her room earlier, Ming Yao had no cellphone signal and hadn’t seen the news.

Upon releasing, in her hurry to dine with Grandfather Huo, she hadn’t even brought her phone.

Naturally, she was unaware of the happenings broadcast live.

Now, seeing Gu Siting, her mood soured.

There was no helping it, in the short term, she probably wouldn’t be able to recover.

Gu Siting greeted Grandfather Huo, who, thinking that Ming Yao and Gu Siting were unacquainted, introduced the two to each other.

Gu Siting extended his long hand towards Ming Yao, “Miss Ming, hello.”

Ming Yao acted as if she hadn’t heard Gu Siting at all, her expression indifferent. She neither looked at him nor shook his hand, treating him as if he was invisible.

The atmosphere in the private room immediately became awkward and stiffened.

Nobody had expected Ming Yao to ignore Gu Siting like this.

Ming Yao was Old Master Huo’s little benefactor, so naturally, he wouldn’t blame her for being impolite.

After clearing his throat to ease the awkwardness, he said, “Xiao Gu, why don’t you and Jinyan see if you need to order a few more dishes?”

Gu Siting’s dark eyes swept over Ming Yao deeply before he looked away, his thin lips moving slightly, “Let Jinyan order.”

During the meal, Old Master Huo praised Liu Jinyan several times.

He joked, “Little benefactor, what do you think about Jinyan?”

Gu Siting, gently swirling his wine glass, frowned immediately.

As soon as Old Master Huo said those words, Gu Siting understood what he meant.

He wanted to introduce Ming Yao to Liu Jinyan.

From the conversation earlier, he could tell that Liu Jinyan took quite a liking to Ming Yao.

Since he entered the room, Ming Yao spoke to Old Master Huo, spoke to Liu Jinyan, but she did not say a single word to him.

She was clearly treating him like a stranger.

Gu Siting’s hand clenched into a fist, the veins on the back of it bulging, and he tilted back his head to down the liquid in his glass in one gulp.

Ming Yao looked at Liu Jinyan. He was mature, stable, and refined, not giving off an alienating coldness to strangers.

Ming Yao nodded slightly, “Mr. Liu is very nice.”

“You are all young people, you should communicate more in the future.”

Under Old Master Huo’s suggestion, the two exchanged WeChat contacts.

“Miss Ming, if you need any help in Li City later on, you can message me,” Liu Jinyan offered.

“Okay, thank you, Mr. Liu,” she replied.

Old Master Huo smiled and said, “Jinyan is a few years older than you, just call him Big Brother Liu!”

Old Master Huo looked at Ming Yao and found himself liking her more and more.

He had two grandsons, one was unreliable, and the other he did not like; he didn’t have the fortune to have such a granddaughter.

Ming Yao curved her lips slightly, “Big Brother Liu.”

As soon as the words left Ming Yao’s mouth, there was a loud crash–the sound of a wine glass shattering.

Gu Siting had crushed the wine glass in his hand.

The other three people in the room all looked his way.

Seeing the shards of glass piercing Gu Siting’s palm and the fresh red blood flowing out, Liu Jinyan quickly rose to his feet, “Siting, are you okay?”

Gu Siting pressed his thin, cold lips tightly together, “It’s nothing, I’ll go take care of it.”

After Gu Siting left, Liu Jinyan gripped his wine glass.

The quality was naturally good, and it wouldn’t shatter unless a lot of force was used.

Worried that Old Master Huo might form a bad impression of Gu Siting, Liu Jinyan spoke up for him, “It’s probably because of that issue with the Nangong Family, he’s in a bad mood.”

Hearing Liu Jinyan’s words, both Old Lady Huo and Ming Yao turned to look at him.

Old Master Huo didn’t follow online gossip, so of course he didn’t know what had happened between Nangong Xuan and Gu Siting.

“You might not be aware, but Nangong Xuan is pregnant. She went to Gu Corporation today seeking Siting, hoping he would take responsibility,” Liu Jinyan said, seemingly never having seen such a preposterous situation. He sighed before adding, “Siting refused to take responsibility, so she went to the reporters to expose him.”

Upon hearing this, Ming Yao’s long lashes trembled slightly.

Gu Siting refused to take responsibility?

She never knew he was that despicable before.

Could it be that the man who slept with Nangong Xuan that night wasn’t him?

As Ming Yao was entertaining this guess, she heard Liu Jinyan say, “It turned out that Siting publicly denied it, claiming the child in her belly belongs to Yin Zhe.”

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End of the update~