Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 454 - Chapter 454 Chapter 452 His Other Identity

Chapter 454: Chapter 452: His Other Identity Chapter 454: Chapter 452: His Other Identity “Qingge, I can’t be with Senior Brother anymore, I now have someone I like, and you’ve seen him, it’s Gu Siting from the operating room,” said Ming Yao.

A look of guilt and sadness appeared in Yun Qingge’s eyes, “Senior Sister, it’s my fault. If I hadn’t set conditions for Senior Brother back then, he wouldn’t have married me, and your former self wouldn’t have…”

Ming Yao took Yun Qingge’s hand, “It’s all in the past!”

“I plan to leave the island and travel around the world. I might not come back for a few years.”

Ming Yao furrowed her brows, “Are you trying to avoid Senior Brother?”

“Not entirely. I used to focus all my attention on Senior Brother and didn’t get a chance to see the world outside. I’ve realized a lot recently. I really don’t need to waste my energy on a man. Who knows, maybe while I’m out traveling, I’ll meet my true love!”

“Did Master agree?”

Yun Qingge smiled and said, “He didn’t agree at first, but after I kept pestering him, he had no choice but to let me!”

“Then you have to be careful on your own outside.”

“Of course. When I travel to Country C, can I come to visit you, Senior Sister?”

“Certainly.”

Yun Qingge stayed and talked with Ming Yao for a while before leaving.

The surgery lasted nearly six hours.

Ming Yao had been standing all the while, her legs numb and without sensation.

It wasn’t until the operating room door opened and Yun Zhuo came out that Ming Yao moved her stiff legs.

“Senior Brother, how did it go?”

Yun Zhuo pulled down his mask, “The heart transplant was successful.”

Ming Yao’s eyes reddened, and she stretched out her arms to give Yun Zhuo a hug, “Thank you, Senior Brother!”

Yun Zhuo held stiffly but gently patted Ming Yao’s back, “Don’t worry, once the anesthesia wears off, he will wake up.”

Ming Yao nodded.

By evening, after putting on an antibacterial suit, Ming Yao entered the VIP hospital room that Senior Brother had specially arranged for Gu Siting.

The man was lying with his eyes closed, not yet awakened, his thick black eyelashes casting a shadow on his handsome face, accentuating his allure.

His complexion was pale, not as hard and cold as usual, revealing a trace of frailty, and he appeared somewhat thinner.

He had an oxygen mask on his face and tubes attached to his body.

He was always so strong and guarded, but now, seeing him so fragile and pale, it was genuinely heart-wrenching.

Logically speaking, a major surgery like a heart transplant should have involved notifying his family.

But he didn’t tell his parents, nor did he tell his grandmother.

Here he was, on his own, undergoing surgery!

Ming Yao’s gaze fell on the man’s chest, where his heart was wrapped in a layer of gauze. Although she couldn’t see the wound, she knew it must be shocking.

A warmth welled up in her eyes.

Thankfully, the heart transplant was successful, and from now on, he could be a normal person!

After the heart transplant surgery, Gu Siting stayed on the island for nearly a month.

Although the surgery was successful, they still needed to monitor for any rejection.

It wasn’t until Senior Brother announced that there was no rejection and everything was normal that Gu Siting stepped out of the hospital room.

Before leaving the island, Gu Siting proactively had a talk with Senior Brother; Ming Yao was kept out of the room and didn’t know what they discussed.

On the way back to Country C, Ming Yao asked Gu Siting several times about it, but he said nothing.

After returning to the capital city, Ming Yao received an invitation from the Nangong Family.

Nangong Xuan was getting married to Yin Zhe.

Because of the chip incident, Yin Zhe had become a hot topic in the upper society circle.

His marriage to Nangong Xuan was the talk of the entire capital city.

Ming Yao changed into her formal dress and saw Gu Siting emerge from the apartment next door, dressed in a suit and shoes. She frowned slightly, “You really should rest more.”

Gu Siting fastened the buttons of his suit and walked over to Ming Yao, holding her delicate white hand, “I will go with you to the wedding.”

Ming Yao’s frown deepened, “Why would you go?”

Yin Zhe had stolen the chipset his team had developed, causing him to be kicked out of Gu Corporation. Attending his wedding would surely lead to humiliation!

Gu Siting pinched Ming Yao’s palm, “I’ll see if I can run into Mu Chengjin, or Yanxi.”

Ming Yao, “…”

Since he had already put it that way, it was hard for her to object.

Gu Siting and Ming Yao arrived together at the hotel banquet hall where Yin Zhe and Nangong Xuan were holding their wedding.

When the waiter saw Ming Yao’s invitation, he told her, “Miss Ming, you are a relative of the bride and can sit at the main table over there, but this gentleman can only sit at the table at the back.”

In the past, wherever Gu Siting went, he was a person who was sought after for his favor and flattery. Now, even a lowly waiter didn’t regard him highly.

Many guests saw Gu Siting but did not come over to greet him, instead casting scornful glances his way.

Ming Yao pressed her lips firmly together, “I will sit at the table at the back with Mr. Gu.”

Gu Siting spoke in a deep voice, “It’s fine, you go sit at the front.”

Ming Yao did not sit at the front but instead chose to sit at the very last table with Gu Siting.

Upper society also has its hierarchies, and those at the last table may be from aristocratic families, but there’s still a considerable gap from a top-notch aristocratic family.

But compared to Gu Siting, who had now become a nobody, the guests at the last table clearly held a higher status.

Therefore, the guests at the last table also looked down on Gu Siting.

Facing the disdain and contempt, Gu Siting maintained a cold and stern demeanor, without a ripple of disturbance.

Ming Yao secretly sweated bullets, fearing that these people’s glares would anger Gu Siting.

Gu Siting, as if nothing else mattered, shelled sunflower seeds for Ming Yao, handed her fruit, and poured milk.

At that moment, a mocking voice came from behind, “Well, if it isn’t Fourth Master Gu?”

Yin Zhe, with a pregnant Nangong Xuan in tow, approached.

Yin Zhe was dressed in a suit, slick and powdered, and his gaze toward Gu Siting carried contempt and disdain, “I don’t recall sending you an invitation. How did you come?’

Before Gu Siting could reply, Yin Zhe laughed to himself, “Could it be that since you’ve been thrown out of Gu Corporation, you can’t even afford a decent meal now?”

Yin Zhe raised his glass, “And probably can’t afford decent wine either, right?”

With that, he deliberately splashed the wine from his glass onto Gu Siting’s shirt.

Gu Siting’s pristine white shirt was quickly stained a bright crimson with the red wine.

The people at the same table all had a look of schadenfreude, and none stood up to speak a word in Gu Siting’s defense.

Ming Yao’s face went cold with intolerable anger, and just as she was about to stand up and say something, Gu Siting held her hand.

Ming Yao saw restraint and forbearance in the depths of his dark eyes beneath his black eyelashes, and her heart clenched tight.

She understood the taste of being looked down upon.

He had always been so proud; how could he bear such humiliation?

And yet, he forcefully endured it.

“Sorry for dirtying your shirt. Here’s what I’ll do–I’ll write you a check so you can buy a new piece of clothing, and any extra money, consider it a begging fee!”

“After all, without the Gu family, you’re so destitute you have to scrounge for banquet leftovers to eat.”

As soon as Yin Zhe’s words fell, a chorus of laughter broke out from all around.

Gu Siting, tall and imposing, slowly rose from his chair, pulling out a gold-embossed business card from his pocket, “I forgot to introduce you to my other identity.”

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End of the chapter~