Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 461 - Chapter 461 Chapter 458 Heartache and Protection

Chapter 461: Chapter 458: Heartache and Protection Chapter 461: Chapter 458: Heartache and Protection Aunt Mei, lying motionless on the ground, seemed to have no breath of life left.

Ming Yao immediately crouched down and checked Aunt Mei’s breath.

There was no respiration.

She then hurriedly felt for her pulse, her pupils slightly constricting.

She looked up at Gu Siting, “She’s dead.”

Gu Siting stood stiffly, motionless.

At that moment, the rushing reporters were ceaselessly taking photographs.

Click, click.

The flash of the magnesium lights was painfully bright to the eyes.

The reporters, invigorated as if injected with adrenaline, jostled to place microphones in front of Gu Siting.

“Fourth Master Gu, is this woman the nanny who took care of you when you were a child?”

“It’s said that she once did you a favor, why did you kill her?”

“When she fell down the stairs and became a vegetable, was that also your doing?”

“What kind of deep hatred do you have with her, causing you to put a nanny, who did you a favor, to death?”

“Mr. Gu, what is the photo in your hand?”

Seeing a reporter attempting to snatch the photo from Gu Siting’s hand, Ming Yao slapped the reporter’s hand away.

“He didn’t kill the nanny, and if you dare to report recklessly, we will sue you for slander!”

Observing the coldly composure of Ming Yao, the reporters did not give up questioning; Gu Siting had recently become the hottest figure in the business world, and now he was implicated in a case of manslaughter–reporting this would create a sensation across the country.

“We saw Mr. Gu choking the nanny and making her collapse to death. Why would the esteemed CEO of ST Corporation want to kill an innocent nanny?”

Facing the aggressive questioning of the reporters, Gu Siting’s eyes were red with rage.

He looked down at Aunt Mei, who no longer breathed, with a taut, fierce expression and breathed rapidly.

For a moment, it was as though he had returned to his childhood.

His temples throbbed painfully, and a muffled ringing filled his ears.

Uncomfortable!

Painful!

Oppressive!

It was as if he had fallen into a dark abyss.

Noticing the veins on Gu Siting’s forehead bulging and his pained grimace, Ming Yao firmly grasped his hand. She raised her long leg and kicked towards the reporter who nearly shoved the microphone into Gu Siting’s face.

“Shut the hell up!”

Ming Yao suddenly exerted her authority and even knocked a reporter down, leaving him unable to stand up; the other reporters were a bit shaken by this display.

“As journalists, rather than reporting the truth, you stir up trouble here with wild speculation–is this your professional ethics?”

“Claiming that Gu Siting killed the nanny, are you coroners or police officers?”

While speaking, Ming Yao reached out and grabbed a reporter by the collar, dragging him down to Aunt Mei, who lay breathless on the ground, “You said you saw Gu Siting choke her neck, now open your damn eyes and see clearly–is there any mark on her neck?”

The chill of the deep autumn night was already setting in.

The reporter was suddenly forced by Ming Yao to lie face down next to the motionless Aunt Mei, his face nearly touching hers, causing his pupils to shrink with fright.

“You, you, you…”

Ming Yao pushed the reporter away, “Seen clearly? Any marks?”

“No, none.”

In the dead of night, the sudden close encounter with a corpse was eerie and terrifying.

Seeing Ming Yao’s dominating presence, the other reporters were too scared to breathe a word, let alone get close to the body.

Steward Zhong and Aunt Zhong inside the villa heard the commotion and quickly informed the bodyguards.

Soon, dozens of black-clad bodyguards arrived.

The reporters were surrounded by the bodyguards.

The reporters turned pale with fear, “What are you… doing? We live in a society governed by law, are you actually planning to silence us?”

Ming Yao looked at the bodyguards and said coldly, “Erase everything that was captured in their cameras!”

The bodyguards, grim and menacing, left the reporters no choice but to allow the erasure of their photographs.

Ming Yao grabbed the journalist she had knocked to the ground and asked coldly with her beautiful eyes, “Who sent you here?”

“We… came after receiving a tip-off call.”

“Show me the number.”

The journalist took out his phone.

Ming Yao glanced at it; it was an unknown number.

These journalists had been used as pawns; looking for them was pointless.

Before long, the police arrived.

Gu Siting stood there like a statue, his narrow eyes bloodshot, his body rigid.

He didn’t utter a word to anything the police asked him.

Ming Yao knew there was something wrong with him inside; the appearance of the nanny had caused his emotions to collapse and his defenses to crumble.

His fingers were clenching a few photographs tightly; Ming Yao tried to pull them out, but he wouldn’t let go.

Seeing him like this now, her heart ached unbearably.

The police carried away Aunt Mei’s body, and then, following procedure, needed Gu Siting to go to the police station for investigation.

Ming Yao tugged at Gu Siting, leading him to get into the police car together.

Once they were at the police station, Gu Siting said nothing, his features remained tense, making it difficult for the police to interrogate him.

Ming Yao made separate calls to Yue Yanlin and Si Ye.

Since the cause of Aunt Mei’s death was still unclear, the police didn’t agree to release Gu Siting.

Ming Yao sat in the lobby, a chill seeping out from her spine.

Clearly, someone had deliberately framed Gu Siting for Aunt Mei’s death.

Was it Gong Yu again?

Gong Yu and Gu Siting didn’t have a deep hatred, so why was he repeatedly trying to put him to death?

This time, by using the nanny Aunt Mei, he directly hit the most vulnerable spot deep in Gu Siting’s heart.

Mental illness is often more difficult to cure than physical injuries.

Ever since Aunt Mei fell dead, Gu Siting hadn’t spoken a single word!

About forty minutes passed, and Si Ye hurried over.

“Mr. Si, I’m truly sorry to trouble you to come help so late.”

Over the phone, Ming Yao had told Si Ye about Gu Siting’s condition.

His mood had plummeted into a dark abyss, and neither Ming Yao nor the police got any response from him when they spoke to him.

In such cases, a psychologist is urgently needed.

Si Ye nodded, “It’s okay, I’ll go in and talk to him.”

…

Si Ye spent nearly the whole night providing psychological counseling to Gu Siting.

Ming Yao was anxiously waiting in the lobby.

When the sky was about to light up, Ming Yao received a call from Zhong Ling.

“Sister Yao, you and Fourth Master are on the trending search.”

Ming Yao’s eyebrows knitted tightly, “I’ll take a look.”

After hanging up, she opened Weibo.

As expected, both she and Gu Siting were trending.

It was the journalist she had knocked down last night who had posted a five-thousand-word article.

He exaggeratedly exposed her and Gu Siting’s misdeeds.

After the journalist published the article, other media outlets released several photos.

Seeing the photos, Ming Yao’s blood ran cold.

In the photos, Gu Siting was still very young, wearing a girl’s dress and a pink headband, his handsome little face filled with panic and unease.

These were probably the same photos the nanny had shown Gu Siting last night!

No wonder he had such a strong reaction!

Even she couldn’t stop shivering after seeing them!

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