Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 486 - Chapter 486 Chapter 484 Farewell and Take Care

Chapter 486: Chapter 484: Farewell and Take Care Chapter 486: Chapter 484: Farewell and Take Care Gu Siting’s large palm, hidden in his trouser pocket, clenched into a fist. He gazed at the woman before him, feeling a sour, swollen sensation in his eyes, and after a long while, he repeated again, “We’re breaking up!”

Ming Yao this time didn’t ask him anything. She nodded and responded with one word, “Okay.”

Upon hearing her answer, Gu Siting’s heart felt as if it had been viciously stabbed with a sharp knife.

He closed his bloodshot eyes, finally understanding the feelings she had when she suggested divorce.

Actually, he really wanted her to stay by his side.

But how could someone as proud as she, agree to stay with him with a status that couldn’t see the light of day?

Let alone her disagreement, he wouldn’t agree to such a thing either.

To become President, he still needed to gradually take control of power into his own hands, until he was no longer controlled by anyone.

He didn’t know how long it would take, one year, two years?

Or perhaps even longer.

He couldn’t make her a promise, so how could he dare let her keep waiting for him?

“It’s my fault, I’ve brought you countless dangers. After this, we won’t contact each other anymore, and no one will trouble you again!”

His gaze deeply met hers.

She also looked at him.

When their eyes met, redness surfaced in their eyes.

Ming Yao didn’t speak.

The oppressive atmosphere around them spread wantonly between each other.

Ming Yao bit her teeth tightly, struggling to contain her emotions.

She looked at the man’s cold and indifferent face, swallowing all the bitterness and discomfort down into the depths of her heart.

She nodded, “Okay, I won’t contact you anymore.” She closed her eyes briefly, her voice trembling uncontrollably, “Let’s part ways here!”

The happiness and sweetness of that night were still vivid in her memory, but now it seemed all to be an illusion.

Ming Yao didn’t want to delve deeper. She turned around, her back facing him, “You can go now; I won’t see you out!”

Gu Siting watched Ming Yao’s slender back, her silhouette taut, with veins popping on her forehead.

He stared at her for a long time and in a hoarse voice said, “Take care.”

When he left, he left behind a massive check.

Gu Siting stepped out of the apartment and saw Yun Zhuo standing in the corridor, a bitter expression surfacing on his handsome face, “From now on, take good care of her.”

Yun Zhuo nodded, “I will.”

Gu Siting was ready to leave when Yun Zhuo called him back.

“Do you remember what I said on the island? If you give up on her, I will not give you another chance in the future.”

Gu Siting nodded, “I remember.”

“I will take her away to return to Tang Sect. You probably won’t see each other again in the future. I hope you both live well.”

Gu Siting’s heart suddenly constricted.

He almost fled in a panic.

He knew Ming Yao was not doing well now, but was he any better?

Saying those words of breakup, his heart hurt even more than hers did.

He didn’t want to let go of her hand at all, but if he didn’t, it would only bring her life-threatening harm.

She had already sacrificed so much for him; how could he possibly let her face danger again?

He knew clearly that this separation meant they would truly never have another chance.

Maybe her Senior Brother could move her heart again, and they would reconcile.

Or maybe she would meet an even better man…

Just the thought of those possibilities made his suffering unbearable.

Once out of the apartment and in the car, Gu Siting’s palm smashed into a fist, and he struck the steering wheel hard.

Terror struck the narrowed eyes, which glowed a horrifying crimson, and he became as berserk as a wild beast on the verge of madness.

He leaned back in his chair, weak and trembling, and fumbled to take out a cigarette which he clenched between his lips, quickly puffing and exhaling plumes of smoke.

His dark eyes somberly gazed at a certain room upstairs, while the choking sensation in his heart became more and more pronounced.

He knew in his heart that, no matter how much he yearned to stay, it would all have to be buried deep inside.

For her and him, it was truly over!

After Gu Siting left the apartment, Ming Yao walked to the window, watching him get into the car, watching him sit there and smoke.

However long he looked up at the apartment, she stood behind the curtain, watching him for just as long.

It wasn’t until he drove away that she finally drew back her gaze.

She sat down on the sofa and poured herself a glass of wine, tipping her head back to drain it in one gulp.

One glass wasn’t enough, so she poured a second, then a third…

Until a slender, fair hand reached over and snatched the glass from her grasp.

She lifted her head to see the man standing behind her and tried to take back the glass, but he threw it straight into the trash can.

Ming Yao sniffled, tasting a salty bitterness on her lips.

She raised her hand to her face and found it wet with tears.

Yun Zhuo, seeing Ming Yao quietly crying, furrowed his brow and handed her a few tissues from the box.

“If you want to cry, cry out loud.”

Ming Yao collapsed onto the sofa, burying her face in her arms as her shoulders shook violently.

The harder she tried to be strong, the worse she felt.

It was as if there was a gaping hole in her chest, raw and bleeding, the pain tearing her apart.

Her eyes were clouded with a mist of tears.

Yun Zhuo knelt down in front of Ming Yao, and gently patted her shoulder, “Come back to Tang Sect with me!”

Ming Yao’s mind was a blank. She didn’t know which path to take anymore.

If only she had known that loving Gu Siting would cause her such pain, she would have controlled her own heart!

But in this world, there is no such thing as a pill for regret.

“Staying here will only bring you sorrow. Come back with me!”

Ming Yao lifted her tear-blurred face; she stared at the man before her for a long time, then nodded, “Okay, I’ll go back to Tang Sect with you.”

…

Before returning to Tang Sect, there were quite a few things to handle.

Ming Yao did not allow herself to wallow in the grief and pain of the breakup for long. She arranged her work affairs, met with Dai Li, and visited Father Xia in prison.

If Gu Siting became president, he would surely have Father Xia well cared for in prison.

He just couldn’t be with her anymore, but he was a man with a sense of right and wrong.

Ming Yao also went back to Li City to visit Old Madam Ming.

Now that Ming Guoan had mended his ways and stayed by Old Madam Ming’s side, she at least had some care and company.

Ming Yao’s greatest regret was that she had yet to discover the true cause of her mother’s death, but she was too heartbroken now and didn’t want to stay and watch the man she loved marry another woman.

She wanted to hide herself away like an ostrich!

Dealing with these matters took nearly half a month.

Leaving was hardest and most painful for Wen Yuci.

When Xia Yiwan had an accident, Wen Yuci had been distressed for days, and even now, the mere thought of her triggered a sense of suffocation.

“Yaoyao, will you come back?”

Ming Yao pursed her lips, “I’ll definitely come back, as I still have family here, but I don’t know how long it will take to heal the wounds in my heart.”

Wen Yuci held Ming Yao’s hand, eyes brimming with pity, “I never thought you and Gu Siting would break up, and I never imagined he would marry another woman.”