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Hearing Gu Xiruo’s “let’s see who has the last laugh,” Gu Yanqi couldn’t help but laugh.
Looking at Lu Lingfeng, who remained silent, Gu Yanqi sneered, “You think you’re qualified to say ‘let’s see who has the last laugh’ to me, Gu Xiruo?”
“A person who owes their success to others has no right to say such things to me,” Gu Yanqi didn’t look down on Gu Xiruo, but that was just who she was. She enjoyed the fruits of others’ labor as if it were her due, even though she hadn’t earned it herself.
Hearing Gu Yanqi’s words, Gu Xiruo wasn’t angry. “Are you envious that I have such a capable assistant while you don’t?” she said coldly.
Gu Yanqi fell silent and turned to look at Lu Lingfeng. He was genuinely curious about what had blinded Lu Lingfeng to choose someone like Gu Xiruo, who was both blind and arrogant.
“For the Lu family to have such a descendant, their ancestors must be rolling in their graves,” Gu Yanqi naturally knew who Lu Lingfeng was. He had only heard that the youngest son of the head of the Lu family had disappeared after cutting ties with them, but he hadn’t expected him to be by Gu Xiruo’s side. He couldn’t understand why Lu Lingfeng would use his abilities to help Gu Xiruo gain so much. It was a waste for the young master of the Lu family to become a lackey.
“This has nothing to do with you,” Lu Lingfeng said, his face turning grim as he looked at Gu Yanqi.
The most significant issue in Lu Lingfeng’s heart was his relationship with the Lu family. When he had left the Lu family without hesitation, disregarding their anger and opposition, he had hoped to gain their recognition one day by standing by Gu Xiruo. Gu Yanqi’s words were like a knife to his heart.
Seeing Lu Lingfeng’s change in expression, Gu Xiruo stepped in front of him, looking displeased as she addressed Gu Yanqi, “If you have something to say, say it to me. Don’t bring Lu Lingfeng into this.”
Gu Yanqi laughed and glanced at the door before leaving. As he stepped out, he saw Qing Yukong standing nearby, his expression dark and inscrutable.
Gu Xiruo, what are you going to do now? Did you really think Qing Yukong was someone you could easily manipulate?
“Shall we talk outside?” Gu Yanqi asked Qing Yukong.
Qing Yukong nodded. His mood was indeed not good, and he needed someone to talk to.
In the garden, Gu Yanqi looked at Qing Yukong and asked, “After seeing and hearing everything, do you still want to marry Gu Xiruo?”
Qing Yukong remained silent, feeling perplexed.
He could tell that Gu Xiruo had feelings for Lu Lingfeng. It was because of this that he was angry and dissatisfied, not because of the business relationship between Gu Xiruo and Lu Lingfeng.
“Why do you think she likes Lu Lingfeng?” Qing Yukong asked his older brother. He was upset because of this, not because of the business relationship between Gu Xiruo and Lu Lingfeng.
If Gu Xiruo truly saw Lu Lingfeng as just a business partner, Qing Yukong wouldn’t be worried at all. However, from the way Gu Xiruo looked at Lu Lingfeng, Qing Yukong could tell that she had feelings for him, feelings that even surpassed her engagement to him. No matter how much he did for Gu Xiruo, it seemed like nothing to her.
Taking a deep breath, Qing Yukong’s face remained bitter, and he looked at Gu Yanqi with a sense of confusion. He wondered what he had done wrong to deserve such treatment from Gu Xiruo.
Observing Qing Yukong’s demeanor, Gu Yanqi furrowed his brow slightly. He wondered what kind of charm Gu Xiruo possessed to make two outstanding men do such things for her.
“Qing Yukong, you should be able to see that Gu Xiruo never intended to marry you,” Gu Yanqi said. If Gu Xiruo had wanted to marry, they would have had children by now. There was no need to wait until now.
Gu Xiruo was almost twenty now, and in the eyes of others, she was an old maid. Yet, she seemed to be indifferent, not caring about others’ opinions. Instead, she focused on doing business and making money, as if those were the most important things to her.
He hadn’t understood Gu Xiruo’s mindset before, but now he did. She was insecure, fearing that once the Gu family knew about her background, she would lose everything. So, she had schemed and done many things, all in the pursuit of gaining more.
But she had never considered treating people sincerely. Even if they found out everything in the future, they wouldn’t treat her poorly. After all, it was impossible to suddenly disregard someone they had raised for nearly twenty years.
At most, he could let her and Xiao Yukong live together peacefully, but her choice was wrong. She had done something that they could never forgive.
Qing Yukong looked at Gu Yanqi in a daze, feeling a mix of emotions. Did Qing Yukong really not know about what he had said? Of course he did. He knew everything but was unwilling to admit it. He was the young master of the Qing family, yet he had been treated as a pawn by the person he liked.
It was embarrassing, and he couldn’t bear it. Now, hearing it directly from Gu Yanqi made him feel even more uncomfortable.
“But I really like her.”
“She doesn’t like you.” Although Gu Yanqi’s words were cruel to Qing Yukong, he had to say them. Being too persistent would only hurt himself in the end.
However, he had overestimated Qing Yukong. Even after hearing himself say these words, Qing Yukong didn’t care. Instead, he gritted his teeth and said, “It doesn’t matter. I just want to marry her.”
As for Lu Lingfeng, he could accept it as long as Gu Xiruo agreed to marry him.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yanqi really wanted to pry open Qing Yukong’s head and see what was inside.
“I’ve said what I needed to say to you. Since you’re still fixated on her, I won’t meddle further. As long as you don’t regret it in the future,” Gu Yanqi said, getting up and leaving without looking back at Qing Yukong.
While initially thinking that Qing Yukong was a rational person, it now seemed that he was not worthy of the position of the Qing family’s young master.
He had compromised time and again, disregarding the family’s dignity. If the Qing family found out, they would probably be furious.
However, Gu Yanqi couldn’t help but admire Gu Xiruo. She was quite formidable, able to make two men so devoted to her. This was good; the more arrogant she was now, the more severe the backlash would be in the future.
Gu Yanqi also observed that Lu Lingfeng was not content to remain in the shadows. He might know how to deal with Gu Xiruo.
As for Gu Xiruo’s actions towards Xiao He, he would make sure to return every bit of it.
This was just the beginning. Even if no one in the Gu family believed it now, there would be believers in the future. As for Gu Xiruo, he wanted to see how long she could remain arrogant.
Meanwhile, Wang Jinhe and the others were unaware of what Gu Yanqi had done, but by the time they found out, his actions had already begun to yield results.