"Young Master Ye, you can't just use me and then discard me. Moreover, I helped you deal with Di Mingjue last time, and he's very unhappy with me now. If you abandon me at this moment, won't I be completely finished?" Gu Xiukai's words became more anxious as he moved from the table to Ye Shaoting's side.
His position at Gu Group was not yet stable. If he were to support Gu Xiuyu again, wouldn't he become a fool who had worked hard for nothing?
Ye Shaoting saw through his hidden thoughts and turned to face him. "Don't worry, you are still useful to me."
"Will Young Master Ye still help me deal with those old fogeys at Gu Corporation?" Gu Xiukai greedily pressed.
Ye Shaoting always disliked greedy people. He looked at Gu Xiukai and dismissed him. "Since you are so worried about Gu Corporation, Young Master Gu should return first."
"Young Master Ye, you haven't agreed to me yet." Gu Xiukai was anxious and couldn't help but reach out to grab Ye Shaoting's arm.
At this moment, he was no different from a shrew at the village entrance. The more anxious he became, the less Ye Shaoting wanted to deal with him.
He pulled his arm out of Gu Xiukai's grasp and called for the subordinate waiting outside.
"Send Young Master Gu back."
"Yes."
The man nodded crisply and stepped forward, taking the arm of the reluctant Gu Xiukai.
As soon as he sent Gu Xiukai away, there was movement in the adjacent room.
Someone pushed Gu Xiuyu in. He was shirtless, with pale lips, looking at Ye Shaoting.
"You saved me?"
"Who else do you think would kindly save your life?"
Ye Shaoting approached him, bent down, and crouched. He looked at the bandage on Gu Xiuyu's chest, reached out, and opened the gauze to reveal a bloody wound.
Heaven did not wish to take him, and the bullet had fortunately grazed his heart. A few millimeters further to the left, and he would have had no chance to be here talking to him.
Ye Shaoting looked at the dispirited Gu Xiuyu. "Are you just going to accept your fate like this?"
"She doesn't love me." Gu Xiuyu could still recall the sight of Ye Ziyu leaving him heartlessly.
Knowing he had been shot, she had left without a trace of concern. What was there left for him to pursue?
Ye Shaoting sneered, "With your attitude of giving up so easily, it's no wonder you can't win Ye Ziyu's heart."
Gu Xiuyu said nothing.
"Do you know how much effort I put in to avenge the woman I love?" Ye Shaoting questioned sternly.
Gu Xiuyu did not understand his words.
Ye Shaoting turned his back to him, his eyes sadly gazing at the moonlight outside the window. "The woman I loved most died by suicide out of despair from Di Mingjue's rejection. To avenge his cruel rejection back then, I secretly sent people to track him years ago. I've been looking for an opportunity to kill him at all times. I've even used everyone around me as chess pieces, as long as it would help me deal with him. I don't care about anyone."
"Is that child you raised your child with her?"
"She never accepted my love, but I don't care; I'm still willing to avenge her. That child was a chess piece I've been cultivating. The so-called orphan, his parents are not dead; they are alive and well by his side."
Looking at the cold-blooded Ye Shaoting, Gu Xiuyu finally realized that his failure was due to his lack of ruthlessness.
If he had kept a closer eye on Ye Ziyu back then and not agreed to any unfavorable requests from Ting, would they have become a true couple by now?
Ye Shaoting saw that Gu Xiuyu had a chance to turn things around and continued, "A gentleman plans his strategies, rather than acting on impulse. Now that heaven has given you a chance to be reborn, it all depends on your choice."
Choice?
He wanted Ye Ziyu!
Under Ye Shaoting's persuasion, Gu Xiuyu completely surrendered to him.
Ye Shaoting was very satisfied with his choice. He got up and took Gu Xiuyu back to the adjacent room to recuperate.
After everyone had left, Xingxing walked out from behind the cabinet on the left.