Chapter 116 Gu Ye (ETL) Part 2
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Chapter 116 Who Are You to Him?
By evening, Gu Ye’s eyelids still occasionally twitched. Gu Ye pinched his brow helplessly, feeling something bad was about to happen. It had been a long time since he’d had that feeling. Unable to figure out what it was, Gu Ye took out the divination plate to try reading his own fortune. Fact proved that even the best divination plate couldn’t defy fate. A fortune teller could never predict his own fortune.
Gu Ye shook his head helplessly. He spotted a small cloth bag on the table and picked it up. Opening it, he saw a red bead inside, which was surprisingly warm.
Gu Ye raised an eyebrow. “Where did this bead come from?”
Hong Dou said, “This is from emptying the pocket of your dirty clothes for laundry.”
Gu Ye then remembered what happened. When Lu Xi disappeared, there seemed to be this bead left, and Xie Cheng stuffed it into his pocket. Gu Ye studied it for a moment, but couldn’t figure out what it was used for. The color was quite pretty, though.
“Ling Ling, come to Daddy.” Gu Ye was truly a girl-dad, wanting to give his daughter all the good things he had. When Ling Ling came over, Gu Ye hugged her and showed her the bead. “Is it pretty?”
Ling Ling poked it with her finger and smiled, “It’s really beautiful.”
“Take it. Daddy doesn’t know what it’s for, so don’t lose it.”
Ling Ling happily placed the bead in her talisman bag and hid it in her backpack. Gu Ye smiled at her playful and adorable appearance and picked up a small bottle from the bookshelf. These were Lu Xi’s children. They were too young, and their ghostly energy was too weak to survive in the mortal world, so they had to be kept in the bottle.
Gu Ye promised Lu Xi that he would send them to reincarnation, but keeping them in a bottle forever wasn’t a solution. Gu Ye lit 3 incense sticks and bowed to his master’s memorial tablet. “These two children haven’t been in the mortal realm for much years, and I can’t take care of them. I’ll send them to you. If you can, take them. If not, I’ll find someone else.”
After Gu Ye finished speaking, he drew a magic circle and released the two children. After a burst of ghostly energy, the two children’s souls disappeared.
Gu Ye’s lips curved up. “Master, you really haven’t gone for reincarnation? But it’s just not convenient for you to see me, right? I’m fine, and you should be too. When I have time, I’ll send you 17 or 18 foreign girls (paper servants).”
That night, Gu Ye finally dreamed of his master. However, the man looked at him with a mixture of love and hate. He looked like he wanted to smack Gu Ye, but couldn’t bring himself to do so. In the end, he patted Gu Ye’s head and left.
Gu Ye woke up, patted the top of his head, and smiled. Judging from his master’s appearance, he seemed to be doing well there.
Shortly after getting up, Mrs. Gu called Gu Ye. “I’ll be over at noon today to bring you some thick clothes. It’s getting cold, and I’ll beat you to death if you catch a cold.”
Gu Ye smiled and said, “No need, Yu Ze bought them all for me.”
Mrs. Gu’s annoyance was palpable through the phone. “Okay, then. I won’t be bringing you anything. You can wear clothes from the Yu family.”
“Mom!” Gu Ye said quickly. “Come over. I miss you too. I’ll be waiting for you at the gate at noon. We’ll have lunch together.”
“Okay, hahaha…” Mrs. Gu was immediately cheered up. “You little rascal! Your mom finally cleared a day to bring you each siblings clothes and blankets, and you don’t even want to see me. You’re asking for a beating.”
Gu Ye coaxed his mother, “Yes, you can come and beat me, and I’ll be waiting. Be safe on the road.”
After hanging up, Gu Ye shook his head, feeling both amused and embarrassed. His stepmom was so easy to coax.
After lunch, Gu Ye stood at the school gate, waiting for the yellow sports car. In the distance, a white car pulled up. Gu Ye stepped aside. This wasn’t his stepmother’s style; it wasn’t hot enough.
Just then, a middle-aged woman, neatly dressed in a black business suit, got out of the car. She approached Gu Ye and politely asked, “Are you Master Gu Ye?”
Gu Ye raised an eyebrow, gazing at her suspiciously. “You have anything to talk to me?”
The woman remained polite. “My boss wants to discuss something with you. Can we get in the car?”
Gu Ye smiled. “Who is your boss? Sounds like he can see me whenever he wants to?”
At that moment, the car window opened, revealing a cold and proud face. She looked to be in her forties or fifties, dressed in a white business suit. Time had left traces on her delicate features, but it still couldn’t conceal her beauty and pride. One could only imagine how stunningly beautiful she must have been in her youth.
Seeing that face, Gu Ye’s pupils constricted, and his breathing slowed. Although many memories had faded over the years, seeing something still evoked memories buried deep within.
The person said coldly, “I want to talk to you about your senior brother.”
Gu Ye looked into the woman’s eyes, which were unexpectedly filled with hidden anger. He curled his lips sarcastically, “Who are you to him? What right do you have to discuss my senior brother’s affairs with me?”
The person looked at Gu Ye coldly, “It’s not convenient to talk here. Just a few minutes will be enough.”
Gu Ye rubbed his eyelids, which had stopped twitching, and finally realized that this was the calamity he couldn’t avoid. He pointed to the nearby coffee shop and said arrogantly, “If you want to talk to me, get out of the car.”
Gu Ye had already walked towards the shop and requested a private room. Seeing Gu Ye’s attitude, the secretary warned, “President Jing, this is China. We don’t have many connections here. Don’t be impulsive when talking to him. He has a very deep background and is just a spoiled brat.”
Jing Zhiling nodded, got out of the car, and entered the cafe. The secretary followed Jing Zhiling into the cafe and left the driver outside. In the private room, she carefully closed the door behind her.
With a cold expression, Gu Ye looked Jing Zhiling over before suddenly smiling. “You’re doing well and doing well abroad. Ma’am, would you like a fortune-reading? I’m very accurate.”
Jing Zhiling sat down, her eyes darkening. “You dug up your senior brother’s grave and took his belongings.”
Gu Ye spread his hands indifferently. “Within the circle, there are many who carry out the inheritance and move graves. In our line of profession, not only do we dig up our ancestors’ bodies, we also dig them up and make them into magical instruments.”
Jing Zhiling’s breath caught, not wanting to hear Gu Ye’s nonsense. “Give me back his belongings.”
Gu Ye asked curiously, “May I ask what your relationship is?”
Jing Zhiling remained silent with a cold expression.
Gu Ye laughed, “I don’t even know what your relationship with him is, so why should I give it to you?”
Jing Zhiling said coldly, “You’re stealing.”
“But it’s robbery if you wanted to take it from me!” Gu Ye sneered. “My senior brother’s things were originally left to me. What do you think of meddling in our sect’s affairs? Who are you to him? “
“Are you still not telling me? Are you afraid to say it, or are you afraid to admit it?” Gu Ye scoffed, “You two do look alike! Oh whoa! Are you his mother?”
A flicker of struggle flashed in Jing Zhiling’s eyes, and then she said indifferently, “No.”
Gu Ye pursed his lips, looking at the other person coldly, then suddenly relaxed. “I don’t think so either. My senior brother was abandoned at the age of four in a mass grave in a mountain valley. He crawled out from among the dead and was nearly eaten by wolves. Until his death, he still bore a scar on his leg from where the wolf had dragged him. Fortunately, the kind locals rescued him and picked him up. Each home gave him a bit of food, so he survived and was later sent to an orphanage.”
“After being adopted by Master, he remained with Master ever since. Master fed him, clothed him, sent him to school, and taught him skills. He never had a mother, and died without knowing she was even alive. Do you want me to calculate why you abandoned him?”
“No need!” Jing Zhiling’s expression grew colder and colder. Her fair fingers gripping the coffee cup tightly, her face pale. Even though she was suppressing her emotions, it was clear that these words had deeply touched her. However, she still couldn’t acknowledge Gu Ye’s existence, couldn’t acknowledge this son. Taking a deep breath, she suppressed her anger and said, “Give back your senior brother’s things. Digging up his grave is a deep-seated feud. Since you say it’s part of your profession, I won’t make things difficult for you. Please return the only thing he left in this world to me.”
Gu Ye found it amusing and asked the same question again, “Who are you to him? Why should I give it to you? Is it so difficult to admit he’s your son? Or will admitting it cost you your current status?” Gu Ye smiled coldly. “In the end, you don’t really care about him, nor do you regret it. You just feel that now that he’s dead, you want to keep something with you to prove he existed.”
Jing Zhiling’s lips trembled. Gu Ye had finally touched upon her deepest secret. Her chest heaved with anger, and she was about to burst with rage.
The secretary cautiously glanced outside through the crack in the door. Gu Ye understood the other party’s gesture. The existence of ‘Gu Ye’ was a secret that could not be revealed. He couldn’t describe his feelings right now. He found it strange that he could sit so calmly with this woman. He had imagined countless scenes since he was a child, but none of them had been as calm as this one.
“Ms. Jing, would you like me to tell your fortune?”
Jing Zhiling looked Gu Ye in the eye, scrutinizing him. “Why do you know my last name is Jing?”
With a cold tone, Gu Ye answered, “Because I inherited all my senior brother’s skills, I’m the best at fortune-telling.” Gu Ye didn’t wait for Jing Zhiling to agree and started reading, “You were arrogant, but you had a bad fate. Born into a poor family, you had a child out of wedlock, and relied on your son to quietly marry into a wealthy family.”
“Unexpectedly, this wealthy family was a hollow shell. Before you could even announce it to the public, your husband went bankrupt, shattering your dream of marrying into a wealthy family. Your dream died before it could even begin. So, you divorced, and since your child didn’t want to live with an unfamiliar father, you had no choice but to take him away. Later, you met your current husband, a handsome Westerner and a wealthy second-generation rich man.”
“Shut up! I don’t need your fortune-telling!” Jing Zhiling, unable to conceal her anger any longer, said angrily, “Shut up!”
Gu Ye scoffed, “You lied to him that you’d never been married. This child became a burden, his very existence a stumbling block. Even a trace of him would destroy your dream of marrying into a wealthy family. So you didn’t dare send him back to his father, not even to an orphanage. You just wanted him to die.”
“Unfortunately, the lingering maternal love you still possessed prevented you from strangling him, so you abandoned him in a mass grave, leaving him to fend for himself. After you got married, you left the country. Your ex-husband, unable to pay off his debts, committed suicide by jumping off a building.”
“Finally, you no longer worried about being exposed and began to flex your ability. Leveraging your husband’s family connections, you started your own business and are now a successful and renowned entrepreneur. However, your relationship with your husband was strained. Because you never bore any children, you were left raising his children with his mistress.”
Jing Zhiling’s face was pale, and her entire body was trembling. There was a hint of fear in her eyes as she looked at Gu Ye. She shook her head in panic, all her elegance and pride ripped away by Gu Ye, revealing the bloody truth so vividly that even she couldn’t face it. “Who are you? Who are you?”
“President Jing, calm down.” The secretary hurried over to support Jing Zhiling and anxiously said, “There are people outside. Calm down.”
Jing Zhiling couldn’t help but feel her eyes well up. She tried hard not to cry, but couldn’t control her emotions.
Seeing her like this, Gu Ye said seriously, “Let me ask you on behalf of my senior brother: if you had a child, would you still remember this son you abandoned?”
“Stop it! I told you to shut up! Stop it!” These words were the final straw that broke Jing Zhiling’s back. With red eyes, she stood up and slapped Gu Ye. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she angrily said, “You’re not him. You have no right to speak for him! I have no reason to answer you!”
“President Jing!” The secretary went into complete panic. This was Gu Decheng’s son. If this got out of hand, how would it be resolved? She hurriedly urged, “Calm down.”
Gu Ye’s expression was cold as he touched his face, looking indifferently at the woman before him, who had finally shed tears. “This slap has completely severed my senior brother’s familial ties with you. You didn’t raise him, and from now on, you have no further relationship with him. The bond between mother and son is severed. Until death, you will be strangers.”
Jing Zhiling’s eyes were red as she asked, “You’re not him. What right do you have to make decisions for him?” Jing Zhiling took a deep breath and pulled Gu Ye back, “Hand it over. Give his things, give his things back to me.”
Gu Ye laughed as if he had just heard a ridiculous joke. His eyes felt warm, and he touched the corners of his eyes. The wet feeling of his fingertips made him want to laugh even more. A wave of relief washed over him, the knot in his heart completely untied. This person was his mother from a past life, who hadn’t dared to acknowledge his existence until now. He had resented her before, but not anymore. There was no love, no hate either. From now on, they would be strangers.
At that moment, a commotion erupted from the doorway, and a familiar voice angrily called out, “Get away! I want to see what kind of big boss dares to kidnap my son?”
The door to the private room was kicked open from outside, and Mrs. Gu walked in, clutching her handbag. Seeing the red marks on Gu Ye’s face and the unfamiliar woman holding her son back, Mrs. Gu touched Gu Ye’s face and asked through gritted teeth, “Who hit you? Did she hit you?”
“Mom.” Gu Ye hadn’t felt any sorrow at first, but he hadn’t expected the sudden surge of bitterness from his heart at the very word ‘Mom’. 20 years of pent-up resentment erupted like a volcano, unexpectedly unleashing itself upon him when he called out ‘Mom’ and tears were pouring down his face.
Mrs. Gu was stunned for a moment, then immediately fumed. She angrily slammed her bag on the table and back-handed the woman. “Who the hell do you think you are? You dared to hit my son!”
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