Chapter 385: Chapter 347: Mu Shuoqian is a Big Fool
Gu Qili didn’t expect Qiu Lan to be concerned about her relationship with Gu Yunxi, and since it was brought up, she didn’t hide anything.
"I’ve only met my sister once, and she seemed to have quite a hostility towards me. Although we’re sisters, we actually don’t have any affection for each other."
Upon hearing this, Qiu Lan seemed relieved: "If you didn’t grow up together from a young age, it’s true that there wouldn’t be much affection."
The two chatted while eating, and just as they were about to finish, Mu Shuoqian’s call came through.
Gu Qili told Qiu Lan that it was Mu Shuoqian calling and then answered the phone, while Qiu Lan nodded gently in acknowledgment.
After hanging up, Gu Qili said, "He’s coming over."
Qiu Lan smiled: "He must be worried about you being with me."
Gu Qili was somewhat startled and didn’t say anything, instead, she poured some more juice into Qiu Lan’s cup.
"If I forced you to break up with Shuoqian, would you hate me?"
Gu Qili, puzzled, looked at the dignified and beautiful lady in front of her and asked, "You’re forcing me to break up with Mu Shuoqian? Auntie, what do you mean by that?"
"Didn’t Shuoqian tell you that it’s me who disapproved of your relationship? To make you two break up, I even used the Execution Order to pressure him into submission." Qiu Lan hadn’t expected Mu Shuoqian to keep everything from Gu Qili. Was he planning on hiding these dark truths forever? Everything he had done for her, was he pretending as if it had never happened?
My son, how could you be so foolish.
"Execution Order?" Gu Qili was even more confused, "What is that?"
Seeing that Gu Qili truly knew nothing about it, Qiu Lan decided to tell her everything.
"I said earlier that I was prepared to use this Execution Order on your father, because at that time, I truly hated his betrayal. But Shuoqian said he could leave your father with nothing, which would make him suffer more than killing him. At that moment I believed Shuoqian’s words. Only later did I realize, where was he trying to help me? He was clearly helping you. He spent three years leading the Gu Family to bankruptcy, then prepared to secretly send you and your father away, to divert my hatred. However, things didn’t go as planned. Your father suddenly fell ill after meeting with me, and Shuoqian, unaware of this, thought it was the bankruptcy that caused your father’s illness. Thus, he’s been blaming himself all along, thinking that he no longer has the right to love you."
After finishing, Qiu Lan sighed: "I know what kind of person Shuoqian is the best, and I never thought that one day he could go to such lengths for someone. Perhaps he also hated your father, but because that was your father, he transformed all his hate into love for you. Even I, as his mother, feel jealous of this love."
Gu Qili sat immobile, as if acupointed, until Qiu Lan signaled the waiter to pay the bill. She was still in a daze, as if thousands of horses had charged through her mind, leaving dust that had yet to settle.
She thought of when she initially confronted him, how he admitted everything so decisively, without any hesitation.
She thought of how he brought Zhou Xiaoyu to push her away, all to minimize the harm to her.
She thought of him holding her and saying, "Qiqi, let’s elope." It turned out that at that time, he truly intended to flee far away with her.
During those days, she felt she was the most pained, most miserable one, yet compared to his suffering, what did her pain amount to?
He had prepared everything for her from the very beginning, everything he did was for her future.
He taught her how to conduct herself, how to work, he opened paths for her, he silently did everything he could do for her.
And her? She blamed him, resented him, hurt him,
The desperation of letting go of the person she loved most by her own hands, she dared not even think of it.
When Gu Qili came back to her senses, tears covered her face, but Qiu Lan’s shadow was nowhere to be seen. When had she left? Gu Qili hadn’t noticed at all, her heart full of guilt and ache for him.
Gu Qili picked up her handbag in a rush, now she just wanted to see him, immediately, right away.
As soon as she stepped outside, she saw the Maybach parked at the entrance of the restaurant. Mu Shuoqian had just gotten out of the car, holding the remote to lock it.
The man standing under the street light, with a mystique as dark as the night, exuded a breathtaking handsomeness in every move. He was untouchably high above, yet this man belonged to her. She kept asking herself, what virtues did she have, what virtues indeed.
As soon as Mu Shuoqian turned around,
He was immediately panicked, quickly let go of her, and anxiously asked, "What’s wrong? Did my mom give you a hard time?"
Gu Qili shook her head, crying even harder.
"What’s the matter? Stop crying," he said as he lifted his hand to wipe away her tears, but they just kept flowing more fiercely until she finally threw herself into his arms and cried loudly.
As the car drove off for a while, Gu Qili was still sniffling, clutching the tissue box from his car to her chest, as if she had suffered a great injustice, pulling out tissue after tissue to wipe her nose and then discarding them. Soon there was a pile of used tissues at her feet.
"What happened? Where’s my mom?"
When Qiu Lan was brought up, Gu Qili suddenly remembered that Qiu Lan had left. She hadn’t even said goodbye, and although she had intended to pay for the meal, it was Qiu Lan who had settled the bill.
"She seems to have left earlier."
"Did you two have a fight?"
She shook her head.
He looked over, his gaze silently questioning.
Gu Qili suddenly held his face in her hands, passionately kissed his cheek, and then clung to his arm, unwilling to let go.
Mu Shuoqian freed one hand to stroke her hair, "Stop it, I’m driving."
She let go of his arm,
Mu Shuoqian appeared a bit helpless with her clinging to him but mostly pleased, kissing her forehead swiftly before focusing back on driving.
"Yes, I’m the fool to be deceived by you, an old fox."
And she would rather be deceived by him forever.
"By the way, Auntie might stay in Aus City for a few days; she said she wanted to spend time with her grandson and also wanted to celebrate the New Year here."
It seems that her meal with Qiu Lan was a happy one. Calling Qiu Lan ’Auntie’ already indicated a mending of their relationship. No matter what, to be able to forgive was the greatest fortune.
"Mhmm, I know," Mu Shuoqian was well aware of Qiu Lan’s intentions. Spending time with her grandson was true, but wanting to make Jason worry was also true.
"She will be with her grandson at home, I’ll come to your place tonight."