Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love

Chapter 209: Chapter 208: He sat in the car, quietly watching her chat and laugh with another man.

Qin Lianyi never believed that there were innocent relationships within the entertainment circle.

Since SY was willing to promote her, Fourth Master Gu must have taken a fancy to her young and beautiful body.

However, aside from providing her with resources and letting her have a meteoric rise in the entertainment industry, he never had any private contact with her.

Qin Lianyi couldn’t fathom Fourth Master’s thoughts.

If he was willing, she was ready to be with him.

Even if it meant being just a canary.

This man, handsome and aloof, strategizing grand plans, commanding the clouds and overturning the rains, despite emitting a don’t-approach-me aura, still made people unable to resist wanting to get closer to him.

She was a clever person and didn’t proactively seduce him before he made a move on her.

She worked hard to act well in movies and stand on the highest award platform, all so he would give her more than a passing glance.

She thought he had some kind of fondness for her.

After all, he had made her SY’s top actress.

But—

The scene of him now coming over to protect his wife shattered all her fantasies.

It turned out that all along, it had been her own wishful thinking.

Qin Lianyi looked Ming Yao over, trying to spot her flaws, but this woman was exquisitely beautiful from head to toe.

“Miss Qin, this is Fourth Master’s wife and also the boss lady of the company. In the future, keep your eyes peeled and don’t offend people you shouldn’t!” Lu Zhou warned coldly.

Qin Lianyi’s face paled.

Zhong Ni was no better off, looking hugely affected.

She had always looked down on Zhong Ling, thinking that by following around a minor eighteenth-line celebrity, she would never have a future.

But as it turned out, the person she was following was Fourth Master’s wife, the real boss lady of SY Media.

Qin Lianyi and her entourage left with dejected expressions.

Lu Zhou had the hotel staff distribute the meals they had brought to the crew members working with Xia Yiwan.

Ming Yao didn’t pay attention to Gu Siting; she sat under the parasol on a lounge chair, drinking juice.

Xia Yiwan glanced back several times at the man standing not far away and elbowed Ming Yao, “Sister Yao, what exactly is going on between you and your husband? You’ve been so cold to him lately, and yet he’s still trying to please you. What unforgivable thing has he done?”

Ming Yao didn’t want to mention that night’s incident; she put down her juice and opened her mouth lazily, “The male model you found for me, where is he?”

“Caught in traffic but should be here soon,” said Xia Yiwan, glancing again at Gu Siting, whose dark eyes were fixed on them. She coughed softly, “Would Fourth Master allow you to pair up with male models?”

“What does it have to do with him.”

Ming Yao put on her sunglasses, leaned back on the chair, and closed her eyes to rest.

Soon, the male model arrived.

The male model was dressed in a white silk loose shirt and white trousers, matching with Ming Yao’s white long dress—a couple’s outfit.

“Yaoyao, this is Xie Tianyu, a rising star in the modeling world. Xie Tianyu, this is Ming Yao, the leading lady of this commercial.”

Ming Yao stood up from the lounge chair, with her white dress accentuating her perfect curves and delicate elegance. Her long, black, curly hair cascaded over her shoulders; her thick lashes and fiery red lips made her exquisitely beautiful face captivating.

Xie Tianyu immediately extended his hand to Ming Yao, “Sister Ming, I’m delighted to meet you.”

Although Xie Tianyu was a tall fellow, he was only nineteen this year.

He had a rugged look but still carried a hint of youthful awkwardness in his eyes and brows.

It wasn’t inappropriate for him to call Ming Yao “Sister.”

Ming Yao’s lips curled into a smile, “I’m also very happy to meet you.”

Xie Tianyu had a way of pleasing people. As he walked side by side with Ming Yao toward the beach, he said something that made her finely-shaped eyebrows and eyes curve into a smile.

Lu Zhou, standing behind Gu Siting, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Fourth Master had been here for quite some time, and his wife hadn’t spoken a word to him, let alone offered a smile.

But as soon as that young fresh-faced male model arrived, his wife was made to laugh.

Watching the two of them laughing and talking, Lu Zhou felt apprehensive.

“Fourth Master, should I go over and ask the male model to leave?”

Gu Siting had one hand in his pocket, his large hand balled into a fist. His jaw was tense, and his voice was low and hoarse, “No need.”

During the filming process, the most pressure fell on Xia Yiwan.

Because she noticed Fourth Master Gu’s gaze, sharp, icy, and full of an oppressive feeling.

Xia Yiwan tried her best to keep Xie Tianyu and Ming Yao from having too much physical contact.

But in the last scene, Xie Tianyu had to embrace Ming Yao’s shoulders, and the two exchanged a tender, affectionate gaze, forcing Xia Yiwan to steel herself and ask the director to finish shooting quickly.

Although Fourth Master said nothing, his silence was more intimidating than any words; it was terrifying!

When Xie Tianyu reached out to wrap his hands around Ming Yao’s slender shoulders, Lu Zhou heard someone’s knuckles cracking.

The Fourth Master in front of him already had a countenance so dark it seemed it could drip water.

“Fourth Master, it’s just an embrace, please don’t get angry,”

Gu Siting’s lips were tightly pursed, his cold thin lips and dark eyes conveyed a sense of heavy loneliness and desolation.

Deep inside, rage was bubbling up fiercely.

His eyes, tinged with faint bloodshot veins, narrowed, and when he was almost unable to control his temper, he turned and left the private beach.

Once Gu Siting left, the air around seemed to return to normal.

After nearly a day of shooting, work was over, and Xia Yiwan suggested treating everyone to dinner.

The group headed to the upscale restaurant Xia Yiwan had booked.

Not long after the group left, the Bentley parked inconspicuously in the corner drove out.

Lu Zhou glanced at Gu Siting, who had been waiting almost all day for his wife in the back seat, and asked in a soft, careful voice, “Fourth Master, would you like to call your wife and tell her you’re here waiting for her?”

“No need, follow them.”

Lu Zhou trailed behind the other cars at a safe distance.

The group parked their cars in front of an upscale Western restaurant in the city.

Gu Siting didn’t leave the car; he slightly lowered the window and before long, he saw Xia Yiwan and her company sitting by the floor-to-ceiling windows.

The big boy wearing matching outfits with Ming Yao sat beside her.

Ming Yao was looking at her phone, and whatever the big boy said made her smile warmly at him.

It had been a long time since she had smiled at him like that.

Even a placating smile was not forthcoming anymore.

Distant and estranged, she made the boundaries with him very clear.

It also made him fully understand that she was a woman with principles.

Once he did something that crossed her bottom line, she would never budge an inch!

Gu Siting felt somewhat stifled in his chest. He took out a cigarette and lighter, looked down and lit a cigarette.

Inside the restaurant, the group was chatting and laughing.

Ming Yao occasionally exchanged a few words with them, and it was clear that she felt relaxed and happy in the company of Xia Yiwan, Xie Tianyu, and the others.

Soon, the steak arrived, and Xie Tianyu gentlemanly cut it into small pieces for Ming Yao.

Gu Siting saw Ming Yao smile at Xie Tianyu again, and the fingers holding his cigarette tightened slightly.

Lu Zhou sensed the atmosphere in the car growing colder and more oppressive, to the point where it was almost suffocating.

After a while, Lu Zhou heard Gu Siting’s voice, low and chilly, “Lu Zhou, what do you think, how can she forgive me?”

Lu Zhou’s heart raced with panic.

If he knew how to coax a woman, his ex-girlfriend wouldn’t have run off with someone else.

It seemed using red envelopes to placate the Fourth Master’s wife was not going to work this time. After coughing, Lu Zhou said, “Fourth Master, should I post online and ask for advice?”

Gu Siting hummed softly in response.

Half an hour later, an anxious Lu Zhou said, “Fourth Master, someone in the forum suggested that if a woman is independent and has her own personality, forceful methods won’t work; one has to use self-inflicted hardship to garner her sympathy.”

Self-inflicted hardship?

Gu Siting’s deep eyes narrowed slightly, his thin lips tightly pursed, as if in deep thought.

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