Chapter 746: Chapter 747: Placing Meat in Front of a Hungry Wolf
Gu Mingzhu said, “Dad, there is no need for you to lie to me. I actually quite like that child too. He resembles Ah Chen when he was a kid. Looking at him makes me feel like I’ve travelled back twenty years, back to when Ah Chen was still a babe in my arms, relying on me, trusting me, considering me the person dearest to him in this world. But now…”
The old master said, “Regardless, you’re still the dearest person to Ah Chen. If it weren’t for the scandal caused by that woman all those years ago, the Gu Family wouldn’t be in this state today.”
Gu Mingzhu bowed her head, “Dad, I was wrong back then. After all, her mother died because of me.”
“You’ve been feeling guilty about it for so long, but it wasn’t your fault at all. You said her mother died because of you, did you force her to embezzle that money? Did you make her commit corruption and accept bribes? That was her own doing. Why should you bear all the blame? It wasn’t your fault at all, you merely left twenty million there, it’s not your fault”
Gu Mingzhu shook her head, “But I knew she needed money then, I knew how important those twenty million were to her. I placed meat before a starving wolf, how could she resist? I led her to commit the crime. I clearly foresaw the consequences and yet I still went ahead with it. I caused her death. It was my fault.”
As she thought about the past, Gu Mingzhu still found it hard to let go.
Because the person who died was Tan Zhen.
Who once was her best friend.
She knew Tan Zhen was walking on the edge of a cliff then.
Instead of lending a hand, she pushed her off instead.
In the end, she had cruel intentions even then.
She wished Tan Zhen would just die.
Only with Tan Zhen’s death, she thought, could she become free.
But when Tan Zhen really died,
She didn’t find freedom, but was plunged into eternal damnation.
The old master didn’t even know what to say to his daughter anymore.
She had been kind-hearted since she was a child.
He had been so protective of her that she had never seen the darkness of the world.
All along, she was exposed only to the sunny side of life.
Which was why, at her brightest, she was attracted to a boy who lived in the shadows and was riddled with wickedness.
She took all the blame upon herself, and for many years, she tortured herself with the incident.
Was to keep her as far away from her past as possible.
But as long as Xia Yangyang returned, Gu Mingzhu would always be trapped in her past, unable to extricate herself.
That year, because of that incident, Gu Mingzhu attempted suicide and nearly died.
Thinking about it, the old master still felt a stabbing pain in his heart.
He only had this one daughter.
Whom he had loved to the bone since she was little.
He had always wanted to give her the best things in the world.
Even now that he’s much older, his only wish was still to protect her completely.
“In any case, I won’t agree to it. You need not make a stand on this matter. You can even side with Ah Chen. I’ll be the bad guy.” The old master was firm.
“Dad, I understand Ah Chen’s temperament. He’s just as stubborn as you, and he won’t give up easily.”
“Forget it, Dad. As long as Ah Chen is happy, I’m fine. She brought Yangyang back today, don’t oppose to it.”
The old master said, “What about Xiao Han, don’t you know her temperament?”
At the mention of Gu Zhaohan, Gu Mingzhu’s face changed instantly.