Chapter 158: Chapter 158: To hook a man’s heart, you must play hard to get
Ming Yao’s heart understood a certain truth deeply.
Men inherently possess a flaw.
The easier something is obtained, the less one tends to cherish it.
She gave herself to him too quickly the first time, to the point where whenever he saw her, all he wanted was to roll in the sheets with her.
When faced with something that truly crossed his bottom line, he would mercilessly tell her to get lost.
This is what they call ‘a man follows his kidneys, not his heart’!
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She herself was largely to blame for the current situation.
That day, medicated by the Love Flower Poison, she shouldn’t have gone to find him!
But if she hadn’t, once he knew she had given her first time to another man, wouldn’t she have died even sooner and more miserably?
Forget it, let bygones be bygones!
In the future, she still wanted to get his ‘heart blood’!
How could she allow him to be motivated only by lust!
To hook a man’s heart, little tricks were indeed necessary!
Like: play hard to get.
Ming Yao, with her hands against the man’s chest, began to push him away forcefully.
Gu Siting frowned his sword-like eyebrows and spoke in a low and cold voice, “Ming Yao, do I need to show you the marriage certificate to remind you what your status is?”
It’s bad enough that she almost eloped with that man surnamed Jing, but to also bring a bunch of young men over for drinks and dancing late at night.
Does she have any sense of being a married woman?
Ming Yao, as if she hadn’t seen the man’s gaze that seemed like it could swallow her whole, looked back at him with her chin lifted, “What status am I? A cast-out wife driven out of the Imperial Garden by Fourth Master Gu!”
A cast-out wife?
Does a cast-out wife look as radiant and immediately surround herself with a group of men?
Gu Siting’s slender fingers pinched the woman’s delicate chin, “Did I drive you out of the Imperial Garden?”
“You said you didn’t want to see me, and when I said I’d leave, you didn’t ask me to stay!” Ming Yao felt aggrieved thinking about it, and her pretty face puffed up like a little puffer fish, “I don’t believe Aunt Zhong didn’t tell you. When you were in the back garden, I stood in front of the French window watching you. You clearly knew I was about to leave, yet you didn’t ask me to stay!”
Looking at the woman who could talk back so smartly, the man’s temples began throbbing with pain.
He frowned his sword-like eyebrows, his voice becoming low and slightly hoarse, “At that time, all I could think about was that Little Snowball was dead. I didn’t want to talk to anyone, nor did I have the energy to think about anything else. I was blaming you, but I was also blaming myself!”
“You might not understand that although Little Snowball was just a cat, it was like family to me. How could I be in the mood to comfort you, to ask you not to leave when my own closest being had just died?”
“If you had stayed, I wouldn’t have really driven you out! It was just that I didn’t want to talk to you that night!”
“When I found out the next day that you had gone to the airport, I drove there—”
This was still the longest sentence Gu Siting had said to Ming Yao’s face.
The night Little Snowball died, he was truly heartbroken, soaked in sorrow he couldn’t escape.
He was irritated by everyone, not just Ming Yao; he felt the same about himself!
Seeing the man mentioning Little Snowball and the gradual flush in his dark, narrow eyes, Ming Yao was moved.
She nearly softened, almost telling him about the rebirth of Little Snowball into a little kitten.
Now, she held his Achilles’ heel too!
Wait a minute!
He said he had driven to the airport?
So, the Bentley she saw yesterday wasn’t her illusion, but really his car?
It seemed, this man did have a bit of heart for her after all.
Otherwise, given his stubborn temper, it would be strange for him to chase after her!
Seeing that Ming Yao’s expression had softened slightly, the man stepped forward and wrapped his long arms around her.
“Mrs. Gu, have you slept at all these past two days?”
Well, well!
He went straight for her weak spot!
Being held by him, his breath so close, she felt a little sleepy. What should she do?
Ming Yao, you have to hold yourself together!
Ming Yao pushed the man away from her once again.
Gu Siting’s brows furrowed deeply, “What do I have to do for you to forgive me?”
With her arms crossed and a slight lift of her eyes, Ming Yao exuded the demeanor of a queen, “Get down on your knees and sing ‘Conquest’?”
The man’s face darkened, and his tongue pressed against his back teeth, “Ming Yao, don’t go too far!”
Ming Yao felt that she was indeed going a bit too far and being a bit dramatic, but what was done was done. What could she do?
This time, she wouldn’t cave in to him!
“Fourth Master Gu, didn’t you want to divorce me? If I die from insomnia, wouldn’t that suit your wishes?”
Without waiting for Gu Siting to say anything, Ming Yao opened the bathroom door and pushed the man out.
With a bang, she closed the door again and locked it.
Gu Siting stared at the closed door, his handsome face’s silhouette so somber it seemed to drip with water.
“Tch.”
A light scoff came from behind him, “Who would have thought that Fourth Master Gu would also have such a day!”
Jing Hang truly wanted to applaud his domineering senior sister.
The woman who could push Fourth Master Gu out was probably none other than her!
But had she gone too far? What if she angers Fourth Master Gu away? Wouldn’t that mean she would suffer from insomnia again tonight?
Gu Siting turned around, looking at Jing Hang, who had a smile that was not quite a smile and lifted eyebrows. His dark narrow eyes instantly grew colder.
He strode over to Jing Hang and grabbed the collar of his shirt.
Gu Siting moved quickly, and by the time Jing Hang reacted and tried to avoid him, it was already too late.
From the strength Gu Siting exhibited, it was clear his combat skills were quite impressive.
Jing Hang immediately judged that if it came to blows, he was likely not the match.
Use poison?
Pfft!
If he poisoned him, wouldn’t his senior sister’s sleeping aid be gone?
Jing Hang’s mind raced, quickly recalling the new identity his senior sister had given him.
A homosexual.
He didn’t push away Gu Siting’s hands that were gripping his shirt collar; instead, he moved his tall frame forward.
His handsome face suddenly came very close to Gu Siting’s.
Their breaths intertwined.
“Fourth Master, I’ve realized how much more handsome you are up close. These facial features, this jawline… wow, your eyelashes are longer and darker than a woman’s, truly exquisite—”
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Siting forcefully pushed him away.
Gu Siting thought of what Ming Yao had said to him.
—Husband, Jing Hang and I are like sisters; he’s into men, not into me at all, you’ve really misunderstood!
For a homosexual to make such comments about him was truly unsettling.
Gu Siting’s jaw tense, his long fingers pointed at Jing Hang, his expression dark and stern, “From now on, keep away from my wife!”
He walked away briskly, and then, as though remembering something, he added, “And stay away from me too!”
As soon as Gu Siting was far away, Jing Hang held his stomach and burst into loud laughter.
In Li City, everyone said Fourth Master Gu was unapproachable like the stern Yama, and Jing Hang, having never dealt with him before, had just found this brief encounter rather amusing!
Hearing Jing Hang’s laughter, Ming Yao walked out of the bathroom.
“Senior sister, your husband, when seen up close, is super handsome. No wonder you were willing to give your first time to him! Also, I think he’s quite interesting—ow!”
Before Jing Hang could finish, the back of his head was smacked hard by Ming Yao.
“No matter how handsome he is, he’s still your senior sister’s. Stop fantasizing!”