Chapter 981: Chapter 980: You Never Loved Him at All

Shen Wanqing followed Wang Kefu inside, noticing the place was a bit dilapidated and she felt slightly disdainful.

There were three brick rooms, none furnished properly, except for one chair where Gu Mingzhu was tied up, her mouth stuffed with something—perhaps a dirty sock. Upon seeing them, she made muffled noises while one of her guards kicked the chair and said, "Behave."

Gu Mingzhu glared at him; he wanted to slap her but Wang Kefu intervened, "You don’t value your own life, do you? She’s got such a pretty face, I’d hate to ruin it."

As he spoke, he reached out to touch Gu Mingzhu’s face but suddenly thought of Gu Anxi, and with a sigh of frustration, withdrew his hand.

Standing nearby, Shen Wanqing watched him, feeling quite uneasy inside, and she let out a light snort.

Wang Kefu pulled his hand back, feeling uncomfortable, and said, "Ah, I’m just messing around, why the glaring?"

He ordered for the item in her mouth to be removed, found himself a chair, sat down, and spoke earnestly, "Mingzhu, technically I’m your uncle too, but that rascal Anxi isn’t being fair to our Wang family, so I had no choice but to invite you over."

Gu Mingzhu’s face tightened, ’Why did you call me here?’

"To have you persuade that rascal Anxi," Wang Kefu took a sip of his own tea, advising her kindly, "Anxi seems sweet, always smiling, but behind your back, she’d slyly stab you."

He smoothed his hair, "I’m compelled to invite you, my niece, to talk some sense into her. I know you sisters are close, she dotes on you as her little sister. Why, she even encouraged you to take over her ex-boyfriend, a gesture of keeping wealth within the family—this Anxi really knows how to surprise people."

Gu Mingzhu’s eyes welled with tears of anger, biting her lip and glaring at Wang Kefu.

Wang Kefu looked astounded, "How come you’re upset? I’m telling the plain truth here."

He patted his pants, "Call Anxi, don’t reveal us, have her resume the company operations immediately or else... Look at those big guys on both sides; they’re not to be trifled with."

Gu Mingzhu maintained her tight expression, ’Isn’t it obvious you’re responsible?’

"I’m the one who did it, so what? What can Gu Anxi do to her uncle?" Wang Kefu scoffed, indifferent, "This isn’t solely up to me; the old man in the family is involved too. Can Anxi uproot the entire Wang family? I seriously doubt it."

Gu Mingzhu showed some backbone, "I’m not calling."

Wang Kefu became anxious, "Do you have no idea how serious it is? Are you really treating me as your uncle, thinking I won’t dare to touch you?"

He stood up, looking as if he was about to show her a lesson, but at this moment, Shen Wanqing intervened.

"Little troublemaker, keep out of men’s business." Wang Kefu sneered as he rose, but Shen Wanqing stopped him, "Let me talk to her; she’ll definitely agree."

Wang Kefu was curious, "Can you really do that?"

Shen Wanqing blew on her nails, "Women understand women. If you keep threatening and intimidating her, she won’t listen."

As she spoke, Gu Mingzhu looked at her guardedly, knowing she wouldn’t have good intentions.

Wang Kefu decided to give his woman a chance and went out, leaving Shen Wanqing and Gu Mingzhu alone.

"What do you want?" Gu Mingzhu glared at Shen Wanqing.

Shen Wanqing sneered, "I helped you, yet you don’t thank me, acting like this?"

"If it wasn’t for you luring me out, would I be in this situation?"

Shen Wanqing smiled, walked over, and stood in front of Gu Mingzhu.

She reached out, her thin fingernails lightly grazing the soft skin of Gu Mingzhu’s face, making her a bit nervous.

Shen Wanqing leaned down, locking eyes with her, "What, scared? If you’re frightened now, what will you do later?"

She withdrew her hand, chuckling softly, "Aren’t you worried Qin Siyuan won’t like you if your face is ruined? Don’t worry, he’ll still fancy you with a scratched face, but... if you accidentally get defiled by someone else, do you think he’ll still be fond of you?"

As Shen Wanqing said this, she felt a bit dazed herself.

She used to be clean and pure; it was that one night she was depressed, drank too much, and carelessly got messed up by another man. Since then, Siyuan didn’t like her, everything she did was wrong—evidently, he cared a lot.

Her eyes sharpened, landing on Gu Mingzhu’s panicked little face, and she smiled, "You, a naturally pampered little girl, how could you understand the malice in people’s hearts? With your looks and figure, many men would die happy under your cherry blossom beauty."

Gu Mingzhu screamed in anger, "You crazy woman."

"Yes, I am a crazy woman, that’s right." Shen Wanqing approached further, her gaze slightly wild, "If it wasn’t for Gu Anxi returning, I would be marrying Qin Siyuan; I’d be the lady of the Qin family, instead of flitting from one man’s den to another."

Gu Mingzhu asked softly, "What do you mean by moving from one den to another? You truly think you’re poultry?"

Shen Wanqing was furious; it was really like playing music to a cow.

She sneered, "Whatever the case, it’s all because of Gu Anxi, and you too. If Gu Anxi hadn’t gone to Beicheng, you’d still be the eldest miss of the Gu family."

"I am still the eldest miss of the Gu family." Gu Mingzhu sniffed, ’Dad and brother still want me, and Anxi looks after me too.’

Shen Wanqing froze.

Such a little fool.

Gu Mingzhu spoke quietly, ’Actually, you don’t truly love Qin Siyuan; you only love the glory his family brings. Otherwise, why didn’t you stay with him when the Qin family fell? If you hadn’t left, he wouldn’t have driven you away. That was when he needed you most. I don’t understand you, but I know you’re selfish... just like me.’

Shen Wanqing froze completely, barely able to believe it, "Gu Mingzhu, are you an idiot?" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"I’ve been winning awards since I was young; my movie box office exceeded 2 billion."

Shen Wanqing’s expression changed slightly, facial muscles twitching briefly, before she forced out her voice, "Then we have nothing more to discuss. If you disagree, those two men... they’d be more than willing to, given such a lively young girl as yourself. As for Qin Siyuan, he might not look at you the same after."

After speaking, she called those two men in, intending to do something scandalous despite broad daylight.

Gu Mingzhu’s face turned pale, screaming, "Shen Wanqing, you wicked poultry, shameless, you’ll always be poultry! I’ll... I’ll curse you!"

Shen Wanqing kicked her, nodded toward the two men.

Wang Kefu was a bit faint-hearted, speaking to his woman, "Can it really be done? That rascal Anxi would tear me in half."

Regarding Anxi, he knew she didn’t necessarily show much outward affection for this sister, but if anyone dared touch her, they wouldn’t be easily spared.

Shen Wanqing shot him a look, so Wang Kefu understood.

Make a show of it, scare the young girl...

So he glanced at the two men, "What are you waiting for, go over."

Gu Mingzhu’s face went ghostly white, trying to move, but she was bound and couldn’t budge...