Chapter 159
In fact, he had long heard Rong Shu’s words about not loving him anymore, only that he had never taken them to heart, thinking that they were just her angry words, that she was angry with him for defending Mangyin, and that was why she had deliberately said so, after all, it was not that he did not know how she had felt about him over the past few years.
But now, she was able to calmly tell her grandmother in front of her that she didn’t love anymore, and made him completely realise that her previous words were not in anger at him, but that she really didn’t love anymore.
At this moment, Fu Jingting clearly felt his heart, faintly a little painful, and also a little empty, as if a very important piece had been dug away from him, making him blush very badly.
The old lady’s afterglow saw how he looked at the moment and shook her head slightly and sighed, “I originally thought that if you still had feelings for Jingting in your heart, I would say anything to set you up, but now …… hey, it’s actually better this way.”
In the past, it was Jing Ting who didn’t love Shushu, which is why the couple was so cold.
And now it was Shuyi who didn’t love Jingting, and what was the difference between the two getting back together and before.
“Thank you, grandmother, for your concern for me, it’s just that it’s impossible for Fu and I.” Rongshu took the old lady’s hand, “I’ve let you down grandmother.”
“Silly child what are you saying, I would prefer to see you having a happy life than forcing you to be with Jingting, look at your little face now, how refreshed you are, then look at the past, haggard and not even like a young man in his twenties, it’s still good to be like this.” The old madam laughed heartily.
When Rongshu saw that the old madam really didn’t count, her hanging heart dropped and she laughed along.
She then thought of something and lifted the necklace out of her collar, “Right, grandmother, I went back home and found a necklace, can you see if it’s the one you’re talking about?”
A necklace?
Outside the balcony, Fu Jingting’s eyes narrowed for a moment when he heard these words.
What necklace?
The old lady lifted up Rong Shu’s necklace and looked at it, “I don’t know if it’s this one, your father was in a hurry at first and didn’t explain what the necklace looked like, so I’m not sure either.”
Rongshu put the necklace down, “This is the only one in the whole old family, nothing else.”
“Then it should be this one.” The old lady nodded her head.
Rongshu bit her lower lip, “This necklace is very similar to the one around Madam Gu’s neck, I went and asked, it’s a mother-daughter necklace, the one for Madam Gu is the mother, this one for me is the daughter, so I can’t figure out why Gu Manyin’s necklace, would be in my house.”
“You said this is the Gu family’s necklace?” The old lady froze.
Rongshu nodded, “Yes, it was designed by Gu Yaotian more than twenty years ago and given to Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Gu’s daughter who had just given birth, that is, Gu Manyin.”
“I remember now.” The old lady smiled, “If it really is the Gu family’s mother-daughter necklace, this one in your hand is not Gu Manyin’s, but Gu Man’er’s.”
“Gu Man’er?” Rongshu tilted her head in confusion.
Somehow, hearing this name caused an indescribable feeling to well up in her heart.
But soon, that feeling disappeared.
“Yes, it’s Gu Man’er, she’s the eldest daughter of the couple Gu Yaotian, the current Gu Man’yin is the younger one, speaking of which, you and Gu Man’er are still in the same year. ”
The old lady said reminiscently “Back then, when Mrs. Gu Yaotian gave birth to her eldest daughter, Gu Yaotian’s purchase of two necklaces was still very famous in the city of Hai, many people envied Mrs. Gu, while when she gave birth to Gu Mangyin, Gu Yaotian did not say anything, so this necklace, is the eldest daughter’s.”
Rongshu looked down at the necklace around her neck, “So the Gu family doesn’t only have one daughter, Gu Manyin, but why, I’ve never heard that the Gu family has an older daughter?”
“That’s because she died when she was very young.” Fu Jingting pushed the door in and said.
Rongshu’s eyes widened in surprise, “Died?”
The old lady nodded, “Yes.”
“Then why is this necklace, in my house?” Rongshu couldn’t figure it out.
Fu Jingting looked at her, “You want to know?”
“You know?” Rongshu locked eyes with him.
Fu Jingting was noncommittal, “When I learned that Mangyin had a sister, I looked into Gu Man’er a little, and Gu Man’er’s death was related to your father.”
“My father?” Rongshu was so shocked that she stood up at once.
The old lady shook her head, “It’s all a grudge from a previous generation.”
Rongshu’s lips trembled, “Could it be that what happened between the Gu and Rong families many years ago was the death of Gu Man’er?”
“Hmm?” Fu Jingting looked at her.
Ignoring him, Rong Shu tightened her grip on the old lady’s hand, “Grandmother, the purpose of my coming here, apart from seeing you, is to find out if something happened between the Rong and Gu families many years ago, otherwise this necklace could not have appeared in the Rong family.”
It was based on this that she guessed if something had happened between the two families.
“Grandmother, from what you just said, you should know, I am asking you to tell me what happened to the Rong and Gu families, why Gu Man’er’s death is related to my father, and the secret behind the necklace that dad said, is it also related to these?” Rongshu looked at the old lady with a pleading gaze.
Old Madam stroked her head, “Fine, I’ll tell you, I know that even if I don’t tell you, you’ll still try to find out, so it would be better for me to tell you directly, it’s just that I didn’t expect that the necklace that your father said was actually the Gu family’s.”
“Thank you, grandmother.” Rongshu cried tears of joy.
She was really afraid that Old Madam wouldn’t be willing to say it.
Fu Jingting looked at Rong Shu’s tears, his heart slightly moved as he drew out the decorative handkerchief in his suit pocket and handed it over, “Wipe it.”
Rongshu was first stunned, then shook her head, “No, I have my own.”
She said, taking out a tissue from her bag and not even looking at his handkerchief.
Fu Jingting lowered his eyelids, his eyes darkened, clenched the handkerchief in his hand and withdrew his hand.
When the old lady saw him like this, she said in her heart that he deserved it.
“Alright grandmother, you can speak.” Rongshu finished wiping the tears from her eyes, and a smile was raised on her face again.
The old madam gave a hmph and spoke slowly, “More than twenty years ago, the Tiansheng Group independently researched a new machine, the kind of machine that could effectively improve production technology, your father was very happy when he found out about it and understood that the opportunity for the Tiansheng Group to go public had arrived, however just a day before the listing ……”
“What happened the day before?” Rongshu clasped her hands together and looked at the old lady very nervously.
The old lady patted the back of her hand heartily, “Gu Yaotian knew about this machine from somewhere and had someone steal the data of this machine, resulting in the failure of Tiansheng Group’s IPO not to mention that the main researcher also committed suicide in disillusionment.”
“What?” Rong Shu’s pupils shrank, “There’s actually this?”
Fu Jingting’s brows were also tightly knitted together, obviously he didn’t know about this matter either.
He had always known that Gu Yaotian often played some unorthodox tricks, but he had always thought that it was no big deal, after all, the market was ruthless, it was normal to have tricks, as long as they were not too out of the ordinary, the state would turn a blind eye to them.
But I never thought that Gu Yaotian’s tactics would be so despicable that he would even do something like stealing trade secrets, and even indirectly get someone killed!
“After the incident broke out, your father became a target, because of the loss of machine data and the suicide of the main researcher, your father not only had to appease the hearts of Tiansheng, but also had to face a huge amount of compensation, your father couldn’t get it, and in a fit of anger, he kidnapped Gu Yaotian’s eldest daughter.” The old lady said with a sigh.
Chapter 160
So that was it.
Fu Jingting’s thin lips pursed up.
He knew that Rong Hao had kidnapped Gu Man’er, but he didn’t expect that it was Gu Yaotian who had forced him to do it.
It seems that there are some things that cannot be investigated only in part, but must be investigated in its entirety, otherwise there is a high risk of being blinded by false images and not seeing the truth.
When he thought of the hatred that Gu Yaotian had shown when he mentioned Rong Hao, Fu Jingting only felt ridiculous now.
What was even more ridiculous was that he had really believed Gu Yaotian’s words, saying that Rong Hao had wronged their Gu family.
Thinking about this, Fu Jingting looked at Rong Shu, with apologies and shame in his eyes.
He was ashamed that he had listened to one side of the story and thought that her father was not a good person.
She looked down and clutched the necklace, “That’s why this necklace appeared in the Rong family.”
It should have been the one that Dad had taken off Gu Man’er’s neck when he kidnapped her.
“Yes.” The old lady nodded her head.
Rongshu asked again, “Then how did Gu Man’er die?”
She had a bold guess.
A guess that she was very reluctant to think about.
Under Rong Shu’s gaze, the Old Madam slowly spoke, “She was thrown into the river and drowned by your father, or in front of Gu Yaotian and his wife.”
Boom!
The speculation had come true.
Rong Shu’s eyes went black and she only felt that the whole world was spinning.
Her body swayed and she was about to fall.
Fu Jingting grabbed her shoulders and let her lean into his arms, “Is everything alright?”
“I’m fine.” Rongshu bit her lip, her voice weak as she replied.
The old lady also looked at her with concern, “Sit down quickly.”
Fu Jingting helped Rong Shu to sit down.
Rongshu’s body trembled slightly, “Dad, he, how could he do such a stupid thing.”
To actually drown a child to death.
No wonder six years ago, Gu Yaotian had forced his father to die, it turned out that he was also taking revenge.
“Yes, your father he was stupid, but it’s understandable, after all, being pushed to that point, under impulse, it’s indeed easy to do stupid things.” The old lady stroked her head heartily.
Rongshu closed her eyes, “He’s too impulsive too.”
“Haven’t you guys noticed that there is something very wrong here?” At this point, Fu Jingting suddenly spoke up.
Rongshu looked up at him, “What place?”
“Since your father drowned Gu Man’er in front of Gu Yaotian and his wife, why didn’t your father do any jail time?”
Fu Jingting said, “With Gu Yaotian’s vengeful character, there is no way he would have let your father and Tiansheng go, but he did, not only did he not pursue your father’s legal responsibility, but also let your father go back to continue developing Tiansheng, and only six years ago did he take action against your father and Tiansheng.”
Rongshu drifted off, “Right, why? Do you know, grandmother?”
She looked at the old madam.
The old madam shook her head, “I’m not too sure about that, maybe there was some kind of deal made between your father and Gu Yaotian at that time, otherwise there’s no explanation.”
Rong Shu bit her lower lip, “Maybe, but no matter what, the Rong family and the Gu family, do not share the same fate.”
This hatred was caused by Gu Yaotian first, although dad had killed Gu Yaotian’s daughter, but Gu Yaotian had likewise forced dad to die.
The hatred between human lives cancelled out, but the hatred between Gu Yaotian and Tiansheng hadn’t, this revenge, she would take it!
Looking at the hatred in Rong Shu’s eyes, Fu Jingting was tempted to wipe it out for her.
Her eyes were beautiful and should not be tainted with such things.
But he knew that he was not qualified, nor did he have the right to erase it.
Just as he was thinking, he heard Rong Shu’s cold voice, “Mr. Fu, I want to destroy Sangsheng and the Gu family.”
Hearing this, Fu Jingting wasn’t much surprised, the hatred in her eyes had all told him what she was thinking ahead of time.
“And then what?” Fu Jingting looked at her.
“And then you want to intervene?” Rongshu met his eyes with an expressionless face.
Fu Jingting’s brows knitted slightly.
What did she mean by this look, was she saying that if he interfered, she would deal with him along with him?
“Mr. Fu, I want to know your answer, will you intervene and help the Gu family!” Rongshu saw that Fu Jingting didn’t say anything and asked again.
The old lady replied in a hurry, “Of course he won’t, if he dares to help the Gu family, I’ll be the first to say no!”
“Grandmother, I want to hear him answer in person.” Rongshu said.
If it weren’t for her grandmother, she wouldn’t even care if Fu Jingting helped the Gu family, of course it was good that he didn’t, if he did, she would deal with it together, if she couldn’t deal with it, she would go to extremes.
The only reason she asked was because she cared about her grandmother, because he was her grandmother’s grandson, and she had to prepare her grandmother mentally in advance, so that she wouldn’t be upset if Fu Jingting helped the Gu family and she dealt with Fu Jingting.
“I won’t.” Fu Jingting lowered his eyes and said back.
It was Gu Yaotian’s fault in itself, and it was only right to make the Gu family pay the price they deserved.
As for Mangyin, without the Gu family, he would not let Mangyin be inferior to others either.
“Very well, remember your words, if you suddenly backtrack like last time, I’ll risk this life and make you suffer for the rest of your life.” Rongshu said decisively.
Fu Jingting’s pupils shrank and his fists clenched, “I won’t.”
She was serious, if he really backtracked, she would really do something that would make him suffer for the rest of his life.
For example, killing Mangyin, or maybe herself ……
“What did you do last time that you suddenly backtracked?” The old lady looked at Fu Jingting and interrupted his thoughts.
“Nothing.” Fu Jingting’s eyes flickered slightly, not wanting to answer, while still looking at Rongshu, hoping that Rongshu would cooperate.
After all, if her grandmother knew that Mangyin had pushed her down the stairs, she would definitely be irritated.
Rongshu also knew this, so she was happy to cooperate, “Alright grandmother, just don’t ask, it’s all in the past and I don’t want to mention it, I’m just thinking now, I know the secret behind this necklace, I just don’t know, why does dad want me to find this necklace.”
If it was revenge, then there was no need for that, because without the necklace, she knew that it was Gu Yaotian who forced her dad to die, and she would have taken revenge too.
So things must not be that simple, this necklace must have this other purpose.
“I don’t know either, your father said it was about a great secret, this great secret should be what I just told you happened more than twenty years ago, as to whether there is anything else, I am not sure.” The old lady shook her head and said.
Rongshu sighed.
The old madam smiled, “It’s alright, just keep it for now, maybe one day you’ll know.”
“That too.” Rongshu smiled, “It’s getting late, I’ll leave grandmother first, it’s almost dark.”
“Good, I’ll ask Jing Ting to see you off.” The old madam said, looking to Fu Jingting, “You see Shushu off.”
“Fine.” Fu Jingting took out his car keys and agreed.
But Rong Shu faintly refused, “No need Grandma, I’ll just go out and take a taxi, don’t bother Mr. Fu, goodbye.”
With those words, she smiled a little, twisted up her bag and went out, without giving Fu Jingting a single look from start to finish.
Fu Jingting’s thin lips pursed as he lifted his legs and subconsciously wanted to go after her.
The old lady called out to him in a stern voice, “Stop!”
Fu Jingting stopped in his tracks, “Grandma?”
“Shushu even said that she wouldn’t let you deliver it, what are you doing?” The old lady stared at him.
Really, once you were told to deliver it, you didn’t.
Now that you’re not allowed to send it, you want to do so, but only if Shushu is willing to do so.
Fu Jingting’s thin lips twitched, wanting to say something, but suddenly unable to.
The old lady sighed, “Do you regret it?”
“What?” Fu Jingting’s eyes flickered.
The old lady snorted coldly, “Pretend, I am asking you, have you regretted divorcing Shushu?”
Fu Jingting’s heart felt like it had been pulled, stinging a little.
He lowered his eyelids slightly to hide the emotions in his eyes, “No.”