“Damn it! Su Ling! What do you think you’re doing?!”
Gu Tian, stunned and intimidated by the girl’s fierce aura, immediately snapped back to reality and struggled hard against the ropes binding him, shouting angrily.
Damn! How did I get scared by this woman?! What can she possibly do to me?
“If you dare treat me like this, aren’t you afraid that when I get back… ahhhh!”
A merciless heel stomped hard on Gu Tian’s right hand, the sharp pain cutting off his unfinished threat, causing him to curl up in pain on the ground.
“I said, I ask, you answer.”
“And I haven’t even asked yet, so what right do you have to talk, you worm?!”
As the girl’s words fell, the high heel pressing down on Gu Tian twisted forcefully in place several times.
“Ahhhh! Su Ling! Aren’t you afraid of the Gu family’s revenge?!”
Gu Tian lay on the ground, gasping heavily, still unwilling to give up as he questioned Su Ling.
“Ugh… ugh ugh!”
What answered him was a kick to the face; this time, the hard heel of the shoe directly shoved into the man’s incessantly babbling mouth.
“I said, I ask, you answer. I won’t repeat myself a fourth time.”
A ruthless gleam flashed in Su Ling’s eyes. To Gu Tian, she was no longer the elegant and beautiful eldest lady of the Su family, but a merciless, predatory beast.
“Secretary Wang, make sure this maggot fully understands the situation.”
The black-haired girl beckoned backward with her hand.
“Yes, Miss.”
Only then did Gu Tian realize Su Ling was not alone.
Behind her, in the slightly darker shadows, stood another woman like a silent statue. She wore a uniform as well, but simpler and neater, in a lighter color.
Her posture was upright, hands folded in front holding an open hard-cover folder and a tablet. She wore gold-rimmed glasses, her gaze behind the lenses focused and efficient, yet equally cold and merciless.
Secretary Wang stepped forward, opened the tablet, tapped a few times, then placed it in front of Gu Tian:
“Gu Corporation is suspected of major financial risks. Relevant authorities have intervened.”
“- Gu Corporation’s stock price has plummeted. Executive CEO Gu Huaishan refuses interviews and has yet to make an appearance.”
The screen was filled with reports about the Gu family’s downfall.
“Ahem! This is impossible!”
Gu Tian stared in disbelief at the screen, blood and a broken tooth spilling from his mouth, his face twisted, eyes bloodshot with rage.
Just yesterday everything was fine, how could today…?
“There’s nothing impossible! Your Gu family is completely history!”
“Ugh, cough, cough!”
A heel viciously kicked Gu Tian’s stomach; the sharp shoe tip stabbed into him, making the man curl up in pain, trembling and convulsing.
“Now, answer my question!”
The black-haired girl yanked Gu Tian’s head—covered in blood, dirt, and tears—so hard it seemed she could tear the scalp apart.
“Tell me about the engagement with the Ruan family!”
Her cold gaze was like a knife, a hidden madness within making it chilling to behold.
???
Engagement???
Gu Tian forced out a painful groan, his eyes shaking violently from the bloodshot fear. But his mind went blank at the question.
The engagement with the Ruan family??
She brought me here just to ask this???
“You don’t want to talk? Fine, suit yourself.”
The girl seemed to lose what little patience she had, her grip tightening.
“Wait, wait, wait! I’ll talk! I’ll say everything!”
Gu Tian cried out in terror, afraid that if he hesitated, more torture would follow.
The girl stopped her movement, her dark phoenix eyes unblinking, silently staring at Gu Tian.
He swallowed hard, secretly relieved.
Should’ve said this from the start. This kind of thing should only need an explanation…
“I didn’t know anything about the engagement with the Ruan family at all in the beginning…!”
“Lies!”
The girl slammed Gu Tian’s head down on the ground with a heavy thud, blood and dust flying everywhere.
“Don’t think I don’t know—the first rumors all came from you! How could you not know?”
Her voice burned with anger, feeling betrayed.
“But I really didn’t know! Others spoke for me…”
“Still lying!”
Another violent hit, the floor trembling beneath the blow.
“You, the proud eldest son of the Gu family, if you hadn’t spoken up, who would dare spread your engagement news behind your back?!”
“And I’ve investigated it all! Your people have done the most work spreading it—the earliest spreaders!”
“Wait, wait, wait! I really didn’t know at first! I was just bragging while drunk, and they spread the news in the blink of an eye!”
Gu Tian lay on the ground, sobbing, shaking his already bloodied and mangled head desperately, speaking quickly, afraid of being hit again before he finished.
The black-haired executioner paused, seemingly considering his words…
Phew, finally explained it clearly…
Gu Tian saw Su Ling’s actions pause and sighed in relief. Then his face twisted in grievance and indignation:
Damn it! I knew this was fishy! It’s all that damn Blue-haired gang’s fault, spreading this rumor! Now I’m stuck like this! If I’d known Su Ling was this crazy, I never would’ve let them spread that engagement rumor!
Just wait till I get out, I’ll deal with those bastards!
His leaking teeth clenched tight, shivering in anger. At this moment, he had already forgotten he actually had a chance to fix things, but greed had made him miss the opportunity to clarify the rumor himself.
“Um, Miss Su, since the misunderstanding is cleared up… can I…”
“Ahhhhhh!”
Before Gu Tian could crawl closer to Su Ling’s feet, he was kicked aside like a sack of rags.
“Heh heh heh… Gu Tian, do you think I’m an idiot…?”
“A drunken misunderstanding… you really think such a clumsy lie would fool anyone?! Even a three-year-old wouldn’t believe this script!”
Su Ling had completely lost patience with Gu Tian’s nonsense. At this moment, her eyes held only an obsessive thirst for the “truth.”
“If you won’t talk, I’ll keep torturing you until you do!”
“Wait, wait, I’m telling the truth! Don’t come closer!”
Gu Tian struggled desperately, trying to escape, but a pale little hand easily grabbed him and dragged him back without mercy.
Why does it feel like Gu Tian isn’t lying?
Back in the dark corner of the room, Secretary Wang’s face remained expressionless as she watched the interrogation and torture unfold, the man’s miserable pleas ringing in her ears.
Yet, their secretary ignored it all, quietly lost in thought.
Given Gu Tian’s weak-willed and soft-hearted nature, he shouldn’t have held out this long… by rights, he should’ve confessed long ago…
And according to the investigation so far…
Could it be…?
That everything Gu Tian just said was true…?
Thinking this, the secretary’s calm face strangely twitched as her gaze involuntarily shifted toward the poor creature struggling on the ground.
Just as she was about to speak up, somehow she recalled Gu Tian’s arrogant demeanor in the bar room that day, and…
(He even dared to kidnap Madam Ruan and Zhi Xian, and scar this lady’s face! That bastard Gu Tian is dead meat!)
A vision of the red-dressed eldest lady shaking her tiny fists, furiously threatening vengeance, appeared in Secretary Wang’s mind.
Forget it… after all, Gu Tian has bullied both men and women plenty of times before…
Let’s just consider this a lesson the eldest lady is giving him…
Secretary Wang adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses, feeling quite satisfied with the thought.