Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon's Reluctant Love-Chapter 224 - 223 Never Thought Youd Be Shy

Chapter 224: Chapter 223: Never Thought You’d Be Shy

Chapter 224 -223: Never Thought You’d Be Shy

Old Madam Gu talked about wanting to hold a great-grandson, and Gu Siting couldn’t listen anymore. He perfunctorily said a few words and then hung up the video call.

As soon as the video call ended, Ming Yao stood up from the man’s lap.

She covered her burning cheeks with both hands and hopped a bit on the spot.

“What should I do if I’m too embarrassed to meet your grandma and the others?”

Gu Siting pulled away Ming Yao’s hands, and his well-defined,long fingers touched her scorching cheeks.

He chuckled softly, “I didn’t expect you to be shy as well.”

“I’m not a wooden person, of course I get shy!” Thinking about how her elders saw her wearing the man’s shirt, she really wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it.

Gu Siting stood up from the chair, extended his long arms and encircled Ming Yao’s slender waist.

Before she could react, he lifted her onto the desk.

The distance between them closed in an instant.

The sight of her wearing a white shirt was even more alluring than the red dress she wore earlier in the evening.

The top two buttons of the shirt were undone, revealing her delicate and charming collarbone. The shirt hem just managed to cover her thighs, and her legs dangled over the edge of the desk, fair and slender.

The man grazed her nose, and his thin lips approached her. His rich masculine scent wafted down, “Did you wear this on purpose to seduce me?”

Ming Yao poked with her fingertips at the man’s chest, “And you say I dressed like this. Where have all the pajamas in my wardrobe gone?”

Gu Siting held the woman’s slender fingers, “You took some to the country house, and some I thought were out of style so I asked Secretary Xu to get you some new ones. They should arrive tomorrow.”

Ming Yao looked at the man’s sharp and handsome face, “Were they all bought according to your tastes?”

Gu Siting tilted the woman’s delicate chin up, “My taste is like this—”

The man’s long finger reached toward the buttons on her shirt.

But before he could touch them, Ming Yao’s small foot kicked out at him and, taking him by surprise, she ran with a flushed face and pounding heart back to the bedroom.

Before he returned to the bedroom, she swallowed a pill, then lay in bed waiting for him.

After the man finished his bath, he lifted the covers and lay down beside her.

He dimmed the lights and looked at her face, as white as jade, kissing her forehead, “Mrs. Gu, good night.”

Ming Yao thought he would make another move, but…

A few minutes later, she turned her head to look at the man beside her.

His handsome profile was cast in the orange-yellow light, vulnerable in its serenity, breathing evenly and steadily. He seemed to have fallen asleep.

Ming Yao couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

Since she had rejected him in the study, he wouldn’t persist any longer?

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Then what was the point of taking that pill?

Fighting the urge to wake him, Ming Yao turned over, wrapped herself in the covers, and forced herself to sleep.

Not knowing what she was feeling down about, she lay with her eyes open, suffering from insomnia into the wee hours, until she finally drifted into a fitful slumber.

…

The official Weibo of the movie “Peerless” announced the lead actress on social media.

Qin Lianyi’s fans had been celebrating recently, thinking their favorite star had landed yet another award-worthy film.

They were all celebrating in the superfans community.

But the announced lead actress wasn’t Qin Lianyi, but Ming Yao.

This set Qin Lianyi’s fans off, and the situation blew up.

Qin Lianyi was an A-list star, an award-winning actress. How could she lose out to some eighteenth-tier small-time actress?

There must be some trickery behind this!

Qin Lianyi’s fans found Ming Yao’s Weibo and started to slander and attack with abandon.

Some even initiated a topic to boycott the movie “Peerless”!

Jih Feng always disliked being threatened, and when casting for his films, it was imperative that the actors appealed to him.

Although Qin Lianyi had previously played the female lead in a movie he directed, the role of Peerless this time really didn’t suit her.

He showed no favors and directly posted the audition clips of Qin Lianyi and Ming Yao online.

Qin Lianyi’s acting wasn’t bad, but to everyone’s surprise, Ming Yao’s performance turned out to be even better than Qin Lianyi’s.

Not to mention acting, wearing the same red dress, Ming Yao possessed both the valiant aura of Peerless and the enchanting, alluring beauty reminiscent of a fairy.

In just a few minutes of the clip, her solo performance could move one to tears.

This was the charm and skill of acting!

No wonder Jih Feng chose Ming Yao as his leading lady.

Once the audition clips were released, Ming Yao’s Weibo saw a notable increase in fans genuinely attracted by her performance.

At the same time, a large number of onlookers who disapproved of Qin Lianyi’s fans’ arrogance began to speak up for Ming Yao.

Qin Lianyi, seeing the audition clips released by Jih Feng, felt both unresigned and angry.

Mu Chengjin asked her to visit Fourth Master’s office.

Qin Lianyi arrived at Gu Siting’s office and, cautiously addressing the man with a stern and piercing profile, said, “Fourth Master, did you want to see me?”

Gu Siting put down the pen he was using to sign documents and gazed at Qin Lianyi with icy eyes, “If you can’t manage your fans properly, perhaps it’s time to leave the industry and learn a lesson!”

He meant that if her fans continued to slander Ming Yao, he was going to freeze her career!

Qin Lianyi trembled violently.

This man, when ruthless, was cold-blooded and uncompromising, sparing no one’s feelings.

Qin Lianyi remembered how SY’s former top actress, who had a thriving career in show business, became too ambitious and attempted to seduce Fourth Master. She failed and ultimately sacrificed her future.

After that, there was no more news of her in the entertainment world!

Under the man’s cold and warning gaze, Qin Lianyi suddenly sobered up.

Some people are destined to be unattainable.

She should let go of any illusions!

“I’ll handle it properly, Fourth Master.”

Gu Siting gestured with his hand, “Leave now!”

Qin Lianyi turned to walk toward the office door when the crisp sound of high heels clicking on the floor arose.

A tall, slender figure came into view of Qin Lianyi’s eyes.

The woman was wearing a formal outfit, a white fitted blazer with a matching A-line skirt, her long, slender legs exposed, her short, straight black hair cropped at the neck, her face adorned with delicately applied light makeup, looking professional, efficient, and coolly haughty.

Qin Lianyi stared at the woman for a few seconds, her intuition telling her that this woman was not an artist that Fourth Master was planning to sign.

But her relationship with him was definitely out of the ordinary.

“Fourth Brother,” the woman said as she entered the office.

Before Qin Lianyi left, she glanced inside one last time; the woman had walked up to Fourth Master’s desk, bent over slightly, her haughty eyes softening with a shallow smile, “Long time no see.”

Qin Lianyi closed the office door.

Thinking of Ming Yao, she figured that woman, if not somewhat significant, wouldn’t last even now if favored by Fourth Master! After all, there were far too many exceptional women around Fourth Master!

…

With just a few days left before heading to the capital for the New Year, Ming Yao returned to the Ming Family home.

Old Madam Ming, upon hearing that Gu Siting would take her to the capital, was full of gratification, “This is wonderful! Why do you worry about this old woman? Have you prepared the gifts for the elders?”

Ming Yao nodded, “I have prepared them, but I won’t be able to accompany you during the New Year.”

“I don’t mind. It’s more important that you’re happy. In the past two years since you married into the Gu Family, you’d still come back here for the New Year and the relatives would whisper unkind words. This year, it’s finally normal. By the way, has Xiao Gu been treating you well lately?”

Well, yes, but what about that dog of a man who has been leaving early and returning late recently? What’s that about?