Rebirth! The Assassin's Revenge-Chapter 383: A Calamity to the Nation and Its People
Ling Tianyou let out a cold laugh, ignored him, and turned to head towards the company.
No matter what reason Gu Ningyue had for treating him like this, he would never let go of her hand.
The woman he set his eyes on, he had plenty of ways to make her willingly stay by his side.
This confidence, he always possessed.
In a restaurant in Country U, Gu Ningyue was devouring the food in front of her with a knife and fork.
Lin Ruixian looked at her and couldn’t help but find it amusing, "What? Ling Tianyou doesn’t allow you to eat? Slow down, no one is competing with you."
Gu Ningyue looked at the aromatic steak on her plate and said, "From yesterday afternoon until now, apart from a bottle of water in the hotel, I haven’t eaten anything."
Lin Ruixian found it strange, "Why didn’t you eat?"
Gu Ningyue swallowed her well-chewed steak and looked up at Lin Ruixian, "I went on a stakeout."
Lin Ruixian was puzzled, "Whose stakeout?"
Everything had already been resolved, who was Gu Ningyue staking out?
Gu Ningyue took a sip of the juice next to her, "Kai Qi’s stakeout."
Lin Ruixian was surprised, "He went to City A?"
Gu Ningyue nodded, "There was a post on the X website, spotted Kai Qi in City A. I managed to track down his IP address and went on a stakeout."
Lin Ruixian hesitated for two seconds, "Are you planning to give your master a gift for your first meeting?"
Gu Ningyue slightly lifted the corners of her mouth, "Naturally, I must gain favor while using my current face with my master, right?"
She had altered her appearance and voice; she had little chance of approaching her master.
Even with Lin Ruixian helping to bridge the gap, she and her master had little chance of becoming ’friends.’
In fact, even those who can speak to her might not be able to do it.
It’s not that her master’s personality was too cold, but because the organization had rules, one could not be overly familiar with those outside the organization.
So if she wanted to establish a long-lasting connection with her master, she had to find another way to make an effort.
"So, have you made any progress?" Lin Ruixian looked at Gu Ningyue with a bit of humor, "Kai Qi may be emotionally unintelligent, but his IQ isn’t low!"
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have become the top hacker in Country U.
Gu Ningyue was nonchalant, "Even tigers have their naps. Look at this?"
Saying this, Gu Ningyue pulled out an old wooden carved keychain from her bag.
This keychain was once a beloved possession of her master, somehow ending up in Kai Qi’s hands for reasons unknown.
Following that, her master was downcast for quite some time.
Now, returning this item to its rightful owner, her master should be pleased about this!
At least, it might give her an opportunity to get closer, right?
Thinking of this, Gu Ningyue’s eyes showed a glimmer of hope.
Lin Ruixian watched her expression and couldn’t help feeling a bit lost.
When would he, in Gu Ningyue’s heart, be even half as important as Xia Yingbai? He’d laugh himself awake from dreams!
Luckily, Xia Yingbai was a woman; he could accept such an existence.
But Ling Tianyou... Thinking of that impossibly handsome man, Lin Ruixian lowered his head and took a sip of white wine: "You’ve run off like this, leaving Ling Tianyou alone back home, have you thought about what to do when you return?"
Gu Ningyue’s expression froze, her eyes becoming unnatural: "What do you mean, what to do? What’s done is done, it’s all mixed up anyway!"
Lin Ruixian half-jokingly, half-seriously looked at Gu Ningyue and said, "Are you not afraid he might abandon you?"
Gu Ningyue was taken aback, thinking she misheard, "What?"
Lin Ruixian explained, "You swapped out Ling Tianyou’s passport and came alone to Country U. With Ling Tianyou’s temperament, do you think he could tolerate this?"
Looking into Gu Ningyue’s eyes, Lin Ruixian added, "Anyway, if it were me, I couldn’t."
——Of course, if it were you, I might give you a chance.
Gu Ningyue slowly set down the utensils in her hand, leaning back against her chair, thoughtfully: "If it truly turned out as you said, then I think it might be a good thing instead..."
Her world was too complex; she bore the fate of two people, with too many secrets entangled together.
If Ling Tianyou chose to let go at this moment, she would certainly feel sad, but... perhaps it wouldn’t take long for her to be alright!
After all, going through so many life-and-death situations, her heart had long since turned to iron.
Lin Ruixian seemed to guess her thoughts and shook his head, questioning, "You’re always dull when it comes to feelings. Maybe at that moment, you’d beg Ling Tianyou not to leave?"
Of course, he didn’t want to see that moment.
Gu Ningyue laughed, "Don’t worry, I won’t hold onto someone wanting to leave, much less sacrifice my dignity to keep someone who doesn’t want to be with me. Otherwise, would I still be myself?"
Whether as Gu Weiwei or Gu Ningyue, she would never do that.
Lin Ruixian looked at Gu Ningyue’s demeanor, and the distant yet clear memory surfaced in his mind: "No worries, if Ling Tianyou doesn’t want you, I can reluctantly take you in."
Gu Ningyue gave a faint smile, "With my ten billion inheritance, I still need you to take me in?"
Ten billion! Just thinking about it made her feel happy.
Although she didn’t know when it would be hers, it didn’t matter; she was Gu Ningyue now, and sooner or later, that money would be hers!
Lin Ruixian was slightly stunned, then looked at Gu Ningyue and said, "If I remember correctly, you need to marry and have children to get that ten billion, right? If you don’t marry, or marry and don’t have children, you can’t get that money in your lifetime, can you?"
Thinking of this, Gu Ningyue jabbed her fork into the remaining steak with force, "Gu Ningyue’s mother really planned far for her, knew the original Gu Ningyue would only be bullied after she left, so she only left a few million. As expected, the original Gu Ningyue not only didn’t keep a cent but also had her ID used by Gu Heng to borrow seven hundred thousand."
Just thinking of these memories made one’s anger boil over.
Gu Ningyue couldn’t understand how the original owner felt when facing all this.
"So, you still need to find someone to marry." Lin Ruixian said while leisurely eating, "Honestly, what do you think about me?"
Gu Ningyue glanced at him, "Pretty handsome, if you were in ancient times, you’d bring disaster to the state and its people."
Lin Ruixian pursed his lips, "I meant, what do you think of me as a person?"
Gu Ningyue said, "Not bad! You’re a good person."
Seeing Gu Ningyue wasn’t catching on, Lin Ruixian added, "Compared to Ling Tianyou, how do you think I measure up?"
