Secretly Married to the Ice-Cold CEO

"This..." Gu Qianlan said with embarrassment, "I’ve been busy taking care of my friend lately, haven’t had time to handle these things. When I have time, I’ll help you get rid of An Junxi, then you can be my sister-in-law."

"When will you have time?"

Gu Qianlan scratched her head, "Sui Rui-jie, actually I came back to... borrow money from you." She couldn’t touch the money in her card, otherwise, her whereabouts would be exposed.

He Sirui got up and took another sip of alcohol, "Isn’t Liu Zhiwen close to you? Why not ask her to lend it?"

Gu Qianlan got angry at the mention of Liu Zhiwen, "I can’t hide from her fast enough! She always asks me to plead with An Junxi, useless thing, how could I beg that woman, maybe in my next life!"

He Sirui sneered, "I told you Liu Zhiwen was using you."

Gu Qianlan didn’t quite believe it, "She’s a bit annoying, but I trust she wouldn’t use me. It’s more likely I’m using her."

He Sirui didn’t want to talk to fools, she gave a password, "Take as much as you want from the safe."

Gu Qianlan was deeply moved, "Sui Rui-jie, you’re like my real sister-in-law, I’ll always remember your help!"

She ran into the room to get the money, He Sirui, though appearing drunk as a skunk, still had a clear mind. She mumbled, "How can the Gu Family have such a fool... Once I get into the Gu Family, hehe..."

Gu Qianlan stuffed several stacks of hundred-dollar bills into her bag, "Sui Rui-jie, my friend urgently needs money, I’ll repay you later. I’m leaving now."

He Sirui waved her hand, "Go, go."

Gu Qianlan put on her backpack, she had just opened the door when someone suddenly pounced on her. She screamed and the person covered her mouth, "Qianlan, it’s me."

Gu Qianlan couldn’t recognize her, "Zhiwen, how long has it been? How did you end up like this!"

She had secretly returned to the country, already feeling like she had hit rock bottom, dare not wear any brand names, not wearing a single piece of jewelry, always in street vendor clothes, a baseball cap on, blending in the crowd. How could Liu Zhiwen end up worse than her?

He Sirui, hearing the noise, propped herself against the wall and came out, seeing Liu Zhiwen kneeling on the ground begging Gu Qianlan, "Qianlan, you really have to help me, otherwise I’ll be dead!"

He Sirui said, "Come in and talk."

Liu Zhiwen kneeled her way in, clutching He Sirui’s pants, crying, "Sui Rui-jie, you have a good relationship with President Gu, please help me plead with him. President Gu misunderstood me, An Junxi’s departure from Yan City two years ago really had nothing to do with me... I have no way, no one dares oppose President Gu, now I’m being watched, can’t escape anywhere, can’t even go abroad... I don’t know when An Junxi will come looking for me. Our family business is about to go bankrupt, my sister talks about jumping off a building every day, my father owes a ton of gambling debt in the United States and I heard his hands were chopped off by gangsters there... Gu Yikun is too ruthless!"

He Sirui suddenly felt cold, "All this, Yi Ke did it?"

Liu Zhiwen nodded while crying, "Who else could it be?" Reporting to the police was useless, without clues they wouldn’t take the case, and no one dared to offend the Gu Family. Besides, the Liu Family wasn’t spotless either.

He Sirui asked, "You didn’t offend An Junxi, why would he do this to you?"

Liu Zhiwen’s eyes flickered, "I-I really didn’t."

He Sirui’s suspicion deepened, she said to Gu Qianlan, "Weren’t you rushing to meet a friend? Go on then."

Gu Qianlan really left, "Zhiwen, you must be overthinking, my brother wouldn’t do those things. I’m leaving."

With a "bang", she shut the door. Liu Zhiwen stared at the doorway, a flash of resentment in her eyes. She’s at death’s door and Gu Qianlan really turned her back.

He Sirui returned to the living room, with Liu Zhiwen following her begging, "Sui Rui-jie, only you can help me now!"

He Sirui sat down, "Tell me, what did you do to An Junxi?"

"I really didn’t..."

"If you want my help, you’d better tell me the truth, otherwise, no one can help you."

Liu Zhiwen’s hand gripped the table tighter, not daring to look He Sirui in the eye.

He Sirui looked at her like watching a dying chick, with disdain, "Your family is already in this state, do you think you can go back to your former glory? Once Yi Ke makes a move, he won’t leave the Liu Family any way out. If you don’t talk now, take these secrets to the grave. If you tell me, I might think of a way to help you."

Liu Zhiwen made a resolve.

She was still a glamorous star, her family’s situation temporarily hidden from the media, who still crowned her as the next superstar. Everywhere she went, she was the center of attention.

That made it even more frightening.

She didn’t know when the media would get wind of it, didn’t know when those who adored her would become the demons throwing her into hell.

Gu Yikun was too ruthless, she lived under constant mental torment. Her father controlled in the United States, periodically receiving videos, today losing his left hand, tomorrow it would be the right hand, the day after... Liu Zhiwen dreamt of her father’s bloody image, and the horrific screams in the video.

She relied on medicine to sleep at night, and had to maintain a smile in front of the media during the day, she was on the verge of madness!

She knew Gu Kuangxia had tortured An Junxi like this back then, now it was her turn to taste this agony.

She didn’t regret what she did, just hated her father for choosing the wrong partner, hated Gu Kuangxia’s cowardice for not killing An Junxi’s whole family!

If An Junxi had died two years ago, there would be no evidence, Gu Yikun would never know it was related to her.

She blamed them for trusting Gu Kuangxia too much, if she had someone confirm An Junxi’s life and death, ensuring she died out there, she wouldn’t be in this situation today.

She planned to infiltrate the Gu Family step by step, to obtain what she wanted bit by bit.

But there’s no "if" in this world, everything was too late.

Her years of planning, ruined by her father’s wrong choice of Gu Kuangxia.

She was unwilling!

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Now the plan was exposed, what solution was left?

He Sirui asked, "Have you thought it through? Want to confess or wait to die in the streets?"

"Sui Rui-jie, you want to know all this because you like President Gu, right?"

He Sirui was caught off guard by Liu Zhiwen’s words, she cursed, "I’m the one asking you now, is it your turn to ask me?"

Liu Zhiwen seeing He Sirui’s big reaction, smirked, "I’ve known for twelve years, and President Gu doesn’t know... hahaha, Sui Rui-jie, you and I are both pitiful souls."

He Sirui was shocked, "Twelve years ago?"

She secretly pressed the recording button on her phone, Liu Zhiwen continued, "The first person I liked was him, I was thirteen that year, I went to the Gu Family Mansion with my cousins for the old lady’s birthday party, he wore a white suit standing in the hall, everyone respectfully called him Mr. Gu."