Rebirth! The Assassin's Revenge-Chapter 474: The Tide Is Turning

Time passed bit by bit, and after Gu Zheng left the prison, he went straight home.

Li Yulan wasn’t there, only the butler and maids were busy in and out.

"Where’s the madam?" Gu Zheng’s face was as calm as water, his eyes carried a lingering anger.

The butler instinctively shrank his neck, looked at Gu Zheng, and said, "The madam went out shopping, she hasn’t been gone long."

Gu Zheng let out a cold laugh and said nothing, turning and entering the study.

The butler exchanged a puzzled look with the maid beside him.

When the door of the study slowly closed, the maid beside the butler whispered, "What’s wrong with the master? Did he have an argument with the madam again?"

The butler shook his head, "Who knows?"

Recently, the atmosphere in the villa had been very oppressive, even he, an old hand, dared not speak loudly.

"Let’s get to work!" The butler thought for a moment, then turned to the maid and said, "Be careful with your words these days, don’t upset the master and madam."

The maid responded and went off with a cloth to get busy.

In the study, Gu Zheng looked at the family photo on the table, taken after Gu Ningyue’s mother passed away.

Gu Ningyue stood timidly behind him, her heavily made-up face looked particularly comical.

But Gu Wanwan, in a Western dress, formed a sharp contrast with her.

Beside her stood Gu Heng, with an arrogant expression, whose brows and eyes bore a five or six-part resemblance to Li Yulan in front.

Gu Zheng reached out and touched the smooth glass; the people on it seemed less and less like a family.

What exactly made him associate this family with happiness?

For the first time, confusion appeared in Gu Zheng’s eyes.

After an unknown period, the sound of a car entering the courtyard was heard outside.

Gu Zheng sat for a while longer in the chair, then walked out of the study.

Li Yulan was surprised to see Gu Zheng at home, "Honey, you’re back so early today!"

Gu Zheng nodded calmly: "Where did you go?"

Li Yulan felt a sudden guilt under Gu Zheng’s gaze: "I went out shopping, bought a coat for you, see if it fits?"

Saying this, Li Yulan stepped forward, took out the clothes from the bag, and handed them to Gu Zheng.

Ordinarily, even if Gu Zheng didn’t like the style, he would try it on out of respect for Li Yulan in front of the maids, but today he just glanced at it and casually threw it on the sofa: "It’s fine, put it away. It’s not the right season to wear it now."

Li Yulan was slightly startled and, after two seconds of silence, finally said, "Okay."

What was wrong with Gu Zheng today? Was it because she went shopping and didn’t visit Wanwan, causing him to be angry?

Thinking this, Li Yulan signaled to the maids to take the clothes back to the room, then carefully looked at Gu Zheng: "Is Wanwan okay? Is she any better?"

Gu Zheng looked at Li Yulan: "You can see for yourself."

His voice was extremely cold, causing a nameless fear to slowly grow inside her.

Li Yulan stood there as if she didn’t know how to face this Gu Zheng for a moment: "Honey, are you angry?"

Gu Zheng sneered: "No."

Li Yulan glanced around, and all the maids instantly withdrew their curious looks; "Then what’s the matter? Did I do something wrong or is there something wrong with the company?"

Gu Zheng said nothing, but his eyes seemed intent on seeing through her.

After who knows how long, just when Li Yulan couldn’t bear the scrutinizing gaze and was about to speak again, Gu Zheng looked at her and asked, "Yulan, I remember you had a boyfriend when you first got together with me twenty years ago, didn’t you?"

Li Yulan was stunned, then quickly gave a sheepish smile: "That was so long ago, why bring it up! I’ve long forgotten."

"Oh, is that so?" Gu Zheng patted her shoulder: "Find some time to see Xiao Heng."

Li Yulan trembled, her face instantly turning somewhat pale: "Honey, you’re suspecting me?"

Gu Zheng curled his lips: "Where did that come from?"

Though he spoke with a smile, in Li Yulan’s eyes it was like a death sentence: "Why suddenly ask about something so long ago?"

Gu Zheng said indifferently: "Just thought of it suddenly, asking you just because."

Li Yulan didn’t believe him, but she didn’t want to provoke herself into trouble either, so she said with a quick mind: "Don’t overthink it, my heart has only had room for you since I met you. Besides, we’ve been together for so many years, Wanwan and Xiao Heng have grown so big, why think of those bygone things?"

Gu Zheng coldly chuckled inside, who would’ve thought Li Yulan, at this age, could still say such sweet and sappy words, it surely was hard for her.

"Yeah! In no time, Xiao Heng has grown so much." Gu Zheng looked at Li Yulan: "It’s a pity the child we’ve raised for so long will spend the rest of his life in prison."

Saying this, Gu Zheng turned towards the kitchen: "Is lunch ready?"

The maid inside promptly replied: "Master, it’s done! You can eat soon."

Gu Zheng nodded, turned back to the now even paler Li Yulan, and said: "Let’s go! Time to eat!"

Li Yulan responded quietly, sitting uneasily at the dining table.

For some reason, a never-before-felt sense of unease rose in her heart.

Ever since Wanwan was hospitalized, the family turned into a mess, and life was getting worse and worse.

"Honey, what’s wrong with you?" Li Yulan finally couldn’t resist looking at Gu Zheng and asking.

Gu Zheng glanced at her, the more anxious she was to know what happened, the less willing Gu Zheng was to tell her what exactly happened. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Nothing, just dealing with some tricky issues at work."

Li Yulan was slightly stunned: "Is that so?"

Gu Zheng nodded in turn and asked: "What else? What else could it be?"

Li Yulan said nothing, "Let’s eat!"

Gu Zheng’s answer was obviously untrue, but having come to this point in the conversation, there was no point in continuing.

Li Yulan slightly furrowed her brow. Did Gu Zheng realize something? Why, in recent days, apart from business and Wanwan’s matters, would he suddenly bring up Gu Heng and the past?

But so much time had passed, Gu Zheng had never noticed anything, why bring it up now?

The meal was tasteless, and the atmosphere in the villa was unprecedentedly silent.

It wasn’t until he put down his chopsticks that Gu Zheng said another word.

Watching Gu Zheng leave, Li Yulan’s right eye twitched several times.

This day, it seems, is about to change.