Chapter 1171 - Embracing Her (1/2)
Huo Yanmei had lived for so long, but in the end, she had obtained nothing.
Tang Mo’er stood at the window for a long while until it was late at night. The rain continued pattering outside.
A melodious cell phone ring tone sounded as she received an incoming call. She picked up her phone and saw that the call was from Mr. Gu.
He was calling her.
Her long lashes quivered and she answered the call. “Hello?”
A maid’s voice could be heard from the other end of the call. “Sir, your clothes are wet. Please dry yourself with this.”
Gu Mohan did not say a word.
The call was still on but he remained silent.
Tang Mo’er could almost hear his breaths. It came in slow puffs, calm and clear. She felt as though there was someone squeezing her heart as it throbbed. “How… how are you holding up?”
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Thousands of miles away, the Gu Family Residence in the Capital.
The assistant Yan Dong walked upstairs carrying a bowl of warm ginger soup brewed by the maids. Old Master Gu and President Gu’s father had passed away so shortly after one another.
President Gu had to rush back to organize the funeral and take control of the Gu Family. There had been no time for him to catch a breath at all.
Now, President Gu had just come back, drenched from the rain.
The maids had all been working for the Gu Family for a long time. Their hearts went out to the Young Master and they quickly brewed a bowl of ginger soup for him the moment he came back.
Yan Dong walked over to his door and raised his hand to knock on it, before realizing that the door wasn’t closed.
He looked around the half-open door to look inside. The European style room was in pitch-black darkness. A tall figure was standing in front of the windows.
Gu Mohan stood there with one hand in his pocket, the other holding a phone up to his ear. The rain had completely drenched his trousers and he seemed unnaturally cold.
Yan Dong’s heart throbbed. He had a sudden revelation that President Gu had been alone all these years.
Now the entire Gu Family rested on his shoulders. The imminent merger of C.T and the Gu Family business was definitely going to bring about another period of busyness.
Yan Dong stood at the door and didn’t enter the room. He guessed that the President was probably calling Madam.
As Gu Mohan listened to the sounds being transmitted through the call, his brows furrowed gently. “Mo’er.”
He was calling her.
Tang Mo’er’s eyes suddenly reddened. She clutched her phone tightly. After losing his father and grandfather, she could imagine how he felt as vulnerable as a child now.
Everyone had their own weakness which made them… even more lovable.
Mo’er hummed in response.
“Could you fly over to me now to be by my side? I just want to hug you. Just for a little while.”
A glistening tear fell from her eye as Tang Mo’er reached up to wipe it away.
She was crying.
She was feeling unbearably sad and was crying for him.
Sorry…
At such an important time of his life, when he needed someone to be with him, she couldn’t be there.
She wanted to go back to him.
But…
She looked at her small face in the mirror. Her once youthful face was now filled with wrinkles. In a single night, she had aged so much.
Day after day, she was getting older.
She didn’t have any courage to leave the house anymore.
Let alone see him.
He was waiting for her reply but was only met with her silence after a long while. Gu Mohan’s lips curved up slowly as he said in a voice laced with impatience and love, “Forget it.”
Forget it.
He had told her to forget it.
Tang Mo’er reached up to press her hands against her mouth. She was afraid that she would make a sound while crying and he would hear it.