The first top lady

Yuan Yi.

Huo Beichuan knocked on the door twice politely, pushed it open and walked in. He sat down opposite Huo Beiting with ease and grace.

Huo Beiting looked up expressionlessly, frowning as if he was being harassed by a creditor. "Don't worry, I will do what I promised you."

He thought Huo Beichuan came for Jiang Yao.

"Well, I'm not worried about that." He just came to pass on a message, "The two elders said they want to meet your girl, so when you are free, take her back."

Huo Beiting slowly withdrew his gaze, with hesitation and indecision in his eyes.

His parents wanted to see Gu Liqing, but there were still many things between him and Gu Liqing that had not been clarified. He didn't even know when Gu Liqing would "come back".

This is the relationship between them. Although it has not become strained, it is not eased either. They are just like strangers, cold and lonely.

Mr. and Mrs. Huo knew Gu Liqing, but Gu Liqing now looked like Mu Liqing.

Huo Beiting was worried that if he didn't reveal Gu Liqing's identity, would they accept her? If he did, would they believe her?

Huo Beichuan saw Huo Beiting's worry and comforted him, "You were devastated before and wanted to commit suicide for love. Now you are finally willing to treat yourself well and have found someone you can live for. The two elders will definitely not make things difficult for you."

He knew Huo Beiting too well. Once he made up his mind, he would never change it, and once he made up his mind about someone, he would be with them for life.

Huo Beiting tried to commit suicide for Gu Liqing and became a man without a human being, but suddenly everything changed because of Mu Liqing. It was not that Huo Beiting had changed his mind or fell in love with someone else, but it might be that Mu Liqing was related to Gu Liqing. Huo Beichuan guessed.

But he really couldn't guess what this relationship was.

"She is Gu Liqing." Huo Beiting suddenly spoke.

Huo Beichuan came back to his senses and asked in surprise, "What?" So his guess was correct, Mu Liqing was related to Gu Liqing, or even Mu Liqing was Gu Liqing.

"She is Gu Liqing." Huo Beiting repeated without any joy in his expression.

"Isn't Gu Liqing..." dead? He died in a car accident. The news reported it for several days. Huo Beiting buried his ashes himself.

"I don't know what happened. I can't figure out when she came back." His brows were locked with sorrow, and the memories of this period were in chaos in his mind. "Before, Miss Song reminded me that there were suspicious points in the car accident and asked me to report it. She should have been back for a while by then, and she wanted to find out the truth."

Huo Beiting couldn't help but smile bitterly, as if something was stuck in his throat, choking him uncomfortably, "Our relationship is like this, she can check it herself, and tell the truth to someone she just met, but only..."

But I didn't ask him for help.

"Maybe, I can be a middleman." Help reconcile the relationship between Huo Beiting and Gu Liqing.

"She will only think that I sent you there." After all, Huo Beichuan is Huo Beiting's biological brother, so it is reasonable for him to side with Huo Beiting.

Huo Beiting just felt that he was ridiculous and a failure. Obviously no one was wrong, obviously...

"Should I tell my parents about her?" Huo Beichuan was also considering it.

If you want to say it, how would you say it?

Could it be that the person standing in front of them who is somewhat similar to Gu Liqing is Gu Liqing, because Gu Liqing was reborn in Mu Liqing's body?

I'm afraid they will think that Huo Beiting has not recovered from the shock and is talking nonsense, or that Mu Liqing has used some means to get close to Huo Beiting.

Huo Beiting shook his head and lowered his eyes, frowning, "I haven't thought about it yet."

He hadn't figured out how to face the reborn Gu Liqing, how to handle his relationship with Gu Liqing, or how to explain it to his parents.

He now felt at a loss and at a loss as to what to do.

Huo Beichuan sighed silently. He was used to seeing his younger brother who was very adept at business, but this was the first time he saw Huo Beiting so trapped in love and confused.

"It's okay," Huo Beiting comforted, "Just go back, I'll speak for you."

Huo Beiting looked at Huo Beichuan, and the fragility in his eyes seemed to have found support.

"After all, the responsibility of carrying on the family line still depends on you." The sentimental atmosphere was suddenly broken, "Compared with a rebel like me, you are nothing. If they still want to have grandchildren, they won't make things difficult for you. I will protect you from everything."

As a brother, Huo Beichuan rarely said these affectionate and protective words to Huo Beiting. He disappeared for nearly a year, but this period was also the most difficult time for Huo Beiting.

He didn't do what a brother should do at that time, but now that he is back, he will no longer stand idly by and do nothing.

"What you need to do now is to put down the work at hand, go back and have a good sleep, and then think about how to explain it to Gu Liqing."

It is not a good idea for Huo Beiting to continue to be confused and decadent like this.

"I believe my brother is so outstanding and handsome, she will never give up."

Won't you give up?

Huo Beiting wasn't sure.

If this person was Gu Liqing, there would be no "certainly".

The sunlight penetrated the gaps between the leaves and fell onto the path, making it half light and half dark.

Gu Liqing walked between light and darkness, with the words of Huo Beiting and Tang Jin flashing back and forth in her mind. She had just met Tang Jin, and finally got rid of her own prejudices and understood all the truth from the perspective of an outsider after the event.

Huo Beiting said she had no heart that night when he was drunk. Yes, she really had no heart.

How can a person who repays kindness with evil, repays kindness with resentment, and is ungrateful have a heart?

"When the Gu family was in trouble, many families in Shenhai secretly played dirty tricks to completely defeat the Gu family and cut off their chances of making a comeback."

The Gu family's growth momentum was so rapid at that time that it became a thorn in the eyes of many people.

"They even pointed the finger at the Gu family siblings, wanting to get rid of them as soon as possible. The year Miss Gu entered college, two of her classmates died. One was hit by an out-of-control car on campus, and the other was hit by falling objects. Both died later due to ineffective rescue efforts."

Gu Liqing had heard of both accidents, and one of them was her classmate.

"In fact, their target is Miss Gu."

It turns out that she was the one who should have died six years ago.

Her luck was the death of others.

Tang Jin continued, "Mr. Huo had just arrived in Shenhai not long ago, and he was unable to fight against those forces. He could only think of a way to keep Miss Gu by his side and help her become famous. At least under the spotlight, those people would be more restrained, and Miss Gu would no longer be in danger of her life."

The small families in Shenhai were concerned about their own reputation. It would be more troublesome to touch a public figure, and the gains would be greater than the losses. Besides, the Gu family's business had been completely liquidated. Since Gu Liqing had already entered the entertainment industry, as long as she did not enter the business world, she would not be a threat to them. Therefore, they did not make any move.

But what Huo Beiting did not expect was that in addition to the opposing forces of the Gu family, there were people who wanted to kill Gu Liqing.

Zhao Chunhe and Jiang Lian disguised their cruelty so well that Huo Beiting never doubted them until Song Yixuan reminded him.

"Ms. Gu is new to the entertainment industry, so it's hard to avoid setbacks. But Mr. Huo is also new to the company. He has to manage the company's affairs while guarding against being ostracized and suppressed by his peers. He didn't sleep for two days and two nights. When he finally had some free time, he didn't go to eat or catch up on his sleep. Instead, he went to help Ms. Gu meet directors and accompany investors. That's asking for help..."

"...After Miss Gu left, Mr. Huo drank heavily every day, became depressed and completely decadent." Tang Jin sighed heavily, feeling distressed, regretful and helpless. "Then he met you. That day, Mr. Huo was drunk again, and you looked a bit like Miss Gu, so he might have regarded you as..."

"Ah, I didn't mean you were..." A stand-in. But it sounded like that was what it meant.

"I know." Gu Liqing knew what Tang Jin was worried about. He didn't want to hurt Mu Liqing, but he didn't know that the person sitting in front of him was the "Miss Gu" he mentioned.

If he hadn't taken Mu Liqing's feelings into consideration, he would have called Gu Liqing "Mrs. Huo" or "Mrs. Huo" instead of "Miss Gu".

"I understand." Gu Liqing pulled up a bitter smile, slowly stood up and walked out of the restaurant.

She now knew everything that happened in the past. Huo Beiting was not wrong, she was the one who was wrong from the beginning to the end.

Liuli was angry that Yuan Yi exploited their sister and did not give Gu Liqing resources. Little did they know that those were the best resources that Huo Beiting had tried every means to obtain.

"sister."

Gu Liqing looked back blankly and saw Gu Jingqing jogging towards her with bags in his hands.

"Sister, do you want to go out?"

"No." She was going back. Gu Liqing then realized that she had already passed the intersection.

Gu Jingqing came to see her. When he saw Gu Liqing in front of him at the intersection, he chased after her, thinking that Gu Liqing was going somewhere.

The brother and sister returned home together. Gu Jingqing was cooking in the kitchen, while Gu Liqing sat outside and asked him, "A Jing, do you hate me?"

"No hate!" Maybe sometimes when being controlled by Gu Liqing, he would feel unconvinced, "Sister, you are the only one I have."

"Maybe you'd be better off without me."

"Without you, I would have starved to death and frozen to death."

When the Gu family was in trouble, Gu Jingqing was only thirteen years old, in the rebellious period. He may have been hit by the sudden death of his parents, which made him even more rebellious.

This was the first time that Gu Liqing played the role of both a father and a mother, and also a sister. Therefore, the conflicts between the two siblings usually started and ended with quarrels.

The sudden death of Gu Liqing made the rebellious Gu Jingqing become silent overnight, and he seemed like a completely different person.

He began to regret it. He admitted that Gu Liqing was a good sister, but he was not a good brother.