Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 574 - 571: Lay the Cards on the Table

Chapter 574: Chapter 571: Lay the Cards on the Table

Ming Yao drove the car for a distance.

When she got to the fly-over and was going downhill, the brakes suddenly lost control.

No matter how hard Ming Yao pressed, the brakes wouldn’t respond.

The speed of the car kept increasing.

Both Ming Yao and Si Ye realized something was wrong.

"Little Yao, the brakes aren’t working?"

Ming Yao’s little face was tense, and she nodded with a solemn expression.

Her car had just been serviced not long ago; there shouldn’t be any issues with the brakes unless someone had tampered with them secretly.

There were already many cars on the fly-over, and if they collided with another car, they might accidentally crash through the guardrail and be shattered to pieces.

Ming Yao held the steering wheel tightly as the car whizzed past between two sedans.

The drivers of the two sedans couldn’t help but curse out loud upon seeing this.

"Have a death wish?"

"Driving so fast, are you in a hurry to reincarnate?"

Ming Yao’s luscious red lips were tightly pursed. Although she had racing experience, continuing to lose control of the speed like this was very dangerous.

Si Ye tried to take out his mobile phone to make a call, but with the car moving at such a speed, he couldn’t even hold his phone steady.

The car drove off the fly-over but still didn’t slow down.

Ming Yao had no choice but to drive the car toward an area with fewer vehicles and people.

After nearly twenty minutes, she brought the car down to the mountain road.

A van happened to be driving down from the mountain road.

Seeing that the two vehicles were about to collide, Ming Yao made a split-second decision, turning the car towards a large tree by the road to crash into it.

Almost instantly, Si Ye, sitting in the passenger seat, lunged over and held Ming Yao tightly.

The airbag deployed, and Si Ye received a severe impact.

Ming Yao also felt the world spin in an instant, her head dizzy, her vision blurry, with a thick liquid falling down her head.

She touched her forehead and realized it wasn’t her injury.

Slowly lifting her long eyelashes, she glanced at the man protecting her.

"Si Ye, Si Ye..."

Si Ye had injured his head, but he was still relatively clear-headed. He spoke in a low voice, "Someone’s coming towards us."

Ming Yao looked out the car window and saw a masked figure in black.

The person in black walked up to the car window and took a glance inside.

Just as he was about to raise the gun in his hand, aiming for Ming Yao’s forehead, a slender hand suddenly reached out and gripped his wrist.

The woman moved incredibly quickly, and he only felt pain in his wrist, as if a sharp needle had pricked an acupoint. Then his vision went dark, and he fainted.

Ming Yao, struggling to hold herself together, got out of the car.

She crouched down to check the condition of the person in black.

She searched through his clothes and found a token.

Seeing the characters on the token, her pupils constricted.

If she wasn’t mistaken, the token was from Old Lady Gong’s possession.

That is to say, this person in black was sent by Old Lady Gong to assassinate her!

Ming Yao felt her blood run cold.

Hadn’t Gu Siting just said last night that the Presidential Residence wouldn’t trouble her anymore?

And didn’t he also say that if she was willing, he would immediately declare her the First Lady?

Although she did not want to be the First Lady, she also did not want to be constantly targeted by the people of the Presidential Residence!

Last time, Princess Dai Na had someone throw sulfuric acid at her, and this time, Old Lady Gong had someone assassinate her!

If her luck weren’t so great, she would have been disfigured long ago, and would have died a horrible death!

Ming Yao bit her lower lip and took out her cell phone to call Jing Hang.

...

When Gu Siting learned that Ming Yao had been assassinated and nearly died, his complexion changed drastically, and he hurried to the hospital.

Ming Yao sat outside Si Ye’s hospital room in the corridor, with her hands cradling her head, her expression grave.

"Yaoyao."

Ming Yao looked up, her beautiful eyes slightly red, and gazed at Gu Siting.

A mocking curve formed at the corner of her lips, "On your turf, I have been repeatedly targeted, Mr. President, this is the consequence you bring me by entangling yourself with me!"

Gu Siting’s handsome features were tense, "Yaoyao, the people of the Presidential Residence couldn’t possibly do this, I think there must be some misunderstanding..."

Before Gu Siting could finish, Ming Yao interrupted him, "Jing Hang, bring out the person."

Jing Hang brought out the man in black.

Ming Yao flipped the token she had found on the man in black onto Gu Siting’s body, "Take a look for yourself!"

When Gu Siting saw the token, his pupils contracted slightly.

It was indeed a token from Old Lady Gong.

Gu Siting clenched his teeth, "I will look into this and give you an explanation!"

Ming Yao cradled her head with her hands, not giving Gu Siting a single glance, nor did she say another word.

Gu Siting had people take the man in black back to the Presidential Residence.

Old Lady Gong’s eyelids kept twitching; she had a vague feeling that something bad was going to happen.

Gu Siting had taken the Gong Pavilion, her biggest support, away for Ming Yao’s sake, leaving her without much real power in hand now.

The Ji Family had completely offended Gu Siting over the Gong Pavilion matter and suffered heavy losses recently.

Ji Shoucheng kept seeking her help at the Presidential Residence, but now she was willing yet powerless to assist.

She sent people to invite Ming Yao to the Presidential Residence, knowing that Ming Yao was Gu Siting’s weakness. With Ming Yao in hand, she would have leverage in negotiations with Gu Siting.

But until now, she had not received any news from her people.

Old Lady Gong paced her room with the aid of her walking stick, and after a long while, the butler hurriedly reported, "Old Madam, His Excellency the President is here."

The butler cautiously said, "His complexion is very bad; he seems to be carrying a lot of anger."

Old Lady Gong’s face changed slightly.

It seems the plan to kidnap Ming Yao has been exposed!

Old Lady Gong frowned deeply, and commanded in an authoritative voice, "Go and call Gong Xiao over."

After the butler left, Old Lady Gong, leaning on her walking stick, made her way to the living room.

Gu Siting sat on the sofa, his long legs elegantly crossed, clad in a black suit that made him look like an Asura emerging from Hell, with a chilling expression and a brooding aura.

At his feet knelt the man in black she had sent out.

Old Lady Gong weighed her options but, as someone who had weathered many storms, no sign of panic showed on her aged face. "Siting, what is this about?"

Gu Siting leaned back into the sofa, his deep and bottomless black eyes narrowed slightly, "What am I doing? Haven’t I told you not to touch my woman!"

Seeing Gu Siting blatantly questioning her without giving any face, Old Lady Gong’s complexion turned very ugly.

This was her grandson who dared not defy her four years ago, now strong enough to step over her shoulders.

He was now fearless!

"Impudence, who do you think you are talking to?" Old Lady Gong forcefully jabbed her cane onto the ground.

Gu Siting did not even flinch, his expression icy and his gaze sharp as a knife, "You could’ve remained the revered Empress Dowager of the Presidential Residence had you not meddled, but you chose not to enjoy your twilight years peacefully. You keep pushing my limits, and I believe there’s no need for the Ji Family to exist any longer!"