Chapter 760: Another Half a Year to Live (2)
Xu Weilai loosened her clenched fist when she realised his gaze on her. She picked up her knife and fork and continued to eat leisurely. “It’s okay if you don’t want to tell. He’s dead anyway, and he died in my hand.”
Although she spoke with no emotion, her voice made others felt her emphasis on the last sentence of her words.
Zuo An recalled the scene where she furiously scrubbed her hand under the running water. He even called Aunt Bai to enquire about Xu Weilai’s current mental state. As a professional psychiatrist, Auntie Bai told him it was normal for people who went through traumatic experience to have these reactions.
Xu Weilai used to love Gu Yu deeply, no matter how much hatred she had for Gu Yu. He could imagine the pain and stress she endured when she was forced to end Gu Yu’s life with her own hand.
Therefore, it was very normal for her to project abnormal behaviours. He could only wait for her to walk out from the trauma or reduce her guilt by diverting her attention.
Zuo An had a moment of hesitation before he continued, “Weilai, actually… even if you did not kill him yesterday, he would just die a little later. His illness only allowed him another half a year to live.”
Xu Weilai’s pupils constricted.
The cut piece of steak she had on her fork was going towards her mouth when her hand froze at his confession.
She turned to look at Zuo An, “You’re saying that Grandpa Gu’s illness was part of your family’s plan, Gu Yu’s sickness was also your family’s doing. Even the shares under Grandpa Gu’s name and him signing them off were part of your family’s scheme as well?”
His eyes met her, but his words were stuck in his throats. He hesitated for a moment before he whispered, “To be precise, I’m the mastermind.”
When Xu Weilai mentioned “your family”, she was referring to Zuo An and his father, but more towards his father as she was still unwilling to believe that the Zuo An she knew could be that ruthless and despicable.
But Zuo An’s confession was like a slap to her face. The pain was heart-wrenching.
“You did all this alone?”
“Yes.”
He paused for a moment before he told her everything with no hold-back. “It was a mission given to me by my father, to take over Gu Corporation and ruin the Gu family.”
Xu Weilai uncontrollably balled up her fist.
“Actually… actually what deep hatred did your family had against the Gu?” Her voice trembled slightly as she continued. “I can understand if you want to take down the Gu Corporation. It was normal for the Zuo Corporation to want to take over the Gu Corporation if they want to expand. But what did the Gu family did to you and your family?”
Zuo An answered every question without hesitation except for this one.
Xu Weilai could tell that he was unwilling to answer this question. She took a deep breath and kept her emotions under control. She did not persist in this question. Instead, she asked, “I saw Aunt Bai here previously. Was she also working for your family? She could get close to Grandpa Gu. It would be easy for her to make Grandpa Gu ill and even pushed him down the stairs. But I still have my doubts that I could not figure out the answer. Can you give me the explanation?”
Zuo An neither agreed nor refused. He just gave her a plain, “Tell me.”
Xu Weilai picked up the cup of water and drank a few mouthfuls. After all the water went down her throat, she narrowed her eyes and stated her doubts, “The shares in Grandpa’s hand should have belonged to Gu Yu. But he entrusted them to Gu Xiong instead. How did Auntie Bai make Grandpa Gu sign the share transfer agreement when he was still sober?”