Chapter 1829 — An Liwen Pays a Visit
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"Ai..." In that moment, Gu Mengyao suddenly realized that she herself was the most useless of them all!
Stripped of the aura of the young miss, she was not even Tang Zhi's equal! Before, when Tang Zhi had been down on herself, she had even consoled her. How laughable that seemed now. Tang Zhi, at the very least, could earn money by grilling skewers—but what about her? She did not even know how to earn money!
And now Tang Zhi, for Wei Zhao's sake, had made the greatest sacrifice of all. It could be said that no one could match what Tang Zhi had given. And her? When she thought of how she had put on that proud air in front of Tang Zhi before, her cheeks burned with shame.
"Ding-dong..." The crisp chime of the doorbell rang out. Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu found it rather odd—who could be calling at such an hour? Qing-bo had only just left; surely he would not have gone and come back again.
Yet when Gu Mengyao came to the villa's entrance, she saw a most unexpected person. The visitor was none other than An Liwen!
At the sight of him, Gu Mengyao's face turned cold at once. In the past, out of consideration for her father, she had tolerated this man despite her dislike, keeping up appearances so as not to be openly estranged. But now, the time had come to tear off all pretense.
"An Liwen? What are you doing here? Come to gloat?" Gu Mengyao's face was blank as she regarded him coldly, giving no sign of opening the door.
"Yaoyao, what kind of talk is that? Gloat over what? You and I grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and Uncle Chu is an elder of mine too. That such a thing should happen—it grieves me deeply!" An Liwen said with a pained air. "No sooner did I hear you were back than I came straight over to see you..."
"You've been watching me?" Gu Mengyao asked coldly.
"Uh..." A look of embarrassment crossed An Liwen's face, but he went on: "It's not that I've been watching you, it's just that... the villa property now belongs to the An family's company. The only reason it hasn't been repossessed is that I pressed Father to fight for it before my uncle and grandfather. But now that you've returned, the property management company would naturally call the An family."
"Then perhaps I should thank you?" Gu Mengyao gave a faint sniff, as though she held his words in contempt.
"Yaoyao... I know you may harbor grievances and doubts toward the An family over this matter, but what I want to say is that in this affair, the An family is a victim too!" An Liwen said with a bitter smile.
"You're victims too? Playing the pity card?" Gu Mengyao did not believe a word of it.
"Yaoyao, let me come inside and I'll explain it all to you properly. I came here mainly to clear the air with you. Standing at the door like this for all the passersby to see isn't very fitting either..." An Liwen said.
"Let you inside..." Gu Mengyao wanted to say, Let you inside? In your dreams! What right have you to enter my home? But then it struck her—this villa no longer belonged to her. An Liwen was the true owner. She was the one living under another's roof!
At that thought, Gu Mengyao let out a weary sigh, opened the villa's door, and said, "Then come in. I want to see just what fine explanation you have!"