Chapter 67: No Morals, No Moral Kidnapping
Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital.
When Lin Lang accompanied Chu Yiren into the emergency room, Gu Keqing was very surprised but dared not show it.
Gu Keqing became even more suspicious that her lover Lin Lang and her chaebol sister-in-law Chu Yiren were having an affair.
The pale Chu Yiren, her eyes full of sorrow, walked heavily into the emergency room, each step like a heavy stone on her heart, and saw her father Chu Jincheng covered with a white cloth on the hospital bed.
"Dad..."
"Dad, wake up!"
"Your Baby daughter is here to see you, Dad, wake up quickly!"
"Wuwu..."
"Dad..."
AI generated Miss Chu crying for her rich old dad
Chu Yiren hugged her father's body, tears like broken strings of pearls rolling down her beautiful cheeks, calling out loudly to her father, but getting no response.
"Dad, how could you bear to leave me and go to another world to reunite with my mom?"
"Wuwuwu..."
Chu Yiren's crying echoed in the air, that sorrow and pain seemed to dye the entire emergency room with a heavy atmosphere.
"Now that you and my mother have both passed away, who will dote on me in the future?!"
"Wuwu..."
Chu Yiren regretted not seeing her father for the last time and blamed herself, as her father Chu Jincheng had passed away from a sudden heart attack due to worrying about her.
"Dad..."
"It's all my fault!"
"It was I who caused your heart attack and death, wuwuwu..."
Seeing her father, who had once loved her so much, now unable to call her daughter again, cold and covered by a white cloth, Chu Yiren's heart ached uncontrollably, and she cried herself into a tearful mess.
Chu Tiannan, also with tear-filled eyes and crying breathlessly, suppressed his grief and choked out comfortingly, "Sister!"
"You must take good care of yourself!"
"After Dad's passing, you are the helmsman of the Chu Family Consortium. If you grieve excessively and something happens to you, Dad's spirit in heaven will not rest in peace!"
Gu Keqing first gave Lin Lang a resentful look, then walked closer to Chu Yiren and comforted her, "Yiren!"
"The dead cannot be brought back to life, so please accept your sorrow and move on!"
"Dad loved you the most when he was alive. If you cry yourself sick, Dad won't rest in peace. He has gone to heaven to reunite with Grandma. Yiren, you must control your grief!"
Chu Yiren cried uncontrollably. She covered her mouth, trying not to sob aloud, but the sorrow surged like a tide, making her unable to control herself.
Chu Yiren's shoulders trembled with her sobs, and her body also twitched slightly, as if the whole world was collapsing.
Lin Lang felt great heartache but did not stop Chu Yiren from mourning, as only by venting could the pain of losing her father feel a little better.
Life is like a play, all depends on acting.
Lin Lang approached Chu Tiannan and Gu Keqing and said feignedly, "The deceased has passed, the living remain!"
"Brother-in-law, please accept your sorrow!"
Chu Tiannan wiped a tear and replied tearfully, "Yiren said on the phone that you stopped her from boarding the plane, which is why she escaped a fatal disaster."
"A Lang, you are the benefactor of our Chu Family!"
Lin Lang replied, "Brother-in-law, you are too kind!"
"I am very sorry for your father's unexpected passing. If you need help with the funeral arrangements, I can do my part."
Chu Tiannan choked out, "A Lang, I appreciate your kindness. The Chu Group will establish a special funeral committee to respectfully send my father off on his final journey."
Gu Keqing, standing by, thought to herself, "A Lang, you kid, you lie without even blushing. You call him 'Brother-in-law' as if it's real. Isn't this the time when you're cuckolding Chu Tiannan?"
After thinking, Gu Keqing said, "A Lang, come with me, I have something to tell you."
"Okay, Cousin."
Lin Lang followed Gu Keqing to a secluded corner at the stairwell of the emergency room, a place with few pedestrians.
Gu Keqing suddenly 'wall-pushed' Lin Lang, scrutinizing him with an unfriendly gaze, and asked jealously, "My dear, why are you with Chu Yiren again?"
"Uh... Sister, people will see you like this." Lin Lang was cornered against the wall by Gu Keqing.
Gu Keqing, however, replied fearlessly, "So what if they see? What's there to be afraid of?!"
"Uh..."
"Sister, aren't you afraid that our affair will be exposed and you'll lose your right to a share of Chu Tiannan's assets?"
Gu Keqing actually replied, "My good days, Sister, officially begin today. I'll be free soon!"
Lin Lang asked, "What do you mean?"
"The ceremonial marriage agreement I made with Chu Tiannan stipulated an important clause for terminating the contract: my obligation in the ceremonial marriage would be fulfilled upon his father Chu Jincheng's passing. Sister, I'm 32 this year, and today I've finally endured to the end and can terminate this ceremonial marriage."
Lin Lang was astonished upon hearing this and exclaimed, "Sister, do you mean that your ceremonial marriage with Chu Tiannan was just for his father Chu Jincheng to see, and as soon as Chu Jincheng dies, your ceremonial marriage agreement expires?"
Gu Keqing replied, "Exactly!"
"Besides the 16 properties in Shanghai, 5 luxury cars, and 78 million chinese yuan worth of Chu Group stock options currently under my name, I can also receive a 1 billion chinese yuan payment upon the expiration of the ceremonial marriage."
"As long as I cooperate with Chu Tiannan and respectfully send his father off on his final journey at the funeral, I, Sister, will be free!"
Hearing this, Lin Lang realized that Chu Group Chairman Chu Jincheng's unexpected death was a double blessing for him.
The first blessing was that Chu Yiren would ascend to power, officially take over the Chu Group as its chairman, inherit hundreds of billions of family assets, reach the pinnacle of her life, and become the big boss of the Chu Family Consortium.
The second blessing was that Gu Keqing's ceremonial marriage agreement had expired, achieving both personal and financial freedom.
After thinking, Lin Lang smiled slightly and said, "Then I'll congratulate Sister in advance. You'll soon achieve both personal and financial freedom!"
Gu Keqing continued to 'wall-push' Lin Lang, raising her pure yet alluring face, and said with a resentful expression, "After Chu Jincheng's funeral, I'll be able to get my divorce certificate. Do you have any thoughts?"
"Uh... Sister, what do you mean?"
"What kind of thoughts do you want me to have about you?" Lin Lang deliberately pretended not to understand.
Gu Keqing's face immediately turned cold upon hearing this. She turned her back, pouted, and replied, "I knew you were just playing with me and didn't want to marry me at all. Aren't you tempted by a little rich woman with a net worth of a billion?"
AI generated Gu Keqing's face turned cold
Lin Lang wiped cold sweat and said weakly, "I just graduated from university and am only 22. Even if your ceremonial marriage expires and you regain your freedom, there's no need to rush into getting a marriage certificate with me, right?"
"Besides, as long as we truly love each other, things like official titles aren't that important~"
"A Lang, how can you say something so scummy?" Gu Keqing turned around and looked at her lover Lin Lang with a resentful expression, as if she could see right through him.
Lin Lang, however, retorted, "Keqing, Sister, I want to ask you, since everyone will die, what is the meaning of living?"
Gu Keqing replied, "Life is but a few decades, fleeting in an instant. The meaning of living is probably to experience birth, aging, sickness, and death, and the joys and sorrows of love and separation?"
Lin Lang continued, "Due to different individual cognitions, ways of living, and three views, people naturally have different views on the meaning of living."
"I think the meaning of living is to enjoy life, not to be bound by tradition."
Gu Keqing rolled her eyes at Lin Lang upon hearing this and sneered, "A Lang, are you showing off again?!"
"Tsk~ You clearly just want to keep me but don't want to take responsibility and get a marriage certificate with me, and yet you're spouting all these crooked theories."
Gu Keqing was also quite clear-headed.
Lin Lang dramatically tossed his hair and continued to show off, "I will never trap anyone in the name of love. After all, the sky is wide for birds to fly. I once said that my heart is higher than the sky, love is nothing, freedom is my main theme."
Gu Keqing gave Lin Lang an unfriendly look and muttered, "Scumbag!"
Lin Lang shrugged, "I was born to be unrestrained and love freedom. Sister, what you like about me is precisely my unruly nature, isn't it?!"
Gu Keqing took a deep breath upon hearing this, looked at Lin Lang with eyes full of love, and replied, "A Lang, I've really fallen in love with you!"
"I know you've never belonged to me, but whenever I think that in this long life, it will be hard to see you again, my heart aches uncontrollably. You wouldn't just dump me after hooking up with Chu Yiren, would you?"
Lin Lang raised his hand and gently stroked Gu Keqing's beautiful face, saying softly, "I always believe that all arrangements in the world have their reasons."
"As long as Keqing, Sister, you don't care about the official title, I will never leave you."
Gu Keqing bit her red lips upon hearing this, looking at Lin Lang with a very complex expression, her mind instantly filled with a myriad of thoughts.
Thirty-two-year-old Gu Keqing, though the epitome of pure and alluring older sister, incredibly beautiful, was after all ten years older than Lin Lang, and a woman with a history of ceremonial marriage, soon to hold a divorce certificate. She dared not hope for too much from Lin Lang.
To put it bluntly, Gu Keqing knew very well in her heart that Lin Lang could not possibly marry her as his official wife.
Lin Lang's implied meaning was also very clear: as long as Gu Keqing didn't contend for the title of official wife, she could be with him forever as an invisible girlfriend, and he would not abandon her.
After a brief hesitation, Gu Keqing asked with affectionate eyes, "A Lang, Sister is already thirty-two. If I am willing to be your invisible girlfriend after ending my ceremonial marriage, can I have a son for you?"
Lin Lang didn't hide anything and replied generously, "As long as the official first wife gives birth to the eldest legitimate son of the Lin Family, Sister, as my invisible girlfriend, can then conceive our child and give birth to an illegitimate son."
Gu Keqing, upon hearing this, puffed up like a puffer fish, her expression resentful as she said, "I still have to wait for the official first wife to give birth to your heir before I can have an illegitimate child for you?"
Lin Lang, in turn, 'wall-pushed' Gu Keqing against the hospital wall and replied with feigned affection, "My dear Keqing, Sister, don't exhaust yourself by fighting for favor and being jealous. I prefer to see your brows unfurrowed and your face smiling like a flower."
"Hehe..." Gu Keqing chuckled self-deprecatingly.
"A Lang, you've really got Sister, this soft persimmon, under your thumb. You're so confident because you know I can't leave you."
"It's still the same words I once told Sister: for the rest of our lives, let's cherish each other and run towards each other!"
Gu Keqing, unable to control her emotions, stood on tiptoe and kissed Lin Lang.
Although at this moment Lin Lang really wanted to kiss Gu Keqing back, the deceased comes first. At the funeral of Gu Keqing's father-in-law, Chu Jincheng, Lin Lang did not kiss Gu Keqing back, which showed he still had some moral bottom line.
Of course, Lin Lang's moral bottom line wasn't high, after all, with no morals, one wouldn't be morally kidnapped.