My Fortune-Blessed Leading Lady-Chapter 555: Remember, Leave No Trace

The lady of high society roared in anger, "I’m not here to engage in a war of words with you, Xi Gu, about the wagering agreement. Do you still want it to proceed? Do you want to be thrown out of Huanya? And what exactly is your relationship with that artist Xie Lingling? You..."

"If you’re not advising me on how to act, then don’t bother with what I do. You never bothered before, why start now?"

Their roaring echoed through the phone, fully revealing the underlying tension. Xi Gu’s voice was filled with grievances and an unfaltering obsession. He couldn’t even understand why, after thinking she had given him the best, she could turn around and leave him.

How old was he back then?

Surrounded by treacherous and vicious creatures, did she ever care?

At the slightest deviation from her wishes, she could berate him to the point of utter humiliation. Is this how a mother and son are supposed to interact? If so, isn’t that a bit too cheap?

Xi Gu didn’t even know why he persisted until today. It seemed that everything was driven by the prospect of reunion with his biological mother. Before Xi Nian joined Huanya, everything in Imperial Community went smoothly for him, and everything he did was effortless.

But after Xi Nian came to Huanya and began to compete with him for power, his life got progressively worse, to the point where his mother, from a country far away, would scold him fiercely every now and then.

He, a man in his thirties, was scolded by his own mother, made to feel like a child.

Did she ever consider that he was human too, with his dignity, with his own unassailable convictions?

Yet the only responses she gave told him that she hadn’t considered his difficulties at all. For her, there were only winners and losers. Suddenly, Xi Gu felt very tired.

"Mother, did you think of me? Did you even slightly consider me? Even just a little bit."

The high society lady, on the brink of rage and barely able to contain her emotions, was momentarily stunned, the madness in her eyes cooling slightly, "What did you say?"

Xi Gu snorted in derision, full of self-mockery, "If you had even cared a little about me, I believe I wouldn’t have failed so miserably. I don’t even know what I want anymore, always forced by you to keep moving forward, even if I don’t know where I am going; but if I don’t do well, you always have a reason to berate me relentlessly. What do you expect me to become? To take over the entire Xi Family, to bring you back, and then what?"

And then what?

What comes after that?

Then she would do whatever she wanted, as the Xi Family was supposed to compensate for her years of sacrifice; it was the Xi Family that wronged her.

It was the Xi Family.

Yet faced with her own son’s questioning, the woman of high society showed not the slightest hint of being moved. Listening to his almost wretched voice, her expression was unchanging. For her, this son was nothing more than an unwanted product.

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With a cold snort, her voice grew even colder, "Xi Gu, don’t think for a second that I wronged you; it is the Xi Family that wronged me. To me, you were never anything special. If you could be obedient and do good deeds, that would be great. If not, if you can’t do anything right, what use do I have for you?

Not seeing you is like not seeing the one I despise. You’re not the child I’d hoped for; even your father wasn’t the man I loved. Why should I sympathize with you? You being overshadowed and beaten by Xi Nian is already a disgrace, and now you still expect me to comfort you?"

What face do you have asking me to comfort you? I entrusted you with the enormous Huanya, yet I have seen no results. Instead, as soon as Xi Nian arrived, he split half the empire from your grasp. And you? You don’t even reflect on where you might have gone wrong, what you lacked that allowed others to take advantage of the situation. Instead, here you are, questioning me for why I didn’t accompany you as you grew up. Who would want to accompany a disgraceful child like you in their growth?"

Her words threw Xi Gu into the dust, his hand holding the phone trembling.

Enduring with bulging veins on his forehead, "So, in reality, you’ve always seen me just as a tool in the fight for the Xi Family’s inheritance. Once I lost my value, you wouldn’t even spare me a glance, let alone give me any way out?

As Xi Gu had his meltdown, the lady remained unaffected, her tone as cold as winter ice, "You’re not young anymore, do you really expect comfort from me? Even if you heard my comfort, do you believe the words I just said?"

Xi Gu hung up the phone, and the night was silent, his face twisted in an almost crazed manner.

...

"Madam, why must you be so harsh on young master Gu? He..." The butler struggled to find words, genuinely feeling that her words were too harsh. Even though Xi Gu had grown into a man who stands above others, once so many years of trust collapses, it also...

The lady handed her phone to the butler, her expression unchanged, "If a setback like this can defeat him, then indeed he is worthless. I feel aggrieved for having placed my hope in him for so many years; he most certainly does not deserve it."

Butler: "..."

He felt that this woman’s thinking was too extreme, extremely extreme, only caring about what interested her; the slightest lack of interest and she would leave no room at all.

...

London.

"Master, this is today’s morning paper." The butler handed several newspapers to Xi Zhen, who took them, his gaze fixed on a headline for a second before his pupils dilated and he threw the newspaper heavily onto the desk, his chest heaving as if he had just faced a tremendous shock.

To the Xi family, it indeed was a shock.

Glancing at him, the butler said, "After yesterday’s news outbreak back home, Huanya’s shares have been plummeting. Two individuals of unclear origins have been eagerly buying up the scattered shares on the market. I initially thought they were men from young master Gu or young master Nian, but after investigating, it turned out they were not."

Xi Zhen’s expression was particularly grim, but he didn’t show much interest in those scattered shares. "In this incident with Xi Gu, did Xi Nian meddle with ill intentions?"

The butler shook his head, "No, he did not."

"Hmph, the mercy of a woman." After saying this, Mr. Xi seemed to think of something and his face became even more unpleasant. "Without any sabotage from Xi Nian, Xi Gu still managed to botch things up to this extent—that’s quite a feat in itself."

The butler shuddered; the last few words were truly chilling.

Continuing, the butler said, "The individual from the U.S. has made a call to young master Gu. According to our people, young master Gu had a major argument with them and seemed much gloomier afterward. We don’t know what that individual told young master Gu."

Xi Zhen’s face shifted slightly, the harshness on his visage receding. "I understand. Take care of the matters concerning Xi Gu, and remember, leave no trace. Suppress it. As for the follow-up work for ’Miss Rose,’ you handle that too. We can’t let him be choked off like this."

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