Reborn As Super Heiress

It was just a pity that the more Liang Jingyi smeared Huo Sining like this, the more furious Gu Xu became.

He couldn’t control himself and viciously slapped this honey-tongued, dagger-hearted woman, then suddenly yanked off the pendant hanging around her neck and let out a cold laugh:

"Enough. You think if you say all that, I’ll believe you? I’ve already checked. This pendant was originally Huo Sining’s personal belonging. You used tricks to swindle it from her. It was by using this pendant as a token that you were smoothly ’found’ by the Liang Family and brought back to be their precious Miss Liang!"

"You stole Huo Sining’s identity as a noble young lady, but you were afraid this truth would eventually come to light. So you decided to strike first—kill off the real heiress, Huo Sining. The dead can’t speak, and you thought as long as Huo Sining died, no one would ever question your fake heiress identity again!"

"Did you really think that once you killed Huo Sining, this secret would be buried forever?"

After hearing these words from Gu Xu, all the color drained from Liang Jingyi’s face, and her heart sank straight down.

She had never imagined that the secret she had covered up for so many years would be exposed under broad daylight like this, and that the one saying these things would actually be Young Master Gu, the very person she never would have thought of.

"I...I don’t know what you’re talking about." Even now, Liang Jingyi was still being as stubborn as a dead duck, refusing to admit what Gu Xu said.

Gu Xu seemed to have anticipated this reaction from her long ago. He directly pulled out his phone and opened several backup files in his recordings.

—Should I say you’re unlucky, or just stupid? Why do you think a man like Zhao Mingcheng would look twice at you? You really think you’re some natural-born beauty, dazzling and irresistible? If I hadn’t promised Zhao Mingcheng bigger benefits, would he really lower himself so much just to get close to you?

—Forget it, there isn’t much time left anyway. For the sake of you being so "generous" with your heart donation, I’ll let you die understanding. Do you know why I was able to return to the Liang Family and become the Liang Clan’s eldest young lady? Because of this.

—If it weren’t for this pendant you gave me, how could I have lived the life of a wealthy heiress? Do you know what this pendant means? It’s an heirloom passed down in the Liang Family, tsk tsk tsk tsk. Something this important as a token of recognition, how could you not care at all and just casually give it to me?

—I stole your position as Miss Liang, living every day in silks and brocade, while you, the true daughter of fate, were doing manual labor and being abused, living so miserably. You don’t feel any hate?

—Do you know who caused all of this? Me. When you failed the college entrance exam and kept desperately waiting for your admission letter that never came, you thought it was because your scores weren’t enough, right? Actually, I had someone steal your admission notice. That letter of admission of yours was burned by my own hands, you know.

—You wanted to get into a university in the Imperial Capital to escape the control of that pile of scum in the Huo family. How could I possibly let you have your way? The Imperial Capital is the Liang Family’s base camp. If the real one of you showed up and the Liang Family People noticed anything, wouldn’t I, this counterfeit, have to step aside and give you back your place?

—Oh, and at Shengtang Group’s annual party, the one who drugged you was me as well. It’s just a pity you ran too fast, wasted a few good shows I had lined up for you afterward.

—I originally only wanted to ruin you, not kill you. It’s just a pity you were jumping around too much. Even without the Liang Family’s heirloom token, just relying on that birthmark, you actually still managed to catch the Liang Family’s attention. Hmph, in this world, only the dead can keep their mouths shut. Tell me, if I sink you to the bottom of the sea, who will ever know that you were the real Miss Liang?

—Oh right, I haven’t thanked you yet. If you hadn’t selflessly donated your heart, I probably wouldn’t have been able to latch onto the Gu Family and the Song Family. In just a few hours, that lively, beating heart of yours will become part of the Young Master of the Song Family’s body. Just thinking about this scene is enough to make one excited!

As these audio files played, the last trace of color on Liang Jingyi’s face vanished instantly. She finally lost the power of speech completely. She had never imagined that the words she’d said to Huo Sining back then would be recorded by someone, and would end up becoming the leverage in Gu Xu’s hands.

Gu Xu’s eyes were filled with a bloodthirsty, surging emotion. It was only after Yu Fei sent him this string of files that he realized the girl he cherished had been ruined so miserably by this woman back then.

He thought of that night when he met Huo Sining outside the hotel, thought of her collapsing into his arms in agony after the drugs took effect, and then thought of that merciless slap he’d given her. A nameless pain and remorse surfaced in Gu Xu’s gaze.

If he had known back then that it was her, he never would have treated her so roughly. That was his girl, his Wei Yang. How could he have mistaken such a pure, childish little thing for those women who coquettishly flaunted themselves and schemed to approach him, trying to climb up the social ladder? If he had another chance, he would pull her fiercely into his arms and never let her suffer such harm again.

But...he understood all of this far too late. Everything had already been destroyed by that woman surnamed Liang and Zhao Mingcheng!

Gu Xu’s eyes overflowed with boundless hatred. He suddenly stood up, strode in front of Liang Jingyi, and directly reached out to tear the pendant from her neck with force. He didn’t care at all that the cord, being too sturdy, cut into and tore the skin of her neck under his violent yank.

He took a handkerchief out of his pocket and carefully wiped the pendant clean, bit by bit, before placing it in the inner pocket over his chest. Then he looked at Liang Jingyi coldly and said:

"This is hers. You’re not worthy of wearing it. Don’t you dare stain the only keepsake she left in this world!"

Liang Jingyi couldn’t understand it. No matter how she thought about it, she couldn’t figure out when that utterly useless woman had gotten involved with Young Master Gu, and from the looks of it, he seemed to value that woman greatly, as if he was deeply in love with her.

Seeing Gu Xu stand up for Huo Sining so recklessly, waves of shock surged in Liang Jingyi’s heart, along with a faint but intense surge of jealousy.

Back then, after she left Baiyun Village and later discovered that the pendant was the token of the Liang Family’s heiress, she racked her brains to enter the Liang Family and become Miss Liang. In the process, she was constantly jealous of Huo Sining and wanted at every moment to outshine her. So she did everything she could to obstruct Huo Sining from attending university, tripping her up again and again, all for the purpose of ruining Huo Sining and trampling that woman beneath her feet.

After pushing Huo Sining’s corpse into the sea, Liang Jingyi had finally breathed a sigh of relief, believing she had at last defeated Huo Sining.

But she had never expected that despite all her calculations, she still failed to beat that woman. Even after that woman was dead, she was still one move short, and ended up being outplayed by a dead person.