Reborn and Counterattack: The CEO's Powerful Sweetheart

Chapter 1256: Chapter 1255: Mr. Han Shang, I Don’t Think I Know You

”Of course!”

A tone that couldn’t be more certain, an attitude of ”as it should be.”

Han Shang’s decisive look made Gu Tong’s heart suddenly panic.

However...

The words that threw her into even greater chaos rang out again.

Han Shang hooked the corner of his lips, a faintly unfathomable meaning mixed into his tone as he said, ”I came to Longxing Country precisely to look for Miss Xue Tong. Tell me, does that mean I care about you or not?”

Gu Tong’s heart felt as if someone had squeezed it, giving an involuntary ”thump.”

What exactly did Han Shang mean by that...

At this point in their last life, they didn’t even know each other...

”Mr. Han Shang, I don’t think I know you!”

Heh! Don’t know him, huh.

”Since Miss Xue Tong doesn’t know me, then why help Beckett? Why help the Sicuro Mafia? And why claim that you know me?”

Han Shang’s string of ”whys” made Gu Tong’s heart jolt. So she really had been found out after all...

The little sense of relief Gu Tong had been holding onto was instantly smashed to dust.

She should have thought of it earlier. With how much Beckett cared about Han Shang, there was no way he would ignore this matter.

There was even less reason for him not to notice her. At first, the only reason he didn’t realize anything must have been because she was drawing a weapon against him, and Beckett, flustered by worry, ignored everything else and only wanted to protect Han Shang, so he failed to notice her.

Gu Tong paused for a moment and said, ”The situation with Xitai Gu and Sicuro is common knowledge! As long as you know even a little, it’s not that hard to analyze.”

The implication of her words was very clear: she knew nothing about the inside story, and all the rest was just her own analysis.

Han Shang leaned down a little, a hint of teasing in his tone as he said, ”Miss Xue Tong really is clever. Just by hearsay alone, you could deduce that Sicuro was about to suffer a calamity! Not only did you lend a hand and prevent a war, you could even guess that this BOSS has a scar on his ass. That’s some impressive skill!”

”...” When you’re out in this line of work, meddling in extra business is always something you’ll have to pay back sooner or later—what they call ’poke your nose into others’ business and you’ll get burned’—and that saying doesn’t exaggerate in the slightest...

Back then, to stop the tragedy of her past life from replaying, Gu Tong had made up lies. Now the time to pay for them had finally arrived...

”Does Little BOSS really have a scar on his ass? I was only guessing!” Gu Tong met Han Shang’s eyes, her tone firm as iron as she said, ”Little BOSS’s personal Trainee Commander shouldn’t be getting close enough to personally inspect him, right!”

This sentence forcefully explained away her ”guess.”

The implication was that she had assumed the personal Trainee Commander wouldn’t get close enough to inspect him, and couldn’t possibly know, so she dared to spout nonsense about Little BOSS’s physical traits.

If she really hit the mark—then it was just a coincidence.

Heh...

What a coincidence, huh.

There was an indescribable emotion in Han Shang’s eyes; he didn’t believe Gu Tong’s bullshit at all as he said, ”No matter what, Miss Xue Tong is now a benefactor of our Sicuro. Once you come to our Sicuro, I’ll be sure to take good care of you!”

Why...

Those three characters practically bounced out at the same time, pressing down on the bottom of Gu Tong’s heart, and for a long while she couldn’t guess the answer.

Since Han Shang hadn’t been reborn, why was he treating her like this? It simply made no sense.

Gu Tong’s breathing grew a little heavier. She spoke slowly, enunciating each word: ”I won’t trouble Mr. Han Shang to go to so much effort!”

With all the things that had piled up in their past life, Gu Tong really did feel full of guilt toward Han Shang.

But those...

Were absolutely not something that could be made up for with just a few words.

Before she recovered her memories, when she still couldn’t predict the dangers ahead, she didn’t dare get entangled with the Sicuro Mafia at all.

Han Shang’s attitude remained firm, a smile in his tone as he said, ”What if I insist on going to the effort?”