"How dare you frame my wife? If you have the guts, tell your lies one more time!" Huo Nanchen's was as cold as ever as he dragged her. "Don't you ever slander my wife again!"
Gu Yanwei had thought that with the Ning family's protection, she would successfully carry out such a sinister plot, and she had even tried to frame Gu Ruochu.
Huo Nanchen had vowed that he would teach her a lesson.
Every word he said seemed to contain ice-cold dregs.
Everyone could see his exquisite and god-like facial features. Even though he was full of hostility, he still made people reluctant to take their eyes off him.
Gu Yanwei trembled violently, and her tears flowed seamlessly.
"Godmother, save me!"
She was terrified, and her mouth let out a painful moan. Zhang Yuan saw that Gu Yanwei was crying so miserably, and she rushed over to her side.
"Enough!"
However, Huo Nanchen's hand suddenly grabbed Gu Yanwei's neck. Gu Yanwei had thought that the nightmare had ended, but the suffocation that followed made her despair.
Huo Nanchen kicked her and sent her sent tumbling a few meters away.
"Yanwei!" Zhang Xuan's heart was filled with anguish. She hated herself for her inability to protect Yanwei, and her eyes filled with hatred when she looked at Gu Ruochu.
"Yanwei!"
"Godmother, I'm in so much pain! I'm really in so much pain!" Gu Yanwei cried painfully.
"It's all right, my dear daughter. I'll take you to the hospital." Zhang Yuan slowly helped her up. "From now on, I will never let you suffer!"
Huo Zhenggang's face darkened when he saw this scene.
As the head of the family, he had tried to convince Gu Ruochu to forgive Gu Yanwei and preserve the relationship between the two families. However, this b*stard had once again dismissed his father!
"Hmph!"
Huo Zhenggang turned around and left. Mrs. Huo wiped the corner of her eyes and followed him.
The entire scene was like a battlefield. Gu Yanwei had been on the verge of death, while Gu Ruochu stood beside Huo Nanchen and held his hand tightly.
"Are you afraid of me?"
He held her hand with great strength and his voice was low and deep.
"No. You are the only person in this world that cares about me."
His eyes flashed, and he gently pulled her into his arms. He placed one hand on her back and comforted her.
When Zhang Xuan saw that Huo Nanchen had hurt her daughter but was still showing off his affection for his wife, an evil fire burned in her heart.
Gu Ruochu saw how badly Gu Yanwei had been beaten up and was pleased. Such a lesson was enough to make her sister regret her actions.
However, she did not understand why Zhang Yuan was still defending Gu Yanwei. The elegant lady shed tears for her and hugged Yanwei as she comforted her gently.
Gu Ruochu felt a sense of disheartened envy. She felt that the scene before her eyes was so blinding.
A series of flashbacks run through her mind. One memory of Zhou Yunxi scolding her stood out the most.
"What right do you have to compare yourself with Yanwei? She's smarter than you. Even the fortune-teller said that she was born with a rich and noble life. You're just a weed. You don't have any fortune, only a wretched life!
"Gu Ruochu, how can you be so evil! Listen to me. If you bully your sister again, you won't go to school! You haven't even eaten!
"You're vicious. Yanwei is much better than you! Bah!"
Gu Ruochu had only wanted her mother's attention. Was this what Zhou Yunxi meant when she said that she was vicious?
"..."
Gu Ruochu had been alone since she was young. As a little girl, she yearned for a trace of maternal love, but her mother had always neglected her.