"You should leave. I don't want to see you!" Gu Ruochu's heart turned cold. Even though she had tried to give her mother a chance, her initial disillusionment with Zhang Yuan returned.
When Zhang Yuan saw the emotionless look in Gu Ruochu's eyes, she felt hurt and afraid.
"Nanny Zhang, please see our guest out."
As soon as Huo Nanchen uttered the words, Nanny Zhang walked towards Zhang Yuan and said politely, "Madam Ning, let's go."
"Ruochu, are you going to chase me out of the house?" Zhang Yuan's face was full of grief. She felt that she could no longer communicate with her daughter. "Tangxi is your sister. Cheng Xi is your nephew..."
Gu Ruochu looked at Zhang Yuan with a stony gaze.
In the past, Zhou Yunxi had also tried to use similar phrases to try and manipulate her.
'Yanwei is your sister!'
However, Gu Yanwei had always tried to bring Gu Ruochu down at every opportunity.
Gu Ruochu felt disgusted when she realized that Zhang Yuan was using a similar trick to try and help Ning Tangxi.
Cheng Xi's grip on Ning Tangxi's hand grew tighter. His little mouth was shut as he looked at Gu Ruochu.
"Sister?" Huo Nanchen glanced at Zhang Yuan and snapped, "Stop this moral blackmailing! Ruochu and Ning Tangxi are not related by blood, and Cheng Xi's matter has nothing to do with my wife."
Huo Nanchen's merciless voice angered Zhang Yuan, and she growled at him, "You still have the face to say that to me? Have you forgotten your promise to Yue Cheng and my daughter? Back then, you promised to protect Cheng Xi and Tangxi, but now, you've fallen out with them faster than anyone else!"
"Are you saying that I should hurt your biological daughter and protect your adopted daughter? Even if you've raised Ning Tangxi for all these years, didn't you abandon Ruochu when she was a baby? You owe her twenty years of love, and now you're blaming me?" Huo Nanchen's lips curled into a faint smile, and his eyes were full of disdain.
Zhang Yuan was stunned, and her face turned pale. "I just..."
Ning Tangxi was also shocked. She could not believe that Huo Nanchen had taken Gu Ruochu's side. "Nanchen, are you defending that murderer?"
"Shut up!" Huo Nanchen glared at Ning Tangxi coldly. The dark haze in his eyes caused her to be shocked.
Huo Nanchen had chosen Gu Ruochu over Cheng Xi.
Ning Tangxi felt that he had changed completely.
Her fingers gradually sank into her palm, and a vicious look flashed across her eyes.
Zhang Yuan's anger gradually faded, and she tried to reason with Huo Nanchen. "Of course, Ruochu is my daughter. However, now that she has been brainwashed by the person who harmed Cheng Xi, shouldn't I try to wake her up?"
"No one can judge whether Xu Yichen is good or bad. What reason do you have to stand on the moral high ground and criticize Ruochu?" For the first time, Huo Nanchen had spoken up for Xu Yichen.
Even though he was jealous of Gu Ruochu's affection towards him, he had chosen to stand by her side.
"Xu Yichen caused Cheng Xi to lose his hand. Why shouldn't I consider him a villain?" Zhang Yuan had an agitated expression as she glanced at Gu Ruochu. "Ruochu, are you going to protect that villain? Will you choose your mother or that so-called friend? You know that he broke your nephew's hand. Ruochu, what's wrong with you?"
Zhang Yuan wanted Gu Ruochu to choose between her and Xu Yichen.
After seeing that her mother had stubbornly refused to let go of the matter, Gu Ruochu's heart sank. She could no longer suppress her anger.
"Mother? Madam Ning, why are you accusing me and Xu Yichen without any reason? Are you even acting like my mother?"