This was the first time he had been so passionate in front of outsiders.
Strangely, the hug felt so good.
Gu Ruochu's hands instinctively hugged his shoulders and froze. His face was so close that his perfectly shaped lips almost touched hers.
Although he was often so cold towards her, Gu Ruochu felt his heartbeat through the warm embrace.
Yang Xi looked at the two lovebirds with a longing look in her eyes.
Mrs. Huo was in a good mood as she watched her son and daughter-in-law flaunt their love in front of everyone. She coughed awkwardly and said, "Alright, since this is just a farce, everyone can leave now."
Since Mrs. Huo was their host, they naturally had to give face to her and they began to disperse.
However, Zhou Yunxi and Gu Yanwei were not ready to disperse. There were so many people present, and they had finally managed to get evidence against Gu Ruochu. When Gu Yanwei thought of the disgusted look that Mrs. Huo had just shot her, she felt that if she did not put all her eggs in this one basket, she would never have another chance to take down Gu Ruochu.
"Ruochu, did you deliberately set up a trap to frame me and my mother today? Otherwise, why would Yang Xi be wearing a similar gown to yours and kissing Second Young Master Huo?" Gu Yanwei looked exhausted. Zhou Yunxi held her hand to support her on her feet.
Looking at Gu Yanwei's intelligent and beautiful face, Huo Zijun felt sorry for her. He walked over and stood beside Huo Jingjing. It was obvious that he was planning to stand on their side.
Gu Yanwei was delighted to see Huo Zijun's reaction.
"Set up a trap?" Gu Ruochu leaned into Huo Nanchen's arms as the corners of her lips curled into a mocking smile. "Sister, I went upstairs to change my clothes. I have no idea what you guys are up to. Even if you had really caught me cheating with my brother-in-law, your first shouldn't have been to go straight to your mother. Instead, you would have called my mother-in-law to catch me in the act. Sister, who do you think is trying to frame who?"
"Gu Ruochu, stop pretending!" Gu Yanwei knew that her sister was trying to dodge her question. "You must have colluded with Yang Xi. Otherwise, how could we have mistaken her for someone else and made such big fools of ourselves!"
"Oh, so it was because of the clothes on her that you mistook the lady who kissed Huo Zijun to be me." Gu Ruochu changed the topic and laughed coldly. "The moment you saw the clothes, you immediately assumed that I was cheating on Huo Nanchen. You even attracted a group of people to catch me in the act. You both seem like you want me to be labeled as a cheating wife!
"How could my own biological mother be like this?"
The people around them understood what Gu Ruochu meant and felt that it was unbelievable.
"Stop trying to confuse the public!" Zhou Yunxi saw that her beloved daughter was being interrogated by Gu Ruochu in an aggressive manner and immediately flew into a rage. "Damned girl, why is Yang Xi wearing your dress?"
She raised her brows and replied coldly, "Don't tell me it's a crime for people to wear similar dresses?"
"That's right! Am I not allowed to wear the same dress as the Young Madam?" Yang Xi placed her hands on her hips and fiercely scolded Zhou Yunxi.
"..."
Zhou Yunxi knew that Gu Ruochu was twisting the truth, but she could not argue with her. Although Gu Ruochu knew that her mother did not like her, she had not expected her to go this far and allow Gu Yanwei to try and ruin her reputation.
What did Zhou Yunxi stand to benefit from such a malicious action?
Even though Zhou Yunxi had been raped and conceived a child, the child was innocent. However, she had vented all her hatred towards her. She looked at Gu Ruochu angrily and seemed to be disgusted by her own daughter.
"You... you wretched girl, I'm not done with you for framing me and Yanwei!"