The smile on Huo Nanchen's face gradually disappeared. "What I mean is, Ruochu is your daughter, and you almost killed her. You love Ning Tangxi, you love Gu Yanwei, and you even love Ning Zongxuan, but the person you hate the most shares your blood."
Huo Nanchen had tried to remain calm, but his emotions were slowly getting the better of him.
He felt sorry for Gu Ruochu and thought that she had suffered the most out of all the people involved.
"No. That is impossible!"
Zhang Yuan's body trembled, and she staggered a few steps back. She then pounced on the bracelet and examined it.
Fear and disbelief washed all over her.
"You're lying! You want to protect your wife. You want her to get away with what she did to Tangxi and Yanwei. I won't believe it! Yanwei is my daughter, not her!"
Zhang Yuan struggled to get past the bodyguard in front of her. She threw a tantrum, and her nails dug into the bodyguard's flesh, making him grimace in pain.
"If you think I'm lying, why don't you compare Gu Yanwei and Gu Ruochu?" Huo Nanchen looked at Zhang Yuan with a hint of disgust. "You're so cruel. Even if you hated Ning Tang, you shouldn't have abandoned your children when they were so young.
"I guess you didn't just deceive Ruochu. You hated Ning Tang so much that you were not willing to bear his child."
"Shut up!"
Zhang Yuan lost her mind. The bracelet was proof enough. She realized that the person she hated so much and wanted to kill was her daughter.
She had almost killed her biological daughter!
Zhang Yuan's vision became blurry. Huo Nanchen's words triggered a flow of memories that she had wanted to forget.
Huo Nanchen sat silently on the sofa, but there was a hint of mockery and pity in his eyes as he looked at Zhang Yuan. "I think you've recalled what happened between you and your first love."
Zhang Yuan did not reply.
Her throat was sore, and her body felt numb.
In her youth, she had been the number one beauty in the capital, and many young men from prestigious families had chased after her. However, she fell in love with a bodyguard who had been her childhood friend.
At that time, she would secretly lift the curtains every night and throw snacks through the window to Gu Bo when he was on the night shift.
Every time he looked up and smiled, Zhang Yuan's heart stirred with a warm gentleness.
Later, when she grew up, her family insisted that she marry a man who was of equal status to her.
How could she agree?
Few people knew that she had fallen head over heels for her male bodyguard.
During one stormy night, Zhang Yuan drank some wine and devised a scheme to be with Gu Bo. She went to his room and lay on his bed as she waited for him nervously.
Zhang Yuan had reasoned that if she had Gu Bo's child, it would be impossible for her father to prevent her from marrying him.
However, the person who came into the room was not the man she loved. When Zhang Yuan opened her eyes, she saw was Ning Tang's resolute face. Gu Bo had been beaten to a pulp and lay at the door with blood trickling from his forehead. It was a shocking sight.
Ning Tang's henchmen had almost beaten him to death. Zhang Yuan had felt her entire body turn cold. She had desperately shouted for help, but no one had responded to her calls.
She lay on the bed and desperately met Gu Bo's gaze. It was as if she had been separated from him forever.
When Zhang Yuan remembered the events from that night, the hatred in her heart stirred once again.