"Wait a minute. I still have to go back to the hospital." Gu Ruochu suddenly had an idea. Gu Li had miscarried, but she could still get the evidence she needed at the hospital.
She felt lucky that she had left the hospital. Gu Li and her mother would be less wary of her, and they would be bolder in attempting to cover their tracks.
"All right. I'll accompany you."
Huo Nanchen now had a clear understanding of Gu Li's situation. He did believe that Gu Ruochu was responsible for the miscarriage. He would not let anyone use this matter to harm her.
Gu Ruochu took a deep breath and hoped that her guess was correct. She would not be satisfied until she made the Gu family pay a terrible price.
The went back to the hospital, and Gu Ruochu went straight to the attending doctor's office. The doctor was a little surprised when she heard the reason for her visit. She hesitated in her dilemma.
It was hard to be a doctor in such situations. The matter involved some well off families, and the press would soon be knocking on her door.
Huo Nanchen remained expressionless. He raised his eyes and looked at her with a noble and calm gaze. "Don't worry, if you work for me you'll be fine. If you don't..."
The doctor looked at the lighter in his hand and felt a chill run down her spine. "Don't worry, leave this to me."
"..."
An hour later, Gu Ruochu looked at a test report the doctor had given her. She put it in her bag and went to Gu Li's room expressionlessly.
The doctor told her that Gu Li had woken up and that her family members had gone home to freshen up. Gu Ruochu planned to have a private chat with Gu Li.
Gu Li opened her eyes as soon as the door was pushed open. A smug smile appeared on her pale face when she saw Gu Ruochu's figure.
"Cousin, have you come to confess?"
"There's no one around. You don't have to pretend anymore." Gu Ruochu stood by the bed and looked at her smug expression.
Gu Li seemed to have finally relaxed and smiled. "The child has finally fallen. I'm grateful that you happened to come down the stairs."
She wanted to see Gu Ruochu's shocked expression and found it funny that she had made a fool out of her. Instead, Gu Ruochu's expression was very cold.
"Why?"
Gu Li's heart was filled with malice as she looked at Gu Ruochu. "I'll tell you a secret. The child didn't belong to Huo Zirui. If I kept it, it would've been a disaster! You have to take the blame for me."
"Aren't you afraid that I'll expose you?"
"Who will believe you?" Gu Li burst into laughter. Gu Ruochu was such an idiot. "Cousin, you are a naive little retard. Since I've chosen you to take the blame, I won't let you have anything on me!"
Gu Ruochu listened to her bone-piercing sarcasm. Gu Li really thought that she had no evidence.
"Is that so? Then it seems that you've finally won. Should I applaud you?"
Gu Li's twisted face froze for a moment. She hated Gu Ruochu's never-changing calm and collected demeanor. "Gu Ruochu, this self-righteous face of yours is disgusting. How much better do you think you are than me? Does Huo Nanchen really love you? In his eyes, you're just medicine or a substitute for another woman? You know this already, so why are you still pretending to be virtuous by his side!
"Even your biological parents hated you and abandoned you. You're a complete failure in this world! If I were you, I would have no face to live on!"
Gu Li had poked Gu Ruochu's sore spot. Gu Ruochu had been abandoned by others all her life. No one loved her. What right did she have to mock her?
Gu Li's words hurt Gu Ruochu, but she did not have much of a reaction. She was already numb from the pain.