Xu Nuan pursed her lips and a frown appeared on her face hearing the old man's weak voice. She never called Gu Zhang and Lin Ran as father and mother because she doesn't consider them as parents.
They are nothing more than a stranger to her. Moreover, they haven't treated Xu Nuan the way that a parent treats their children.
So why would she treat them as parents and respect them? One needs to be able to be respected and in her view, they have lost all the respect the day they brought Xu Nuan to Gu family and made her feel outcast in her own house.
However, can she do the same as she did to them to this old man? In Xu Nuan's memory, he has always been a respected figure and has never treated her like an outcast like others. The only mistake he made was, to bring her back to the family against everyone's will and made her feel more miserable because he couldn't even protect her.
