Zhuo Ya's fists, hanging by her sides, clenched tightly.
The humiliation from Gu Xiaoxiao made Zhuo Ya extremely angry.
"Hurry up, Zhuo Ya, who allowed you to lay a hand on Miss Gu? If you don't want to be expelled from school, obediently do as Miss Gu says now, whatever she asks you to do, you do."
It was clearly Gu Xiaoxiao who struck first, yet she kept enduring, as Gu Xiaoxiao grew increasingly vicious. Why should she apologize?
Her mother owed the Gu Family, but why should she be repeatedly humiliated by these siblings?
"I won't."
Zhuo Ya's eyes, red and swollen, refused.
"Not going to apologize?"
A vicious glint flashed in Gu Xiaoxiao's eyes as she grabbed a cup from the table and hurled it at Zhuo Ya's face.
You're just a slut using your looks to seduce my elder brother? I'll shatter that pretty face of yours now.
Zhuo Ya, seeing the cup flying toward her, was completely unable to dodge.
Just as the cup was about to smash into Zhuo Ya's face, an arm pulled Zhuo Ya into an embrace, and the cup struck the person's back.
"President Fu... President Fu..."
"Big… Big Brother? How come... you're here?"
"Ah Ze, close the door."
With one hand, Gu Yanting gripped Zhuo Ya's waist and glared at Gu Xiaoxiao with a sharp and terrifying gaze.
The horror in Gu Yanting's eyes frightened Gu Xiaoxiao, causing her to recoil uneasily.
And Zhuo Ya, held in Gu Yanting's embrace, turned pale and called out, "Gu Yanting, let go."
She didn't want the principal to know about her relationship, shouting at the man in humiliation and annoyance.
"Shut up."
With a dark face, Gu Yanting stared at the bruises swelling Zhuo Ya's face and scolded her.
Zhuo Ya's face turned even paler from Gu Yanting's terrifying rebuke, her lips pouting, feeling incredibly wronged inside.
"You dare to strike her?"
Gu Yanting lifted Zhuo Ya into his arms and sat down on the adjacent sofa, his long fingers gently tracing the wounds on Zhuo Ya's face. The sight of the woman's facial injuries caused a pang of pain in Gu Yanting's heart.
He half-closed his eyes, menacingly glancing at Gu Xiaoxiao.
Gu Xiaoxiao, swept by Gu Yanting's blade-like gaze, shivered with fear, and finally unable to withstand the man's terrifying eyes, knelt before Gu Yanting.
"It was she who hit me first, and then I..."
"You hit first?"
Gu Yanting turned his gaze to Zhuo Ya and asked.
Zhuo Ya muttered, "She grabbed my head and banged it against the wall, so I just gave her a taste of her own medicine..."
"Zhuo Ya, you slut..."
"Ah Ze, slap her."
After lightly brushing his hand over the wounds on Zhuo Ya's face, Gu Yanting ordered Ah Ze with a lift of his chin.
"Big Brother, I'm your biological sister, how can you hit me for Zhuo Ya? Her mother seduced Father and is the reason why Mother is still in a mental hospital now, you can't..."
Zhuo Ya's slender body trembled nonstop, her grip on Gu Yanting's clothes turning her knuckles white as tears circled her eyes.
"Don't be afraid."
Gu Yanting bent his head and kissed Zhuo Ya's eyelids, his voice rough and cold yet laced with an inexplicable tenderness.
But Zhuo Ya, engulfed in sadness, couldn't see the gentleness in Gu Yanting's eyes.
She buried her face in Gu Yanting's chest, her fingers turning white with the force of her grip on his clothes.
"Hit her."
Gu Yanting hugged Zhuo Ya tight, his tone indifferent as he commanded Ah Ze.
Ah Ze didn't dare to hesitate and began to strike Gu Xiaoxiao's face.
He controlled his strength, not hitting too hard.
But Gu Xiaoxiao still cried out in pain.
The principal standing by was utterly petrified.
Seeing Zhuo Ya nestled in Gu Yanting's arms, along with Gu Yanting's tender expression, even a fool would understand Zhuo Ya's relationship with Gu Yanting.
"President Fu, it's... Miss Gu, she..."
"If you dare say another word, your family won't live to see the sun again."
Gu Yanting raised his hand to interrupt the arrogant words that were about to follow.
The principal swallowed, nodding, "I... I understand."
"Big brother, wuwuwu, I was wrong, let Ah Ze stop."
Gu Xiaoxiao finally couldn't hold on and pleaded for Gu Yanting to stop.
Gu Yanting looked at Gu Xiaoxiao, who was kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, and asked indifferently, "Do you still dare to bully Zhuo Ya behind my back?"
"No... I don't dare anymore."
Gu Xiaoxiao, who was now where she would not dare to be presumptuous in front of Gu Yanting, although she wanted to tear Zhuo Ya to pieces, she could only endure. She would find a chance to kill Zhuo Ya!
"Don't test my limits."
After speaking indifferently, Gu Yanting, carrying Zhuo Ya, headed towards the door.
"Big brother, aren't you going to visit mom? She misses you."
Gu Xiaoxiao, gritting her teeth, wished she could rush forward and tear Zhuo Ya into pieces.
The wretch, seducing Little Uncle wasn't enough, now she even wants to steal Big Brother. Dream on, Xiaoxiao would never allow Zhuo Ya to charm Gu Yanting.
Zhuo Ya, leaning against Gu Yanting's chest, suddenly turned pale, trembling at the thought of Madam Gu.
Madam Gu had always been living with the Gu Family, and when Gu Yanting took Zhuo Ya home to take care of her, he initially kept it a secret from Madam Gu. After about a year of Zhuo Ya staying with the Gu Family, once Madam Gu learned of Zhuo Ya's identity, she often punched and kicked Zhuo Ya, and the villa's servants didn't dare to help. Zhuo Ya grew up in such an environment until she was fifteen.
Only when Madam Gu's condition got worse did Gu Yanting have her sent to a sanatorium for recovery.
"Take care of yourself, Xiaoxiao."
Seeing that Gu Yanting didn't respond to her, just as Gu Xiaoxiao was about to speak again, Gu Yanting turned his head to look at her.
Gu Xiaoxiao held her breath, her eyes filled with grievance, yet she didn't dare to curse at Zhuo Ya.
She knew all too well what kind of temperament Gu Yanting had; the slap just now had made her acutely aware of Gu Yanting's protection of Zhuo Ya, and she must not act rashly.
"I got it."
Under the icy stare of Gu Yanting, Gu Xiaoxiao held her face stiff, not daring to speak again.
After Gu Yanting left, Gu Xiaoxiao, furious, viciously kicked the chair in front of her to the ground.
Zhuo Ya, you just wait, I will make Big Brother personally kick you out of the Zhuo family!
...
"Take off your clothes."
After Gu Yanting picked Zhuo Ya up and closed the car door, he ordered Zhuo Ya.
Her heart pounding, she clutched the clothes on her chest, bracing herself against Gu Yanting like she was defending against a lecherous wolf.
Seeing the woman take this stance with him, he narrowed his eyes and acted straightforwardly.
"Gu Yanting... what... what are you doing..."
Seeing the man taking off her clothes, she was both angry and anxious, furiously glaring at Gu Yanting as she shouted.
Gu Yanting saw her blushing face and spoke with a voice tinged with frivolous seduction, "What do I want to do? What do you think I want to do? Hm?"
His tantalizing voice grazed Zhuo Ya's eardrums, her heartbeat raced, her lips moved, but she couldn't utter a word.
"Zhuo Ya, you are mine, and I won't allow any scars on you."
Gu Yanting took out the medical kit Ah Ze had prepared for him to tend to Zhuo Ya's wounds.
Zhuo Ya stared blankly at Gu Yanting's handsome face, feeling a cold chill on her body, her nervous eyelashes trembling nonstop.
"Does it hurt?"
Not hearing a response from the woman, the man put down the cotton swab and asked, his fingertips brushing the area of her lower abdomen.
Zhuo Ya's body immediately reacted, she had been trained by Gu Yanting to be too sensitive.
Her face flushed, she breathed hastily and shook her head, "No... it doesn't really hurt."
"Ah Ya."
The woman's sweet scent made Gu Yanting unable to restrain himself.
He flattened the seat and pressed his whole body on top of Zhuo Ya.
Zhuo Ya, inhaling the man's rich scent, felt her mind go hazy in an instant.
The man's heat was pressed against her lower abdomen, her face turning so red it seemed as if it might bleed.
She was all too familiar with the man's arousal at that moment.
"Kiss me, Ah Ya."