Chapter 134 I'll Take You Home

Gu Jiqing stared intently at the door, her eyes unmoving for a long time, until the tall man walked up to her, at which point she seemed to snap out of her daze and blinked.

Dan Anwen, using the light from the rooftop incandescent bulb, could clearly see Gu Ji's appearance. His small face, no bigger than a palm, was covered in sweat, and the stray hairs at his temples clung tightly to his face. His bright, watery eyes remained motionless.

His gaze swept over her body and then landed on her knees, which were covered in blood and sweat. The red, broken skin on her fair skin darkened his eyes, and his thin lips pressed into a straight line.

Dan Anwen squatted down, her slender, well-proportioned fingers carefully touching the area around her bloodied knee. Gu Ji subconsciously gasped.

Dan Anwen's fingertips twitched, and he stood up, picked up Gu Ji horizontally, and walked towards the door, saying as he walked, "Little friend, don't be afraid, I'll take you home."

Nestled in the man's broad embrace, Gu Ji felt her previously icy blood begin to warm up, and her fear and anxiety gradually subsided with his presence.

As they were about to leave the room, Gu Ji whispered, "Uncle Dan, I'm going to wait for her to come back."

Dan Anwen stopped in his tracks, realizing who she was referring to.

After gazing at her quietly for a moment, Dan Anwen said softly, "I'll treat your wounds, and I'll handle the rest, okay?"

He didn't really want her to face her cold-blooded and ruthless mother again. Even though they were closely related by blood, they had been worn down to the point of being unrecognizable by Gu's mother's repeated abuse.

He didn't want the child to be verbally attacked by Gu's mother again, fearing that she might do something irrational and irreversible.

Gu Ji pursed her pale lips, her clear eyes filled with determination. "I want to ask her, am I really so unworthy of being loved?"

She had long since given up hope for Gu's mother, but she couldn't understand why her mother, who was a woman herself, was so cruel to her, who was also a woman.

Sometimes she even doubted whether she was Gu's mother's biological daughter.

"Okay." Dan An's throat felt dry.

It's time to put an end to this cold and heartless family for the child.

Gu Bao, who was outside the door, still had her mouth slightly open in surprise and stared blankly at the man when Dan Anwen carried Gu Ji out.

"Uncle, you're so handsome!" Gu Bao was completely stunned when the man kicked open the security door with such force and domineering manner.

Dan Anwen lowered her eyes, knowing that the little boy in front of her was the only thing the child cared about in this family, and asked gently, "Gu Bao, right? Do you have a first-aid kit at home?"

Dan Anwen planned to treat the child's wound before Gu's mother returned to prevent it from becoming infected and suppurating.

"Yes, I'll go get it right away." Gu Bao readily agreed, but stood still, her worried gaze shifting to Gu Ji.

After seeing Gu Ji give him a pale smile, he immediately ran to the next room to find a first-aid kit.

Just as Gu Ji finished treating his wound, a loud voice came from outside the door.

"Hurry up, I'm afraid that brat will run away. You should quickly let your son go in and have sex with her."

"Understood." Another female voice came into the main room.

Upon hearing this, Dan An's expression suddenly darkened, and his icy gaze shot towards the outside of the main room, causing Gu's mother, who had just entered, to feel a jolt in her heart, almost frightened by his fierce aura.

"You...who are you? What are you doing in my house?" Gu's mother looked warily at Dan Anwen sitting in the chair, then turned her gaze to Gu Ji sitting next to him. "You brat, you even sent someone to rescue you?"

As she spoke, Gu's mother raised her hand, intending to step forward and attack Gu Ji, but was stopped by a force that almost crushed bones. The sound of her wrist bones dislocating could be faintly heard.

"Ah!" Gu's mother looked at the tall figure in front of her with a pained expression, trying her best to break free from the man's strong grip.

Unable to break free from the man's grasp, Gu's mother began to hurl insults, "Let me go! Who do you think you are...?"

Having been driven mad by the pain in her wrist, Gu's mother's previous fear of men had completely vanished, and she was now behaving like a shrew.

Dan Anwen, his face dark and his gaze icy, glanced at the woman howling in agony before throwing her to the ground. He then disgustedly pulled a wet wipe from his suit pocket and wiped his hands as if they had been contaminated by something unlucky.

When Gu Bao saw her mother fall to the ground, she took a small step, but then remembered her sister's experience and did not go forward to help her.

As she lay on the ground, Gu's mother continued to curse and swear, her eyes glaring fiercely at Gu Ji.

She dared not provoke the man's terrifying and chilling aura, but she dared to glare at Gu Ji, whom she believed to be the culprit.

Dan Anwen noticed the sinister look in Gu's mother's eyes, and said in a calm but extremely intimidating tone, "If you glare at me again, do you believe I'll gouge your eyes out?"

Upon hearing this, Gu's mother withdrew her fierce gaze, pushed herself up from the ground, and said, "Gu Zhaodi, who did you find to save you? Let me tell you, even if the King of Heaven himself came today, you would still have to obediently get married."

Gu's mother had already accepted 100,000 yuan from the mentally challenged family on the way, and money had clouded her conscience.

As the saying goes, they were bewitched.

Gu Ji glanced at his mother with his cold eyes, then turned his gaze to the mother and son standing by the door, frowning and watching the situation. He gave a mocking smile and said in a light tone, "What? Is this the marriage partner you found for me?"

She never imagined that her mother could be so cruel to her. She used to think it was just a simple case of favoring boys over girls, but now it had escalated to the point of sacrificing everything for her.

The cruelty of Gu's mother caused Gu Ji a dull ache in his heart.

Even though she had long since lost all expectations and attachment to Gu's mother, she could still be hurt by her blood relatives.

Besides, she had enjoyed Gu's mother's warmth and love for a short period of time when she was a child.

Dan Anwen followed Gu Ji's gaze, and his already indifferent eyes instantly turned icy, his fingertips rubbing together imperceptibly.

A greasy, fat man was huddled next to a woman, gnawing on his nails. When he saw the man looking over, he drooled and smiled at him.

Upon hearing Gu Ji's words, Gu's mother's face immediately lit up with a smile. "I've found you a wonderful marriage. There's no better family in the surrounding area. I'm doing this for your own good."

Gu Ji's gaze was indifferent, his eyelids twitching slightly. "For my own good? Don't you think that's ironic?"

Upon hearing this, Gu's mother's eyes showed a slight guilty look, but considering that Gu Ji was her son, wasn't it only right for her to get benefits from him?

Thinking this way, she blurted it out, "I gave you your life, so isn't it only right that you contribute to the family? Besides, you're a girl, so you'll eventually get married. It doesn't matter who you marry."

Seeing how shameless Gu's mother was, Gu Ji didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Dan Anwen clenched his fist, then relaxed it after a moment, gently patting her back in a comforting manner.

Feeling the comfort from the man beside her, Gu Ji's lips curled slightly. "No matter what you're planning, the bond between my daughter and me ended in the first year of high school. You have no right to demand that I do anything."

At this point, Gu Ji paused, turning his gaze to the mother and child by the door. "You should know that forcing me is illegal."

The woman by the door rolled her eyes and looked away slightly. Of course she knew this was illegal, but Gu's mother made a solemn promise that she was willing to take the risk for her son.

But the man standing next to Gu Ji was clearly someone they couldn't afford to offend. She couldn't afford to offend him, or she wouldn't even know how she died.

The woman turned her gaze to Gu's mother and said, "Your daughter disagrees, so you'd better give me back the 100,000 yuan you just gave me."

A flicker of calm crossed Gu's mother's face as she gripped the bank card tightly, clearly indicating her unwillingness to return it.

Seeing this, the woman warned, "If you don't give it back to me now, I'll call the police."

Upon hearing the words "call the police," a fleeting look of resentment crossed Gu's mother's face as she glanced sideways at Gu Ji and Dan Anwen, who stood protectively beside her.

Finally, he reluctantly handed the bank card to the woman, clutching the corner of the card tightly as he did so, only letting go after a long while.

As the mother and son walked out, they could still faintly hear the mentally challenged man's voice, "Mom, I want a wife, a wife."

"Okay, okay, Mom will go buy you another wife."

As the sound faded into the distance, Dan Anwen once again turned her icy gaze to Gu's mother, sending a chill down her spine in the sweltering summer heat, spreading throughout her body and chilling her to the bone.

At the man's command, two bodyguards entered and pinned Gu's mother to the ground.

"I'll handle the rest. You take Gu Bao to the room." Dan Anwen stared at Gu Ji with gentle eyes. "Don't worry, I won't do anything to her."

Gu Ji looked up at the man. She knew that Uncle Dan would not do anything to harm her, the mother who was related to her by blood.

"I want to ask her a question."

Dan Anwen roughly knew what she wanted to ask. It was her decision, and he wouldn't stop her. "Okay."