Chapter 135 Noisy

Gu Ji's cold eyes stared at his struggling mother, and he asked with pursed lips, "Have you never loved me? Is it because I'm a girl that you don't accept me? And even make me a sacrifice for the family?"

Hearing Gu Ji's question in a calm tone, Gu's mother gave up struggling and glanced at her indifferently. "Girls in the village have always been like this. It is only natural for girls to contribute to the boys in the family."

Outdated and corrupt ideas are deeply ingrained in a person's mind for life. Gu's mother, who was already deeply poisoned by the idea of ​​valuing sons over daughters, did not have much love for Gu Ji.

Grandma Gu's cold words about her inability to give birth to a son were the last straw that broke Gu Ji's heart. Gu's father's silence was an accomplice, and gradually all the dissatisfaction and resentment that had been building up in her heart were vented on Gu Ji.

After Gu Bao was born, Gu's mother had a chance to catch her breath and felt that boys were much more useful than girls. Over time, she no longer felt that it was wrong for Gu Ji to sacrifice everything for her younger brother's happiness.

Seeing that Gu's mother didn't think there was anything wrong with her way of handling things, Gu Ji closed her pained eyes and led Gu Bao into the room.

When Gu Ji was about to take Gu Bao into the room, Gu's mother panicked instantly. When two extremely strong bodyguards pinned her to the ground, she knew that the tall man in front of her was not someone to be trifled with.

At this moment, this brat tried to take Gu Bao into the house, but who knows what this dangerous man might do to her.

"You worthless wretch, stop right there! Gu Bao, save your mother! This man is going to kill me..."

As Gu's mother cried for help, Gu Bao, who had been led into the room by Gu Ji, paused.

"Sister." Gu Bao raised her head, her big, watery eyes looking at Gu Ji, then at Gu's mother who was being held down on the ground and begging for help not far away.

Gu Ji touched Gu Bao's short hair. "Trust your sister, she'll be alright."

Gu Bao nodded obediently and followed Gu Ji into the room.

Watching Gu Bao being led inside by Gu Ji, Gu's mother tried to break free from the bodyguard's grasp, but was instead held down even tighter, with no room to move.

Having no other option, she began to hurl insults at Gu Ji, displaying a rather desperate attitude.

"Shut up." Dan Anwen said in a deep voice. The bodyguard, sensing the situation, stuffed a handkerchief into Gu's mother's mouth, and the cursing instantly disappeared, leaving only sobs.

The driver, who had just received the confirmation call, came in, bowed slightly, and said to Dan Anwen, "President, the helicopter has picked him up and will arrive in less than an hour."

Dan Anwen remained indifferent, not even raising his eyes, and gestured with his slender fingers to indicate that he understood.

For the rest of the time, he sat quietly in the chair, his posture casual and lazy, his evenly shaped fingers rhythmically tapping the table, making Gu's mother's heart uneasy with his movements, sinking little by little.

He exuded an icy aura, and his gaze was fixed on Gu's mother as if she were already dead, making it impossible to discern the emotions in his eyes.

Gu's mother's sobbing stopped as the man's aura grew increasingly terrifying. She collapsed to the ground, her body limp, like a dead fish stranded on a beach, devoid of any vitality.

Inside the room

Gu Bao was finally able to look at Gu Ji carefully. He hadn't dared to hug her or act affectionately towards her because he was dealing with Gu's mother and there was a domineering man standing next to her.

"elder sister."

Looking into Gu Bao's watery, dependent eyes, the two years of awkwardness seemed to vanish in that instant. Gu Ji smiled and asked, "Gu Bao, do you want a hug?"

Without hesitation, Gu Bao buried herself in Gu Ji's arms, tears streaming down her face. "Sister, I miss you so much! You never come back to see me."

The more Gu Bao talked, the more aggrieved and heartbroken he felt. He longed for his sister to come home to see him every single day. He hoped that one day when he got out of school, his sister's familiar figure would appear at home.

"I'm sorry, it's not that I don't want to come back, it's just that I'm not welcome here." Gu Ji tenderly patted Gu Bao's head, her nose stinging with tears.

She had considered coming back to see Gu Bao over the past two years, but after struggling with her mother's attitude, she ultimately chose to give up.

She hadn't expected Gu Bao to be so attached to her. If she had known, she should have come back to visit him before, even if it meant facing Gu's mother's cold words and Gu's father's indifferent attitude.

Gu Bao wiped away her tears with the back of her hand and said with a pout, "I know it's because of Mom. I just miss you. It's not that I necessarily want you to come home to see me. I don't want you to go home and get scolded and beaten by Mom."

Since Gu Ji left two years ago, as he grew older, he gradually understood Gu's mother's preference for sons over daughters. He was powerless to fight back or speak out for his sister, but he knew that his sister would be happy if she left this suffocating family.

Gu Ji paused in her patting motion on the back. She hadn't expected that Gu Bao, this little angel, would still be so heartwarming. Fortunately, he hadn't been corrupted by his mother's upbringing over the past few years.

"Gu Bao has really grown up."

"Yes, yes, I'm a little adult now, I'll protect my sister." Gu Bao's eyes were filled with tears, yet extremely bright, as if he were making an extremely important promise, his little face tense and serious.

Gu Ji smiled and pinched Gu Bao's chubby cheeks, which were still as soft as they were two years ago.

After the two had been chatting for a while, they heard a deep reprimand from outside.

After exchanging a glance, Gu Ji and Gu Bao opened the door to their room. Through the crack in the door, they could see Gu's father pointing his finger at Gu's mother and cursing her.

"I thought the village chief had assigned me to handle some business in the city, but it turns out you were the one pulling the strings behind the scenes." Gu's father, who had always been weak and incompetent, was now furious, his face turning red and purple with anger.

“Zhao Di is your own daughter! How could you let her go home by deceiving her and then marry her off to a fool?”

Gu's mother was pinned to the ground by the bodyguards and could not move. She could only stare at Gu's father with her eyes wide open, shaking her head repeatedly to deny his words.

"You still won't admit it? I already know everything."

Mr. Gu stood with his hands on his hips. If he hadn't been stopped by several burly men in black suits on his way to the city, he would have felt guilty for the rest of his life.

I already feel terrible for my daughter, and now that I've done something so heinous, this family is going to be struck by lightning.

On the way back, he was already told about what Gu's mother had done. How could he face Zhao Di with that face?

Seeing the hatred and regret on Gu's father's face, Dan Anwen felt no emotion whatsoever.

In his view, Gu's father, who had always been indifferent and tolerant, was also an unwitting accomplice in creating the current situation.

He had investigated the child's life trajectory and naturally knew that when Gu's mother made things difficult for the child time and time again, Gu's father either tacitly approved of such behavior or acted as a peacemaker to smooth things over.

And often the final outcome is that the child compromises and gives in.

When he sent people to investigate Gu's father's whereabouts on his way into the village, he learned that it was highly likely that Gu's father was not behind the children's detention.

Since he couldn't do anything inappropriate to Gu's mother, it was perfect to let Gu's father be the villain.

There's a saying that goes, "Husbands and wives are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately."

However, if Gu's father is only outwardly ruthless and heartless towards Gu's mother, but is actually soft-hearted, then he wouldn't mind doing something that would dirty his own hands.

Children are his bottom line; once that line is crossed, he loses all reason and morality.

Seeing that Gu's mother still looked unrepentant, Gu's father turned his head and glanced at the noble-looking and cold-tempered man in the house.

He had already been told on the way that the big men's boss was the one who sponsored Zhaodi.

It wasn't until he entered the room and saw the man that he realized how serious the trouble his mother had gotten into this time was.

Although he was a farmer who toiled in the fields, he knew that the man with the outstanding presence in front of him was someone his family couldn't afford to offend.

Mr. Gu hesitated for a moment before saying to Dan Anwen, "Could your bodyguard remove the gag from her mouth? I'd like to say a few words to her."

Dan Anwen's cold eyes were deep, his thin lips slightly pursed, and he nodded to the bodyguard.

He wanted to see what decision Gu's father would make.