Chapter 132 The Confession Game (The author is already crying)
In Gu Youran's spacious apartment, she angrily shoved a blanket over Luo Zhiwei's face and snapped, "Luo Zhiwei, are you out of your mind? It's raining so hard, can't you stay at the Lu family villa? Why do you have to come out here to torture yourself?"
God knows how scared she was when she arrived. It was a pitch-black night with thunder and rain. Weiwei was outside alone, dragging her suitcase. How helpless she must have felt in that situation.
Luo Zhiwei simply took the blanket off her head listlessly and wiped her wet hair lifelessly: "Ranran, it's time for me to leave."
She had stolen this long period of peace and quiet; she should have faced reality sooner. She... no longer deserved to stand beside Lu Jingxiao.
This period of time felt like a beautiful and passionate dream.
She has enjoyed it, and that's enough.
Gu Youran deflated like a punctured balloon, her temper instantly gone: "Weiwei, if you really like Lu Jingxiao that much, you..."
Luo Zhiwei's eyes were filled with despair. She chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Ranran, no family would want a woman who was almost defiled, nor would anyone want a woman who once wagged her tail and begged for food with dogs."
Let alone wealthy and noble families, even ordinary families would feel ashamed. In order not to become a stain on Lu Jingxiao's life, she cannot, cannot be with him.
Gu Youran was clearly not expected Luo Zhiwei to say that. She was so shocked that she couldn't speak. She recognized every word Weiwei said, but why, why did she not recognize them when they were put together?
"Weiwei, what did you mean just now?"
What does it mean to almost be defiled? What does it mean to fight with a dog for food?
Gu Youran's eyes were red, and tears of heartache were already sliding down her cheeks. She didn't even have time to think before she stumbled to Luo Zhiwei's side. As soon as she opened her mouth, her voice choked with sobs: "Baby, tell me, what did you mean just now? Why don't I understand?"
"When did this happen? When? Tell me, tell me!"
Gu Youran would feel heartache and shed tears whenever she thought of that scene, no matter who it was. But the person speaking now was her best friend, a family member she had personally chosen without any blood relation.
Just thinking about it made her feel suffocated, and her whole body was screaming in pain.
Gu Youran could no longer hold back. She hugged Luo Zhiwei and burst into tears, crying, "Weiwei, tell me, tell me! What did you go through in those six months? What did you go through?"
My Weiwei, what exactly have you been through?
So many years have passed, why are you carrying this burden alone?
Luo Zhiwei tried to reassure Gu Youran, feigning nonchalance: "Ranran, why are you crying? I'm fine, I'm all better now, really..."
"Good my ass. If it were really good, why wouldn't you accept Lu Jingxiao? Why did you keep this secret for so many years?"
She didn't want to delve into Weiwei's sad past; she just wanted Weiwei to talk about it, just to talk about it... Once she talked about what she had experienced, she wouldn't be afraid anymore.
What exactly did Weiwei go through without her knowledge?
No wonder, no wonder she developed depression and anorexia after she and Gu Beixiao forced Zhao Tingguo to release her. So that's why...
Luo Zhiwei smiled with some distress, feeling a little regretful. She really did relax easily in front of Gu Youran.
“Ranran, I really want to get better, really…” Luo Zhiwei’s voice choked up a bit as she slowly said, “After I broke up with Lu Jingxiao, I didn’t even get to attend my mother’s seventh day memorial service before Zhao Tingguo locked me up.”
Luo Zhiwei's eyes were empty, devoid of warmth and light, like a stagnant pool of water that could not be stirred.
"To force me to hand over the Luo family's shares, Zhao Tingguo used every trick in the book. At first, he tried to persuade me with kind words and kept me chained up like a dog. Later, he brought one man after another to the dark room to find me, to arrange blind dates. Those men... touched me inappropriately, and some even used..."
The small dark room in the Luo family villa was just the tip of the iceberg; the most terrifying thing was the abandoned corrugated steel house in the backyard, which was her real nightmare.
During those six months, Zhao Tingguo tortured her both physically and mentally, constantly devising new ways to torment her.
Finally, he discovered that after she stopped buying it, she changed completely and started bringing all sorts of men into her life.
He really searched for a lot of people, from street beggars and unemployed people to all sorts of random men... Later, he even hired perverts in the circle who didn't care about money to come and torture him.
The injuries on her back weren't inflicted by Zhao Tingguo, but by the men she refused to cooperate with in obtaining her marriage certificate.
During that time, an old man, half-buried in the ground, tried to take advantage of her. She was driven to desperation and had nowhere else to turn. She took the Swiss Army knife that the man had brought to teach her a lesson and stabbed it hard in his groin.
From then on, that man would come to report to her every few days, and with the others around, it was a miracle that she didn't die during those six months.
The old man, rendered impotent by her, took pleasure in torturing her. Fighting with the wolfhounds for food was just the tip of the iceberg; she was even forced to be chained up like a dog...
Luo Zhiwei trembled involuntarily for a moment; she was still scared when she thought about it now.
With her looks and demeanor, how could she possibly be a match for Lu Jingxiao?
She herself would go crazy just thinking about it, let alone a man; how could he possibly accept it?
Luo Zhiwei pretended to be relaxed as she looked at Gu Youran, only to find that Gu Youran's face was already covered in tears. She was in so much pain that she didn't even notice the tears falling. She listened silently to Luo Zhiwei's story.
Her heart suddenly felt so calm, so very calm.
"Ranran, Ranran..."
Gu Youran seemed to snap out of her daze. She let out a dull "ah," then forced a smile. She stood up, looking lost and unsteady on her feet. It was only a few steps from the sofa to the coffee table, but for Gu Youran, it felt like she was traversing mountains and valleys, a very difficult journey.
Finally, she fell to the ground, as if she had been hit hard, and burst into tears, crying out, "Weiwei, it hurts so much, it hurts so much, I..."
She seemed to have lost her voice, suddenly unable to speak, her mouth open but unable to utter a single word.
Luo Zhiwei quickly stepped forward, and the two sisters embraced tightly: "Ranran, it's all in the past, I don't care anymore, I really..."
Gu Youran hugged her tightly, feeling heartbroken. She was on the verge of going crazy: "Weiwei, I'm in so much pain. Why wasn't I there for you back then? Why did you have to go through all this?"
Luo Zhiwei suddenly smiled, as if she understood the saying, "The person who loves you will break down before you do."
If Ranran had known all that she had gone through from the beginning, would Zhao Tingguo have died long ago?
But she didn't want to. Ranran was her family, and how could she let her family take risks?
"Ranran, I'm alright now. I've finally overcome all my suffering. I won't have to go through this again. With you here, with..." Lu Jingxiao.
Gu Youran slowly stood up, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said with feigned strength, "With me here, I won't let anyone bully you anymore."
Zhao Tingguo, I want you dead!
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Ahhh, I'll be updating at noon! I just got off the plane and started writing this morning!!!
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