At this reprimand, the grape that Ye Yu had just handed to Jiang Xiu's mouth trembled, fell to the ground, and rolled to Gu Yu's feet.
Without a second thought, she crushed it with her foot, just as she had crushed Jiang Xiu's hand today, her eyes even more ferocious.
"Don't you carry people on your back anymore?"
"Mom... don't be angry, maybe Dad just..."
Ye Luo frowned. Although she had heard from her mother that her father was having an affair with the newly married "grandmother," she still felt that the family's reputation was paramount. It was one thing for the family to have internal conflicts, but it was not acceptable to spread it around loudly.
"Luo Luo, stop trying to persuade your mother. Dad called you back today because he really has something to say to you. It concerns the future of our Ye family. You have to listen whether you like it or not." Ye Yu put his hands behind his back and snorted.
He looked at Gu Yu without emotion, then helped Jiang Xiu up, brought her to her, and took her bandaged hand and the visible blood seeping from the gauze on her forehead.
"Are you confronting me because of her?"
"Hmph, bringing this up is too lenient on you! Gu Yu, I can't control what you do normally, but Xiu'er is the number one person our Ye family should be concerned about right now. If anything happens to her, I'll never forgive you!"
Ye Luo, who had originally planned to observe the situation before speaking, changed his expression drastically upon hearing these words.
"Dad, what do you mean by this? What did Mom do wrong? You're saying I'm the one who made this woman suffer, but where's the evidence? How can you be sure it wasn't a ploy by her to frame Mom and sow discord between you two?"
Seeing her daughter standing by her side, Gu Yu felt much comforted and more confident in facing the despicable couple.
But before she could even speak, Ye Yu coldly rebuked her.
"Xiuer might try to sow discord between me and your mother, but she would never dare to gamble with the child in her womb! You should be thankful that the child in her womb wasn't affected by this vicious woman's actions today, otherwise, I would never forgive her!"
The baby in her belly... Ye Luo and Gu Yu exchanged a glance, their shock growing with each passing moment.
Jiang Xiu patted her belly and nestled next to Ye Yu; the two looked like they were from different generations.
"Lolo, I'm pregnant with your brother. Your mother wants to harm me. Can't I even protect my own child?"
"What...what are you saying? A child?"
Ye Luo could hardly believe what she was hearing; her fingers were trembling. She was the only daughter of the Ye family. Even if her father didn't want her to inherit the family business, he had no choice but to do so because she had no brothers or sisters. But now that she did, the situation was naturally different from before.
Her eyes widened suddenly, and she pointed at Jiang Xiu: "You unfaithful slut! You're my father's stepmother! How dare you... Grandpa will die with his eyes wide open in the afterlife!"
"Bullshit!" Ye Yu stepped forward and slapped her across the face.
"I'm not listening to your lectures. Xiuer and your grandfather have never had a relationship. It's all in name only. The child she's carrying is your younger brother. You and your mother had better take good care of her. If anything goes wrong, don't blame me for disowning you!"
The thing she feared most happened before the expected time. Gu Yu stood there stunned, her eyes ashen. Her husband was now openly embracing his nominal stepmother and telling her that he was going to have a son!
"Ye Yu, you're not human!"
Gu Yu was so angry that she raised her hand to hit him back.
But she was too angry and he grabbed her wrist, making it impossible for her to move.
"Isn't it all because you haven't been able to give birth to a boy all these years! How can Luo Luo, a girl, uphold the reputation of my Ye family in the future? If your own womb is useless, then don't blame others for fulfilling this obligation for you. If you are obedient, Xiu'er's child will be registered in our household and call you 'Mom,' and everyone will be happy. If you cause trouble, I don't mind kicking you out of the Ye family. Don't you see how old and faded you are? You can't live well without me! Think about it yourself!"
Ye Yu snorted, turned his face away, and didn't look at her at all, his attention was entirely on Jiang Xiu's belly.
The Ye family fell into a deathly silence, and an eerie atmosphere spread. The happiest person was Jiang Xiu. If she had known that a child could solve so many problems, she wouldn't have had to suffer from this old hag's bullying today. Fortunately, it's not too late now.
She smiled and said to Gu Yu, "A Yu said that you are the only one in the Ye family with experience in childbirth. You don't need to get involved in the factory. From now on, you can stay at home and take care of my daily life and help me give birth to the child safely. This will also be a good deed for you."
"You bitch! You don't deserve to! What right do you have to assign me my work!"
"These words weren't said by her, they were said by me!"
Ye Yu slammed his hand on the table, shutting her down completely, and Gu Yu's face immediately darkened.
"Hmph, you want me to take care of her? Aren't you afraid I'll poison her? The family is already in such a state, what other way can you humiliate me? At most, you'll just take my life. Do you think I'm afraid of you? Sending a pregnant woman to work at the factory while I stay at home doing your laundry and cooking, you must be out of your mind to come up with such a plan!"
"you……"
"Don't point at me, you're not worthy! I can't just abandon the factory, whoever's bastard child it is, is responsible!"
The words "bastard" stung Ye Yu's heart. He raised his hand again, and just as the slap was about to land on Gu Yu's face, she didn't dodge but instead moved forward.
"Go ahead and hit me! You can kill me if you want, and let the outside world see the true colors of you two!"
Jiang Xiu's eyes darted around, then fixed on Ye Luo, who seemed lost in thought. A wicked thought crept into her lips as she casually uttered a sentence that nearly drove Gu Yu mad.
"Since you won't take care of me, then let Luo Luo drop out of school and come back to take care of me. Anyway, with just one word from A Yu, Huada University will definitely expel her. Besides, what's her situation abroad..."
"Jiang Xiu, how dare you!"
“Well, once Luo Luo has a younger brother, her burden will be much lighter. She won’t need to go to so much school. What’s wrong with her coming back to take care of me? What do you think, A-Yu?”
She pressed her body against Ye Yu, looking at Gu Yu and her daughter with a completely provocative attitude, the smile on her lips a naked mockery.
I thought Ye Yu would at least care for his daughter, but who would have thought that after thinking about it, he would actually find the words to be true and even nodded in agreement.
"That's a good suggestion. Luo Luo is in her twenties and has been spending her family's money all this time. It's not right for her not to contribute anything. Since you, as her mother, won't do anything, then she, as her daughter, will have to make amends! I'll go to Huada University and talk to the school leaders about it tomorrow..."
He paused deliberately, and sure enough, before the countdown in his mind could finish, Gu Yu gritted her teeth and shielded her daughter behind her.
"No one can touch my daughter! Ye Yu, you bastard, you'll get your comeuppance! You want me to take care of your illegitimate son? I hope he lives up to that!"
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