Chapter 110
The three of them were in a stalemate at the entrance of the coffee shop. Gu Cunxi wanted Fang Lan to come in and slowly explain everything and her feelings. She had to get through this stage, and she was prepared. But Fang Lan refused to come in and insisted on taking Pei Yin away. Seeing Fang Lan shaking with anger, Gu Cunxi was worried that something might happen if they continued, so she let go.
She gave Pei Yin a look, signaling her not to confront Fang Lan head-on. Pei Yin understood Gu Cunxi's look and her eyes softened a lot.
Gu Cunxi walked up to Fang Lan, nodded slightly, and said, "Auntie, since you don't want to come in, can I take you back? Pei Yin will go back with you. It's windy outside, and you'll catch a cold if you keep standing there!"
Fang Lan glanced at her, snorted, and said, "I don't need you to send me off. This is my daughter's shop, and I'm her mother. Who do you think you are? I'm not the one who should leave!"
"Mom! What's mine is also Cunxi's! She is the one I love, and she is not the one who should leave!" Pei Yin stood aside and couldn't stand her mother's words. She couldn't help but want to say something for Cunxi.
"You!!" Fang Lan raised her finger and pointed at her angrily, glaring at her and saying, "You won't be satisfied until you piss me off to death, right?"
"Auntie! Calm down first!" Gu Cunxi pulled Pei Yin's sleeve and hurried to the bar to get a glass of warm water and handed it to Fang Lan.
Fang Lan stood at the door and raised her hand to knock the coffee cup in Gu Cunxi's hand to the ground. With a crisp sound, the fragments were scattered all over the ground: "Don't disgust me here!" Fang Lan held his forehead, his body became increasingly unstable, and he staggered and was about to fall backwards.
"Mom! Are you okay?" Pei Yin couldn't bear it, so she quickly supported Fang Lan and patted her mother's back.
At this moment, Gu Cunxi wanted to say something, but seeing Fang Lan's condition, she was afraid that if she continued to speak, things would get worse.
"Auntie..." Gu Cunxi took a half step back, distanced himself from Fang Lan, and said softly, "I know you don't want to see me right now, but your health is more important. It's hard to get a taxi here. Let me take you home first, okay? Just think of me as a driver, just taking you home!"
Fang Lan didn't want to ride in Gu Cunxi's car, but she felt so dizzy that she couldn't even speak. She leaned on Pei Yin's shoulder, closed her eyes and remained silent.
Seeing that Fang Lan didn't refuse, Gu Cunxi breathed a sigh of relief and said to Pei Yin, "You stay here with Auntie, I'll go get the car keys!"
Gu Cunxi hurriedly ran to the second floor, picked up the car keys, thought for a moment, and took out the document bag from his bag.
After getting the car, she and Pei Yin helped Fang Lan sit in the back seat. Pei Yin wanted to sit next to Gu Cunxi, but when she saw her drowsy mother beside her, she gave up the idea.
After reporting the address, Gu Cunxi didn't say anything else along the way. She turned on the heater and looked at the person in the back seat from time to time. She seemed to be in a better state than before.
Qing'an Community is the best school district housing in Nan'an City. Most of the people living here are elderly people. Gu Cunxi drove the car into the community and looked at the place where Pei Yin had lived since he was a child.
The yard was full of people who came out for a walk after breakfast. For some reason, Gu Cunxi noticed that everyone who passed by looked at him with a scrutinizing look in their eyes.
The car stopped downstairs. There were many old people sitting at the door, chatting while basking in the sun. Gu Cunxi got out of the car and supported Fang Lan while watching.
Fang Lan wanted to break free, but she was surrounded by acquaintances and didn't want to be talked about. After thinking about it, she swallowed her nausea and let Gu Cunxi support her, her eyes full of disgust.
"Isn't this the daughter of the Xiao family?" An old man looked at Pei Yin and whispered to the people around him.
"That's right, it's Old Xiao's daughter!" The old man nodded and said, "My son also has this car. It's really valuable!"
Fang Lan listened to the discussions of the people around her, looked at Gu Cunxi's car in confusion, and looked at it.
"Lao Fang! Did your daughter take you out to play?" The old man stood up tremblingly and walked over.
“…”
Fang Lan smiled awkwardly and said, "I didn't go anywhere... I just wandered around!"
Pei Yin stood by and smiled and nodded at the old woman in front of her: "Hello, Aunt Wang!"
"Hello! Hello!" The old man smiled kindly and nodded, saying, "It's not easy for you to come back. Please show your mother around!"
The elderly people downstairs gradually gathered around them, talking to each other. Fang Lan was afraid they would ask about Gu Cunxi. If others knew that her daughter had brought a woman back, she would rather die...
Facing everyone's inquiries, Fang Lan casually answered a few words and hurriedly left. Walking to the door of the unit downstairs, out of sight, Fang Lan broke away from Gu Cunxi's arm and said angrily, "I've delivered it. Miss Gu, please go back. No matter what you do, I will not agree with you and my daughter! Don't be wishful thinking here, and there is no need for you to be kind. You are a shameless woman who interferes with other people's marriages. I can't help but not hit you. It's already the limit of my tolerance. Don't even think about entering my house!"
“!”
Gu Cunxi was not surprised at all by Fang Lan's words, but what surprised her was that Fang Lan remembered her name. Although this did not mean anything, at least in Fang Lan's heart, she was not a person who had no concept or impression. Even if it was a bad impression, it was better than her not remembering her name at all.
"Mom! If you don't let Cunxi in, I'll go with her. I'll take you to the door, and you can go back and rest!" Pei Yin said firmly without giving in.
The anger that had just subsided was ignited again because of Pei Yin's words. Although there was no one near the door of the unit, if he scolded loudly, the neighbors would inevitably hear it. Fang Lan stood there and glared at Pei Yin, and was so angry that he wanted to raise his hand to hit him.
"Auntie!" Gu Cunxi saw Fang Lan slightly raise her hand and then retract it. Her heart tightened and she quickly stood in front of Pei Yin, protecting her behind her and said to Fang Lan: "I will not give up on Pei Yin just because of what you said today. I hope you can give me a chance to speak!"
Fang Lan sneered in her heart, looking at Gu Cunxi with increasing disgust, seducing her daughter to divorce for her, and shamelessly asking herself to give her a chance... But seeing Pei Yin's determination, if she didn't agree to let her in today, her daughter would definitely go with her. Fang Lan thought about it and decided to get her daughter home first.
"Forget it... I want to see what you have to say!" Fang Lan walked straight into the building.
"Pei Pei! Don't be afraid!" Gu Cunxi whispered to Pei Yin
There was a chaotic sound of footsteps and a key being inserted into the lock outside the door, but the door didn't open for a long time. Xiao Ping got up from the sofa helplessly and walked towards the door. As he opened the door, he said, "I'm going out for a while. How come I can't even open the door? You ran away so early in the morning..."
The moment Xiao Ping opened the door, he was stunned to see three people standing outside. He didn't expect his daughter to come back with him. Looking back, he saw a woman standing behind his daughter. He looked at her carefully and remembered that she was the girl who entertained them and drank with him in Jianghuai City four years ago.
Fang Lan said nothing with a gloomy face, changed her shoes and walked into the house, sitting down on the sofa.
"Dad..." Pei Yin frowned and stood there, looking at Gu Cunxi beside him.
Although Fang Lan didn't say anything, he could sense the strange atmosphere from the moment he opened the door until now. Looking at his daughter's heavy face, Xiao Ping guessed that something had happened.
"What are you standing there for? Come in first." Xiao Ping took out a pair of guest slippers from the shoe cabinet and placed them at the door. "Girl, it's been a few years since we last met! I still remember you drinking with me last time. Come in quickly."
Gu Cunxi smiled and nodded, saying, "Hello, uncle. I hope I didn't disturb you by coming here so hastily."
"Don't bother me, don't bother me. Usually, it's just me and her mother at home. It's very quiet!" Xiao Ping waved his hand, looked at Pei Yin and complained, "You kid, you didn't even tell me in advance that you brought someone back so I could prepare!"
"What is there to prepare?" Fang Lan said unhappily while sitting in the living room.
“…”
Xiao Ping glared at him unhappily and asked Gu Cunxi to come in and sit down.
"Girl, please sit down first. I'll go wash some fruit. I didn't know you were coming, so I didn't prepare anything at home. I'll go buy some food later. You can have a drink with me at home at noon?" Xiao Ping didn't know what happened yet, and enthusiastically asked Gu Cunxi to stay at home for dinner, which caused Fang Lan's dissatisfaction.
"Miss Gu... didn't I ask you to give me a chance to speak? Just say whatever you want to say. Then leave immediately. You are not welcome here!"
"!" Xiao Ping was stunned for a moment, then sat down next to Fang Lan, poked her, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with you? Did you go out and get sick?"
"Huh! What's wrong with me? You should ask your good daughter what she did."
Xiao Ping looked at Pei Yin in confusion, without saying a word, his questioning eyes seemed to ask her what happened...
Pei Yin was about to speak when Gu Cunxi took the lead. She stood in the middle of the living room and bowed deeply to the two people on the sofa.
Xiao Ping was so shocked by this action that he straightened up and said quickly: "Girl, if you have something to say, just tell me. There's no need to be like this!"
"Uncle, aunt, what I am going to say next may be unacceptable to you. If I make you angry, I apologize to you here first!" After saying that, Gu Cunxi straightened up, looked at Pei Yin beside him, put his five fingers through her palm, and clasped his ten fingers together.
"!" Xiao Ping saw it and was shocked. He was speechless.
"Uncle, I like your daughter. To be more precise, I love her!" Gu Cunxi stood there, calm and composed, with a firm tone.
"!!" Fang Lan saw this and walked forward angrily. The moment she raised her hand, she slapped Gu Cunxi on the cheek: "You are so shameless! I don't need to listen to you. Get out of my house!!"
A crisp sound echoed through the living room. Pei Yin saw her mother coming over and wanted to step forward to protect Gu Cunxi, but she was held tightly behind her. The slap hurt more than her own face. Pei Yin couldn't help it any longer. With red eyes, she pulled Gu Cunxi to face her: "Does it hurt? How is it? Let me see! Why didn't you hide, you idiot? It's all red!!!"
"Mom!! Why did you hit her!" Pei Yin protected Gu Cunxi behind her, tears falling, looking at her mother, eyes full of anger
Xiao Ping was still stunned in the spot, everything happened in a flash, he didn't have time to pull Fang Lan, looking at Gu Cunxi's red face, Xiao Ping's expression was complicated.
"Why should I hit her?" Fang Lan pointed at Pei Yin with a shaking hand and said harshly, "Because I'm your mother, have you lost your mind? Don't you think it's not shameful enough? You want to disgrace the Xiao family completely, right? Four years ago, your father and I let you make trouble and agreed to your divorce. I didn't ask you to find me a good son-in-law. I accepted any man who was just okay. But you found me a bad woman! You wish I would die of rage!"
Xiao Ping finally understood while sitting on the sofa. The shock in his heart made him speechless. He looked at his wife who was almost going crazy with anger, and then looked at his daughter who was strongly protecting Gu Cunxi. He was in a dilemma.
"Mom! Cunxi didn't do anything wrong. If you want to hit her, just hit me! I'm not crazy. I'm more sober than ever. I love her!!"
——Snap
There was another crisp sound. Pei Yin closed her eyes when Fang Lan raised her hand, but the pain did not fall on her cheek. Gu Cunxi blocked it for her.
“!!”
Pei Yin opened her eyes in astonishment, and looked at the person beside her with her head tilted slightly. Five red marks on her fair cheek made her heart ache suddenly. Her eyes were full of guilt and heartache, and tears kept pouring out. She brushed Gu Cunxi's cheek with a trembling hand and rubbed it gently: "Silly boy! Why did you rush to the front?! I don't want you to help me block it! It hurts, doesn't it? "
"Mom!! You've gone too far! How could you hit her! How could you be so cruel!!" Pei Yin turned around and looked at Fang Lan, choking and shouting.
"It's okay! Pei Pei, it doesn't hurt, don't worry! I don't feel any pain!" Gu Cunxi shook his head gently at Pei Yin with red eyes.
Fang Lan looked at the two people in front of her, who looked like a pair of star-crossed lovers. She felt sick in her heart. She pulled Pei Yin away and glared at Gu Cunxi, saying, "I don't want to see you again. Get out of here!"
"Auntie! You have hit me, can you please listen to me for a few words? If you feel that it is not enough, you can hit me again until you calm down. I will not hide even once!!!" Gu Cunxi raised her red cheeks and looked forward without flinching. She thought that if being beaten could make Fang Lan accept herself, she would be willing to be beaten any more.
Pei Yin was shocked when he heard this, and quickly grabbed Fang Lan's hand and held it tightly.
"I feel like hitting you makes my hands dirty! You're making me sick just standing in front of me!" Fang Lan scolded him harshly. When she thought of the scene in the coffee shop, her heart began to tremble...
Seeing this, Xiao Ping was no longer shocked. He hurried over and pulled Fang Lan and Pei Yin. He looked at Gu Cunxi and said nothing: "Pei Yin, come here first!" Xiao Ping deliberately pulled Pei Yin over to keep a distance from Gu Cunxi. The intimate behavior of the two in front of them just now was really inappropriate. Fang Lan was angry, and the intimacy of the two without scruples would only make her more angry.
"Calm down!" Xiao Ping turned to look at Fang Lan, poured a glass of water and handed it to her: "If you have something to say, talk it over nicely. Why hit someone?!"
"!" Fang Lan got even angrier when she heard that. The tone of his voice seemed to be blaming her for dialing the wrong number. She had thought Xiao Ping would stand with her, but he actually helped an outsider. Fang Lan looked at Gu Cunxi and became angrier. She threw the cup at him.
Looking at the water cup flying towards her, Gu Cunxi did not dodge, but silently accepted it. The water cup hit her forehead squarely, and her body and face were wet with the water in the cup. She did not feel the pain she expected, but only felt dizzy and numb on her forehead.
"Cunxi!!" Pei Yin was pulled aside by Xiao Ping and watched the water cup flying over, but she had no time to run over to protect her. She felt pain, anger and guilt in her heart.
The cup was broken into pieces all over the floor. Pei Yin was worried about Gu Cunxi's injury and didn't care about anything else. He stepped on the broken pieces without noticing. The thin-soled cloth shoe was punctured by the weight of his body and pierced his skin.
"What are you doing?!" Xiao Ping yelled, and hurried over to look at Gu Cunxi's face and asked softly, "Miss, are you okay? Let me see!"
"It's okay, uncle!" Gu Cunxi smiled and raised his hand to cover his forehead.
"Dad! It doesn't matter if you and mom disagree, but I have decided on her. No matter how much you object, I will never give up on her again! No matter if no one blesses me or I am advised, I will always stay with her! I don't care what others say, nor do I feel ashamed. I love her and will never let her go for the rest of my life!!" Pei Yin stood in front of Gu Cunxi with tears in her eyes, choking with sobs. After she finished speaking, she took Gu Cunxi's hand and was about to leave.
Xiao Ping watched his usually peaceful daughter become tough, and his memory suddenly flashed back to four years ago when she threatened to divorce Chen Feng with her own life. The thought of this made him feel suffocated, and his face changed. All these years, his only wish for Pei Yin was for her to live her life as she wished, happily, and with joy! But he never expected Pei Yin to find another woman...
"If you dare to go with her today, you will never set foot in this house again in your life!!" Fang Lan stood up angrily and roared
Gu Cunxi stopped walking and froze in her tracks. She couldn't be so selfish as to let Pei Yin really ignore her parents for her own sake. If Fang Lan got hurt because of her departure today, she would feel guilty and ashamed to face them again! Since she had decided to spend her life with Pei Yin, she couldn't get around the issue of her parents. She hoped that she could give Pei Yin a blessed love!
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