Chapter 76 You Don't Deserve It
"Sister-in-law, don't be afraid. My brother is actually a very good person. No matter how cruel he was in the past, and how many people's blood he has on his hands."
But he was very gentle with us, his benefactors who had saved his life, as long as we didn't make any serious mistakes, didn't disobey his orders, and stayed obediently by his side.
He was very lenient with many of our behaviors.
Su Ruan disagreed with Natasha's words. Perhaps this little girl, having grown up in such a family, did not understand the meaning of her own growth.
She said to Natasha very seriously, "No matter what kind of person your brother is, he is him, and you are you. You shouldn't just want to be a docile puppet, manipulated by others."
You should have your own ideals and ambitions, and not be bound to him, becoming a parasitic plant. We women should also have our own careers, strive to grow into a strong tree, and stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
Only then can one live a life that is truly meaningful and valuable.
As she finished speaking, Natasha looked at her with a very strange gaze, which made Su Ruan feel somewhat uncomfortable.
"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Natasha smiled and said, "I just think your idea is very interesting. I'll take you to see something."
"What?" Su Ruan asked curiously.
“You’ll see when you get there,” Natasha said with a mysterious smile to Su Ruan.
She led Su Ruan by the hand through the vast manor, winding her way through the maze of buildings until they arrived at a room at the far end of a secluded corner.
She pushed the door and found it locked. "Natasha, is this your brother's secret room? Let's not go in."
Natasha grabbed her, preventing her from leaving. "This is indeed a secret room, but it doesn't hold any family secrets. It's a secret about you."
"My secret?"
Su Ruan, who was initially uninterested, suddenly became intrigued. "But the door is locked, how do we open it?"
Natasha took out her keys from her pocket. "My older brother has never been wary of me. There are no secrets between us siblings. I'll take you inside."
With a creak, the door opened.
Su Ruan followed Natasha inside. The room was dark, and she tentatively walked forward, touching her surroundings with her hands.
It was very empty, as if there was nothing there at all.
"Ah—" Su Ruan was about to take a big step forward when she tripped over something.
With a snap, Natasha turned on the room light. Su Ruan shielded her eyes for a moment, then slowly opened them after her eyes adjusted.
When she saw what was on the walls and the ground around her, she froze, standing there dumbfounded, too afraid to move.
The four walls were covered with countless photos of all sizes, and the floor was also filled with countless picture frames, each showing her in a colorful and lively manner.
After a long while, she finally let out a soft breath.
"This is......"
"Yes, these are all your photos. From when you were eleven years old, photos of you studying at school, photos of you on your way home, photos of you going to tutoring classes, and photos of you celebrating your birthday alone..."
From junior high, high school, and university, all the way until you graduate at twenty-two, every little detail of your school life, including everyday photos of your time with your ex-fiancé, is here.
This is a microcosm of your life over the past eleven years. My older brother kept your photos in perfect condition even during the most difficult and challenging times.
After he gradually became the head of the Rothschild family, he secretly built this secret room, a secret known only to me.
He has loved you for eleven years, Su Ruan. As long as you are there, no one can enter his heart.
Natasha looked at the photos and gave a flat narration.
Su Ruan stood still, slowly moving her feet, her gaze sweeping over the photos on the wall one by one, and lingering between the photo frames on the ground.
She raised her hand and gently brushed over the photo frames, her eyes reddening, her hands trembling slightly with emotion.
She knew that Gu Jinyuan liked her, but she didn't know that his feelings for her were so deep.
She thought he was lying when he said he couldn't forget her the first time he saw her.
Unexpectedly, all of this is true.
Does that mean that during those years of suffering, she was also his support and the reason he kept living?
Tears could no longer be held back and streamed down her face.
"He's so stupid."
"Yeah, my brother is so foolish. Why would he fall for a heartless woman like you?" Natasha's elusive voice came from behind.
"What did you say?" Su Ruan turned to look at her.
Through her teary eyes, Natasha's expression was somewhat indistinct.
But her icy, chilling voice rang out clearly.
“Su Ruan, you shouldn’t have come here. You’ve already occupied so many years of his life, why do you have to show up and stop his only thought now?”
All his efforts over the years have been for the purpose of returning home in a dignified manner to take revenge, to use every means to torture the man who gave him life but then cruelly abandoned him.
But you caused him to fail at the last hurdle, fleeing back in a sorry state, and becoming depressed every day.
He has already suffered so much, why do you, as his only light and only lover, still want to stop him from taking revenge?
Su Ruan, you don't deserve his love. Disappear!
"What do you mean?" Su Ruan stared in shock, her eyes wide. At that moment, she could clearly see the hatred and jealousy in Natasha's eyes.
Does Natasha hate her?
It was because her older brother was unable to take revenge due to her appearance.
But why be jealous?
In the instant she collapsed, a sudden thought flashed through Su Ruan's muddled mind, and she murmured in disbelief.
"You love Gu Jinyuan? You've fallen in love with your own older brother..."
Natasha's eyes held a gloomy look, but a slight smile curved her lips. "Su Ruan, you know too much."
......
"Swish, swish..."
When Su Ruan woke up again, she found herself being carried in a bag, and she had no idea where she was.
But she could sense that the temperature around her was dropping.
Judging from the noise, she must be somewhere in the snow.
"Hurry up, at this speed, they'll catch up soon." It was Natasha's voice.
“Miss, the snow is too deep. We can’t keep up. Why don’t we just leave her here?” a man replied.
"Useless. We're so close to the ground, what if she doesn't freeze to death? We have to take her to the cliff and throw her off."
Only by leaving no trace of her body can my elder brother believe that she escaped on her own, lost her bearings, and fell off the cliff.
"I can go by myself, Miss, you don't need to come with me, it's too dangerous."
"Shut up, I need to see her die before I can be at ease."
After exchanging a few words, the two began to pant, so they simply stopped talking and kept walking forward with their heads down.
Su Ruan was hanging upside down on the man, her blood rushing to her brain, and her consciousness was hazy.
She couldn't just sit and wait to die; she had to think of ways to save herself.
After walking for another ten minutes, a man's anxious voice came, "Miss, there's chaos at the manor. The master must have discovered that the madam has escaped."
We need to hurry, you'd better get going, or we won't be able to leave soon.
"Shut up, hurry up. We're at the cliff in five minutes."
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