"Brother, what are you going to do?" Gu Ningning was so scared that she cried when she saw Gu Qingyan coming over with a dark face. She kept backing away until she was pressed against the wall and could not back down any further.
"Young Master." The butler hesitated for a moment, seeing Gu Qingyan's aggressive appearance, fearing something serious was about to happen, but still stepped in front of Gu Ningning.
"Get out of the way," Gu Qingyan said coldly.
Taking advantage of the housekeeper blocking her way, Gu Ningning seized the opportunity and quickly ran towards the stairwell, wanting to run upstairs to call her grandfather for help. She knew very well that although her father had her late in life and doted on her the most, only her grandfather, the head of the family, could save her in this situation, just like last time, when she had caused such a big disaster, her grandfather had still managed to protect her.
No one expected her to be so agile; in the blink of an eye, she had disappeared into the stairwell.
Gu Ningning rushed into the room, turned the lock to lock the door, and then used all her strength to push the large sofa against the wall to the doorway, blocking it.
Only then did he take his phone out of his bag with trembling hands and dial his grandfather's number.
"Ningning, why did you suddenly decide to call Grandpa?"
"Grandpa! Help!" Gu Ningning heard her grandfather's loving voice and immediately broke down in tears, bursting into sobs into the phone.
"Grandpa, come quick! My brother's going to kill me! Come quick!" Gu Ningning shouted at her grandfather without regard for anything else.
The old man was startled and sat up from the sofa, clutching his heart. Although he didn't know what had happened, he was still very worried when he heard Gu Ningning say that. He quickly called the driver to prepare the car and take him to Gu Qingyan's house.
Just after hanging up the phone, Gu Ningning heard the sound of the door being slammed.
"Gu Ningning, if you don't open the door, I'll tear it down and drag you out!" Gu Qingyan was furious and slammed his hand hard on the door, making a dull thud.
Shen Zhi Qiu heard the banging on the door downstairs and was so startled that she stood up immediately, grabbed Zhou Xiao Ran, and hurried up to the third floor, completely ignoring Mu Zi Qi calling her from behind.
Zhou Xiaoran was extremely worried and helped her to the innermost room on the third floor. Fortunately, this room was in a corner, near the southernmost edge of the garden, far from Gu Ningning's room on the second floor, so they couldn't hear the noise of the farce.
She felt relieved, gently turned the doorknob, and slowed her pace as she walked inside.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lin Yunjin still sleeping soundly on the bed by the window.
Perhaps sensing someone slowly approaching her, Lin Yunjin slowly opened her eyes. Seeing Shen Zhi Qiu and Zhou Xiao Ran looking at her with worried expressions, she smiled, but her words still made Shen Zhi Qiu's heart sink.
Who are you?
Lin Yunjin slowly sat up, and Shen Zhiqi came forward to help her.
"Are you the new caregiver who came to take care of me?" Lin Yunjin looked at her with a smile, as if she had never seen her before. "You are really beautiful."
Just as Shen Zhi Qiu was about to say that she was her daughter, Zhou Xiao Ran grabbed her arm, gently shook her head, and whispered in her ear, "Why don't we just go along with Auntie's story for now? The doctor said we shouldn't upset her. If you say you're her daughter now, it might bring back painful memories for Auntie. Let's take it slow."
Shen Zhi Qiu pursed her lips and replied with a slight smile, "Yes, Auntie, I'm the caregiver here to take care of you. You can just call me Xiao Qiu."
"Xiao Qiu, what a lovely name." Lin Yunjin smiled even more broadly, then looked around, feeling a little unfamiliar. She withdrew her foot, which was about to get out of bed, and asked somewhat timidly, "Where is this?"
Seeing this, Shen Zhi Qiu slowly walked to the bedside and tentatively sat down, saying softly, "This is my home. The hospital asked me to take care of you, but in order to help you recover faster, I specially brought you home to take care of you, so you will be more comfortable." Shen Zhi Qiu lied without changing her expression.
"Then?" Lin Yunjin rubbed her hands nervously. "Will I cause you trouble? Why don't you just send me back?"
Shen Zhi Qiu felt a pang of pain in her heart, but smiled gently, "It's no trouble at all! This is the common practice now; everyone stays at their own caregiver's house!"
Lin Yunjin was somewhat surprised, but thinking that she might not understand the current trends, and seeing Shen Zhiqiu's determined eyes, she easily believed her.
Zhou Xiaoran, standing to the side, barely managed to suppress her laughter.
"Zhi Qiu, who is she?" Mu Ziqi appeared at the door of the room at some point, looking at the woman on the bed with some surprise.
Shen Zhi Qiu quickly stood up, gestured to Zhou Xiao Ran to help comfort Lin Yun Jin, and then walked towards the door.
"Mom, let's go outside to talk." Shen Zhi Qiu gently closed the door and pulled Mu Zi Qi out.
She told Mu Ziqi the whole story without reservation.
As Mu Ziqi watched her calmly recount these dark events, she couldn't help but reach out and hug her, gently stroking her hair and comforting her, "Child, you've really suffered. I never imagined so many things had happened. It's been so hard for you to bear all of this alone for so long! If anything happens in the future, remember to tell Mom."
Suddenly, Grandpa's powerful roar came from the stairwell: "What are you doing?"
Shen Zhi Qiu and Mu Zi Qi were taken aback, not expecting that this matter would alarm their grandfather.
"Let's go down and check on him first. Grandpa has a heart condition; we don't want him to get sick from all that," Mu Ziqi said worriedly.
Shen Zhi Qiu quickly went inside and instructed Zhou Xiao Ran to look after Lin Yun Jin before following Mu Zi Qi downstairs.
In the second-floor corridor, Gu Ningning had been pulled out by Gu Qingyan and was kneeling on the carpet, sobbing uncontrollably. Seeing her grandfather arrive, she quickly stood up, wanting to go to him for help.
But Gu Qingyan grabbed her shoulder and forced her down into a kneeling position.
"Qingyan, what are you doing? That's your sister!" Grandpa was furious and slammed his cane into the ground.
"Young master, this is all we found."
As they were talking, the nanny pulled a white medicine bottle out of Gu Ningning's bag.
"What is this?" Gu Qingyan snatched it away, held it up in front of Gu Ningning, and began to read the instructions.
"It can be used to terminate a pregnancy..."
Gu Qingyan's face grew increasingly dark. He smashed the medicine bottle directly into Gu Ningning's face and roared, "Is this how you apologize to your sister-in-law? Do you have any conscience? You actually wanted to kill the child in her womb!"
Grandpa, who had come to support Gu Ningning, immediately understood why Gu Qingyan was so angry. He sternly handed his cane to the driver who had helped him up and said coldly, "Go, beat him!"
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