Following the address on the document, Gu Yao escorted Ji Shushu all the way to the Ji family home.
They dragged her out of the car, and Ji Shushu finally managed to press the doorbell on the wall.
A few minutes later, the first person to open the door was a middle-aged woman dressed as a maid. When she saw Ji Shushu in Gu Yao's arms, she was full of surprise, but instead of taking her into the nearby room first, she immediately turned around and went inside.
"Young Master, the Second Miss is back."
Gu Yao was also annoyed. Had he gone to the wrong house? The servants in this house were really strange.
Although the girl wasn't fat, she still weighed a few pounds. She couldn't stand steadily and just lay directly on Gu Yao. He couldn't straighten her up, so Gu Yao had to hold her in his arms to keep her from falling.
Despite the bumpy ride, she slept so soundly that no one could wake her.
When Gu Yao saw her in Lan Di, she was only wearing this thin dress. Fearing that she would get cold when she came out, Gu Yao had to take off his coat and put it on her, while he himself was also shivering from the cold wind.
After waiting a few more minutes, Ji Ziqian came out of the house with the middle-aged woman from before.
Upon seeing Ji Shushu in Gu Yao's arms, Ji Ziqian immediately pulled his sister into his own arms, his eyes filled with hostility and wariness towards Gu Yao.
Ji Ziqian knew this man.
Although he had only met him twice, Ji Ziqian believed that Gu Yao and Bai Xiaoruo must have a close relationship ever since he saw them chatting and laughing on the railing of the teaching building.
Unexpectedly, he now dares to lay his hands on his own precious younger sister.
Ji Ziqian took off the coat that Ji Shushu was wearing and threw it back to Gu Yao. He then handed the sleeping Ji Shushu to the middle-aged woman behind him. "Aunt Wu, hurry up and take Miss back."
"Yes, young master." Wu Ma helped Ji Shushu into the house.
Ji Ziqian still had something to say to Gu Yao.
"Now that I've delivered your sister's belongings, I won't bother you any longer."
Gu Yao had just turned around to get into the car when Ji Ziqian called him back.
"Wait!"
"Is there anything else, Young Master Ji?"
Gu Yao looked at him, feigning composure.
"You were the one who took my sister out tonight?"
"I......"
Gu Yao was about to explain when Ji Ziqian interrupted him, "I don't care who you are or what your purpose is in getting close to my sister and Xiao Ruo. From now on, don't let me see you near them again! Especially my sister. If you want to pursue her, do it in your next life! When she wakes up, I will ask her what happened. If I find out that you really did something outrageous to her, you'd better prepare to collect her corpse!"
After saying that, Ji Ziqian quickly closed the door and went inside.
Gu Yao was left alone, standing in the cold wind, clutching his coat, looking completely bewildered.
When did he ever say he wanted to pursue his sister? He was just kindly bringing her home, and now he's a criminal suspect?
The brother and sister are truly alike in their love of wrongly accusing people without any regard for right or wrong.
A brother who's fiercely protective of his sister is truly terrifying.
***
Bai Xiaoruo hasn't been able to leave the house for a whole week.
Forget about going to school, I can't even sit outside in the yard.
There were layers upon layers of bodyguards outside the door. She racked her brains and tried every possible method, but she still couldn't persuade them to let her out.
Every two days, someone delivers fresh vegetables and meat. Even if there isn't enough sauce, or if anything is missing, someone will immediately go and buy it to replenish it.
She hadn't seen Xian Mingyu for a whole week.
Aside from that brief encounter that evening, he never came here again.
Not a single car passed by the gate.
Bai Xiaoruo tried calling Xuan Mingyu again to discuss her return to school, but his phone was either switched off or busy, as if he was intentionally avoiding her.
On the tenth day of being confined at home, Bai Xiaoruo, as usual, took a small bucket to the kitchen, filled it with water, carried it aside, squatted on the wooden floor, wet and wrung out a rag, and carefully wiped the dust off the floor.
Because there are no servants here, Bai Xiaoruo usually has to do everything herself in such a big house.
While mopping the floor, she suddenly heard faint laughter outside the door. Bai Xiaoruo paused, then knelt on the floor and looked towards the doorway—
Then, Xuan Mingyu walked in, with two scantily clad, long-haired beauties on his left and right arms. They were chatting and laughing, and the strong smell of perfume on them was pungent.
They kept sticking close to Xian Mingyu, the three of them were so affectionate.
She didn't change her shoes immediately; one dirty shoe print after another was left on the wooden floor that Bai Xiaoruo had just wiped clean but which wasn't completely dry.
Bai Xiaoruo looked completely bewildered; she had no idea what she should do or say at that moment.
Are they still husband and wife?
He has so openly brought a woman from outside back with him.
Then... what is she, this so-called wife, anyway?
Xian Mingyu glanced down at Bai Xiaoruo, who was kneeling on the ground. She was dressed in tattered street vendor clothes, her hands were covered in water stains, her long hair was casually tied up, and a few strands fell on her face. Her eyes were vacant, and she was holding a rough rag in her hand. She looked no different from a servant in an ordinary household.
"Oh, who is this? Mr. Xian, I thought you were the only one living here. Why is there a poor little maid here?" The woman in Xian Mingyu's arms looked at Bai Xiaoruo with disgust, covering her nose with her hand, as if Bai Xiaoruo really had some kind of sour smell.
“Yeah, they’re really blocking the way.” The other woman in his arms walked up and kicked over the bucket that Bai Xiaoruo had placed next to her.
Sewage was spilled all over the floor, making the entire living room floor wet.
"You!" Although Bai Xiaoru was angry, when she met Xian Mingyu's gaze and saw the coldness in his eyes, she lowered her eyes and swallowed her grievance. She silently knelt on the ground, tightly gripping the rag in her hand, and dared not utter another word.
Bai Xiaoruo didn't want to anger him anymore.
She was worthless in his heart, so there was no need to make a pointless argument.
Since this is the woman that Xuan Mingyu brought back, it's clear from his perspective that no matter how angry Bai Xiaoruo is, he will not stand on her side at all.
Bai Xiaoruo's silence did not stop Xuan Mingyu's humiliation of her. He put his arms around the two women in his arms and went straight to the master bedroom on the second floor.
Since she's so good at enduring things, let her continue to endure them.
He wanted to see just how strong her patience could be.
The three of them went into the master bedroom and closed the door.
Ten minutes later, Bai Xiaoruo heard various women's moans coming from inside.
The sound was extremely loud and piercing; even with the room's excellent soundproofing, it could be clearly heard downstairs.
She sat on the floor, covering her mouth tightly with her hand and biting her lower lip to keep herself from making any sound, but tears still fell down her cheeks.
The floor was cold, but it couldn't compare to the bitterness in Bai Xiaoruo's heart at that moment.
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