Jian Rong watched her husband holding Gu Panpan in one hand and Gu Wanwan in the other, with Lu Xia beside him, and Gu Guangming lowering his head and talking to Lu Xia, as if they were a family. She felt anxious, sour and bitter in her heart.

She didn't want Gu Guangming to get too close to Lu Xia. Every time she went to the second room, she would stay there for a long time. She really didn't know what to say, but she had no way to stop it. Who made her pregnant? And Gu Guangming just wanted Lu Xia's son.

An hour later, when the old lady went to bed, Jian Rong and Gu Fangfang returned to the courtyard where they lived in the main house.

It was getting late at night, and Gu Fangfang was so sleepy that she kept yawning. She passed by Gu Yingying's room and reached out to push the door, but it didn't open. When Gu Yingying lived at home, the door of her room was always closed and never bolted, so her brothers and sisters could come and go as they pleased. But this time, she closed the doors and windows tightly.

Gu Fangfang felt that Gu Yingying was guilty. She had done something bad, stealing someone else's partner and making a mess of the family. How could she still have the face to do that?

She also thought about how her father loved her and her sister so much, and how he would always protect Gu Yingying and support her at critical moments. For example, tonight, her father even covered up for Gu Yingying when she was the "third party". The more Gu Fangfang thought about it, the angrier she became. She raised her foot and kicked the door twice.

Gu Yingying hadn't rested in the room yet. She came back and took some time to wash her hair and take a shower. Now she was unpacking her packed luggage and taking out the clothes and hanging them in the closet. She originally planned to take the night train back to Hai City tomorrow night. During the day, Xu Hengkai asked her to wait two days before leaving, saying that they should strike while the iron is hot and clarify their relationship among their families and friends. Although Gu Yingying felt that it was a bit hasty, she was willing to listen to Xu Hengkai. At worst, she could call back to her unit in Hai City tomorrow and ask for two more days off.

Suddenly, she heard the door being kicked slamming. Gu Yingying was startled. She walked over to open the door and saw Gu Fangfang standing outside.

Gu Yingying: "Gu Fangfang, are you sick? You came to kick my door in the middle of the night instead of sleeping."

Gu Fangfang was like a cock that had its fighting spirit aroused. She had forgotten all about sleepiness and glared at Gu Yingying with a righteous look on her face: "I'm going to kick you! You've injured someone so badly that they're almost going crazy, and yet you can still sleep peacefully? Do you have a heart?!"

"I think you're the one who's crazy. Go back and take your medicine and don't show up here."

Gu Yingying said coldly that she finally realized how deep her love was and how much she hated them. How much she loved these sisters in the past, how hurt and disappointed she was today. She had decided to close her heart to these people and would never give them a penny again.

"You're the one taking the medicine, you're the crazy one!" Gu Fangfang retorted angrily, and then shouted at Jian Rong: "Mom, look at her!"

Jian Rong looked at Gu Yingying with dissatisfaction: "This is your own sister, why are you so mean!"

Gu Yingying: "How can I have a biological sister? My mother only gave birth to me as a daughter."

Jian Rong's face changed: "How dare you speak like this in front of your father?"

"What's there to be afraid of? What sister would rather side with outsiders, add insult to injury, and kill her sister? I don't have such a sister."

Seeing that her mother couldn't answer, Gu Fangfang immediately said, "Didn't you interfere in other people's feelings? Isn't this behavior shameful? Shouldn't it be punished? Gu Panpan is not an outsider, she is my sister! What do you mean by throwing stones at someone? Do you understand the idiom? I am upholding justice. All crooked ways must be overthrown. Immoral people like you must also be eradicated. There will be no mercy!"

Gu Yingying nodded: "Very good, if you have the ability, come and eradicate it, no need to show mercy, I will never show mercy to you!"

"What qualifications do you have..."

Gu Fangfang twisted her neck and wanted to continue the debate. Jian Rong reached out and held her back, saying to Gu Yingying:

"Fangfang is much younger than you. If she said or did something wrong, you as her sister should be tolerant. Fangfang is right. Panpan is also your cousin. You should love her equally. You can't turn against your sisters just because of Xu Hengkai and treat her as an outsider regardless of family affection. Panpan likes Hengkai so much, and you supported her before. Now you suddenly try to snatch her away. She must not be able to bear it. She will cry so hard. How pitiful. We are all family. How are you going to face it in the future?

Otherwise, Yingying, listen to me and quit this triangle relationship. There are many men in the world. I will introduce you to someone else when I find relatives, okay? Your grandmother is not picky about men in order to get you married early. She will agree to anyone who is divorced or has lost his wife and children. I promise to find you someone who has never been married..."

Gu Yingying glanced at Jian Rong indifferently. She used to respect this stepmother who was ten years older than her. Even though Jian Rong had deducted her food, clothing and other expenses and occupied the things left by her biological mother without anyone noticing, she never said anything for the sake of family harmony. But today, she could no longer endure it. Her annoyance towards this woman instantly reached its peak: "Aunt Jian, you should worry more about your two biological daughters. My dad likes sons as well as promising daughters. My dad will be very happy if you educate Gu Fangfang and the others well."

Jian Rong: “…”

She suspected that Gu Yingying said this to mock her for not being able to give birth to a son.

His expression could not be seen clearly due to the shadow of the column, but his body was shaking with anger.

But Jian Rong still had to try her best to remain calm and not get angry with Gu Yingying. Although Gu Yingying seemed unwelcome in this family, that was only because the old lady was superstitious. The old man and Gu Guangming actually attached great importance to Gu Yingying, especially Gu Guangming. Although he didn't say anything, he was very indulgent to his eldest daughter. Gu Guangming tried every way to settle all the troubles and messes that Gu Yingying had caused. The old man even locked Gu Yingying in a dark room, and it was Gu Guangming who pleaded for her to get her out in time. He had only one reason: Yingying was afraid of the dark.

It was because Gu Yingying was disliked and hated by the old lady in the Gu Mansion, but at the same time was indulged by Gu Guangming alone, that she aroused the hatred of Gu Panpan, Gu Fangfang and Gu Wanwan.

Jian Rong didn't like Gu Yingying, and she didn't like Gu Yingying's biological mother who had died many years ago. There was a photo of that woman in Gu Guangming's study. In the frame, she had long hair and smiled like a vixen. She was not dignified at all. She also said that she came from a scholarly family. Bah! Every time Jian Rong went in, she wanted to throw that photo away. She would rather believe that Gu Guangming was good to Gu Yingying, but because Gu Yingying's maternal grandfather had three professors in one family, all of whom had taught Gu Guangming, and they had many students, all of whom were successful and well-known, Gu Guangming had to take extra care of Gu Yingying for their sake. Otherwise, Gu Yingying would have been abandoned and ignored by other families because of her bad reputation.

(End of this chapter)