Xi Caiqin looked at her once lively and beautiful daughter who had become decadent and fallen, and all the words she wanted to say were stuck in her mouth.
Her hand hovered above the iron bars, trembling as she tried to touch her daughter, but then froze in mid-air.
Gu Ping'an quietly played with the deformed silver bracelet, without even raising his eyelids, but sneered:
"Do you still remember that you have a daughter like me?"
"Ping'an, it's not that Mom won't come, it's that Mom and your dad have been trying to find a solution for you, Ping'an..."
Gu Pingan suddenly burst into a sharp laugh, and the silver bracelet slammed hard against the iron railing:
"Think of a way?"
Gu Pingan suddenly raised his voice, his eyes like poisoned needles:
"Are you trying to avoid the harassment from Jin Wenge's parents, or are you trying to distance yourself from the matter? You've ignored me for so many days, and now you're showing up. You think you can't avoid it anymore! Weren't you the best at covering up for me before? Why do you think I'm a hot potato now?"
Xi Caiqin took a half step back, her lips trembling as she tried to argue. Gu Pingan, however, approached the iron bars, his neck bruised from the force he exerted:
"Since I was little, you've always helped me deal with everything. Why are you so cowardly this time? Is it because the Jin family is too difficult to deal with, or do you simply not want to care about my life or death?"
Listening to Gu Ping'an's complaints and sarcasm, Xi Caiqin felt a little regretful. She should have come to see her daughter first and should not have listened to Gu Zhenhua. She was so concerned about her reputation and always thought that things could turn around, which led to her daughter being blamed.
Her throat tightened as she thought about how she had been hiding at home like a frightened bird these days, but she didn't dare to face her daughter's cowardice.
She took a few quick steps, then rushed to the cell bars, crying. She clutched the bars tightly, looking at her daughter curled up in the corner, her heart aching.
"Ping'an, how did you become like this? You used to be so obedient..."
“How did I change?
Facing her mother's questioning, she suddenly moved closer to the iron bars, the marks on her neck rising and falling with her breathing:
"You think I want to kill someone? Let me tell you, I've known this since I was a kid—if you want something, you have to do whatever it takes!"
She looked at Xi Caiqin and laughed wildly:
"From childhood to adulthood, you always said I was the best and most outstanding. Everything good must be mine, and I should fight for it if I liked it. No matter what I set my eyes on or what I did, you would always be there to back me up. Now you're asking me how I became like this?"
She grabbed the rusty iron bowl and smashed it against the wall. Porcelain pieces flew everywhere, and one of them grazed Xi Caiqin's cheek, leaving a fine mark.
The broken porcelain pieces on the ground formed sharp star-shaped rays, just like Gu Ping'an's shattered life.
"You made me feel that as long as it's under the banner of 'love', any evil deed can be forgiven!"
Xi Caiqin stumbled back, her back hitting the table with a dull thud.
"Why are you talking like that? Mommy is doing this for you..."
"For my own good?"
Gu Pingan laughed miserably:
"The night you killed Jin Wenge, you left Fu Hanzhou alone in the ward, asking him to 'stay with Ping An'. You wanted him to feel guilty, the Fu family to feel guilty, and everyone to say, 'The Gu and Fu families should have married long ago!'"
She stared at Xi Caiqin with bloodshot eyes:
"You knew that saving him was my own plan! You didn't care if I was injured..."
She suddenly ripped open her collar, revealing a hideous burn scar on her collarbone:
"Look at this scar. You said 'Ping An is so brave' at that time. The Fu family should remember this!"
She suddenly lowered her eyes and fell silent. The dead silence that emanated from her body was like a thin layer of ice, spreading from her fingertips to the ends of her hair.
When he raised his eyes again, there was only a grayish emptiness in his pupils, as if his entire body had been hollowed out of flesh and blood, leaving only a shell that would shatter at the slightest breeze.
"For so many years, no matter what I do, I have to get your permission. The only thing you tacitly approve of is my liking for Fu Hanzhou..."
She suddenly chuckled, and her laughter was even more unpleasant than crying:
"I finally understand now—you want the Gu family to cling to the Fu family, right? How can parents love their children like this?"
She grabbed the iron bars fiercely, her pupils trembling with anger:
"Ever since I can remember, I've been following him. When I grew up, I fell in love with him and kept pestering him. You knew he didn't love me, but you allowed me to be a joke - because as long as I was still hanging on to Fu Hanzhou, outsiders would say, 'The Gu and Fu families will get married sooner or later.'"
She suddenly laughed out loud, like a broken doll:
"How ridiculous! I thought I was pursuing love, but it turns out I was just a tool for you to save face..."
Xi Caiqin looked a little flustered, covering her face and shaking her head:
"No, no... We just want you to be with Fu Hanzhou..."
Gu Pingan suddenly grabbed a handful of hair and ripped it off, throwing it towards the iron bars:
"Together? He looks at me like I'm garbage! And you know it! You know it!"
"You thought that since Qin Ying had become a fallen woman, we had a chance, but you know what? She wasn't even on the wall newspaper! Hahahaha..."
She laughed wildly, her laughter echoing off the walls.
After laughing for a while, he stopped abruptly and looked at Xi Caiqin with a sinister look:
"You know what? Even if she's been featured in the wall newspaper, Fu Hanzhou won't abandon her, hahahaha... This is the difference between Qin Ying and me. No matter what I do, I can't compare to her. You guys spent so much effort, thinking that if you packaged up an impeccable daughter, others would be interested in her? Unfortunately, no one is interested in her. They don't even look at me... I've been following him for ten years, and it's a joke!"
She shook the iron bars frantically, her eyes suddenly becoming wild and fierce, and she screamed hysterically:
"I gave my youth! I gave everything! But in the end, I got nothing. I won't accept this! It's all because they didn't know what was good for them, so I killed them! Aren't you guys wrong? It's you, it's you... who turned me into a monster!"
When she shook the railing, the strokes of the word "Lin Zhao" on the wall were shaken into dust, as if the name was also crying.
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