Chapter 565: Chapter 568: Slap
“If it’s a fruit that will never bear,” Gu Junzhu’s voice was cold, “the fact in front of you is that Ye Xiaobei was sent into a brothel by your own parents, she has suffered all kinds of hardships, and it would be better for her to be dead.”
“That’s not how it happened…” Ye Xinglan anxiously objected: “Beibei was sent into the brothel by Wu Qizhen, my parents, they…”
“Is there a difference?” Gu Junzhu interrupted him, “If it wasn’t for your parents, would the Shi family have been able to quietly take Beibei away?”
Gu Junzhu finally looked at him, with a very disdainful gaze: “Do you know how your parents took Ye Xiaobei away? They took advantage of Ye Xiaobei’s trust in them! Ye Xiaobei regarded them as benefactors, as family. She was completely unguarded against them, but they exploited her kindness and trust to hurt Ye Xiaobei! Do you know what this is called? It’s called villainy!”
Ye Xinglan opened his mouth wanting to say something, but Ye Xingli, who was standing next to him, didn’t say anything. Instead, he knelt down by the bed with a “thump”, he raised his hand and slapped himself several times. Then, he lowered his head and said, “Fifth Brother, on behalf of my parents, I want to apologize to you and Beibei… Although there is no evidence, my father firmly believes that my uncle was murdered by Jiang Zhengxing, he deeply detests Jiang Zhengxing. He thought Beibei is Jiang Zhengxing’s daughter, so he didn’t like Beibei either.”
“All these years, my father is wracked by illness and has become somewhat biased. He only cares for his own family, and is indifferent to everything else.”
“Wu Qizhen showed my parents pictures of Shi Qianying after she got injured, crying in front of them, saying that Beibei had tortured Shi Qianying into that state over some trivial matter.”
“Wu Qizhen is very close with my mother, my mother trusts her completely. They believe Wu Qizhen’s words. They didn’t like Beibei to begin with. They always thought that as Jiang Zhengxing’s daughter, Beibei’s bones would be filled with cold and malicious blood, just like Jiang Zhengxing. Wu Qizhen’s words seemed to confirm their suspicion.”
“The Shi and Ye families intended to become in-laws in the future. They didn’t want the relationship between the two families to be affected because of BeiBei. So, they tricked Beibei and handed her over to Wu Qizhen. But… ”
Ye Xingli lifted his head to look at Gu Junzhu: “But Fifth Brother, I can assure you, my parents thought that Wu Qizhen would only severely punish Beibei, let her suffer some minor physical punishment. They would never have thought that Wu Qizhen could be so cruel as to send Beibei to a brothel… However, I know that not knowing is no excuse. A mistake is a mistake, we admit our mistake. But please, Fifth Brother, in consideration of my father being a real brother to my uncle, and the fact that he is currently unconscious and always murmuring about my uncle and Beibei, when Beibei wakes up, let her come back to see my father.”
He looked at Ye Xingbei on the hospital bed and took a deep breath, “All the faults and wrongdoings, they’re all my fault. If I had told my parents about Beibei’s origin sooner, today’s events wouldn’t have occurred. I’m sorry, Fifth Brother, I apologize to you and Beibei!”
As he spoke about apologizing, he raised his hand and continuously slapped himself in the face.
He exerted all his strength, without any mercy. After a few slaps, his handsome face was swollen with palm prints, blood trickling from his nose and the corner of his mouth.
“Xiao Li!” Each of Ye Xingli’s slaps was like a hit to Ye Xinglan’s heart, causing him extreme pain.