"I was indeed planning that, but now I’ve changed my mind."
"Whether he and I get divorced is a matter only for the two of us to decide, no one else has the right to impose their will." Gu Lili’s voice grew colder, "You can say these things in front of me if you like, but if Grandpa and Grandma hear it, Mom, you’ll be reprimanded again."
"Are you going to tattle to your Grandpa and Grandma when you get home?"
"What, you forbid it?" Gu Lili really couldn’t be bothered to engage further, "It’s raining so hard, I need to return to the hotel to rest with Yu Bei. If you want to keep admiring the night view, you can stay here with the bodyguard. I’ll call the bodyguard over for you."
"You stop right there!"
"Is there anything else you need to say?"
"Gu Lili, do you really have to see the Long Family wiped out before you’re happy?"
Gu Lili was at the end of her tolerance, "What proof do you have that I’ve brought harm to the Long Family? I used to think you believed He Meiwei so much just because she’s good at deceiving people. Now it seems Mom, you’re the foolish one. There are many unbelievable things that happen in this world, but they don’t include spreading rumors and blind superstition."
The Dragon Mother selectively ignored a significant portion of what she said, walking up to Gu Lili in a fury and, without warning, slapped her across the face.
"Who are you calling stupid?! You uneducated little brat!"
Clutching the cellphone in her hand, Gu Lili felt a burning pain on her right cheek. The desire to retaliate surged over and over again against her reason—because this was Long Yubei’s birth mother, she stifled her urge to fight back.
"For this slap you’ve given me, I will never call you ’Mom’ again, because you don’t deserve it." She lifted her cellphone, "I’ve recorded our entire conversation just now. I will let Yu Bei listen to it first, then play it for Grandpa and Grandma when I’m back in City A. After they hear it, I’m sure they’ll never let me travel with you again."
"So cunning, delete it!" The Dragon Mother reached out to snatch the phone, and though Gu Lili wanted to kick her, she instead turned to leave.
Unexpectedly, the Dragon Mother threw the umbrella on the ground and violently grabbed Gu Lili’s hair from behind, pulling her to the glass railing at the edge of the mountaintop.
Seeing this from afar, Long Yubei’s expression drastically changed and he rushed over quickly.
When the Dragon Mother saw her son coming, she tried to pretend she was pushed down by Gu Lili, but she retreated so aggressively that she lost her balance, toppled over the railing, and in a critical moment, Gu Lili, throwing her cellphone on the ground, reached out with both hands and leaned over to grab her by the hands.
The Dragon Mother dangled, her legs swinging in the air, too terrified to muster any strength, crying and clinging to Gu Lili, pulling Gu Lili down with her. Gu Lili held tightly to the railing with one hand, while the Dragon Mother grabbed her other hand.
At that moment, Long Yubei and the bodyguards arrived.
"Son! Save me!" The Dragon Mother was petrified with fear.
At the mountain peak’s edge, there were two layers of safety measures installed: the railings on the outside, and very sturdy thick glass on the inside.
Since Long Yubei couldn’t grab Gu Lili’s hand from below, he had to lean over from above, reaching down to grab her wrist, helping to support some of her weight, while the bodyguards hustled to find a rope.
"Lili, are you okay?"
"Your mom is too heavy, my wrist is about to be ripped off," Gu Lili’s voice trembled. Get full chapters from novel★fire.net