Just like that, waiting until the holiday, Gu Hai and Fang Yue originally thought, at this time, Gu Mingcheng should have calmed down and gone home. But, it’s been a few days into the holiday, and Gu Mingcheng’s shadow is still nowhere to be seen.
Gu Hai and Fang Yue went to the school to inquire and heard that Gu Mingcheng had left as soon as the holiday started. Only then did the couple start to worry, thinking that Gu Mingcheng might have gone to find Xu Nianhua?
Thus, today’s scene unfolded.
"No, Gu Mingcheng hasn’t been to our house." Xu Nianhua stood in front of the wardrobe, refusing to let anyone search. She said in a deep voice, "If you keep rummaging around, I’m going to call the police on you for breaking into our house."
The word "police" completely infuriated Fang Yue, whose anger over her son’s disappearance had nowhere to go. She pointed at Xu Nianhua’s forehead and shouted, "Oh, Xu Nianhua, I’m your biological mother, go ahead and report me. Let’s see who’s embarrassed then, you or me!"
"And you call yourself a college student, hmph, you don’t even know how to be filial to your parents!"
"Had I known you were like this, I should have strangled you at birth to save myself from your aggravation now!"
Fang Yue looked at Xu Nianhua, so angry she wished she could strangle her. Had she known her daughter would infuriate her so much, she might as well have strangled her as a child!
Fang Yue clutched her chest, growing more furious the more she thought about it.
"Yes, I was abandoned by you since childhood, which is practically the same as being dead, isn’t it? Just consider me dead. Why are you looking for me now? Why come to my house?" Xu Nianhua stood calmly, contrasting sharply with Fang Yue’s rage.
"You..."
Fang Yue, furious, lunged forward to hit, but before Xu Nianhua could react, Xu Qinghe, having heard, rushed back, pushed Fang Yue away, and stood in front of Xu Nianhua. Breathless, he glared at Fang Yue, saying, "Bullying my daughter in my home, is there no justice left?"
"Bah!"
Pushed by Xu Qinghe, Fang Yue hit the doorframe and hadn’t regained her balance yet when she heard Xu Qinghe’s wrathful words. She sneered, "Is she your biological daughter? My blood flows through her veins. I carried her for ten months and gave birth to her. If I want to hit her, who are you to stop me?"
Xu Qinghe nearly lost it upon hearing Fang Yue’s words. If this woman truly cared about Nianhua, she wouldn’t have said such things in front of her.
Such words are so hurtful.
"Nianhua, we won’t be upset. We all care for you." Xu Qinghe ignored Fang Yue and turned to comfort Xu Nianhua.
Xu Nianhua, shielded by Xu Qinghe, felt the slight discomfort in her heart instantly vanish with his awkward comfort. She beamed, "Dad, you’re my only real dad in this life, and only mom is my real mom."
"Mhm."
Seeing his daughter smile, Xu Qinghe proceeded to drive them away, saying, "Leave, our family doesn’t welcome you. My daughter has nothing to do with your Gu Family. Don’t think of marrying her off to disreputable people!"
During summer vacation, upon hearing Xu Nianji say that the Gu Family wanted to marry Xu Nianhua off to a lame and ugly man, Xu Qinghe was incensed. Now seeing the Gu Family people, he didn’t even want to look. He despised them for dirtying their home by being there!
Such people, unworthy of being parents?
"She’s my daughter. Why can’t I marry her off to whoever I want?"
Fang Yue yelled at Xu Qinghe, prompting Xu Nianhua, observing from the side, to raise her eyebrows. Unlike the perpetually feigned tenderness in her memory, now she couldn’t even bother pretending, completely abandoning propriety?