Gu Yan didn’t stay long at Tang Yuxiu’s apartment and quickly hurried away.
The black-and-white themed apartment lost its last trace of human presence, becoming even more desolate. Everything was clean and tidy, except for a small area between the coffee table and sofa, where a crumpled check lay forlornly.
Gu Yan walked aimlessly along the roadside. The city was so big, yet she didn’t know where she could find her place of refuge.
The sun was scorching above her, yet it couldn’t warm her cold heart.
She didn’t know how long she wandered. When she came to her senses, she was already standing at the gates of Bo’er Hospital. People bustled around her, but the noisy sounds couldn’t penetrate her lonely heart.
How is Dad doing now?
She hadn’t secured the surgery fees; Mrs. Gu must be very angry.
Thinking about it, she still went upstairs and came to Gu’s father’s hospital room door.
Mrs. Gu was peeling an orange, but she was doing it forcefully, as if venting something. Li Xiulan and Gu Qin were also there. Gu Qin’s eyes were a bit red, seemingly having just cried, while Li Xiulan was criticizing Gu Yan beside her, looking displeased.
Gu Yan sneered coldly in her heart; Gu Qin had already come to play the victim and tarnish her name.
Actually, there was no need to tarnish; either way, their scheme last night had failed, and today, she wouldn’t have it easy, no matter what.
Gu Qin keenly noticed Gu Yan standing at the ward door, paused for a moment, and immediately spoke up, "Gu Yan, you’re back."
Hearing the voice, Mrs. Gu and Li Xiulan simultaneously looked up at the ward door.
Gu Yan couldn’t be bothered to look at Gu Qin’s pretending face, and stepped inside.
Li Xiulan looked furious, "What kind of attitude is that!"
Gu Yan didn’t even want to acknowledge Li Xiulan.
And as soon as Mrs. Gu saw Gu Yan enter, without another word, she threw the orange in her hand at her.
Gu Yan quickly dodged, and the orange hit the wall and fell, leaving a pile of orange-yellow juice.
Mrs. Gu stood up angrily, pointing her finger at her, "How dare you show your face here!"
Gu Yan looked up indifferently, "Why shouldn’t I come?"
"You brat still dare to talk back?! What good deed did you do last night? Where’s the money? This is your dad’s life-saving money! How dare you hit someone!"
Talking about this matter, Mrs. Gu became uncontrollably angry.
She had thought she wouldn’t have to worry about medical expenses anymore, and in the future, they would have a money-producing machine, but this dead girl ruined it all!
"Mom, I call you mom because I’m grateful that you and Dad took me in, but don’t think that gives you the right to sell me off to others to benefit yourself!"
Mrs. Gu did not expect Gu Yan to say such things suddenly, her anger soaring, "Beast! Without us, you would have long died; it was us who saved your life. What’s wrong if I sell you to someone? Even if I wanted you dead, you wouldn’t have the right to blink! Your dad’s in such a state now, selling you could save him, and you dare to resist, where’s your conscience!"
Gu Yan merely coldly laughed, "First of all, even if you didn’t adopt me, I wouldn’t starve because I know how to get to the orphanage. I just wanted a family, to feel some warmth, but over so many years, when have you ever treated me well? It’s always hitting or scolding. If it weren’t for Gu Nian and my dad treating me somewhat well, I would have left long ago. Would I still send money back to you every month?
The support I’ve given you all these years far exceeds what you once gave me! Have I ever said anything about it? I thought you would have some feelings for me after all this time, but I didn’t expect you would sell me without hesitation!"