Chapter 126: Huanhuan, Please Move Out
He Huanhuan’s attitude was crystal clear: she could let the little things go, but she would never tolerate anything serious.
Gu Chengye was instantly left speechless. What Chacha had done really was an attempt to stab Huanhuan to death...
He awkwardly looked away. “You child... Why do you always resort to violence?”
He Huanhuan immediately noticed that something was wrong with his expression. She glared at him and demanded, “Why, you old geezer! Is Gu Chacha trying to kill me?!”
She had only thrown the question out casually, but Gu Chengye was so obviously guilty that she could only have hit the nail on the head!
Did Gu Chacha really want her dead? Why?
What had she done?
She racked her brains but couldn’t come up with a reason. She might not have been universally adored, but surely she hadn’t done anything to make someone want her dead, right?
Ever since she had been brought back, Gu Chacha had been the one targeting her. She hadn’t done a thing!
Why on earth did Gu Chacha want to kill her?
What the hell! Did she have no sense of right and wrong?
The more He Huanhuan thought about it, the angrier she became. Her life was precious, okay?
She stared fixedly at Gu Chengye. “Tell me honestly. Is Gu Chacha trying to kill me?”
Gu Chengye’s eyes darted around. “You child, why do you keep talking about killing people...?”
Seeing their father’s reaction, Gu Jinghan was utterly dumbfounded. “Has Gu Chacha’s brain been kicked by a donkey? Why would she kill Huanhuan for no reason? Huanhuan hasn’t even provoked her!”
What was wrong with their family? Were they some kind of mafia? Killing people was against the law!
Besides, why would she kill Huanhuan? Huanhuan was just a silly girl who spent her days eating and drinking. She barely even spent any money. What was there to kill her for?
He honestly couldn’t understand how Gu Chacha’s mind worked.
Gu Jingchen had never wanted He Huanhuan to find out about this, but Old Mr. Gu had been so determined to save face that he had gone and let the cat out of the bag.
Jingchen sighed inwardly as he remembered what Han Mo had told him before they came.
“Let Huanhuan move out. Your father has lost his mind. She can’t keep living at your house.”
At the time, he hadn’t said anything, but deep down, he had been unwilling.
Only close, constant contact could foster deep affection. Huanhuan hadn’t been back for long, and what his parents felt toward her was mostly guilt, not love.
If she moved out this soon, even that guilt would quickly fade.
He didn’t want to see that happen, but reality had slapped him hard across the face.
Gu Chengye was simply too muddleheaded. He hadn’t even been willing to phrase it tactfully; he had gone straight to asking Huanhuan to forgive Chacha.
It was absurd. What if this had happened to him? What if Chacha had been the one trying to harm him?
Would he still forgive Chacha for the sake of his pride?
Gu Jingchen let out a quiet laugh inwardly. He knew the answer was no.
He turned to He Huanhuan. “Huanhuan, it was Chacha’s boyfriend, Chen Jiarong, who wanted to kill you...”
“Jingchen!”
Gu Chengye tried to stop him, but Jingchen ignored him completely.
“He arranged for people to ambush you in Sawa before, but you and Meili didn’t go, so nothing happened...”
He told them everything from beginning to end, leaving the three of them dumbfounded.
He Huanhuan pointed at herself. “Why did he want to kill me?”
She and Chen Jiarong had met only twice in total, and they hadn’t exchanged more than a few words either time. Why would he want her dead?
A trace of guilt flashed through Gu Jingchen’s eyes. “He wanted to get involved in our family’s business empire. He was afraid that Chacha wasn’t our parents’ biological daughter and that our family wouldn’t accept him for her sake, so he wanted to eliminate you.”
Without He Huanhuan, Gu Chacha would be the family’s only daughter. All their guilt and affection would belong to her as well, so Gu Chacha was happy to let things unfold that way.
Meili clicked her tongue repeatedly. “Rich people are seriously awful!”
Even if she tried, she couldn’t come up with such twisted schemes.
What kind of mind worked that way? How could someone go from doing business together to plotting murder?
She was truly impressed!
They clearly hadn’t gone to school. Didn’t they know that murder was against the law?
Complete illiterates!
Gu Jinghan shrank back and moved to He Huanhuan’s side. “Damn! Good thing I’m useless. Otherwise, I’d be in danger too!”
What did this have to do with him?
He didn’t know, but he felt that he was in danger, so he had to get involved.
Gu Jingchen looked at He Huanhuan. “Huanhuan, move out.”
There was indeed no reason for her to stay in this family anymore. She hadn’t grown up here, so there was no reason for her to keep suffering here either.
Gu Jinghan hurriedly nodded. “That’s right! Move out. I’ll move out with you. We can live together from now on. Your brother will take care of you.”
They could stay at his hotel from then on. They could even live there for the rest of their lives.
“Enough nonsense!”
The situation had completely deviated from Gu Chengye’s intentions, and he couldn’t help growing angry.
“Your home is right here. Where are you planning to move? Are you abandoning this family?!”
He had no awareness whatsoever of the problems with his own behavior. He only stared at He Huanhuan and asked, “Huanhuan, won’t you give your father a chance to make it up to you?”
Make it up to her, make it up to her—everything he said was just another way of making things difficult for her.
He Huanhuan looked at him speechlessly. “How exactly do you plan to make it up to me? Is making me forgive Gu Chacha your idea of compensation? Your family has a pretty strange way of making amends—by forcing people into impossible situations?”
...
She wasn’t some meek pushover with a saintly temper. The reason Chen Jiarong’s attempts to harm her had failed wasn’t because of anything Gu Chacha had done.
It was because she had been too poor to have a passport.
It was because Han Mo and her brothers had been capable enough to capture the people involved.
None of that had anything to do with Gu Chacha. Why should she forgive her?
The fact that she wasn’t kicking her while she was down already proved that she was beautiful inside and out, okay?
As for Gu Chengye and his wife, she had no expectations of them.
Without filial attachment, there could be no disappointment.
She might as well move out. It would be a good thing. She had never felt comfortable living in that house anyway.
Even Gu Jinghan’s hotel felt more like home.
She didn’t have many belongings to begin with. Most of them were things Han Mo had bought for her over the past few months, so packing up was easy.
Seven or eight boxes were enough to erase every trace of her months there. After loading everything into the car, she turned around and glanced at Gu Chengye and his wife, who were standing at the entrance.
Gu Chengye wore a stern expression. He didn’t say anything, but the reproach in his eyes was impossible to hide.
Jiang Yulan looked sorrowful and aggrieved as she gazed at He Huanhuan, as if Huanhuan were the one who had wronged her.
He Huanhuan had originally intended to say goodbye, but seeing the look on their faces, she couldn’t bring herself to say a word.
She merely waved a hand. “I’m leaving!”
The car quickly disappeared from view.
Jiang Yulan let out a long sigh. “A child you didn’t raise yourself really doesn’t feel close...”
Her life was so bitter. The Chacha she had painstakingly raised had gone astray and become a convict.
The Huanhuan she had risked her life to give birth to didn’t have her mother in her heart at all.
How could Heaven be so cruel to her?
She had spent her entire life getting along peacefully with everyone and had never even had a serious quarrel. How had things ended up like this?
She couldn’t understand it.
She couldn’t understand it, and neither could Gu Chengye.
He didn’t think he had done anything wrong. After He Huanhuan returned, they had even given her Chacha’s third-floor suite. They provided her with delicious food and comfortable living every day, and they hadn’t skimped on her allowance either. What more was he supposed to do? When would it ever be enough?
The truth was simple: Love made people constantly feel that they owed someone more, while a lack of love made them find fault with everything.
Deep down, they didn’t love He Huanhuan, so they were completely incapable of recognizing their own mistakes.