Mr. Bo, my wife is going on a date with someone again.

It was a bit noisy at Xu Yanli's end, so he said 'wait a minute' and went to a quieter place to ask, "My family has this plan, but they just mentioned it. What's the matter?"

At this moment, Yan Ji felt sorry for Xu Mengran. These relatives whom she always talked about when she was alive, could not wait to use her death to gain the greatest benefits for themselves after her death, and now they wanted to marry their enemy.

Do you know who killed your sister? She loved you so much, and now you want to be with the murderer who killed her.

Countless questions were stuck in her throat, and she dejectedly realized that no matter whether Xu Yanli was going to marry Mu Yunyao or not, she had no right to interfere.

Yan Ji seemed to have returned to the night when Meng Ran died. She knelt in the living room of the Xu family, kowtowed to Xu's father and mother again and again. The skin on her forehead was broken, red and swollen, and blood flowed down her eyebrows and seeped into her eyes, staining her eyes bloodshot. "Uncle, don't settle it privately. I beg you. Ran Ran is also your daughter. If even you don't help her, then no one will help her get justice."

She kowtowed desperately as she spoke, not caring at all about the wound on her forehead. As she moved, the blood flowed even more violently.

Just now, the parents of the perpetrators came. She was outside the door and didn't know what they talked about specifically, but after the group of people left, Xu's father, who was originally heartbroken and clamoring for justice for his daughter, fell silent.

Yan Ji knew that they must have reached some agreement and were preparing to settle the matter privately.

"Uncle, as long as you promise to hold them criminally responsible, I will do everything I can to fulfill all the conditions they promised you. I will treat you and aunt as my real parents and Yanli as my real brother. I will do everything I can to pave the way for his future. Please, don't settle it privately."

Father Xu sighed: "They are still children, under the age of 14. Even if they go to court, they will only be criticized and asked to take them home and keep a close watch on them."

"Some are full, and there's also Mu Yunyao. She's only one day away." She handed the sorted information to Xu's father, pleading humbly and flatteringly.

Yan Ji has lived for so long, and even during the most difficult and miserable years for her, she has never bowed her head.

"It's still not even one day left." Father Xu was probably irritated by the information, his face and tone were not very good: "Yan Ji, this is our Xu family's business. Meng Ran was accidentally injured while trying to save you. If someone is really responsible for this accident, it should be you. I will not pursue it for the sake of the Yan family, but you should not be ungrateful."

"Meng Ran is your biological daughter. Don't you feel sorry for her by making such a decision?"

"She is already dead, and the dead cannot be resurrected. She should feel proud to have made the final contribution to her family."

"I will fulfill their promise to you. I will ask my parents for help, even if it means a marriage alliance..."

"Mu Yunyao's father promised to let me be promoted twice. If Yanli is willing to enter politics in the future, he will do his best to protect him. Which of these two conditions can you do? You go to the Yan family to ask for help? You are an adopted daughter of the Yan family, and you were taken back halfway. Why should the Yan family use up their connections for you?" Yan Ji's relentless pressure embarrassed Father Xu, and he completely tore his face and exposed his true colors: "What's more, the Mu family is also in-laws with the Gu family. Mr. Mu said that as long as I don't pursue this matter, the Gu family will agree to one of my conditions."

"Forget it. You won't understand what I'm saying to a country girl like you. Do you know how many people dream of getting in touch with the Gu family? If you can get one of their conditions, you can get promoted two or three levels, or even enter the core."

"If the Gu family doesn't help Mu Yunyao, will you hold them criminally responsible?"

She seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and was still making a final effort.

"Yes, yes, if the Gu family doesn't intervene, I will call the police and hold them criminally responsible." Father Xu didn't think the Yan family could see the Gu family at all, and waved his hand perfunctorily: "The Mu family is still downstairs, Gu Chenye is coming to pick them up, you go and ask for it."

He ordered the people around him: "Drag her out, annoying. If the Yan family really cares about you as an adopted daughter, they won't let you be bullied. People should know themselves and not lose sight of their own status."

Mr. Xu's last words were like a loud slap in her face.

Yan Ji was dragged down the stairs roughly. She saw the arrogant Mu family, Mu Yunyao who was holding her father's hand and raising her chin proudly like a peacock, and a group of glamorous people surrounding them. They were the parents of other perpetrators.

Her face was covered in blood, and her clothes were dirty and messy, making her look like a beggar. She looked so miserable compared to that group of people.

"Mu Yunyao, I will kill you."

Yan Ji struggled, but was dragged by the security guard and pressed into the grass nearby, with his mouth full of grass and soil.

Wrapped in despair and pain, Yan Ji struggled with all her might but could not get rid of it at all. The security guard was afraid that she would make a sound and offend the guests, so he covered her mouth from behind.

A Bentley drove slowly past her and stopped in front of Mu Yunyao. Gu Chenye got out of the car, said a few words to them, and then everyone got in the car and drove away.

When the car passed in front of Yan Ji, she saw Gu Chenye's handsome profile through the half-lowered window. It was this face that became the most profound memory of her for the rest of her life.

……

"Yan Ji, Yan Ji..."

An urgent voice came into her ears, pulling her out of the bloody and painful memory. The feeling of powerlessness made her whole body weak and she even had difficulty standing.

One hand held her shaking body steadily. Gu Chenye frowned and looked at her pale face: "What happened? Or are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

He took out a handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

"..."

After a while, Yan Ji's dazed eyes finally came into focus. She stared blankly at Gu Chenye's face. At this moment, this face overlapped with the profile face through the half-open car window in her memory, which brought out the strong hatred in her heart and the despair of being unable to resist.

Yan Ji raised his hand, pushed him away, and slapped him hard in the face.

There was a ‘pop’ sound.

Gu Chenye's head was tilted due to the blow.

His entire attention was on Yan Ji's face, and he didn't react in time, so he was hit hard.

The air was stagnant and the scene suddenly became quiet. All the eyes around them were on them, looking like they were enjoying a good show.

"Yan Ji..." Xu Yanli's voice came from the receiver, and it was particularly clear in this environment where you could hear a pin drop: "Are you okay? Why don't you speak?"

Gu Chenye's expressionless face was so cold that it looked like a layer of frost. He rubbed his numbed cheek and asked gloomily, "You got angry with another man on the phone and took it out on me, right?"