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C4 Nightmare

She looked at Ye, and stressed the word 'sister' heavily. Ye stood there with a guilty expression, with his head lowered, and did not utter a word.

"Yanrann …"

Gutianxiang could not help but sigh. "Your sister was also careless, and got tricked by that person, we are after all a family, and on my account, I have to protect your sister no matter what."

When he heard his own biological father say "We are after all a family", Guyanrann sneered and then pretended to be calm as he replied, "Alright, if you want to protect her, then according to the current situation, there is only one way. You can ask her to tell that man that no matter what others ask of him, he is to be responsible for all the consequences …"

"What?"

Ye looked up and said unhappily: "You want me to abandon him and protect myself?"

"Little sister, if you have a better way, I'd be happy to hide from this leisure. Now that the internet has already scolded us like this, it has dealt an immeasurable blow to our Gu family's reputation. It was already very difficult to protect you from the beginning, but you still want to protect him? Do you want to completely destroy our Gu family?"

Ye didn't speak anymore. Seeing Guyanrann's cold and angry expression, Gutianxiang also realized that their request was a little excessive. Thus, he reprimanded Ye: "Look at what you've done!"

The Ye shrank back as she heard the Soongqiuping stand out again: "Aiyo, you can't just blame this on Zhixi. After all, she's still young, and as the older sister, she isn't willing to teach her …"

Guyanrann acted as if he did not hear anything. He picked up the phone, stood up and bowed to Gutianxiang: "Dad, I'm a little tired, I'll go up to rest first."

He walked up the stairs and heard the Soongqiuping's shrill voice. "After she's prepared so many dishes, who are you trying to put on airs with?"

Guyanrann's footsteps paused slightly, and without looking back, he walked towards the bedroom upstairs.

At night, when Guyanrann was still not sleeping soundly, she had a dream.

He dreamt of the time when the mother and daughter pair, Soongqiuping and Zhixi, had just arrived at the Gu household.

At that time, their family was still very happy. She had a mother and a cute little brother. Although her father was usually very busy, he still took care of the family.

It was said that Ye's father, Ye, had been his good friend and brother for many years. Unfortunately, the Ye Group had gone bankrupt, and Ye had died in a car accident, so all of the family's savings were used to pay off their debts. Even the house had been sealed for auction by the court, so they could only stay in their house for the time being.

At first, they welcomed the mother and daughter very much. They even felt that they were very pitiful and took great care of them in their lives.

When she was young, she was as innocent as her mother. When she was weak and cowardly when it came to interpersonal relationships, and when the Ye lost her father and family, she was very pitiful. Out of sympathy, no matter what the Zhixi saw, she would very happily let them go, and slowly, the Soongqiuping became the mistress of the family. The Ye became the eldest miss of the Gu family.

Later on, when they found out about the affair between Gutianxiang and herself, her mother decided to divorce her out of grief and indignation. Gutianxiang kneeled on the ground and begged, saying that she wouldn't commit the crime again, and then, when Soongqiuping became pregnant, she gave birth to a so-called brother, and her original brother accidentally drowned in her own swimming pool. Her mother, who was too depressed and could not tolerate the mother and daughter pair torturing and humiliating her at home, changed into depression, and finally chose to jump off the building to commit suicide one night.

"Yanrannjiejie, your dress is so beautiful. I really like it, why don't you give it to me?" The little girl looked at her with a fawning expression.

"Yanrannjiejie, I'm sorry, I accidentally hit you just now, but your mother is depressed, the doctor said that someone will die if they are unhappy, so please don't let them know, okay?"

The little girl who was speaking, stepped on her injured finger with all her might, yet she put on an innocent expression: "Otherwise, mother and I will drive you out, leave that little brother of yours behind, and never let you see him again. That way, no matter how I beat him or scold him, you won't know."

"Yanrannjiejie, your mother committed suicide. How pitiful. Your little brother just died, and you don't even have your mother anymore …"

The girl had pushed her to the ground and was looking down at her in embarrassment and pain, as if she was admiring the work she was the most proud of.

He was still smiling arrogantly. "Your father said that he would send you to the countryside. He begged me to beg him to kneel down and beg me to let them keep you here."

Guyanrann woke up from her nightmare to find her body covered in cold sweat. She calmed down and took a few deep breaths.

She had always thought that as a person, there was a moral bottom line and that she would always compromise and retreat time and time again in exchange for a temporary peace. However, she did not know that humans were creatures that would bully the weak and fear the strong; the weaker they were, the more miserable they would be bullied and the more compromising they would be.

She got up from the bed and stumbled around the bedroom in the dark. She found the cold water on the table and gulped down a glass of it before finally calming down.

The cold of the night made her shiver through the thin silk of her nightgown. She stood for a moment, then went to the dresser and opened the locked drawer. Inside was a photograph.

Before going to bed, the curtains in the room had not been drawn. The moonlight shone through the cracks in the curtains and onto the photo.

There were three people in the picture, a graceful woman in a chair, a schoolgirl standing behind her, and a boy of no more than six in her arms.

The boy was adorable and fair, his features somewhat similar to the girl's. The three of them faced the camera with a faint smile, their faces brimming with happiness and bliss.

Guyanrann slowly caressed the picture and then put it back. He reached out and took out the painting in the drawer that was already wrinkled beyond recognition. Due to the immersion in the water, the color of the water on the painting had already started to distort, but it could still be seen that there were three people in the picture. The two siblings, one in front and one behind, accompanied the gentle mother.

"Zherann, it's because big sister didn't protect you well, and I didn't protect mother properly …"

Guyanrann's choked with sobs. Her tears fell on the painting as she murmured, "Rest assured, big sister will soon be able to avenge all of you …"

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