Marrying My Bestie's Ferocious Brother - He Calls Me His Baby!-Chapter 114: Protecting My Child, Suffering Burns!
"Ah!"
Sun Xiaomei’s scream pierced through the restaurant.
The soup bowl in her hands suddenly tipped forward.
The scalding chicken soup, dotted with oil, splashed straight toward Gu Ning in Lin Wan Yi’s arms.
At that moment, time seemed to freeze.
Lin Wan Yi’s pupils contracted abruptly.
She instinctively shielded the child with her body, leaning backward.
But her movement was still too slow.
The bowl of soup was about to splash onto the infant’s tender face.
A dark figure, fast as lightning.
"Bang!"
Gu Yanshen lunged over.
He used his arm to forcibly block between the soup bowl and the child.
"Sss——"
The scorching soup poured over his arm.
The skin instantly turned a bright red.
Blisters emerged at a visibly rapid pace.
"Ah——"
Gu Lan cried out.
Cheng Huiyun’s face instantly went pale.
"Yanshen!"
She rushed over, seeing the horrifying burn on her son’s arm, tears immediately streamed down.
Gu Yanshen didn’t even furrow his brow.
He simply lowered his head to check Gu Ning in Lin Wan Yi’s arms.
"Is she okay?"
His voice was very low.
Lin Wan Yi shook her head.
"She’s fine."
She looked at the ferocious red on his arm, her heart clenched tightly.
Gu Ning was frightened, her small mouth curled down, and she started crying loudly.
The sharp cry echoed throughout the restaurant.
"I’m sorry, I’m sorry!"
Sun Xiaomei’s voice emerged.
She covered her mouth, looking panic-stricken.
"I didn’t mean to!"
"I don’t know how, but my foot slipped..."
She said as tears fell down too.
"Commander, Aunt, Brother Yanshen, Sister-in-law, I really didn’t do it on purpose!"
She cried pitifully.
Her voice full of panic and self-blame.
Cheng Huiyun was trembling with anger.
"You..."
She pointed at Sun Xiaomei, unable to speak properly.
Gu Lan rushed over directly.
"Are you blind?!"
"So big a person, and you can drop a bowl of soup?!"
Sun Xiaomei cried even harder.
"I really didn’t mean to..."
"Maybe there was water on the floor..."
"I didn’t want it to happen either..."
She said, still wanting to help Gu Yanshen.
"Brother Yanshen, your hand..."
"Don’t touch me!"
Gu Yanshen coldly shook off her hand.
His gaze was terrifyingly cold.
Sun Xiaomei’s hand froze in midair.
She bit her lip in grievance.
"I... I just wanted to see if your injury was serious..."
Lin Wan Yi held the still crying Gu Ning.
She said nothing.
Just quietly, looking at Sun Xiaomei.
Looking at her tear-stained face.
Looking at her helpless appearance.
Looking at the fleeting glee in her eyes.
It happened at that moment.
So brief.
Brief enough that no one noticed.
But Lin Wan Yi saw it.
She saw it clearly.
What is Sun Xiaomei afraid of?
She’s not afraid of the soup splashing on people.
She’s afraid that it didn’t splash on anyone.
Lin Wan Yi’s gaze suddenly turned cold.
She stood up.
Her movements were slow.
Yet it exuded an indescribable sense of coercion.
"Wanyi?"
Cheng Huiyun was taken aback.
Lin Wan Yi ignored her.
She handed Gu Ning to Gu Lan.
"Hold her well."
Gu Lan instinctively took the child.
Lin Wan Yi walked to the table.
There was still a bowl of tea on the table.
Leftover from Gu Zhen Guo.
Already cold.
She picked up the bowl of tea.
Walked up to Sun Xiaomei.
Sun Xiaomei was still crying with her head down.
"Sister-in-law, I really didn’t do it on purpose..."
"You have to believe me..."
She didn’t finish her sentence.
A bowl of cold tea was poured over her head.
"Splash——"
The tea flowed down her hair, onto her face, down her neck, and onto her clothes.
She was instantly soaked.
The restaurant fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone was stunned.
Sun Xiaomei looked up.
Her face was covered in tea.
Her wet hair stuck to her face.
She looked beyond disheveled.
"You..."
Her voice changed.
Lin Wan Yi put down the empty bowl.
"You said you didn’t do it intentionally?"
Her voice was very calm.
So calm it’s terrifying.
"Then I didn’t do it on purpose either."
"I just slipped my hand."
Sun Xiaomei’s face turned bright red all of a sudden.
"You... how can you do this!"
"I already apologized!"
"I told you I didn’t mean it!"
Lin Wan Yi looked at her.
"Is that so?"
"When the soup was about to splash onto my child’s face, does your apology matter?"
"With my husband’s arm burned like this, does your apology matter?"
Her voice wasn’t loud.
But every word seemed to be nailed into Sun Xiaomei’s heart.
"You..."
Sun Xiaomei was speechless.
"I don’t care if you slipped intentionally or not."
Lin Wan Yi spoke each word slowly.
"You almost hurt my child."
"You did hurt my husband."
"I won’t forget this."
She turned around.
Walked back to Gu Yanshen’s side.
"I’ll take you to get the wound treated."
Gu Yanshen looked at her.
Looked for a few seconds.
"Okay."
He stood up.
Followed Lin Wanyi as she walked out.
In the dining room, only the completely soaked Sun Xiaomei was left standing there.
Cheng Huiyun realized what had happened.
She slapped the table with a "bang."
"You ungrateful wretch!"
She pointed at Sun Xiaomei, her voice trembling with anger.
"The Gu Family has supported you for three years!"
"Gave you food, a place to live, pocket money!"
"This is how you repay us?"
"To harm even a baby who can’t speak!"
"Are you even human?"
Gu Lan also jumped up.
"Exactly!"
"My brother’s hand is scalded like that!"
"And you’re still pretending to be pitiful!"
"Do you think we’re all fools?"
Sun Xiaomei cried even harder.
"I really didn’t mean to..."
"It was just an accident..."
She turned to Gu Zhen Guo.
"Commander, you must believe me!"
"I’ve been at the Gu Family for so many years, you’ve watched me grow up..."
"How could I do such a thing..."
Gu Zhen Guo hadn’t spoken all along.
He sat there.
Looking at the overturned soup bowl on the table.
Looking at the soup stains on the floor.
Looking at Sun Xiaomei’s soaking wet clothes.
Looking at his son’s arm at the door, with that shocking red mark.
His face grew darker and darker.
"Commander..."
Sun Xiaomei cried as she walked over.
"Say something..."
"I am truly being wronged..."
"Enough!"
Gu Zhen Guo slammed the table abruptly.
The loud noise startled everyone.
He stood up.
His tall stature carried an overwhelming authority.
"Do you take me for a blind man?"
His voice was low.
As low as the sky before a storm.
"Where’s the water on the floor?"
Sun Xiaomei was stunned.
Gu Zhen Guo pointed at the floor.
Clean and spotless.
Not a drop of water.
"You said you slipped?"
"Then tell me, what did you slip on?"
Sun Xiaomei’s face turned instantly pale.
"I... I..."
She opened her mouth, unable to speak.
Gu Zhen Guo’s gaze grew colder.
"In my life, I’ve seen all kinds of people."
"I can see through any kind of intention at a glance."
"Do you think your little tricks can fool me?"
He walked up to Sun Xiaomei.
Looking down at her.
"Earlier, you deliberately brought up the capitalists."
"To incite conflict."
"Then, amid the chaos, you poured soup on the child."
"Your goal was to make me think this daughter-in-law was a jinx."
"Isn’t that right?"
Each word was like a knife.
Sun Xiaomei’s face was completely drained of color.
"No..."
"Commander, I didn’t..."
"I really didn’t..."
She cried heartbreakingly.
But Gu Zhen Guo’s gaze did not waver in the slightest.
He looked at the door.
At the woman holding a child, standing beside his son.
She wasn’t crying.
Wasn’t causing a scene.
Just quietly tending to Gu Yanshen’s wound.
Her movements were gentle.
Very careful.
But her gaze was more determined than ever.
Gu Zhen Guo suddenly recalled what his son had said earlier in the study.
"She is more important than any medal I’ve ever earned."
At the time, he thought it was ridiculous.
Thought his son was blinded by a woman.
But now, it seems.
This woman, indeed, had her talents.
She doesn’t cry or cause a scene.
Yet it’s more heart-wrenching than crying or making a scene.
She doesn’t argue or explain.
Yet it’s more powerful than any argument.
Gu Zhen Guo withdrew his gaze.
He looked at Sun Xiaomei kneeling on the ground.
"The Gu Family does not support ingrates."
His voice was devoid of any emotion.
"Nor do we support malicious relatives."
"Pack your things immediately."
"Leave."
The final two words hit the ground. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
Sun Xiaomei’s face turned instantly pale.
"Commander..."
"You can’t do this..."
"My mom is still at home..."
"She’s not in good health..."
"Our family is counting on my job at the Gu Family..."
"That’s your problem."
Gu Zhen Guo coldly interrupted her.
"Not mine."
"I’ll give you one hour."
"Pack your things and leave."
"If you’re not gone in an hour..."
He paused.
"I’ll have the guards ’escort’ you out."
Sun Xiaomei was in utter despair.
She collapsed on the ground.
Completely soaked.
Crying like a ghost.
But no one sympathized with her.
Cheng Huiyun sneered coldly.
"Serves you right."
Gu Lan held the child.
"Exactly, almost killed my nephew and still wants to stay here? Dream on!"
