Chapter 312: I Shouldn't Have Given Birth to You (April Ticket Over 10,000, Added Chapter 2)

Gu Zhiyan reaches out to wipe Lin Shutong's tears, Gu Yinxue stops him, pulls a tissue from her bag and hands it over: "Paper is better."

Afraid the tears might also bring illness to her brother.

Gu Zhiyan hands a tissue to Lin Shutong to wipe her tears; Lin Shutong clutches his hand as if grasping a lifeline, pleading: "Zhiyan, help me, help me…"

Her voice trembles uncontrollably.

If grandpa really gets into trouble, she, she truly can't forgive herself!

Gu Zhiyan can't bear to see her sad, and readily promises: "Alright, alright, I'll find a way; don't cry, I'll figure something out."

Gu Yinxue stays silent.

Seeing Lin Shutong almost comforted, she asks: "When do you plan to go back? Let me buy you a ticket."

Lin Shutong, also anxious to return and learn the situation, says the earliest flight tomorrow morning.

Gu Yinxue has her fill in the details on her phone, quickly purchases the ticket, and says: "I'll stay here with you tonight and take you to the airport in the morning."

Gu Zhiyan: "I'll stay."

Gu Yinxue: "If you stay, what will mother think?"

That single sentence blocks Gu Zhiyan.

Although mother didn't forbid his romance with Shutong, she also doesn't like Shutong.

Gu Yinxue comforts: "It's fine, I'm here; you should head back soon."

Gu Zhiyan: "Your health isn't good either; you need proper rest."

It's simply an unsolvable problem.

Lin Shutong cares about nothing else now; who stays makes no difference, she just wants to return quickly to see the exact situation.

In the end, the three spent half a night in a car and, before dawn, drove Lin Shutong to the airport, returning only after she boarded the plane.

The brother and sister, once home, face mother Song Shiwei's interrogation.

"Where did you two siblings go last night?"

Gu Zhiyan doesn't dare mention it; Gu Yinxue yawns and says: "I've been in a bad mood lately, so I asked brother to drive me up the mountain to watch the sunrise."

Song Shiwei, trusting her daughter, pokes her forehead: "Do you know your heart's not good? Staying up late to watch some sunrise."

"I didn't stay up late, Mom." Gu Yinxue looks obediently at her mother, "I rested in the car, and I took medicine; just this once, there won't be a next time."

"Why are you unhappy?" Song Shiwei's face shows worry, "Your most important thing is to keep a cheerful mood, understand?"

Gu Yinxue forces a strained smile: "Nothing in particular."

Song Shiwei: "Even if you don't say, I know it's because of Ke Zhongyu, right? Your father really is something, hurrying you back for what? He ate with Ke Yue's family and didn't bring you; the words I warned him, I think he tossed aside."

"Mom, I won't say more, I need to sleep a bit longer." Gu Yinxue continues yawning.

Song Shiwei pats her head: "Don't worry, Mom will definitely marry you to the person you love…"

Watching her daughter go upstairs, she looks at her weary son: "Don't always take your sister's word as gospel; stop letting her run around so much."

Gu Zhiyan nods: "Got it."

Song Shiwei signals: "You should go rest as well."

Gu Zhiyan: "I'll freshen up and head to the law firm."

Song Shiwei frowns: "You're already this sleepy, where are you going?"

Gu Zhiyan: "I have to go; I'm about to stop being a partner at the firm, just an ordinary lawyer."

"What?" Song Shiwei exclaims, "Since when?"

Gu Zhiyan says, "I'm going to freshen up," without answering directly.

Song Shiwei instantly understands it's her husband's meaning, a hint of resentment on her face, and she calls her husband.

"Gu Sen, you don't plan to return to this home?"

……

A City.

Lin Shutong gets off the plane and rushes to the Ji Family; she can no longer enter the Ji Family's main gate, and the butlers and servants who once treated her well now look at her with a flash of anger.

No matter how she asks, no one replies, and they even shut the gate.

Lin Shutong has no choice but to return to the apartment her parents rented.

She unlocks the door with her fingerprint and sees her parents and uncle and aunt sitting on the sofa, each looking darker than before.

Just when Lin Shutong thinks she's about to receive a slap from her aunt, the slap that lands on her face comes from her uncle.

"Lin Shutong, our Ji Family has truly been cursed for eight lifetimes because of you!"

Her uncle, a big man, strikes with tremendous force; she only feels a buzzing in her ears, her cheek bruised, and the taste of blood spreading in her mouth.

The parents on the sofa not only fail to comfort her, but give her a cold stare.

"You still remembered to come back." Aunt stands up, doesn't slap her, but her gaze is like a carving knife.

What truly pierces her is her parents' indifferent stare.

Lin Shutong opens her mouth to call her parents, but finds she cannot make a sound; she only knows she hurts a lot.

"Lin Shutong, you truly are a beast." Aunt repeats, "You'd better pray that your grandfather ultimately has no serious trouble; if there truly is a prison disaster, I will scold you Lin family members each time I see you, and beat you each time I see you."

Uncle and aunt leave.

There are still many matters at home awaiting the two of them to handle.

After the door closes, Lin Fu and Lin Mu continue to stare coldly at their daughter.

Their gaze makes Lin Shutong feel unprecedented terror; she rushes over, kneels before them, sobbing: "I didn't do it on purpose, I didn't know it would turn out like this, it was Jiang Lai who reported it, Jiang Lai wants revenge on me and grandpa!"

Lin Mu's voice is weak: "Even now you keep shirking responsibility, forgetting that you are the root of all this. I thought you'd grow from this experience, but in the end, we overestimated you."

"Mom…" Lin Shutong reaches out, but her mother ruthlessly pulls her away.

Lin Mu stands, looks down at her: "That's my father, Lin Shutong. My own daughter has pushed my father into the abyss with her own hands. I am guilty; I shouldn't have given birth to you."

She slowly returned to her room.

Only Lin Fu remained in the living room; Lin Shutong endured the pain and said she would definitely find a way to save her grandfather.

Lin Fu knew clearly that his father-in-law was not clean; in fact, no one in this world is completely pure—everyone has some gray side to some degree.

So this time the accusation will likely not be washed away.

If it were a rival's accusation, it would be fine, but it's precisely because of his daughter, precisely because his daughter reached out for that seventy million.

"Your grandfather has never leaked money over the years; I don't know where you got the ability to make him soften, to hand the money to you at the last moment, giving someone a handle."

"Lin Shutong, this is the spare key to this house; the rent has been paid for a year. I and your mother are old now—we can't manage you anymore, nor can we help you."

Lin Shutong looked at the electronic key in her palm, felt it burning, and immediately threw it away.

Lin Fu stood up: "We're returning to the northwest."

Lin Shutong roared: "You just don't care about me! Don't you care about grandfather either!"

Lin Fu: "Originally, you didn't let us manage you. As for your grandfather, we will hire a lawyer and also monitor this matter remotely; other than that, we are powerless."

"Have the courage to take responsibility, look after yourself, Lin Shutong—this is the only thing I, as an unqualified father, can finally say to you."