Chapter 14: Do You Have Any Sense of Shame Left!

When Zhu Yuan returned to the hospital, her grandfather was already asleep. She gave the caregiver a few instructions, preparing to return to the Zhu Family Villa to take a shower and pick up some changes of clothes.

This afternoon, the Lu Family called her, saying she didn't need to go to the Lu Family in person to collect her luggage, as it had already been packed and sent back to the Zhu Family.

Just as she had also been returned to the Zhu Family.

However, she didn't expect that when she walked out of the hospital and intended to hail a car, she would see the same car that had just brought her back still in the same spot.

The person who brought her back was likely Sheng Yu's Bodyguard.

He saw Zhu Yuan, opened the door, and got out, "Miss Zhu, let me take you."

Zhu Yuan was surprised, "How did you know I would come out?"

"Tu Ge ordered it." The Bodyguard didn't say anything more, simply making a gesture for her to get in the car.

Tu Ge's exact words were—Young Master Yu told you to wait downstairs.

Zhu Yuan sat inside, feeling somewhat puzzled, "Isn't his surname Situ?"

The Bodyguard was stunned, "Tu Ge's surname is Si."

Zhu Yuan hadn't expected this at all and didn't know how to respond for a moment, only blurting out three words after a long while, "Good... name."

After the car left the hospital, she took out her phone and opened her grandfather's hospital account. Upon seeing the large sum of money, she let out a sigh of relief.

Sheng Yu was a man who kept his word, but she hadn't expected his execution to be so efficient; the money had arrived so quickly.

The car stopped outside the Zhu Family Villa. To avoid being recognized, Zhu Yuan said to the Bodyguard, "I'm staying here tonight."

Watching the car leave, she finally felt at ease entering the house.

It was past ten o'clock at night, and the Zhu Family Villa was brightly lit.

The nanny opened the door, her face showing embarrassment, "Second Miss."

Zhu Yuan acted as if she didn't see the expression on her face. Ever since she was recognized by the Zhu Family and stepped into this home, she had received many such looks.

She knew exactly how much value she, the true daughter of the Zhu Family, held in the eyes of the Zhu family members.

She was used to it, and numb to it.

"I'm just back to get some clothes and then I'll leave." Zhu Yuan changed her shoes.

Only after walking inside did she realize that Zhu Chaoqin, Feng Mingyue, and Zhu An'an were sitting on the sofa in the living room.

Zhu An'an and Feng Mingyue were sitting on either side of Zhu Chaoqin, and the latter's face was livid, though she didn't know what for.

When he saw Zhu Yuan walk in, Zhu Chaoqin roared, "You still dare to come back!"

He grabbed the ashtray from the coffee table and hurled it at Zhu Yuan!

"Chaoqin!" Feng Mingyue's expression changed, and she hurriedly pressed down on Zhu Chaoqin's hand.

However, it was one step too late!

Zhu Yuan couldn't dodge in time and was struck on her right arm by the ashtray. After a burst of sharp pain, her entire arm went numb and she couldn't move it at all.

She blinked, forcing her tears back; it didn't hurt that much.

Without a word, she looked at the middle-aged man on the sofa. If she hadn't dodged, that ashtray would have hit her head.

Feng Mingyue hurried forward, her eyes red as she looked her up and down, "Did it hurt?"

"I'm fine." Zhu Yuan looked at Zhu Chaoqin indifferently and asked in a low voice, "What did I do wrong?"

"You still dare to ask me!" Zhu Chaoqin was furious, "I'm asking you, where did your grandfather's surgery fees come from!"

Just over an hour ago, he had received a call from the hospital asking him to come by tomorrow to discuss the surgery details.

After all, Zhu Chaoqin had been paying the medical bills, so the doctors naturally contacted him.

It was only when he asked that he found out the surgery fees had been paid.

"I borrowed them." Zhu Yuan didn't yet understand what Zhu Chaoqin meant by asking this.

A stack of photos was thrown in front of her!

"Is this how you borrow money! For a few hundred thousand, you don't even want your face anymore!" Zhu Chaoqin pointed at her nose.

Those photos landed right at her feet.

She looked down and saw that they were photos taken at Sheng Tang.

Her and Lou Yi coming out of the private room, her and Lou Yi walking into the elevator, Lou Yi's arm around her shoulders after leaving the elevator, and her and Lou Yi entering a room.

The photos couldn't capture what happened after entering the room, but these few photos alone were enough to make people's imaginations run wild.

Zhu Yuan sneered; so that was why.

It seemed Zhu Chaoqin misunderstood that she had sold herself to Lou Yi to borrow the money.

She bent down. Since her right hand was temporarily unusable, she had to pick up the photos one by one with her left hand. She wasn't used to using her left hand, so she was slow.

Feng Mingyue slapped her hand away!

"What are you still picking them up for? Are you not ashamed enough by these photos? I thought you were just a bit rebellious, and Mother thought I could teach you slowly later; your nature isn't bad and you could definitely change for the better, but I never expected you to be capable of such things!"

The more Feng Mingyue spoke, the sadder she felt, and the more disappointed she felt in Zhu Yuan.

At the same time, she felt heartbroken; if her daughter had been raised by her side since she was little, she would have certainly educated her well.

Zhu Yuan continued to pick up the photos, smiled, and said, "Aren't they quite pretty? It would be a pity to lose them. My expression management in a few of them is actually quite good; they should be enlarged and framed."

There was even one photo of her coming out of the elevator with Lou Yi following behind her, looking exactly like a young lady and her attendant—a perfect movie still.

Hearing her talk nonsense, Zhu An'an frowned, "Yuanyuan, stop saying angry things to upset Mom and Dad. Bow your head and apologize to them."

"What did I do wrong? Just because of these photos, you think I did something sordid with this man surnamed Lou?" Zhu Yuan threw the photos back onto the coffee table, "But the person who took these photos of me was too impatient. Why didn't they keep following me to take the later photos? Those would have been truly spectacular."

She believed that if Zhu Chaoqin had seen her and Sheng Yu entering the top-floor suite one after the other, his attitude wouldn't be like this.

Since they were willing to push her toward the Lu Family for the sake of the Zhu Family, what reason would they have to pass up the Sheng Family?

Although that wasn't the truth.

"The later photos?" Zhu Chaoqin looked at her in disbelief. She dared to say these things in such a mocking tone. He suddenly raised his voice, "You feel no shame, and instead take pride in it! Do you have any sense of shame left!"

"Nothing happened between me and that fat man. I borrowed the money openly and honestly, so why is it shameful?"

"The evidence is right here; you went into a room with him, and you expect us to believe he just mercifully lent you hundreds of thousands for nothing?"

These were the parents who once swore they would cherish her dearly; at this moment, Zhu Yuan felt nothing but a chill in her heart. "You won't believe a word I say; do you want to perform a virginity test, too?"

But she had almost forgotten.

A virginity test was truly impossible.

Two years ago, she had slept with a man she didn't know and was no longer an untouched girl, yet she didn't even know who the other party was.

Zhu Yuan did not want to waste any more breath on them and hurried upstairs to return to her room.

Sure enough, two suitcases were sitting at the doorway.

She had no intention of packing them; she simply grabbed the suitcases and went downstairs. Feng Mingyue felt a sudden, inexplicable panic. "It's so late, where are you going?"

"The apartment I rented before hasn't expired yet; I have a place to stay." Zhu Yuan gripped the handle of the suitcase tightly.

"This is clearly your home; why do you have to go live outside?" Feng Mingyue grabbed her right hand.

Zhu Yuan's right hand instantly went limp, and she switched to using her left hand to pull the luggage. "I won't disturb you any further."

Zhu An'an also tried to persuade her: "It's not safe for you to go out alone so late. Yuanyuan, don't be impulsive. Just apologize to Dad properly, and we'll pretend tonight's events never happened."

"Let her get out!" Zhu Chaoqin smashed a teacup!

Ignoring Feng Mingyue's attempt to stop her, Zhu Yuan walked out of the Zhu Family Villa and stopped in her tracks when she saw a car not far away.

Sheng Yu's Bodyguard had returned and was waiting for her where she had just gotten out of the car.