Chapter 156: I Won’t Let You Come for Nothing
Chapter 156: Chapter 156: I Won’t Let You Come for Nothing
The scene fell silent at Ye Zexi’s words.
Gu Xulin froze for a second before being consumed by a wave of pure rage!
’The Ye Family actually considered handing Gu Zhao over to that bunch of lunatics!!’
Gu Xulin felt like he was going to lose his mind. ’If Gu Zhao fell into the hands of those lunatics, they would have twisted her into something barely human!’
"Ye Zexi!!" His eyes blazing with fury, Gu Xulin started toward Ye Zexi, intent on beating him senseless.
He had only taken a few steps when he felt something grab his leg.
He looked down to see the tiny Gu Zhao clinging tightly to his leg.
Her eyes, full of worry, were fixed on him.
"You... Do you have any idea that you almost never came back..." Gu Xulin said, his voice choked with emotion as he looked down at Gu Zhao clinging to his leg.
His eyes were already bloodshot.
Gu Zhao didn’t really understand what was going on. She looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Brother, you look kinda ugly when you cry."
"You’d better stop. It’s making me, the Monkey King, lose face."
Gu Xulin instantly stopped crying. ’What the hell am I crying for!’
’Disciplining this kid is what really matters!’
"Gu Xiao Zhao! You really never learn, do you!" Gu Xulin scooped her up again and gave her two light smacks on the bottom.
Gu Zhao played along, letting out a couple of theatrical yelps, but inwardly she sighed in relief.
Once Gu Xulin was finished, Gu Zhao rubbed her bottom and gestured for the penguins to herd Ye Zexi over.
The moment Ye Zexi drew near, Gu Zhao caught a sour, putrid stench.
She quietly took a step back.
"What do you mean you ’gave Ye Zuiyi to them’?" Gu Zhao asked, confused. ’Wow, the female lead’s backstory is this tragic?’
Ye Zexi fell silent.
Gu Zhao brandished her fist. "My fists are tougher than your tight lips. Want to test that theory?"
Ye Zexi pursed his lips. "Our family found you."
"Those people came to adopt you, but I liked you more as my little sister, so I hid you."
"After those people arrived, I put Ye Zuiyi in your clothes, and then..." Ye Zexi fell silent for a couple of seconds.
"My eldest brother handed Ye Zuiyi over to them."
Gu Xulin, standing to the side, sneered. ’Found, my ass! They obviously stole her!’
Gu Zhao didn’t believe Ye Zexi’s words either. His account could only be taken with a large grain of salt.
"Then how did Ye Zuiyi end up back here?" Gu Xulin demanded coldly.
Ye Zexi replied, "Somehow they found out. They tossed Ye Zuiyi back and demanded you instead."
"But for some reason, my eldest brother and our father refused to give you up."
"I don’t know what they talked about in the study. All I know is that those people left, but then my eldest brother sent Ye Zuiyi to an orphanage... only bringing her back this year."
Gu Xulin and Gu Zhao exchanged a look.
They both suddenly felt that the way the Ye Family’s minds worked was beyond bizarre.
’They’d abandon their own flesh and blood.’
Hearing this, the netizens were already blowing up with curses.
[I always thought Ye Zexi was a good brother!! The previous tea was already shocking enough! How is there another bombshell this huge?!]
[I really can’t wrap my head around the Ye Family. How could they just throw away their own flesh and blood?!]
[Damn it, I fell for your whole "doting brother" act over and over!]
[Ye Zexi, what else is it that We, your emperor, do not know?!]
[Abandoning a child? This is deliberate child abandonment!! @ACityPoliceDepartment, can you arrest these people?!]
[A City Police Department: We’re on it!]
The netizens didn’t stay idle, unleashing a torrent of abuse at the Ye Group.
The Ye Group’s stock price plummeted.
「The Gu Family’s Ancestral Home」
A voice from the white wall boomed, "We can make our move! The Ye Family is in chaos!!"
Jiang Xiubai jumped again, startled. He stared at the white wall, speechless.
His hands, however, were silently clenching his clothes.
’I want to tear down this wall!!’
Gu Huaiyan’s heart ached as he watched the livestream. ’My little sister should have grown up being pampered... why has she faced so many hardships?’
’Even the Tang Monk’s journey to retrieve the scriptures wasn’t this fraught with peril.’
Gu Yunqi was also startled by the disembodied voice, the veins on the hand gripping his pen standing out sharply.
"Eldest Brother! If you keep talking to me from your mouse hole, I’m going to buy a whole colony of rats and release them in your room!"
Gu Xingyu silently draped a black cloak over himself, hiding his entire body within its dark folds. Still feeling uneasy, he added a face mask and sunglasses.
Then, Jiang Xiubai watched as a floor tile near the kitchen was pushed aside and a figure in black climbed out.
Jiang Xiubai: "..."
Gu Xingyu walked over, but he immediately felt exposed and scurried behind the sofa.
Gu Xingyu said, "Second Brother... drink some more loofah soup."
Gu Yunqi silently picked up his black thermos, blew on the chrysanthemum tea inside, and took a large swig.
’Coffee won’t save me now. But this chrysanthemum tea will cool my temper. Maybe it’ll help me live a few years longer!’
"Since Gu Zhao has created this opportunity for us, we’ll go all out and crush the Ye Family."
’Those damn idiots in the Ye Family! Let’s see how they handle my fury!’
"Okay." Gu Xingyu immediately ran toward the kitchen, intending to slip back into the wall, but he stopped when he heard Gu Yunqi cough.
He froze, then dashed upstairs to his room instead.
Gu Huaiyan nodded as well and immediately called Chen Xinjie.
Chen Xinjie was baffled to receive a call from his boss and friend, who had been completely off the grid for ages.
And he was even being given work assignments.
Chen Xinjie: "..."
Jiang Xiubai sat on the sofa watching the livestream. Seeing the three brothers spring into action, he felt utterly useless.
’I don’t even have the power to protect Zhaozhao...’
Jiang Xiubai bit his lip so hard that the taste of blood brought him back to his senses.
He shook his head. ’I’m good-looking, and Zhaozhao likes good-looking things. I can’t go and ruin my face!’
He immediately went to find Uncle Fu to ask for some ointment to put on the tooth marks on his lip.
Meanwhile, the Ye household was in complete chaos.
After getting a call, Father Ye had turned on the livestream and heard every single word of Ye Zexi’s confession.
He was so furious he smashed his phone.
"I should have strangled that useless piece of trash when I had the chance!"
"He’s more of a hindrance than a help! Completely brainless!"
Ye Jincheng’s face was also dark. "Hah. You’d better not try to stop me from killing him again."
Ye’s mother watched them, trembling in fear.
’The Ye Family is just a pack of madmen!’
...
"I’ve told you everything! Let me go! If you hurt me, my father will never forgive you!"
Ye Zexi looked like he was about to have a breakdown. He felt like a walking pile of shit.
’I smell disgusting!’
A smile played on Gu Zhao’s lips. "Oh, really? Then by all means, tell him not to let me off the hook!"
Just then, staff from the production team arrived to pick up Ye Kui.
Unaware of what had happened, the staff members wore professional, business-like expressions.
"We’re here to take our young partner, Ye Kui, to get medical treatment."
"Where is young Miss Ye?"
They hadn’t been watching the livestream; the director had simply given them an address and told them to come for a pickup.
"Right there." Gu Zhao pointed to Ye Kui, who was lying in the pile of manure.
The staff: ???!!
’Bullying a celebrity?’
’And they’re broadcasting this on a variety show??’
"No rush. You can leave in a little while. You’ll be able to take another one with you then. It’s a two-for-one deal."
"I wouldn’t want you to have come all this way for nothing," Gu Zhao said hospitably.
The staff: "..."
’There’s another victim?’
Just then, a flock of penguins returned. It was the same group that had left their chicks with Zhong Siqi.
Some carried fish in their beaks, while others had shrimp and squid.
One penguin, having caught nothing, was awkwardly carrying a twig in its beak instead.
"Xiangxiang! Time to eat!" The penguins lined up, placing the fish and other seafood before Gu Zhao.
The one with the twig tossed it to Zhong Siqi.
"Thanks for watching our kid."
Zhong Mingrui got excited. "Brother! It’s a betrothal gift from your penguin-in-laws!!"
"You should just marry into their family and stay here!"