Chapter 230: Her Script
Xu Youyou stared blankly as a streak of blood suddenly dripped down onto Gu Xueying’s calf. For a moment, it was as if she had been transported back to the day before she was kicked out of the Gu family in her previous life.
That day, on the stairs, Gu Xueying had suddenly grabbed Xu Youyou’s hand without warning and then tumbled down the stairs, lying in a pool of blood with a face as pale as paper.
What followed was everyone pointing fingers at Xu Youyou.
She had tried her best to explain, but no one listened.
To this day, Xu Youyou still couldn’t understand why Gu Xueying would use a child to frame her. At that time, everyone revolved around Gu Xueying; Xu Youyou wasn’t even a threat to her.
Seeing the scene repeat itself, her first instinct was to turn and grab Lu Jingyao’s sleeve tightly, saying, “I didn’t push her!”
A flash of surprise crossed Lu Jingyao’s eyes, but he gently patted Xu Youyou’s shoulder and reassured her, “Youyou, we all saw it. This has nothing to do with you. Don’t worry — we have the best legal team. We’re not afraid of them trying to pull any tricks.”
Perhaps it was Lu Jingyao’s unwavering attitude, or perhaps there was some strange comfort in his voice, but Xu Youyou gradually calmed down.
On the other hand, Gu Yujing’s expression was anything but calm. He didn’t seem concerned about Gu Xueying’s miserable state at all. Instead, he grabbed her shoulders and demanded, “Did you do it on purpose? You just don’t want this child to be born, do you?!”
Gu Xueying furrowed her brows and kept mumbling, “Hospital… stomach hurts…” and similar things.
But Gu Yujing acted as if he couldn’t hear a thing, growing increasingly hysterical: “Why are you trying to get back at me? Speak! Explain yourself!”
Xu Youyou felt like she was watching a poorly scripted domineering CEO drama. She really didn’t like Gu Xueying, but she had no interest in watching a pregnant woman suffer either.
“Let’s get her to the hospital first,” Xu Youyou reminded him.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Gu Yujing heard Xu Youyou’s voice, he turned to her with bloodshot eyes and accused, “Who let you come here? Why are you provoking Xueying? Xu Youyou, is this your revenge?”
Xu Youyou: …What an idiot.
Lu Jingyao immediately strode forward, grabbed Gu Yujing by the collar, and said coldly, “If you can’t talk properly, then shut up.”
“What? Going to vent your anger for your woman? Our big CEO Lu — are you really going to hit me? Go ahead if you dare!” Gu Yujing shouted, completely unafraid and utterly arrogant.
Worried that Lu Jingyao might actually fall for his provocation, Xu Youyou hurriedly tugged his sleeve and said, “Jingyao, don’t stoop to the level of a madman.”
For Xu Youyou’s sake, Lu Jingyao released Gu Yujing and coldly threatened, “The Gu family will pay for this.”
Gu Yujing acted like he hadn’t even heard him.
In the end, it was Xu Youyou’s bodyguard who took Gu Xueying to the hospital.
Just like in her past life, Gu Xueying lost the baby again.
But this time, Xu Youyou noticed some differences. Seeing Gu Yujing’s crazy reaction, how could she not realize that the child was most likely his?
Xu Youyou had always known that the Gu brothers doted on Gu Xueying, but she had never realized the nature of Gu Yujing’s “affection.”
Thinking of the child that couldn’t be saved in her previous life too, everything suddenly made sense. Maybe Gu Xueying didn’t want to keep the baby precisely because it was Gu Yujing’s.
And since Gu Xueying didn’t want Gu Yujing to find out, Xu Youyou — the most marginalized and hated person in the Gu family at the time — had naturally been made the scapegoat.
Gu Yujing seemed to value the child immensely. After learning the baby was gone, he didn’t even look at Gu Xueying or pay for the hospital bill — he simply stormed off.
Xu Youyou felt like a complete fool. In the end, it was she who paid the hospital expenses. Looking at Gu Xueying lying silently on the hospital bed, Xu Youyou unexpectedly felt a twinge of pity.
Lu Jingyao’s voice interrupted her thoughts.
“I already called Gu Fengchuan. Someone will go after him for the hospital bill. Jinling and Hucheng aren’t far apart. He’ll be here soon. I’ve also left someone here to keep an eye on things. Don’t worry,” Lu Jingyao comforted her.
Xu Youyou nodded lightly. Just as she was about to leave, the person on the bed suddenly spoke.
“Don’t… don’t leave me…”
Gu Xueying weakly stretched out her hand, trying to grab Lu Jingyao’s sleeve.
But as if he had eyes in the back of his head, Lu Jingyao swiftly dodged.
“Miss Gu, don’t worry. We’ll leave a bodyguard here to watch over you. You won’t be alone,” Lu Jingyao said in a deep voice.
The bodyguard he assigned was Li Zhuang, a man whose name matched his towering, intimidating appearance. He looked like the type to scare kids into crying — and supposedly had.
One glance at Li Zhuang made Gu Xueying’s eyes hurt.
But with things as bad as they were, she wasn’t about to miss a rare chance to speak directly with Lu Jingyao.
“Lu Jingyao, we’ve met before. Don’t you remember me?” Gu Xueying asked.
Xu Youyou frowned slightly, feeling like she had somehow stepped into the script of her past life.
Lu Jingyao’s face darkened, looking like he was about to explode: “Miss Gu, maybe we did meet back when everyone was still in Hucheng. But you don’t exactly have any unforgettable traits. I don’t recall any special interactions between us.”
He was practically ready to swear to the heavens that he had nothing to do with Gu Xueying.
Gu Xueying choked on her words and said, “When I was seven, I went to a party at your house with my parents. I accidentally broke one of your father’s collections worth over a hundred million yuan and hid under a table crying. You were the one who comforted me… don’t you remember?”
Lu Jingyao’s excellent memory kicked in, and his face turned pitch black. “I haven’t forgotten.”
“Brother Lu, you were so gentle back then. I’ve never met anyone better than you all these years…” Gu Xueying cried.
Listening to their exchange, Xu Youyou had the sudden urge to leave — this atmosphere was way too familiar.
But Lu Jingyao held tightly onto Xu Youyou’s hand and said, “It was just a small thing. There’s nothing between us.”
Gu Xueying seemed trapped in the script she had crafted for herself and sobbed, “Lu-gege, please, for the sake of the past, help me. Gu Yujing has gone insane. I beg you, take me away from here to a place without Gu Yujing. You helped me once before — can’t you help me again?”
