Xu Yanlai looked as if she had been struck by a bolt of lightning—her eyes opened wide with shock.
If Ye Xingbei still had her doubts from what she had heard from Gu Junzhu earlier.
Then, right now at this moment, Ye Xingbei was convinced without a doubt.
Yes, that’s right.
Jiang Zhengxing and Xu Yanlai weren’t her actual biological parents!
When she had been brought back to the Jiang family six years ago, she had longed for familial affection too much. It was ridiculous how low she stooped to please Jiang Zhengxing and Xu Yanlai in the hopes of exchanging for their tiny bit of attention and fondness.
In the end, it turned out that they weren’t her parents at all!
As for her parents… They were already dead…
Thinking of how she wouldn’t have a chance to see her parents, Ye Xingbei felt her heart ache like a knife was being twisted in it and her complexion grew ashen.
Gu Junzhu took her into his embrace and patted her shoulder gently like a baby, “Bei Bei, don’t be sad. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have your parents. You only need your husband! In future, I will definitely love you, along with that piece of affection from your parents, and spoil you into becoming the happiest little princess on this earth!”
His originally cold, arrogant eyes turned as gentle as water the moment they landed on Ye Xingbei’s face.
In the first place, his voice was already pleasant to listen to. But when he deliberately softened his tone to coax Ye Xingbei, the sexy and bewitching quality of his voice was like a soft feather tickling on the tip of a person’s heart. For no reason at all, it caused endless feelings of longing to sprout from people, hoping that the person he would protect and comfort was oneself.
Jiang Siyou and Jiang Lingyu stared greedily at that flawlessly handsome face of Gu Junzhu’s. Their eyes were already red from jealousy.
He was supposed to be theirs!
Initially, this man was supposed to be theirs!
Jiang Siyou and Jiang Lingyu both thought in this way.
In their hearts, the other person completely lacked the ability to compete with her.
Jiang Siyou felt that Jiang Lingyu was a moron. A few words were enough to make her give up on Gu Junzhu.
Jiang Lingyu thought that Jiang Siyou was only a foster daughter. She was the true young lady of the Jiang family instead.
How could Jiang Siyou hope to match the Gu family’s reputation?
Both of them thought that if there was no Ye Xingbei, Gu Junzhu would definitely be theirs!
Alas, there were no ‘ifs’ in this world!
Because the one whom Gu Junzhu had married was Ye Xingbei and not them.
At this moment, their intestines were all green from regret. They felt so regretful that they could almost vomit a mouthful of blood.
It was too painful!
Such a great man had been pushed away by themselves.
They even pushed him towards Ye Xingbei—whom they hated the most!
That man wasn’t only tall, dashing, handsome and wealthy; he was even gentle and considerate. He was almost flawless.
Watching that man coax Ye Xingbei in a soft, gentle voice in front of them—protecting her like she was a treasure—they were in so much pain that they wished that their eyes could go blind and their ears could turn deaf so that they wouldn’t have to see such a jarring scene.
“And you too, Jiang Siyou!” Ye Xingbei’s gaze turned to look towards Jiang Siyou coldly and arrogantly, “That year, you joined an alliance with Bai Mengluan and used an unknown child from who-knows-where to slander me, causing me to be chased out of the family. Shouldn’t you justify your actions to me now?”
Frightened by Ye Xingbei’s sharp and icy gaze, Jiang Siyou shrank beside Xu Yanlai and tears gathered in her eyes rapidly. Looking at Ye Xingbei pitifully, she said, “Bei Bei, I’m sorry. That matter back in those days weren’t my fault… I was also—Ah! ”
Before Jiang Siyou could finish her words, she was ruthlessly slapped on the face by Xu Yanlai.
Jiang Siyou was struck so hard that she stumbled back and nearly fell down. Holding onto her stinging face, she looked at Xu Yanlai blankly, “Mom… W-why did you hit me?”