Chapter 860 - Finally Reunited (1/2)

While Yue Ling and Lu Tian make their way home, a white car enters their driveway. In the driver seat was De L'amour's fashion forecaster, Ju Suo.

She kept a calm posture throughout her entire assignment. She sees a familiar black car, and a smile curls on her face.

”They're here.”

She murmurs in a voice only loud enough for her to hear. She parks the car and shuts the engine off.

Her petite body turns to the back of the oar and smiles a smile that reached her eyes.

”We're here.”

In the back seat sat a teenage girl about the age of fifteen. She was still in her school uniform but held her schoolbag close to her chest.

Her head was lowered, and one could see a mixture of fear and nervousness in her face.

When she heard Ju Suo, she looked up at the woman but didn't dare to look out the window.

Her mind couldn't help but think back about everything that had happened.

Ever since her older brother was taken away by a gang, life for her and her younger brother wasn't easy.

There wasn't a day that their father didn't beat them. Whether he was drunk or not, he got angry at every little thing.

She had tried her best to protect her little brother in place of their older brother. However, her body could only take so much beating.

There was a time when their father tried to kill her for talking back. He grabbed a knife and cornered her in the living room. She could see the rage and hatred in his eyes and knew he wasn't going to regret ending her life.

When she saw the knife nearing her, she thought she was going to die.

However, death wasn't what she was afraid of at all.

What she was afraid of was leaving her little brother behind with the evil man they called father.

Liu Ye was already gone. If she were to die, no one would protect Jianan.

She watched as the blade of the knife neared her. She wanted to move, but her legs were rooted to the floor. She could only stand there and close her eyes in wait of death.

She told herself that she would ask God why he let a cruel man like their father live if she died.

One second passed, then another. In the end, she did not die. However, her spirit did that day.

Jianan had jumped in front of her and used his tiny body to take the hit from the knife in their father's hand.

When she saw his body covered in a puddle of blood, she thought he had died. However, after picking him up, she felt a pulse. She begged their father to call an ambulance, but he feigned ignorance.

She carried Jianan on her back and rushed to the nearest hospital.

Luckily, he was saved by the doctors. However, he sustained a large wound on his back and had to get stitches. She then learned that the wound would leave a permanent scar on Jianan.

Their father didn't even followed. He only came to the hospital when the doctors started suspecting abuse. However, he lied that Jianan was playing around and caused the injury himself.

She tried to tell the nurses and doctors the truth, but everyone just smiled and brushed her aside. No one even stopped to listen to her.

After Jianan was discharged from the hospital, their father did not show any remorse but grew angrier.

He said that because of them, more debts have piled after another.

From the day Jianan protected her, she came to realize adults cannot be trusted. Even her older brother disappeared without contacting them.

Whether he was still alive or not, she had no clue.

With this mindset, she studied hard in school. She wanted to hurry and become an adult so that she and Jianan can escape from their father.

However, she suddenly encountered Ju Suo.

She comes back from her thoughts and stares at the petite woman.

The woman suddenly appeared at her school and said she (Ju Suo) was here for her.

At the time, she was afraid but steadied herself. She had been preparing for this day as she knew her father would sell her off too.

She had planned to make a deal. If she were to be taken away, she would beg them to let her take her younger brother with her. Whether it was to a bad place or not, she would not abandon him.

Ju Suo blinked her big round eyes at the girl. She could see mixed emotions in her eyes, but kept a friendly smile.

”I know you have a lot of questions and do not trust me, but there are people waiting inside for you.”

The girl stiffened at the mention of people. Did this mean that she would have to sell her body to those people? Is this the reason why Ju Suo brought her here?

”Jie!!”

Just as her thoughts trailed, a little boy's faint voice called out to her from outside of the car.

She frantically turns in the direction of the voice and sees Jian an. His little body stood in front of a huge house. His arms waved to her, and on his face was not fear but an ecstatic smile.

”J... Jianan...”

The girl's eyes turned moist as tears made their way into her eyes. Her lower lip trembles, and she places a hand on the window.

”Jianan...”

Ju Suo felt regret and sadness stir inside her as she watched the girl's reaction. She didn't need to ask and could already imagine the pain this child had to suffer.

”I know my words might have made you think of something bad, but it is not what you are thinking. I brought you here because of a favor.”