Chapter 404 - Chapter 404: Chapter Four-Hundred and Four: Warning (2/2)

“Yun Zhang? What’s this about?” Zheng Xiu asked, voice trembling. ‘What does she mean by Yun Liu’s beloved can only be Yun Zhang?’

Chen Yao rolled her eyes at her. “You haven’t heard? You’re only concerned about Gu Fei getting on the trending searches, but you didn’t see the news about Yun Liu? Don’t you care about your own daughter? The news of Yun Liu and Yun Zhang’s intimate relationship also made it onto the trending searches. Everyone in the city knows about it.”

Zheng Xiu shot a sharp gaze at Yun Liu, and the girl paled. Hearing this, Chang Hui immediately became spirited. “Oh? Auntie, what’s this about? We’ve all been worried sick about Gu Fei’s matter and didn’t pay attention to anything else, and it’s all Yun Liu’s fault, too. If she hadn’t brought so many paparazzi with her, the media wouldn’t have been able to drag his reputation through the mud.”

“Before you came, I just scolded her a little, and the girl threatened me, saying that she was someone bound to marry into the Shi family, and that I couldn’t afford to offend her! So, why… What’s this about her and Yun Zhang?”

Chang Hui didn’t bother to hide her gloating and gleeful expression as she continued, “Weren’t the Yuns the ones who raised her? Wasn’t Yun Zhang her brother? How did he suddenly become her sweetheart? Oh, what an ill-informed woman I am. Auntie, tell me, what’s this all about?! Gu Wen, quick, search it up on the Internet!”

Everyone took out their phones to search through the news—no, there was no need to search. Yun Liu’s news was very eye-catching. No one had noticed it before because she wasn’t worth their attention.

“No, that’s not how it is!” Yun Liu shrieked. “They’re making things up! There’s nothing between Yun Zhang and I!”

Everyone gathered together and whispered to each other; no one listened to her at all. Only Zheng Xiu paid her any attention. The woman grabbed her daughter’s arm, gripping it with all her might. However, Yun Liu could no longer feel the pain from her mother’s actions because Chen Yao was standing before her.

Chen Yao stared at her with a gaze colder than arctic glaciers and uttered in a quiet voice that only Yun Liu and Zheng Xiu could hear, “You would dare to ruin Yun Nan’s marriage with me around? She’s my granddaughter, or have you guys forgotten? I don’t care if you have designs on others, but don’t blame me for adding fuel to the fire if you dare to target Yun Nan. You guys brought this on yourselves!”

Chen Yao took two steps back and gestured to her subordinate at the doorway. A moment later, Yun Zhang walked in, neatly dressed in a suit. He didn’t spare a glance at Yun Liu but instead, bowed very politely to Chen Yao. Chen Yao looked at him, gave him a kind smile that she didn’t have for her own family, and praised, “What a nice boy you are, dear.”

Only after their greeting did Yun Zhang turn to Yun Liu, and he gently said, “Yun Liu, I’m here to take you home.”

Yun Liu retreated from him as if she had seen a ghost, stammering in horror, “Who wants to go home with you? I don’t want to go home with you! I have nothing to do with you! Not a single thing!”

She hid behind Zheng Xiu, who glared at Yun Zhang warily. Zheng Xiu had already had things planned out in her head: as long as Yun Liu could marry into the Shi family, her status in the Gu family would rise far above Chang Hui’s. With that, she could keep Gu He by her side and raise her son personally so she didn’t have to worry about him being badly taught by Chang Hui.

She knew everyone else in the room only cared about Gu Fei, and not a single one of them was worried for her Gu He even though his reputation had clearly been affected by Gu Fei’s. But, even though it pained her, she knew that in the face of Gu Fei, Gu He was nothing.