<h4>Chapter 1467: Chapter 1480</h4>


    Silent tears, ultimately, turned into quiet sobs.


    She buried her head deeply within her arms, her hair in disarray.


    What to do, what should she do now?


    This house, she feels so oppressed staying here...


    Gu Qing went downstairs, heading straight to Liang Youmei’s room.


    "Mom, I don’t want to marry Mu Yunfan." As soon as she entered the room, Gu Qing threw herself into Liang Youmei’s arms, feeling aggrieved.


    "I heard from Haoyu that Mu Yunfan has hidden illnesses, not to mention problems in that area."


    Liang Youmei, still unsettled from an earlier argument with Gu Guoqiang, heaved a bit, ring at Gu Qing and poked her forehead, saying, "Shameless, for a young girl."


    "Mom..." Gu Qing hugged Liang Youmei’s arm, acting spoiled, "Look at Wu An, who always represents Mu Yunfan; he’s honestly terrifying. I guess Mu Yunfan isn’t much better. Besides, the Wu Group is pretty good, too. In terms of power, the Mu Family isn’t even on par with the Wu Family."


    Liang Youmei felt very proud for her daughter to associate with such a big group as the Wu Family, bragging endlessly in front of those wealthydies.


    She couldn’t let such a big piece of fat slip away, as long as Gu Qing marries better than Gu Wan, would Gu Guoqiang still give her the cold shoulder?


    Though secretly pleased, she remained calm, "Alright, this is just an audition; do you think you’re definitely going to be selected?"


    "What if?" Gu Qing said defiantly, confident in her looks.


    "Alright, alright, I know my daughter is beautiful, a famous socialite, but your father is a bit tricky. I have to think of a way."


    Upon hearing this, Gu Qing felt like a deted balloon, "In my father’s eyes, only Gu Wan is his daughter. Mom, you know, outside, everyone thinks of me as a socialite, while Gu Wan always regards herself as the eldest daughter of the Gu Family."


    "What?" Liang Youmei was startled, her eyes burning with anger as she said hatefully, "That girl doesn’t care about us at all."


    "Alright, leave this to mom."


    With her mom’s assurance, Gu Qing felt relieved, slowly retracting her aggrieved expression. Shey sideways in Liang Youmei’s arms, a sly, sinister smile emerging at the corner of her mouth.


    Gu Guoqiang sat in the living room, sullenly smoking, thinking for a while, then took out his phone to make a call.


    ...


    Gu Wan submerged herself in the bathtub, scrubbing her body repeatedly until it turned red, and the mixing of bruises and kiss marks became indistinguishable before she stopped.


    Lying in the bathtub, her eyes were hollow and lost, after a long time, releasing a helpless sigh before slowly getting up.


    She buried herself deeply in bed and fell into a heavy sleep.


    When she woke up, it was already dark. The dim room was silent, faint sounds of arguing could be heard from downstairs.


    Gu Wan sighed, slowly sitting up.


    At some point, the arguing moved from downstairs to upstairs, ending up in front of her door.


    "It’s all your fault!" Liang Youmei’s voice was clearly tearful, a hint of crying was present.


    "Why are you still standing there, hurry and go inside to see!"


    Gu Guoqiang’s voice was anxious, and as it fell, Gu Wan heard urgent knocking, but not on her door.


    Gu Wan looked suspiciously at the door, holding her breath, listening to themotion outside.


    "Why knock, just break down the door!" Liang Youmei shouted anxiously, "Gu Qing, you mustn’t do anything stupid!"


    Something stupid?


    Gu Wanughed coldly, since when has Gu Qing ever allowed herself any loss, done anything stupid at all?


    But she has, always being led by the nose, and this time too...


    Gu Wan silentlyy back down on the bed again, letting those outside shout and call.


    Until...


    She heard Liang Youmei scream, "Where did Gu Qing go? Where did my Gu Qing go?"


    After hesitating for a moment, she got up, went to the door, pressing against it to listen to the outsidemotion.


    Unsure what Gu Qing was up to again, or what they were arguing about, after listening for a while, Gu Wan suddenly came to her senses; why was she concerned about Gu Qing?


    Thinking this, she withdrew her hand from the door and turned to head back to bed.


    "Look, this is the letter Gu Qing left behind," Gu Guoqiang said.


    Gu Wan froze, standing still, continuing to listen.


    Liang Youmei snatched it, and upon seeing the contents of the letter, her hand began trembling involuntarily, barely able to hold it.


    Gu Guoqiang grabbed it, and upon reading the contents, his previously worried expression turned to anger, crumpling the letter tightly into a ball.


    "My daughter," Liang Youmei cried, "how could she be so foolish! Why doesn’t she trust me?!"


    "Is this the good daughter you raised?"


    "Trust you? Trust you to reach the heavens?" Gu Guoqiang’s chest heaved ufortably, at this moment he wanted nothing more than to kill that Wu kid; what Wu Group, what Wu family’s rich kid, all nonsense!


    "Do you even know that Wu Haoyu is actually an imposter? The real Wu Haoyu is still studying in France! A money-grubbing thing! What exactly have you been instilling into Gu Qing’s mind all the time?!"


    "Elopement! She’s even learnt to elope now!"


    "You’vepletely disgraced me, Gu Guoqiang, you and your daughter!"


    "What to do? Husband, my Gu Qing..."


    "Humph!" Gu Guoqiang angrily threw the crumpled paper at Liang Youmei’s face, leaving furiously.


    Only when it was quiet upstairs and the sound of high heels tapping on the floor gradually faded did Gu Wan open a crack in the door.


    Opposite, Gu Qing’s room was wide open, the lights hadn’t even been turned off...


    Gu Wan picked up the crumpled paper from the floor, unfolded it to read.


    Upon seeing it, she was shocked too; within the few short hours she slept, her sister, the obedient girl in Liang Youmei’s mouth, had actually eloped with someone...


    Gu Wan stood still, unable to regain her senses for a long time, how could Gu Qing do such a thing?


    The sound of ss breaking downstairs pulled her from her daze, Gu Wan ran over to the staircase to listen to themotion below.


    "It’s all your fault, Gu Guoqiang! If you hadn’t withdrawn the files I prepared and reced them with Gu Qing’s, Gu Qing wouldn’t have run away!"


    "Run away?" Gu Guoqiang shouted sternly, "Look at the contents of that letter, is that running away?"


    "That is clearly elopement!"


    "Saying what, the Wu Family is stronger than the Mu Family, which eye of yours sees the Wu Family as stronger than the Mu Family? I see you and your daughter have been blinded by money!"


    "So, what now?" Liang Youmei asked, momentarily at a loss, how did everything change from fine in the morning to such a leaving then leaving?


    "What now?" Gu Guoqiang retorted, full of sarcastic tone, "You better hope Mu Yunfan didn’t choose Gu Qing, if he did, you’ll regret having no ce to cry at all!"


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