Gu Yixuan held her contentedly, then slowly said, "Actually, the person who wanted to kill me was Gao Meiru. Gu Hai just wanted to cripple me so I would be under his control."
Mo Ran looked up in surprise, "Just because you tampered with their shares, they treated you ? Gu Yixuan, I’m realizing I don’t understand your family, nor your past. Can you tell me what happened?"
"Okay." Gu Yixuan decided to reveal the burdens he had carried for years.
Those past events, he had never wanted to bring them up again. But since she wanted to know, he would say it all.
"As you know, I am an illegitimate child. My mother gave birth to me to climb up the social ladder. However, she didn’t know that joining a wealthy family was not as easy as she thought. By the time the Gu family learned of my existence, I was already six years old." Chapters first released on novel✶fire.net
"Gao Meiru also gave the Gu family a legitimate child, my older brother, Gu Yicheng, who is two years older than me. Originally, everything in the Gu family was supposed to belong to Gu Yicheng, so the appearance of an illegitimate child vying for the inheritance was naturally unwelcome. Gao Meiru wanted to get rid of me even more."
"That day, I remember very clearly, my mother told me that my father was coming to take us home. She was so happy that she dressed herself up beautifully and also changed me into new clothes.
Then she took me to the agreed place, waiting for the person who would come to pick us up. Eventually, a car arrived. She cheerfully carried me and ran over, but unexpectedly, the car aimed to run us down."
"In the panic, my mother desperately tried to dodge while holding me, but the car wouldn’t let up. She knew their target was me, so to save her own life, she gritted her teeth and put me down, running away by herself.
Just as she put me down, the car hit, and I was flung away, landing on the sidewalk. They thought I was dead for sure, so they drove off..."
"I was fortunate enough to be rushed to the hospital and saved. But the doctor announced that my legs were paralyzed, rendering me unable to walk, essentially making me a cripple.
The Gu family learned of this and, believing that a cripple posed no threat to them, or perhaps feeling some pangs of conscience, spared my life and took me to live with them."
At this point, Gu Yixuan paused, seemingly reluctant to continue.
Feizi will strive to finish this novel next month. Indeed, it’s been too long, both you and I are exhausted.