Became a vicious male mother

Chapter 92 92

“You damned woman!…” Meng Chang stared in disbelief, his eyes bulging and his gaze wild.

His legs, pressed against the ground, kicked and thrashed wildly, while his shoulders struggled.

With a loud thud, a short knife and a black portable magazine fell out of his pocket and crashed together in mid-air.

Meng Chang suddenly thrust his head forward, veins bulging on his forehead, staring intently at Gu Xinglan. His mouth gaped open, the corners of his lips tearing open from the force, revealing two rows of teeth with a fierce look...

Then, there was another loud "bang".

Without hesitation, his left hand swung out again.

The force of the slap was so great that it was hard to imagine that the person who slapped her was a delicate beauty who couldn't lift a finger.

His left cheek was then slapped to the side, and it instantly became swollen.

The beauty's face made people overlook the eerie force of the two slaps—tears streamed down her face, soaking her clothes, like pear blossoms in the rain, her eyes filled with silent sorrow.

I slapped my left and right hands once each, and both palms were terribly numb.

Soft sobs echoed through the hall.

Even the servant who brought in the snacks stood motionless, so frightened that he stood rooted to the spot, his head bowed and eyes fixed straight ahead.

Gu Xinglan seemed powerless, covering her face and taking steps backward, her heels scraping against the carpet as she fell backward.

The expected fall did not occur.

Instead, it fell into the embrace of a rich, sweet spikenard.

A voice whispered in my ear: "I will get you the justice you want."

"No, I know it's difficult for you..."

Gu Xinglan glanced at his face discreetly, sniffed softly, and tentatively rested her head on his chest, saying in a tearful voice, "So what if I'm smeared with a bad reputation? ... It's just that my dignity has been trampled on at will, and I've suffered those vile insults. Compared to all that, I'd much rather you focus on making your career bigger and stronger, even if it means enduring public condemnation, going through fire and water, sacrificing your life, I would do it willingly..."

After saying that, Gu Xinglan grabbed the lapel of Li Taihe's suit jacket, gently clenched it in her hand, turned her face to the side, and wiped all her tears on the other man's suit.

The air in the hall was almost deathly still.

After a long silence, so quiet you could hear your own heartbeat, the man's echo finally came through:

"What is this nonsense?"

“Protecting you and seeking justice for you is my duty, and there is no reason for me to stand idly by.”

Li Taihe's voice was very soft.

……

The music hadn't even started yet, and the play was already in a murky state.

If there were a hole here, he would have crawled inside.

Using someone's suit as a cover, Gu Xinglan closed her eyes tightly, unable to bear looking directly at them.

Actually, that night, the pot-bellied man was just making verbal flirtations; only the Li family and the other party witnessed it.

But given Li Taihe's methods, he probably dealt with everyone.

He thought it might be related to the collaboration that day.

Li Taihe couldn't reach an agreement and didn't want to let the other party cooperate with others, so he acted first and informed them later, which was truly ruthless.

And now, he is the motive behind Lai Tai-ho's killings, a veritable pawn.

Killing someone to cover up a failed business deal versus killing someone to cover up an insult—the former will bring unnecessary trouble, while the latter might even improve one's image and be harmless.

Gu Xinglan glanced at the people seated on the side of her eye.

The man surnamed Bai stopped drinking his tea, leaned forward, and stared intently, seemingly startled by Bai's sudden appearance.

The person who was slapped twice went from a kneeling position to being face down, with his whole body pressed down on the carpet, and was still struggling.

System: [Host, the first hidden plot point has increased by 0.5%, now it's 5.5%.]

!

What happened?!

Gu Xinglan suddenly clenched her hands.

He looked up at Li Taihe.

The words Meng Chang had uttered in a frenzy were replaying in his mind.

No, could it be that this person is actually being cuckolded?

Ke Li and Tai He are practically identical; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they are miniature replicas.

Looking from his angle towards Li Taihe.

This person had lost all sense of justice and righteousness; his gaze was clearly also fixed on the person surnamed Bai.

After a short while, it seemed that his gaze was too direct.

The man lowered his head and glanced at him.

He then realized that Li Taihe's suit was already crumpled and wrinkled from his handling.

Gu Xinglan quickly released his hand, smoothed out the wrinkles, gave the other person a look that said, "You can trust me with my work," and slowly turned to the man surnamed Bai, saying softly:

“Mr. Bai, Taihe stood up for me out of concern. Actually… I really didn’t want to see him put in a difficult situation because of me. It would be best if we could resolve this amicably. If not, I would face it with Taihe. I just don’t want anyone with ulterior motives to take advantage of the situation and ruin fairness and friendship.”

After saying that, Gu Xinglan took Li Taihe's hand and slowly walked over.

The purple clay teapot on the table made Gu Xinglan look like a refined scholar standing quietly, as if his previous burst of energy was just an illusion.

He poured tea into two cups, and after he finished, he turned around and placed one of the teacups in Li Taihe's hand.

With a hint of pleading in his eyes, he said, "Mr. Bai, let's offer you a cup of tea instead of wine."

As he finished speaking, Li Taihe raised the cup in his hand.

The people seated were no longer as composed as when they were watching the show. They immediately stood up, stretched out their hands, and snatched Li Taihe's cup away.

"Cough, Brother Taihe, I dare not drink your toast." Bai Kairui snatched both cups of tea and stared at Gu Xinglan.

Gu Xinglan immediately understood and quickly sat down on the sofa against the wall in the distance.

Without interference from others.

Li Taihe took the teacup from Bai Kairui's hand again, his eyebrows raised, accompanied by an intimate smile.

He raised the cup in his hand at Bai Kairui and slowly drank it down.

That look was so sincere.

Bai Kairui's smile vanished. He brushed a strand of hair from his forehead, sat back down in his chair, and sighed, "I won't beat around the bush with you anymore. Did you take Meng Qing's batch of goods?"

"If you take it, return it. Consider it as you helping the Ji family clean house. If you don't return it, can you imagine the consequences?"

"That shipment was smuggled out by Meng Qing; nobody else had it. Do you really think you can withstand the Ji family's real attacks?"

With a clang, Li Taihe slammed his teacup on the table.

The tea overflowed slightly, wetting the table.

Bai Kairui immediately fell silent, stammering for a long time without being able to say anything.

"Bai Kairui, what you're saying... is truly chilling."

Li Taihe had just finished speaking.

Bai Kairui then whispered, "Tell me honestly whether you did this or not. If it weren't for the fact that you saved me, I would have let the news out long ago."

Now, Li Taihe's voice turned completely cold, seemingly filled with the pain of being misunderstood by his friend: "In your eyes, am I just a scoundrel who will do anything for personal gain? I'm just teaching that lecherous scoundrel a lesson!"

"Stop, stop, stop, Brother Taihe! You're not a scoundrel who'll do anything for profit, and you're certainly not the kind of person who'd give up his kingdom for a beauty! Him?..."

Bai Kairui pointed to the person on the sofa.

It seemed as if it had noticed the gaze.

The person on the sofa turned to look at him. The two stared at each other for less than two seconds before Bai Kairui, whose prayer beads were about to spark, quickly turned back.