Chapter 232: The Shepherd of the King Will Not Live Long

afraid I'll sell you"Saying that, she pulled open the car door.“Joe, if I said that I wanted to give you a Christmas present today, would you want it”Want to get me a Christmas presentQiao Baoer looke...I love him.

Gu Ruoyan was stunned, caught off guard. She listened to her helpless scream of those three words, simple and direct.

Gu Ruoyan understood that her niece had never been a weak woman. She was stubborn and strong-willed, and she never easily complained to others when wronged. Now seeing her cry like this, Gu Ruoyan felt conflicted and uncomfortable.

Because of the heavy rain, traffic on the national highway ahead had become congested. Many people looked curiously at them through their car windows. The sound of rain and thunder mingled with the chattering noise of the crowd.

Feeling very uncomfortable under such attention, Gu Ruyi looked at Qiao Bao'er in front of her. Her whole body was soaked, and her face had turned pale with weakness. Especially her pregnant belly, it really shouldn't be exposed to the rain like this.

“I'm doing this for you. Now let's go home…” she softened her voice, saying.

The woman before him remained silent, standing her ground. Gu Ruyue knew her temper well, and grasping her wrist, she gave it a tight squeeze that left red welts. With a half-drag and half-pull, she steered her towards the left side of the apartment building's gate.

"I want to go back home," she said. She wouldn't budge, and Gu Ruyue couldn't pull her away.

Gu Ruoyan tried every way to persuade her, but Bao'er was unmoved. At the moment, she became furious and shouted, "You say you love him, is love really as simple as you imagine Bao'er, I know your character best. I watched you grow up. You don't understand your own feelings at all. Before, Yi Sicheng followed his mother's words to pursue you, and you said you owed him. You agreed right away and gave everything without reservation, waiting. What did you get in the end Ye Xi intervened in your marriage, and you lost miserably, becoming a discarded person."

was completely defeated.

Qiao Bao'er's expression was tight, listening to these accusations. She had indeed lost utterly.

Her loveless marriage with Yi Sicheng, the three years of being neglected and waiting, couldn't be said to have had no impact on her. At least in her dealings with men, she became more conservative and timid.

Gu Ruyi understood her and knew how to persuade her, “I told you a long time ago that repaying a kindness isn’t love, but you didn’t understand. You just thought you owed him… You agreed so readily only because of the shadow cast by the Qiao family’s brokenness. You were just selfish and wanted a home.”

"I, I want a home, is that wrong!"

It's like a hidden secret of mine has been dug out, and the stubborn voice is making excuses for myself. Who hasn't made mistakes Who hasn't had their own desires

"Gu Ruyue's voice became even harsher. "That house doesn't belong to you. How did your grandfather teach you 'You don't get what you can't ask for, and when you do ask, but still don't get it, that's greed.' Our Gu family people wouldn't covet things that don't belong to us. You are greedy for a home to hide in, this is not only cowardly, but also foolish!"

Qiao Bao'er didn't know how to refute. She wasn't as smooth-talking and sharp-tongued as Xia Chuixue. She just wanted to tell the other party, "Jun Zhuo is different, he's not like them!" she believed firmly.

"What's different!"

Gu Ruoyan looked straight into her eyes, using the harsh words of an elder to mercilessly mock her.

"Yi Sicen told you that he saved you during your high school graduation trip, so you agreed to his proposal. Jun Zhi牧 told you that the one who saved you was actually him, and then you said you fell in love with him. You were raised and protected by the Qiao family and the Gu family since childhood, but suddenly your grandfather passed away, your father cheated, and your mother committed suicide. Deep down, you didn't want to accept these changes. You pretended to be strong, and you kept searching for a fictional happy ending."

"Joe Bao'er, listen to me carefully. You don't owe them anything. Your high school graduation trip was taken by bandits in the mountains, Yi Sicheng just happened to pass by, and the bullet in Jun Zhimu's head has nothing to do with you. Even if he didn't save you, Tang Yu would have come after."

...bullets.

She couldn't remember the harrowing escape, but she knew those men had fired guns.

She couldn't hear the angry shouts anymore, as if her mind had suddenly become sluggish. Plus, she noticed people starting to get out of their cars and walk towards them. "What are you yelling about It's pouring rain, go home already,"

"Hey, she's heavily pregnant, don't pull her around in the rain, have some heart."

Many fragmented sounds swirled around Qiao Bao'er's ears, further muddling her thoughts.

All her thoughts hung on the unfamiliar and terrifying word “bullet,” her whole body rigid. “What happened to Junzhi Mu”

"The shepherd, he won't live long, there is a bullet fragment in his brain!"

Gu Ruoyan used sharp words to wake her up, "Qiao Baor, you don't dare to face reality. This is reality. Including your high school trip victim experience, you are afraid of this memory, so you always can't remember clearly. Reality doesn't allow you to be willful, it doesn't allow you to fantasize. Jun Zhimu is not your belonging."

He will only hold you back, make you feel guilty, and keep you stuck in this abyss. You need to face reality: it was Junzhi牧 who made the wrong judgment himself. There was never any emotional entanglement between you before, you didn't ask for anything from him, he lowered himself.

“Tang Yu sent him to the hospital for emergency treatment that day. They were in a car accident, Jun Zhimu quickly woke up, while Tang Yu lay in Seattle for six years, becoming a vegetable for six years. No one owed anyone anything anymore. If it wasn't for Tang Yu, he would have died long ago. The bullet in Jun Zhimu’s head was just his own obsession, his burden. He wanted to drag you down to hell with him, making you spend eternity with him, unable to escape.”

Qiao Bao'er didn't speak. The falling rain remained just as cold.

To have her by his side for life, even if it meant falling into ruin...

Yes, Junzhi Mu is indeed such a tyrannical person.

Suddenly, a calmness washed over her heart. She didn't know why, perhaps because Gu Ruyue was right, she was too timid, resisting reality in her heart and afraid to face the memories.

She had always pretended to be strong, and because of Yi Sicheng's affair, she became even more numb to the idea of a second marriage. Despite her husband's obvious devotion, she repeatedly ignored it. She was an incompetent wife, but Jun Zhimu could always see through her act. He would say, "Don't pretend to be strong."

At that moment, she was deeply touched. Because in reality, no one could rely on, so she had to be strong even if she couldn't hold on any longer.

He even indulged her tantrums, spoiling her.

A man like Junzhi Mu, he's terrifying. If you encounter him, there's no escape. If you can't escape, then just sink with him.

"I've already promised to stay with him..." I might as well stay for life.

"I'm going back now."

She replied blandly. Gu Ruyue's expression was complex, her grip on her hand loosened slightly, and she just watched as she turned and walked away step by step through the rain-soaked ground.

"He's suffering from many after-effects, and he has so many problems to face. Junzhi Mu can't handle them at all..."

Gu Ruyan angrily shouted at her retreating figure, feeling unwilling. This closest niece of hers was leaving like this, but she didn't run up to stop her, knowing it was useless anyway.

Qiao Bao'er didn't turn around, she could hear those words behind her clearly.

Standing by the roadside, her face blank, she stared at the slow-moving vehicles. Did any of them carry a way back home for her All she wanted now was to go back...

"Miss, where are you going" the taxi driver asked her after rolling down his window. They had been arguing on the roadside before, attracting curious onlookers.

"Let's go to your place, the villa on the halfway up of Chao Yang Mountain..." Her lips had turned pale from being drenched in the rain for too long.

The driver opened the back door, and she was about to scramble in anxiously when her phone rang urgently—it was Lu Qinian calling.

"Jo Bao'er, don't go back to Jun's family..." The voice on the phone shouted, afraid she would miss it.

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