CHAPTER 444: CHAPTER 443: TEARING OFF THE MASK

Throughout the whole process of changing who was holding her, Zhen Yu didn’t utter a word. After loosening her arms from her brother’s neck, she immediately wrapped them around Han Mingyue’s.

Han Mingyue, holding Zhen Yu, silently watched as Zhen Yan slowly disappeared into the crowd. It wasn’t until their view was obstructed by the crowd that Han Mingyue spoke softly, "Xiao Yu, let’s go wash up."

Zhen Yu didn’t say whether she wanted to or not; instead, she simply said, "Put me down."

"No need!" Han Mingyue refused and continued walking forward with Zhen Yu in his arms.

Zhen Yu didn’t struggle to get down; however, after he had only taken a few steps, she suddenly remembered something! After a brief internal struggle, she finally said, "Back to the ward! Don’t lose the child."

Han Mingyue immediately obeyed and turned around, "Okay!"

After he lightly kicked open the ward door with his foot, only the cries of the infant remained in the room.

All the people inside had already pressed up against the door glass to watch the commotion, naturally realizing that the person nestled in the young man’s arms was the real formidable one! So at this moment, no one dared to provoke her!

Standing in front of Mrs. Zhen’s bed was a nurse holding an infant, trying to soothe the continuously crying baby. As she looked up and saw the two enter, she said directly, "The baby might be hungry! Do you know how to make formula?"

Both Zhen Yu and Han Mingyue shook their heads simultaneously.

The nurse, left without a choice, put the infant back in the crib and started preparing the formula herself.

"Put me down," Zhen Yu said to Han Mingyue again.

This time, Han Mingyue didn’t refuse, gently putting her down on the floor.

With Zhen Yu standing steadily with Han Mingyue’s support, the nurse had also gathered everything and was ready to make the formula.

Zhen Yu was about to ask who asked her to look after the baby when suddenly, ’Bang!’ the door of the ward was violently kicked open, causing the door panel to rebound against the wall!

In an instant, all the infants in the room started crying together! Everyone’s disgruntled gazes immediately concentrated on the person who had just entered.

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Zhen Yu instinctively felt that the person arriving might be related to her, so she quickly turned to look.

Sure enough! Aunt Gu Qing was furiously barging into the ward!

"You little wretch! You even dare to hit your elders! Are you not afraid of being struck by lightning? A madman like you should have been struck dead by lightning a long time ago!"

Faced with force, Zhen Yu immediately erected a shield of steel around herself and retorted sharply, "Pah! Spare me the talk of elders! You think you’re worthy?!"

With Mrs. Zhen absent, Zhen Yu simply tore down the last shred of dignity left for the Gu Family!

"When that Gu married my mom, do you dare to say you didn’t know what he was really after?! Wasn’t it just to gain both people and wealth? Too bad you didn’t get the money! Now my mom has even given birth to his son! So you think my mom is useless now, huh?"

"What nonsense are you spouting! My brother did no such thing!" Aunt Gu Qing countered with a mix of outward fierceness and inward timidity.

"Whether he did or didn’t, you know very well!" Zhen Yu couldn’t be bothered to argue with such trash!

Since someone was looking after the child, she didn’t want to stay a second longer, so after lashing out, she directly turned to Han Mingyue and said, "Let’s go!"

Just as she wanted to leave, Aunt Gu Qing wouldn’t have it! She raised her hand to try and stop them and even insulted Zhen Yu saying, "You hit someone and just think you can walk away?! It’s not that easy! If you dare walk away, I’m calling the police!"

"Call them! I’m not even sixteen! Let my critically ill mother pay my legal stepfather for me!"

The onlookers in the hospital ward were all stupefied! This was truly... a hefty dose of melodrama!

Aunt Gu Qing was also stunned for a moment, then immediately started to create a ruckus, "Why should Cheng Yan’er compensate you?! I’ll demand compensation from you!!"

Zhen Yu was completely dismissive!

"I have no money!"

"You’re lying! You clearly have two internet cafes,"

"Tch!"

Zhen Yu’s snort of contempt abruptly cut off Aunt Gu Qing mid-sentence! Obviously, she had also suddenly realized that she had exposed her greedy intentions for the Zhen Family’s wealth!

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Under the various gazes of the onlookers, Aunt Gu Qing’s face turned a mix of green and white repeatedly, then she simply tore off the mask of civility!

"I don’t care about that! You’re not leaving here without compensating me today!"

Zhen Yu didn’t even want to glance at such an ugly face! But she still patiently burst Aunt Gu Qing’s bubble ruthlessly!

"Let me teach you a lesson! Custody is under Cheng Yan’s name! Zhen Yan’s assets have nothing to do with me! Are you satisfied with what you’re hearing?! Ha ha..."

This time, Aunt Gu Qing was genuinely dumbfounded, and the arms she had raised to block the way drooped down.

But less than a second later! She suddenly came back full of fight and threatened, "If you don’t pay up, I will expose your assault on your stepfather to your school! Let everyone in your school know what kind of person you are, um... let go of me!"

The one who acted wasn’t Zhen Yu, but Han Mingyue.

He suddenly grabbed hold of Aunt Gu Qing’s collar tightly and lifted her up a bit, making her unable to utter a complete sentence.

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Han Mingyue pulled the vixen in front of him a little closer, then said menacingly, "Go ahead and try! Gu Qing is also at school! Whatever you do to Zhen Yu, believe it or not, I’ll do the same to Gu Qing! I will tell everyone at school about the Gu Family’s scheming intention to marry into the Zhen Family for the inheritance! Do you think anyone will believe Gu Qing wasn’t involved, believe she’s innocent?!"

"We didn’t, have! No one will, believe that!"

Han Mingyue suddenly curled his lips up slightly! "Oh? What if it’s added that she, under her father’s instructions, covertly seduced her mother’s son to a premature romance? How do you think such a ’double indemnity’ scandal would fare?!"

Everyone in the ward, including the female nurse, was stunned!

Nobody expected the quiet handsome guy to strike so fiercely!

Aunt Gu Qing’s brain was already somewhat oxygen-deprived; after hearing the last part, she was so infuriated that she ended up keeling over!

Feeling the weight on his arm, Han Mingyue pushed her back against the wall. After letting go, Aunt Gu Qing slumped down along the wall onto the floor.

Han Mingyue wiped his hands on the blanket at the foot of Mrs. Zhen’s bed as if he had just touched something dirty! Then he smiled at the female nurse and nodded, "Nurse, please wake her up later! Thank you!"

The female nurse was stunned for a moment, "Uh, oh! Okay!"

"Let’s go!" Hearing the nurse’s agreement, Han Mingyue took Zhen Yu by the shoulder and led her out of the ward.

Actually, Zhen Yu wasn’t too concerned about Aunt Gu Qing’s threats, because she didn’t think that being known for hitting her stepfather would affect her in any way. If she could actually make everyone in the school afraid of her, that wouldn’t be too bad!