Looking at the positive pregnancy test results, Gu Nuannuan was stunned for a long while. Then, she grinned.
She excitedly took out her phone and was about to call her husband, Pei Jingshen, to tell him the good news. But she was interrupted by a series of urgent calls.
"Your father is going to jump off from Jingshen's company!"
"We need you right now! Only you have the power to change his mind!"
It was her best friend, Xu Ruoqing. Didn't Mrs. Xu state that she was dead?
Gu Nuannuan's mind was going insane, and her frail body was on the verge of collapsing.
After a half-hour, she reached the top floor of the Pei Group.
Gu Nuannuan's cheeks ached from the strong wind. She observed her father sitting precariously on the railing, and his features were wrinkly. He was having an emotional breakdown.
"Dad! Come down here! Nuannuan is here!" she yelled anxiously.
Several police officers were standing far away. Their expression was serious. They were worried that they would affect the feelings of the suicide.
Her husband, Pei Jingshen, was also there. Beside him stood Xu Ruoqing, who was bright and graceful. The two of them seemed to have no intention of persuading him.
"Jingshen, can you help me pull my dad down?" Gu Nuannuan feared heights, so she carefully pulled the man's clothes.
"Let go. Your father only listens to you, and I am nothing to him." Pei Jingshen's face was cold, and he broke away from her.
He completely disregarded the terrified Gu Nuannuan.
"What's going on, Dad? Tell me when you get down from there. I'm here to help." Gu Nuannuan tried to move forward despite her grief and fear.
"Please do not come over! I made an irreversible mistake. Nobody can help me." Gu Changqing exclaimed.
"Dad! You still have me. How would you know I can't solve it when you have not told me yet?" Gu Nuannuan pleaded.
"Nuannuan, take good care of your mother! I failed her." After saying that, Gu Changqing turned around decisively.
"Jingshen, what happened to my father? Please tell me!" Gu Nuannuan's attention was drawn to her husband.
"Gu Changqing, why don't you tell your daughter directly? It's a disgrace to jump down like this!" Pei Jingshen looked at the railing coldly with his deep eyes.
'Your daughter? What an unknown feeling.'
The corner of Gu Nuannuan's mouth was full of bitterness. "Even if my father has made countless mistakes, we're a couple, after all. Why do we have to be so stiff?"
Pei Jingshen looked angry, "It's because of how lenient I am towards him that your father didn't know how to behave properly and caused a great disaster. He did illegal drugs, and the scale is so large that it's enough to sentence him to death. Do you think he can be saved?"
"Illegal drugs? How's that possible? Daddy has always been an honest man." Gu Nuannuan stumbled and fell to the ground, her hands pinching her chest.
"Not only that, but the Pei Group's reputation is also at risk. Your father has now destroyed it, and he's been yelling at how he was mistreated. Is he so naive to think that the Pei Group can help him?"
"Sir, please pay attention to Mr. Gu's mood!" a police officer warned.
"He's a waste of your guys' time. In reality, he wouldn't even dare to jump from the building." Xu Ruoqing confidently shook her head.
"Gu Changqing, come down right now. I don't have time to play your game. It's shameful to escape from your mistake. Think about your daughter before doing stupid things." Pei Jingshen looked at Gu Nuannuan profoundly and was about to help.
"Jingshen? Dad!" Gu Nuannuan's heart beat faster as she anxiously looked at the two of them.
Tears rose in Gu Changqing's cheeks, "Nuannuan, I didn't touch those things. I was wronged! I'm sorry, I'm a coward!"
After that, he glanced at his daughter before leaping to death from the 80th floor under everyone's gaze.
"Dad!" Gu Nuannuan cried out in pain.
"Gu Changqing!" Pei Jingshen screamed out in disbelief. He was frozen in a split second, and his ice-cold visage showed an unintentional hint of guilt.
Was it possible that he was mistreated?
"Uncle! You're an idiot." Xu Ruoqing feigned surprise, pretending to be shocked.
"Dad, how could you leave me behind!" Gu Nuannuan couldn't take the blow and ran away as if she had lost her mind.
"Stop, Gu Nuannuan! It's perilous!" Pei Jingshen roared and snatched the girl into his arms.
"Let me go! I despise you! I despise you, Pei Jingshen, to the core!" Gu Nuannuan fought with all her might and screamed in anguish.
"Get a grip of reality. Gu Changqing will not return." Pei Jingshen shook her body gently to make her realize the cruel truth.
"I liked you... But you destroyed my most cherished family member. I'm a moron and the dumbest person on the planet..." Gu Nuannuan fainted while speaking.
***
Gu Nuannuan slept for two days before awakening with a heavy heart.
"Are you awake? I assumed you wouldn't be able to wake up after such an event, and I seriously underestimated your endurance." The harsh voice of Xu Ruoqing could be heard.
Gu Nuannuan rubbed her aching head and said in a hoarse voice, "Where is this place? My father..."
"A boat. It's for you to reunite with your father." Xu Ruoqing stopped beating around the bush and said with an arrogant smile.
"What do you mean?" Gu Nuannuan dragged herself to her feet and sat up.
"We agreed that you would marry Jingshen for me, and my Xu family would give you a hundred million yuan to your father's company that almost went bankrupt. It's a deal, but you secretly got pregnant. Shame on you!" Xu Ruoqing slapped her hard in the face.
The pain in her cheeks prompted Gu Nuannuan to panic, "You knew everything? The child was just an accident."
Two years ago, she and Xu Ruoqing made a shady deal. It was all because of a ridiculous rumor. It was said that the first wife of the young master of the Pei Group of each generation had not lived more than two years, and their deaths were tragic because a hundred years ago, they were cursed by an enemy.
Xu Ruoqing loved Pei Jingshen very much, but she was also afraid of that curse, so she chose to disappear by going abroad. She asked Gu Nuannuan to take her place temporarily, and when the time came, she would return smoothly.
"I showed Jingshen the test result. He said that he didn't touch you at all. What do you plan on doing?" Xu Ruoqing pulled her hair hard.
Gu Nuannuan suddenly realized that she couldn't exert any strength at all. She could only be dragged to the deck by her.
"The child belongs to Jingshen. How could he say that!"
"Jingshen loves me so much; how could he touch you? Jingshen told me to get rid of your child now!" Xu Ruoqing's red high heels stomped on the girl's abdomen.
"Get rid? Excuse me, is he going to kill his own flesh and blood?" Gu Nuannuan coughed painfully.
"You're lying, b*tch. Jingshen also said that if you insist on not removing the illegitimate child, I can take your life directly!" Xu Ruoqing's red lips were burning. She sneered and took out a barrel of gasoline.
"No, I didn't covet everything about you. Half a year ago, your mother accused me of killing you. We all thought that you had died because of an accident. I didn't fall in love with Pei Jingshen, and the child only came because of an accident!" Gu Nuannuan's pupils constricted as she screamed in despair.
"An accident? Hah, then you must be punished!"
"No! Please allow me to leave. I intend to leave the country and never return." Gu Nuannuan covered her lower abdomen in horror.
"Goodbye! My dear friend!" Xu Ruoqing was unconcerned and proceeded to strike a match. She mercilessly threw her slender wrist down.
Immediately, the fire ignited Gu Nuannuan's body. Later, she was viciously thrown into the ocean.
The curse appeared to be being confirmed. The Pei Group's first bride died tragically after only two years of marriage!
However, rumors are just rumors.
Perhaps, there's a silver lining...