Became a vicious male mother

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"It's getting late, your mother is still waiting for you at home," Officer Du said to the boy in a sullen tone.

The boy under the streetlight didn't say anything, but instead took out another cigarette and slowly put it in his mouth.

The night is getting darker.

Du Rao said to Gu Xinglan, "It's dangerous for you to go back alone. Let me take you."

"What danger could grown men possibly be in?" Gu Xinglan turned her gaze to the police officer.

This police officer is strange.

Since they both had the surname Du, he assumed they were father and son.

But what father would let a young boy, still so immature, wander the streets so late at night, let alone smoke?

"Officer Du, shall we be leaving now?"

He could tell that the boy wanted to leave.

Seeing the two men turn around at the same time, the police officer hesitated, then called out just as their figures were about to disappear around the corner: "You're going home tomorrow!"

The only response to the police officer was the sound of footsteps fading into the distance.

"Is he your father?"

"Stepfather." Du Rao said, a cigarette dangling from his lips, making no attempt to hide it.

Divorced and remarried, married and divorced again.

But Jiangtong is such a small place, you can run into it anywhere.

Seeing that Du Rao was still humming a song with great interest, Gu Xinglan didn't ask any further questions.

We returned to the hotel the next morning.

Gu Xinglan was preparing to take a bath before returning to Wushui.

When the bathroom door opened, there was a blond guy tied up inside.

Tears streamed down Ye Shang's face. Her mouth was stuffed with something, and she was tied to the toilet. Her wrists were marked with tape.

The moment their eyes met, Gu Xinglan unconsciously twitched her fingers, and cold sweat broke out on her back.

"I forgot to let him out."

A cold voice sounded from behind.

Ye Shang was tied up all night. Not only were her eyes swollen from crying, but she was also so hungry that her eyes were practically glowing green.

He gave all the breakfast he bought to this person.

Gu Xinglan pulled Li and Tai into the bathroom, glancing at the blond-haired man outside who was enjoying his meal, and said in a deep voice, "Why didn't you even tell me?"

If the police had come to the room last night while I was using the toilet, they would have seen the person in the bathroom.

The strange thing is that his first thought was to help Li Hetai cover it up.

“He wasn’t in the bathroom last night,” Li Hetai said in a deep voice.

It's under the bed.

He didn't expect the door to be opened suddenly, so he could only kick the person under the bed as fast as he could and then get into bed and pretend to be asleep.

But Li Hetai wouldn't tell the truth to the person in front of him; he just stared at Gu Xinglan with wide, innocent eyes.

The air remained quiet for a long while.

Feeling stared at like that, Gu Xinglan could only look away.

When they came out after the conversation, Huang Mao was nowhere to be seen, and his cash, car keys, and other belongings in his suitcase were all gone.

Even car repair shops don't have their cars.

The Li family's car was stolen by them.

Gu Xinglan's face tightened.

The two spent a lot of money to finally find a private car company willing to take them into the mountains.

As I climbed up, the sun was setting.

As soon as Gu Xinglan knocked on the door, a hand quickly reached out from under the door.

That hand was strong and powerful, resembling the burly men of the Li family who used family discipline to punish those who made mistakes.

The two children, one big and one small, were escorted to the front of the ancestral hall.

The old man standing in the middle is not Li Yuan.

It was a butler he had never seen before.

Li Jianbai was also forced to kneel in the ancestral hall, looking swaying precariously as if he would faint at any moment.

Do you know what mistake you made?

The sound reached every ear in the arena.

Gu Xinglan secretly glanced over and could even see the sarcastic expressions on some people's faces.

“I shouldn’t have brought Li Hetai back so late, but there was a reason for it…” Gu Xinglan explained the whole story of yesterday in a few words.

"A car alone is enough to make you disregard family rules. You tell me, shouldn't you be punished?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the bamboo whip whistled through the air and struck the ground with a loud crack.

Gu Xinglan felt a chill run down her spine upon hearing this.

"Li Hetai, the servant has made a mistake. Tell me, shouldn't she be punished?"

The bamboo whip cracked again.

Li Hetai was taken to the middle of the square.

With such a commotion, a large crowd had already gathered around.

"He is not a servant."

Upon hearing this, the man holding the bamboo whip slowly turned down the corners of his mouth. "Oh, then tell me, who is he?"

Li Hetai's gaze shifted slightly, glancing in Gu Xinglan's direction.

After a long silence, someone finally spoke.

“It’s my responsibility. I let them stay outside. It has nothing to do with the two of them…” Kneeling on the cushion, Li Jianbai coughed until his handkerchief turned red, and his eyes were full of tears.

"Third Master, don't you know that the successor's time cannot be wasted?"

The old man with the whip was frustrated and disappointed.

"Furthermore, that outsider is not one of your family members. By doing this, you are colluding with an outsider to break the rules of the Li family."

“He is my man. If you want to punish someone, then punish me.” After saying this, Li Jianbai kowtowed heavily to the old man.

Seeing this, Gu Xinglan, still in a daze, watched as Li Hetai was taken away by those people.

"This time, it was Third Master who pleaded for you. If you dare to betray Third Master, you'll be in for a beating."

The old man snorted a few times.

This scene came and went quickly.

With a deafening roar, raindrops began to fall rapidly.

Without knowing why, Gu Xinglan carried Li Jianbai on her back and quickly ran into the deserted courtyard, fearing that the man might catch the cold.

The surroundings were quiet, with only the patter of raindrops. Shadows kept passing by the window. Gu Xinglan stared wide-eyed at the increasingly blurry figure in the distance.

"Ugh……"

I feel a little depressed.

Now he really won't be able to see Li Hetai anymore.

Gu Xinglan scratched her hair a couple of times.

The happier I was yesterday, the more depressed I am today.

"stop looking."

Gu Xinglan hadn't recovered from the faint sound of Li Jianbai's words behind her.

Until Li Hetai's figure completely disappeared at the intersection.

As far as the eye could see, there was only a gray curtain of rain.

"Gu Xinglan." Li Jianbai frowned slightly and pleaded in a voice that was as low as it could be, "Come to my courtyard. You can't see He Tai now. Because of this indulgence, he will be more strictly controlled in the future, and you will no longer be able to work at the family school."

"why?"

Was it just because he and Li Hetai spent an extra day out...? "Why is that?"

Gu Xinglan murmured a few times and let herself lie on the bed.

The hard bed board was digging into his back, causing a slight stinging pain. He turned over, his back to Li Jianbai beside him.

"There's no reason why. He Tai is the future heir, and the Li family can't afford to make a single mistake. I hope you can understand."

A pale, thin hand rested lightly on the back of Gu Xinglan's head, then slowly flowed down the line to Gu Xinglan's waist.

Li Jianbai moved his fingers, his eyes gradually darkening, and finally placed his hand on Gu Xinglan's back.

“Many people in the Li family have died. Everyone cherishes their own lives, unlike me. I might go to another world tomorrow. I can understand how you feel.”

The hand placed on Gu Xinglan's back shook gently twice.

Li Jianbai said in a low voice, "It's not wrong to want to play, Gu Xinglan, I understand you."