The handsome guy next door loves to flirt.

As soon as Xu Ruo arrived at the Gu family home, she went straight to Yun Shu's room. "A Shu, why is your face swollen? Who... hit you!" She was startled when she saw Yun Shu's red face as soon as she entered the room.

Xu Ruo sat in Yun Shu's bedroom, which was very shabby, even worse than the rooms where her servants lived. There was hardly anything in it, it was empty, and it was hard to believe that such a poor room could be lived in.

Such a room would at most be used as a warehouse in the Xu family. The despicable Gu family actually let Ashu live in such a room, and now they are even beating Ashu. Gu Cheng is indeed a scumbag.

Seeing that Xu Ruo was worried about her, Yun Shu forced a smile and said, "I'm fine, haha, I just got slapped by Gu Cheng, it'll be gone by tomorrow. Let's not talk about that. Ruo, can I borrow your phone?" Yun Shu's slap from last night hadn't completely healed, but it wasn't as swollen as it was yesterday, so she wasn't bothered by it at the moment.

Xu Ruo knew who she wanted to call as soon as she heard the phone and immediately handed it to her.

Yun Shu dialed Ming Kun's number, and Ming Kun answered it after only a couple of rings. In fact, Ming Kun had been holding his phone all day, waiting for Xu Ruo to go to the Gu family to ask about the situation.

"Xu Ruo, what's wrong?" Ming Kun answered immediately when he saw it was Xu Ruo's number.

"Mingkun..." Yun Shu felt aggrieved and wanted to cry the moment she heard Mingkun's voice.

"Yun Shu...is that Xu Ruo who came to see you? How are you? Has your dad...?" It was Xu Ruo's phone number that answered. It was indeed Yun Shu speaking. Ming Kun guessed that Xu Ruo had already arrived at the Gu family. He was very worried about her from the aggrieved sound in Yun Shu's voice.

Yun Shu wiped away her tears and forced herself to say, "I'm fine. I'm doing well at the Gu family home, but I can't leave. You need to be careful during this time. My dad is against us being together and wants to break us up. Mingkun, I'm sorry for causing you trouble!"

"Don't say things like that. You're my wife. I should face the difficulties. I'll go see your dad later. Even if I have to beg him, I'll make him agree to let you be with me!" Mingkun had made up his mind. He had to see Gu Cheng no matter what and explain his relationship with Yun Shu to him. He couldn't let Yun Shu bear the burden alone. It was time to resolve things.

"No! Mingkun, he definitely won't agree. They've already planned this. I was just naive, always trying to rebel against them, thinking that if I secretly registered our marriage, they couldn't do anything to us. But even if we're married, what then? My dad said he'd find someone to help us get a divorce. I don't know if in his eyes, he's never considered me his daughter, just a tool, a tool to help him get promoted." Yun Shu started crying as she said this.

"Ashu, you must have faith. I will make your father agree to our marriage. No matter how much money or cost it takes, I will be with you."

“Mingkun…” Yun Shu was so moved that she didn’t know how to reply. She hadn’t misjudged him; Mingkun was a good man. But she felt a little uneasy.

Mingkun's family had been harassed by his sister's ex-husband, which caused Mingkun to be discharged from the army and the whole family almost to be sentenced to prison. Therefore, they were very afraid of getting involved with wealthy people, especially since Mingkun's mother was in poor health and he did not want to be a burden to them. If they were to upset his mother again, the consequences would be severe.

"Don't overthink it. By the way, since you can't reach me on your own phone, secretly keep Xu Ruo's phone and call me if you need anything!" Xiao Mingkun reminded him.

Yun Shu thought it made sense, and immediately whispered to Xu Ruo, "Ruo, give me your phone and top it up so I don't run out of credit. Also, give me some money, just in case. Gu Cheng took my wallet and phone and I can't contact anyone."

“Okay, I have another phone. You can use this one. Only a few people know this number. I’ll tell them to call my other phone if they need to. Luckily, I brought a lot of money with me. Here! Take all the money here. If it’s not enough, oh right, here’s a card.” Xu Ruo immediately took out her wallet and gave all the money inside to Yun Shu.

"Thank you, Aruo. Can you do me another favor?" Yun Shu said, deeply moved by Xu Ruo's actions.

"Ah Shu, don't be shy, just tell me! I'll help you with everything!" She was determined to help Ah Shu no matter what, and couldn't bear to see her and Brother Kun separated like this.

"Xu Ya has a safe that belongs to me. Have her give it to you. Help me sell or pawn the jewelry inside. Also, please ask someone to help me sell the house that my grandmother gave me as soon as possible!"

Xu Ruo was now confused about Yun Shu's intentions. Why was she suddenly selling jewelry and then the house? Could it be...? "Ah Shu, what do you need so much money for? What's your plan? Or are you planning to take the money and elope with Brother Kun?"

Upon hearing Xu Ruo's words, Yun Shu shook her head with amusement. What era is this? Still eloping? "Not yet. I'm just preparing so that if things don't go well, I'll have a way out! Ruo, you'll have to work hard this time!"

“Ah Shu, you’re in trouble right now, why are you being so polite with me? If you have any problems, just come to me!” Xu Ruo said very generously.

Yun Shu looked at Xu Ruo, hugged her, and tears streamed down her face again. Fortunately, she had friends like them in this life. In her previous life, because of Gu Cheng's domineering nature, she was defiled and lost her innocence. The Gu family could no longer tolerate her existence, and she became Gu Cheng's abandoned child. She had always thought that Gu Cheng had kept her back then because he still cared about their father-daughter relationship. Maybe he had been kind to her because of his debt to her mother, but it was still no match for that man's success and fame. He was blinded by greed and had a heart that was always climbing higher and would never be satisfied.

When Xu Ruo saw Yun Shu start crying again, she realized this was the most Yun Shu had ever cried. Yun Shu was usually so strong and rarely shed tears, so for her to be driven to this point showed how wicked the Gu family must be. So she comforted her, "Ah Shu, don't be sad. You still have us supporting you!"

Yun Shu held Xu Ruo's hand gratefully and said, "A Ruo, I'm so grateful to you all these years. You've helped me so much. If there's an afterlife, we'll still be good friends and sisters, and there's Yi Yi and the others too. I'm so lucky in this life." She was truly grateful to them. If she had had them in her past life, she wouldn't have ended up with no way out and chose to jump off a building to end her life. It turns out that God was still very good to her.