Chapter 9: Wars from Small to Large

This scene had happened countless times since her childhood, and Ou Lan had grown accustomed to it. Lifting her eyelids indifferently, she asked, "What are you here for again, Mrs. Wen?"

Her mother didn't love her and even saw her as a disgrace and a stain, wishing she could use every means possible to drive her and her father out of Capital City.

As a child, she yearned for a mother, and she envied others who had one, but now, she only felt indifference. Perhaps she would never call her 'Mom' in her lifetime.

Wen Nanping strode forward, and with a "slap," she slapped Ou Lan across the face and said, "How many times have I told you to leave Capital City with your father? Not only did you ignore me, but you actually got accepted into Yinghua University, deliberately defying me, didn't you?"

Her pretty face marked with red fingerprints, Ou Lan pursed her lips, her eyes filled with hatred, "Mrs. Wen, tell me, how many slaps will it take for me to repay you for giving birth to me? Ask for them all at once, and then we can cut all ties!"

"Slap!"

Another slap landed on Ou Lan's face, "You little wretch, how dare you talk back to me! If murder weren't illegal, I would have killed you a long time ago and not have to live with this disgrace every day."

At that moment, Ou Chenghai hurried back, pulling Ou Lan behind him, "Nanping, our father and daughter live quietly and never bother you, what more do you want?"

Seeing Ou Chenghai, Wen Nanping grew even more agitated and slapped him as well, "You still have the nerve to speak, what right do you have to talk to me? It's all because of you that I gave birth to this wretched girl, bringing me such bad luck!"

Ou Chenghai had been hit before, but each time he chose to endure and forgive as much as possible, "Nanping,"

he humbly said, "I know you find our presence annoying and want us out of Capital City, but before my father died, he made us promise not to leave."

"Excuses, excuses, all excuses!" Wen Nanping crazily tore at Ou Chenghai's collar, "You're just trying to get back at me, wanting me to come back to you, well think again!"

Wen Nanping's words grew increasingly venomous, "I am thoroughly disgusted by you. All my misfortunes are your fault. If it weren't for your desperate pleading back then, I would never have had this wretched girl, this jinx."

"Enough!" Ou Lan pushed Wen Nanping away furiously, as she was born of her and thus would only take the beatings and beratings from her, but she wouldn't allow her to trample on her father's dignity.

Just as she finished speaking, a young girl suddenly burst through the door, rushed over, and without saying anything, slapped Ou Lan across the face -- the third slap of the evening, causing Ou Lan's vision to black out for a second.

The person who had slapped her was Gu Manli, the legitimate daughter of Wen Nanping and her current husband, a true heiress of a great household. Born out of the pampering of a rich family, she had fully inherited Wen Nanping's arrogance.

It wasn't the first time Gu Manli had hit Ou Lan. Almost every time they met, she hit her. Ou Lan's feisty personality had been forged through the torments from this mother and daughter duo. In being bullied, she had gradually become fierce and bristling with defense.

However, Ou Lan's thorns were all bluff, and she always lost in every fight.

Backed by two tall and robust bodyguards adding to her imposing air, Gu Manli was particularly aggressive, "You lowlife, how dare you speak to my mom like that? Do you believe I could beat you to death?"

Seeing his daughter being hit, Ou Chenghai tenderly stepped forward to protect Ou Lan once more, "What do you really want?"