Chapter 578. One life for one life

"Do you know that you killed Ruochu? She died in the fire because of you. I should strangle you to death, you little bastard! You murdered my daughter!"

Zhang Yuan's mind was torn apart. From her husband's reaction, she could tell that the news about Gu Ruochu was true. She felt the world spinning in front of her eyes, and a feeling of regret burned in her heart.

'How could this be?'

Zhang Yuan had not expected such an accident to cause her daughter's death.

However, when she saw that Ning Tang was about to strangle Ning Tangxi to death, Zhang Yuan rushed forward to stop him. "Darling, stop it! Even if you kill Tangxi, you can't change the fact that Ruochu is already gone."

Zhang Yuan managed to free Ning Tangxi from her father's grasp, and she clutched at her throat as she gasped for air.

"Father, I'm sorry..." Ning Tangxi paused to wipe the tears streaming down her face before she continued, "I was afraid that you would accept Gu Ruochu. I was afraid that all of you would side with her, so I acted selfishly. I just wanted to make your relationship worse and maintain my place in the Ning family. I didn't think that Ruochu would die!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a painful slap landed on Ning Tangxi's face. She fell to the ground and screamed, "Father!"

"Don't call me that!"

Ning Tang's tolerance for Ning Tangxi had come to an end. He approached her menacingly and said, "You didn't think Ruochu would die? I've already done you a great favor by allowing you to be part of the Ning family. Instead of being grateful, you went ahead and killed my daughter. Since you were afraid that you would lose everything you had, I will make your fears come true. Let's go to the police station. Ruochu's life is on your head. You can't run away!"

When Ning Tangxi heard her father's angry words, her legs went soft, and her knees hit the ground.

Her father would not let her off the hook. He was determined to make her pay for Gu Ruochu's death.

Even though she had nothing to do with the fire, Ning Tang was adamant that she had caused Gu Ruochu's death.

"Dad, I'm sorry. Please don't do this..."

"You should take responsibility for what you've done."

"Darling, you don't have to be like this." Even though Gu Ruochu was dead, Zhang Yuan did not want her remaining children to suffer.

Ning Tang was even more disappointed when he heard Zhang Yuan pleading on behalf of Ning Tangxi.

No wonder Gu Ruochu had refused to acknowledge Zhang Yuan as her mother. Ning Tang couldn't understand why his wife was so cruel to her biological daughter.

However, Ning Tang wouldn't let his wife convince him to pardon Ning Tangxi.

Zhang Yuan's pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears. Ning Tang dragged Ning Tangxi out of the door and drove her to the police station. As soon as they arrived, the police grabbed Ning Tangxi and threw her into a dirty jail cell.

"No! Dad..."

Ning Tang said a few words to the police constable as his daughter watched on in horror. When Ning Tangxi saw her father leave the police station, she began to panic.

Ning Tang drove back to the Ning family home alone and felt his heart turn cold.

He had only cared about two people in his life. One was Zhang Yuan, and the other was his child.

However, he had never thought that his wife would cause his child's death. When he thought about it, Ning Tang felt that he was being punished for the bad things he had done in his youth.

However, he wouldn't let the person who had killed his daughter to live in peace.

"..."

At that moment, Gu Ruochu had no idea what was going on. She did not know why the men who had rescued her had burned down the factory.

She had wanted to make a call to assure the Huo family of her safety, but she didn't have her phone.

The burly men had brought her to an area that looked like a suburb. Gu Ruochu guessed that she would need close to three hours to travel from the suburbs and get back home. She only hoped that the Huo family had not caused too much trouble.