Chapter 318: If this has nothing to do with you, shut up

"I can't eat anymore." There was still some food left in Gu Ruochu's bowl.

Huo Nanchen did not say anything. He took away her bowl and continued to eat.

"..."

Zhang Yuan was in disbelief when she saw this, but she did not know what to say. Zhang Yuan and Gu Yanwei stayed on after the meal. Mrs. Huo hid the impatience in her heart.

If the two of them had directly talked about Gu Li, she would have already fallen out with them. However, they avoided the topic, which made her unable to vent her anger.

"What are you two doing here?"

Gu Ruochu was more direct. It was obvious that she did not welcome the mother and daughter pair and did not intend to play games with them. Now that they had reached this point, Zhang Yuan had no choice but to reveal her motive. "We want to talk about Lili. After all, Lili is pregnant now. As a man, Zirui should be responsible for Lili and the child, right?"

Mrs. Huo knew what Zhang Yuan's intentions were.

"There's nothing to talk about. We know how she got pregnant. What era are we living in? She had no sense of responsibility for her actions, and now she's blaming it all on Zirui?"

Any other girl might have been deceived, but someone like Gu Li was eighty percent responsible for getting pregnant.

"You mean, Huo Zirui doesn't intend to be responsible?" Zhang Yuan laughed sarcastically.

"Mrs. Huo, is this the Huo family's upbringing? You even told Gu Li to abort her child. The child is still so young. I advise you to be more virtuous and think things through."

Zhang Yuan decided to shed all pretenses. If things came to a head, she would flee Nan Cheng.

"Zhang Yuan, you'd better be careful with your words. After all, this is my family's business. It's not up to an outsider like you to interfere!"

Mrs. Huo had heard enough. She no longer maintained her image as a dignified and virtuous lady from a wealthy family. Her expression was extremely unsightly.

"You went against your conscience to appease and raise a traitor. You even harmed my goddaughter's cousin. How is it not my business? Listen to Gu Ruochu's tone..." Zhang Yuan was ready to draw her sword. She deliberately glanced at Gu Ruochu after she finished speaking.

Gu Ruochu sat calmly at Mrs. Huo's side.

"Madam Ning, are you here to settle the matter or to cause trouble? Listen to your tone, what's the difference between you and a troublemaking shrew? Speaking of going against your conscience, no one can compare to you! Do you think that no one knows what you've done?"

Zhang Yuan glared at her. "Who are you calling a shrew? It was you who was unreasonable in the first place. How can a man fail to take responsibility for his child?"

Gu Ruochu's words had pierced Zhang Xuan's heart. So what if she knew about her past? Gu Ruochu would still be helpless against her!

"Have we said that we're not responsible? Did the Huo family say that they didn't want this child?"

"Are you saying that you will neglect the mother and keep the child? How can you do that!"

Gu Yanwei finally spoke up to support of her godmother.

"Why can't we do that?" Gu Ruochu stood up and said coldly, "You've said that the Huo family is responsible for the child. All right. We'll take care of the child. Now, if you insist on forcing Gu Li into the family, let me remind you about the little incident that happened. Do you want me to develop a conspiracy theory?"

"It's none of my business this time. Don't slander me! Huo Zirui did it himself!" Gu Yanwei interjected aggrievedly.

"If it's none of your business, then shut up!"