Chapter 944 — We Must Stay!
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
The Xiao family and the Yu family were manageable enough; he could cope with them. But if the Yu family's people came, how could Gu Mengyao still get away?
"Daddy, what is the matter? You look so anxious?" Gu Mengyao asked, watching her father glance at the clock again and again with some puzzlement.
"Today is the day agreed upon with the Xiao family, the Yu family and Zhao Qibing. I am afraid that once it is light they will come knocking, and then we will not be able to leave!" Gu Pengzhan sighed. He did not hide it; at a critical moment like this, he had to prepare Gu Mengyao mentally in advance.
"Yaoyao, how about you and Xiaoshu go first? I will stay here with Xiaoyi and keep watch?" Gu Pengzhan said helplessly. Was this fate, then?
Xiaoyi had been perfectly fine before, and yet trouble had come right before their departure! Still, Gu Pengzhan did not blame Wei Zhao. He knew very well what the consequences would be if he let his daughter leave first: the enraged Yu family might vent their wrath on him, and might even finish him off outright!
But how could Gu Pengzhan stand by and watch his daughter be carried off by the Yu family? If she were taken to the Yu family as a concubine, his daughter, unable to bear the humiliation, might well take her own life. And then, with his daughter dead, could he go on living alone? With what face could he meet Wan'er again?
If a man cannot even protect his own daughter, is he still a worthy father?
So Gu Pengzhan would sooner sacrifice himself than let harm come to his daughter!
"No, I am not leaving!" Gu Mengyao shook her head.
"Yaoyao, be good, do not be willful! If you do not go, the Yu family's people will certainly carry you off by force, and then Daddy will be powerless to stop them!" Gu Pengzhan frowned and spoke earnestly. "And if Xiaoyi sees that, can he sit by and do nothing? But if he forces himself to step forward, do you know how that will end? Doing this, you will be bringing ruin on Xiaoyi!"
"No!" Gu Mengyao shook her head. "Dad, you are right, but think about it: if the Yu family comes and does not find me, then besides venting their anger on you, on whom else will they vent it? You must understand that although it was I who gave the order to kill Yu Kun, the one who carried it out was Wei Zhao! If the Yus cannot find me, do you think they will let you and Wei Zhao off so easily?"
"That…" Gu Pengzhan had thought only of himself before, of ending this feud with his own death, but at his daughter's words it suddenly struck him that Yu Kun had indeed been beaten half to death by Wei Zhao. In that case, if the Yus could not find Yaoyao, they would likely not spare Xiaoyi either!
"Dad, if both you and Wei Zhao were dead, what meaning would there be in my living on?" Gu Mengyao shook her head. "So I must stay. If Wei Zhao comes out first, we leave together. If the Yus come knocking first, we face them together!"