Chapter 13
Chapter 13
She reached into her bag and violently hurled the second brocade pouch at me.
“What ‘grandmother’s heirloom’? There’s nothing in here at all! Old paupers raising little paupers-you’re all pathetic and broke!”
A slip of paper fell out of the brocade pouch.
The moment I opened it, my heart felt like it was going to leap out of my chest. There was nothing written on it.
It was just a blank piece of paper.
The string of my tension snapped. My eyes turned red with rage as I lunged at her hysterically, demanding she hand it over. Su Wanru didn’t back down, shoving and screaming right back at me.
In the midst of the chaos, someone suddenly pulled me into a protective embrace.
“Everyone, stop!”
The scene fell silent instantly. The man who had rushed over was wearing a black trench coat. He was handsome and tall, the kind of person you never forgot after a single glance.
It was Gu Weizhi.