That’s why they heard Gu Xin and Chen Yaxi were getting a divorce.
Chen Yaxi never needed perfection; all she wanted was to lead a peaceful life with Gu Xin and their family.
It would be best to stay away from his family, and settling abroad would be the best.
So, she was actually retreating in order to advance.
"I thought by doing this, he might give up on trying to integrate into his family or make his family accept . What I wanted was simple, just the three of us, to settle abroad and live a peaceful life, that’s it."
Chen Yaxi’s voice sounded as if it were choked with sand. When Su Lu heard her speak, she felt Chen Yaxi’s voice seed like it was about to cough up blood any second.
Su Lu wanted to stop her from speaking further, but it was clearly in vain.
Chen Yaxi clung to Su Lu’s hand as if it was her last lifeline; without soone to listen, she might completely break down, might go insane.
Thus, Su Lu gently held her hand, not interrupting even for a mont, waiting for her to continue.
Chen Yaxi, like a dying floundering bird, had bloodshot eyes and her voice bled sorrow.
"I didn’t expect, I didn’t expect he wouldn’t give up, instead, he tried even harder to make his family accept . They pushed him... I also pushed him..."
Chen Yaxi muttered repeatedly, "They pushed him... I also pushed him... They pushed him... I also pushed him..."
Chen Yaxi spat out a mouthful of blood, collapsing into Su Lu’s arms, "Su Lu, I killed him... I killed Gu Xin. Why wasn’t it who died..."
Su Lu and Bo Jingshen originally thought, given Chen Yaxi’s state, she might not recover anyti soon.
However, to their surprise, Chen Yaxi only fainted briefly before regaining consciousness.
Her complexion turned even ghastlier, truly paler than paper.
Su Lu had a brother receiving treatnt just inside the hospital building, who had only just escaped danger, but Su Lu felt that Chen Yaxi’s pallor was comparably severe.
"Are you okay?" Su Lu asked with concern, "Yaxi, maybe... you should rest so more. You look very unwell."
Chen Yaxi declined. She shakily sat up straight and squeezed Su Lu’s hands tightly, looking at her and also at Bo Jingshen, "No one can help now, Lulu, please help ."
Saying so, Chen Yaxi attempted to kneel before her, "I beg you, just help . I’ll do anything for you."
Su Lu was stunned. She had never witnessed such a scene nor had she imagined Chen Yaxi would lower herself to this extent because she knew how proud Chen Yaxi was.
She had always admired her pride.
But right now, Gu Xin’s death had as if shattered her backbone.
It was truly... heartrending.
"Don’t be like this!" Su Lu quickly supported her, "You’re my friend, and Gu Xin was my good friend too. Now that he’s gone, I will definitely help you as much as I can. First, tell , what exactly happened?"
Chen Yaxi gasped for breath, but her initially ashen face seed to gain a trace of vitality with Su Lu’s support.
"I can’t rest," said Chen Yaxi. "If it were just , I could die with Gu Xin, but I have a daughter. I can’t rest yet. I can’t fall yet."
Won are inherently weak, but being a mother makes them strong.
That phrase was never just a simple set of eight characters. It was a conviction etched into her very bones.
"If I collapse, my daughter is dood. Growing up in a family like theirs, she will beco another you," said Chen Yaxi, her words quite direct as she spoke with an apology, "Sorry, Lulu, no offense ant."
"It’s fine. You’re speaking the truth," Su Lu nodded.
Daughters raised in a family like Gu Xin’s would end up like Su Lu once was, rcilessly sold off.
Think about it. Gu Xin is a son, and even he couldn’t avoid an arranged marriage with her. If it were a daughter...
"They hate , they wish I were dead. Their hatred is so deep-seated that even though they prefer sons over daughters and look down on my Xiao Mo, they wouldn’t want to give her to . They will definitely try every ans to take away Xiao Mo’s custody," said Chen Yaxi.
Chen Yaxi gave a bitter smile, "Xiao Mo is still so young. If raised by them, who knows what kind of morals she’d have, who knows how they’d slander in front of my daughter. They would surely tell my Xiao Mo...that Gu Xin was killed by , that her mother killed her father."
It must be said, Su Lu admired Chen Yaxi for being able to think so clearly amid such overwhelming grief.
To be honest, Su Lu felt that everything Chen Yaxi just said was almost a hundred percent likely.
"I can’t let my daughter live such a miserable life," said Chen Yaxi. "I must get custody, but I can’t fight them, the Gu family has an entire legal team."
Chen Yaxi was trembling as she said these words.
Su Lu squeezed her hand firmly, "Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid."
Bo Jingshen’s face was cold nearby; he couldn’t deny that Chen Yaxi had just preempted that her daughter could end up the second Su Lu.
He disliked this notion; precisely because of his dislike, he couldn’t stand to let such a situation occur.
So he frowned and said, "It’s just a legal team, isn’t it? Who doesn’t have one?"
Bo Jingshen took out his phone and dialed a number, "Get the legal team ready, I want to fight a custody case. What? Not for my son’s custody! Just have them prepare and co to the hospital imdiately."
Bo Jingshen hung up the phone.
Chen Yaxi seed sowhat reassured, expressing her gratitude, "Thank you, thank you both. Without you, I really wouldn’t know how to fight them. They even...they don’t allow into Gu Xin’s morial hall. That’s... that’s my husband, the father of my child."
Su Lu furrowed her brows, "That’s outrageous, co on, I’ll go with you."
Su Lu had always been sowhat protective. From her gentle, frail deanor yet splashing water on others for Cheng You Ran, it was not hard to see.
Now that Gu Xin was gone, and Chen Yaxi, left a widow and single mother, was being bullied like this, Su Lu couldn’t stand by.
She helped Chen Yaxi downstairs and headed to the morial hall together.
In the morial hall, there was a giant portrait of Gu Xin with a gentle smile.
From afar, seeing the gentle smiling face of Gu Xin in the photo, Su Lu suddenly felt the reality of her sorrow.
Gu Xin was really... gone.
"Why wasn’t it you who died!!!"
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