A man stood by the window at th end of the corridor. His back was stooped and he looked rather impoverished and despondent.
Gu Mengmeng remained unmoving for a long time. She did not approach the man or leave. She just stood there as if the entire world had come to a standstill.
Her blood had froze and her hands were frightfully chilly.
Snakel frowned. “What’s the matter? Are you ill?”
Gu Mengmeng’s teeth chattered non-stop. Her pupils wavered as she bit down tightly on her lips. She continued to stare at that man in silence.
The dean exchanged a few words with that man before leaving. The man walked towards Gu Mengmeng and glanced at Snakel, who was still holding her hand. He smiled. “Mengmeng, aren’t you going to introduce us?”
“No need.” Gu Mengmeng’s voice was trembling. It was unclear whether the trembling was from fear or hate.
“Nonsense.” The man grew stern as he took on a domineering paternal stance. “I am your father. Shouldn’t you inform me that you have a boyfriend now?
Father? Ha, when she was three years old, he had divorced her mother after getting his mistress pregnant. To gain sole proprietorship over the estate, he had snatched over custody of Gu Mengmeng and forced her mother to leave the marriage with nothing. Her mother had eventually yielded as she believed her daughter would be better off. In the end, his mistress also bore a daughter, and this so-called father started physically abusing Gu Mengmeng, claiming that she brought bad luck and caused the newborn baby to turn from a son to a daughter.
Thereafter, the mistress gave a photo of Gu Mengmeng being beaten nearly to death to her mother. She threatened that if the mother didn’t bring away this burdensome stepchild, Gu Mengmeng might meet with a car accident next time.
Her mother’s heart went out to Gu Mengmeng and she used all means to take her away. From then on, she never saw that man again. And he was now putting on paternal airs and demanding to know why she hadn’t told him about her boyfriend?
Gu Mengmeng didn’t want to talk to him. Not a single word!
She turned to leave but the man gave a low shout. “Is this how your disgrace of mother taught you to behave? Not answering one’s elders, and just leaving like that?”
Gu Mengmeng bit down on her lower lip. She maintained her silence and just continued walking.
Her mind was a blank. She was unable to think about any thing else. She just wanted to get as far away as she could from that man!
Snakel frowned. He didn’t like anyone treating Gu Mengmeng in this manner.
Snakel had not given much taught to this so-called father as he had not appeared at all in Gu Mengmeng’s memories from the time she was four years old. After all, although this man had hurt Gu Mengmeng, he still played an undeniable role in bringing about her existence.
But from the looks of it now, since the moment Snakel snatched over Gu Mengmeng’s love letter, her life’s direction had started to shift. She would not transmigrate to the Beast World again and meet Elvis and Lea. But she had to face the many ill intentions directed at her in this world.
Gu Mengmeng entered the female toilet, with Snakel in tow. Just as she was about to shut the door, she noticed that Snakel was also inside.
She pushed him out without a word, before shutting the toilet door and locking it. She curled up on the toilet seat, hugging her knees and sobbing.
She had no feelings toward that man, but her heart still felt like it had been trampled all over. Her tears continued to flow but she had no idea what was she crying for.
