Hao Yan Che smiled at his little rice ball. He was going to give his little rice ball a good talk that night.

  ‘Che,’ Yuan Gun Gun called.

  ‘My little treasure, let’s go home,’ Hao Yan Che said in a scary gentle voice.

  ‘I…… I…… today I want to stay here with Bao Bao,’ Yuan Gun Gun said.

  ‘I said let’s go home,’ Hao Yan Che said.

  ‘Yes Che,’ Yuan Gun Gun said.

  Yuan Gun Gun walked slowly toward Hao Yan Che. He lifted her in his arms, wrapped her legs around his waist and carried her like she was his little treasure.

  ‘Your big brother Che is taking his little treasure home,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘Take care my loveable little sister Liu Bao.’


  Hao Yan Che’s scary smile made Long Liu Bao shivered.

  ‘Bye big brother Che,’ Long Liu Bao said. ‘When you’re free bring Gun Gun here to play.’


  ‘I’ll try,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘But I have a feeling starting from today my little treasure will be busy for a whole year.’


  Hao Yan Che carried his little treasure to the car, and Long Liu Bao prayed for Yuan Gun Gun’s life. Long Liu Bao hoped Yuan Gun Gun would accept her own fate caused by her own mouth.

  Later at the Hao Mansion in the living room, Hao Yan Che’s little treasure was happy to see his parents sitting on the sofa.

  ‘Mummy, daddy,’ Yuan Gun Gun called.

  ‘Gun Gun,’ Qiu Li Luo called.

  ‘Go to our room,’ Hao Yan Che said.

  ‘Why?’ Yuan Gun Gun asked. ‘I want to stay here and spend time with mummy.’


  ‘Go to our room,’ Hao Yan Che said.

  Yuan Gun Gun pouted her lips, and walked to the master bedroom.

  ‘Xiao Che, I know Jia Tao did the wrong thing,’ Qiu Li Luo said. ‘But you’re too cruel.’


  Hao Yan Che sat on a chair.

  ‘Mum, do you think I’m too cruel?’ Hao Yan Che asked.

  ‘Isn’t it true?’ Qiu Li Luo asked.

  ‘It’s true you married the wrong man,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘If you married a gentle and caring man then you wouldn’t give birth to a son like me. I have no control over the genes I inherited.’


  ‘Hao Yan Che!’ Qiu Li Luo called.

  ‘Darling son, are you causing trouble?’ Hao Yan Que asked.

  ‘I only wanted her to taste what she wanted to do to Yuan Gun Gun but couldn’t,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘Do you still think it’s too cruel? Everything that happened to her is everything she prepared to torture your precious daughter-in-law.’


  Qiu Li Luo and Hao Yan Que couldn’t refute Hao Yan Che’s reasoning.

  ‘Xiao Che, but Gun Gun is safe,’ Qiu Li Luo said. ‘Why couldn’t you spare Qiang Jia Tao this one time……’


  ‘My darling mum, are you sure I didn’t give her a chance?’ Hao Yan Che asked. ‘Mum, have you forgotten I said there won’t be a second time?’


  Hao Yan Que held the crying Qiu Li Luo on his lap.

  ‘Hao Yan Che, watch your attitude toward your mum,’ Hao Yan Que warned.

  ‘Alright,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘It looks like mum wants Yuan Gun Gun to be injured so mum can cry in front of Qiang Jia Tao and tell Qiang Jia Tao how cruel she is.’


  ‘I would never want Gun Gun to be harmed,’ Qiu Li Luo said.

  The sound of a fallen vase was heard. Behind the fallen vase was Yuan Gun Gun. Hao Yan Che caught her before she could escape.

  ‘Yuan Gun Gun it looks like your life is too comfortable lately,’ Hao Yan Che said.

  ‘I…… I……,’ Yuan Gun Gun said.

  ‘Is it because you don’t understand what it means to go to our room or you want to see if I’ll whip you to death?’ Hao Yan Che asked.

  Yuan Gun Gun bowed her head to avoid Hao Yan Che’s cold eyes.

  ‘Mum, dad, I need to go make the next generation with my wife,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘You two are free to stay here.’


  Hao Yan Che didn’t wait for his parents’ reaction. He carried his dummy little rice ball to their bedroom.

  Qiu Li Luo hugged her husband.

  ‘If in the past I didn’t bring Qiang Jia Tao here then today would never have happened,’ Qiu Li Luo said.

  ‘In this world there is no such thing as undoing the past,’ Hao Yan Que said. ‘She has to deal with the consequences of her actions.’


  Qiu Li Luo didn’t understand why love made Qiang Jia Tao lose her own conscience. How did the sweet and innocent Qiang Jia Tao turn spiteful and vicious to the point of wanting to make Hao Yan Che’s woman suffer?

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