Forced Pampering: Haughty Husband, Please Restrain Yourself

Chapter 942: Chapter 952: Truly Owe Nothing

No wonder, no wonder someone as henpecked as An Youcai, facing Sun Xuehui’s tough stance, would adopt me. Is it guilt towards my mother? Or has his conscience woken up?

No wonder my age was falsely reported by two years.

Thinking again of An Youcai’s look of remorse and guilt, An Ran found it all so laughable.

A father who would adopt his biological daughter but could only appear as a foster father in front of her, a father who let his wife lock their three or four-year-old daughter in an attic without intervening, a father who abandoned her in the countryside for twelve years without a word.

If not for his heartless abandonment, how could my mother have died in childbirth? If not for his cowardice and incompetence, how could I have been sold to old men by Sun Xuehui like a commodity?

At this moment, all the protection from An Youcai, which I was so grateful for back then, and his love driven from remorse and guilt, were slowly being overshadowed by the surging hatred.

If, back when I left the An Family, there was still a trace of attachment to An Youcai, now, she felt, she really owed nothing to the An Family anymore.

Lu Yi, noticing An Ran’s growingly cold demeanor, couldn’t help frowning slightly and asked softly, ”An Ran, what’s really going on? Did something happen?”

Only then did An Ran come back to her senses, seeing Lu Yi’s worried expression, she waved her hand, ”Nothing, just zoned out for a moment. What were you saying?”

Lu Yi sighed, ”Weren’t you asking what my biological father might be like? Are you tired? If you’re tired, you should sleep first; I’ll keep an eye on Grandma Li over there.”

”No need, it should be almost done. By the way, what time is it? Why haven’t Shen Qi and Zhu Pengfei come back yet?” Ever since entering the mountain, the phone was practically useless, and now, An Ran didn’t even bother to use it to check the time.

Lu Yi glanced at his watch, his brows furrowed as well, ”It’s almost eleven.”

”Could something have happened?” An Ran said, standing up and walking to the door to look outside. The mountain was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

”Shen Qi grew up around here, she should be familiar with it. Nothing will happen, maybe the two of them didn’t plan to come back tonight,” Lu Yi said with a hint of suggestion, a sly sparkle in his eyes.

An Ran also thought that it was so late that the two of them would probably return tomorrow morning. After bidding Lu Yi good night, she went back to Grandma Li’s house to rest.

However, the next morning, An Ran and Lu Yi were both about to descend the mountain for a medical consultation in Xiaoma Village, and they still hadn’t seen any sign of the two.

Seeing An Ran’s anxious face, Changsheng came over and said, ”Why don’t I go to Shen Village to look for Shen Qi, and if anything happens, I’ll notify you at Xiaoma Village.”

An Ran thought that was a good idea. If they were to go to Shen Village themselves, it would probably delay the consultation, and what if Shen Qi and Zhu Pengfei went directly to Xiaoma Village? ”Okay, Changsheng, be careful on the way. If you see them, tell them to head directly to Xiaoma Village. If not, please make another trip to Xiaoma Village.”

”Don’t worry, Sister An Ran, whether I find them or not, I’ll go inform you at Xiaoma Village,” Changsheng assured, patting his chest, then turned and ran up the path.

When An Ran and Lu Yi arrived at Xiaoma Village, the medical consultation had already started, and after searching around, they still didn’t see Shen Qi and Zhu Pengfei, causing An Ran to become a bit anxious.

”Teacher Wang, haven’t Shen Qi and Zhu Pengfei arrived?”

Wang Jiaqi raised an eyebrow at An Ran and scoffed coldly, ”Weren’t you all together? Aren’t you all so capable and assertive? What’s this, coming to ask me when you can’t find someone?”