The Bumpy Road of Marriage: Divorce Now, Daddy

The shot was fired right before Gu Juexi’s men arrived, and the bullet was taken right before the whole saga could be put to an end.

Everyone was stunned when the shot was fired.

Ye Yuwei pressed Xixi’s head to her shoulder to make sure that she didn’t see what happened. She saw what Wen Lan did and was shocked to see it happen.

She had been shot in the heart, and blood gushed out of her chest and drenched her shirt.

Wen Jie stood behind Gu Tianmu and watched as Wen Lan collapsed to the floor.

“Wen Lan!” Wen Jie quickly squatted down next to Wen Lan and pulled her into her arms, staring at the hole in her chest that blood was oozing out of.

“Mummy!” Ye Xicheng wiggled out of Nalan Chunbo’s arms and went over to his mother to cling to her leg. He wasn’t crying, but his trembling body showed that he was indeed terrified.

Ye Yuwei carried her daughter with one hand and comforted Ye Xicheng who was clinging to her leg with the other, her hands trembling.

Gu Juexi reached down and carried Ye Xicheng. The little boy quickly wrapped his arms around Gu Juexi’s neck and buried his head into Gu Juexi’s shoulder. He didn’t want to cry even though he was terrified, he didn’t want to make his parents worry about him.

But when Gu Juexi picked him up, Ye Xicheng broke down and began to sob into his father’s shoulder.

Even Ai Mijia had not expected Wen Lan to take the bullet. Stunned, she froze with the gun still in her hand.

“Wen Lan, Wen Lan…” Wen Jie called out her sister’s name and tried to cover Wen Lan’s wound to stop the bleeding but to no avail.

Wen Lan who had been hostile all this while had finally calmed down.

“I have been jealous of you since you were born. I was jealous of your identity because although I was born before you, I was just an illegitimate child. While you were naturally poised, I looked like a clown in beautiful dresses.”

“Save your energy, Wen Lan. Ambulance, someone please call an ambulance,” Wen Jie yelled, but no one was able to help her.

“Do you know why Father hated you so much? It was because I told him that you were telling everyone that I was a bastard. I told him that you never accepted me, and that you said bad things about me behind our backs. He got disappointed with you day by day until he finally stopped caring about you.”

Wen Jie should be feeling hatred towards Wen Lan, but she didn’t.

“It was supposed to remain between the two of us, but it became ugly when a third person interfered,” said Wen Lan, blood running down her chin. She let out a cough and more blood poured out of her wound. Her breathing became more labored.

“Jealousy ruined me and the people around me. I lived a life full of jealousy, and my jealousy became a tool of evil. It’s time I pay my price,” Wen Lan then looked towards Ai Mijia and said, “One who is petty and low will not change its nature even with a lot of money.”

Wen Lan trembled as she spoke, and Ai Mijia’s indifferent face began to turn pale.

How the tables had turned.

“Wen Lan…”

“But you know what, Wen Jie? Too much kindness grosses me out. You weren’t kind, but weak. You did not give up, but you chose to run away from it. I am letting it go now, and so should you.”

Wen Lan reached out to touch Wen Jie’s face with her mouth open as if she was going to say something, but her hand fell away before she could do either.

Ye Yuwei was shocked. Wen Lan had never called Wen Jie her “sister”, not even until her death.