Future Mrs. Gu

In the grand and luxurious hall, with classical and elegant music playing, she could hardly bear the weight on her small heart just by watching and listening from afar. This kind of place, this kind of occasion, was not meant for someone like her. Standing in front of the threshold, she couldn't lift her foot.

Gu Ao held Gu Dan Dan's hand with one hand, while the other casually rested in his trouser pocket. From the moment they left the house, she had been trembling non-stop. Especially after getting out of the car and seeing such a grand scene, she didn't know why Gu Ao had brought her here. He had never been out alone with her, let alone holding hands and coming to such an intimidating place.

"Gu... Gu Ao, why are we here?" Gu Dan Dan stopped in her tracks, her fingers tightly gripping the palm of Gu Ao's hand.

"Scared?" he turned around and asked.

"Uh-huh, if others see me, I'll... I'll embarrass you."

Gu Ao narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't like her undervaluing herself. The more she deliberately belittled herself, the more it hurt his heart. He hooked her chin and leaned down to entangle her lips with his, "Dan Dan, I really want... you."

Her face turned red, while his stern and handsome face remained unchanged.

...

When he held her in his arms and stepped firmly into the venue, there was an uproar throughout the hall...

Tonight, she was wearing high heels with her long hair draped over her shoulders. The overly mature dress was completely at odds with her childish aura. Although Gu Ao had specially arranged for her to have light makeup, no matter how you looked at her, she was unmistakably underage... That innocence and naivety could not be concealed.

Flashbulbs kept shining on Gu Dan Dan's panicked face, and she fearfully hid in Gu Ao's embrace. He had told her she didn't need to say anything, just stay by his side.

Although she didn't know why he had brought her here, she obediently followed his words.

Along the way, people looked at her with an indescribable gaze, a mix of astonishment and resentment, and there was constant chatter about her.

Reporters' questions came one after another, in a surging manner that frightened Gu Dan Dan. Gu Ao could only hold her tighter and said leisurely, "The future Mrs. Gu, Miss Gu Dan Dan."

"Gu... Gu Ao." She stared at him, shaking her head, surely, surely this must be a dream...

"What!?"... A chorus of incredulous gasps and wide-eyed astonishment from the crowd.

That's right, Mrs. Gu, she would be one day...

Tonight was the 50th-anniversary celebration dinner of Zhongtian, the largest group under the Gu family. The guests included not only business allies but also a number of women who coveted the position of the Gu family's young madam. Since Gu Ao's divorce, he had been labeled by the outside world as the most valuable gold bachelor. He had always despised this vulgar title, but the daughters of wealthy families were delighted, and many business owners hoped to form an alliance with the Gu family through marriage.

Now, a fourteen-year-old girl had suddenly appeared out of nowhere...

The aggressive reporters surrounded Gu Ao, leaving Gu Dan Dan unconsciously pushed to the side.

"Daddy, come with me." The next moment, Gu Dan Dan was suddenly pulled by a man and ran outside.

"It's you, let me go!" Upon closer inspection, it was the strange man she had seen on the day of the abortion.

"My name is He Benyu, and you better remember it well," He Benyu said, holding Gu Dan Dan's slender wrist with a痞气的狂笑.

"I don't know you... let me go! Gu Ao..." This man gave her a sense of fear, but it was different from Gu Ao. The feeling he gave off was sinister... bone-chillingly sinister.

"My younger uncle really treats you differently, Daddy..."

"Don't call me that!"

"Ha... Our Daddy is angry?" He Benyu laughed even more wildly and suddenly pulled Gu Dan Dan towards himself with force, "I've investigated you thoroughly. Our poor Daddy was beaten by her mother at home and bullied by classmates at school. You don't like studying and are rather slow-witted, huh?"

"You...!" He Benyu's ambiguous approach and his detailed knowledge of her made her face flush with anger.

Anything Gu Ao liked, he wanted to snatch and take... His younger uncle always attracted everyone's attention. No matter what he did or said, as long as Gu Ao was around, no one would pay attention to him.

He was not inferior. He believed he was in no way less than Gu Ao. He was handsome, talented, and young. There were many women who were eager to be with him. After returning from studying in the United States last year, he had started his own company, which was thriving with the support of the He family. But the woman he liked had chosen Gu Ao without hesitation and married him...

While he was lost in thought, Gu Dan Dan struggled free from his grip and ran back to the banquet hall.

At the entrance, Gu Dan Dan stumbled and fell into a woman.

"It's you. Is Gu Ao blind, how could he like someone like you?" The woman sneered to another female companion beside her.

"Look at her. She claims to be fourteen, but I think... she's probably only eleven or twelve. So young and already seducing men—what a little slut," the other woman chimed in.

"Excuse me, could you please let me through?" Gu Dan Dan kept her head down, but the two women in front of her didn't budge, seemingly determined to humiliate her.

"Oh dear, how careless of me..." The woman tilted her wine glass on purpose, spilling it perfectly onto Gu Dan Dan's chest.

Gu Dan Dan wiped the wine from her chest. Her white, strapless dress was now damp in one area. She stood there, shivering slightly as the cool breeze passed by, "Excuse me, could you please let me in?"

"Don't bully her too much. She did have an abortion for Mr. Gu, after all. That makes her... different," one woman said.

"So what? I've been to his bed too. Heh, look at this little body of hers—how promiscuous it must be, right? How is Gu Ao in bed?" the other woman taunted.

Her small shoulders trembled incessantly. She could endure any humiliation from these women; she had heard worse before. But when that woman claimed to have been with Gu Ao... she really wanted to tear that ugly face apart!