Chapter 542: In a Trance
"Why?" Zhao Yuan asked in confusion.
"The Gu family has a grudge against the Guan family. My parents were forced to death by the Guan family. My legs were paralyzed for ten years because of the Guan family. Just because the Guans think that the Gu family killed Guan Lei’s brother, Guan Miao."
Zhao Yuan was instantly dumbfounded. This was a life debt. They would fight to the death even if they met.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yuan instantly felt a little scared. At that time, the three of them went to Gu Chen’s ball. If Gu Chen wanted to make a move, would she be taken as a member of the Guan family?
Zhao Yuan looked at Gu Chen with fear in her eyes, which made Gu Chen laugh. "What are you afraid of? My enemy is the Guan family, not you."
Zhao Yuan awkwardly smiled and asked curiously, "Then why didn’t you kill Guan Lei when he went to your house?"
"It was my birthday that day, and Guan Lei came as your friend. How could I hurt him?" Gu Chen chuckled. If I had made a move back then, wouldn’t I have lost you and Xi, these two good friends?"
"You meant losing Xi as a good friend only right?" Zhao Yuan saw through Gu Chen’s thoughts and teased him.
Gu Chen did not answer directly. He just looked at the stairs casually and then retracted his gaze. "For both of your sakes, I didn’t touch him, but I teased him a little."
Zhao Yuan widened her eyes curiously. "What did you do to him?"
"Guan Lei thought I was deliberately getting close to Xi." Gu Chen smiled. "So I lied to him by saying that, yes, I wanted to hurt Xi and take revenge on him. He was going to take Xi away, but I threatened him with some information about his grandfather when he was an official. He could either choose his grandfather’s innocence and give up on saving Xi, or he could choose Xi and let his grandfather be tainted."