The fragments of her memory were sharp and jagged, and every time they were stirred, they brought a visceral ache.
The sudden death of her parents, the collapse of her family, the cold betrayal of her fiancé, the vicious stabbing in the back by her best friend, and the way the world shunned her...
These events happened one after another within three months, dragging her straight from the clouds into hell.
She didn't understand why Gu Huaiyu had done this.
She believed that in those thirteen years, aside from her shameless pursuit of him, she had never done anything to wrong him.
Because of her infatuation with Gu Huaiyu, her parents and brother had also treated him exceptionally well, never doing anything to harm him.
Why did he hate her so much? Why did he hate the Su family enough that he had to grind them into the dirt before he was satisfied?
If it hadn't been for the problems with the Su Corporation, her parents wouldn't have rushed to the capital on that rainy night, and they wouldn't have died in a car accident!
Her parents' death had caused her to lose her sanity. Her heart bled with hatred, and she had exhausted every means to finally get a chance to meet Gu Huaiyu alone.
She wanted to kill him!
But when she walked into that room, the person she saw wasn't Gu Huaiyu. It was the youngest son of the Xu family in Jiangcheng—a beast as greasy as a pig and consumed by lust!
Gu Huaiyu had actually handed her over to such a monster!
Just as she smashed an ashtray against the beast's forehead, prepared to die with him, her brother Su Zhuo arrived.
Su Zhuo snatched the ashtray from her hand and slammed it down hard on the monster's head twice more.
“No matter how far the Su family falls, my sister is not someone a beast like you can touch!”
Ultimately, Su Zhuo was sent to prison on charges of intentional assault.
At that moment, Su Wan realized that Gu Huaiyu had calculated her reaction and Su Zhuo's reaction long ago. He had used her to send Su Zhuo to prison.
Without Su Zhuo, the Su Corporation had no hope of recovery.
“Wanwan, don't think about revenge. You're no match for him...”
“Wanwan, be good. Take care of yourself and live well...”
“Wait for me to get out...”
She would never forget the look in her brother's eyes when he was taken away.
Pain, pity, worry, and reluctance...
She knew her brother was right. Right now, she was no match for Gu Huaiyu. She couldn't get revenge.
But she wasn't resigned to it. She wanted to seek justice for her family through her own efforts!
She had the education and the skills. She only asked for a basic entry-level job, but every resume she sent out was like throwing a stone into a black hole—not even a ripple was made.
The trembling in her fingertips gradually subsided.
Su Wan loosened her clenched fists, leaving several deep crescent marks in her palms.
Looking back now, her thirteen years of blind pursuit of Gu Huaiyu and her unreserved trust in Bai Ruochu felt like a grotesque and pathetic joke.
Seeing that Su Wan didn't speak and only looked at them with an almost alien, calm gaze, Bai Ruochu felt a bit uneasy, but more than that, she felt displeased.
She hated this side of Su Wan. Su Wan had already fallen into the mud, so why did she still act so proud?
“Su Wan, why are you glaring at us?” Bai Ruochu tilted her chin up, her tone becoming sharper. “Do you actually think Huaiyu will have a change of heart? Stop dreaming! Your parents are dead, and even your brother is in prison...”
“Ruochu...” Gu Huaiyu finally spoke, interrupting her.
His voice was deep and pleasant, yet it carried an unquestionable coldness.
He looked at Su Wan, his tone as flat as if he were discussing the weather. “Su Wan, I heard you’ve been looking for a job lately?”
He paused, seemingly choosing his words carefully. The emotions hidden in the depths of his eyes were complex, something Su Wan couldn't decipher.
“For the sake of our past sentiment, if you're truly struggling, I can have someone arrange a position for you in one of the companies under the Gu Corporation.”
“The salary might not be high, but it will at least let you live a stable life. You won't have to come to places like this to sell off your old belongings.”
Hearing this, Bai Ruochu curled her lip in dissatisfaction, but she didn't say anything more. She simply tightened her grip on Gu Huaiyu's arm, looking at Su Wan provocatively.
Past sentiment?
Su Wan almost laughed out loud.
What was that exactly?
It was exploitation, deception, betrayal, malice, and kicking her while she was down!
She looked at Gu Huaiyu's face, which was still handsome yet incredibly foreign, and at Bai Ruochu's face, which was filled with triumph and malice. The last bit of turbulence in her heart completely settled.
“A bitch and a dog, together forever. Truly a match made in heaven,” Su Wan said flatly, her voice calm and devoid of emotion.
As soon as those words came out, both Gu Huaiyu's and Bai Ruochu's expressions changed.
They had never heard such blunt and crude insults before, and they never imagined such words would come from Su Wan's mouth.
“Su Wan! What did you say?!” Bai Ruochu's voice suddenly spiked, becoming so shrill it almost cracked. She yanked her arm away from Gu Huaiyu and stepped forward, her finger nearly poking Su Wan's nose.
“You penniless bitch, you miserable wretch, you dare insult me?! Huaiyu is kind enough to offer you a job out of pity, and instead of being grateful, you dare use such foul language?”
Gu Huaiyu's brow also furrowed deeply. His mask of refined elegance cracked, and a flash of astonishment and a subtle gloominess crossed his eyes.
Su Wan didn't back down from Bai Ruochu's aggression. Instead, she slightly raised her chin.
On her slightly haggard but still clear and beautiful face, there was no anger or sadness, only a near-frozen calm.
“I said,” Su Wan spoke one word at a time, making sure every syllable reached their ears clearly, “the two of you are a bitch and a dog—a scumbag and a slut, a match made in heaven!”
“What? Is Miss Bai’s hearing failing, or are those terms so fitting that they left you dazed?”
“You!” Shaking with rage, Bai Ruochu raised her hand to slap Su Wan.
Su Wan was faster. She reached out and accurately grabbed Bai Ruochu's wrist, then swung her other hand, delivering a sharp slap to Bai Ruochu's face.
“Bai Ruochu, are you really this proud of picking up my second-hand trash?”
Su Wan spoke while turning her gaze toward Gu Huaiyu. Her eyes were like ice-cold blades, scraping across the face that had once haunted her dreams.
This move caused Gu Huaiyu's face to darken completely, the cold scrutiny in his eyes turning into a tangible chill.
Bai Ruochu was on the verge of insanity. She struggled to lung forward. “Su Wan, you bitch! You dare hit me! I’ll tear you apart!”
Gu Huaiyu reached out to hold Bai Ruochu back. He looked at Su Wan, his tone no longer calm. “Su Wan! Regarding what happened in the past, we each had our own positions. I was willing to give you a way out because you once...”
“Once what?”
“Once chased after you like a fool? Once let a wolf into the house like a blind woman?” Su Wan interrupted him, her lips curling into an extremely mocking smile.
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