The next day, Daisy woke up first. Looking at the man beside her, she held him tightly, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
She buried her face in his chest, thinking about how to tell him that she wanted to overcome all difficulties with him.
"I'm good-looking, aren't I?" Huangfu Shaohua asked lazily, opening his eyes.
Daisy quickly turned over and smiled, her back to him, "You're so vain."
He clung to her and asked, "Why didn't you answer my calls? Your phone was off the whole time. Do you know how worried I was? I was planning to come to your house to find you today if you still didn't turn on your phone."
Daisy's heart raced as she said, "You dare to come to my house? What status will you use to meet my parents?"
"Of course, as a boyfriend. Fiancé is fine too," Huangfu Shaohua said casually.
"Dream on. I haven't agreed to marry you," Daisy's face bloomed with a smile, though Huangfu Shaohua couldn't see it.
Huangfu Shaohua made her turn to face him and said, "Don't worry about my status, and don't worry about my family. Love is a matter between the two of us. As long as our hearts are firm, I will definitely marry you."
Daisy felt her eyes well up with tears. "Mmm."
"Silly girl, your fists are so powerful. If I dare not be responsible for you, you can use your fists to make me responsible," Huangfu Shaohua joked.
Daisy lightly punched his chest and, without joking, said seriously, "Shaohua, I came to find you last night because I wanted to tell you. I've made up my mind, I want to be with you..."
Before she could finish speaking, Huangfu Shaohua's phone rang.
Huangfu Shaohua glanced lazily at the phone beside him. Seeing it was his mother calling, he hung up directly.
What his mother did last night in collusion with Sheng Zhuzhu was too much.
He couldn't let his mother continue to force him to do things he didn't want to do under the guise of loving him and wanting what's best for him.
"Whose call is it? Why didn't you answer?" Daisy asked.
Huangfu Shaohua said indifferently, "My mom. I don't want to deal with her."
Just then, his phone rang again. As he was about to turn it off, Daisy advised him, "Your mom might have something urgent. You should answer it first."
Huangfu Shaohua sat up, took a deep breath, and could imagine how unreasonably his mother would complain.
He lightly pressed the answer button. Before he could speak, his mother's urgent voice came through the phone, "Why didn't you take Zhuzhu home last night? How could you leave her alone on the street!"
Daisy also sat up in bed, held her breath, and quickly put on her clothes.
"Mom, I didn't leave her on the street. Sheng Zhuzhu is an adult. Wouldn't she know how to get home by herself after leaving my place last night?" Huangfu Shaohua retorted with a bad tone.
Wu Xiufang raised her voice and said excitedly, "I don't know what happened between you two last night! But she encountered something terrible... She's in the hospital, her mental state is so broken that she can't explain anything clearly! You hurry to the hospital immediately, and I'll be there too!"
"What happened to her? A car accident?" Huangfu Shaohua asked in surprise.
"No! She... was ruined by a bad person!" Wu Xiufang hung up. Whether Shaohua went to the hospital or not, she had to go.
Yesterday, she had contacted Zhuzhu proactively and invited her to the Huangfu residence.
They had afternoon tea together. She wanted to subtly probe Zhuzhu's feelings and see if she had given up on Shaohua.
She wanted to see if there was any room for reconciliation between Zhuzhu and Shaohua.
She had planned in advance that if Zhuzhu still loved Shaohua, she would teach Zhuzhu how to cook raw rice into cooked rice, so that Shaohua might change his mind.
She understood her own son. Even though he was a bit disobedient now, he was pure at heart, loving, and responsible.
If something happened between Shaohua and Zhuzhu, even if Shaohua didn't like Zhuzhu, he would have to be responsible for her.
If Zhuzhu could get pregnant with Shaohua's child through this, it would be a happy ending for everyone, and that female coach would be out of the picture.
Zhuzhu told her that she still loved Shaohua very much and was willing to overlook past grievances as long as Shaohua was willing to marry her.
So, she handed Zhuzhu the prepared meal and soup, telling her to deliver them to Shaohua's residence. She also told her that the soup had been doctored and instructed her to seize the opportunity.
After Zhuzhu left the Huangfu residence yesterday, she hadn't contacted her.
She assumed that the matter had been successful and that Zhuzhu was spending a pleasant night with Shaohua.
When she woke up this morning, she was waiting for good news from Zhuzhu, but instead, she received a call from her best friend, Zhong Lu.
Zhong Lu was already sobbing on the phone, questioning her about what had happened to her daughter.
Sheng Zhuzhu had not returned home all night. Since Wu Xiufang had invited Zhuzhu over, she thought Zhuzhu was having a good time at the Huangfu residence and had stayed overnight, so she didn't ask further.
Zhuzhu had stayed at the Huangfu residence a few times before, enjoying herself so much that she forgot to go home.
Zhong Lu herself had also stayed at the Huangfu residence. That mansion, the most luxurious in Lancheng, had everything. One could enjoy whatever they wanted to eat or play without leaving the house.
However, what she never expected was to receive a call from the police before dawn.
The police said that an elderly person out for a morning run had found Sheng Zhuzhu, almost naked, near a trash can in a small alley.
When she was found, Sheng Zhuzhu was covered in bruises and bleeding from her leg.
A police officer arrived at the scene and rushed her to the hospital. Preliminary examinations indicated that she had been severely violated.
However, due to the extreme trauma, Sheng Zhuzhu could not cooperate with the police for a statement after waking up and was babbling incoherently in a state of breakdown.
They found her family's contact information on her phone and contacted Zhong Lu, asking her family to come to the hospital as soon as possible to comfort her.
When Zhong Lu received this call, she was stunned. She thought the police must have mistaken the person.
Her daughter was a pampered and precious socialite. How could such a thing happen to her? It was an international joke!
She and her husband rushed to the hospital. Seeing Zhuzhu, who was staring blankly, bruised and battered, and unrecognizable, they had to accept the reality.
Zhong Lu felt as if her head was exploding. She hugged her precious daughter and cried uncontrollably.
Sheng Zhuzhu recognized her mother and also burst into tears, "Mom... they are all bad people, bad people..."
Sheng Zhuoguang, Sheng Zhuzhu's father, stood in the hospital room, looking at his wife and daughter, feeling both heartache and anger!
How dare someone do such a thing to his daughter? He would never let those people off!
At this moment, he knew that crying was useless. He pulled them apart and questioned Zhong Lu, "Didn't you say Zhuzhu went to the Huangfu residence last night? How could she be found in such a dirty alley?"
Zhong Lu looked at her husband, her mind in a mess. She cried and said, "I don't know. When she left yesterday, she did receive a call from Xiufang. Xiufang also informed me that she was going for afternoon tea, so I sent the driver to take her there..."
"Where is the driver, Old Wang? Why didn't he bring her home!" Sheng Zhuoguang was furious and didn't want to let anyone who harmed his daughter go.