In this way, Mu Anhan never fulfilled her duties as a mother; it was always Gu Xiaozhan who accompanied the two children, juggling both work and child care.
Although he hired a nanny, in his spare time, he personally took charge of educating the children.
The two children were closest to him,
the boy Gu Yao and the girl Gu Yu.
As for Mu Anhan, not only did she neglect the children over the years, but she even threatened to throw them into the trash bin after getting drunk.
This incident just happened the day before.
How could children who already felt insecure not be terrified of her?
In their eyes, she was nothing short of a menacing demon!
"Don’t be afraid, with Daddy here, no one will hurt you," Gu Xiaozhan said, softening the hard edges of his voice and letting a gentle warmth fill his eyes and brows as he faced the children.
He carried one child on each arm, left the rooftop, and went down the stairs without looking back at Mu Anhan.
"Honey..." Mu Anhan hurriedly chased after him, "I won’t hurt them, I just... want to hold them."
"Hold them and throw them into the trash?" Gu Xiaozhan retorted coldly.
In this life, whatever wrongs you have committed, you must eventually pay for.
Mu Anhan’s rebirth was a tremendous opportunity, but the mess she created had to be cleaned up by herself.
"Honey, believe me, I will never do it again," Mu Anhan immediately promised.
Promise? Every time you made a promise, it was followed by even greater harm.
Gu Xiaozhan could believe her words, it’s like pigs could fly!
"Go back to your room and reflect on yourself, do not come out without my permission," Gu Xiaozhan ordered before turning and going downstairs with the children.
Mu Anhan watched the trio’s departing figures and cheered herself on.
Blinded by foolishness in her previous life, this time around, she vowed to open her eyes wide, repay those who were kind, and avenge those who wronged her!
She would protect this family, protect her husband and children, and not let anyone harm them!
As for the tense relations between her, her husband, and the children, as the saying goes, it takes more than a day for a seven-inch thick ice to form, she would work step by step to earn their forgiveness.
She believed that sincerity can move the hardest stone.
Her husband, her children, would surely see her sincerity.
Gu Xiaozhan brought the two kids to the playroom, a playground he specially crafted for them.
His children deserved the best resources in the world.
It’s a pity that their mother, due to her hate for him, hated even them...
"Daddy, are you hurt?" Gu Yu noticed the bloodstain on his shoulder.
Gu Xiaozhan turned his head to see that the blood on his clothes had dried.
He wasn’t injured; he had only embraced Mu Anhan—was it her blood?
"Yu Er, Daddy is going to change clothes, you and your brother play here," Gu Xiaozhan placed her on the ground.
"Okay," Gu Yu nodded obediently, as Gu Yao held her little hand to play.
...
As Mu Anhan entered her room, even though it was broad daylight, the room was pitch dark. She turned on the light to find the room in chaos like a pigsty, with items scattered everywhere—there was hardly any place to step.
She couldn’t bother cleaning up yet and decided to take a shower first.
Her body, soaked in seawater, felt sticky and uncomfortable.
She went to the bathroom and looked at the woman in the mirror, who now sparkled with eagerness for a new life.
She took off Gu Xiaozhan’s coat, washed it, and hung it to dry on the balcony.
Just as she was about to take a shower, someone knocked on the door.
She poked her head out, "Honey..."
"Where are you hurt?" Gu Xiaozhan saw her graceful swan-like neck and a bare shoulder, involuntarily averting his gaze.
He was a normal man, and his wife, in their four years of marriage, never fulfilled her marital duties.