Fear crept into Ruan Hanli's expression when she heard that Gu Wenze was going to call her parents.
"No, don't!" Her eyes filled with fear as she hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and pleaded, "Wenze, please don't tell my parents about this!"
Gu Wenze pulled his sleeve out of her grasp, his eyes cold.
Ruan Hanli panicked completely. She couldn't imagine what would happen if her parents found out how much trouble she had caused at Gu Wenze's company.
"For the sake of how close we used to be, please give me another chance. I really know I was wrong. I can apologize to Qiao Hua and beg her forgiveness. Please don't tell my parents. They'll beat me to death."
Her voice trembled with tears, which streamed down her cheeks.
In the past, Gu Wenze might have softened a little, but the thought that Ruan Hanli had nearly gotten Qiao Hua raped by Zhu Dejie wiped away every trace of sympathy.
Gu Wenze looked down at her without expression. "You had plenty of chances to stop, but you didn't. It's not that I refused to give you a chance. You threw those chances away yourself."
Without another glance at her expression, he took out his phone and called the Ruan Family.
It was already too late for Ruan Hanli to stop him. When she heard her father say over the phone that he would come right away, her legs gave out. She collapsed onto the floor, shivering uncontrollably.
Before long, her parents arrived. Seeing Gu Wenze standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows and Ruan Hanli sitting on the floor in a daze, they exchanged puzzled glances and entered the office.
At the sound of footsteps, Ruan Hanli turned around. Her face instantly drained of color. "Dad... Mom..." she stammered.
Her mother hurried