Crash!
The noise was so loud that both Weng Fenghua and Gu Junxing heard it downstairs.
"What was that?" Weng Fenghua asked, puzzled.
Gu Junxing scratched his head. "No idea."
Weng Fenghua looked suspiciously at Gu Wenze in front of her. "Son, is someone upstairs?"
Gu Wenze secretly clenched his fingers, his expression unchanged. "Something probably fell and broke."
Then Gu Wenze turned to the nanny, his tone laden with meaning. "Go clean it up."
"Yes, sir."
The nanny took the hint and hurried upstairs.
Hearing footsteps drawing closer outside, Qiao Hua felt a surge of joy and hurriedly shifted her body, trying to get off the bed.
But a second later, her smile froze.
The nanny came in from outside and quickly shut the door, as though afraid someone outside might discover something.
She glanced at the broken lamp on the floor, hurried to the bedside, and whispered, "Ma'am, why did you smash the lamp?"
Qiao Hua made muffled sounds and struggled to raise her bound hands, pointing at the towel in her mouth to signal that she wanted the nanny to remove it.
The nanny said awkwardly, "Ma'am, President Gu's mother and younger brother are still downstairs. I can't untie you. If you make a noise and they find you, President Gu will scold me."
Qiao Hua shook her head vigorously, promising she would not cause any trouble.
Although the nanny wanted to help Qiao Hua, she did not dare disobey Gu Wenze. She sighed helplessly. "I'm sorry, ma'am. These are President Gu's orders. I have to follow them."
As the nanny approached, Qiao Hua had a vague sense of foreboding. She instinctively backed away, but the nanny caught her legs and bound them with a rope she had prepared beforehand.
Now Qiao Hua could not move at