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So violent.

Well done!

Only after Fu Huaiyan learned that Fu Siyao had already settled everything did he let out a deep sigh of relief.

Fu Siyao hurried over to the couple. "Big Brother, Sister-in-law, I've taken care of everything. These thugs dared to bully someone from the Fu Family. They'll be sent to the police station shortly. If we don't put them behind bars for eight or ten years, they'll really think the Fu Family is easy to bully."

"Siyao, thank goodness you were here. Qingshu, you're being far too thoughtless. Do you know how worried your family was when you ran out drinking in the middle of the night? And you didn't even bring anyone with you. You really make me furious."

The sight of Fu Qingshu filled Fu Huaiyan with anger.

Going out without bodyguards really was a serious matter. How else could the male lead have successfully abducted and trafficked her? Wasn't it because no one had been there to protect her?

If Fu Qingshu had been surrounded by highly trained, top-tier bodyguards protecting her around the clock, something like that would never have happened.

So he would have to give Fu Qingshu a proper scolding for leaving her bodyguards behind once they got home.

In the plot, after Gu Yubai saved Fu Qingshu, had she actually dared to go out without bodyguards again? She really remembered the treats but not the beatings. He didn't know whether to call her too innocent or too stupid. In any case, she trusted others far too easily.

After this incident, he had to make her understand just how terrifying the treacherous world could be.

Fu Qingshu choked out weakly, "I'm sorry, Big Brother, Sister-in-law, Big Sister. I really was wrong. I won't ever dare do it again."

Su Wanqiao sighed and tried to persuade him.

"Qingshu didn't do it on purpose. No one wanted something this dangerous to happen. Besides, everything's been settled now. Stop scolding her."

[Fu Qingshu was clearly being controlled by the plot. If the plot wanted her dead at the third watch, she couldn't possibly live until the fifth. Second Sister was the most innocent one in all this.]

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[I saw Gu Yubai here, but Fu Siyao was the one who settled everything. I wonder what role Gu Yubai played, and whether he had any interaction with Fu Qingshu. I'm really curious-without the hero-saving-the-beauty scene, would she still fall for the man who would cause her death?]

After that, Fu Huaiyan's first reaction was to look for Gu Yubai. Sure enough, he spotted him standing not far away, and his face instantly turned livid.

He had already decided that he and Gu Yubai would not rest until one of them was dead.

A flash of killing intent crossed his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

Then Fu Huaiyan hurriedly checked Fu Qingshu's expression. Her expression was shifting, and he couldn't tell what she was thinking.

But after she glanced at Su Wanqiao's inner thoughts, horror flashed across her face.

At that moment, however, no one paid much attention to her expression. The unease in her heart only grew stronger.

She suddenly thought of the young man who had just saved her. He really had appeared here like a savior.

At such a dangerous moment, he had stepped in front of her without hesitation. It had truly moved her.

But if she hadn't seen her sister-in-law's inner thoughts, she would still have been very grateful to that man.

It was just that all this talk of a plot, of being controlled, and of a hero saving a beauty only to cause her death left her terrified.

A man had indeed tried to save her and her friend earlier, but her eldest sister had arrived with bodyguards in time. So it was her eldest sister who had saved her and her friend before the man could.

That man had originally been trying to save them out of kindness, too.

Fu Qingshu's eyes flickered with conflict.

He really had made a very good impression on her. She truly didn't want to mistake him for a bad person.

Perhaps there was some misunderstanding in her sister-in-law's inner thoughts. She had heard those thoughts at the family banquet before, and several things she had mentioned had turned out to be right. They really were remarkably accurate.

Besides, Fu Qingshu knew that what had happened today was her own fault in the first place. She had gone out in the middle of the night without bodyguards and made her family worry. Normally, she never did anything like this, yet today she had agreed after her friend pleaded a little. That was completely unlike the way she usually did things, because coming to a place like this at night was very dangerous for women.

Fu Qingshu had learned her lesson this time, and she also felt that her sister-in-law's words seemed to make some sense. Could she really have been controlled by the plot, making choices that put her in danger? If that was really the case, she felt even more afraid.

It was terrifying if a person couldn't control their own safety and everything lay in the hands of something called a predetermined plot. It was all right now that she was a little clearheaded, but if she wasn't, she could immediately bring about her own death. So she instantly grew cautious, looking at everyone around her with particular wariness, especially Gu Yubai, the male lead who had been about to save her earlier.

Fu Siyao and Fu Huaiyan had seen these inner thoughts. Their expressions differed, but both looked grim.

Fu Siyao felt fortunate that she had arrived in time. Otherwise, Fu Qingshu really would have followed the plot this time.

When she arrived, she had already had a feeling that they might have run into the plot again. The drugging incident at Xie Muling's banquet had been very suspicious, and her first reaction to this incident involving Fu Qingshu was also that it might have something to do with the plot.

Sure enough, that man was Gu Yubai! He was the male lead, and he and Jiang Ruoning were boyfriend and girlfriend. She had learned that when she investigated Jiang Ruoning.

But Fu Qingshu had never met Gu Yubai before, so an innocent girl like her could easily be deceived by this kind of man.

Fortunately, she had intercepted this hero-saving-the-beauty incident. That had been close, far too close!

Besides, how had Gu Yubai so coincidentally appeared at this bar, then just happened to step in to help right in front of Fu Qingshu? She had no idea how so many coincidences had come together. And her sister-in-law had highlighted the key point at the end.

This Gu Yubai would cause Second Sister's death in the future.

That absolutely could not happen!

Fu Siyao's gaze gradually grew wary as she looked at Gu Yubai.

When Gu Yubai saw Fu Huaiyan and Fu Siyao, he also realized who Fu Qingshu was. He had already disliked her attitude, and now he felt even more disgusted, thinking, Was everyone in the Fu Family like this?