With a soft SMACK, Lin Ruoxi caught the descending wrist.
Her voice rose a notch. "Aunt Ren?"
Xue Rui spun around. Seeing who it was, he instinctively blurted out, "Mom, what are you doing here?"
Ren Qunfang patted Lin Ruoxi's hand. "Xixi, I didn't hurt you just now, did I? Why are you blocking for him?"
"It doesn't hurt. You didn't use any force, Aunt Ren," Lin Ruoxi said.
Xue Rui glanced around. His mom was here to get him. Why hadn't his sister said anything?
Thankfully, there was no sign of Gu Muxue.
"Feeling guilty? What have you been up to?" Ren Qunfang said coldly.
She knew Lin Ruoxi would definitely be by Xue Rui's side, so she had intentionally left Gu Muxue at home.
She now felt as if she'd been forced onto the same side as Xue Rui. To think she had deliberately kept Gu Muxue away from Lin Ruoxi… it was as if she were abetting a villain.
