Flipped:My Sweet Wife

Yan Qingruo was startled by her father's anger, stopping in her tracks with her eyes lowered, not daring to take another step. "Dad."

Her father appeared very angry as he walked up to Yan Qingruo and said, "Don't call me dad, I have no daughter as shameless as you! Where did you go off to fool around with some man all night last night?"

"Last night, I…" Yan Qingruo began to speak, but the words stopped at her lips, as she herself still hadn't figured out the reason for the situation and didn't know how to explain.

But her father's insulting words made her feel waves of embarrassment.

From the joy of passing her thesis defense yesterday to her current low spirits, a shadow had fallen over Yan Qingruo.

At this moment, Yan Ya came down from the staircase, her big wavy hair fluffy, her makeup delicate, looking at Yan Qingruo with arrogance.

Yan Ya came over and said to her father, Yan Wenshan, "Dad, I was having dim sum with a friend, and she said she saw Ruoruo walking out of a hotel, tsk tsk, who knows which man she was fooling around with all night. A girl who does not keep herself pure disgraces our Yan Family's reputation."

Yan Wenshan was already very angry, and hearing Yan Ya's provocative words, he got even angrier, scolding, "Yan Qingruo, do you admit your mistake?"

"I... I did nothing wrong! I didn't do it on purpose..." Yan Qingruo defiantly lifted her gaze to look straight at her father.

Yan Wenshan was momentarily shaken by the innocence in her eyes, but then, Yan Ya pointed at Yan Qingruo's neck and said, "Wow, look at all these red, blue, and purple marks, they look like bite marks and love bites. Ruoruo, you really played big and wild, huh? If Li Haocheng finds out, he may call off the engagement! Tsk tsk, don't drag my reputation down too with your mess!"

Yan Wenshan, upon hearing this, couldn't restrain himself any longer, and with one hand, he fiercely slapped Yan Qingruo on the face, saying, "Your sister is right, Yan Qingruo, do you have anything else to say?"

With a "slap," Yan Qingruo felt a burning pain on her face.

Yan Qingruo was struck hard enough to turn her head. Tears welled in her eyes, but they did not fall.

Her face flushed red, she said to her father, "Dad, I really did nothing wrong, why would you hit me without seeking the truth first?"

"Then you tell me, why did you go out and fool around with a man, why did you tarnish the Yan Family's reputation!" demanded Yan Wenshan furiously.

Yan Qingruo couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh. Was this what they called giving her a chance to speak?

Without discussing anything, they had already charged her with all sorts of accusations; how could she defend herself?

Yan Ya looked at Yan Qingruo with feigned concern and said, "Ruoruo, dad is letting you speak, why are you silent now? Why is that?"

Yan Qingruo felt so disappointed as she looked at Yan Ya and said calmly, "What is there to say? Haven't you two said it all already?"

"So you know you're wrong. Just apologize to dad then," Yan Ya said lightly, and then, taking hold of her father's arm, she skillfully coaxed, "Dad, don't be angry. Don't let your health suffer because of this."

It was clearly a mess created by Yan Ya herself, yet she was trying to muddy the waters further.

Yan Wenshan looked at Yan Qingruo with disgust and said, "Why can't you learn from your sister, be sensible for once, and cause less trouble? Kneel down this instant!"

Yan Ya watched Yan Qingruo with a triumphant look, arms crossed, eager to see what would unfold.

"Dad, about last night's incident, I was a victim too…" Yan Qingruo stubbornly bit her lip, not kneeling down, still trying to explain.

But Yan Wenshan refused to listen to her any further, and, angered, raised his hand again, "Are you going to kneel or not?"

"I won't kneel. Because I simply haven't done anything wrong." Yan Qingruo looked straight into her father's eyes and said loudly.

Ever since her mother's death, her stepmother, along with Yan Ya and Yan Yuchen, moved into their house, and her father's attitude towards her grew colder by the day. Now, her father completely disregarded her feelings.

No matter what happened, her father would only listen to Yan Ya, not believing a single word said by Yan Qingruo.

How ridiculous, the stepmother's daughter was now her sister, even half a year her senior.

What did this suggest? It suggested that before her mother had even passed away, her father had already been involved with her stepmother.

Just as Yan Wenshan's hand was about to hit Yan Qingruo again, Li Haocheng entered the room.

Yan Qingruo, upon seeing him approach, quickly held back her tears and rushed to his side, saying, "Haocheng, what exactly happened last night? What did you give me? What happened during the night?"

Li Haocheng looked at her with an exaggerated expression: "Yan Qingruo, you're asking me what happened? You messed around with another man. If a friend hadn't told me today, claiming he saw it with his own eyes, I would have never known you were that kind of person!"

"You!" Yan Qingruo was choked with anger, not expecting Li Haocheng to speak like that, his words leaving her utterly defenseless. Her pretty face turned white with rage, "Haocheng, you should know best about last night. What did you put in the water you gave me?"

Li Haocheng looked surprised and said, "Yan Qingruo, to be honest, I truly wanted to marry you. But after such an incident, and you put such a cuckold's hat on my head before we even married… How can I, as a man, tolerate this?"

Before Yan Qingruo could speak up, Li Haocheng turned to Yan Wenshan and said, "Uncle, I am really sorry. Although I had feelings for Yan Qingruo and intended to marry her, I simply cannot go on after she did this. Uncle, please allow me to call off the engagement with Yan Qingruo."

Yan Qingruo looked at him in shock. He had cheated first, drugged her afterward, and now, without taking any responsibility, he confronted her like this!

She remembered all the times he had hinted around about the inheritance left by her mother, his infidelity, and that cup he gave her which made her lose her clarity of mind.

She couldn't help but step forward, her eyes brimming with restrained tears: "Li Haocheng, was yesterday's incident all arranged by you? What did you really want from being with me?"

Li Haocheng looked at her with feigned regret: "Ruoruo, after such an incident occurred, I haven't even blamed you, yet you're blaming me? Should I wear a towering green hat and marry you?"

Yan Wenshan looked at his daughter furiously and said to Li Haocheng, "Haocheng, this is Yan Qingruo's fault; I have failed in teaching her. Since this is the case, the engagement must indeed be called off. Yan Qingruo, apologize to Haocheng right now!"

Yan Qingruo's pale face flushed with anger, her small fists clenched tightly as if a giant stone weighed on her heart.