Although Zhou Gu'er felt a chill in her heart, her eyes were locked on Zhou Mazi's movements. She wouldn't be a fool and take a-beating like in her last life; she would dodge.
But to Zhou Gu'er's surprise, her adoptive mother, Li Hua, suddenly rushed over and hugged her tightly.
Zhou Gu'er froze for a second before it dawned on her. Her heart swelled with emotion. 'She's hugging me to take the hit for me!'
That was a tobacco pipe. It would hurt terribly if it struck her adoptive mother's back, and if it happened to land on her head... Zhou Gu'er couldn't bear to imagine it.
She yanked her adoptive mother away and twisted her own body to dodge the blow. She wouldn't take the hit, and she wouldn't let her mother take it for her, either.
Zhou Mazi had expected Li Hua to shield Zhou Gu'er, but he never imagined Gu'er would pull Li Hua aside to dodge with her. In the past, Zhou Gu'er would never have dared to do such a thing.
