Marrying My Bestie's Ferocious Brother - He Calls Me His Baby!-Chapter 253 - 252: You Still Dare Invoke Our Parents? My Father Orders You Out of the Gu Family!
"I saw everything clearly from the window."
Commander Gu’s voice was not loud, yet it exploded like thunder above everyone’s head.
The entire room was deathly silent.
Gu Xiuzhen’s face, full of madness, malice, and pride, instantly froze.
She stiffly turned her head to look at her elder brother, who exuded authority even without anger, her lips trembling unable to say a word.
Commander Gu’s gaze was as cold as ice.
He moved his eyes away from Gu Xiuzhen’s face, slowly sweeping over everyone present.
Sweeping through those relatives, some surprised and some watching the drama unfold.
Finally, his gaze fell on Lin Wan Yi, then glanced at the two children with her and on the ground.
That gaze was deep and complex, ultimately turning into a trace of imperceptible warmth.
He stepped forward, walking into the crowded kitchen.
The crowd seemed to part as if by an invisible hand; everyone subconsciously made way for him.
He walked up to Gu Xiuzhen, looking down at her from a height, as if looking at a stranger.
"The first thing you did after entering the kitchen was to take a look at the living room outside."
Commander Gu’s voice was calm, as if stating something irrelevant to him.
Gu Xiuzhen’s body began to shake uncontrollably.
"Oh my god, the Commander saw everything?"
"I told you things weren’t that simple!"
Voices of irrepressible murmurs arose in the crowd.
"Then you pulled out a small package wrapped in oil paper from your pocket."
Zhao Tiezhu’s eyes widened like copper bells: "Oil paper package? What is that?"
Gu Xiuzhen’s face instantly turned as white as a corpse, all color drained away.
"You opened the package, pinched a bit of yellow powder, intending to sprinkle it into the pot."
"Poison! She’s really going to poison them!"
Su Qing was so frightened that she held her breath, instinctively covering her mouth.
"It was Zhao Tiezhu suddenly barging in that interrupted you."
Commander Gu’s gaze turned towards the dumbfounded Zhao Tiezhu, then back again, locking onto Gu Xiuzhen’s pale face.
"After he left, you didn’t touch the package again."
"You picked up the cold water from the water tank beside you, soundlessly, and spilled it at your feet."
"Then you screamed and ’fell’ towards the stove."
Commander Gu paused for a moment, his voice suddenly turning cold, carrying a sense of lethal warning.
"Instead of reaching out towards the ground for support, your hand was directed straight at the handle of the soup pot!"
"Gu Xiuzhen."
He called her by her full name, with no trace of sibling affection in his tone.
"Am I correct?"
Each word struck harshly against Gu Xiuzhen’s heart.
She slumped on the ground, as if all the strength had been drained from her body, unable to support herself any longer.
It’s over.
Everything’s over.
The military family members around her, their gazes on her had shifted from disdain to disgust and contempt.
"I’ve never seen such a venomous person!" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
"She fell herself, slandered the daughter-in-law, and even tried to poison. My god!"
"Is that a relative? It’s a curse!"
She became the most vicious and ridiculous clown in the whole military district compound.
"Brother..."
Gu Xiuzhen squeezed out a sound like a mosquito buzzing from her throat, still trying to make a final struggle.
"I was wrong... I really was wrong... I was just momentarily confused... I just saw Wanyi spending money lavishly, and wanted... wanted to scare her a bit, I didn’t mean to really harm anyone..."
"Apologize."
Commander Gu spat out the words, devoid of any emotion, like the final judgment.
He stretched out his calloused hand, pointing directly at Lin Wan Yi.
"Apologize to Wanyi."
He pointed again at Gu An and Gu Ning, sheltered by Lin Wan Yi.
"Apologize to the children."
"For your lies, for your malice, for those dirty words you wanted to say earlier, apologize immediately."
Make... make her apologize to Lin Wan Yi, that little brat in her eyes?
And to the two little brats?
Gu Xiuzhen suddenly lifted her head, the remaining rationality shattered by immense humiliation.
"I won’t!"
She screamed, the sound harsh like nails scraping on glass.
"Why should I apologize to her! I’m the elder! Yanshen’s own aunt!"
"What’s wrong with saying a few things about her? Me teaching her is for her own good, for the good of the Gu Family!"
She simply got up from the ground, hair disheveled, pointing at Lin Wan Yi, then at the silent, unmovable Gu Yanshen.
"All of you! You’ve been bewitched by this vixen!"
"I’m the real family to you! And you’re actually helping an outsider bully me! Has your conscience been eaten by dogs?"
She began slapping her thigh, sitting down right there, wailing loudly.
"Brother! Open your eyes and look!"
She turned to Commander Gu, her face covered in tears and snot, her voice piercing.
"I’m your only sister!"
"Our parents died early; it was just the two of us, relying on each other, gnawing on cornbread to get by! Have you forgotten?"
"Back then, when you were bullied, who took up a stick and risked her life to fight? It was me!"
"If our parents were still alive, seeing you disgrace your own sister for the sake of an outsider, they would die with their eyes open!"
She tried to crush him with the mountains of "filial piety" and "family bonds," making a last desperate struggle.
Some of the older relatives present showed looks of distress on their faces again.
Yes, no matter what, she is the only sister. Ending things like this is not going to end well.
Political Commissioner Zhou wanted to intervene and persuade, but was stopped by the ice-cold gaze of Commander Gu.
Commander Gu watched her performance quietly.
Until she cried herself hoarse, nearly fainting.
"You still have the nerve to bring up our parents?"
Commander Gu finally spoke.
His voice carried immense fury and profound disappointment.
"Our parents taught us to be upright, to stand tall! Even when eating cornbread, we must stand with dignity!"
"They taught us, no matter how poor, never to stray from our conscience; no matter how bitter, never to harm others!"
"If they saw you today, rolling on the ground, falsely accusing the young, spouting lies like a shrew!"
He spoke each word deliberately, each piercing Gu Xiuzhen’s heart like a knife.
"That would truly make them die with their eyes open!"
Gu Xiuzhen’s cries were forcibly choked back by these words.
She stared blankly at her brother, as if seeing him for the first time.
Commander Gu no longer looked at her.
He turned and walked towards Lin Wan Yi.
Looking at his daughter-in-law, who had endured so much wrong yet maintained her dignity throughout, Commander Gu finally showed a guilty yet gentle expression.
"Wanyi, I’ve made you suffer."
Lin Wan Yi shook her head, her eyes feeling warm.
Commander Gu then lowered his head, looking at his grandson, Gu An, who had revealed the truth.
He reached out his large hand and gently patted Gu An’s head.
"Good kid, just like your father."
After saying that, he stood up straight, his gaze sweeping over Gu Yanshen.
"Yanshen, you have married a wonderful wife."
This was the patriarch’s recognition.
In front of everyone, it was the highest affirmation for Lin Wan Yi.
At this moment, Lin Wan Yi’s status, within the Gu Family and throughout the entire courtyard, became unshakeable by anyone.
After all this, Commander Gu suddenly turned around.
The warmth on his face vanished instantly, replaced by the iron will and decisiveness of a soldier.
"Guards!"
At the door, two upright guards immediately stepped inside, standing at attention, their voices thunderous.
"Here!"
Commander Gu looked at Gu Xiuzhen, who was still slumped on the ground, her face full of despair, his voice cold enough to drop ice shards.
"Take her, and send her back to the old house in the countryside."
Gu Xiuzhen’s pupils suddenly dilated to the extreme.
"Brother..."
"From today onward," Commander Gu’s voice echoed throughout the courtyard, clearly reaching the ears of all the neighbors listening in, "without my permission, she is not to step out of the old house again!"
He looked at her, speaking in a deep voice the final sentence, like an ultimate verdict.
"In the Gu Family, there is no place for a woman who distorts truth and bullies the young!"
This was no longer punishment.
This was banishment. A complete severing. It was erasing her from the face of the Gu Family lineage!
"No!"
Gu Xiuzhen finally reacted, letting out a shrill scream that didn’t sound human.
She frantically tried to rush over to hug Commander Gu’s leg.
"Brother! You can’t do this to me! I’m your sister! You can’t!"
The two guards moved faster.
They flanked her on either side, lifting her arms like one would a chick, with such force that her bones ached.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
Gu Xiuzhen’s feet lifted off the ground, she struggled desperately, kicking and fighting like a mad fish hauled ashore.
"I’m Commander Gu’s own sister! How dare you touch me! You dogs!"
The guards remained expressionless, their grip even tighter.
They dragged her as one would a bag of trash.
From the kitchen doorway, through a living room.
Passing those looks of disdain, disgust, and schadenfreude.
