The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 1639 - 1642: Who Are You Really?

Gu Youyou was profoundly shocked. She didn’t know her third aunt well, only knowing that she was treated worse than her second aunt at home. Unexpectedly, her nature was so unyielding.

Everyone said she feared hardship and exhaustion, afraid that raising her two children was too arduous, which drove her to jump into the river.

But in a farming family, isn’t hardship and exhaustion inevitable? She never complained before; why would she abandon her two children because of fear of hardship and exhaustion?

She must have been heartbroken by Gu Wu, feeling that she worked so hard to sustain a family and raise her children, only for that man to never consider her, never see her as a person, making her feel she’d lived in vain.

Gu Youyou led Erya and Dabao, carrying that packet of poison, towards the Ministry of Punishment’s Prison.

But outside the mansion, they encountered many people.

The village chief, the County Magistrate, Shunzi holding a child in each hand, with Shunzi’s parents standing behind him.

Second Aunt Huang Xiangwen and Dabao’s family had already returned, Erbao and Sanya had also come.

Gu Youyou opened her mouth but couldn’t say anything.

The village chief sighed softly, saying, "We’re all acquaintances, let’s go take a look!"

Acquaintances, let’s take a look.

Indeed, in the distant Beijing, in these ancient times with underdeveloped transportation, having so many acquaintances was truly remarkable.

Gu Youyou’s group gradually entered the Ministry of Punishment’s Prison, where Gu Wu was shackled, confined in a separate dungeon.

Outside the cage was a young man dressed in Top Scholar’s attire. He turned upon hearing the commotion, and Gu Youyou realized it was Gu Wu’s adopted son, Gu Shuisheng.

Today, the imperial decree arrived before him, making him the newly appointed Top Scholar of this session.

After accepting the decree and donning the robe, his first action was to come to this Ministry of Punishment’s Prison to see Gu Wu.

Seeing Gu Youyou bring people inside, he stepped aside, murmuring, "He saved my life."

Gu Youyou nodded gently, saying nothing more.

No one can be completely worthless; Gu Wu may be heinous to them, unforgivable even with a death sentence. Yet, to Gu Shuisheng, whom he unintentionally saved, he was indeed a benefactor.

Gu Shuisheng didn’t turn his back when Gu Wu was about to be executed but visited him right after receiving the imperial decree, proving his extraordinary character, no wonder Prime Minister Zhang valued him, and the emperor favored him.

Even a selfish and despicable person like Gu Wu, in the end, would consider him.

Gu Wu sat amidst grass, looking at the once familiar faces sentimentally, finally letting out a sigh.

"If you’re going to do it, do it. I’ve long lost any chance of turning back."

Gu Youyou signaled the jailer to unlock, saying indifferently, "Life has many paths. Even if there’s no turning back, there are other paths to choose. Yet you insisted on choosing a dead end."

Gu Wu looked up at Gu Youyou, suddenly asking, "Who exactly are you?"

Gu Youyou paused, snorted coldly, and turned aside, saying, "Give me the time of one incense stick!"

Upon her words, someone lit a stick of green incense for her.

Gu Wu’s gaze kept following Gu Youyou. Just now, he suddenly realized this woman wasn’t Gu Youyou, couldn’t possibly be the Gu Youyou subjected to confinement and manipulation since childhood. Who was she?

How did she deceive everyone and become Gu Youyou?