Gu Feng waved his hand to stop him from continuing and said, "I know it was him, just him. If not the second son, then the third; no one would bite him for no reason. The second son isn’t that clever, he couldn’t have hidden it for so long, it was him."
"This..." The head of the village didn’t know what to say.
He continued, "Third son, when the Lin Family came to take Youyou to Beijing for treatment, she met with trouble just after stepping out the door, and it was you who did it, wasn’t it? The previous day, you left the fields without finishing the work, claiming you had a headache, but when I asked your mother, she said you didn’t go home."
Gu Feng’s third son’s pupils constricted; he hadn’t expected his father to have started suspecting the death of his eldest brother and sister-in-law so early on.
"When I was considering a match with Youyou, I had liked Jin Zijin. We once talked and realized someone was eavesdropping; it was you, wasn’t it?"
Gu Feng’s third son was slightly surprised but did not answer.
"Zijin said someone sent a message, but he refused to tell me who. I think he knew it was you right then and there, and because you are my son, he didn’t have the heart to tell me such a cruel truth, is that right?"
Gu Feng grew increasingly angry, to the point where his outstretched hand began to shake uncontrollably.
Why had he birthed such a beast, worse than pigs and dogs?
"Was it you?" Gu Feng bellowed again, seemingly draining all his strength.
The others were so shocked they couldn’t speak; they just stared dumbfounded at the father and son, who harbored such deep hatred for each other.
Gu Feng’s third son staggered backward, unwilling to meet Gu Feng’s furious gaze.
Pressed too hard, a buzzing sound filled his mind, and many memories he thought he had forgotten surged forth, causing him pain as if his head was about to explode. He clenched his eyes shut and grabbed his head with both hands, yelling loudly, "Yes, it was me."
He took a few steps back and then pointed at Gu Feng, shouting angrily, "So what if it was me? He was four years older than the Lin Family sister, and I was the same age as her. I was her childhood sweetheart, I’m clearly smarter and more capable than him, so why could he marry the Lin Family sister, and I could only call her sister-in-law?"
"You... you shameless beast, your elder brother and his wife had their marriage arranged by your grandfather when he was alive."
Everyone looked at Gu Feng’s third son with increasingly bizarre expressions.
Gu Erya had already collapsed to the side, and his third son’s wife Meng Qiuju turned pale with shock. Recalling some private matters between husband and wife, she was even more astounded and speechless.
Gu’s second son suddenly realized what had happened and, with a couple of exclamations, said, "Right, that’s why when Lin Lian came, you were even happier than your elder brother, bustling around more eagerly than him—turns out you actually..."
Feeling it inappropriate to continue, Gu’s second son stopped himself mid-sentence.
Huang Xiangwen, who usually followed her husband’s lead, also seemed to have an epiphany and said, "You shameless person, I even saw you peeping at your sister-in-law taking a bath, and the second son said I had seen it wrong."
She didn’t have the same reservations as Gu’s second son; shameless was shameless, and what did it matter now? The Gu Family’s face had long been lost by the lot of them.
Everyone was stunned. Was this the reason Gu’s third son killed Gu’s eldest? The Gu Family’s disgrace was now truly complete.
Gu’s third son laughed maniacally, his face twisted, "I didn’t want to kill Sister Lin. It was only after I killed my elder brother that I found out she had already drowned."
"You beast..." Gu Feng’s eyes bulged as he shouted these two words, finally using up all his strength.
There were shouts of alarm from Gu Feng.
His eyes rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground, limp.