"Of course!" Gu Lao Er said, baring his teeth in a grin.
Suddenly, Huang Xiangwen elbowed him, saying, "What nonsense are you spouting?"
"Is it not true?" Gu Lao Er did not understand.
As if struck by a realization, he incredulously turned to look at Gu Youyou.
"Oh... Ah!" He enlightenedly exclaimed, "You... I was wondering why you were going on and on about it; it turns out it is for Erya and Sanya’s share of the stuff."
"Alas..." Gu Lao Er sighed deeply, speaking to Gu Youyou in a sorrowful tone: "Why must you do this? The third brother actually killed your older brother and sister-in-law, and then sold you, even causing our father’s death. They deserved such retribution. After the third brother was taken away by the government officials, I also drove them out. That was a matter that delighted everyone, and even the village head agreed with what I did."
He indeed knew how to find a righteous excuse for his own selfishness and ruthless cruelty.
She truly did want to fight for fairness for Erya and Sanya, but seeing Gu Lao Er’s and Huang Xiangwen’s unawareness of their wrongdoing and lack of remorse, she felt giving them fairness would be grossly unfair to little Gu Youyou.
As for the Gu Family’s mansion and properties, she really wasn’t interested, but her indifference was one thing, and letting Gu Lao Er’s family take advantage for nothing was another matter altogether.
Then there’s the woman who misused her power and killed her grandmother; she would deal with each and every one of them.
Gu Youyou clapped her hands, sitting on the stone bench in the courtyard, and said hauntingly, "Alright, then I’ll go back and discuss with Zijin about him marrying into our family. If he marries into our family, then I wouldn’t be considered a daughter married off, right?"
Gu Lao Er and Huang Xiangwen: "..."
"Anyway, he’s as orphaned as I am. Marrying into the Gu Family, he could get such a fine house and so much property; it’s surely better than hunting, I believe he would be very willing."
Gu Lao Er’s face darkened with anger as he said furiously, "Are you hell-bent on not letting our family have peace? Will you only be satisfied when this leads to the family’s ruin and everyone’s death?"
Gu Youyou replied coolly, "It seems to me that it has never been I who has caused unrest in the Gu Family. I am nothing but a lone girl, haven’t you bullied me enough?"
Gu Youyou’s cold gaze shifted onto Huang Xiangwen and said, "Auntie, need I remind you, what exactly did you add to the medicine I drank on my wedding day?"
"You... What do you know? Impossible, how could you know that." Upon hearing this, Huang Xiangwen’s face was stricken with horror.
Gu Youyou, calm and composed, then asked Gu Lao Er, "Shall I repeat the conversation you two had that night?"
She heard their conversation?
Gu Lao Er and his wife could no longer put on airs and looked at Gu Youyou with shock and fear.
Gu Dabao and the other two wore strange expressions and asked, "Father, Mother, what have you done?"
Gu Youyou, expressionless, simply said, "It’s not something major. Uncle and Auntie’s hearts are just as black as Uncle Three’s were. They couldn’t bear to part with my dowry, so they added a bit more rat poison to the medicine they gave me, that’s all."
"What? Father, Mother..."
Gu Dabao and Gu Erbao looked in disbelief at Gu Lao Er and Huang Xiangwen, while Sanya appeared confused, looking left and right, not knowing what to make of the situation.
"Did you really do that?" Gu Dabao asked anxiously.
Gu Lao Er and his wife, astounded that Gu Youyou knew about this matter, and faced with the interrogation from Gu Dabao, were overcome with guilt and could only stare fixedly at Gu Youyou, not daring to meet the disappointed eyes of their children.
Gu Youyou calmly stated, "So when you despise Uncle Three and look down upon Erya and Sanya, don’t forget you are brothers and sisters, and you are actually the same as them. And Gu Wen and Gu Wu are pretty much the same; one killed his older brother and sister-in-law, while the other almost poisoned his own niece. The only difference is that one succeeded, and the other did not."