Chapter 448: Chapter 448 Sinister Chapter 448: Chapter 448 Sinister Su Yunjin’s house construction was progressing smoothly, day by day the construction advanced rapidly, and Mrs. Zhang was left with a constant feeling of irritation because of her son’s affairs.
Having heard that Gu Ya and Su Yunjin’s new house was almost completed, Mrs. Zhang was both envious and resentful. Why? Why should that wench Su Yunjin, the one who harmed her son, and her husband be moving into a new house?
When Mrs. Zhang passed by the entrance of the village, she had caught sight of Su Yunjin’s house from a distance across the road. Despite the distance, Mrs. Zhang could tell that the house the couple was constructing was no ordinary size.
Being able to build such a large house was something Mrs. Zhang dreamt of. At the Gu Family’s, an entire family was crammed into a few shabby, leaky thatched huts.
And Mrs. Zhang found the living conditions unbearable.
Then looking at the house that Su Yunjin and Gu Ya were building–with its spaciousness and impressive stature–she feared there weren’t two other families in the village with a house as beautiful as theirs.
Mrs. Zhang sat in her room, her envy growing stronger by the minute, and her resentment becoming increasingly unbearable.
Gu Baofu lay in bed asleep when Mrs. Zhang pulled him up, “Sleep, sleep, sleep, you’ll sleep yourself to death. All you know is to eat and sleep. What else are you good for?”
Gu Baofu, yanked from sleep by Mrs. Zhang, showed a face full of impatience.
“What else is there to do in the middle of the night if not to sleep? You woman, always making trouble out of nothing! You can’t rest for even a single day. Enough, go wash yourself and sleep early!”
Mrs. Zhang was furious, especially with Gu Baofu’s tone. She became even angrier, pointing at Gu Baofu’s nose and scolding, “Gu Baofu, do you have any conscience left at all? You say I’m causing trouble? Your son is still soaking in that icy water, and you don’t think of ways to save him, yet you say I’m causing trouble?”
Gu Baofu wanted to save his own son Gu Changshun as well, but with the Magistrate having sent so many people to guard, he saw no opportunity to act. “We’ve been trying to think of ways for Changshun, haven’t we? Why are you going mad?”
“Get up, I don’t care! Su Yunjin and her husband made life difficult for us; I don’t want to let them off easily,” unable to save her own son, Gu Changshun.
Taking revenge on Su Yunjin and her husband was at least a way to vent her anger.
Gu Baofu looked at Mrs. Zhang, “What do you want to do?”
A sinister gleam flickered in Mrs. Zhang’s eyes.
Were Su Yunjin and her husband not very proud now? Weren’t they about to move into a new house? Fine, then she would go and stealthily set fire to Su Yunjin’s new house!
Let’s see how the couple could still be so proud then!
Mrs. Zhang, imagining the house of Su Yunjin and Gu Ya turning to ashes, felt a surge of vengeful pleasure swell in her heart.
At night, Su Yunjin and Gu Ya lay in bed. After lying down, inexplicably, Su Yunjin felt unrest, as if something were about to happen.
His little wife tossed and turned in his arms, and as she turned over yet again, Gu Ya caught her wrist and leaned over her.
“Yunjin, what’s the matter? Can’t you sleep?”
Su Yunjin, seeing Gu Ya suddenly press down on her, tried to push him away, “Get off, you’re so heavy!”
“Yunjin, if you can’t sleep, perhaps we can find something else to do,” Gu Ya said without moving, his words laden with insinuation as he gazed at his little wife.
Su Yunjin was not foolish.
How could she not understand the meaning behind Gu Ya’s words?