Chapter 525: Chapter 525 Who Did It Chapter 525: Chapter 525 Who Did It Mrs. Zhang didn’t concern herself, as Gu Ya took his young wife straight to the rooms where Mrs. Han and her family lived. Upon arrival, they found the door firmly shut. Mrs. Han was not at home, and neither was Gu Ya’s younger brother, Gu Tiezhu. With no one in the house, Su Yunjin and her husband Gu Ya could do nothing.
“Husband, what should we do? Mrs. Han, your younger brother’s wife, isn’t here?” Su Yunjin looked towards Gu Ya. With Mrs. Han’s absence, Su Yunjin was even more convinced that Mrs. Han was responsible for the mischief.
Mrs. Han was acting guilty, certainly afraid of being confronted by Su Yunjin, so she deliberately hid. With Mrs. Han away, Gu Ya and Su Yunjin couldn’t ask her for clarification.
They couldn’t expect Mrs. Han to help them clear things up.
With no other choice, Gu Ya thought for a moment and then suggested to his young wife, “Yunjin, let’s go back for now and return tonight.” Mrs. Han might be hiding during the day, but surely she wouldn’t stay out all night as well? They’d come back in the evening, and she wouldn’t be able to avoid being home then.
That was the only option for now, and Su Yunjin agreed to Gu Ya’s suggestion. Mrs. An was indoors, taking care of Gu Chengxiang by administering his medicine when she heard that it seemed like her third son and his wife had come back. Mrs. An quickly went out to see them, having already been informed of the rumors about Su Yunjin seducing men by Mrs. Zhang that morning.
Although Mrs. An didn’t believe Mrs. Zhang’s words, the rumor had spread throughout the entire village, and she was planning to find out the truth from Su Yunjin and her husband Gu Ya.
What on earth was going on?
Why was the whole village talking about this matter?
Mrs. An came out, “Third son, third son’s wife.”
Gu Ya looked at Mrs. An, guessing that the issue concerning his young wife must have also reached his mother’s ears, and it was only reasonable for him and his wife to explain the situation to his parents.
Therefore, Gu Ya took his young wife’s hand and said, “Yunjin, come, let’s go sit in father and mother’s room.” Although Su Yunjin felt there was nothing to explain about the accusation of her seducing men, she still followed Gu Ya to Mrs. An’s room out of respect for her kind father-in-law and mother-in-law.
As soon as Gu Ya sat down, he recounted everything concerning Su Yunjin to his parents, Mrs. An and Gu Chengxiang. Mrs. An understood, “Third son, are you saying that someone in the village deliberately framed Yunjin?”
“Mother, that is indeed the case.”
Mrs. An was quite angry, “Third son, who would be so malicious as to smear Yunjin’s reputation ? If not for the trust between you as husband and wife, wouldn’t this have ruined Yunjin?”
If a married woman in the village was discovered to be involved with a man outside her marriage, not only would she be subjected to the punishment of being dunked in a pig cage, but she would also be expelled from the village. The person spreading such rumors was not only trying to break up Su Yunjin’s marriage but also to make her life miserable. Even if Su Yunjin was to remarry, her spoiled reputation meant she would not find a good match.
She would be subject to maltreatment at her new home.
Gu Chengxiang shared the same outrage.
With a solemn face, Gu Chengxiang said, “Third son, Yunjin, you two must investigate this matter thoroughly in order to clear Yunjin’s name.”
After the burst of anger, Mrs. An asked again.
“Third son, Yunjin, who do you think could be behind this?” Mrs. An suspected her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhang.
Recently, Mrs. Zhang had not been infrequent in coming to Mrs. An to complain about Su Yunjin and her husband Gu Ya. Aside from Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. An could think of no one else.
“Third son, do you think it might have been your eldest sister-in-law who did this?”