Chapter 233 Old Notes

Su Junyao suddenly stood up, spilling the medicine powder on the table, which landed all over Su Jinze's wound as he lay there, causing him to gasp in pain.

Su Jinze sobbed twice and asked haltingly, "Grandfather, Grandfather, and sister?"

How come he's never heard of it?

Su Junyao sighed deeply, walked around Qiuqiu and came to the man. He leaned on his wheelchair and carefully observed the man who was said to look a lot like him.

His facial features are very similar to those of his deceased grandmother.

Aunt's story was taboo in the family, and few people mentioned it. Su Junyao remained silent for a long time, then suddenly shook his head: "That child from back then is dead!"

My aunt died in childbirth, and that child... no!

My aunt's death was suspicious, and it's not impossible that the child is still alive!

"You really are...you are..." Su Junyao still didn't know his name.

“I don’t have a name, but I read in my mother’s notes that she was going to name me Gui’er.”

"You little bastard?" Chiu Chiu was dumbfounded. How could her great-aunt be so fierce that she even cursed herself!

Su, Su... who has been creating scenarios of what it would be like if someone called her name...

After being told that by Chiu Chiu, it didn't even know what its name should be anymore!

The eldest aunt of the Su family gave her son the nickname "Guilai" (meaning "return"), reflecting her longing for her hometown and her desire to return.

Unfortunately, he never got to go home before he died.

My pregnancy notes covered my entire life, and I often referred to my child as "Gui'er" (归儿). I never thought much of it, but now it sounds particularly awful.

Su Junyao suggested, "Why don't you give yourself a name?"

This person was stubborn and shook his head in refusal: "This is one of the few things my mother left me, I won't change it."

"Su Gui, Su Gui... Qiu Qiu, don't interrupt!" Su Junyao immediately scolded Qiu Qiu, knowing from her winking and smirking expressions that the little one was about to start being funny again!

Chirp looks so pitiful, what's wrong with Gui Gui? Gui Gui is so cute!

His name was difficult to pronounce and awkward, but it was something his mother had given him, and he didn't want to change it. To outsiders it was just a form of address, but to him it meant something different.

“My mother wrote in her journal that my uncle has a son who looks like my maternal grandmother. She hoped I would look more like her, so that we would look like…brothers.” Su Gui took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, letting out the pent-up frustration in his chest. “I can tell she misses you all very much.”

Su Gui found all of his mother's old notebooks, more than a dozen of which recorded her most desperate years in Yuncheng.

This house belonged to the former mistress of the Shao family. All the mechanisms were set up by the eldest aunt of the Su family to protect herself and her child. Unfortunately, she still encountered an accident during childbirth.

Su Junyao casually flipped through a few pages, then slammed his hand on the table. "Bastards! Beasts! The Shao family is a bunch of beasts! Cough cough cough cough cough!"

Su Junyao was so angry that his blood boiled and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Qiuqiu, who was tiptoeing to reach for the notebook, was splattered with blood and immediately burst into tears, crying, "Waaah... Daddy!"

[I just wanted to see the secret inside. Did it anger my dad to death? My great-aunt died a tragic death, and we have to avenge her! Dad, you can't die!]

Su Junyao forced himself to recover. Qiuqiu was right; he still needed to avenge his aunt. He would not let the Shao family and those accomplices get away with it!

When Su Junyao's great-grandfather was still alive, he was stationed in Yuncheng, and the head of the Shao family at the time saved his life. The two families exchanged tokens, agreeing that the Su family owed the Shao family a great debt of gratitude and would repay it if needed in the future.

Subsequently, the great-grandfather of the Su family was summoned back to the capital, and the two families lost contact for more than twenty years. Back then, the former head of the Shao family brought those tokens to the capital to ask for the hand of the eldest aunt of the Su family. At that time, the Marquis's mansion was not peaceful. The old Marquis and his cousins ​​were vying for the Marquis's title. The price for victory was that the eldest aunt of the Su family would marry into Yuncheng to fulfill the ancestor's dying wish.

No one knew that this was a trap set by the Shao family!

Over the years, Su Gui had read through his mother's notebooks countless times, every word etched in his heart. As he sat there recounting his mother's later life, his gaze fell upon the weeds outside the window.

"The Shao family has declined and has almost no foothold in the southwest. They rely on the Marquis's mansion to gain a foothold. But Shao Yanfei is an extremely arrogant man. On the one hand, he attaches himself to the Marquis's mansion, but on the other hand, he refuses to admit that he is attached to the Marquis's mansion. He is constantly torn between his own desires and his own desires, and he is constantly tormenting my mother."

"But my mother isn't someone to be trifled with either!"

Su Gui felt a surge of pride when he thought of his mother, but a deep sorrow also welled up within him. His mother had traveled to many places and done many things, ultimately sacrificing herself for her brother and family. She became someone else's wife, someone else's mother, losing herself and her life.

“Shao Yanfei slowly harmed the people around my mother, using all sorts of methods, until my mother was completely isolated and helpless. My mother realized that the Shao family wanted her dead, so she suggested that she go to a separate courtyard to rest during her pregnancy. She set up a formation in the separate courtyard so that the Shao family could not enter.”

It's the formation that's tightly trapping Thirteen and the others outside. And it's a formation that hasn't been maintained for many years; its strength back in its prime was unimaginable!

Qiuqiu's emotions weren't strong, and her empathy wasn't as deep as Su Junyao's. She just felt that her great-aunt truly lived up to her reputation!

She's really amazing!

Chiu Chiu's eyes widened in amazement; she had become such an amazing girl!

Su Junyao pulled Qiuqiu into his arms and hugged her tightly. "How did your aunt die?"

Qiuqiu said her aunt's death looked like she had been poisoned by burning charcoal!

Su Gui shook his head, indicating that he did not know. "My mother's notes only go up to the time when she was about to give birth. The rest is all my speculation. She was probably harmed by the Shao family during childbirth."

He struggled to push his wheelchair to the bedside, bracing himself against the bed frame as he tried to move. His emotions had been too volatile; he was swaying precariously. Su Jinze immediately steadied him, "Uncle, be careful."

Su Gui smiled shyly at him, suddenly feeling a sense of belonging. These were his family!

"Su Gui, be careful. If anything happens, tell Jinze. He is my eldest son."

Su Jinze nodded. Although his eldest son was like the number one troublemaker in the family, he could give him all the orders he wanted.

Su Gui agreed, "There's a box under the bed; the contents should be what you're looking for."

The Shao family killed his mother and could not accept him, a born cripple. Their only conscience was to leave him here to fend for himself.

This also gave him enough time to collect these things.

"The old nanny who took care of me before said that my mother was silenced because she discovered something she shouldn't have. Later, when Naduohe moved in, I found out what she had discovered back then!"

"The Shao family peddled longevity pills, controlled the gentry in the southwest, colluded with the government to exploit the people! They also had intricate connections with the previous dynasty! Those years are the evidence!"

Su Junyao: "I see!"

"Jinze, bring out the box!"

With all its might, Chuchu pushed out a dusty black box, "Heave-ho!"

[The evidence is here!]