Le Yao wasn't particularly shocked by these bits of news. After all, Tao Qing and Yuan Bin had already found out, though they hadn't been able to determine exactly how much money Sui Yuan had given them. Now they finally knew—ten large yellow croakers! That meant…
She remembered that after she was no longer in the book, she had idly searched online for "large yellow croaker and small yellow croaker" from the Republican era. They were actually gold bars from that time. One "large yellow croaker" was worth ten taels, and one "small yellow croaker" was worth one tael. However, the unit of measurement at that time was one jin, which was equivalent to sixteen taels. So, if you convert it, one "large yellow croaker" was equivalent to 312.5 grams today, and ten of them would be 3125 grams. She didn't know how much they were worth back then, but in today's terms, they would be worth millions.
“I originally thought I really couldn’t have children, but when Cui Na was two years old, I finally got pregnant and gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.” Gu Meizhi sneered. “Now that I have my own children, I definitely don’t like Cui Na. But I didn’t intend to mistreat her. However, she is smart, sensible, and filial… I thought that would be it, but when my children grew up and it was time to get married, I chose the Zhu family.”
"The Zhu family also agreed to the marriage alliance, but they actually preferred Cui Na. My daughter was heartbroken and upset because of this, so she contacted Han Guosheng and framed Cui Na..."
"Does Cui Na actually not like Zhu Dekun at all?" Le Yao frowned.
"Yes, Cui Na was very close to Yan Cheng back then, but because of that incident, she had to marry Han Guosheng... and later she had you. But I knew that Zhou Yunmeng was a restless woman, and sure enough, she made her move, letting Liao Hu steal you away, and then she even staged an accident to kill Cui Na..."
"I understand if you want Cui Na dead, but does Sui Yuan also condone the murder of her own daughter?"
"Hehe, she's the second wife of the Shen family. She has her own children and is always surrounded by admirers wherever she goes. Do you think she would want an illegitimate daughter to appear?" Gu Meizhi's eyes sharpened. "As long as Cui Na is alive, she's a ticking time bomb that could bring her back to her original form at any time. So, I can tell you with certainty that the one who wants Cui Na to die the most is actually her."
Le Yao's heart sank immediately.
"Don't disbelieve me, her ruthlessness is beyond your imagination." Gu Meizhi's expression became increasingly sarcastic. "She once hinted that I should take action, but I ignored her. Who would have thought that my stupid daughter would actually agree... It just didn't work that time... However, I know she sent someone to find Zhou Yunmeng. Later, although Cui Na didn't die, you disappeared. I know that must have been her doing. And then, sure enough, Cui Na died too... All that car accident stuff is bullshit!"
Le Yao felt a little heavy-hearted. She knew that the Cui family disliked Cui Na and even wanted her dead, but she never thought that her own mother would want her daughter dead!
Trina probably never dreamed that the one who truly killed her was her own mother.
It's terrifying, infuriating, and... tragic.
"I don't know what else you want to know." Gu Meizhi wiped her face with a tissue. "I've told you everything we know."
"Does the old man have anything to add?" Le Yao asked Cui Zhanyi.
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