Chapter 103 The truth of the past 2
"At that time... the Qin family was already in trouble." Aunt Zhang wiped her tears and continued, "The old man owed a lot of debts outside, and he couldn't pay them off even after emptying the family's savings... Later, the creditor... came to our door."
"That day, the creditor was sitting in the living room downstairs, and the young lady... I don't know how the young lady ran down from the attic..."
When Aunt Zhang said this, she could no longer control herself. She covered her face, sobbed, and her shoulders shook violently.
"My poor young lady... wuwuwu..."
Gu Manman's heart sank to the bottom.
She looked at Aunt Zhang who was crying bitterly, her voice trembling: "And then? Aunt Zhang...what happened then?"
Aunt Zhang raised her tear-stained face and looked at Gu Manman, her eyes filled with unshakable despair and fear.
"That night... the old lady had someone... had someone send the young lady away... to the creditor..."
Sent to the creditor? !
Gu Manman was struck by lightning and her face turned pale instantly.
"That creditor and his son... are simply not human beings!" Aunt Zhang's voice was shrill and full of hatred. "The eldest lady... the eldest lady came back later... with wounds all over her body... but... but the old lady... sent her back..."
The living room was dead silent.
Gu Manman only felt a buzzing in her ears, and she could hardly hear what Aunt Zhang said next.
Covered with wounds... and sent back...
Her mother...what on earth had she been through?
And her grandmother... the grandmother who was "very caring" for her in the will... actually...
What role did Qin Wan play in this?
Gu Manman felt dizzy and everything in front of her eyes went dark.
Her mother...
She always thought that her mother eloped for love, and even though the ending was unfortunate, at least she once had a passionate love.
But the truth... is so unbearable and cruel!
Being pushed into hell again and again by one's loved ones!
"Impossible...Grandma...she wouldn't..." Gu Manman murmured to herself.
She thought of the tender words in the will and the "kind" grandmother that everyone talked about, and she felt nauseous.
That is not kindness, that is hypocrisy! It is cold-blooded!
"What happened next?" Gu Manman took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. "My mother...what happened next?"
Aunt Zhang raised her tearful eyes and looked at Gu Manman. Her lips moved a few times, as if she found it difficult to speak.
Sister Qing handed over a cup of warm water at the right time and comforted her softly: "Auntie Zhang, please take your time. There is no rush."
Aunt Zhang drank some water and calmed down a little, but her voice was still hoarse: "Miss... she ran away again later..."
"But no matter how many times I ran, I was caught again."
"Later, the Qin family's business gradually recovered because of the support of the father and son."
"The servants who knew about this were sent away, and I have never seen the young lady again."
Aunt Zhang choked up and said, "No one knows... where the eldest lady went... whether she is dead or alive..."
No news, life or death unknown.
Gu Manman felt a sharp pain in her heart.
These people and things spun and collided wildly in her mind, and finally turned into a disgusting blood color.
The truth was completely torn apart, revealing the hideous and disgusting rotten flesh underneath.
Her stomach churned, her throat tightened, and she almost couldn't help but dry heave.
At this moment, Feng Mingzhou's deep voice sounded, breaking the suffocating silence.
"Manman. I have sent someone to bring Qin Wan here."
"Do you want to see him now?"
Gu Manman nodded numbly.
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As soon as Qin Wan entered the room, she glanced around. When she saw Aunt Zhang sitting on the sofa, she understood what was going on. Her face turned pale instantly, and she knelt on the ground with a plop. Her shoulders shook violently, and tears welled up and rolled down her cheeks.
“I’m sorry…I’m sorry…”
"Qin Wan," Gu Manman's voice was surprisingly calm, "I want to know the truth. Everything about my mother."
Qin Wan raised her head and looked at Gu Manman, whose face looked exactly like her sister's. Her tears flowed even more violently.
"I... I have never been as good as my sister since I was a child." Qin Wan's voice was filled with tears. "I am not as pretty as her, nor as smart as her..."
She raised her hand and stroked her face: "I am like my father. I did not inherit my mother's beauty. Since I was a child, all the good things have always been my sister's."
Gu Manman sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes: "So, you set her up to meet the painter, and then instigated her to elope?"
Qin Wan shook his head violently and explained hastily: "No, no!"
"I did design their acquaintance, but I didn't know that the painter was a bad person. I also didn't know that he cheated my sister away, gave birth to a child, and then abandoned her. I just wanted my sister to leave the Qin family, and then..."
Gu Manman added for her: "Then you naturally inherited the family business, but in the end, this family business was a mess."
Qin Wan broke down again, crying uncontrollably.
"I don't know... I really didn't know it would turn out like this..." Qin Wan's voice was intermittent.
Gu Manman's eyes were as sharp as a knife: "And then? My mother had been locked up in the attic. How come she happened to run down on the day the creditor came?"
Qin Wan burst into tears again, shouting "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
"But mother said... that this was the only way to save the Qin family... I..."
"I...I wanted to stop it!" Qin Wan cried so hard that she could hardly breathe.
Aunt Zhang scolded angrily, "You are lying! You were obviously laughing at that time! You watched the young lady being dragged away, and you were laughing!"
Qin Wan's whole body trembled, as if someone had poured a basin of ice water over his head.
She raised her head, her eyes full of despair and fear.
"Yes! I hate her!"
"I hate that she has been better than me since she was a child! I hate that she is loved by everyone! But I really didn't want to harm her. I thought that at least she could live a rich life with the creditors."
"I regret it!" Qin Wan knelt down and crawled to Gu Manman's feet, trying to grab her hand, but Gu Manman dodged him. "I really regret it! For so many years, I have been living in guilt..."
"That's enough. I don't want to hear any more explanations from you."
"Then why did Madam Qin leave the inheritance to my mother?"
"I think...she also wanted to forget these things on purpose." Qin Wan wiped the tears from her face, "Or maybe she was lying to herself, lying to herself that her sister had never come back, and she just eloped and lived the life she wanted."
"My mother regretted a lot in her later years. She often woke up crying in the middle of the night, calling my sister's name." Qin Wan lowered his head. "Everything in the Qin family is because of my sister."
"So mother wanted to leave everything to my sister."
"She wanted to atone for her sins in this way."
Qin Wan was still crying on the ground. His intermittent excuses and confessions buzzed like flies, making people feel upset.
Gu Manman looked at her, there was no anger in her eyes anymore, only an almost numb coldness.
Those so-called guilt and so-called compensation seem so ridiculous and pale in the face of the cruel truth.
The sunlight outside the window is still bright, but it cannot illuminate the darkness in people's hearts.
"What about my mother?" Gu Manman asked, "Where did she go later?"
"Dead."
"Jumped into the river..."
"But my mother has always told others that my sister eloped with someone and never came back."
The Qin family would rather use the dishonorable reputation of elopement to cover up the dirtier and uglier truth.
She should have thought of it earlier. How could she still be alive after going through such torture and betrayal?
Perhaps, death is a relief for that poor woman.
Her mother, the gentle woman who only existed in photos and in other people's mouths, ended up with such tragic and lonely ending.
Feng Mingzhou looked at the sad Gu Manman and felt extremely heartbroken.
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