Chapter 498 Because I’m Jealous of You
That's true, but in fact, when Cui's father was raising Gu, Cui Yuezhen was only two or three years old, not even old enough to remember anything.
Therefore, her understanding of this matter mainly comes from the veiled revelations made by her parents during their conversations.
“My dad mentioned that this was something a homeless man taught him to raise when he went out to work more than 20 years ago.”
"A homeless person?" This answer was quite different from what everyone expected.
"Yes, he was indeed a homeless man. My dad said that this homeless man had no fixed abode and often wandered around their construction site looking for food. The construction team my dad was working for at the time had a very tight schedule, so most of the time they would just set up a tent and sleep near the construction site, and eat the same way. That homeless man came to their construction site every day, and after a while, the people at the construction site became quite familiar with him, but most of them disliked him and would not take the initiative to approach him."
"But your dad is the complete opposite?"
Cui Yuezhen pursed her lips and nodded, saying, "My dad was a small team leader in the construction team back then, responsible for distributing the boxed meals on the construction site. Occasionally, he would give one or two boxes left over to this homeless man."
The young Taoist priests exchanged glances: "Just for these few boxed lunches, he taught your dad how to raise and practice Gu poison?"
"Um."
According to Mr. Cui, at the end of that year, as soon as the construction team settled the project payment, he took the money and prepared to go home.
Before leaving, he made a point of informing the homeless man, and as a result, he acquired this method of raising Gu poison.
"My dad didn't quite believe it at first, but he was attracted by the many benefits he described and finally decided to give it a try. Unexpectedly, it really worked."
The young Taoist priest and the others looked grave: "Where is this homeless man now? Has your father mentioned him?"
Cui Yuezhen shook her head: "My dad doesn't know either."
In fact, Mr. Cui regretted it when the first person, their missing relative, died.
He rushed back to the city that night, hoping to find the homeless man and ask for a solution.
However, in such a big city, it is not easy to find an ordinary person with a name, let alone a homeless person.
Mr. Cui searched every street and alley near the construction site but could not find the homeless man and had to return home disappointed.
"We can't find anyone to help, and we can't think of a solution, so we have no choice but to keep supporting him. My dad was forced into this situation..."
Everyone was amused by this, and Shi Yuyan retorted without holding back, "Forced? Forced to feed the Gu you raised, forced to become a murderer and scheme against innocent people? You call this being forced? I've almost forgotten what those two words mean."
Ye Wanxi also sneered, cutting through Cui Yuezhen's high-sounding words: "Perhaps your father did not expect that raising this thing would cause such serious consequences at first. He did regret it when the first person died, but whether this regret was regret for harming others or regret for holding this time bomb that could explode at any time, no one knows."
"For him, not being able to find anyone was just a self-deceiving excuse, a way to soothe his inner unease and allow him to continue profiting from the Gu worms, justifying the pushing of lives to the brink of death. In the end, he could even justify it by saying that they had no choice, that once they raised the Gu worms, they couldn't get rid of them. In order to survive, they had to sacrifice other people's lives; it was all for self-preservation."
After Ye Wanxi's reminder, some of the young people in the group who had felt pity for Cui Yuezhen because of her words quickly came to their senses and looked at Cui Yuezhen with more apprehension.
Everyone likes a young and beautiful girl, but if she's a femme fatale, then forget it, they can't handle her.
Knowing that Cui Yuezhen's knowledge was limited and that they wouldn't get anything out of her, Ye Wanxi and the others lost interest and said directly to the young Taoist priest, "We'll leave this matter to you to investigate and handle. The deceased are gone, but to die so quietly, without a trace, is too unfair. We hope you can seek some justice for those innocent people who died unjustly."
"It should be."
Seeing that Ye Wanxi and the others were about to leave, Guan Xuefen subconsciously tugged at Ye Wanxi's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Can I ask her a couple of questions alone?"
"Should we step aside? My advice is no. She is still a high-risk individual being closely monitored."
"No need, no need," Guan Xuefen hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No need to avoid the question, I can just ask it like this."
Cui Yuezhen glanced at Guan Xuefen, then quickly looked away: "What do you want to ask?"
"I just want to ask, did you have ulterior motives when you first approached me? Why did you choose me to be your scapegoat? Just because I'm naive and easy to fool, right?"
“That’s right, I approached you with a purpose from the very beginning. As for why I chose you to be my scapegoat…” Cui Yuezhen gave Guan Xuefen a deep look, “of course it’s because I’m jealous of you.”
"Jealousy? What do you have to be jealous of? What do I have that you'd be jealous of?"
Guan Xuefen's words seemed to hit Cui Yuezhen's most sensitive spot, causing her face to contort instantly: "What I hate most is your attitude. You don't care about anything, you don't understand anything, you're naive and simple. You're clearly inferior to me in every way, yet you live a better life than me. In the end, you're just born into a better family than me."
In Cui Yuezhen's eyes, the person in front of her was a cruel contrast to her miserable life.
Guan Xuefen's family was wealthy, and she had an older brother and sister, so she didn't have to bear the burden of the family. Because of her young age, she was loved by everyone in the family and lived like a carefree little princess.
On the other hand, even though her family had accumulated a lot of money because of the Gu worm, enough to move away from this remote mountain village, she was destined to be unable to go to the bustling city because of the special nature of the Gu worm, and could only stay in this small village that lagged behind others in every aspect.
Because of this, Cui Yuezhen was always kept at a distance from her classmates. Even when she wore expensive clothes and had the best makeup in her eyes, she was still ridiculed as a nouveau riche and for not looking like a prince in a dragon robe.
In addition, she had to live in constant fear, lest one day she become food for the Gu worms.
But the person in front of you can grow up carefree and happy under the protection of family and friends, without having to worry about being harmed.
Despite being the same age as herself, Cui Yuezhen saw herself as dull and lifeless, bent over by life, while Guan Xuefen was radiant and successful in everything.
Why are there such vast differences between people when we are all born as human beings? And how could she not feel jealous of all this?
Guan Xuefen couldn't understand Cui Yuezhen's thought process at all, and muttered in a daze, "Just because of this, you want to kill me?"
(End of this chapter)
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