"I know I've let her down, and I'll make it up to her in the future."
He pushed Gu Huanian aside and rushed into the courtyard, shouting, "Let her go! If you don't, I'll call the police!"
Gu Aiguo pulled Murong Lan and her daughter apart.
"Get out of here right now, or don't blame me for being impolite."
Murong Lan's mother glared at Chen Shuling and yelled at Gu Aiguo, "You treat such a piece of trash like a treasure? It's like a rotten pot with a rotten lid, neither of them is good."
Murong Lan knew that if they stayed any longer, neither of them would gain anything, so she pulled her mother away.
"Are you alright?" Gu Aiguo asked Chen Shuling with concern.
Chen Shuling cried and hit Gu Aiguo, saying, "Why did you come out so late? They almost pulled all my hair out, it hurts so much."
"It was my fault, it won't happen again next time." Gu Aiguo hugged the person and comforted them.
Seeing this scene, Gu Huanian felt truly heartbroken for his mother.
He didn't say anything more and walked straight outside.
"What's wrong with Huanian? My mother has been beaten, and he hasn't even said a word of concern."
Gu Aiguo frowned and said, "He's been in a bad mood these past few days, so don't go near him."
Gu Huanian bought a train ticket and went directly to the Southern Province.
This time, he didn't go to the old lady again, but went directly to her grandson.
At the factory gate, Yang Hu saw Gu Huanian, who was dressed in plain clothes, as soon as he came out.
He didn't pay much attention and continued walking forward, chatting and laughing with his colleagues.
Gu Huanian walked directly up to him and said, "Hello, comrade. My name is Gu Huanian. I'd like to ask you about some things."
His colleague said to Yang Hu, "I'll be going now, you two can continue your conversation."
"But I don't know you! What do you want with me?"
“Let’s talk over there,” Gu Huanian said, walking forward first.
Once they reached a secluded path, Yang Hu asked again, "Can you tell me now? What did you want to see me about?"
“I heard that when you were little, you witnessed the woman next door push her husband into a well and kill him.”
Yang Hu's expression changed drastically upon hearing this; "Don't talk nonsense, I didn't see anything."
Gu Huanian could tell from his expression that he definitely knew something.
"That man fell down by himself and died accidentally. Everyone in our village knows that."
"Don't rush to defend yourself. I'm here to find out what happened back then. I'm from Beijing. My mother was harmed by the woman next door to you. I wouldn't be asking you if I didn't have any evidence. Just tell me the truth."
"I don't understand what you're talking about. I was just a little kid back then. I didn't see anything. You've got the wrong person."
Yang Hu didn't know why he came to find him, but his grandmother had told him not to talk nonsense about it.
Moreover, that man deserved to die; if it weren't for him, my aunt wouldn't have died.
He still remembered that night when he ran out to play and came back a little late. His grandmother went out to look for him out of concern. On her way back, she heard cursing coming from next door. Although the grandmother and grandson didn't like Chen Shuling, they were worried about her, fearing that she might be beaten to death like their own daughter.
So the two of them quietly peeked through the crack in the door, and just then they saw Chen Shuling pick up a large rock from the ground and smash it against the man's head from behind. He almost screamed out loud.
Fortunately, Grandma covered his mouth in time, and then Chen Shuling dragged the man and threw him into the well.
It was a dried-up well, and he heard a bang.
Grandma quickly pulled him away quietly. The next time they heard a noise, it was Chen Shuling saying that her husband had accidentally gotten drunk and fallen into the well.
She sat in the yard and cried her heart out.
He was quite young at the time and wondered why, if he was so reluctant to part with that man, he would stone him to death.
It wasn't until he grew up that he realized it was all just an act for others to see.
“Yang Hu, I don’t know why you’re unwilling to talk about it, but that woman is not a good person. She even harmed her own sister. If one day she finds out that you and your grandmother saw what happened that day, do you think she will let you off the hook?”
Yang Hu stared in shock. The woman was from the next village, so of course he knew her.
When he was little, he heard that she married into the family because her older sister had run away, and she was marrying in her place.
"What did you mean by that? What do you mean she even harmed her own sister? Didn't her sister run away a long time ago?" Gu Huanian looked at Yang Hu seriously and said, "Her sister is my biological mother. My mother ran away and met my father. They lived a happy life until I was six years old. Then she came looking for my mother, and my mother helped her. But she was ungrateful and turned on her. She knocked my mother unconscious and locked her in the cellar for nineteen years, all to replace my mother." Yang Hu felt that this was somewhat shattering his worldview. He never expected that Chen Shuling would not only dare to kill someone, but also dare to lock up her own sister. And for nineteen years? That was too outrageous.
He thought of himself and his grandmother again, glancing at Gu Huanian, wondering what would happen if he and his grandmother didn't say anything.
If this person tells Chen Shuling that they witnessed her committing the murder, would she still let them go?
A vague answer formed in her mind: someone as ruthless as her would definitely not let them go.
But his mind was in a mess right now, and he said to Gu Huanian, "I need to go back and talk to my grandma about this first. I was too young back then and didn't really see anything clearly."
Gu Huanian knew he was wavering, so she didn't press him too hard.
He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go to your village tomorrow, and we'll talk then."
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