Chapter 278 A Carefully Crafted Cage
What is going on?
Gu Yuexuan hesitated for a moment, her doubts growing in her heart. Finally, she couldn't help but ask softly, "Grandma, have you been feeling unwell lately? Do you want Tu Subo to call a doctor to examine you?"
When the old lady heard the word "doctor", a trace of panic and tension flashed in her eyes, and she blurted out two words in a stiff tone: "No need."
Gu Yuexuan's doubts grew stronger and stronger, and she felt it was getting weirder and weirder.
The old lady has always been lazy and likes to be lazy whenever she can.
When it is really unavoidable, they will claim to be unwell and ask the doctor to come and prescribe medicine. In short, if they can stay in bed, they will resolutely not stand up, and if they can be served by others, they will resolutely not do it themselves.
But the old lady has changed so much recently.
She seemed to have heard someone coming back just now, and actually wanted to get up and help with cooking?
Gu Yuexuan looked at Tu Subo in confusion. Tu Subo walked over, gently rubbed the top of her head, and said calmly, "Grandma, Third Uncle and Mother are busy in the winery. I'm afraid they won't be back until late at night. I've prepared dinner. Can I bring it to your room?"
The old lady was unhappy that Tu Subo was cooking while Gu Yuexuan was sitting idle. Displeasure was thickened in her deep wrinkles, and her voice was filled with anger: "Where is Grandfather? Did Grandfather go too?"
"Grandfather has entered the village school, but he hasn't yet heard the bell ringing for home. However, once he steps into the house, he will surely go there to visit."
"Are you planning to come along?"
"What am I going there for?"
The old lady impatiently interrupted Tu Subo's words, her tone as cold as ice: "I will rest in this room."
"besides……"
The old lady's gloomy gaze circled around Tu Subo, and her voice suddenly became sharp: "Didn't I tell you before to call your second uncle back once? So much time has passed, why is there still no trace of your second uncle?"
"Did you ignore my instructions and not even go to summon your uncle?!"
Tu Subo showed a touch of helplessness that was just right, and replied with a wry smile: "Grandma, you know my second uncle's temperament very well. Even though I have brought my words to you, but..."
"From what I can see, Second Uncle seems to have no intention of returning for the time being. Tu Suminfei's attempts to persuade him are in vain. Second Uncle seems determined and has no intention of changing his mind."
The old lady seemed unwilling to accept this reality. She raised her voice a few degrees and shouted angrily, "Nonsense!"
"Since I summoned him, how could he refuse to return?! I see it's clearly you..."
"Xuanxuan."
Tu Subo ignored the old lady's sudden outburst. Instead, he turned to look at Gu Yuexuan, who had already stood there. He said gently, "I've washed the clothes you changed out of this morning and hung them out to dry in the backyard. Go over and see if they're dry. If they are, why not bring our clothes inside before sunset and help me fold them neatly?"
Gu Yuexuan heard the intention in his words and couldn't help feeling a little sad.
The old lady is really going too far.
He felt unhappy. Why didn't he vent his anger on someone else? Why did he always choose Tu Subo, the submissive and unresisting Tu?
"Who did Tu Subo offend? Why does good things keep happening to him?"
Gu Yuexuan couldn't help but glance at the old lady, muttering inwardly, "Grandfather was once critically ill, and Second Uncle didn't even show any intention of returning to visit. Now that everything is fine at home, he's even more reluctant to come back. Tu Subo was just a messenger, so why is the old lady venting her anger on him?"
A bitter smile flashed in Tu Subo's eyes and he shook his head slightly, while Gu Yuexuan muttered in dissatisfaction and then turned and left.
"It's really a rotten tree that can't be carved!"
"You only pick on the weak!"
"You deserve it for being so skinny!"
Gu Yuexuan just grumbled a few words out of sympathy for Tu Subo, without delving into his meaning.
However, when she mentioned her grandfather's illness, the wrinkles on the old lady's forehead seemed to freeze into frost in an instant, and cold sweat oozed out.
After my grandfather recovered from his illness, everything at home seemed to be back to normal and no one mentioned the past anymore.
But in fact, after the grandfather recovered from his illness, he moved out of the main room and chose to live in the inner room of the west house with Tu Su Minyang.
Regarding this sudden decision to change houses, the grandfather simply said lightly that he would personally urge the nerd who might appear in the family to study hard, so as to prevent Tu Su Minyang from becoming really wild and unruly and becoming a laughing stock of the family.
The others did not think there was anything wrong with this. Instead, they took the opportunity to laugh at Tu Su Minyang and advised him to work hard and live up to his grandfather's efforts.
But is this really the truth?
The old lady, who had spent most of her life with her grandfather, could not fully understand his inner world, but she could roughly grasp it.
When her grandfather was seriously ill, she mistakenly thought that everything was under control. She impulsively wanted to regain the right to speak in the Tu Su family. She was indeed a little too hasty and inevitably revealed some flaws.
The old lady was very clear in her mind and understood that her grandfather had become suspicious of her.
Living in two separate rooms was the first line of defense built by my grandfather.
The old lady was on edge, racking her brains for explanations, even rehearsing countless times in her mind how she would respond if her grandfather asked her any questions, so as to escape from this conspiracy that had been revealed. However, her grandfather remained silent.
No one else in the family asked about it.
The atmosphere in the house was extremely quiet, better than ever before, but in the eyes of the old lady, this tranquility was like a sharp knife cutting flesh, extremely painful.
The old lady even tried to secretly contact the person who had provided her with supplies before, but the message she sent fell on deaf ears and received no response. The next morning, she found the contact token she had painstakingly sent by her pillow, and it had been returned intact.
In an instant, the old lady's heart fell into a dark abyss.
Her actions had obviously been exposed, and someone was closely monitoring her every move, both openly and secretly.
The items she sent were returned in the same condition, and she didn't even dare to imagine whether the person she wanted to use to convey the message was still alive.
The entire Tu Su family was like an elaborately crafted cage. When she looked at those who smiled at her, she felt as if she saw enemies seeking her life. Behind every smiling face was a hideous murderous intent.
She was imprisoned here, with an invisible sharp knife hanging over her head, which could fall at any time. Every day of her survival made her nervous and she dared not relax at all.
She couldn't help but suspect that everyone in Tu Su's family was secretly plotting against her. She carefully ate every mouthful of food and every sip of water, fearing it might be poisonous. In the dead of night, fear and doubt followed her like a shadow, tightly binding her and making her unable to extricate herself.
She could not escape her miserable fate.
There was no way the old grandfather would let her live any longer.
However, she did not dare to reveal a single word to anyone except Tu Suye.
Poisoning one's own husband is a serious crime.
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