Seeing this, Rong Sheng shook his head helplessly, "Father, how can there be such an incompetent person in this world? Just now when I saw him hitting Miao Hongye, I thought he had stood up straight, but..."
Rong Dong'an hadn't expected Gu Changqing to be such a person. He usually seemed honest and unassuming, and although he didn't dare to go against Du Qincai, he seemed alright. In the end, "Father misjudged him too!"
Rong Sheng sighed, then turned her gaze to Gu Beiyi. Gu Beiyi was extremely calm, his handsome face expressionless, as if Gu Changqing's actions had no effect on him.
Rong Sheng didn't know that Gu Beiyi had long been fed up with the noisy scene. If things hadn't been left unresolved, he would have already stormed off.
Zuo Li was furious, extremely furious: "Gu Changqing, I'm giving you one last chance. I hope you answer truthfully! Otherwise, I will punish you for all your crimes, and you'll spend the rest of your life in prison!"
Multiple offenses will be punished concurrently! This is no joke.
Although Gu Changqing is incompetent and useless, it's not because of her incompetence or indulgence. His father won't die? His sister won't die? He certainly won't be cuckolded and forced to raise someone else's son, causing his own son to suffer for half his life!
Knowing the facts but failing to report them, helping evildoers conceal their crimes for years, and remaining silent when questioned in court...
If Prince Yi gets angry, not only will his life be in danger, but he might not even survive.
Gu Changqing was terrified. His swollen face turned deathly pale, and he knelt down on the ground with a thud, saying, "This humble subject will speak, this humble subject will speak immediately. Please do not be angry, Your Excellency."
"Speak quickly!" Zuo Li said coldly.
Gu Changqing glanced around, taking in the vicious looks from Du Qincai and Qi Weiwu. Since things had already come to this point, there was no point in hiding it. So he closed his eyes, composed himself, and slowly said, "Your Excellency, what I was arguing with Miao Hongye about just now is true!"
Back then, I followed my father's arrangement and married Du Qincai, the daughter of the Du family in Shanggui Village. From then on, our Gu family has never had a peaceful time! Du Qincai often hooked up with Qi Weiwu, without caring about my feelings as her husband. She even shamelessly kissed Qi Weiwu in front of my father. My father was already old at the time, and he couldn't bear such stimulation, so he fell ill from anger.
After my father fell ill, my older sister came to take care of him. That's when she discovered the affair between Du Qincai and Qi Weiwu. They threatened my sister, forbidding her from telling anyone, and even beat her! I've always been timid, and I didn't dare say a word when my father and sister were being bullied, which made them very disappointed in me!
After my father recovered, my sister rarely came to our house, and Du Qincai and Qi Weiwu became even more unrestrained. Du Qincai, from the moment she married me, never let me touch her. Gu Daniu and Gu Erniu are indeed not my children; they are Qi Weiwu's. You can tell from their appearance!
She's exactly like Qi Weiwu, even their personalities are similar! But Du Qincai is just too vicious, I'm no match for her, and with Qi Weiwu's help, I...I...I held back and didn't make a big fuss.
And under their threats, I raised Gu Daniu and Gu Erniu. I never imagined that my father, constantly bullied, would become increasingly ill and eventually succumb to his ailments. Du Qincai, however, was eager for my father to die, so she never followed Dr. Rong Dong'an's instructions to give him medicine. Even when Dr. Rong Dong'an frequently visited, he was two-faced!
This is why my father's illness kept recurring, and why Rong Dong'an had so many prescriptions and medical records. It's because Du Qincai was throwing away all the medicine she bought; it seemed like she was brewing medicine every day, but the medicine she fed my father was just water! Unless Dr. Rong Dong'an encountered a problem, and Du Qincai didn't want to ruin her reputation, my father would never get a bowl of medicine.
Over time, my father's illness became more and more serious, until all medicine was ineffective, and Du Qincai stopped doing so.
My father knew I was useless, so he didn't say anything. He just wanted me to have a child of my own. At that time, Qi Weiwu and Du Qincai had a fight because Qi Weiwu wanted to marry Miao Hongye, so they broke up. That's how I came to be with Du Qincai, and that's how we had Gu Sanniu.
My father was overjoyed to learn that Gu Sanniu was my child. No matter how serious his illness became, he would try his best to earn money to farm and provide Du Qincai with good food so that she could give birth to the child safely. But my father's condition worsened, and it was truly... so on the day Gu Sanniu was born, he passed away!
As soon as my father passed away, my older sister came back, but she only came back to see him off in his final moments. After my father was laid to rest, my sister went back home. She never set foot in my house again, but she often came to see Gu Sanniu and take care of him, because Gu Sanniu was often beaten and scolded by Du Qincai, and my sister felt so sorry for the child.
Five years passed in the blink of an eye, until the day my sister died tragically. That day, my sister took Gu Sanniu out to play as usual and bought him some treats. But unexpectedly, Du Qincai started arguing with me at this time, and that's when she learned that Gu Daniu and Gu Erniu were Qi Weiwu's children, not the Gu family's children. She had a huge fight with me about it, and also a huge fight with Du Qincai.
Du Qincai was extremely petty and vicious, so she found Qi Weiwu and together they beat her sister to death in front of Gu Sanniu! But in order to avoid making a big fuss, they framed Gu Sanniu for her sister's tragic death.
They say Gu Sanniu is a jinx, that he brought death to his grandfather at birth, and also to his beloved aunt.
But Gu Sanniu told me that he didn't bring death to his aunt; she was beaten to death by Du Qincai and Qi Weiwu. Many people were present at the time; they all witnessed it! However, those people were from Shanggui Village, not Zhonggui Village. The people from Shanggui Village are similar to Qi Weiwu in character, so they wouldn't speak up for Gu Sanniu. I also received a stern warning from Du Qincai and Qi Weiwu because of this, and so the matter was left unresolved!
To solidify Gu San Niu's reputation as a jinx, Du Qin Cai, that heartless and despicable woman, threw the children in the village who had played with Gu San Niu into a ditch and drowned them. She then claimed that Gu San Niu had brought them to their deaths. Later, when the old man who gave Gu San Niu steamed buns fell to his death, she deliberately spread rumors that Gu San Niu had brought him to his death. Even the old hunter, who clearly died hunting in the mountains, was falsely accused of being brought to his death by Gu San Niu.
The villagers were very superstitious about this, and Du Qincai's description was so detailed and convincing that everyone disliked Gu Sanniu even more! And I, as his father, not only failed to help, but also became an accomplice! As a result, when Gu Sanniu returned, he not only refused to call me "Dad," but wouldn't even glance at me.
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