Chapter 19 Internal strife
Everyone looked over when they heard the sound.
Lin Qingwan walked in with Sui'er.
So much dowry turned to ashes. Xiao Fuguang, who had been very strong just now, felt aggrieved all of a sudden when he saw Lin Qingwan, and couldn't help but have red eyes.
"sister in law."
Lin Qingwan walked to her side and held her hand.
"I should have come in with you."
"This Gu family is simply a place that eats people without leaving any bones."
Xiao Fuguang spoke aggrievedly.
"Sister-in-law, my dowry is gone."
"They burned all my dowry."
"I have a lot of good things."
"My father and mother took great pains to buy it for me, and you and my brother also added to my makeup."
Lin Qingwan took out a handkerchief and wiped Xiao Fuguang's tears.
"It's okay, we'll let them pay for it."
"If they don't compensate us, we'll report it to the authorities. I don't believe there's no place in the world that upholds justice."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Fuguang couldn't help but shed tears.
"The silver can be recovered, but those things..."
Lin Qingwan continued to comfort her.
"I know that the things my father and mother bought for you are all memories for you. It's okay. There are already many things in my sister-in-law's private storehouse that were given by my father and mother, and there are also many left by your brother. When we go back, you can choose whatever you want. If that doesn't work, I will give you half of my sister-in-law's private storehouse. Don't cry, okay?"
Gu Xiu looked embarrassed. He had clearly given instructions, but something like this still happened. The Gu family's reputation was already not very good. If this got out that Xiao Fuguang's dowry was deliberately burned, the people in the imperial city would really curse the Gu family to death.
"Madam Xiao, it is indeed Zhuang Linan who is at fault in this matter. The Gu family will punish her. As for Miss Xiao's dowry, the Gu family will also compensate her accordingly."
Upon hearing this, Lin Qingwan looked at Gu Xiu with determination in her eyes.
"General Gu, although my husband's family has few male descendants now, I am still Lin Qingwan, still the daughter of the Lin family, and my father is still a respected university scholar."
"Fu Guang is my sister, Lin Qingwan. If your Gu family wants to bully her, I will not allow it. Considering the past relationship between our two families, I will give the Gu family three days. If I don't see Fu Guang's dowry in three days, then I will return to the Lin family and ask my father to report the Gu family."
Gu Xiu's face turned pale when he heard this. These women of the Xiao family were really tougher than each other. What's more, the Gu family was in the wrong this time, and the Lin family was not easy to mess with.
"Don't worry, Madam Xiao, my Gu family can still afford this little bit of dowry."
Seeing this, Xiao Fuguang gave Liu Yue a look.
Liu Yue took out the dowry book and handed it to Gu Xiu.
"General Gu, this is my young lady's dowry list. Please fill in all the items on the list. Of course, there is a backup copy of this list at the government office, and the Xiao family also has a backup copy. If the list is accidentally destroyed, as long as the Gu family sends someone to the Xiao family to retrieve it in time, they can also get several copies."
This was clearly a warning to the Gu family not to tamper with the dowry list. Gu Xiu took the list with a grim expression.
"The Gu family will make up for it."
Lin Qingwan glanced at the Gu family coldly, then supported Xiao Fuguang.
"Fuguang, come on, sister-in-law will take you home."
Zhuang Linan's face turned pale due to the pain from her injury, and Gu Chuan couldn't bear to see her in pain.
"Come here, call the palace doctor."
Gu Xiu spoke in a cold voice.
"Don't spread it."
"A bunch of useless people who only know how to bring trouble to the family."
In the Xiao family's carriage, even if he were to live his life again, Xiao Fuguang couldn't help but feel angry. His heart was filled with rage, thinking that he had underestimated Zhuang Linan.
Lin Qingwan thought she was still sad about the dowry, so she took her hand and comforted her.
"Okay, don't be angry. The Gu family said they will compensate you."
"Don't worry, with my sister-in-law here, no one can touch your dowry. If the Gu family really treats you as a nobody, I'll go back to the Lin family and ask my father for help. I'll definitely get you justice."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Fuguang leaned his head into Lin Qingwan's arms.
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
Lin Qingwan put her arms around her.
"We are a family, why are you being so polite to your sister-in-law?"
"Don't cry, we are not short of money. It's really not worth it if your eyes hurt from crying."
Gu family.
In the end, a doctor was called to bandage Zhuang Linan's wound.
Zhuang Linan looked at Gu Chuan sitting in the distance with an unhappy look on his face, and she became nervous.
"Chuan'er, do you blame me too?"
Gu Chuan looked at her and sighed.
"Sister-in-law, father clearly told us that today's incident might have put the Gu family in the spotlight."
Zhuang Linan looked aggrieved after hearing this.
"Chuan'er, do you really think I did this?"
Hearing this, Gu Chuan looked at her with confusion.
"Didn't you just admit it?"
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Linan burst into tears out of grievance.
"Don't you know what kind of temper I have on a normal day? Such a big fire almost burned down half of the Gu family. How could I have such a big courage!"
Gu Chuan frowned when he heard this.
"Then why do you admit it?"
Zhuang Linan sobbed, trying to convince Gu Chuan of her innocence.
"Why should I admit it?"
"I almost died in the fire today. What can I do?"
"I just returned to the Gu family. I'm not the head of this family. Will they listen to me? Chuan'er, don't you really understand my grievances?"
Gu Chuan frowned even more after hearing this and looked at Zhuang Linan.
"So you mean that the mother also knew about it."
After hearing this, Zhuang Linan cried even harder.
"What can I do if I refuse to acknowledge her? If Xiao Fuguang goes crazy and forces himself on Mother again, there will be a rift between Father and Mother. Mother is our elder, and if the news of the mother-in-law setting fire to her daughter-in-law's dowry gets out, how will Mother survive in the Imperial City?"
"It's okay if others misunderstand me, Chuan'er, we used to know and cherish each other, why don't you even believe me?"
Looking at Zhuang Linan lowering her head and crying in grievance, Gu Chuan finally stood up despite the injuries on his body, walked towards her step by step, and sat down beside her bed.
"Are you serious? Are you accepting this guilt for your mother's sake?"
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Linan looked up at him with tears in her eyes.
"You're still doubting me?"
"Gu Chuan, have I been wrong in my sincerity towards you for so many years?"
"If you don't believe me, you can go ask your mother if she knows about this."
Xiao family.
Jingsi Garden.
Xu Youran reached out to support Xiao Yiming.
"Master, let me help you get up and eat."
Xiao Yiming waved her hand away angrily.
"Get out of here."
"I don't need your minion service, you snake-hearted bitch."
She had already lost face and coaxed him again and again, but he still only had that bitch in his heart. Xu Youran also became angry.
"That's enough, Xiao Yiming. I've run out of patience with you. If you really cared about her that much, you shouldn't have married me."
"You married me because of the Xu family behind me. You were just a bastard, and you hadn't accomplished much. You were afraid that your father would look down on you, that you would have a hard life, and that you wouldn't be able to gain a foothold in the Xiao family. So you made your beloved woman a concubine and married me, a person of equal social status, as your wife. But you felt guilty towards your white moonlight, and you ignored me and gave me a cold shoulder."
"Yes, I, Xu Youran, am a vicious woman, but what good are you, Xiao Yiming? You are selfish, heartless, and a cowardly and incompetent villain."
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