Chapter 18 If You Want to Die, I'll Grant You
After receiving the news, Gu Chuan was supported by a servant and walked over to see Zhuang Linan being pressed next to the fire, and her hair had been burned into points by the fire.
He spoke anxiously.
"Xiao Fuguang, what are you doing? Let go of my sister-in-law."
Xiao Fuguang turned around and looked at him with murderous intent in his eyes.
"What? Are you feeling sorry for me already?"
"If I throw her into this fire and let her be buried with my dowry, Gu Chuan, you love her so deeply, will you commit suicide with me?"
She could smell the smell of burning hair and even felt the flames kissing her skin. Zhuang Linan was really scared. Her face was covered with tears. She tightly grasped Xiao Fuguang's wrists with both hands and looked at Gu Chuan for help.
"Chuan'er, save me..."
"My sister-in-law is crazy. This fire was an accident. It has nothing to do with me..."
Xiao Fuguang tightened his grip on her neck.
"Is it really an accident?"
Gu Chuan spoke hurriedly.
"Of course it was an accident, Xiao Fuguang, this is the Gu family, you can't do whatever you want."
But when meeting Xiao Fuguang's cold gaze, Zhuang Linan's eyes were full of pleading.
Gu Chuan's attitude softened a bit.
"Fuguang, we were husband and wife once, so we should part ways amicably. If you have anything to say, let's discuss it slowly. If you really cause a disaster in the Gu family, you won't be able to escape. Now, you should go home and reunite with your family. Why put yourself in danger for some material things?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Fuguang curled up the corner of his mouth into a sneer, which looked particularly sinister under the light of the fire.
"When you, the Gu family, set the fire, didn't you think that I would go crazy?"
"Gu Chuan, I'm telling you, stop threatening me. Even if my Xiao family is in decline, your Gu family is also disgraced. Because of Gu Shan's death, your reward hasn't come yet, right? What are you afraid of? Do you think your Gu family can really step on the Xiao family!"
Indeed, the emperor issued an edict to posthumously honor those who died in the battle as soon as the coffins were returned to the imperial city, but there was no news about the person who made meritorious service. This is totally unreasonable, considering what the Gu family is currently going through.
Gu Chuan looked at Xiao Fuguang with eyes full of anger.
"Xiao Fuguang, isn't all this all thanks to you? Do you really think I can't see it? You sent Lin Fan to frame me! I will definitely settle this account with you."
Xiao Fuguang spoke sarcastically.
"Thanks to me? Gu Chuan, don't you know whether you and Zhuang Linan are having an affair? Do you dare to swear to heaven? Do you dare to swear that if you had an affair with Zhuang Linan, her two children would have died a miserable death?"
Gu Chuan's face changed suddenly.
Before he could say anything, Zhuang Linan lost her patience.
Xiao Fuguang's hand that was pinching her neck loosened a little.
Zhuang Linan shouted hurriedly.
"No, Chuan'er, no, you can't harm the child."
Seeing this, Gu Xiu looked at Zhuang Linan and Gu Chuan sharply.
Xiao Fuguang sneered.
It turns out that children are the mother's weak point. Now the fox's tail is exposed.
"Zhuang Linan, tell me, who started the fire?"
Then he glanced at everyone in the Gu family.
"Don't tell me it was an accident. I won't believe a single word you say. Today, you, the Gu family, must give me an explanation for my dowry. Otherwise, I guarantee this fire will be the death warrant for your Gu family."
at this time.
The fire in other places had been put out, only the fire where Zhuang Linan was standing was still burning. The servant was holding a bucket of water and did not dare to go near.
Mrs. Gu looked at Xiao Fuguang and spoke.
"Fuguang, release Li Nan first. The Gu family will find a way to replenish your dowry."
Xiao Fuguang sneered when he heard this.
"Heh...it seems like you're certain I won't dare to take action."
With a force on his hands, Zhuang Linan was pressed into the fire and then pulled up again.
Zhuang Linan screamed and put out the fire on her body.
“Ah…ah…help…help…”
Xiao Fuguang pulled her and pushed her into the fire again.
"Still not telling me?"
Gu Chuan shouted in horror.
"Sister-in-law."
"Xiao Fuguang, let go of my sister-in-law, or I will never let you go."
Zhuang Linan's arms and legs had been burned.
Gu Xiu looked at the situation in front of him with a sullen face and said nothing.
Although Mrs. Gu was anxious, there was no point in being anxious.
Zhuang Linan was pulled out again, her hair burnt.
The sound of Xiao Fuguang killing was heard.
"Still not telling me?"
"Thirds of a time, if I push you in for the third time, I won't pull you out."
As he spoke, he increased the strength of his hands.
The feeling of being on the verge of death came again and again, and Zhuang Linan was really scared.
“I say, I say…”
Madam Gu spoke sharply.
"Linan, this was an accident."
Zhuang Linan looked at Mrs. Gu's warning eyes, and then looked at Xiao Fuguang who was looking at her as if she were a dead person.
She gritted her teeth and spoke while crying.
"I asked the old woman to set the fire..."
Xiao Fuguang threw her to the ground.
He took the handkerchief handed to him by Xingyue, wiped his fingers, then threw the handkerchief into the fire and looked at Zhuang Linan with disgust.
He took a few steps towards Gu Xiu.
"General Gu just heard it. I'd like the Gu family to compensate me for the dowry. Otherwise, I, Xiao Fuguang, and my mother will go to the palace with the tablets of my father and brother to file a complaint."
Gu Xiu looked at Zhuang Linan, who was sitting on the ground in a mess, with an angry look on his face.
"Didn't I tell you not to provoke her?"
"Zhuang Linan, you are ignoring my words."
Zhuang Linan's face was distorted with pain due to the injuries on her hands and feet.
"I'm sorry, father. I know I was wrong."
"My daughter-in-law just won't resign herself to this. Xiao Fuguang ruined the Gu family's reputation, and Chuan'er was beaten to a pulp, yet she returned to the Xiao family and lived the life of a young lady!"
Gu Chuan didn't expect that the fire was actually set by Zhuang Linan. He looked at Zhuang Linan with disbelief in his eyes.
The pain was so intense, but Zhuang Linan could only endure it. If she didn't explain things clearly today, she was afraid she would not be able to stay in the Gu family anymore.
"Chuan'er, I don't want to make my sister-in-law angry. I'm just mad at her. She caused you to be punished. You were beaten with a stick and hurt like this, but she didn't even come to see you. You two are husband and wife. A day of marriage is a hundred days of grace. Even if she doesn't want to live with you anymore, she should at least come and see you."
Although Zhuang Linan admitted the incident, Mrs. Gu felt guilty and looked at Zhuang Linan as she stepped forward.
"Li Nan, why are you so confused? Even if you are furious, you can't set a fire."
"The Gu family has been drowned in rumors these days. We can't afford to offend the Xiao family..."
Xiao Fuguang watched the two of them perform and gave them a cold look.
Just about to speak.
At this time, a voice came.
"Madam Gu, please don't start blaming our Xiao family for everything. Brothers in your Gu family are killing each other, and your mother is indulging her youngest son in an affair with her eldest daughter-in-law. You're not acting like a mother, your husband is not acting like a husband, and your sister-in-law is not acting like a sister-in-law. With such a mess, what kind of reputation do you still want?"
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