Chapter 134 The Unbearable Past
Speaking of which, Sun's mother is also a pitiful person.
Her maiden name was Cai Gu. When she was fourteen, her hometown was struck by a disaster and all her family members died.
She was an orphan who had wandered to the capital, looking pale, skinny, dirty and smelly. She had endured countless hardships.
It is said that the capital is a prosperous place, full of noble people, and you can survive by just giving them some food and drink.
But those nobles were all living in luxurious cars and were beyond their reach. Ordinary people would avoid a dirty beggar like her and could not get any food from her.
Just when she was dying and almost starved to death, she met Sun Dabao's grandfather Sun Yougen.
Sun Yougen felt sorry for her and gave her the half bowl of wontons left by the customer.
When she finished eating the wontons and pushed her hair in front of her face to thank the old man, Sun Yougen was quite surprised: "So you are a woman, and you are quite pretty."
Cai Gu told her name and origin, and then said, "Girls are easily bullied, so I smeared mud on my face and dressed up as a man."
Sun Yougen nodded: "You are quite clever. It's pitiful. If your parents were still alive, they would be heartbroken to death knowing what you are like now."
After chatting for a while, Sun Yougen learned that she was homeless, so he said, "I have a son at home. He has been sickly since childhood and has depended on me, an old man, for everything. Unfortunately, now that I'm in my 20s, I still haven't found a husband. If you don't mind, you can come to my house and be my daughter-in-law. From now on, as long as there's food at home, I will never let you go hungry."
Cai Gu was desperate at the time, so she readily agreed and went back to Sun's house that night. The next day, they simply set up a table and became a family.
Sun Yougen's son was frail and coughed constantly while lying in bed, but he loved his new wife and spoke to her in a friendly manner.
Cai Gu was busy at the Sun family, doing housework and taking care of her sick husband. Although her life was hard, it was satisfying.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Less than half a year after Caigu got married, her frail and sick husband passed away.
Sun's mother was still young at the time, so after Sun Yougen finished his son's funeral, he suggested that his daughter-in-law remarry.
The year was bad, and Cai Gu, a weak woman, had no way to make a living. She was also afraid that she would not find a good man if she remarried, so she continued to stay in the Sun family.
However, if a widower and a widow stay together for too long, something bad is bound to happen.
One day, Sun Yougen drank too much and, emboldened by alcohol, forced his daughter-in-law to sleep with him.
When he woke up the next day, he knelt before his daughter-in-law and confessed that he had been drunk and confused, and thought that it was his deceased wife who had returned.
Because this time, the daughter-in-law was pregnant. She was so ashamed that she wanted to have an abortion.
Sun Yougen knelt down and begged her again: "No matter how wrong I am, it is all my fault, but the mistake has been made. Give the unborn child a chance to survive. As long as you agree to keep the child, I will raise you both from now on, and I will ensure that you have enough food and drink."
Cai Gu is a weak woman, what can she do? If she stays in the Sun family, she will have enough food and drink.
Although her father-in-law was a bit old, he always obeyed her. Sometimes when she was unhappy, she would point at the old man's nose and scold him, but the old man would just keep his head down and say nothing.
So this family lived like this for more than ten years.
However, the reputation of adultery was too bad, so Sun Yougen only told the outside world that the child was his son's posthumous child, and he and Sun Dabao also addressed each other as grandfather and grandson.
If it weren't for what happened later, Sun's mother would never have told her son such a dirty thing.
"Although the old man is not a good person, fortunately he didn't treat my mother and me badly, especially my son, who was treated like the apple of his eye."
"In the early years, he himself said that it couldn't be revealed, so as to avoid Dabao being criticized."
"But later on, I don't know if it was because he got older, but his mindset changed. A few times, he even suggested that Dabao recognize him as his father. I refused to agree, and only then did he give up."
Cai Gu sighed and said to her son, "Mother's life is so miserable! In this life, I have received the Sun family's kindness, and I have also given my whole life to the Sun family. But my precious son cannot be known as a bastard."
"So what do you think the old man's last wish was? To recognize his son?" Lin Qingyue asked.
Cai Gu said, "This should be it."
Lin Qingyue said coldly, "But I think you're still hiding something."
Cai Gu explained in a panic, "These are all true, I'm not hiding anything. I've even told you about something as indecent as this, so what else can I hide?"
Lin Qingyue said, "According to what you said, you've let go of what happened before. You've lived together for over ten years, but why is it that when you mention Sun Yougen, you can't hide the hatred in your eyes?"
Lin Qingyue stared at Cai Gu: "You said you've let go of the past, but when you mentioned Sun Yougen, the hatred in your eyes couldn't be hidden at all."
She swept through the neat courtyard. "You keep the house so clean, you're definitely not lazy. But he developed a vicious ulcer after being paralyzed. It's because he hasn't moved for a long time that the blood vessels are blocked and it will fester. If you really didn't mean any harm, how could you just leave it alone?"
Sun Dabao said, "Now that reminds me! When Grandpa was first bedridden, the doctor said he could live for at least several years. At that time, he was in good spirits and could eat three large bowls of food at a meal. But then he suddenly passed away... Could it be..."
He stared at his mother suddenly, the second half of the sentence stuck in his throat.
Cai Gu's face instantly lost all color, and she slowly fell back onto the stool in silence.
Lin Qingyue said, "You have to tell the truth, then I can help your son find a solution."
Cai Gu was silent for a while, then sighed softly, "I thought no one would find out... That's right, I killed him." Her voice suddenly became fierce, "I hate him, that old man should have died long ago!"
Lin Qingyue asked, "Is it because he forced you? Then why didn't you report it?"
Cai Gu laughed at herself and said, "Because I was stupid, I believed him and thought it was just an accident after being drunk. I remembered his kindness in giving me a meal, so I thought I would forgive him this time, just this once..."
But she didn't expect that her forgiveness would be met with even worse bullying.
The first time, he knelt at Cai Gu's feet and slapped his face hard, until his face turned red.
He cried bitterly and begged, hoping that Cai Gu would forgive him for the sake of the half bowl of wontons.
Cai Gu softened her heart.
Not long after, she found out that she was pregnant, and Sun Yougen knelt down again to beg her to give birth to the child.
He said, "I just went through the pain of losing a child. This child may be a gift from God out of pity for me. When he grows up, he will be your support."
He also said, "Cai Gu, as long as you leave a descendant for our Sun family, if you want to remarry in the future, I will give you a dowry and marry you off in a grand manner. If you don't want to remarry, I will support you and your mother and work like a slave for you!"
In this era, abortion was already difficult, and she had no money and could not even afford to go to the clinic. What could Caigu, a weak woman with no one to rely on, do?
Therefore, compromise became inevitable.
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