Jiang Yuan laughed in anger, glancing sideways at Fang Dani: "Have you forgotten that I gave Gu Yong to you because I didn't want him back then! Now that he's no longer the army commander, you all think he's useless and don't want him anymore, and then you come to tell me that you gave him to me? Do you think I, Jiang Yuan, am a garbage collector? You, Fang Dani, don't want him, so why would I want him? You think too highly of yourself."
Fang Dani's face flushed red. She wanted to turn around and leave, but when she thought of going to see her son Gu Dajun and what he had told her, she held back.
Gu Dajun has already confessed that Gu Yong is no longer a hope, and now the only ones they can count on are Jiang Yuan and Jiang Zhiyuan.
If the victims Jiang Zhiyuan and Xu Ningyan were to say a few words and write a letter of understanding, his charges could be significantly reduced.
He knew it wouldn't be easy, but there was no other way, was there?
We should at least give it a try, right? Let's first test Jiang Yuan's attitude. If she still has feelings for Gu Yong, then we'll say we'll give him back to her.
If they no longer have any feelings for Gu Yong, that would be even better. They could then have a serious talk with Jiang Yuan about how they treated Gu Yong, and say that they had vented their anger on behalf of Jiang Yuan and the others.
If Jiang Yuan and the others felt that this was not enough, they could even make things more difficult for Gu Yong after he went to the countryside, making his life even harder.
Fang Dani would do anything for her son.
So they came knocking on my door, first testing the waters, and seeing that Jiang Yuan no longer had feelings for Gu Yong, they remembered the second plan that Gu Dajun had mentioned.
He suppressed his anger and continued with a forced smile, "Sister Jiang, it's my fault for not knowing how to speak! Please don't hold it against me! We're all unfortunate souls who were harmed by Gu Yong!"
As she spoke, she began to wipe away her tears.
“I felt bad for you and your two children when I was with the Gu family, but I had no choice! I was angry too! I was Gu Yong’s first wife, and those years of marriage were tough! Then he had an accident and disappeared without a trace! I had to raise two children and take care of two elderly people all by myself. You don’t know how hard it is for a widow in the countryside to raise children and elderly people!”
“After dark, people would climb over the wall and knock on the windows. When I went out alone, those scoundrels would harass me with their mouths and try to take advantage of me! I had no choice but to remarry! But I did right by the Gu family and Gu Yong! I not only brought my two children with me, but I also took care of my two elderly parents! No widow in the surrounding area is as kind as me!”
"Do you know how difficult it was for me, a widow, to remarry with my child and elderly parents? I had to be careful with my food, afraid to take an extra bite! I had to appease my husband and do everything at home, or I'd be accused of being a freeloader! But then I found out that by then, that bastard Gu Yong had already become a high-ranking officer in the army!"
"If he had sent a reliable person, or gone back to his hometown himself to investigate carefully, wouldn't he have found out where we were? He's just not trying. He'd rather we were all dead so he could find someone better without any guilt."
"When our family arrives in the capital, seeing those little villas and the good life you're living, how can we be content? All these years I've suffered and toiled to support his Gu family's bloodline, Gu Yong's parents, while he marries a new woman, becomes a high-ranking official, and lives such a good life in the capital! How can I not hate him?"
"All of this should have been enjoyed by my son and me, but now it has to be shared equally with you and your son! What's more, Gu Yong's heart is with you and your two sons! You've been in the capital for many years. If I don't plan for myself and my son, won't the Gu family all belong to your two sons in the future?"
"But why is it that after all the suffering my son and I endured, we still got nothing in the end? So I swallowed my resentment, humbled myself, and the whole family fawned over Gu Yong and flattered him! We were subservient to him and held him in high esteem! Gu Yong is a man who cares about his reputation. As long as you give him enough face and satisfy his needs, he's the easiest to talk to and will agree to anything you ask!"
“I’m a country woman. My son and I depend on Gu Yong to live. To live better, we have to fawn over him, beg him, and rely on him. Our future is all in his hands! You’re a rich girl from the city, a doctor, with a job and income. Although he likes you, he also respects and fears you. He can’t put on airs or show his power in front of you!”
"So, his heart gradually leaned towards me and my son! But I know that he still loves you the most! Although he favors my two sons, he values the two sons you gave birth to the most! He has said to me more than once that once my two sons get married, he will separate them and want to live the old life with you and the two sons you gave birth to."
“How could I allow that? Does he think we’d be satisfied with just a pittance? Gu Yong is underestimating me, Fang Dani! What I want is the entire Gu family! So I coaxed him, pushing the timeline back until you couldn’t take it anymore and gave up on your own!”
At this point, Fang Dani suddenly laughed: "You should thank me! If I hadn't interfered and forced you all this time, you would probably still be being fooled by Gu Yong, losing money and effort! It was only because of me that you saw Gu Yong's true colors and were able to get out of this mess, right?"
Jiang Yuan stopped what she was doing, looked at Fang Dani quietly for a while, and then smiled: "So do you think I should thank you? It's your business if you hate Gu Yong, and it's fine if you want the Gu family's things! But you shouldn't have targeted my son! If you really hate Gu Yong and wish he were dead, why didn't you target Gu Yong?"
"It's nothing more than your greed for Gu Yong becoming a military leader, and your desire to monopolize the Gu family! No matter how eloquently you speak, it can't cover up the fact that you hired someone to commit murder for personal gain, can it?"
"Do you know what this is called? This is called wanting to have your cake and eat it too! And you want me to thank you? Thank you for sowing discord day after day for over a decade? Thank you for disgusting me for over a decade? Or thank you for your son trying to kill my son?"
"Fang Dani, I didn't hold it against you before because I didn't want to! Do you think I'm really stupid? I know why you're here. Gu Yong is useless now, right? Your eldest son is still locked up and will soon be facing a military court! He'll be imprisoned for at least twenty or thirty years before he gets out! You're desperate and have no one to help you, so you're resorting to desperate measures and coming to me to beg for mercy, right?"
Fang Dani stared at Jiang Yuan in shock, not expecting that Jiang Yuan had seen through her intentions so clearly.
Seeing Fang Dani's shocked expression, Jiang Yuan sneered, "You want me to plead for her? Or you want me to talk to my son and daughter-in-law and ask the military region to make an exception?"
Fang Dani nodded blankly, then said urgently, "As long as you're willing to help us, we're willing to give you anything! We have some money and things at home, we'll give them all to you!"
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