Chapter 70 Speculations
It was already dark when Gu Yunyi came back. Xu Qingmeng prepared food for Xun Ge'er alone, put it on a tray and brought it to Xun Ge'er's room.
Xun Ge'er just wanted to say that there was no need to go through so much trouble and he could go out and eat with everyone, but seeing Xu Qingmeng's worried look, he had to hold back.
Gu Yunyi walked into the room with a chill that had not yet faded away. Xu Qingmeng quickly stood up and said, "You're back. How are you?"
They all knew that Gu Yunyi and Huang Boyang followed the yamen runners and took those thugs to the county government office, but now they didn't know how the government office handled the situation.
Gu Yunyi casually drank a glass of water and then said, "Er Laizi is dead. The other people said that Er Laizi gave them money and came to seek revenge. They originally wanted to smash the shop and scare people. No one thought that Er Laizi would use a knife."
"What a sin! We should have asked the bailiffs to arrest him when he tricked Yun Sheng into eating cakes, then this wouldn't have happened." He said gritting her teeth.
Gu Yunyi was about to speak, but stopped talking. Xu Qingmeng shook her head and said, "Mom, it won't happen again in the future. Don't worry. I'll take care of the rest."
"Xun'er, I'm sorry for you. You should rest at home first. Your aunt and I will go back to Xu Village tomorrow."
Xun Ge'er was shocked: "Let's not do it, I'm not seriously ill. If my mother knew about it, she would definitely cry and come with you, and she would definitely nag me nonstop."
Xu Qingmeng thought the same and said quickly, "How can that be possible? Such a big thing has happened, how can I not tell your grandfather? Besides, it's not your fault. Your mother will only feel sorry for you and will definitely not want to nag you."
Xu Xun was very helpless, but since his aunt had said so, he had to nod.
Gu Yunyi came out of Xun Ge'er's room, and his stomach, which had not yet eaten, began to rumble.
He was taking care of Xun Ge'er while he was eating, Xin Ting was taking care of the two little ones in the main room, and Xu Qingmeng directly pulled Gu Yunyi to the kitchen.
There was a big bowl full of braised beef and some chicken soup. The golden layer of oil on top was skimmed off, leaving only the rich chicken soup.
Gu Yunyi tried a large bowl of chicken soup, and only then did he feel better in his stomach. Then he picked up the bowl and started eating.
Xu Qingmeng asked from the side: "Is this really just Er Laizi's revenge? Where did he get the money to bribe them? There must be someone behind him. Do you have any guesses?"
Gu Yunyi nodded: "It should be the Liu family."
Then he quickly recounted what he and Huang Boyang had done in the capital city.
"Destroying someone's financial resources is like killing their parents, not to mention that it involves the imperial examination. If the prefect is tougher, the Liu family will be implicated. If the Liu family gets the news and deliberately retaliates against the Gu family, do you think it will really be so simple that only Xun Ge'er will be hurt?"
Xu Qingmeng said it pointedly.
It seems very dangerous today, but if you just step back and look at it, that Er Laizi has no intention of killing anyone. At most, he was instigated to cause trouble at the Gu family and scare the He family.
Finally, when he saw the money in the cash box, he suddenly had an idea. Then when he saw Xun Ge'er holding a fire poker and trying to hit him, he hurt Xun Ge'er subconsciously as a conditioned reflex.
Although this behavior is also bad, it is obviously different from deliberate revenge.
Gu Yunyi had actually thought about it, and said, "Liu Shengming is flamboyant, but he's not a very cautious or smart person. He's just a dandy boy who's audacious because of the reputation of the Liu family. If he really did it, instigating others, it would be better for him to bring people to the door himself. But he really doesn't know who would have a grudge against their Gu family."
Xu Qingmeng paused, remembering a detail. After all, his original brain could not think of that method at all. It seemed that someone was guiding all this, with the purpose of destroying the Gu family.
Even after becoming the Prime Minister, Gu Yunyi only thought that the original person was the culprit who caused his family to be destroyed. Strangely enough, Xu Qingmeng did not see any clues about that person in the book, as if he appeared out of thin air.
She raised her eyes and looked over, and her gaze met Gu Yunyi's eyes straightly.
Gu Yunyi's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Mrs. Meng, do you have any guesses?"
Xu Qingmeng froze for a moment, her scalp numbing from being stared at. Just for a moment, she seemed to see the first time she met Gu Yunyi again.
At that time, his eyes were full of such vigilance and the desire to kill her. Now, she just hesitated for a moment, and he could easily detect it.
She suddenly felt that now might be a good time. The Gu family had overcome the difficulties, the He family was doing well, Yun Sheng and Yun Mo were also doing well, and Gu Yunyi was also highly regarded by the Huang family. Although there were reasons related to Mr. Shen, the Huang family valued Gu Yunyi's talents more.
Besides, my belly will definitely become more and more obvious in the future, and it’s impossible for them not to notice it. Why not just confess it now?
After all, she had been doing her best after she came here, and had not treated his family harshly. At most, she had drugged him and he was forced to sleep with her. After he confessed, the worst that could happen was that he couldn't accept it and they parted ways. Besides, she was the one who suffered the loss, wasn't she?
Xu Qingmeng mustered up her courage and said through gritted teeth: "Before I married into this family..."
"Forget it. You've only been at the Gu family for a short time, and you're busy in the kitchen every day. What can you guess? If I want to know, I'll definitely find out. Don't guess wrong and wrongly accuse a good person."
Gu Yunyi turned his eyes away, lowered his head and started eating.
All of Xu Qingmeng's words were stuck in her throat. The courage she had just mustered up was like a balloon, which was punctured and deflated in an instant.
Until the very end, when Gu Yunyi finished his meal, Xu Qingmeng still hadn't prepared herself mentally. After all, she didn't know who this person was, and even if she told him, would Gu Yunyi believe her? She could only watch Gu Yunyi finish his meal.
Then he snatched the dishes from her hands and started washing them in the kitchen. Xu Qingmeng just stood in front of the stove, looking at the man washing the dishes, feeling different emotions in her heart.
"It's getting late, go to bed early. I'll take care of it here. Let Yunmo sleep with me, so that he won't run into Xun Ge'er at night." Gu Yunyi suddenly said when he saw her standing there in a daze.
Xu Qingmeng chuckled: "Before, mother was still complaining that you didn't come back because you wanted to be lazy in the capital and didn't want to come back to work. Now it seems that mother has wronged you. These dishes and chopsticks must be cleaned."
Gu Yunyi also had a smile on his face.
(End of this chapter)
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