Chapter 312 Breaking Through Her Defenses
As soon as Gu Ruanci finished speaking, Zhou Qingdai was shocked and thought she had heard it wrong.
"What?"
"If you can bring me your mother's head, I will forgive you."
Gu Ruanci was calm and composed, and his tone left no room for doubt.
Zhou Qingdai fell to the ground, and was in deep suspicion.
"I must have heard it wrong..." She tried to get up and wake herself up.
Gu Ruanci watched her struggling there and did not stop her.
Zhou Qingdai finally stood up shakily, her face as pale as paper, her eyes full of disbelief and despair.
"Soft words, how can you say such things? She...she didn't do anything to hurt you back then. She just didn't help."
Gu Ruanci sneered, and that smile was full of sarcasm and coldness.
"She didn't do anything? Are you trying to confuse my memory? I remember everything she did to us mother and daughter. Now, what excuses are you trying to use to put me off? Oh, and I haven't forgotten what you did back then."
Zhou Qingdai didn't expect that her memory was so good, and those little things would make her always hold grudges.
"Soft words, I know this is hard to accept, but I really hope you can give me a chance so that we can make things clear. At least, don't let the hatred continue, okay?" Zhou Qingdai's tone was almost pleading.
Gu Ruanci remained unmoved, her eyes were firm and cold, as if she had made some kind of decision.
"A chance? Do you deserve it? Zhou Qingdai, when we were little, I remember every time you pretended to be an older sister and used harsh words to hurt me, trying to sow discord between our second branch. I also remember every time you viciously cursed me that my life would be worth less than those three fools in the Zhou family. Now, you tell me that everything back then was all a misunderstanding. How many times did your mother put obstacles in my mother's way? How many sinister ways did she come up with to cause my mother to miscarry because my mother gave birth to a son and she couldn't? Do you really think that we don't know all this?"
Zhou Qingdai's expression turned even uglier. Her lips trembled as she tried to retort, but she found herself speechless. Gu Ruanci unraveled all those long-buried memories, each one like a sharp knife, stabbing her heart.
She suddenly realized that Gu Ruanci in front of her was no longer the little girl who allowed herself to be bullied by her.
The current Gu Ruanci has a firm gaze and a cold tone. He has been completely transformed and has become a person she doesn't recognize at all.
"I... I don't know what you are talking about." Zhou Qingdai's voice trembled a little, and she tried to cover up the truth with lies.
She didn't dare admit these things. Once she did, she and her mother would become Gu Ruanci's real enemies.
Gu Ruanci sneered, as if he had seen through her thoughts.
"Don't know? Then go ask your mother and see if she dares to deny what she did back then. Your father was a failure, and your mother was incompetent. She could only watch helplessly as my mother gave birth to son after son, helping that old bastard Zhou Zhili seize the title of Marquis. Your mother, that sinister woman, didn't dare to attack Zhou Zhili directly, so she used all her tricks on us. I'm young, but you're not young anymore, are you? Do you really need me to tell you everything that happened back then before you admit it?"
Zhou Qingdai's eyes suddenly became moist. She didn't expect Gu Ruanci to say such a decisive thing.
"Soft words, I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong. Can you please forgive me this time for the sake of us growing up together? I promise that this will never happen again."
Gu Ruanci looked at her, his eyes full of indifference and ridicule.
"Forgive you? Do you deserve it? Zhou Qingdai, do you think your tears can move me? Don't forget how you treated my mother and me back then. Now, you want to wipe away the past grudges with a few tears. It's really ridiculous."
Zhou Qingdai tried every possible method, but was faced with Gu Ruanci's absolutely ruthless performance.
She had no choice but to say, "Yes, I admit that we were a bit extreme back then. Is your mother really innocent? She knew this marriage was not a good one, but she insisted on marrying me, just to help the wife of the Duke of Huguo be with him. It would have been fine if she had married me. At that time, my mother almost succeeded in convincing my grandmother to adopt a son, so that my father would have both a son and a daughter. But your mother said she was pregnant shortly after she married me, which directly disrupted my mother's plans. As a result, as you can see, Zhou Yuxiu was born. My mother no longer had any need to adopt a son, and my father's position as the crown prince was no longer secure."
When she said this, she was really feeling it.
"If you haven't got something, you think it's yours. If something goes wrong, you think someone else has robbed you and you are the sinner. Who taught you this kind of logic?" Gu Ruanci's tone was full of sarcasm.
She did not think that the reason Zhou Qingdai had just given was reasonable, but rather absurd and vicious.
"My father was already the Crown Prince at that time. As long as he had a son, he could inherit the throne..."
"Isn't this title owned by the Zhou family? Your mother wanted to adopt a child from the Wen family back then. Even if he had the surname Zhou, would he be closer than Zhou Yuxiu and the others? Who doesn't know what your mother is thinking? Isn't it just to revive the Wen family? I really can't understand. What's so great about the Wen family? Without the Wen family, Dayao will be doomed, or the whole world will be destroyed? The Wen family has such a strong presence, how come no one knows about it? Nowadays, the most famous branch of the Wen family, the Wen Shangshu family, which was once looked down upon by your mother. Hasn't it proved that your mother and your aunt were wrong? Why are you quibbling with me? I don't think your mother is helpless, I just think she is vicious and deserves to die."
Zhou Qingdai was so angry at Gu Runci's words that her face turned pale. She didn't expect Gu Runci to reveal the scars of these years so bluntly, and every word hit her sore spot.
She gritted her teeth, suppressing the anger and resentment in her heart, and retorted, "What gives you the right to say that? You don't understand our situation back then! My mother was only thinking about the family. What did she do wrong?"
Gu Ruanci sneered, her eyes filled with contempt. "Don't understand? I don't need to understand your situation. I only know that you have hurt innocent people and should pay the price. If your mother really cared about the family, she wouldn't have used such despicable means to snatch things that don't belong to her. Her so-called revival of the Wen family is nothing but her own selfish desires."
Zhou Qingdai wanted to argue again, but was interrupted by Gu Ruanci: "Enough! I don't want to listen to your nonsense anymore. You came here today, didn't you want me to forgive you? I tell you, it's impossible! I will never forget the evil things you and your mother did back then. You owe me, and my mother, you will never be able to repay it in this lifetime!"
Seeing Zhou Qingdai's expression, Gu Ruanci felt that the situation was about right, so he walked over and whispered in her ear, "I already know that your mother sent people to hunt down my mother and me. This time I went up the mountain, and you were with me, which just happened to help me prove my alibi. As for your mother in the city, it's time for her to pay the price for her actions. Don't worry, you will see her head soon. You don't have to mention it this time, I will take it directly."
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