novelraw Chapter 89 The old woman forces me to choose between my two sons and me.
Chapter 89 The old woman forces me to choose between my two sons and me.
Soon, Gu Chengyan and Gu Ruyan rushed to the Gu Clan Ancestral Hall.
When Gu Ruyan saw the ancestral hall, she was so frightened that her soul almost flew away.
She stared in disbelief at the devastation before her, the Gu family ancestral hall engulfed in flames.
Gu Chengyan searched anxiously through the crowd.
He breathed a sigh of relief the moment he confirmed that Su Yutang was safe and sound.
Thank goodness... thank goodness she's alright.
He practically rushed over, snatched Su Yutang from Gu Huaiye's arms and pulled her back into his own, urgently comforting her, "Yutang, I'm sorry I'm late. Are you hurt?"
As he spoke, he began to examine her entire body.
But when his gaze fell on the exceptionally thin and exposed fabric under her coat, and then coldly glanced at Gu Huaiye beside her, Gu Chengyan instantly understood something, and his face suddenly turned cold.
But right now, he can't afford to dwell on those things.
"Tell me quickly, are you injured anywhere?"
Su Yutang gently shook her head, pretending to be frightened.
"I'm not hurt, don't worry, I'm fine."
"Su Yutang, you bitch! You're a jinx!"
Seeing the ancestral hall burned to the ground while Su Yutang was unharmed, Gu Ruyan was instantly enraged. She rushed to Su Yutang, pointed her finger at her nose, and questioned her sharply.
"Did you do this? Did you burn down our Gu Clan Ancestral Hall? I'm calling the police! I'm going to put you in jail!"
"It wasn't me."
As soon as Su Yutang finished speaking, Gu Huaiye strode forward, stood directly in front of her, and pressed down Gu Ruyan's hand that was pointing at someone.
"Mom, you've misunderstood Tangtang. This has nothing to do with her."
Gu Ruyan trembled with rage, gritting her teeth as she roared, "Not her? Then tell me, how did the ancestral hall catch fire when everything was perfectly fine?"
Gu Chengyan gently patted Su Yutang's back to reassure her, then looked up at Gu Ruyan and said in a deep voice, "Mom, there's too much smoke here. Let's go back to the main hall first."
The group quickly returned to the main hall of the Gu residence.
Gu Ruyan sat in the main seat of the sofa with a livid face, while Gu Chengyan and Gu Huaiye stood on either side of Su Yu and Yu Tang, protecting them firmly.
Liu Ma was so frightened that she collapsed to her knees, trembling uncontrollably.
Gu Ruyan coldly swept her gaze across the crowd, finally fixing it on Liu Ma, and demanded sharply, "Speak! What exactly happened? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on Su Yutang? Why did the ancestral hall catch fire? Where were you when the fire started? And what were you doing?"
Aunt Liu raised her head tremblingly, her eyes subconsciously glancing at Gu Huaiye beside her, but she dared not say that it was Gu Huaiye who gave her the money and asked her to leave the ancestral hall and wait outside.
"That's enough!"
Gu Huaiye took all the responsibility upon himself and spoke frankly.
"I asked Aunt Liu to keep watch outside. I saw Tangtang kneeling alone in the ancestral hall, feeling bored, so I couldn't help but go in to keep her company. The ancestral hall caught fire. It must have been because the candle next to the memorial tablet accidentally fell over and set the tablet on fire. I don't blame anyone else. If you want to blame someone, blame me."
Enraged, Gu Ruyan smashed the teacup in front of her to the ground, shards of porcelain flying everywhere. Her chest heaved violently as she gasped for breath.
She glared at Gu Huaiye, who was fiercely protecting Su Yutang, and scolded him with exasperation, "She's only been kneeling for a short while, and you couldn't resist going to see her? Look at what she's wearing, dressed so provocatively, she's clearly trying to seduce you!"
"I'm so angry! How could I have given birth to such a useless brat! Are you trying to drive me to my death before you're satisfied, before you've achieved your goal?"
Su Yutang then spoke up.
"Aunt Gu, please don't be angry. It's all my fault. The ancestral hall can be rebuilt after it burns down, and the memorial tablets can be remade after they are destroyed. Your health is important, so please don't get upset and ruin your life."
"Shut up!"
Gu Ruyan instantly tore through all pretense and coldly cursed.
"This is a matter for my Gu family. When did it become your place, an outsider, to interfere? Who do you think you are, daring to speak to me like that!"
"Mom, don't go too far!"
Gu Chengyan's face darkened.
"You made Yutang kneel in the ancestral hall, and now you're blaming her? Besides, the fire wasn't her fault at all. How could you say such hurtful things to her?"
Looking at Gu Ruyan's ferocious face, Gu Chengyan felt utterly unfamiliar with her.
Her current harsh expression is completely different from her loving demeanor not long ago.
Gu Huaiye suddenly chuckled, seeing right through Gu Ruyan's thoughts.
"Mom, you never intended to make peace with Tangtang. From the very beginning, you deliberately made Yutang kneel in the ancestral hall to embarrass her, didn't you? I've already made it very clear that the fire in the ancestral hall has nothing to do with Tangtang, but the way you acted just now, is that how you treat your future daughter-in-law? She's not an outsider, she's my woman!"
Gu Huaiye's gaze was firm, and he spoke each word clearly.
"Just now, I took her in front of our ancestors, and not a single one of their spirits objected, so it must mean they agreed."
"What...what did you say?"
Gu Ruyan's pupils shrank suddenly, and the anger in her chest shot straight to the top of her head.
"How dare you do that to this woman in front of our ancestors? Are you trying to anger the ancestors of the Gu family to death? Our Gu family ancestral hall is so sacred, how dare you?"
Gu Chengyan's face instantly turned terribly gloomy.
The two of them actually did that kind of thing behind his back.
He wished he could punch Gu Huaiye right then and there.
"Aunt Gu, we really didn't mean it. It's just that when men and women are deeply in love, they don't care about anything else."
Su Yutang explained softly, her tone seemingly innocent, but a cunning glint in her eyes.
After saying that, she raised an eyebrow at Gu Ruyan in a provocative manner.
That one glance completely extinguished Gu Ruyan's last shred of reason.
She suddenly stood up from the sofa and pointed at Su Yutang.
"You did it on purpose! You clearly did it on purpose. I was wondering why you agreed to kneel for a whole day and night so readily. You had already dug this pit for me."
"Cheng Yan! Huai Ye!"
With red eyes, Gu Ruyan roared at her two sons.
"You two must cut ties with her completely today. You're not allowed to touch her again, and you're not allowed to see her again! I'm giving you two a choice now: do you want me, your mother, or that woman?"
Wow, that's an excellent question.
Su Yutang sneered inwardly.
She suddenly remembered that not long ago, she had asked the two Gu brothers who they would save first if she and their mother fell into the water at the same time.
Unexpectedly, Gu Ruyan directly put this difficult problem on the table, forcing them to choose between the two in public.
Do you want your mother, or do you want Su Yutang?
Thinking of this, a hint of amusement flashed in Su Yutang's eyes. She really wanted to see what these two men, who claimed to care about her and love her, would choose at this moment.