Cheating on her husband's mistress? I seduced her third son.

Chapter 90 The two brothers begin to make a choice

the other side.

A huge fire was raging inside the ancestral hall, with thick smoke billowing into the sky.

Fire trucks arrived quickly, and firefighters swiftly pulled up hoses, ready to extinguish the fire.

When Gu Xizhou saw the thick smoke from inside the car, he rushed over immediately. He was like a madman, completely ignoring the firefighters and servants who tried to stop him, and with red eyes, he tried to break into the fire.

He mistakenly believed that Su Yutang was trapped inside and that he had to rescue her.

And so, he recklessly plunged into the sea of ​​fire.

The firefighters were shocked and immediately grabbed hoses and rushed in after him, fearing he might perish in the flames.

Gu Xizhou rushed into the ancestral hall, where raging fire was raging all around, and the roof beams were so hot that they were in danger of collapsing at any moment.

He coughed violently from the thick smoke, his eyes were bloodshot, but he still screamed and cried out at the top of his lungs.

"Wife...wife, where are you? I'm coming to take you home..."

"Wife..."

He called out again and again.

Flames, accompanied by waves of heat, engulfed him, scorching his skin, but he was oblivious, frantically searching through the inferno for the figure etched in his heart.

Firefighters followed closely behind, spraying high-pressure water cannons fiercely at the raging flames, with water mist and thick smoke swirling and churning in the air.

Several more firefighters quickly arrived as reinforcements. One firefighter grabbed Gu Xizhou's arm tightly and shouted at him in a deafening voice, "Sir! I've confirmed it, there's no one else in the ancestral hall! Everyone has evacuated safely. You need to come with us! This place could collapse at any moment, it's too dangerous!"

Blinded by his obsession, Gu Xizhou wouldn't listen to any advice. He shook off the firefighter's hand, his voice hoarse and broken.

"No, my wife is still here. She's kneeling in the ancestral hall. I can't leave. I have to find her. I have to save her!"

Suddenly, a sickeningly loud cracking sound came from above.

The roof beams, brittle from the fire, collapsed.

Inside the Gu family hall.

A compelling choice between two options is unfolding.

Gu Huaiye reached out and put his arm around Su Yutang's waist. The tenderness from not long ago had not yet dissipated, making it impossible for him to abandon the person in his arms at this moment.

If he abandons his mother for her sake, what's the difference between him and a scumbag who forgets his lover after he's done his bidding?

He looked at Gu Ruyan and said firmly, "Mom, you are my biological mother. I am grateful to you for giving me life and raising me. I also promise you that as long as you live, I will be filial to you until you die. Whether you acknowledge me or not, my filial piety will never change."

"But for the next few decades, the only person I will spend the rest of my life with is Tangtang, so I will definitely choose her. I'm sorry, Mom."

When Gu Ruyan heard that her own son, whom she had raised with great difficulty for twenty-five years, had publicly chosen an outsider between his biological mother and a wild woman, she completely broke down.

Her legs gave way and she collapsed onto the sofa, clutching the cushions tightly with both hands, crying her heart out.

"What a misfortune for our family! What a true misfortune for our family!"

"My son, whom I raised for twenty-five years, actually abandoned his own mother for some other woman!"

"I can't live like this anymore, I might as well be dead!"

She cried and pounded on the sofa, wailing in despair.

"Ancestors of the Gu family, I have failed you! Not only did I fail to protect the Gu family ancestral hall, but now even the descendants of the Gu family have been bewitched by a wild woman! I have no face to face my ancestors in the afterlife..."

The mournful cries echoed throughout the villa's hall, making everyone's heart clench.

Gu Chengyan couldn't bear to watch any longer.

Seeing his mother crying so heartbrokenly and pitifully, he felt an unbearable pang of sorrow and reluctance.

As the eldest son of the Gu family, he should shoulder the honor and disgrace of the Gu family and protect the family's reputation. However, in his heart, the person he most wanted to choose was Su Yutang.

He hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and gently comforted her, "Mom, please stop crying. Your health is the most important thing. Yutang is not an outsider. She is a very good person with a kind heart. From now on, she will be with me and we will take good care of you together. We will not let you suffer any grievances."

Gu Ruyan raised her head with tears streaming down her face. Her face was pale and filled with despair. She gripped Gu Chengyan's arm tightly, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

"Chengyan, Huaiye doesn't want his mother anymore, so what about you? Do you still want your mother? You're the eldest son in the family, and you're the most composed and sensible. Tell me, would you choose that woman or me?"

Gu Huaiye hurriedly explained, "Mom, don't talk nonsense. When did I say I didn't want you? I told you long ago that as long as you're alive, I will definitely take care of you until you're old! You're the one who forced me to make this choice. I had no choice at all. Aren't you just making yourself suffer?"

Seeing that Gu Huaiye chose her without hesitation and that Gu Ruyan was so angry that she broke down and cried, Su Yutang was very satisfied with her performance.

While everyone's attention was focused on the crying Gu Ruyan, she secretly reached out and touched Gu Huaiye.

Gu Huaiye froze. He suppressed the heat in his heart, lowered his head, and pressed his thin lips to Su Yutang's ear, whispering a threatening yet indulgent murmur in a deep voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Little vixen, there was an accident just now, I didn't feed you properly. Just wait, I'll kill you later!"

Gu Ruyan shook Gu Chengyan's arm desperately, crying so hard she could barely breathe.

"Listen to what your brother is saying! Is that even human? He chose that woman over our mother without hesitation! He doesn't want our mother anymore; he doesn't want me as his mother!"

"Chengyan... Your father passed away early, and your mother didn't remarry for your sake. Did you know how hard it was for her all these years? Now that you've all grown up, you want to betray your mother and abandon her, don't you?"

She stared intently at Gu Chengyan, her eyes filled with a final hope and a sense of coercion, pressing him with every word.

"Tell me, who do you choose? Do you choose me, your own mother who raised you from infancy, or that nobody, that wild woman? Who do you choose?"

Gu Chengyan felt as if his heart was being torn apart by two hands, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.

On one side is Su Yutang, whom he cherishes and loves deeply, and on the other side is his biological mother who gave birth to him with great difficulty, raised him, and devoted her whole life to taking care of the family.

Looking at his mother, who was crying her heart out and nearly fainting, he simply couldn't bring himself to be cruel.

His mother had only been discharged from the hospital not long ago. If he chose Su Yutang in front of her now, it would only drive her to the brink of despair. If she got so angry that she had to be hospitalized again, he would be burdened with the stigma of being unfilial for the rest of his life and would never have peace.

He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word; all that remained was a heart full of struggle and torment.

Su Yutang stared at Gu Chengyan. She knew this man well. He was loyal and filial, calm yet soft-hearted. At this moment when his mother was crying to the point of collapse, he simply couldn't bring himself to choose her.

Rather than leaving him in a dilemma and suffering, it's better for her to make the decision for him.