Chapter 549 - 551: The Savior Is Here

Chapter 549: Chapter 551: The Savior Is Here

Li Cuicui was full of confidence now. She had figured out how things worked and had nothing to fear.

As long as the Gu family relied on Seventh, their tolerance for her, his birth mother, would be practically limitless.

Looking down at Gu Dashishi, Li Cuicui suddenly smiled. "It’s not like couples don’t fight in this village. Blows are exchanged, and sometimes, people don’t know their own strength. Accidental injuries are bound to happen."

"So tell me, with that broken-down body of yours, what’s the most important part?"

Sensing the malice in her eyes, Gu Dashishi panicked. "What are you trying to do? Murder is a capital offense!"

"Murder? That’s not a bad idea."

"It’s just a shame that your life is still useful, you old bastard. I’ll have to tolerate you for a few more years."

Jeopardizing Seventh’s future for an old coot like him was not part of Li Cuicui’s plan.

Before Gu Dashishi could figure out what Li Cuicui was planning, a thick wooden club appeared in her hand.

Gu Dashishi opened his mouth to cry for help, but he never got the chance. With a loud THUD, a piercing pain shot through his leg.

Before he could even shield his legs, the second blow landed.

He thought he heard a sickening CRACK. "My leg! My leg...!"

Outside the door, Gu Yuanjin and his brothers wore grim expressions. Ignoring their mother’s orders, they began to pound on the door. "Mother! Mother...!"

"This is no good. We have to go get the Old Clan Leader," Gu Yuanmu said, unable to wait another second. Without waiting for his brothers to reply, he took off running.

"Fourth, don’t stop Second Brother." Gu Yuanhuo looked at the hand gripping his arm, his forehead breaking out in a sweat from anxiety.

Gu Yuanshui said, "Let Second Brother go. This business with our parents needs a resolution."

"Besides, Dad was the one in the wrong first. Even if the clan elders come, they’ll know how to weigh the severity of it."

"But I’m afraid some of the clan elders will cause trouble with Mother acting like this." Gu Yuanhuo was worried about Li Cuicui. After all, a wife beating her husband would damage her reputation, and the village would be filled with gossip again.

Gu Yuanjin said, "Third, your fourth brother is right. Did you hear those howls from inside? The fact that he still has enough energy to scream like that means Mother is holding back. At most, he’ll just suffer some cuts and bruises."

"Second Brother left to get help at the perfect time. By the time they get here, Mother will have let off some steam, and Dad will have learned his lesson."

Gu Yuantu nodded in agreement. "Our mother has been terribly wronged. It’s all because of that bitch from Fu County. If you all hadn’t stopped me, I’d have run in there and given him a beating myself."

"You’re even more hot-headed than Third Brother these days," Gu Yuanjin snorted. "And you need to get that wife of yours under control. Your little girl is your child, but Le Shun is the future of the Gu family line."

"If I hear that you’ve let my nephew be mistreated for the sake of that swaddled infant again, you’d better watch out, because I’ll deal with you myself."

Hearing his eldest brother’s words, Gu Yuantu felt aggrieved but couldn’t say a thing. Both his son and daughter were the apples of his eye; he truly didn’t favor one over the other.

But for some reason, his wife had become obsessed, treating their newborn like a precious treasure while treating the son who’d been with them for so many years as less than dirt.

He had talked to her, and he had yelled at her, but while Hong Daya would agree to his face, she would go right back to doing whatever she wanted behind his back.

He felt helpless now. As long as he wasn’t traveling far, he kept the boy by his side. But that wasn’t a long-term solution; the child still had to attend classes at the clan school in the village.

Just then, Gu Yuanshui let out a cold laugh. "Eldest Brother, why are you wasting your breath on him?"

"Mother has warned him about this countless times. Maybe our dear brother here also believes his newborn daughter has some priceless future ahead of her and he has to start currying favor now."

Gu Yuantu protested, "Fourth Brother, I’m not..."

"Whether you are or not is your business. It won’t be me who angers Mother, anyway." Gu Yuanshui glanced back at the door. "When a mother decides to teach her son a lesson, no one can stop her."

In front of his brothers, Gu Yuantu gave a cowardly shiver. His own father’s screams were still ringing in his ears. ’If Mother decides to teach me a lesson, will she be even more brutal?’

’I can’t think about it. I won’t think about it. Looks like I’ll have to go back and have a long talk with Hong Daya. Mother never lays a hand on her daughters-in-law, but she shows no mercy when it comes to her sons.’

Gu Yuanshui chuckled mockingly. They all doted on their wives, but not so shamelessly.

’Just watch,’ he thought. ’Fifth Brother is definitely in for a beating. It’s just a matter of how long Mother can hold back.’

At this time, the rest of the clan was working in the fields. When they saw Gu Yuanmu stumbling toward them, those who didn’t know what was going on straightened up in curiosity.

"Third Grand-uncle, my father and mother are fighting! You have to go take a look, quickly!" Gu Yuanmu tried to cover for his mother, phrasing it as a simple couple’s squabble.

"How did they start fighting?" Gu Sanbu frowned. "Aren’t the two of them just leaving each other alone these days? What happened?"

He even wondered to himself if that rascal Gu Dashishi had gone and done something foolish again.

"We’re all locked out of the house! Please, hurry over. We’re afraid something terrible will happen."

This vague explanation only made everyone more curious. Some people had already started walking out of the fields. "We’d better go take a look. They’re both getting on in years; let’s hope they don’t get hurt."

Gu Yuanmu was speechless. "..."

"Let’s go. I want to see what kind of trouble Dashishi has stirred up this time," Gu Datian said, already annoyed. What a mess. Just when everyone was working hard, who would have the heart to stay in the fields now?

It was one thing for them not to help, but they were just making a mess of things.

With someone taking the lead, the others quickly followed, afraid that if they were late, they would miss the show and be stuck doing hard labor.

Gu Yuanmu, however, was lamenting internally. ’Our family is going to be utterly humiliated this time. With so many people running over, there’s no way to hide what’s happening.’

By the time Gu Sanbu arrived with a crowd in tow, he saw Gu Yuanjin and his brothers huddled by the door.

"What’s all this commotion? Your parents are fighting, and you boys don’t know how to calm them down?" Gu Sanbu didn’t think it was a big deal. After all, the two had been at odds for years and had always managed.

"Third Grand-uncle, my parents are physically fighting," Gu Yuanshui said, rushing over and grabbing the old man’s hand as if he’d found his savior. "You have to get them to open the door."

These days, Gu Sanbu didn’t look upon Gu Yuanshui as favorably as he once had. He had originally intended to groom him as the next Clan Leader, but the boy was as slippery as an eel, always finding excuses to avoid him.

"With all you brothers right here, you should have tried harder to talk them down."

"It wasn’t because you boys were arguing, was it?"

"No, not at all," said Gu Yuanshui. "This whole thing started because of my father... Anyway, it’s not our place as his sons to talk about it. You should ask them yourself."

The members of the Gu family who had followed along exchanged knowing glances among themselves. It was just as they had all guessed: Gu Dashishi must have done something wrong again.