The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 515: Rumor-busting

After thinking for a moment, Madam Wei couldn't help but say, "Why don't we go and ask Aunt Tao Hua and the others for help?"

Grandma Gu and Grandpa Gu's eyes lit up.

They had completely forgotten about their eldest daughter-in-law.

The eldest daughter-in-law is a big shot in Pingchuan County; who wouldn't give her some face?
When it comes to matters of life and death, the eldest daughter-in-law cannot possibly ignore them.

Grandpa Gu planned to swallow his pride and visit Tong Huaqiong, but Madam Jia was not happy about it.

"I would rather die than beg her. Is she smug now? Why isn't it her son? Why isn't it her son?" Madam Jia was acting like a madwoman.

Wei was dumbfounded. Her mother-in-law hated the eldest son's family so much that she didn't even care about her own son anymore.

“I don’t ask you how to save Ruinian, Auntie. You just don’t want Ruinian to come back,” Wei said.

Jia grabbed Wei's hand and murmured, "Yes, yes, saving Ruinian is the most important thing."

Gu Honglian smiled coldly and said, "It's too late. My sister-in-law took Tao Hua to the prefectural city early this morning."

Grandpa Gu stood up and said, "I'll go and discuss this with Da Shu and Bai Shuang."

Gu Fengnian accompanied Grandpa Gu, and Gu Honglian went with him.

Grandpa Gu returned looking dejected as it got dark.

"During the hot summer, Yue'e and her husband have gone off somewhere, and Bai Shuang has been invited to dinner by some lady. Now, my sister-in-law doesn't have anyone in charge," Gu Honglian explained to the old lady.

Grandpa Gu said, "I'll have my servants pass on a message: when Dashu and Baishuang return, tell them to come find me."

They waited until midnight but Gu Dashu and Gu Baishuang still hadn't arrived. So, Old Master Gu sent Gu Fengnian to Tong Huaqiong's house, only to find that the entire courtyard was dark.

After Gu Fengnian returned, Grandpa Gu sighed deeply.

Except for Madam Wei and Gu Honglian, none of the Gu family slept all night. As soon as dawn broke, the Gu family, along with Madam Gu and Gu Fengnian, put on their clothes and went to Tong Huaqiong's house.

Gu Honglian, who was at the forefront of gossip, rolled out of bed and followed behind in her shoes.

If I go to my sister-in-law's house at this time, I might be able to get breakfast. But I wouldn't dare to get breakfast from her when she's there. Now, I can only get breakfast from Gu Dashu and Gu Baishuang when they're there, as their aunt.

Gu Dashu got up very early and bought the meat buns, sugar-coated fried dough, and chicken soup that Liu Yue'e had specifically requested. He carried them home in a pot.

As soon as he pushed open the door and squeezed inside, Old Master Gu grabbed the door and stopped him.

Gu Dashu sighed inwardly; he couldn't let his grandfather in either.

Last night, when he and Liu Yue'e returned from shopping, they ran into their eldest sister who was returning from a banquet. The waiter told them that their grandfather had brought Gu Fengnian to see them, the siblings, about something important. After waiting for a long time without seeing them return, they went back first and asked them to go to Wu Ji's backyard when they came back.

He and Gu Baishuang ignored it.

They knew why their mother had fled to the prefectural city.

The news has been making headlines these past few days; they knew about Gu Ruinian's affair even before the people at the old house.

Now that Gu Ruinian's affair has come to light, as the Gu family's most beloved grandson, Old Master Gu will undoubtedly spare no effort to save him. Pingchuan can only turn to the eldest son's family for help since he can't find anyone else to turn to.

Gu Dashu thought to himself that the reason he and his elder sister didn't go to Wu Ji last night was to tell Grandpa Gu that they wouldn't interfere in this matter, nor could they.

Especially the Zheng family. Gu Dashu's eyelids twitched whenever he heard the name of the Zheng family. Getting involved with them was never a good thing. He was now on the right path and wanted to completely sever ties with the people and things that had led him to his past misdeeds.

He can't go to the Zheng family's house.

Besides, Gu Ruinian did such a shameless thing during the hot summer, and when word spread outside that there was a Gu family in Qinghewan, people thought it was him.

He has explained it several times.

Why did Gu Baishuang go to the banquet yesterday? It was to dispel the rumors that the man surnamed Gu from Qinghewan, the subject of the scandal, had no relation to them. It's true what they say, it takes only a mouth to spread rumors, but endless legwork to refute them.

They've been cleaning up Gu Ruinian's mess for days, and they finally managed to extricate their branch of the family from the situation; they don't want to get involved again.

They came again early this morning.

Gu Dashu gets a headache whenever he sees people in the old house.

"Dàshǔ, you've been taking so long to buy breakfast." Liu Yue'e took advantage of Gu Dashu's time to get ready at home, and appeared in the yard looking radiant with red lips and white teeth.

Normally, Grandma Gu would have been critical of the difference in status and made a few sarcastic remarks, but now, for the sake of her beloved grandson, she didn't care about anything else.

"There were so many people in line, I almost didn't get to buy any. I waited for four batches of the sugar-coated fried dough you wanted before it was my turn." Gu Dashu carried the pot into the house.

Upon hearing that there were sugar-coated fried dough cakes, Gu Honglian followed closely behind Gu Dashu and said, "Dashu, I want to eat some too."

Grandma Gu was furious. Did Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e think they were dead? They didn't even say hello.

Grandpa Gu was also unhappy.

The rules for the eldest son's family are really bad.

After entering the house, Liu Yue'e and Gu Dashu exchanged a few more words before Liu Yue'e, as if she had just discovered Grandpa Gu and the others, exclaimed in surprise, "Grandpa and Grandma, what brings you here so early in the morning?"

Old Master Gu felt a tightness in his chest. Liu Yue'e was asking a question she already knew the answer to, probably because the eldest son's family already knew about Gu Ruinian's affairs.

"You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Come and have some with us." Liu Yue'e and Gu Dashu invited Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu to sit down at the table.

The two of them couldn't possibly eat it.

Ignoring everyone else, Gu Honglian grabbed a large meat bun and bit into it, her mouth dripping with oil.

At this moment, Gu Baishuang came in to eat breakfast after washing up. She greeted Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu naturally, and then sat down next to Liu Yue'e. Gu Dashu placed a bowl of milk soup in front of Gu Baishuang every day without fail.

No one spoke.

The only sound at the dinner table was Gu Honglian making smacking noises.

Grandpa Gu gritted his teeth and said, "Great Heat, White Frost, do you know why we've come to your door?"

Grandpa Gu didn't question why they hadn't gone to see them yesterday; yesterday's matter was in the past.

Gu Dashu shook his head and said, "Is it because your second uncle's business is not good and you can't even get enough to eat, so you come to our house for breakfast? Grandpa and Grandma, you don't need to go to so much trouble in the future. Just tell me and I'll take care of your breakfast. Even if I'm a scoundrel, I can still make sure you have enough breakfast."

Grandpa Gu looked embarrassed.

Grandma Gu couldn't hold back any longer. She slammed down her chopsticks and said, "Keep pretending, keep pretending. Don't you know that Ruinian was detained by the Zheng family because of that slut Xu Zaohua? He's still your cousin, our Gu family's grandson. Are you just going to watch him go in there?"

Gu Dashu remained calm and said, "What does that have to do with me? It's not like I told him to hook up with Xu Zaohua. Grandma, you're already criticizing me right away, but I haven't even complained about Gu Ruinian dragging down our whole family of descendants with the surname Gu."

He doesn't even have the attitude of asking for a favor. He tries to suppress him just because he's senior. He's spoiled.

She raised his father with great care and attention, not him.

Grandma Gu was so angry that her chest hurt and she wanted to curse, but Grandpa Gu held her down.

Gu Honglian, as if she didn't want things to get any worse, said, "That's right. Yesterday we heard that Xu Zaohua and the Gu family from Qinghewan were arrested. Second Sister-in-law thought it was the Awakening of Insects, but isn't this what they meant by the Great Heat, implicating a whole bunch of Gu descendants? Even Second Sister-in-law makes that connection, let alone others?"

Grandma Gu was furious that Gu Honglian was so stupid; how could she say such a thing at the dining table in the main house?

Gu Fengnian looked embarrassed.

He was not a talkative person to begin with, and at this moment he swallowed his request for help from Dashu.