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

Chapter 540 A Bloody Path Through Cursing

After Tong Huaqiong finished breakfast, Nie Xiaofeng had already hitched up the car.

"Sister-in-law, where are you going?" Gu Honglian asked.

Tong Huaqiong said, "Let's go back to Qinghe Bay."

Gu Honglian's eyes lit up and she said, "Sister-in-law, can I ride in your car back?"

Tong Huaqiong refused, saying, "If you want to prevent Gu Ruinian and your second sister-in-law from doing bad things behind your back, how will you protect yourself when you ride in my car?"

Gu Honglian thought it made sense, so she ran off to Wu Ji.

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The Gu family is packing their things.

Wu Ren instructed Tong Zhaodi and Tong Zhijie to watch the Gu family pack up as if they were thieves, for fear that they would take away any of Wu Ji's belongings.

Since Gu Ruinian's legs were immobile, Old Master Gu instructed Gu Fengnian to hire a car.

After packing their things, Gu Fengnian still hadn't returned. Tong Zhaodi and Tong Zhijie asked Grandpa Gu and the others to take their bedding and luggage outside and wait.

"There's so much stuff, how am I supposed to carry it all? What's it to you if I wait here?" Old Mrs. Gu couldn't help but start cursing. She just couldn't understand why she had run into the Tong family again.

Tong Zhijie crossed his arms and said, "I'm about to move into the warehouse to sleep, so you'll have to make room for me."

As he spoke, he picked up his bedding and threw it outside.

Grandpa Gu was so angry he wanted to hit someone.

"Ruinian can't get up, so please be accommodating and let us stay temporarily." Jia softened her tone, fearing that Tong Zhijie would harm Ruinian.

“Alright, only Ruinian will stay in the warehouse. You all go out. When the carriage arrives, you can come and carry him out,” Tong Zhaodi said.

With no other choice, Grandpa Gu and the others carried their bedding out of the Wu Ji gate.

Once the Gu family left, Tong Zhaodi waved to Wu Na.

It was Wu Na's idea to kick everyone out except Gu Ruinian. Tong Zhaodi wanted to marry Wu Musheng and tried her best to curry favor with Wu Na. When Wu Na asked her to kick people out, she brought Tong Zhijie to do so.

Wu Na slipped into the storeroom, closed the door, and then went to Ruinian's bedside.

"Did you deliver the message I asked you to?" Gu Ruinian asked Wu Na, voicing his doubts.

Wu Na nodded firmly to indicate that she had passed on the message.

Gu Ruinian remained silent, knowing that there was no point in arguing about it now.

He didn't know whether Wu Na had sent the message to the wrong person, or whether the Second Young Master Zheng had no intention of saving him at all.

"Brother Ruinian, you're not allowed to marry Xu Xinghua, you know that?" Wu Na's dark eyes met Gu Ruinian's.

Yesterday, when she came to call Gu Youtian, she heard Gu Youtian discussing having Gu Ruinian marry Xu Xinghua.

Gu Ruinian sighed and said, "If Xiaoxue is unwilling to marry Xu Dabao and my family can't afford it, I really will have to marry Xu Xinghua."

Wu Na gritted her teeth and said, "If I say you can't marry Xu Xinghua, then you can't marry her."

Gu Ruinian's lips curled slightly.

He took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Wu Na, saying, "I don't care whether you passed on the last letter or not, but you must pass on this one, otherwise I really will have to marry Xu Xinghua."

Wu Na blushed slightly as she accepted the letter.

Tong Huaqiong, along with Xu Zaohua, the two old women they had bought, and a maid, boarded the carriage.

When Lian Heng learned that Tong Huaqiong was returning to Qinghe Bay, he came out from the pearl stall at Jufulai to see her off.

“It’s not like I’m not coming back,” Tong Huaqiong said.

Lian Hengruo said, "I'll come to Qinghe Bay to see you when the weather cools down."

The carriage that Gu Fengnian hired stopped opposite Jufulai.

While Tong Huaqiong and Lian Hengruo were exchanging pleasantries, they saw Gu Ruinian being helped out of the Wu Ji shop by Gu Fengnian.

Gu Ruinian looked up and saw Lian Hengruo talking to Tong Huaqiong.

Looking at Lian Hengruo, whose hair was styled high and who looked exceptionally beautiful in her gold and silver embroidered dress, Gu Ruinian's eyes turned bloodshot. It was this vicious girl who, along with Tong Dajiao, had set a trap for him, successfully ruining him.

Tong Huaqiong gave Gu Ruinian a disdainful smile. This fellow villager from later generations is not skilled enough and has disgraced future generations.

Gu Ruinian dared not meet Tong Huaqiong's gaze, and lowered his head as Gu Fengnian helped him into the carriage.

Tong Huaqiong then bid farewell to Lian Hengruo, got into the carriage, and drew the curtain.

Two carriages, one after the other, headed towards Qinghe Bay.

Originally, Grandpa Gu didn't want to "accompany" Tong Huaqiong's carriage, but the road was only so wide, and the carriage they hired was running very fast. If he wanted to slow down, the coachman would get angry, and he still had to rush to do his next business.

Nie Xiaofeng slowly followed the carriage hired by the Gu family's old residence.

Upon arriving at Qinghe Bay, a large group of people swarmed around us.

"Is the Great Heat Goddess back?"

"The supermarket in your town is really good. I want to go there every day. The village chief said that the supermarket in the county is even better than the one in our town. Let's go to the county to have a look sometime."

"Goodness gracious, Big Foot, you've even started hiring servants to take care of you at home."

The villagers greeted Tong Huaqiong warmly. Several of the villagers' sons worked as employees at Jufulai, and they wanted to know more about their sons' situation.

Tong Huaqiong lifted the carriage curtain and greeted everyone warmly, then took out malt sugar from her shop and distributed it to them.

Sitting in the carriage, Old Master Gu felt rather uncomfortable listening to the enthusiasm outside.

"Why did the carriage stop?" Grandma Gu asked.

"We've arrived, please get off quickly," the coachman said.

"We haven't arrived home yet; we've just reached the village entrance," said Grandma Gu.

"Delivery to your door is an extra price," the coachman said.

Grandpa Gu and the others had no choice but to get off the carriage.

The villagers initially assumed the two carriages belonged to Tong Huaqiong, but upon closer inspection after seeing people alighting from them, they realized they were from the Gu family's old residence and the second branch of the family.

Instantly, the air was filled with the scent of gossip.

People weren't interested in anyone else, but they were interested in Gu Ruinian.

After all, he is the male protagonist in a scandal, and he would be a focus of attention in any era.

Gu Ruinian gritted his teeth and was helped out of the carriage by Gu Fengnian.

"Oh my, isn't this Ruinian?" an auntie in the crowd exclaimed, feigning ignorance as she asked, "What happened to Ruinian's legs?"

Gu Ruinian remained expressionless, as if he hadn't heard.

"Honestly, he went to the city and doesn't recognize anyone from the village anymore. He won't even say hello. You Tian, ​​you've struck it rich, haven't you?" This auntie was quite disapproving of Gu Ruinian's aloofness.

You're so high and mighty, so why did your son climb into Xu Zaohua's bed?

Jia gritted her teeth, barely managing to change the subject, saying, "Where did we get rich?"

The villagers looked Gu Youtian's family up and down.

Two months ago, when they left Qinghewan, Jia's face was held high, as if to say that she would never come back.

They've only been gone a short while, and they're already back.

They looked like they'd slunk back.

The tumultuous romance between Gu Ruinian and Xu Zaohua has been a spice in the otherwise mundane life of Qinghe Bay these past few days; everyone who meets them chats about it.

At this moment, they really wanted to ask Gu Ruinian, the person involved, what he thought.

“Ruinian, how could you be so confused? I heard you and Zaohua…” an old woman said cautiously.

Before she could finish speaking, Old Mrs. Gu burst out with a string of curses: "A bunch of good-for-nothings who have nothing better to do than think about things in their crotches. What do you want to ask? Do you want to know if my grandson cheated on me? Let me tell you, he did, so what? What, you want to cheat on me too?"

To protect her grandson, Grandma Gu launched a full-scale attack, carving out a bloody path through her words.

The crowd dispersed amidst Old Mrs. Gu's cursing.