Chapter 138: This Brother-in-law is Such a Lightbulb
After Gu Yu found the scapegoat bear, the plan to set fire to the Old Yang family was set.
As for Madam Li’s impending tantrum, Gu Yu had already prepared a laxative.
He just had to wait for Madam Li to arrive so he could let her experience the feeling of “a thousand miles of diarrhea” and see how exhilarating it would be! * (Note: “一泻千里” is an idiom meaning to go downhill rapidly, but here it’s used literally for diarrhea)
However, Gu Yu and Gu Qingheng stood at the door for a long time and didn’t see anyone.
This made Gu Qingheng suspect that Chen Gouzi had lied about the intel, otherwise, given Madam Li’s sharp and cruel personality, she would have arrived long ago. How could she wait until now?
Gu Yu, on the other hand, knew that Chen Gouzi wouldn’t dare to lie to him. Since Madam Li hadn’t arrived, it was probably something else that was holding her up!
Later, Madam Li still hadn’t shown up by the time Gu Mengyao arrived to call them for dinner.
Not only Gu Yu, but even Gu Qingheng, who was waiting to see Madam Li embarrassed, couldn’t sit still. After quickly finishing dinner, he casually said he was going out to play and disappeared without a trace.
Gu Mengyao couldn’t help but shake her head, thinking that her brother had only been honest for a short while before relapsing into his old habits.
Gu Yu knew that his younger brother-in-law had gone to gather information, so he didn’t add insult to injury. Instead, he proactively brought up another topic to distract Gu Mengyao.
“Mengyao, you’ve been going to town these past few days. Has there been any progress in the case?”
“If you didn’t ask, I would have thought you had already forgotten about it.”
At this moment, there was nothing more suitable to shift the focus than the monster killer in Lian Town.
Gu Mengyao, however, raised an eyebrow upon hearing Gu Yu’s words, wondering why Gu Yu was suddenly asking about this.
His motives were highly suspicious!
“How could I? I’ve just been busy with the farming matters. Once I’m done, I’ll go investigate with you.”
“There’s no rush, because ever since the last murder, there haven’t been any more cases of monsters killing people in Lian Town. Even Magistrate Bai is thinking that the other party might be scared and dare not act anymore.”
When Gu Yu saw his wife’s raised eyebrow, he was completely smitten, thinking that his wife was so charming even when she raised her eyebrows, it was truly heart-stirring!
However, Gu Yu quickly spoke up and promised to investigate the murderer with Gu Mengyao after he finished dealing with the land matters.
According to Gu Yu’s speculation, by the time he finished dealing with the land matters, the murderer wouldn’t have been caught.
It wasn’t that he underestimated Magistrate Bai and Gu Mengyao, but rather that the person using monsters to kill was well-prepared. In ancient times, without cameras for surveillance, the probability of finding the murderer was too low.
Therefore, it was better to wait for the murderer to reveal themselves, which would be more convenient.
“Impossible, the murderer won’t give up.”
“?”
“If the murderer was killing indiscriminately, I wouldn’t say this, because there’s no certainty… But, the murderer is targeting me or the Gu family. So, even when we’re fine, the murderer will still take action.”
Gu Yu directly shook his head at Gu Mengyao’s words, clearly disagreeing with the idea that the murderer would stop.
Gu Mengyao, upon hearing Gu Yu’s words, also felt that she and Magistrate Bai had been too optimistic.
Since the other party’s target was Gu Yu or the Gu family, then as Gu Yu said, they would definitely not give up!
“Mengyao, you don’t have to worry. Anyway, the other party can’t harm anyone in our family. At most, my reputation might be slightly tarnished… But it won’t affect me. I don’t like going out anyway, so let them say what they want!”
“But, I don’t like it!”
Seeing Gu Mengyao frown, Gu Yu knew what she was thinking and comforted her, saying that he was fine.
Gu Yu truly didn’t care about his reputation at all.
As early as when he had clashed with the Old Yang family, Gu Yu had never cared about his reputation, and it hadn’t changed even now.
He only cared about the person he liked.
Reputation couldn’t be eaten, so what use was it?
However, Gu Mengyao shook her head at this moment and disagreed with Gu Yu.
Even if Gu Yu didn’t care, she did.
Why should her husband be wrongly accused by others for no reason!
“Alright, but we don’t need to worry too much now. The murderer will be caught sooner or later.”
Seeing his wife’s annoyed expression, Gu Yu felt secretly pleased, thinking that it felt good to be worried about by his wife!
However, he couldn’t let Gu Mengyao worry all the time.
Therefore, Gu Yu decided to get his land sorted out quickly… the sooner he finished, the sooner he could catch the murderer.
“Oh my, brother-in-law, big news! So interesting, hehehe.”
“What’s wrong again? How long have you been out before you got the news?”
“Of course! Don’t you know who I am! Brother-in-law, guess what the big news is!”
Just as Gu Yu was about to say some sweet nothings to his wife, Gu Qingheng rushed in excitedly, forcing Gu Yu to stop talking. He thought to himself, this brother-in-law is truly a bright and shiny lightbulb no matter the time! Can’t he not ruin the mood!
However, Gu Qingheng didn’t notice Gu Yu’s dark expression. He was still immersed in the news he had gathered, extremely excited.
At the same time, he asked Gu Yu to guess.
This made Gu Yu roll his eyes. He wondered what big news it could be. Gu Qingheng had gone out specifically to find out why Madam Li hadn’t come, so it was clearly news related to the Old Yang family that got him so excited!
“Guess what, just tell me quickly!”
“Brother-in-law, you really don’t use your brain enough! Okay, then I’ll just say it directly! Yang Jiaojiao is back, and she’s currently kneeling at the Old Yang family’s doorstep, crying her eyes out. Even Madam Li is with her, mother and daughter hugging and weeping.”
“Yang Jiaojiao? Didn’t she elope with another man? Why is she back now?”
When Gu Yu heard from his brother-in-law that Yang Jiaojiao was back, he was truly surprised!
He had guessed many things, but he hadn’t guessed… that it would be Yang Jiaojiao returning.
Before, when Yang Jiaojiao married into the town, Gu Yu thought things would be peaceful for a while. Little did he expect that more trouble would arise from her side, eloping with some wild man and taking her husband’s property with her.
This made Yang Jiaojiao’s husband’s family very angry, and they often came to cause trouble for the Old Yang family, almost emptying them out.
It hadn’t even been a few months since this incident, and yet Yang Jiaojiao had shamefully returned… This whole affair was incredibly troublesome.
However, since it was the Old Yang family’s business, Gu Yu felt no sympathy.
In fact, he even felt a bit gleeful.
He thought that the Old Yang family was too immoral, which was why they ended up in such a state.
Now, it was just Yang Jiaojiao returning. In a couple more days, when Little Black set fire to the Old Yang family’s house, it would be even more lively!
