Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 405: Wrongful Killing?

Chapter 405: Chapter 405: Wrongful Killing?

At this time, Gu Huai’an had arrived at a teahouse.

Even though it was New Year’s Eve, there were still people around.

They said it never closed for the Spring Festival.

That’s the enthusiasm of contracting for you.

After all, with profit and loss at their own risk, responsibility and a sense of crisis came naturally.

The person he met was a man with a sharp gaze, dressed plainly, whom Gu Huai’an addressed as Brother Zhou.

He said, "I’ve uncovered some things these past few days, but the span of time is so long that some materials and information might never reveal the truth. I can only show them to you for now."

As he spoke, he handed Gu Huai’an an envelope. Gu Huai’an did not open it at the teahouse but instead drank tea and chatted with Brother Zhou before leisurely leaving.

When Gu Huai’an returned home, there was still an hour left until the family reunion dinner. Grandfather was still in the study. Seeing Gu Huai’an return, Qin Suyun breathed a sigh of relief.

Her face wore a smile, too. The house was lively today; the front door was decorated with couplets written by Old Master Gu.

His calligraphy was not as good as Old Chu’s, but to avoid impropriety and to underscore the fairness of the final investigation, the two families hardly interacted with each other anymore, let alone exchanged couplets.

The adults vaguely sensed something amiss, but the children were happy.

After all, it was the New Year.

Before Gu Huai’an could visit his grandfather, Old Master Gu walked out of the study.

Then Qin Suyun called people to set the table.

The Youngest Aunt, Gu Xin, spent every New Year with the Gu family since her in-laws were no longer alive.

Despite the spaciousness of the house, today it felt very crowded.

Old Master Gu revealed a smile, and the people of the Gu family followed suit, relaxing as well.

Gu Huai’an glanced at his grandfather, knowing he must be aware of something.

Without external interference, Little Nuan’s prophecy was continuing along its original path.

Today was February fourth, and the look on grandfather’s face was clearly not right. He was never one to force a smile.

Even during meals, he upheld the belief of eating in silence, not allowing any disruption, so when the Gu family ate together, it was always very quiet.

Such laughter, then, was quite out of the ordinary.

Could it be that in just over a ten days’ time, they would have to move out of the compound?

What kind of grave mistake would lead to such an outcome?

Gu Huai’an went to his room and opened the letter.

Inside were names of people, with complicated relationships noted beside them.

Gu Huai’an saw an unfamiliar name, but the relationship chart was not unfamiliar to him.

His expression sharpened.

Su Miaolan?

She was actually Qian Feng’s great-aunt?

She also went to the action team, and was even a medic there?

Her sister, Su Miaolian, was also Grandpa Qian’s first wife.

She was Qian Feng’s biological mother.

Why had grandfather never mentioned her?

He only spoke of a Qian Cheng; did he not know, or was he deliberately hiding it?

It shouldn’t be so according to reason.

Gu Huai’an did not delay; taking the envelope, he went downstairs.

At this moment, Old Mr. Gu’s heart was in turmoil, but his exterior remained calm, uncharacteristically smiling. No one could detect anything unusual.

He was inquiring about his grandchildren’s end-of-term exam results.

So, the atmosphere grew tense again.

Gu Huai’an’s male cousin was mischievous, not fond of studying; his female cousin had decent grades.

When Old Mr. Gu heard his grandson failed mathematics, he was so angry he scolded, "You are only in first grade, and you’ve failed mathematics; can you even graduate from elementary school?

When your cousin was your age, he was already studying high-school-level mathematics, always scoring full marks on the exams.

"I don’t expect you to be like your cousin, but eight plus two equals ten, you can count that on your fingers. How did you come up with eleven? Have you grown a sixth finger? Show me your hand..."

Over there, Gu Xin felt embarrassed, why scold her son during the New Year’s celebration.

So what if he failed.

It’s normal for boys to be mischievous; what does a calculation mistake matter? Her son isn’t stupid; he’s never made a mistake when giving change.

He’s only in the first grade. What’s the big deal with an occasional slip-up?

And beside, Gu Huai’an isn’t human, how could her son compete with him in studies?

Isn’t this just bullying?

Luckily, at that moment, Huai’an came downstairs and called Old Master Gu to the study.

In the study, Gu Huai’an took out an envelope and handed it to Old Mr. Gu.

Just as Gu Huai’an had analyzed, Old Mr. Gu was unaware of it.

But at that time, the names on the action team list had all been carefully selected.

So, did Old Man Qian know?

If he knew, why wouldn’t he tell me?

He has never mentioned it up to now, after all, Su Miaolan had sacrificed her life.

What about this sacrifice is unspeakable?

A lot of matters afterwards, he didn’t meddle in; they were handled by another department.

He was only informed of the outcome.

Old Mr. Gu stood up; he wanted to confront Old Man Qian.

But before Gu Huai’an could stop him, he slowly sat back down.

"Something is not right here. If your Grandpa Qian knew, such deliberate concealment wouldn’t benefit him."

"When assembling this action team, everyone had been screened and scrutinized."

Gu Huai’an asked, "Was this scrutiny strict?"

"Given the situation at the time, it was very strict. If your information is not incorrect, then it means Old Qian didn’t know that the sister of his first wife was also in this action team."

"But couldn’t he tell just by the names?"

Su Miaolian, Su Miaolan!

Old Master Gu rubbed his hands: "I honestly don’t know what Old Man Qian’s first wife is called."

Gu Huai’an: "Back then, Grandpa Qian married three wives, but later he dismissed them.

What happened?

Why did he keep the second wife?"

Old Master Gu looked at Gu Huai’an in surprise.

His grandson’s demeanor didn’t seem like he was after gossip. It seemed more like an inquisition.

He thought carefully and said, "... Old Qian’s first wife was married according to his parents’ wishes. He said there was no affection, and then there’s the second wife who was actually the best friend of the first wife. She visited the Qian family to see the first wife. Somehow, she caught Old Man Qian’s eye, and then one thing led to another.

It’s said that the first wife almost beat the second wife to death with a whip at the time.

However, the second wife was already pregnant and had to be brought into the household as the second wife. After that, the Qian family’s second, third, fourth, and fifth children were all born to the second wife.

The first wife only had Qian Feng, who turned out to be of no account, and later, Old Qian had a daughter with the third wife.

But the third wife died early, and I’ve only met the daughter once; they don’t really associate much."

Gu Huai’an: "Then you certainly don’t know how the first wife is doing now, do you?"

"All I know is that back then she married a boilerman and had a child. Beyond that, I’m not aware."

Gu Huai’an stowed the envelope into his pocket.

Because outside, they were already calling for dinner.

He placed his hand on Old Master Gu’s hand: "Grandpa, the truth will always come to light. You need to give yourself patience and time."

A trace of sorrow flashed across Old Mr. Gu’s face, and he seemed to age several years in an instant.

His eyes reddened, and his voice choked up, "Huai’an... I won’t lie to you. The leaders showed me the evidence... There’s a ninety percent chance that I... I... I wrongfully killed a good comrade who had been a loyal undercover agent for over a decade for this country. I... I... I..."

Towards the end, Old Master Gu was sobbing uncontrollably and could no longer continue...