The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 269 Mom~~

Chapter 269: Chapter 269 Mom~~

The mountain fog curled between the hills, and even the birds in the woods, oblivious to human sorrows, couldn’t mask the thick scent of blood in the ravine!

It was evening when they were discovered.

Old Mrs. Huang had taken Lei Qianqian to seek medical help, and hadn’t returned all day; the Gu Family decided to look for them at the doctor’s house. On their way, the sight of those unusual wagon tracks and scattered goods on the road set their hearts pounding.

When they reached the edge and looked over, they immediately saw that disordered scene amidst the swirling fog.

During the day, when the sun was strong and the fog less dense, the scene below was clearly visible. But in the morning and evening, when the mountain fog thickened, it was hard to see clearly from a distance; everything looked blurred and especially frightening.

Gu Dabao and his father, Gu Er, had gone out to look for his newlywed wife and grandmother. When they saw the chaotic scene by the roadside, and the dried bloodstains, their faces were already as pale as death.

Could it be them? Could something have happened to them?

"Dad!" Gu Dabao called out with a trembling voice, his body shaking slightly.

Gu Er was equally frightened.

He stood there with a dumbstruck face, coming back to his senses only when his eldest son called out to him.

"No, you can be sure, it’s not your grandmother and Qianqian. It’s not far, how could they take a carriage? And you know how frugal your grandmother is. She would rather carry Qianqian on her back all the way home than spend the money to take a carriage."

No one knows a son better than his mother, and by the same token, no one knows a mother better than her son.

If it weren’t for the fact that Lei Qianqian was pregnant with another man’s child, she indeed would have acted that way.

Despite saying it was impossible, Gu Er sprang into action.

Throwing caution to the wind, he scrambled down into the ravine.

When they clearly saw the people, it just had to be them.

There was a dead old horse, and next to it, an unrecognizable middle-aged man, who also seemed to be dead, with flies swarming all around him.

On the other side was old Mrs. Huang, half her head smashed, her eyes wide open as if she were telling her son and grandson how unjust her death was.

Beside her lay Lei Qianqian, unconscious.

"Mother..." A heart-wrenching cry echoed through the valley, reaching for the heavens.

In the end, it was his own mother; even if Gu Er had behaved callously at times, his weeping over his mother’s death was genuine.

"How could you die so tragically..."

Drenched in blood, her head bashed in by a rock, this was an extreme brutality for a rural family.

Gu Dabao was in shock, one side was his grandmother who had died a miserable death, the other his wife, whose fate was unknown.

After a moment of indecision, he knelt on the ground with a thud and wept for his grandmother alongside his father.

Just then, the cries of the Gu father and son finally woke the unconscious Lei Qianqian.

She stirred, let out a groan, drawing the attention of the grieving Gu family members.

"Dabao, Qianqian is still alive!" Gu Er shouted loudly.

At least they hadn’t both died; they quickly helped Lei Qianqian, who was half-dead.

"Qianqian, Qianqian, where did you get hurt?" Gu Dabao held Lei Qianqian, shaking her.

"Are you all right? How could this have happened to you and grandma?" Gu Dabao asked anxiously.

Lei Qianqian finally opened her eyes, recalling what had happened just before she had lost consciousness, and seeing old Mrs. Huang’s eyes wide open, she chose to faint again.

She had been too hasty before, and she was afraid; she hadn’t thought about how to cope at all.

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