The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 312 Admit Guilt

Chapter 312: Chapter 312 Admit Guilt

"Gu Laotie, don’t get excited just yet, let’s clarify things first. Tell me, what exactly happened?" the village chief hurriedly said.

Gu Laotie, tears and snot mingling, said, "This morning, I saw that human trafficker Liu Dazhuang loitering near our house, which I found quite strange. Everyone knows that Liu Dazhuang is not only involved in human trafficking, but also steals, and fearing he would bring trouble to our village, I kept a close eye on him.

Sure enough, not long after, I saw Liu Dazhuang hurrying away with a horse cart from our village, looking guilty as if he’d stolen someone’s child! This couldn’t be tolerated. Even if it wasn’t one of ours, it had to be someone from our village, right?"

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement, finding Gu Laotie’s account plausible.

He continued, "I took a shortcut and caught up with them, blocking their path with a big rock from the mountain. They got out and argued with me, even producing a contract of indenture, claiming the person inside was my niece Youyou, and that he had signed the contract and paid silver, buying her from my second brother; he said even if we took this to the Governor’s Office, he would still be in the right."

The crowd was shocked, and the village chief asked, "Is there really a contract?" He then looked at Gu’s second brother and said, "Did you really take the silver?"

Gu’s second brother, knowing he could not lie his way out, resigned himself to his fate and nodded grimly.

The village chief was furious. This incident happened in his village, a stain on his reputation. He said sternly, "Even if Gu Youyou bears the Gu family name and is your niece, it doesn’t give an uncle the right to sell her. She is married to the hunter and is his wife; selling another man’s wife could land you in jail."

Cornered, the human trafficker Liu Dazhuang shifted all blame onto Gu’s second brother, whose story matched exactly with that of the third brother, leaving no room for argument. Now, Huang Xiangwen was trembling with fright, her words incoherent, and Gu’s second brother was so scared that he dared not speak. When the village chief mentioned him, he kowtowed to the patriarch Gu Feng and cried out, "Father, just kill me. I was bewitched into selling Youyou, and I accept my guilt."

As long as Gu Feng didn’t send him to the Governor’s Office, he wouldn’t have to go to jail. Appealing to the old man’s soft heart was the wisest choice.

Even though everyone knew Gu’s second brother was the culprit, they were still shocked to hear him confess so readily.

Gu Laotie was slightly taken aback; he didn’t know Liu Dazhuang had already confessed everything, so he found Gu’s second brother’s quick confession strange, expecting him to argue in his defense.

With Gu’s second brother confessing his guilt, Gu Laotie was at a loss for words and turned his gaze to Gu Feng, leaving the decision to his father.

No one knew how Gu Feng managed to sit there, filled with such restraint. Gu’s second brother had committed an unforgivable act, and sure, the bastard deserved to die, but now wasn’t the time to deal with him; the priority was ensuring Youyou’s safety.

"Laotie, where is Youyou?" Gu Feng asked.

Everyone was expecting Gu Feng to deal with Gu’s second brother, but instead, he immediately inquired about Gu Youyou.

According to what Erya from the Gu family had said earlier, hadn’t Gu Laotie taken Youyou back to town?

At these words, Gu Laotie shuddered and fell to his knees with a thud.

The crowd was confused, Gu Feng felt a chill in his heart but still braced himself to listen.

"Father, I’m useless. I failed to protect Youyou..."

Gu Laotie explained that he hadn’t gone far carrying Gu Youyou when another group of human traffickers, who were not just traffickers but also vicious kidnappers, caught up with them. They clashed, and he was beaten up. Later, he passed out and now had no idea how Youyou was.