The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 329: The Concealed Matter

Chapter 329: Chapter 329: The Concealed Matter

"Is that what was said?" Jin Zijin’s face darkened and turned blacker as he looked at Gu Youyou’s dark eye circles from being busy and sleepless for days. He felt heartache.

You dare to get bolder, Yue Rujing, bullying my people.

He beckoned Gu Youyou over and said, "Come here, don’t worry about those people, just take good care of me."

With Jin Zijin’s reminder, what was there that he didn’t understand?

Gu Youyou felt that she had been played by Yue Rujing, and that Jin Zijin was in cahoots with her.

She threw down her pen and paper, huffing, "Who do you think you are, my lord? Me, take care of you? I, miss, have always been taken care of."

Gu Youyou slammed the door and went downstairs for a late-night snack.

Jin Zijin pondered her words. After a long time, he suddenly burst into laughter, murmuring softly, "Oh, miss, you do have quite the temper." But how did the Gu family of farmers raise her with such a nobility’s temper?

...

"Brother, something’s happened!"

Yue Rujing closed the door, holding a sealed letter, and hastily said to Jin Zijin.

He had waited for Gu Youyou to leave before daring to come over; his brothers had said that Doctor Gu was making inquiries everywhere, wanting to deal with him.

"Where have you been these past couple of days?" Jin Zijin ignored his panic and calmly took the letter from his hand to ask.

"Where I’d gone isn’t important. What’s important is..." Yue Rujing pointed at the letter, "if Gu Youyou finds out about this, she’s going to make trouble, refusing to go with us to Lingnan. Plus, if we turn back to Lotus Village now, it would be like walking into a tiger’s mouth."

Yue Rujing was rarely this serious. Seeing his expression, Jin Zijin couldn’t help but frown and opened the letter.

After a moment, his eyes grew deeper and his fingers clutching the letter turned progressively white.

He dropped the letter and said coldly, "Burn it."

He spat out the two words coldly, then suddenly grabbed the oil lamp from the table as if the thin paper were some ferocious beast that needed to be annihilated immediately.

"Youyou mustn’t find out," he said coldly. "They did this on purpose, revealing the truth about that incident from years ago, making grandfather so angry that he died, to lure Youyou back."

Yue Rujing nodded and took over an ash bowl.

"Huo Li might have arrived as well," he sneered. "They are really willing to spend money."

Yue Rujing said indignantly, "It’s not just because of Gu Youyou that they’re stirring up such a big commotion; they must be after you and me."

Jin Zijin didn’t agree or deny, saying, "Let’s leave Tongguan as soon as possible and head to Lingnan. If we stay any longer, I’m afraid the news will reach Youyou’s ears."

Suddenly recalling something, he asked again, "Was Gu Wu captured?"

Yue Rujing smiled, "Of course, he was caught, where could he run off to? I heard he’s locked up in the Qingshui Governor’s Office jail. Just that... I don’t know why they didn’t kill him, but it looks like he won’t be coming out for the rest of his life."

"Oh?" Jin Zijin raised an eyebrow, not killed?

"It’s just sad for his wife and children. He committed such an act, got himself into jail, and his wife and children were driven out by Gu Wen. They have nowhere to stay and could only move into that thatched cottage you built before. Isn’t it funny?"

But Jin Zijin didn’t laugh, his gaze gradually sinking.

...

One had to admit that Jin Zijin’s ability to recover was impressive. The severe wound hadn’t become infected, and within a few days, the large and small injuries on his body had mostly healed, and some of the less severe ones had even stopped leaving scars.

It was just that the largest one still needed more medication. Gu Youyou estimated that it would require at least two more days.