MTLNOVEL 39: Come Again, and I'll Report to the Officials
After silencing everyone with a single sentence, Gu Yu’s pitch-black eyes stared intently at Li. Only when she was about to start cursing again with her scalp tingling did Gu Yu shift his gaze away from her.
This time, Gu Yu had acted impulsively.
With all the onlookers present, directly saying words that people would consider unfilial—if anyone there had seen through it, Gu Yu wouldn’t have been able to salvage the situation.
Though it wouldn’t have gone as far as being dragged to the government office for a beating, afterwards there would certainly have been villagers pointing fingers behind his back. By association, Gu Mengyao and her brother would also suffer unwarranted disaster, being tied to Gu Yu and gossiped about.
Nevertheless, despite this, Gu Yu didn’t regret it at all.
Just from this first encounter with Li and the others today, Gu Yu knew these people would be difficult to deal with.
If he showed weakness now, with the silver from selling the wild boar at stake, things would definitely become chaotic in the future.
It was even possible that… building the house might run into unexpected problems because of the old Yang family.
So Gu Yu had no choice but to take drastic measures, denying any relationship with the Yang family in front of everyone.
The more firmly he spoke at this moment, the more he could intimidate people, and the clearer the boundary between him and the old Yang residence would become.
It was precisely because no one saw through his words that the onlookers couldn’t point out anything wrong with them. After all, Gu Yu had already changed his surname, and his household registration had been transferred from the Yang family, so he truly couldn’t be considered a member of the Yang family anymore.
Similar situations with married-in sons-in-law had occurred in various villages. Those men who were taken in by the woman’s family had more or less severed ties with their previous families. So when Gu Yu said these words now, no one disbelieved him.
It was just that Li was too formidable, directly coming to the Gu family’s door to make a scene today. As a result, when Gu Yu spoke, the onlookers’ gazes toward her immediately turned contemptuous.
Li, at her advanced age, wasn’t ashamed to make a scene at someone else’s doorstep.
How shameful for Yang Xingwang’s reputation! It had been completely lost now.
There were inevitably some schadenfreude-filled people in the crowd. Though they couldn’t witness drama from the Gu family, seeing the shameless behavior of Yang Shun’s mother made them think of Yang Shun, who had passed the Tongsheng examination at such a young age. Now he would be disgraced along with her.
Even if he was accomplished in his studies, having such an uncouth mother would be enough to make him miserable for a lifetime.
As for Yang Jiaojiao who had been cursing Gu Yu along with Li, she was now being made into a target of endless talk. After all, an unmarried girl being so fierce—it would be difficult to find a husband’s family for her in the future.
“Don’t say that. She has high standards! She won’t marry any of us soil-digging peasants. She’s going to town to become a rich madam.”
“Haha, with her like that, a rich madam? At most she’d be a concubine.”
“Hmph, Yang Jiaojiao always likes to bully people. When my sister played with her, she always came home with injuries.”
“Oh my, isn’t she a scorpion? Families with girls, don’t let them play with the Yang family’s youngest daughter! Otherwise, they might become vicious too, and that would be terrible.”
“Families with young men should also be careful, don’t be used as pawns!”
The situation had turned. Not only was Li despised, but Yang Jiaojiao’s past misdeeds were also dug up.
The words coming from people’s mouths were like poison, making Yang Jiaojiao’s eyes redden. She immediately pushed through the crowd without care and fled from the scene.
Seeing her precious daughter driven away by insults, Li immediately glared fiercely at everyone around, then quickly followed, fearing Yang Jiaojiao might do something drastic.
“Li, if you come to my house again, I’ll report to the officials!”
Addressing Li’s retreating figure, Gu Yu didn’t mince words, his loud voice causing Li’s figure to stiffen. After a few seconds, she returned to normal and continued chasing after Yang Jiaojiao.
Afterward, Gu Yu swept an expressionless gaze around. When the villagers received Gu Yu’s cold stare, they immediately dispersed, quickly leaving the place.