The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 466 - 476: Dividing the Family

"Hmm, so that’s it! Then, you came back this time just to expose me, didn’t you?"

Gu Youyou didn’t speak. There was nothing more to be said about what had happened afterward. She tugged at Jin Zijin’s arm, no longer wanting to stay.

They pushed through the crowd and walked out, while Lei Qianqian was on her knees in front of the County Magistrate, recounting the details of how she had killed the elder Mrs. Huang.

Both inside and outside the door were crowded with onlookers; at the entrance stood Erya and Sanya.

From the moment they had left this family, they had vowed never to step half a pace into this courtyard again. Although they really wanted to barge in and demand why Lei Qianqian was so malicious, they did not do it in the end.

Lei Qianqian was convicted and executed for her crimes, and the child was taken away by Jing Wen, which ended any ties with the Gu Family.

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Three days had passed since the incident, and on this day, Huang Xiangwen came with Gu Dabao and Gu Erya Sanya to the thatched cottage on Beiban Mountain.

Sanya held no grudge against Gu Youyou, nor was he afraid anymore. He washed sweet potatoes while talking to Gu Youyou about fun things.

When Huang Xiangwen and the others arrived, the smile on his face vanished in an instant.

He said, "Eldest sister, I don’t like them. They drove my mother to death. Erbao even teamed up with Wang Ergou from the village to bully me!"

Gu Youyou just smiled and patted the back of his head, saying, "If Erbao apologizes to you, would you forgive him?"

Sanya never seemed to have considered the prospect of Gu Erbao apologizing to him and only looked at Gu Youyou in shock.

He shook his head and said, "Impossible!"

Yet he wondered, if Erbao really did apologize, would he truly forgive him?

"Youyou, Sanya!" Huang Xiangwen walked in front, his complexion not looking too good, as if he had gone gray overnight, which made the already graying hair on his head look even grayer.

But in his usually darting, mischievous eyes, there was now an uncommon calmness and guilt.

Such an expression was rare on Huang Xiangwen’s face.

"Second Auntie!" Gu Youyou looked at them and responded softly.

Inside the house, Erya and Shunzi heard the sound and came out, standing at the doorway.

Huang Xiangwen forced a smile, then called out to Erya and Shunzi.

Shunzi smiled back, but Erya just turned her head away indifferently.

Huang Xiangwen smiled awkwardly, quickly taking a box from Gu Dabao’s hands. She said, "Here are all the property and land deeds of the Gu Family, along with the existing money. Youyou, this is what we previously agreed to give you to handle."

She raised her hand and handed it to Gu Youyou.

Gu Youyou reached out to take it and opened the box.

Sanya looked at Huang Xiangwen and then at Gu Youyou in disbelief.

Erya watched Huang Xiangwen with surprise.

Gu Youyou said, "Alright, since Second Auntie has thought it through and can distinguish between kin, I will divide it in front of everyone."

Huang Xiangwen said with shame, "Youyou, we were wrong. I remember what you said at your mother’s funeral. Second Auntie has thought it over these past few days and feels that you made a lot of sense. Our parents are gone, and if we as the younger generation continue to fight amongst ourselves, this family will eventually fall apart."

Gu Youyou didn’t respond. She couldn’t forgive Huang Xiangwen, she just wanted to be fair to her brothers and sisters.

She quickly checked the property deeds, land deeds, and money, then handed them out to Erya and Dabao respectively.

"Eldest sister!" Erya, holding what she had received, was utterly astounded.

Dabao hesitated to accept it, saying, "Eldest sister, it’s all given to us, and you have nothing."

Gu Youyou replied, "I have opened a medical clinic in Lingnan, and the business is not bad. I don’t lack these things—take it."