Marrying My Bestie's Ferocious Brother - He Calls Me His Baby!-Chapter 251 - 250: You Want Me to Kneel? My Genius Son Exposes You With One Word!

Chapter 251: Chapter 250: You Want Me to Kneel? My Genius Son Exposes You With One Word!

"Where’s the poison?"

Gu Yanshen’s voice was icy, every word like ice.

Gu Xiuzhen’s wailing abruptly stopped, choking in her throat.

The color drained from her distorted face, leaving only a deathly pale.

Poison?

She knew better than anyone that there was no poison in the soup!

The castor powder was still clenched in her own palm, she never got the chance to sprinkle it!

Gu Yanshen drank the whole bowl of soup; he was still standing there, as solid as a tower.

The major performance she had meticulously planned, the "poisoning scheme," turned into a colossal joke before everyone’s eyes.

At the kitchen door, all those once sympathetic gazes had changed.

Suspicion, scrutiny, disdain, ridicule.

Numerous gazes, like countless needles, fiercely pierced Gu Xiuzhen’s face and body.

She felt as though she was stripped bare, thrown into a snowy field in the deep of winter, with nowhere to hide.

No!

She can’t just admit to this!

If she confessed, how could she ever raise her head again at the Gu Family, in front of old neighbors throughout Beijing?

Gu Xiuzhen’s eyes frantically darted around, her survival instinct quickly found a new breakthrough.

She suddenly slapped her thigh, and switched to a crying tone ten times more mournful than before.

"My foot! My foot is going to break!"

She clutched her scorched red foot, rolling around on the cold ground, her voice downright harrowing.

"Well, Gu Yanshen! You’ve truly forgotten your mother after marrying a wife, now you don’t even care about your own aunt’s life!"

"There’s no poison in the soup! That’s because I’m lucky! But she deliberately splashed the hot soup on me! That’s attempted murder! She’s trying to cripple my leg in front of everyone!"

While crying, she stared at Lin Wan Yi with venomous eyes, as if she was not her niece-in-law but an irreconcilable enemy.

"I came from Beijing to see you out of goodwill, what did I do wrong? I merely felt sorry for you working hard for money and said a few words to her! And she treated me like this!"

Seeing the situation turning unfavorable, Zhang Lina immediately jumped out like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

She looked at Gu Yanshen with a face full of bitter disappointment, her tone laden with moral superiority.

"Mr. Gu, we all respect you as a combat hero, but you can’t just cover up like this!"

She stepped forward, facing those whispering military families around, speaking loudly.

"Uncles and Aunties, let’s be fair!"

"Aunt is an elder! As the saying goes, when an elder reprimands you, it’s because they care for you! Even if they said something wrong, it’s for the benefit of the younger generation!"

"But Lin Wan Yi? What did she do? In front of so many of us, she picked up a bowl of boiling chicken soup and splashed it on the elder’s foot! Is that something a human could do?"

"Is there no law? Is there no filial piety?"

The words "filial piety" pressed down like an invisible mountain.

Some of the older family members around, who originally had expressions of watching a drama, turned serious and their eyes once again changed while looking at Lin Wan Yi.

"Yes, no matter what, raising a hand against an elder is too much."

"This Lin Wan Yi looks gentle and quiet, but who knew she had such a temper."

"Coming from a wealthy family, she clearly lacks manners."

Political Commissioner Zhou’s brows furrowed tight enough to squash a fly.

This matter is too tricky.

From a criminal case of poisoning, it suddenly turned into the hardest kind of family affair.

Gu Xiuzhen lying on the ground listened as the wind began shifting back in her favor, and she immediately stirred up more trouble.

She simply lay flat on the ground completely, kicking her legs wildly, snot and tears smeared all over, like a rogue shrew causing a scene in the marketplace.

"I don’t care! If this matter isn’t resolved today, I’m not getting up!"

Struggling, she grabbed onto the pants of Political Commissioner Zhou who came to persuade her.

"Commissioner! You must stand up for me!"

"My foot must be scalded to the bone, I can’t walk! I’m nothing but a cripple for the rest of my life!"

"I want to go to the best hospital in Beijing! All medical expenses, nutritional expenses, mental damage fees, all of it must be paid by Lin Wan Yi alone!"

She extended a trembling finger from exertion, fiercely pointing at Lin Wan Yi, who was protected behind Gu Yanshen.

"And!"

Gu Xiuzhen’s voice suddenly rose, sharp enough to nearly rupture eardrums.

"She must kneel to me!"

"In front of everyone here today, she must kowtow and apologize to me! Admit her mistakes!"

"If she doesn’t kowtow, I’ll die here! I’ll make sure the Gu Family’s face is lost across the entire military district!"

"Kneel down! Kowtow!"

These four words crashed down on everyone’s heart like thunder.

This was no longer about compensation or apology; it’s naked, the most vicious humiliation!

Lin Wan Yi’s face instantly turned as white as paper.

She clenched her fists, her fingertips dug into her palms, her body slightly shaking from anger.

Gu Yanshen stepped forward, his tall frame like a wall, completely shielding his wife.

The air around him was intimidatingly low, and his deep eyes broiled with a turbulent storm.

In the living room, suddenly, a pin drop could be heard.

Everyone watched the tense scene, not daring to breathe loudly.

General Zhang’s face also completely darkened.

He wanted to speak for Lin Wan Yi, but after all, this was Gu Yanshen’s family affair, he, an outsider, couldn’t just push down the aunt to stop her from making a fuss.

Gu Xiuzhen lay on the ground, seeing everyone stunned by her fearless stance, a gleeful sneer flashed across her face.

She wanted to make it big!

Make it known to everyone that Lin Wan Yi was a disrespectful, malicious woman!

Force Gu Yanshen to quell the situation, for the sake of the Gu family’s reputation, he had no choice but to compel his beloved wife to bow her head!

Her goal was to make Lin Wan Yi unable to ever raise her head again in this courtyard!

"Kneel down!"

Gu Xiuzhen seemed to have vividly imagined Lin Wan Yi’s humiliating kneeling, she screamed with all her might once more.

"You ingrate! If you don’t kneel today to beg me, I’ll lay at the military district gate! I’ll report you at the headquarters! Accuse you of attempting harm against a revolutionary cadre’s family!"

The situation completely hit a deadlock.

Lin Wan Yi was driven to the brink.

In the suffocating air that hung suspended.

At the peak of Gu Xiuzhen’s wails.

A young, yet exceedingly clear voice suddenly called out.

That voice was not loud, yet like the finest silver needle, it instantly pierced through this tense, noisy atmosphere.

Gu An, who had been quietly sitting in the corner by the door, had unknowingly put down his treasure-like set of tools.

His pure black grape-like eyes were fixed motionlessly upon the tantrum-throwing Gu Xiuzhen on the ground.

Without fear, without tears, calm as a deep pool.

Then.

Under the gaze of everyone.

This half-year-old child reached out with his chubby, lotus-like finger, accurately and pointedly directed at that little spot of water by Gu Xiuzhen’s foot which shouldn’t have been there.

He opened his mouth, articulating clearly two words.

"Water..."

"Slippery."