Chapter 119 Pearl City Qie Yue (1)_1
Gao Liang followed Dugu Qianye and the other two back to their room. Sang Yu simply told Gao Liang about what had happened to her and her mother. Although it was just a few simple sentences, they filled Gao Liang with righteous indignation.
"Will Aunt Chen stay with you then?" Gao Liang asked.
"We haven’t decided yet. The boss said to stay at the Mo Residence first, and then make a decision after we come back from Holy Sea City," Sang Yu said.
"That’s good. When we return, we’ll probably need to prepare for the journey to Holy Sea City," Gao Liang said.
"What about your situation?"
"Me?" Gao Liang paused, gave a bitter smile, and said, "What else can be done? My older brother has firmly decided not to let them off."
It turned out that Gao Liang’s mother was the first wife of City Lord Gao Yi, and Gao Suo and Gao Qi were born of the second wife. When Gao Liang was five years old, the second wife drugged Gao Liang’s mother and framed her for having an affair with a guard, which led Gao Yi to injure her severely. Then the second wife bribed a Pharmacist to tamper with the medicine, leading to Gao Liang’s mother’s death not long after. At that time, Gao Ming was twelve years old, and with the help of his mother’s family, he managed to escape the second wife’s family’s assassination attempts time and again. He also uncovered the true facts of the incident when he was seventeen. Faced with the facts, Gao Yi felt very guilty toward Gao Ming and Gao Liang. However, the second wife’s family had developed rapidly in the past few years, and it was no longer easy to act against them.
Because of their mother’s affair, Gao Ming and Gao Liang held a deep grudge against Gao Yi. After Gao Liang left for Empire College, Gao Ming stayed away from home, refusing to return.
Over the years, Gao Ming had been quietly making arrangements, aiming to uproot the second wife’s entire family. This time, Gao Ming encountered an assassination attempt, but fortunately, he was saved by Dugu Qianye and the others; it seemed he would not let them get away with it anymore.
Sure enough, during the three days Dugu Qianye stayed in Tong City, the news came out upon her departure that Gao Qi and his brothers were crippled, their mother was killed, and the power of her maternal family was quickly eroded within three days.