Chapter 179: Unreconciled
Sheng Yueyue desperately wanted Granny Li to grab Gu Jiaojiao and start hitting her. She kept shooting glances at Granny Li.
But unfortunately, Granny Li didn’t see her. She turned to Gu Jiaojiao and asked eagerly,
"Miss, do you know Gu Jiaojiao? Could you please call her out for me? That bitch is always hiding at home and won’t come out."
"Why are you kneeling at the door, crying and making a scene?" Gu Jiaojiao didn’t reveal that she was, in fact, Gu Jiaojiao.
"My daughter found out... the one who beat my son that day was that bitch Gu Jiaojiao..."
Like spilling beans from a bag, Granny Li poured out the whole story. When she was finished, she viciously cursed Gu Jiaojiao, calling her a vixen and a seductress.
"Your daughter’s information is wrong. As far as I know, Gu Jiaojiao is a high school senior. She doesn’t have time to leave the residential compound. You’ve been tricked!"
Gu Jiaojiao’s words were so gentle and convincing that not only Granny Li but even the onlookers were starting to believe her.
The group that had arrived with Gu Jiaojiao: ...
Jiaojiao wasn’t the type to meekly accept abuse. She had always been fearless; by all accounts, she was someone who repaid kindness with kindness and enmity with vengeance.
’Why is she being so reasonable today?’ But they wouldn’t expose her; they just watched quietly.
As expected, she didn’t disappoint. Granny Li shrieked in rebuttal, "The information can’t be wrong! It was Grand Official Sheng’s daughter who told my daughter!"
Dark clouds gathered in Mr. Sheng’s eyes, threatening to unleash a thunderous rage at any second.
’I could just strangle that good-for-nothing daughter of mine! It’s one thing for her to cause trouble at home, but how dare she drag other people into it!’
Wave after wave of dull pain spread from his chest, and with each pang, his heart grew colder, inch by inch.
He shot Gu Jiaojiao an apologetic look and left without a word.
’I’m going to go home and beat that useless daughter of mine. Maybe that’ll ease this disappointment in my heart.’
Uncle Dong also wanted to go home and beat his sister-in-law. ’Thank goodness my younger brother has been ignoring his wife. A dog can’t change its ways; she’s always stirring up trouble everywhere.’
But he still had to host several scholars from the Imperial City for dinner and see them to the guest house.
Hiding in the crowd, Sheng Yueyue wanted to strangle Granny Li. Even more, she wanted to strangle the Dong family’s second sister-in-law. ’How could she sell me out like that!’
Granny Li was still kneeling and wailing at the Su’s house. "Oh, heavens above! Send down a lightning bolt to strike open Gu Jiaojiao’s door..."
"It’s no use crying yourself to death here. Gu Jiaojiao took her whole family on a trip to Yun Lake. They probably won’t be back until tomorrow."
Although Gu Jiaojiao didn’t want to deal with her, having this old woman cursing her out at her own front door just wouldn’t do.
"Thank you, miss. I’ll go home and eat then. I’ll come back tomorrow to find that Gu Jiaojiao..."
Granny Li scrambled to her feet and dusted herself off.
A wild joy surged in Su Shuochi’s heart. ’My wife is amazing! She got to the bottom of things with just a few words.’
"You believe what Sheng Yueyue said? I heard she beat up your whole family that day?"
As soon as Su Shuochi finished speaking, Dong Qihua immediately chimed in, "Since she was capable of beating you, couldn’t she also be making a fool out of you?"
"That’s right! Sheng Yueyue has always been jealous of Gu Jiaojiao. She’s deliberately trying to shift the blame."
"Exactly! I saw it too. She did it on purpose, terrified that Gu Jiaojiao might have a slightly better life."
"Tsk tsk, that Sheng Yueyue really knows how to put on an act. She used to bully Gu Jiaojiao all the time."
"She must be jealous that Gu Jiaojiao gets to eat meat every day after marrying Su Shuochi, so she deliberately tricked you."
"..."
The people from the compound getting off work hadn’t even gone home to eat; they had followed the crowd to watch the excitement and were finally getting a chance to perform.
Relying on their own imaginations, they all started talking at once. To those who knew the backstory, their speculations seemed well-founded.
Those who were unaware of the situation stared at Sheng Yueyue in the crowd, their mouths agape in disbelief.
The women of the compound, fearing things weren’t chaotic enough, spoke with even less restraint, picking at old wounds.
One person would say something, then another would chime in. This one would say something hurtful, that one would make a jab. After all, it was none of their business what they said.
Gu Jiaojiao gazed at Sheng Yueyue, who was caught in the crowd, with a complicated expression. She thought about how the Sheng parents had raised the original owner of this body for over seventeen years.
She had already given Sheng Yueyue countless chances, and had even given her a specific warning today, but she refused to change one bit.
What Gu Jiaojiao didn’t know was that Sheng Yueyue had already changed her strategy. From now on, she planned to play the part of a well-behaved girl at home.
Sheng Yueyue hid in the crowd not far away, her reddened eyes staring at Gu Jiaojiao like a vicious wolf, wishing she could flay her alive and eat her flesh.
She felt things were becoming more and more of a headache. Nothing was going according to her plan.
Especially Gu Jiaojiao, who was wearing a pale blue dress, her delicate little face as exquisite as a painting.
A hint of melancholy and indifference showed between her brows. Standing there, she was an immortal of extreme beauty.
She was so beautiful that one look made Sheng Yueyue want to destroy that face.
’Why isn’t that damn old hag going up there to claw that face to shreds? Instead, she’s being all nice to that bitch.’
Sheng Yueyue desperately wished she could shout to Granny Li that the person standing right in front of her was that bitch, Gu Jiaojiao.
But she couldn’t show herself. It was just as that bitch Gu Jiaojiao had said: if she caused any more trouble, everyone in the compound would think she was possessed by a ghost.
It wasn’t the first time her dad and two older brothers had called her crazy!
Sheng Yueyue didn’t understand why the heavens had given Gu Jiaojiao such a beautiful face.
’And they had to give her a good temper on top of that? In what way is she better than me?!’
Tonight’s Gu Jiaojiao was like a queen surrounded by stars, the center of every man’s attention.
The Gu Jiaojiao from her past life had been just like this, able to capture everyone’s attention just by standing there looking soft and delicate.
But there was no envy in Sheng Yueyue’s eyes, only a heart full of hatred. Jealousy twists a person’s face beyond recognition.
’Gu Jiaojiao, who do you think you are? Why does everyone have to like you?’
’I’m someone who has come back from a later era. This plan may have failed today, but one of them is bound to succeed.’
Sheng Yueyue had come to a realization. She wouldn’t step forward with arrogant aggression like before. She quietly backed away.
But why did she feel so miserable, so unreconciled!
’In this world, there is no right or wrong, only love, hate, and vengeance. As for me and Gu Jiaojiao, one of us must fall.’
Sheng Yueyue didn’t understand. It clearly wasn’t her fault, so why did she have to bear this sin?
It wasn’t that she had no other choice...
Song Zijin, for example, was her choice. From now on, she would focus wholeheartedly on capturing Song Zijin’s heart and following him to the pinnacle of life.
The night wind blew, and Sheng Yueyue felt a chill in her heart. She gathered her long, loose hair.
She looked up at the sky. Beneath the star-studded canopy of night, even their brilliant light seemed to dim.
A smile involuntarily touched Sheng Yueyue’s lips. ’Is this fate?’
’But I will not bow to fate. I will crush Gu Jiaojiao under my heel.’
Just as she lifted her head, she saw a tall, slender figure standing there. A pair of deep, cold eyes were fixed on her, as if about to devour her whole.