Chapter 1178 - 087 Tolerance (Sixth Update)
After laughing heartily, Guo Mei bit her lip, steadied her mind, and firmly said to Han Huijuan, "Yes, the person who picked up the hairpin and didn’t return it was me, not them! I just wanted to make them scapegoats, but I didn’t expect these newcomers from the village to the Capital city to be so principled, stubbornly refusing to admit it! Well, since it’s out, I deserve the punishment, Miss Han. I’m sorry to you, and you can punish or hit me as you please; I have nothing to say!"
Hearing Guo Mei take all the responsibility onto herself, while everyone supported the seemingly frail and heartbroken Su Qiuyu, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Cheng Yuexiu even secretly wiped away sweat, feeling fortunate.
Seeing Guo Mei behave so righteously as if determined to face death, Han Huijuan found herself at a loss for words. She wiped the tears from her face and shook her head repeatedly, "Miss Guo, there’s no need for this, I... finding this hairpin is enough for me. My mother always taught me to be forgiving. Although the hairpin is damaged, I think the spirit of my mother in heaven wouldn’t blame me, and I... I won’t blame Miss Guo either."
Hearing her say this, everyone finally understood why she had wanted to find her own hairpin, realizing it was a keepsake left by her deceased mother.
However, after knowing it was a keepsake, everyone despised Guo Mei even more, attempting to conceal the memento left by someone’s mother, which was truly despicable!
At that moment, Tian Xuan also walked over to Lin Yuan and whispered to her about Miss Han’s background.
It turned out that Miss Han’s mother was gentle-natured, but was too timid, and thus she had been oppressed by a Little Concubine in the house, falling ill and dying after suffering for half a year. Later, that Little Concubine was elevated to the main wife, now Madam Han, although she had borne only a son and showed little regard for Miss Han, who was the legitimate daughter. Moreover, the previous Madam Han had always taught her daughter to be forgiving, which resulted in Han Huijuan’s current timid nature.
Lin Yuan shook her head silently. If Madam Han knew her own daughter, who she had raised single-handedly, had become so indecisive and cowardly, would she regret teaching her daughter such forgiveness?