Chapter 97 - 49 Gu Jin Fakes Silver
"What are you doing!" Gu Fangzi cried as she wrestled her hand free, indignantly saying: "You just can’t stand to see me well, can’t you! You want to kill me, is that it!" "I still depend on you for my retirement, how could I bear to harm you!" Gu Jin sneered coldly: "You are my daughter, is it not natural for you to return home with me? No matter what the Shi family does, they can’t keep my daughter from me by force, can they? Hmph, they want to take my beautiful daughter for nothing without a dowry, wishful thinking!" Saying that, he spat forcefully on the ground, "Swindlers!"
Gu Fangzi was so angry that her lips trembled, and she was unable to speak.
"I won’t go with you!" Gu Fangzi said furiously: "If you want to leave, go by yourself!"
"I know, it’s that old woman from the Shi family who won’t let you go, right? I’ll go argue with her!" Gu Jin shouted: "The Shi family, occupying my daughter and refusing to let her go, what do they mean by this! If I don’t get an explanation today, I’m not leaving!"
"Dad! Dad!" Gu Fangzi was panicked, desperately pulling at Gu Jin.
The one person from the Shi family Gu Jin truly feared was Shi Fengju. Shi Fengju appeared completely genteel and elegantly composed, never having given him a cross look, much less verbally abused him. However, it was precisely such a person who, without making a sound, could give him a hard time to the point of boiling a teapot while making dumplings — suffering with no way to voice it! Hence, over the years, as long as Shi Fengju was home, he never dared to make trouble at the Shi family’s place, and even if he did come, it was sneakily for a clandestine meeting with Gu Fangzi, humbly asking for a few coins to buy drinks.
Now, no sooner had Shi Fengju left on a long trip than he showed up! And of course, he intended to make a big fuss.
"Why are you pulling me! The wayward maid bends her elbow outwards, taking kindness for granted as donkey’s lungs and liver! Do you think the Shi family really values you? If they truly valued you, why would that boy Shi Fengju marry someone from the Sang family instead of you? They are fooling you, deceiving you, my foolish daughter! If not for your father, who will make decisions for you! If the Shi family doesn’t give a definitive answer today, I, the Master, am not leaving!"
"Stop talking! Dad, please stop talking!" Gu Fangzi wept and choked up. This matter was a thorn in her heart, causing her to bleed with every motion. She didn’t even want to think about it on a regular day, how could she stand Gu Jin saying this?
