NOVEL NEXT 65: Not Even a Window!
While Gu Mengyao was wondering why Yang Cao had come, Gu Yu’s eyes were full of vigilance.
He didn’t know who this woman was, why had she suddenly appeared?
“And this is?”
“Her name is Yang Cao, a girl from the village.”
Gu Yu could clearly see that as Yang Cao spoke, her hands were almost tearing the hem of her clothes from nervousness. She looked like someone who had something to say but didn’t dare, making Gu Yu curl his lip in disdain.
What Gu Mengyao said afterward further indicated that this Yang Cao was merely an acquaintance, not really a friend.
People don’t visit a temple without a reason. Could it be that Yang Cao had also come for money?
“Yao’er, I… I beg you to save my father!”
Just as Gu Yu was wondering if Yang Cao had come for money, she suddenly rushed in front of Gu Mengyao and fell to her knees with a ‘thud,’ tears streaming down her face.
When Yang Cao rushed over, Gu Yu instinctively stepped in front of Gu Mengyao to prevent any unexpected situation.
But when he saw Yang Cao kneel down, Gu Yu raised one eyebrow and coldly snorted.
“Whatever business you have with my wife, you just kneel down as soon as you meet her. What? If my wife doesn’t agree, you’ll kneel here until you die?”
“I… I really don’t know what to do anymore. Yao’er, you always go hunting in the mountains. I beg you to go up the mountain and look for my father! He went to the mountains yesterday and hasn’t returned until now.”
After hearing Gu Yu’s words, although Yang Cao’s face showed shame, she didn’t back down. Instead, she directly stated her purpose for coming.
Moreover, she obviously ignored Gu Yu completely.
Because Gu Yu was a son-in-law who had married into the family, Yang Cao believed that Gu Mengyao was currently the head of the Gu household, so she didn’t take him seriously.
Based on her past experiences playing with Gu Mengyao, Yang Cao believed that the kind-hearted Gu Mengyao would surely agree!
Although when Gu Mengyao’s family situation worsened, Yang Cao had cut off contact to avoid Gu Mengyao asking her for help, but that was because she had no choice!
Her family wasn’t wealthy in the village either, and her father loved to gamble. This time, after hearing that Gu Mengyao had made a lot of money by hunting a wild boar, he had insisted on going to the mountains despite his family’s objections.
After he didn’t return for a night, Yang Cao’s mother fainted from anxiety, and Yang Cao felt like an ant on a hot pan, not knowing what to do.
Fortunately, Wu Changlin appeared at that moment!
Wu Changlin said that Gu Mengyao had been hunting in the mountains for years and was very familiar with them, even more so than himself… If Gu Mengyao went, she would definitely be able to find her father.
“Your father went up the mountain seeking death, and we didn’t cause it! He doesn’t want to live anymore, who can he blame? He hasn’t returned, so you come to ask my wife to go up the mountain. How shameless can you be?”
“Yao’er, I beg you, help me just this once! My family can’t be without my father, wuwuwu…”
Before Gu Mengyao could respond, Gu Yu had already become angry.
Was this woman unable to understand human language?
How could she continue to shamelessly beg after being directly rejected!!!
“No matter how many times you ask, the answer is still no. Leave quickly, or don’t blame me for being impolite.”
As Gu Yu was speaking, Gu Qingheng, who had heard the commotion from inside the house, hurriedly ran out. When he reached Gu Yu’s side, he handed him the large broom he was carrying.
Looking at the broom that had suddenly appeared in his hand, Gu Yu didn’t know what to say to his young brother-in-law, who had an angry expression on his face.
Even a small child like Gu Qingheng knew that Yang Cao’s request was extremely unreasonable.
So her father’s life was important, but Gu Mengyao’s wasn’t?
Gu Yu didn’t even need to think to know that Yang Cao’s father had gone up the mountain after hearing about the money made from selling the wild boar when he was gathering around their house yesterday.
After all, if Gu Mengyao, a thirteen-year-old girl, could bring back a wild boar from just one trip to the mountain, what about an adult?
The mountains were simply a natural treasure trove!
So, Yang Cao’s father had gone up the mountain, and when he hadn’t returned after a night, his family started to worry.
With the example of the Gu family’s eldest, Yang Cao feared her father might also never return, so she came to find Gu Mengyao now, wanting her to help search the mountain.
But why should she?
Yang Cao’s father wasn’t Gu Mengyao’s father, so why should Gu Mengyao risk her life to find him?
If they offered money, it could be an employment relationship, but now they wanted his wife to risk going up the mountain based on empty words?
Not only was there no door, there wasn’t even a window!