Chapter 1719: Butterfly effect (2)
"I am telling you, that girl… that girl must have made some kind of deal with that dirty thing," Old Master Gu was certain of this, if not why would everyone suddenly like her? There were times when even he wanted to hand her ten pounds of pork belly that his eldest daughter brought with her.
But he loved his daughters to the point he would cut off his flesh and feed them, how could he let such a fleeting feeling govern him? Though he would sometimes wonder why he even felt that way, he didn't bother to pay too much attention to it.
Only now he knew that it was the work of that evil thing!
Fortunately, he didn't get close to that girl or else he would be lying in the medicinal hall with the rest.
"You all also stay away from that girl. No, her entire family!" Old Master Gu said to the rest of the family. "Don't even think of getting chummy with them, especially you, third." He addressed the third husband of his wife. "I know that you are getting quite close with that Gu Mo with all the tricks he is teaching you but if I see you with him, I will send you back to your daddy's place!"
Third Master Gu blushed furiously. Indeed he had been getting close with Gu Mo because he wanted to learn the tricks and tips to keep one's wife happy. Because of Gu Mo, he could win the favour of his wife and was very grateful to him.
Sometimes he would pass rouge or something small to Gu Mo as a gift. But no matter how foolish he was, he wouldn't ruin his reputation by getting close to someone like Gu Mo who had turned the head of his wife — green.
"I—I will not. Don't worry," Third Master Gu replied with embarrassment written all over his face. If he had known that a few days of pampering would result in such a terrible loss, he would not have gotten close to Gu Mo.
Even though he did nothing wrong, many villagers had seen him with Gu Mo. Certainly, they would think that there was something wrong with his character as well.
The more he thought, the more aggrieved Third Master Gu became.
In fact, he wasn't the only one. The story of Ding Nuan Nuan's family was now widely spread in the village.
Those who were at the medicinal hall had long returned and told everyone what happened at the medicinal hall.
It was such exciting news that no one could wait to tell their family. Those whose husbands were close to Gu Mo started questioning their husbands while the rest muttered under their breath that it was Ding Nuan Nuan who had brought tragedy to their families and villages.
After all, everyone had noticed that only those who were chummy with Ding Nuan Nuan met with the accident while the rest were fine.
On the other side, Old Master Ding brought Gu Mo and Ding Nuan Nuan back with him. Ding Xuelan and Old Madam Ding also returned. The entire family was too ashamed to stay at the Medicinal Hall after what happened.
Especially Ding Xuelan.
Everyone was looking at her peculiarly these days. She also caught a few nurses saying that she was not good in bed which was why her husband went looking for fun outside. Or that she could not have children.
The more she heard about it, the more she felt furious and wronged. How could she not have children? Though she was a thug, she had been kind to Gu Mo.
When she was pursuing him, he asked her to make a promise to him. Saying that she would never bring in any other husbands and treat him well— because Gu Mo was beautiful and looked just like her dream mer, she had agreed at once.
And even though she sometimes felt unfair, she had never brought another mer home. She had even treated Gu Mo really well. Who would have thought that this would be how Gu Mo would repay her!?
The child that she had been carrying in her palm would turn out to be a bastard!
Ding Nan also had to return to the village with the rest as she could not stay at the medicinal hall either. Everyone kept asking if she knew that Ding Nuan Nuan was not her niece or whether or not she had an affair with Gu Mo since he was this welcoming.
Why would she have an affair with him!? Other than being beautiful, Gu Mo had nothing. He was lazy, selfish and loved to stir trouble. Her husbands were better in everything, even if they were not as pretty as Gu Mo, their gentleness and understanding made up for it.
If not for her husbands she would have become a handicap today!
How dare she disdain them?
Once the Ding family returned home, Old Master Ding dragged Gu Mo to the shed by his hair and locked him up. At the same time, he called for an exorcist.
He wanted to throw Ding Nuan Nuan away but his daughter refused. They had raised this wretched girl for so many years and even let her eat so many good things, she should at least repay it.
How could they throw her away?
And Gu Mo! That mer made a joke out of their family; they had to make that mer suffer as well! The more Ding Xuelan thought about how a mere mer had played her around, the more furious she became.
More than that she was heartbroken!
She might be a wretched person for her sister and the rest of the family but she had treated her husband and daughter really well. How could they treat her like this?
Especially Gu Mo.
For the sake of marrying him, she didn't even shy away from fighting with her eldest sister, back then her sister had told her that she would regret marrying this mer and she really did!
She really regretted marrying this slutty, shameless mer!