Chapter 148 A Bit Chilled
Chen Sufen was rescued from Xu Si's clutches by her mother-in-law and escaped back home.
The belt on her dress was untied, but luckily there was no one on the road.
All morning, she listened to the noise outside and the sound of people hurrying to the wheat field, feeling both ashamed and afraid.
Her mother-in-law told her to stay at home and not go out. She didn't dare to go out and was extremely worried.
She was afraid that her mother-in-law would be at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Xu Si, and that the entire Gu family would be implicated.
She cried at home, fetched water to take a bath, rubbed her body until it turned red, and then she couldn't help crying again.
She felt like she was completely dirty after being touched by Xu Si, and she felt sorry for Gu Dahan and Man'er.
If only I had held the fork tightly, if only I had returned to Liu's wheat field with Lu Zhaozhao, if only...
The more Chen Sufen thought about it, the more regretful she felt, and she blamed herself for all the mistakes that happened today.
Chen Sufen, a pure ancient person, regarded a woman's chastity as the top priority. The more she thought about it, the more regretful she became, and finally she got into a dead end.
Gu Dahan pushed open the door and called out to Man'er's mother a few times, but seeing no one responded, he pushed open the door of the bedroom in the side room and saw Chen Sufen tying a rope to the beam of the house and about to put her head into the rope.
"Man'er, what are you doing?"
Gu Dahan was so frightened that he took Chen Sufen down from the rope.
When Chen Sufen saw Gu Dahan, she felt even more ashamed to face people. She kept crying and was about to hang herself again.
"What's wrong with you?" Gu Dahan was confused.
Chen Sufen covered her mouth with a handkerchief and just cried.
How could she tell Dahan about this? It was so embarrassing.
He really didn't understand why Chen Sufen hanged herself.
Even though her life was so hard in the past, she was tortured by her stepmother and bullied by her sisters-in-law, but she never thought of committing suicide.
Why do you want to die now that you are living a good life?
Weren't you fine when you came home from Liu's wheat field this morning?
Originally, Gu Dahan thought that the whole family was in the threshing field supporting his stepmother, and Chen Sufen, who was at home, didn't come out to take a look. He was thinking that he would have a good talk with her when they met. But when he saw that Chen Sufen was about to hang herself, he had already thrown words of teaching her a lesson.
"Dahan, don't ask anymore. I have no face to live anymore. Just let me die." Chen Sufen said as she was about to rush towards the rope, but was held tightly by Gu Dahan.
When Tong Huaqiong and everyone else stepped into the house, they heard crying coming from the big house.
"What's wrong with you, sister-in-law?" Liu Yue'e ran to the door of the main room and pushed it open with a bang.
Tong Huaqiong saw the rope on the beam, Chen Sufen who was trying to put herself on the rope, and Gu Dahan who was extremely anxious.
Everyone was shocked. Why would Chen Sufen hang herself for no reason?
"Mom..." Maner yelled, ran over crying, hugged Chen Sufen's thighs, and cried, "Mom, don't die..."
Tong Huaqiong came to Chen Sufen's room, and the others followed in.
"What's going on? Brother, did you bully your sister-in-law?" Gu Dashu asked.
"No, I don't know what happened. When I came back, I saw her trying to hang herself." Gu Dahan said.
Tong Huaqiong's eyes were dark and unclear. Apart from Chen Sufen, she was the only one who understood why Chen Sufen wanted to commit suicide.
Of course, Gu Taohua is considered to be half-informed.
"My dear eldest brother's wife, I asked you to come home, not to commit suicide," said Tong Huaqiong.
Chen Sufen turned her head and saw Tong Huaqiong covered in wheat dust. She knew that her mother-in-law had suffered a lot of grievances and was too ashamed to face her.
"Sister-in-law, you might as well hang yourself! If you die, your elder brother will marry a stepmother to Man'er, who will call your elder brother every day and bully Man'er, just like mother bullies your elder sister and elder brother." Gu Taohua rolled her eyes and said.
She was sure her guess was correct.
The person Xu Si wanted to bully in the threshing floor was not his mother, but his sister-in-law.
My mother must have gone to the threshing ground and found my sister-in-law being bullied by Xu Si, so in order to bring the incident upon herself, she drove my sister-in-law back home.
Fortunately, my mother took the matter over. If it weren't for my mother, with my sister-in-law's temper, she would have tried to commit suicide without being discovered by the villagers. If the matter had been exposed like today and let County Magistrate Liu and the whole village to judge, my sister-in-law would probably have died in the threshing floor.
How could Xu Si and Yan Pozi be punished?
Gu Taohua was a little angry. She felt that Chen Sufen's suicide was a waste of Tong Huaqiong's efforts.
After hearing what Gu Taohua said, Chen Sufen was stunned and tears kept flowing. She couldn't help but look at Tong Huaqiong and asked, "Mom, how are you?"
Tong Huaqiong snorted and said, "You still have the time to ask me. I thought I helped you and you would serve me well in the future, but you tried to commit suicide. If I had known, I would not have saved you."
Tong Huaqiong was a little angry, just like Gu Taohua.
She knew that Chen Sufen, a pure ancient person, valued her innocence more than anything else, so she let her escape and let Chen Sufen go home, leaving everyone with the scene of Xu Si trying to bully her.
She is a widow and she doesn't care about gossip.
Chen Sufen can't do it. Chen Sufen is a serious person and can't stand her reputation being damaged.
She originally thought that Chen Sufen would understand her good intentions, but she was determined to hang herself as if she was given a hammer.
Tong Huaqiong felt that her enthusiasm was wasted and was a little disappointed.
When everyone first saw Chen Sufen hang herself, they were quite confused.
Everyone heard some clues from Tong Huaqiong's words, and after a little thought, they understood why Chen Sufen wanted to commit suicide.
Everyone guessed the same as Gu Taohua that the person Xu Si wanted to bully in the threshing ground was Chen Sufen, but he was blocked by Tong Huaqiong and the dirty blame was directed at himself.
"Sufen, are you the one Xu Si wants to bully?" Gu Dahan asked bluntly.
Chen Sufen sobbed even more sadly.
Chen Sufen didn't even need to say anything, things were just as everyone thought.
Gu Dahan's eyes turned red.
My stepmother's behavior was so unexpected.
In the past, if Chen Sufen was bullied by Xu Si, her stepmother would scold her for being immoral before anyone else could make fun of her.
Now the stepmother is diverting the dirty water from Chen Sufen to herself.
Apart from his family, who else knows that the person Xu Si is going to bully today is Chen Sufen?
"No matter who Xu Si bullies, he cannot bully the women of our Gu family. Bullying your wife is the same as bullying me. Dahan, you don't have to worry about who Xu Si bullied. Xu Si is wrong in the whole thing. Sufen and I are not wrong." Tong Huaqiong said with a cold face.
She looked at Gu Dahan carefully.
If this stepson feels cuckolded because his wife is bullied, she will definitely kick him out.
Gu Dahan wiped his tears and knelt down beside Tong Huaqiong, crying, "As long as Sufen is okay... Mom, I don't know how to thank you for treating Sufen like this..."
After hearing this, Chen Sufen raised her head and looked at Gu Dahan with tearful eyes.
"There's no need to say such sensational words. Just comfort your wife. She was scared today." Tong Huaqiong said.
Gu Dahan wiped his tears and stood up.
"Sufen, the people who bully you don't want to die, so why do you want to die? Since you want to die, I will let Dahan send you off." Tong Huaqiong said loudly to Chen Sufen, "Do you think you can be fair to me like this?"