The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 440 - 450 She Knows that Grandpa is Dead

Footsteps halted beside the dark staircase, and after a moment, a rich voice emanated from the darkness.

"Why are you still awake? And without lighting a candle."

The person beside the desk paused briefly, then let out a cold huff and said, "My heart is blind, what use is there in lighting a candle?"

Jin Zijin’s footsteps stopped, and he stared straight into the darkness where the voice came from.

Tonight, there was no moon or stars, just pitch black.

After his eyes adjusted to the extreme darkness, he could barely make out a dark shadow in front of him.

He couldn’t see her expression, but her chilling words had already made everything clear.

He frowned, and after a moment, as if having lifted a huge stone off his chest, he sighed in relief.

Jin Zijin stepped forward again, sitting steadily in the chair opposite her.

Gu Youyou looked down at the teacup in her hand, which she actually couldn’t see at all, just a clump of darkness. Nevertheless, she didn’t feel like lifting her head to look at the man across from her.

"Do you know?" he asked.

At his words, Gu Youyou merely gave a bitter smile and tugged at the corner of her mouth.

Yes, she knew.

The letter she sent to Cao Tianyou was to ask him to help her inquire about the Gu Family in Lotus Village, Qingshui Town, and to send it to her along with the goods list.

She was the first one to see the goods list; no one would suspect her.

With a bitter smile, she said, "Actually, Qin Changlin wrote to me every time, didn’t he? And you helped me write back!"

Jin Zijin didn’t respond, his silence served as an acknowledgment.

"I know why you kept it from me, I don’t hate you, but..."

She suddenly lifted her head, staring straight at Jin Zijin.

Similarly, in the pitch darkness, she couldn’t see him at all—just a darker shadow.

Gu Youyou’s face showed a look of pain, her hand clutching the teacup trembling slightly.

"A child wants to support, yet the parent is gone." She resented herself deeply.

Tears flowed from her eyes unknowingly, her heart aching more and more, she said, "If I had known that grandfather would just pass away like that, I would have taken him with us no matter what. How dangerous could it be around us? Even if he couldn’t have stayed alive, at least I would have been there to watch him take his last breath. That’s a proper farewell, far better than letting those beasts anger him to death."

The big tears dropped onto the floor, making a dripping sound in the silent night.

Jin Zijin’s heart tightened, he lifted his hand wanting to pull her into his arms, but stopped midway, and then let it fall back.

"I shouldn’t have kept it from you." he said.

Gu Youyou shook her head, replying, "You are not wrong. I know at this point, what you did was the best option. Grandfather’s greatest wish was for me to be well; if he were alive, this would also be his wish. So I don’t blame you, the only one at fault is me."

The sound of her unable to restrain her sobs was particularly harsh in the quiet night. Jin Zijin understood clearly, Gu Youyou kept saying she didn’t blame him but only herself, in fact, by blaming herself, she made him feel even worse.

In the end, she did blame him, punishing him in this way.

He would have preferred it if she just yelled at him outright, if she hit and kicked him, scratched and clawed—a far better alternative than her blaming only herself now.

"Youyou, don’t be like this."

He didn’t know how to comfort people. After thinking for a long time, he could only utter these few words.

Gu Youyou closed her eyes and lifted her head, trying to slow the flow of tears.

"I don’t want to be like this either. So tell me, what should I do? I always thought grandfather was living well because as long as he was alive, I could even bear not exposing the filthy deeds of those lowlifes at the Gu Family. Do you think I’ve never talked about returning to Qingshui Town? It’s because I didn’t want to face those people, because I wasn’t yet in a position to do anything to them."