The Silk Handkerchief and Disappointment

It had only been half an hour, yet something had already happened.

So everything earlier was just to appease everyone and make it easier for her to run away with a man? Poor Gu family, spun around like a toy by her.

"Young girls, don't talk nonsense." Standing nearby, Father Gu's face was dark. Having his family's dirty laundry aired in public made him feel incredibly humiliated.

"If you don't believe me, Uncle, you can go home and check. Just now, I saw Sister Du Yueyao and that man heading toward the back of the mountain at the entrance of the village."

Seeing that Father Gu didn't believe her, Li Feifei immediately brought out her evidence, completely ignoring that his face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Seeing the crowd growing larger, Father Gu and Mother Gu understood that this matter could not be easily resolved. If they wanted to verify whether their daughter-in-law was truly meeting another man, it was simple: they just had to follow the direction Li Feifei pointed and search the eastern mountain of the village.

"Second Son, take some people to find your wife."

Gu Si gave a cold nod and quickly walked away.

Seeing that things looked bad, Gu Feiyu hurriedly caught up, saying as he ran, "Brother Si, could there be some misunderstanding? I felt that Sister-in-law sincerely wanted to turn over a new leaf."

Gu Si's entire body was tense. Without a word, he strode quickly toward the house.

Upon arriving, he searched inside and out but found no trace of Du Yueyao and the two children.

Gu Si immediately headed toward the back of the mountain at the village entrance. After walking just a few steps, he discovered a silk handkerchief—one that only Du Yueyao possessed—lying at the foot of the mountain.

Gu Si's eyes turned bloodshot. He didn't want to believe that Du Yueyao had run away with someone else, but the truth was laid bare before him. How ridiculous that this time, he had actually believed her words about wanting to stay and live a peaceful life together!

Seeing Gu Si lose control like this, Gu Feiyu also assumed that what Li Feifei said might be true, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

Why was Sister-in-law so foolish? If she wanted to leave, she could have just left. Why play games, giving people hope only to drag them down into an abyss, making things difficult for everyone?

Gu Feiyu truly felt sorry for his brother. The sweet, refreshing taste of the mung bean soup from earlier still lingered in his mind.

He sighed and shook his head. If Du Yueyao had truly wanted to live a good life, Brother Si would have willingly given his life for her.

"Feiyu, stay in the village and call a few people to help find Xiao Ming and Xiao Han. We must ensure the children's safety."

"Brother Si, leave it to me. Hurry up the mountain to find Sister-in-law... Du Yueyao."

Gu Si nodded. Without a word, he turned and went straight up the mountain.

***

Qiu Mei, who had been lazily watching from the sidelines, saw everyone whispering and looking toward Gu Si, so she squeezed in to join the gossip. "What's going on?"

A village woman who was quite close to Qiu Mei replied, "Isn't it that sister-in-law of yours? Under the guise of delivering soup, she sneaked off to run away with a man. Oh my, she was even caught in the act. How utterly shameless!"

Qiu Mei was just fuming over not catching Du Yueyao's fox tail, and who would have thought the woman would deliver herself right to her doorstep!

She immediately screamed to the crowd, "That loose, shameless woman! Who will come with me to catch her in the act!"

It was close to the end of the shift, and everyone was packing up to head home. Hearing Qiu Mei's shout, the gossipy women instantly chimed in. They hadn't forgotten how Du Yueyao's appearance earlier had left half the men in the village staring in a daze.

That vixen, if she wasn't seducing her own husband, she was out seducing other people's husbands.

"Li Feifei, are you coming along?" Qiu Mei turned to ask, thinking in her heart that Gu Si should have married someone like this girl, who was ten thousand times better than that vixen Du Yueyao.

Li Feifei smiled and shook her head. Although she desperately wanted to witness Du Yueyao being caught in the act, she had a more important task right now: to comfort Gu Si's two children.

"Oh, stop teasing Miss Li. She's a decent girl; she's not used to seeing such filthy things."

Hearing this, Qiu Mei nodded. "Alright then. Once we catch that bitch Du Yueyao, you will be the benefactor of our Gu family!"

Though acting embarrassed on the outside, Li Feifei still nodded in agreement.

Meanwhile.

Du Yueyao silently followed behind the man, climbing up the mountain step by step.