NOVPUB44: Chapter 44 Confronting Grandma III
44 -44 Confronting Grandma III
Upon being asked, Gu Youyou suddenly remembered that this body had indeed never experienced menstruation.
Considering her age, it was abnormal for a girl of seventeen or eighteen not to have menstruated.
Without any change in expression, Gu Youyou moved the hand beneath her blanket to her wrist to check her pulse.
Given the condition of her body, with its slow development and severe dampness, it indeed wouldn’t menstruate.
Once she recovered from her illness, it seemed she would need to undergo thorough treatment.
She didn’t speak but obediently waited for the Huang lady’s next words.
“Youyou might not know this, but a woman who doesn’t menstruate can’t have children!”
Gu Youyou acted surprised, widening her eyes as she looked at the elderly Mrs.
Huang.
Mrs.
Huang continued, “Without children of your own, once you pass away, won’t that hunter Jin take all your belongings and give them to outsiders?
Silly girl, do you think he’s willing to take care of you for no reason?
It’s all because of the dowry your grandfather gave you.”
The moment this topic was raised, she became so angry that she shivered, “That damned old man, to be deceived by someone with the Jin surname.
My poor granddaughter was swindled by that Jin fellow, taking all of my belongings.
Heaven’s punishment…
they won’t die a good death…”
The more Mrs.
Huang spoke, the angrier she became, and she started cursing out loud.
Gu Youyou believed that her distress was genuine, not feigned.
Because Gu Youyou herself had previously thought the same; Grandfather Gu must have promised Jin Zijin something significant for him to agree to marry Gu Youyou, and the dowry that made the villagers envious was indeed the prime bargaining chip.
The whole village probably thought the same.
However, having been with Jin Zijin for quite some time, Gu Youyou had long realized that he was not as simple as he appeared on the surface.
Perhaps her dowry, and their marriage, was merely a ruse to deceive others.
Regardless of whether he had arranged this scheme for his own benefit or hers, she had successfully used it to escape from the dark room and slowly recover her health.
That was fact, so she had no interest in squabbling over those external assets.
“How can you give everything away to others?” Mrs.
Huang continued to plead earnestly.
Gu Youyou looked at Mrs.
Huang with wide, panic-stricken eyes and said softly, “Then…
what do you suggest, Grandmother?”
Seeing Gu Youyou’s compliant attitude, Mrs.
Huang’s expression softened even more, and Xiangwen, standing by the side, began to smile brightly.
She said, “Naturally, you should take these things back.
You can’t let outsiders benefit from them, can you?”
“But…” Gu Youyou frowned, her eyes portraying genuine fear and pity as she spoke, “But if those things are gone, what if Jin Zijin throws me out?”
Mrs.
Huang shook her head and said firmly, “Impossible, there’s no precedent of a wife being driven out after being brought into a household.
Rest assured, he’s an outsider and wouldn’t dare, unless…”
Mrs.
Huang’s face showed a moment of shock as she thought, unless there is no child after three years.
It would be a miracle for Gu Youyou to have a child within three years in her current state.
If not, she would surely be thrown out.
Where could she go then?
She would have no choice but to return to the Gu Family.
The Gu Family had finally gotten rid of Gu Youyou and would surely not be willing to take her back.
Gu Youyou laughed quietly without revealing her true feelings and then said in a pitiful tone, “He was just complaining yesterday about the shortage of food at home, saying I eat even more than he does!
He mentioned…
mentioned something about a big loss, and only seemed a bit happier when he saw the half basket of sweet potatoes Grandfather sent.”
“What?” Both the elder and younger members of the Huang Family were shocked and asked urgently, “You eat more than Jin Zijin?”
