I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel

Chapter 326: Chapter 293: A Grand Drama (Part 4)

"Who are you again?"

"I’m the neighbor living across from your house. I can testify that everything she said is true."

"Shut up, that’s impossible. I’ve never seen you before."

"My dad is Jiang Zhengye, a technician at the machinery factory. Go ahead and ask around if you don’t believe me. If I’m lying, may the heavens strike me down with lightning!"

There were whispers at the door.

"Swearing on such a thing means it must be true. No one would be bored enough to fabricate a story like this to frame her, right?"

"It must be true! Gu Jinhong must have something wrong with her head."

"Definitely something wrong. Treating a stepchild like her own daughter, but treating her own son like an enemy—her son must have the worst of luck to be born as her son."

Even though the voices were low, they still reached Gu Jinhong’s ears, and she only felt a buzzing noise overwhelming her.

"Shut up!"

"Ms. Gu, you were the one who went to the food factory to cause him trouble first. What kind of mother slaps her son the moment she sees him? If Yunhai hadn’t dodged it, his face would be marked by now. Come on, tell us, what did he do to provoke you?"

"What’s wrong with me hitting him as his mother? If he hadn’t instigated his cousin, Xiaoxiao wouldn’t have left in the middle of the night without saying anything. He must have done something; that shameless person always plots."

At this moment, Gu Xiaoxiao also entered from the door.

"Aunt, my cousin didn’t say a single word to me. But how about you, Aunt—why don’t you explain what kind of drug you put in that bowl of loofah soup?"

"You..." Gu Jinhong’s eyes widened, and her reaction only made the onlookers more certain that she had done something, which scared the girl away so much she didn’t dare to drink it and escaped in the night.

Xie Yunhai lifted a plastic bag in his hand, "Fortunately, I bought the leftover at a high price from your stepdaughter. I’m asking everyone to help me see what exactly this is?"

Gu Jinhong panicked and tried to push through the crowd to grab it, but someone stopped her, making her lash out verbally in hysteria.

The Duke of Thunder volunteered, "Our public security might know what this is."

The Duke of Thunder took it, opened it to smell it, and pinched a bit to identify it.

After identifying, the Duke of Thunder directly pulled out handcuffs to cuff Gu Jinhong.

"What are you doing? Let go of me."

"Ma’am, you’re breaking the law now, possessing prohibited items. Do you think I shouldn’t ask you in for tea?"

The Duke of Thunder and Wen Yu both showed their badges, scaring Gu Jinhong into collapsing to the ground.

"No, that’s my niece. I didn’t give it to anyone else, and besides, she didn’t drink it; she ran off secretly."

Gu Xiaoxiao’s eyes were red with tears: "I did run off secretly because when I returned from the bathroom, I happened to overhear your family plotting, and realized you tampered with the loofah soup you served me. You were just waiting for me to fall into your trap and then offer me to Uncle’s superior, who was in the room next door."

"Shut up, there’s no such thing."

Gu Xiaoxiao: "Recently, you arranged a blind date for me. I didn’t like him—he’s almost as old as my dad. His wife died giving birth to a second child, leaving two kids needing care. You’re rushing into this match just so Uncle can get promoted, using me as a stepping stone."

"I’ll beat the heartless wretch!" A crowd of Gu Xiaoxiao’s family members suddenly pushed in at the door.

"Dad."

"Daughter, don’t cry. Dad is here. Dad will stand up for you."

"Brother, stop hitting! I’m doing this for Xiaoxiao’s own good. The man has a house and a position. Xiaoxiao, a simple girl from the countryside with no background, could live a life of luxury with him, isn’t that a good thing?"