Reborn in the 80s: The Smart Wife with a Secret Space

Chapter 1229: Chapter 1229: We Can Understand

Since she already knew the truth, she didn’t stay there any longer.

She had someone take them straight to the guesthouse where Second Uncle was staying.

In the room, Gu Yize wasn’t sleeping soundly. He kept having nightmares. When he heard someone knocking, he shot up from the bed in one sharp carp flip.

After realizing what was going on, he carefully walked to the door and listened to the sounds outside.

Xinyan had excellent hearing and naturally guessed the situation inside. "Second Uncle, it’s me, Xinyan."

When Gu Yize heard his niece’s voice, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and finally opened the door. "Well? Is there an answer?"

Xinyan nodded to him. "Yes, there is. The ones tailing the Gu Family in Beijing are the same group, only there’s also an unknown story behind all this."

Gu Yize’s face was full of anger. "They’re a bunch of beasts. For their own greed, they ruined our whole family, and Big Brother even lost his life because of it."

When he finished, he covered his face in pain and began to sob. They had ruined the Gu Family, gotten Big Brother killed, ruined his own life, and harmed that kind-hearted Miss. He truly hated these people to the bone.

Xinyan could certainly understand how he felt at this moment, so she didn’t try to comfort him. She waited until he calmed down, then asked, "Second Uncle, what exactly have you been through all these years?"

Gu Yize straightened up and wiped the tears from his face, a little embarrassed. "I’ve made a fool of myself in front of you."

Xinyan patted Gu Yize on the back. "Second Uncle, we understand."

Only then did Gu Yize slowly begin to talk about his experiences over the years. "Before anything happened to the Gu Family, I received instructions from your grandfather to make a trip to Hunan. But once I got there, I realized someone was secretly tailing me, so I became wary.

After finding a chance to call home, your grandfather informed me that something had happened to the family and told me not to return to the Capital for the time being. Later, after going through several people, I finally learned that the situation at home was far from optimistic.

After that, I managed with great difficulty to get in touch with home. We agreed to meet directly in Tianjin, but I was too naive. I had barely gotten on the train when I noticed several different groups all watching me.

I tried to play games with them, but it was all in vain. In order not to bring danger back with me, I decided to give up going with them, and I also stopped contacting the family.

When I finally found a chance to return to Beijing, I learned that the family had already been forced to flee the Capital and go into hiding. It’s not that I never thought of going abroad to look for them, but by then it was already impossible to get out.

Originally, I planned to come here to seek refuge with the Wei Family, but when I arrived in Chongqing, I discovered that someone was secretly looking for me. Afraid of dragging the Wei Family down, I didn’t show my face again.

But all these years, no matter where I hid, they were always able to find me.

At first I racked my brains trying to find a way back to the Capital, but later, through a friend, I learned that in Beijing there were countless people just waiting for me to walk into their trap.

So I gave up the idea of returning to Beijing and asked that person to help me find a job at the Exploration Bureau. That job is usually out in the field, with no need to deal with people, and I actually had a few years of peaceful days.

But the good times didn’t last. I never imagined that after several years they would still be hunting for me. At the time I was seeing someone, and while we were out buying wedding supplies, those people spotted me. In order to save me, She was gravely injured, and after we escaped, she closed her eyes in my arms just like that.

But ever since then, I’ve always had this illusion that they’re not actually trying to kill me, but to trap me here. To this day I still can’t figure out what they’re really after."

Now Xinyan understood: the Xue Family must have assumed that Second Uncle also knew the secret of the treasure, and believed that if they kept him pinned here, he would eventually make a move on that treasure.

But they were wrong. As for the treasure, even Mr. Gu had only heard about it from the Old Master; he basically didn’t know anything concrete.

Fortunately, Second Uncle was capable enough. Over the years, several times he had been driven into a corner and yet used his wits to get out of danger one by one. The reason those people were so intent on hunting him down now was that this illegitimate son of the Xue Family knew the Gu Family had returned to the country and wanted to use him as a bargaining chip to trade with the Gu Family.

Having thought it all through, she said, "Second Uncle, let’s go. Grandfather is probably getting anxious waiting."

When Gu Yize heard that he was going to see his father, he stood up in excitement. "Xinyan, let me tidy myself up first, then I’ll go see Father."