Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Important Things Must Be Said Three Times

Gu Jiandong stormed up to the doorway, his face twisted with rage. “Where’s Gu Mo? Where’s that little brat?!”

Chen Qiaoqin frowned, looking at Gu Jiandong with obvious displeasure.

And this is supposed to be an uncle?

He can’t open his mouth without calling his own nephew a little brat—what an ignorant fool!

Gu Jiandong didn’t notice Chen Qiaoqin’s expression; right now, all he could see was Gu Mo.

Spotting Gu Mo sitting on the bamboo bed eating, Gu Jiandong marched straight in. “You little brat! Still eating, are you? I’ll give you something to eat! Let’s see if I don’t beat you to death today!”

As he spoke, he was already striding over to Gu Mo. Just as he raised his hand to slap Gu Mo across the face, another hand grabbed his wrist and stopped him.

“Who the hell—?!”

Impatient, Gu Jiandong turned his head and found himself staring at Xu Shuhua’s cold, stern face.

Xu Shuhua couldn’t stand seeing anyone hit a child.

If a kid really did something terrible, a few smacks to teach them a lesson might be understandable.

But you can’t just go straight for the face!

Besides, how old is Gu Mo anyway? What kind of trouble could he possibly get into?

Gu Jiandong was a big, burly man, and he’d put his full strength into that slap. If it really landed on Gu Mo’s face, it might even deafen the poor kid.

Before Xu Shuhua could say anything, Gu Jiandong was already impatiently trying to shake her off. “Why are you holding me back? I’m disciplining my own nephew—what’s it got to do with you?”

Xu Shuhua spat at his face. “Can’t I step in when I see injustice? I just can’t stand bullies who only act tough at home! In front of the Li family, you’re as timid as a mouse, but at home you swagger around like a big shot, is that it?”

Xu Shuhua’s words left Gu Jiandong both embarrassed and furious, his face flushing bright red. “Let go of me!”

Just as Gu Jiandong was struggling to break free, Qin Yuelan came running in.

Her hands were still wet—clearly, she’d heard Gu Jiandong shouting while she was doing laundry and had rushed over in a panic.

As soon as she entered the yard, Qin Yuelan ran to Gu Mo’s side. Seeing that he was unharmed, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Gu Jiandong. “Jiandong, what are you doing? Daibao is just a child—what did he ever do to you?”

Gu Jiandong let out a cold laugh. “What did he do? When I left the house this morning, he bumped into my basket. If he hadn’t messed with it, how come everything in my basket turned into rocks?”

Xu Shuhua looked at Gu Jiandong like he was an idiot. “Tsk, tsk, tsk! I thought you were just spineless, but turns out you’re stupid too!”

“How am I stupid?!”

Gu Jiandong roared, his eyes bloodshot as he glared at Gu Mo. “He did it! I checked everything when I was in the house—there were three jin of pork belly, twenty eggs, and a bag of brown sugar in the basket. But after he bumped into it, everything turned into rocks! If it wasn’t him, then where did all the stuff go?”

Xu Shuhua curled her lip. “You probably ate it yourself! Or maybe you sold it!”

Anyway, she absolutely didn’t believe Gu Mo had anything to do with it.

How old was Gu Mo? With those tiny hands and feet, how could he possibly swap out all that stuff without anyone noticing?

And even if he did, where could he possibly hide it?

Qin Yuelan thought the same. “Jiandong, if the stuff’s missing, let’s look for it properly. But you can’t just blame Daibao! He’s a good kid—he’d never do something like that!”

Hearing the two women, Gu Jiandong felt like he was going crazy. “I told you! The stuff turned into rocks! Turned into rocks! Turned into rocks!”

Yu Nuannuan blinked, surprised at how ahead of the times Gu Jiandong was—he already knew that important things have to be said three times.

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