Passerby's Guide to Eating Watermelons

Chapter 207 Ancient World 24: Real Gold

Zuo Zhizhi's stories were told very vividly. Although there were many things that she could not tell, the strange stories she heard were enough to amaze everyone.

Because the time spent in school was limited, Zuo Zhizhi told the story for several days. Although she did not talk about what she saw about the male and female protagonists, she did mention the male protagonist Gu Qinghuai.

Someone sighed quietly, "They're both children of Marquis Yuanzhong, but why are Gu Qinghuai and Gu Qingke so different?"

"Who says he isn't? Although I haven't seen Gu Qinghuai in person, I have heard from my brother that he is a brilliant writer and has the talent to be the top scholar!"

"On the other hand, his sister, Gu Qingke, has eyes that are as big as the top of her head. She always looks down on others. No matter what she does, she always tries to be the best. If anyone is better than her, she will openly mock or ridicule them. She is really petty!"

"Yes, yes, and I think their looks are wrong too! Gu Qinghuai is handsome and resembles his father, but this Gu Qingke, although somewhat pretty, looks like neither his father nor his mother. It's really a waste of the good looks of the Yuanzhong Marquis family!"

A few people talked briefly and then stopped discussing this topic. After all, talking about others behind their backs is not a gentleman's behavior.

If they hadn't happened to feel something today, they wouldn't be talking about this here.

Zuo Zhizhi did not respond to the conversation, but sighed in her heart that the ancients may not have developed technology, but when it comes to the wisdom of dealing with people, they are definitely much better than most people.

At least if it were me, it would be impossible for me to be as meticulous as them, because there is indeed a problem!

A few days after they had this conversation, someone stopped the carriage of Marquis Yuan Zhong’s wife on her way to burn incense.

Originally, this was just an inhumane thing. When he lifted the curtain, he saw a face that looked very similar to the Marquis's wife!

Everyone was shocked. The Marquis' wife had no time to think and could only bring the daughter back home and ask everyone to come and check her out.

Because this incident happened on the street, within an hour, every household in the capital city heard about this strange case.

Even many restaurants and teahouses began to make up stories about the real and fake daughter!

Zuo Zhizhi had indeed known about this matter for a long time, perhaps because she had seen Gu Qinghuai before. So when she saw Gu Qingke this time, Zuo Zhizhi noticed the words "True or False Thousand Golds and Wen's Female Match" on her head.

Since she is now the daughter of a marquis, the story behind her is naturally self-evident.

Gu Qingke is a fake daughter who was replaced by someone!

Therefore, no matter how she provoked her before, Zuo Zhizhi remained unmoved. Gu Qingke had been educated in the Marquis' Mansion for many years. Although he had no talent or reputation, he naturally had no worries about marriage with this status.

But if her identity was fake, she would probably be worse than the children of ordinary officials. She might even be an ordinary citizen or the daughter of a court criminal. By that time, her downfall would be even more painful than killing her.

Sure enough, the matter was resolved not long after, and several people went to inquire about it with great interest.

After all, Gu Qingke has a rather arrogant personality and has offended countless people. Everyone wants to intervene at this time to relieve their hatred.

Although another part of the group did not mind Gu Qingke's usual behavior, now that such a big thing had happened in the capital, they naturally had to investigate it carefully.

On the other side, at the Marquis Yuanzhong’s Mansion, everyone looked at the two girls. Although they had not yet reached a conclusion, the matter was already clear!

Gu Qingke was very panicked, but she held herself together and was about to slap the other girl.

"You shameless slut, how dare you humiliate me like this? Who sent you here?"

Gu Qingke tried to maintain his composure. After all, this man looked like his mother. If his family trusted him, what would he do?

We must suppress this matter as soon as possible before it comes to a conclusion.

However, the couple did not want to close the case in a muddled way. "Tell us everything you know!"

After hearing this, the girl slowly raised her head, glanced at the Marquis and his wife, and slowly told them her story.

Gu Qingwan recalled it briefly, after all, this incident was too far away.

As far as she can remember, she has lived in a poor family. The conditions at home were very poor and they often had no food to eat.

When she was young, Gu Qingwan's parents were very nice to her and would always give her some of the food her brothers had.

The other sisters in the family were very envious of Gu Qingwan's life.

But this matter came to an abrupt end until she was 10 years old. She didn't know what happened in between, but she only knew that her parents' attitude changed suddenly.

He was kind to her at first, but overnight he started making her do farm work non-stop.

Even for meals, they could only eat the leftovers from their family members. Sometimes, they were not allowed to eat at all and could only drink water to barely fill their stomachs.

Gu Qingwan didn't know what she had done wrong and could only beg for forgiveness from her family, but they ignored her and even spoke harshly to her.

Gu Qingwan could only lower her head and work silently, trying to work harder in exchange for her family's care.

Until when? Yes, until I was 15 years old, when a sickly man in the county wanted to get married. All the families avoided him, but my parents eagerly sent me to him!

Gu Qingwan was terrified and knelt on the ground begging for mercy from her parents, "Mom and Dad, I will definitely repay you well. Please don't send me to die!"

"You getting married is the best reward for us!"

"Mom, I am your biological daughter too, how could you treat me like this!"

The two of them were stunned for a moment, but Gu Qingwan noticed their sharpness. She said tremblingly, "Could it be..."

"Don't blame your parents. This is how your life is. If you really want to say it, you should be reborn into a good family in your next life and never encounter these things again!"

Gu Qingwan was deeply shocked but she held on, wanting to find out the truth. It turned out that she was sent here by a group of people who looked quite wealthy.

Originally, the couple thought that the family was either rich or noble, so they took good care of Gu Qingwan until now.

But a few years passed, and the man never sent money again.

Perhaps that family had already died out, so they started beating and scolding Gu Qingwan.

Gu Qingwan refused to give up. Although she was forced to marry a consumptive man, she took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and secretly took her belongings to go to the capital to look for her relatives.

Gu Qingwan slept in the open air along the way and finally found the capital. However, after asking around, she had never heard of any rich girl disappearing nearly 20 years ago.

Gu Qingwan had run out of money and could only take some laundry jobs in the city.

But she still didn't give up. She often went to the gates of various mansions and stood there for half a day, just to see if there was any lady who looked familiar.