Chapter 889
*Hong*
Jiang Chen’s words exploded in their ears like a ballistic missile . He purposely raised his voice using the Great Soul Derivation technique . Doing so, every word entered their ears and into their hearts like sharp blades, especially for Gu Xuantian .
All the elders present were senior experts . Gu Lan was a junior, a child to them . They were the people who saw her grew up . It was impossible to say there were no attachment between them and Gu Lan .
The one who was shaken up the most was Gu Xuantian . He was totally petrified . In the twelve years that Gu Lan had been imprisoned, there wasn’t a single day that he thought of reconsidering the mistake that his sister had made . He just followed the rules of the family and sentenced her biological sister to imprisonment .
‘Gu Xuantian, did you ever feel guilty about what you did to your sister, Gu Lan, all these years?’
This sentence of Jiang Chen lingered beside his ears . Did he really have no guilt? No, it was just like what Jiang Chen had said . Every time he saw Gu Lan’s haggard face, his heart would ache . So, he reduced the frequency of his visit .
Not only did he feel guilty for imprisoning her, but he also attempted to release her sister many times, but he needed her to admit her mistakes . If Gu Lan said ‘I was wrong’, these three words, he would grant her freedom, she was his sister after all . However, her sister did not admit anything over these past twelve years .
All along, he didn’t understand why was it so hard to say those words . It was just now that he finally understood the reason why Gu Lan refused to say those words . It was because she didn’t do anything wrong . The fault lied within himself and the rules of the Gu Family .
Why is it that humans are called humans? This is because humans have emotions and feelings . Gu Lan was a person who would never forget people’s kindness . She even pledged herself to marry Wu Tianyang, her true lover . Gu Xuantian, the patriarch, on the other hand had separated the both of them and imprisoned Gu Lan, which didn’t make any sense at all .
“Mother…”
Wu Ningzhu couldn’t stand it anymore . She fell to the ground with a puff and cried loudly . Over the past twelve years, she had never forgotten her mother’s face, she would remember it for the rest of her life . At that time, she was merely a ten-year-old kid but she could still remember her mother’s features .
Every word of Jiang Chen was like a blade, landing on her body . She couldn’t imagine how her mother survived through all these years .
Jiang Chen knelt down to embrace Wu Ningzhu’s shoulders . His heart ached, seeing her becoming like this . She was a very persistent woman, he had never seen her drop a single tear . She was many times stronger than other men, but only Jiang Chen knew how much bitterness she endured in her life . Jiang Chen was the one who expressed all the bitterness that had been suffocating her for the past twelve years, like a large opened pipe that flowed until the tank was empty .
“Ning Er . ”
Wu Ningzhu cried bitterly . It had broken down the emotional barrier in Gu Xuantian’s heart, causing tears to well up in his eyes . No matter how tenacious or how dignified a person is, he or she would play many roles in life . Gu Xuantian was the highly respected patriarch of the Gu Family, but he was also a brother and an uncle . Regardless of how high he stood in the hierarchy, they were his family . Only he could understand what the term family meant to him . He had lost his son, so he understood very well the importance of family .
“Could it be that I was wrong?”
Gu Xuantian shook his head . He looked like a man who just aged for another forty years . It was undeniable that Jiang Chen’s words were very disrespectful but he didn’t hate Jiang Chen for that . Instead, he was grateful that Jiang Chen said this to him . Because of these words, he was awoken . Suddenly, he felt that despite all the experiences that he had in his life, his wisdom was worse than a young man .
“That’s right . You were wrong, terribly wrong . During the twelve years that Gu Lan was imprisoned, you had been blaming yourself for that . You love your sister very much but you had made her suffer twelve years of imprisonment . That’s why you blame yourself . You have a high and mighty position in the Gu Family and because of that, you think that whatever decision you made is the right decision . You thought that despite Gu Lan being your sister, she still had to admit her mistake in order to be freed while she was missing her family for twelve years . She wasn’t able to watch her daughter grow up and be with her husband all these years . She didn’t even have the chance to see the two of them . Wu Tianyang, on the other hand, had suffered as well, he blamed himself for being a useless man who couldn’t even protect his woman, but he had to persist in life because of his daughter . So, how could Wu Ningzhu not see the painful expressions on her father’s face? She had seen how depressed her father was over these past twelve years . She knew her mother was still alive but she wasn’t able to meet her . ”
Jiang Chen continued, “So, this is what happened these past twelve years . You have blamed yourself throughout these years, Gu Lan had been missing them for twelve years, Wu Tianyang had suffered, and Wu Ningzhu had been living bitterly for twelve years . If you are a man, end these twelve years of mistakes and suffering . I hope that you will personally release Gu Lan from the prison instead of exchanging Wu Ningzhu’s happiness for her freedom . If that really happened, Wu Ningzhu won’t be happy . She will stay bitter for the rest of her life and Gu Lan won’t forgive you even if you released her . ”
“Stop it . Don’t say anymore!”
Gu Xuantian bellowed . His eyes were red . Clearly, Jiang Chen’s words were like a mirror that had shone all his repressed feelings and had shattered his emotional barrier .
In fact, Gu Xuantian wanted to release Gu Lan all along but she wouldn’t admit her mistake . So, he needed to find an excuse to release her . Marrying Wu Ningzhu to the youngest genius of the Gu Family was the best excuse that he could use . It was true that he had been feeling guilty and blamed himself these past few years . Otherwise, he wouldn’t spend so much effort in nurturing Wu Ningzhu .
However, he didn’t think that marrying Wu Ningzhu to Gu Liufeng would bring her unhappiness .
“I want to say it even if you won’t allow . You have already hurt Gu Lan . Do you still want to hurt her daughter? You said that Gu Liufeng is the number one genius of the Gu Family, but I am not even putting him in my eyes . If he can’t accept it, I will make him accept it through battle . ”
“Ai! Patriarch, whether Gu Lan is wrong or right in the past, you have already imprisoned her for twelve years . In my opinion, this punishment is more than enough . ”
“That’s right, Patriarch . Although Jiang Chen is being disrespectful today, he is a man with love and sacredness . It is rare to see a man who is willing to go such lengths in order to be with his lover . If Ning Er marries him, I don’t think that it will be an insult to the bloodline of the Gu Family . ”
“Patriarch, it’s already been twelve years . I think, it’s time to wrap this up . ”
…… . .
The other Great Saints countenance changed because of Jiang Chen’s words . They were the seniors of the Gu Family and had blood relation with Gu Lan . They had grown very fond of her in the past . In their opinion, disregarding what she had done in the past, being imprisoned for twelve years was already enough to end this all . They should return the freedom of Gu Lan .
The author of DMWG : “These two chapters were full of emotions . Old Su (the author) was lying on the keyboard crying bitterly . I too had a sister but she had left us four years ago in one night . That was an extremely cold night that could freeze our body in seconds . Over the four years, I was reluctant to think of her because it would bring back all the bitter memories . I hated myself for not giving her enough love and kindness . I never thought that I would relive this memory again in my novel . There are too many fighting and killing scenes in my novel, so I have used another way to write the plot for Gu Family . I hope all of you brothers and sisters cherish your family members . Pass every day of your life with them in happiness . ”
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