Before the day of Gu family death the matter of Gu Lian acting stupid was exposed by first daughter-in-law, who saw Gu Lian reading from her brother old books.
A stupid perdon can't read with such serious focus and clear eyes, not only that during their three month journey.
She had this felling in her heart, previously Gu Lian used to slip away from people eyes. Only appearing for few minutes to keep up the act infront of others.
But during the journey she had to stayed inside the confined space of the cart, which give her away. But her mother didn't have any evidence to prove it.
But when she catch her reading the book, she immediately bring old madam and see it her it with her own eyes.
Gu Lian was dragged out of the room by her father and beaten brutally by grandmother and her own mother was adding fuel in fire.
Her father didn't said anything about it telling his mother beat his daughter, forth son tried to stop his mother but of no use.
It was her third daughter-in-law who came clutching her pregnant stomach, claiming that her son is getting frightened from the sound of beating did the grandmother stop.
Second daughter-in-law took Gu Lian inside her room where two scared yet worried Gu ciu and Gu Rui were waiting with some wild herbs they had collected.
Later second daughter-in-law secretly give some money to forth daughter-in-law to bring some medicine, which save her life.
Everything happened when other had gone to their morning run, when they return Gu Lian was already feeded some roasted fish which Gu mind had catch for her to eat.
Everyone gathered around her bed with serious look on their face, knowing very well that this matter is not over yet.
Gu Xiao "everyone, just know when I was secretly listening to my parents. I heard them talking about giving sister to some old man as his dual cultivation partner"
She rush inside the room all panicked and anxious spilling whatever she had heard from her parents.
Gu Xiao had very low presence, can easily be overlooked by people that why she can easily sneak around elders room without getting catch.
Even previously she was the one who informed about Gu Lian previous marriage arrangements by their parents.
Gu Lian smiled bitterly "seem like I can't escape from the faith of being sold like some kind of cattle" she mocked her own faith.
Gu yin "what are you going to do.... Or are you going to do something" Gu Lian pause then a look of hatered and madness appear on her face.
Gu Lian "do you know what I wanna do" everyone look at her they didn't felt threaten by her madden look but rather helpless.
Gu Lian "I want to kill my grandparents, my parents, my stupid brother, those useless uncle of mine, those cousins too, I want to kill everyone who don't deserve to live"
Okay... Now girls are quite scared rather then Gu yin who is surprise actually, she didn't her sister to have such guts.
Gu yin "if I say I have ways to kill everyone and pass it as accident, will you do it" now everyone snap their head toward her, so quickly that she's worried they will broke their neck.
Gu yin "of course, not everyone I mean forth uncle and aunty are good people. so, do second and forth aunt along with cousin Ming and the twins, as for others....
Gu tin "but they are our family" well she's only little over six year, it's understandable that she still had some hope from her parent's.
Gu Xiao "i-i think yinyin, is not wrong it's doesn't matter if they don't live, as long as we together right.... Right.
It's was quite surprising for timid, quite Gu Xiao to vote in favour, which really made everyone rethink about themselves.
Gu Cui "well, if you didn't pass the test. what will happen to you is also quite predictable" those who were unsure stiffen knowing that she's right.
Gu Ruo " how we even going to do it" she spoke with some tremor in her voice scared but what to protect her sister.
Gu yin "mushroom soup, not every brown and earth color mushroom are edible, so accidentally picking few and dying eating it is not weird.
Gu yin "tomorrow early morning, like always we will go to our run, sister Cui you will take third aunt together with you to feed the twins, we will deliver second aunt safe food to consume, sister Ruo will not eat the soup. If asked just say you don't like drinking it.
Sister Niu, tell brother Ming to inform forth aunt and forth uncle to not consume the soup, even they had too, only take one or two sip not more. Let's go and gather the mushroom.... pick the red one too I have use of them. Sister Ruo or sister Cui try to offer to cook it yourself least other discover the problem. Let's go and gather it"
No one said anything although scared, hesitated and unwilling everyone know if they failed to pass the test their lives will be similar to Gu Lian, which they don't want to.
So, everyone gather mushroom without looking they also gather red one, although they don't know why she ask them to pick Res one not other bright colour one.
At night Gu yin with the help of other create makeshift mask and gloves to cover themselves, crush the red mushroom into paste and add few stolen chili's in it.
Gu yin "whoever set the table tomorrow, exchange the chilli paste with this one, I'm not even sure the mushroom we had picked are poisonous kind or not, that why I had asked to bring all kind of red mushroom you can find, there had to be some poisonous one. If they survive even after all of this their good luck and our bad luck"
Everyone speechlessly stare at her they all are already scared and now she's saying she's not even sure if it's even going to work.
It's better work..... Or else, they will kill her....