[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law":3,"chapter-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-319":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1543698,2006,"Chapter 319 - 319 319 Sending to the Governor's Office","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-319",319,"\u003Cp>319: Chapter 319: Sending to the Governor’s Office 319: Chapter 319: Sending to the Governor’s Office Jisheng Hall not making house calls was no secret, some people in Lotus Village didn’t know, but some did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who knew had ugly expressions, whispering, “There is such a rule.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, everyone’s faces turned sour again, but then someone added, “Last night was an emergency, with such heavy rain, how could a patient near death endure being moved?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every rule has its exception, and perhaps last night was indeed an exceptional case.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking it made sense, they all nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was still something puzzling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Feng said, “Since Youyou made an emergency house call, how comes the hunter wasn’t at home either?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t tell me he was out on an emergency call too, he’s not a doctor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Erya hurriedly said, “How could that be impossible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rain was torrential last night; my brother-in-law might have been worried about my sister’s safety and followed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It makes sense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone retorted, “Exactly, they almost got sold by their wicked aunt and uncle during the day, naturally, they’d be more cautious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arguing didn’t lead to any clear conclusion, and Gu Sanya said with a stern face, “Second brother, regardless of where Youyou is now, the fact that you sold her is true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bringing Youyou back to confront you is just meant to make you give up hope and prove my innocence, but it doesn’t absolve you of your guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youyou can prove it today or tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am confident in my integrity and ready for her to return anytime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what about you few, secretly selling someone else’s wife, shouldn’t you be sent to the Governor’s Office and let the honorable lord judge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon Gu Sanya’s grave revelation, they suddenly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why bother quarreling with them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact they trafficked people was true, and it was time to act on it instead of letting these parasites loose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right, the rain has stopped; let’s take them to the Governor’s Office,” they shouted in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Feng remained silent throughout, seated at the head of the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered Youyou telling him not to get angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine, he would listen to Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how fiercely they argued, he kept his composure; he wanted to live, to see Youyou return safely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some already started dragging Gu Second and Third toward the door, while Liu Dazhuang’s face was grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paid little mind to the half-day’s row, preoccupied instead with the strange words of that man from yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Xiangwen threw a tantrum, crying and screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men were reluctant to lay hands on a woman, so it was the village women who were dragging her away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Xiangwen and Gu Second’s children, Dabao, Erbao, and Sanya, were taken to the village chief’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was their parents who had committed the deed; children who were otherwise fine couldn’t be left heartbroken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Second knocked down one of the people pulling at him, cursed out Gu Sanya, and then knelt in front of Gu Feng, kowtowing profusely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dad, I know I was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please don’t let them send me to the Governor’s Office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll surely be beaten and have to endure prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erbao and Sanya are still young; they can’t be without their parents.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Feng didn’t speak, simply turned his head away, not wishing to look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Sanya stepped forward to pull him away, saying, “Second brother, do you want to kill dad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you committed these atrocious acts, did you think of how young Erbao and Sanya still are?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmph, your minds were probably clouded by greed, never considering Sanya’s well-being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To lure Youyou into a trap, even Sanya was drugged by you all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rest assured, if anything happens to you, I won’t be so merciless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll take care of Erbao and Sanya, I won’t let them suffer.”\u003C\u002Fp>",650,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.695Z",1,"novelbin.me","625ae9081ecd8e707aaa6d5c551fb9d1b35a3db00aed342ccebcb7ef6d5e8e44","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-495","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-318",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]