"I’m sorry, I don’t know whether you’re my aunt or my mother. Please forgive for the disrespect I’m about to show you!"
"I, Gu Shaocheng, can’t live in ignorance. If my disrespect disturbs your soul in heaven, I’m willing to shorten my life by forty years, but I must still do what I’m about to do!"
Then he ordered, "Dig up the grave, open the coffin!"
"What are you doing?" He Xing felt a buzzing in his head, he stared at Gu Shaocheng in disbelief.
"The only way to clarify my origins is to obtain a sample for a DNA test!"
Without offering any further explanation, Gu Shaocheng, a man who would only kneel to the heavens and the earth and never to other people, knelt down before the grave, and heavily kowtowed three tis. The sound was startlingly loud, even with the grave covered in five centiters of snow, his actions resonated loudly.
To others, he might seem insanely disrespectful, a defiance of the natural order of things. Yet, once he made up his mind, there was no power on earth that could stop him!
He needed to know the truth!
He needed to know his true mother’s identity!
He refused to live in confusion!
"No, you can’t! You unfilial grandson, do you realize what you’re doing?" He Tianqi swayed unsteadily, and if Hideko hadn’t been supporting him, he might have collapsed.
Gu Shaocheng looked at his grandfather and nodded, "I know!"
"You know, yet you dare to talk back like this! Whoever’s lying inside is your elder, already dead for many years. Aren’t you afraid of divine retribution?"
"I will take full responsibility for my actions," Gu Shaocheng’s eyes glinted with determination, commanding with unquestionable authority, "Everyone, uncover the grave!"
"You, you..." He Tianqi swung his walking stick heavily at Gu Shaocheng’s back, "You’ve gone mad!"
But Gu Shaocheng’s personal guards shrugged him off and stepped forward.
He Xing flung his arms wide to protect the grave, "Over my dead body, Gu Shaocheng! I will never allow you to disgrace my sister this way! Regardless of whether she’s your mother, she’s a woman of the He family, my sister. Make one move on this grave, I swear I’ll take you down with !"
"I’d like to see you try. I’m determined to open this grave today, no one shall stand in my way!"
Gu Shaocheng glanced at his n, "What are you waiting for? Did you not hear my command?"
"Sir?" Leng Tong hesitated, "Isn’t this...?"
After all, they’d never dug up a grave before.
It seed a bit cruel.
Regardless, Gu Shaocheng was unfazed, "Dig!"
As he spoke, he kowtowed hard again.
I’m sorry, I can only offer you these three words, but I’m not going to change my decision.
If you really are my mother, please forgive your unfilial son!
Thump! Thump! Thump!
One after another, the kowtows were ceaseless.
He knew his actions were inhuman!
Thump! Thump! Thump!
He continued to kowtow, relentlessly and regardless of pain.
He Xing’s attempts to halt the proceedings were curtailed by Gu Shaocheng’s personal guards, and anyone else who attempted to intervene was swiftly subdued!
Gu Shaocheng’s personal guards regarded him with the utmost respect, obeying his commands without question.
His orders were absolute!
No one dared to challenge them!
"You unfilial son, you disobedient and cruel child, how dare you do this, I’ll beat you to death today!" He Tianqi lifted his walking stick, delivering powerful blows to Gu Shaocheng’s back. Gu Shaocheng didn’t move, and he didn’t alter his orders!
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