And so, Song Yaoyao and her two companions followed the Gao Matriarch and Dai Xiangwei back to the Gao Family's home.
Seeing the Gao Matriarch and Dai Xiangwei leave, the crowd dispersed, with no more spectacle to watch.
On the way to the Gao Family's home, Song Yaoyao called out to Guagua:
[Guagua, are you there?]
Guagua: [I'm here, Host.]
Song Yaoyao: [Guagua, print me a copy of the evidence that Dai Chunbai plotted against the Gao Family. I'll show it to the Gao Matriarch and Dai Xiangwei in a moment.]
Guagua: [All right, Host.]
When they reached the Gao Family's home, the Gao Matriarch asked anxiously the moment they stepped inside:
"Young man, hurry and tell me. Who exactly is trying to destroy our Gao Family?"
Song Yaoyao took out the evidence Guagua had printed and handed it to the two women.
The Gao Matriarch had been born into a merchant family and could read.
Dai Xiangwei had also learned to read after being brought back to the Capital.
After reading the evidence, both women's expressions changed drastically.
Neither suspected that the evidence was fabricated, because the details of many incidents matched what they knew.
Dai Xiangwei had never imagined that her own father had orchestrated all of this. Simply because he had lost a business competition, he had borne a grudge against the Gao Family and devised this means of revenge.
Dai Xiangwei burst into laughter:
"Dai Chunbai, what a wonderful father you are!
For the first dozen or so years of my life, you never cared whether I lived or died, yet I never blamed you.
I always thought my fate was ill-starred, and that you had understandable reasons for sending me away.
When I was bullied in the countryside, I thought the servants were doing it