"This is her own fault. Hasn't Minister Zhang taught her not to harbor malicious intentions? Now she's just proving that harming others ultimately harms herself!" Gu Shuisheng exclaimed with deep emotion. He owed Minister Zhang, but there were countless ways to repay such a debt, and he didn't wish to be tangled with Miss Zhang in any manner.
"If this hadn't happened, I would have certainly stopped her. But it has already occurred—what can I do? I can't just watch her walk to her death! Shuisheng, I can only tell them that it was my doing, and its purpose was to bring you two together. Therefore, Shiyu can only marry you! I have never begged anyone in this lifetime, but consider this an old man's plea to you!"
Minister Zhang was both hateful and pitiful, hateful for using force and favors to compel him, and pitiful for a father who humbly pleaded for mercy for his erring daughter from a former beggar.
