Chapter 19: A Calculated Plan

“Amu.” The little child, squeezing in, tugged at his amu’s hem. Sensitive to the unfriendly gazes around him, An’an fearfully shrank closer to his amu, calling out softly.

“An’an, why did you come? Did something happen to your adie?” Qi Wanfeng blinked back the slight stinging in his eyes. Seeing the child running over, he assumed something had happened to his fulang and asked worriedly.

“Amu, Adie told An’an to come find you.” An’an was a little scared with so many people here. He looked at his Ama’s expression, and without a second thought, Qi Wanfeng left the group behind and pulled the child towards his house.

“Qi Wanfeng, you stop right there!” Chen Zhu shouted, seeing that he had ignored him and left. Did he even put this amu in his eyes anymore?

Cao Adie puffed on his dry tobacco pipe and sighed, a look of guilt in his eyes.

With Qi Wanfeng leaving like that, the rest of the people in the courtyard started talking amongst themselves. The eldest and second brother’s wives naturally agreed with this division and were discussing the details. Wang Yan, Second Brother’s wife, suggested that her children didn’t have a room of their own, implying that the room Fourth Uncle had occupied should belong to their second family. Chen Li, Eldest Brother’s wife, naturally disagreed.

Lying on the bed, Cao Xiangnan saw Qi Wanfeng return. As Qi Wanfeng leaned in, he asked, “Wanfeng, did something happen outside?”

“Xiangnan, Amu and Adie said they want to separate the family and kick us out,” Qi Wanfeng said. He knew he couldn’t hide such a big matter. He could only tell his fulang the truth about what his amu and adie had said. What he worried about was that his fulang wouldn’t be able to handle such a blow at this time. “Fulang, don’t worry. You still have me and An’an. We’ll never leave you.”

“Good, that’s just great!” Cao Xiangnan said with a cold laugh after hearing this.

They really dared to do it! Even tigers don’t eat their cubs, and some people are worse than animals. Having been abandoned by his parents since childhood in his previous life, Cao Xiangnan had long taken a dim view of parental affection. In this life, he had only been here for two days, and this body’s adie and amu were already in a hurry to kick them all out, but this was exactly what he wanted.

The original owner’s memories told him that this body’s amu was a very biased person, and Qi Wanfeng wasn’t doing well in this family. Instead of staying here, it was better to leave and live independently than to stay in this Cao family courtyard.

“Wanfeng, lean your ear closer. Listen to what I say.” Cao Xiangnan gestured for Qi Wanfeng to lean closer, and he whispered a few words in his ear.

Qi Wanfeng looked at his fulang. Could they really do that?

“Wanfeng, trust me. We’ll be better off leaving here than staying here. Can you help me out? Leave this matter to me.” Cao Xiangnan wanted to turn the tables. It was better to leave than to stay here. Now that this group of people who ate people without spitting out bones was willing to let them go, it was better than staying here for them to continue exploiting them.

But since they wanted them to leave, did they really think that this little bit of stuff could send him away? They were really thinking too beautifully. “Okay,” Qi Wanfeng nodded, the fear and unease replaced by trust. He believed that as long as his fulang and child were by his side, no matter where they went in the future, their days would get better and better. He believed in his fulang. “I’ll carry you out. The doctor said your leg can’t move.”

“Okay.” Cao Xiangnan still didn’t know what was wrong with his leg. The medical skills of this era were really not flattering. A small broken leg could kill someone.

Although it was embarrassing to be picked up by his wife, his life was about to end now, so he would put his face aside for the time being.

Qi Wanfeng was very strong. In addition, his fulang had been sick for so many days and was only skin and bones, so it wasn’t difficult for him to pick him up. He told the child to follow them obediently, then bent down and carried his fulang out.