Chapter 22.1: Don’t sleep tonight, I’ll come find you

Su Qingning was almost laughing in anger.

This was the first time she had seen someone begging while acting like a big shot.

Not wanting to indulge him, she said coldly:

“We didn’t cook much. We’ll add three more meals tonight, just enough to finish.”

The members of the Su family, who were starving, were so furious they nearly spat blood. Aunt Zhao immediately spat on the ground angrily.

“Bah! Stuffing so much meat into your belly will choke you, you little wretch!”

In the next moment, a small stone flew out of Xiao Huaishuo’s hand, followed by his icy voice.

“If you can’t speak properly, there’s no need to keep your teeth.”

“Ah—”

The force of the small stone was so great that it accurately knocked out one of Aunt Zhao’s front teeth, sending her crashing to the ground.

The sharp pain in her gums made her roll on the floor.

“Ah— Officer! Officer! They’re hitting me! Officer! Come out and help me!”

“Woo… they broke my teeth, woo… make that brat pay! A thousand taels for my teeth!!!”

Aunt Zhao was originally a maidservant of Aunt Shen, but was raised to the status of a concubine because Su Bingsheng was drunk and acted out of line.

Her personality was the most aggressive and unreasonable; even now, with a tooth knocked out, she didn’t rush to stop the bleeding but instead focused on scheming against the Xiao family.

The officers were originally enjoying the braised pork provided by the Xiao family and didn’t want to intervene as long as the Xiao family didn’t do anything too outrageous.

Now, they were completely annoyed by Aunt Zhao’s ruckus.

One officer rushed out before he even had time to wipe his mouth and lashed out at Aunt Zhao with a few whips.

“Shut up! If you keep screaming and disturbing our meal, I won’t be polite with you!”

“Woo… I won’t dare, I won’t dare… Officer, spare me!”

Aunt Zhao was so frightened that she huddled in a corner, afraid to cry out in pain. Yet her eyes were filled with deep hatred and calculation as she looked at the Xiao family.

Su Bingsheng sat nearby, not even glancing at Aunt Zhao.

To him, women were like clothes; it didn’t matter if he had one more or one less.

However, he was really too hungry!

Watching the Xiao family devour the juicy pork and sip the thick, delicious broth made his mouth water uncontrollably, and his stomach kept growling.

He could only lower his voice and say:

“Ning girl, I am still your father. Can you bear to see me starve?”

Su Qingning took a big bite of the pork rib, the rich broth and tender meat instantly filling her mouth. She was so happy her eyes squinted.

She couldn’t help but kindly remind him:

“Su Laoye, you must be confused from hunger, right? You just wrote me a letter of severance this afternoon; you are no longer my father.”

Su Bingsheng stared at the large piece of fragrant rib in her hand, unable to help but swallow hard, feeling a bit embarrassed as he said:

“Ahem… I was just confused when I did that. As the saying goes, breaking a bone still connects to the sinews! How could I bear to sever ties with you?”

In fact, he still couldn’t understand how he had been so foolish as to sign that letter.

But with black and white on paper, it’s really hard to deny.

“Confused for a moment?”

Su Qingning’s expression was as if she had heard the most ridiculous joke.

“You have ignored me since I was born, allowed concubines and servants to beat me, let me starve and freeze, and forced me to do the dirtiest work—are all these just moments of confusion?!”

“Well, you truly are confused for a lifetime but smart for a moment!”

After saying this, Su Qingning clearly felt the suppressed resentment within her lessen significantly.

It must be that the emotional knot left by the original owner in this body had been untied.

That girl who had been struggling to survive all her life must have always wanted to publicly express her grievances.

Today, she finally got her wish!

At this moment, the atmosphere in the room became a bit heavier.