When Uncle Zhou left, Zhao He immediately said, “Yunan, Wang Tianyan and Guo Zhaodi are back. I saw the Guo family bring them back, when I came just now.”

“Ah?!” Shao Yunan was quite surprised. “They were released?” The last time the Guo family came over to make trouble, it just so happened that Jiang Kangning was busy studying ‘academic’ so Shao Yunan didn’t bother him with this and then forgot to ask him completely.

Zhao He said, “I guess that Guo spent some money to redeem them. My father said earlier that they will be locked up until March. I also heard that from the 500 taels of silver you gave to Uncle Dali, 100 taels was given to the Guo family. I think they used this money to redeem them.”

Shao Yunan said, “Just redeem them. I will forgive them if they don’t dare to mess with me again.”

Zhao He laughed, “They definitely won’t dare. But once they come back, there will be a lot of trouble again. That family has always been untrustworthy, so you should be careful that they don’t come to blame you.” Shao Yunan coldly snorted, “If they think they can, they should try” Zhao He laughed. “I really like your vigor.”

Shao Yunan. “Ah? You are not afraid that Brother Yuande will be jealous?” Zhao He instantly became annoyed. “What are you talking about?! Are you looking for a fight!”

Zhao He came, first to pass information to Shao Yunan and second to ask him about this year’s jam. With Yizhang Xuan restaurant closed, the Zhao family was worried whether they could still make jam this year.

Shao Yunan told Zhao He to keep making the jam, the more the better. When the jam was ready he would ask shopkeeper Xu to sign a new contract with the Zhao family to collect the jam, but the buyer would no longer be Yizhang Xuan restaurant but Yunlong Square. With Shao Yunan’s words, Zhao He was relieved.

Yunlong Square, which was about to open, would give priority to buying ingredients from the villagers of Xiushui Village, especially the Wang clan. Now the members of the Wang clan were as happy as the other villagers in Xiushui Village. Zhao Lizheng also  held a special village meeting to set the rules first. 

The purchased ingredients must meet the standard, otherwise not even mention Shao Yunan, he would be the one to refuse it first. After that, Wang Wenhe also organized the clan meeting at which Wang Shuping officially became one of the candidates for the next patriarch, who like his father, would set rules in the clan. Those who liked to steal, ra*e and play tricks or do shady things, as long as they were caught once, would never be accepted in the future.

During the meeting, Wang Dali came. After the meeting, Wang Shuping told him in private that as long as his family’s behavior was good they would keep them. Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan would also not cut off their potential income just because they broke their relationship with them. Wang Dali just nodded and said nothing.

Old Lady Wang who was beaten severely was still laying in the bed as Wang Dali ignored her. Wang Chunxiu was sent to Wang Zhisong’s place, while Wang Zaizheng was picked up by his grandfather, so no one took care of Old Lady Wang. It was also the first time that Old Lady Wang had tasted what it meant to be betrayed by her own relatives, but she didn’t reflect on it. She cursed as long as she had the strength and hoped that Wang Zhisong would hurry up and get a place in the exams and take her out of this pit of fire.

Old Lady Wang couldn’t stop looking forward to Wang Zhisong’s fame, so she ‘hoped’ that her second son, Wang Tianyan and her daughter-in-law, Wang Guo would come back first. After a few months in jail, Wang Tianyan and Wang Guo were picked up, but after being in  prison for several months they no longer had the unreasonable and arrogant spirit they used to have. 

These two people were typically bullying the soft, while fearing the strong. Coupled with Jiang Kangning’s anger, the two of them suffered a lot in jail. When Wang Tianyan entered the village, his first reaction when he saw the villagers was to bow his head and tremble all over.

When Wang Tianyan came home, old lady Wang cried a lot, crying that her son had suffered, and then cursed Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan. As a result, not wanting for her to finish scolding, Wang Guo slapped her mother-in-law hard in front of her maternal family and then howled like a pig.

Zhao He’s guess was correct. As soon as Wang Tianyan and Wang Guo returned home, the Wang family immediately went into a dog fight. In prison, it wasn’t like the two of them were hoping that their family members would come to redeem them. They looked forward to it day and night, however, it wasn’t Wang Guo’s maternal family that came looking for them. 

Now that the two of them knew about it, not to mention Old Lady Wang trying to redeem them, she didn’t even say a word when other people proposed to lend her money. She also didn’t let anyone send a letter to Wang Guo’s family and tried to hide this matter. Not only that, old lady Wang also abused their son. What made them hate her the most was that half of their jail time was due to Old Lady Wang. After spending time in prison, Wang Guo was no longer afraid of Old Lady Wang, not to mention afraid, she hated her so much that she wanted to eat her alive!

Old Lady Wang was not physically strong, so how could she be Wang Guo’s opponent? While Wang Guo was beating, crying, and cursing, Wang Tianyan just shrank beside her without saying anything, let alone stop her. If his wife was angry how could he also not be angry? His mother was willing to spend so much money for Wang Zhisong’s medical treatment and wedding, but refused to spend money to redeem him from prison. He was already able to see through his mother. In his mother’s eyes, there was only Wang Zhisong who was a good student. He and Wang Shijing were the same in his mother’s eyes.

The Wang family was in disarray as Old Lady Wang cried and shouted to go to the star of misfortune Shao Yunan, but this time no one helped her and did not dare to help her. To Wang Tianyan and Wang Guo, hearing Shao Yunan’s name was like a tiger, not to mention the Guo family also told them about the deed of ‘sale.’ Wang Dali definitely would not go. Even though Old Lady Wang fiercely scolded, she also didn’t dare to go to Shao Yunan. She was also afraid that the patriarch would bring the clan rules, as she still hadn’t received dozens of whips.

The Guo family only interfered after Wang Guo beat her mother-in-law. Father Guo gave his daughter 30 taels of silver, out of 100 taels of silver he spent 70 taels to ransom the two. Then he warned Wang Dali and Old Lady Wang that if they bullied his daughter again, they would not forgive them. Telling his daughter that they would send Wang Zaizheng back in a few days, father Guo took the rest of the Guo family and left.

These things were told by Wang Shuping when he came to see Wang Shijing that night. Wang Shuping just told them to beware of Wang Tianyan and Wang Guo just in case they make trouble again.

When they went to bed, Shao Yunan laid in Wang Shijing’s arms, tangling his finger in his hair and said, “Wang Tianyan and Wang Guo are back.” Wang Shijing, who had his arms around Shao Yunan and his eyes closed, said “hmm” indifferently, obviously not concerned. Shao Yunan said, “I heard that they were redeemed with money, did you know?”

Wang Shijing lazily said, “Brother asked me if I want to let them out, but I said it doesn’t matter, big brother can let them out. I no longer care about their family affairs.” After pinching Shao Yunan’s butt, Wang Shijing opened his eyes. “I thought you were tired today.”

Shao Yunan was confused, “What am I tired of?” Wang Shijing stared at Shao Yunan for a few seconds, making Shao Yunan’s scalp go numb for a moment and then his perspective changed as he was caught under the other person.

“I thought you would be tired from preparing things for our parents and Senior Brother today, since you are not tired, let’s do something tiring.” Before Shao Yunan could speak, Wang Shijing kissed him.

“Huh?” Shouldn’t this guy be tired? Shao Yunan couldn’t understand why Wang Shijing was so energetic when he went out early and returned late every day. He forgot that the water Wang Shijing drank every day and the food he ate contained spiritual spring water and spiritual milk… so how could he not be full of energy?

Wang Shijing’s dislike for that family has long been to the point where even hearing about them made him feel dirty. Whether Wang Tianyan and Wang Guo come back has nothing to do with him. He would not play tricks behind the scenes and use his relationship with Jiang Kangning to make them die of old age in the prison, but he would absolutely not care if they were released from prison or in what state they were after their release.

Not letting Shao Yunan take him into the space, Wang Shijing pressed his wife in a big battle against the bed. The scar that almost ran across the entirety of Wang Shijing’s face still remained, but he could already see the blurry appearance of his wife with his left eye. Wang Shijing didn’t tell Shao Yunan because he wanted to surprise him when his eyes could see clearly.

In the ‘Qingluo Courtyard’ where Wang Qing and Jiang Moxi lived together, the candles in the bedroom were still on. Wang Qing was about to fall asleep, but Jiang Moxi was still turning the Rubik cube in his hand with his head down. The tenth-order rubik cube was really difficult, but Jiang Moxi fingers still turned tirelessly to compete with it.

Wang Qing opened his eyes sleepily, yawned, and said in a daze, “Brother it’s time to sleep, it’s late.” Jiang Moxi ignored him and kept playing. Wang Qing reached out from his bed and pushed the person sitting wrapped in the quilt against the bed, “Big brother, sleep.”

Jiang Moxi still ignored him. Seeing that big brother ignored him, Wang Qing said, “Big brother, if Little Father knows that you are playing with the Rubik’s Cube and not sleeping he will confiscate your Rubik’s Cube.”

If it was before, no matter what Wang Qing said, Jiang Moxi would not pay attention to it. But after Wang Qing said this, Jiang Moxi’s movements stopped. Although his attention was still on the Rubik’s Cube and his eyes could only see the Rubik’s Cube, his fingers finally stopped.

Seeing that his words were effective Wang Qing immediately said, “I will wake you up tomorrow morning so you can continue playing. Later, if Little Father sees that our room is still lit, he will definitely punish us.” Jiang Moxi’s gaze slowly moved as he looked at Wang Qing, Wang Qing opened his eyes wide, wanting him to believe that he was not lying.

“Brother, go to sleep, you can play tomorrow. Besides, if you finish playing so soon what’s the fun?” Wang Qing, himself, completely gave up on the Rubik’s Cube. Jiang Moxi looked at the Rubik’s Cube in his hand again, obviously hesitating.

“Brother, go to sleep, maybe Little Daddy will come soon.” Jiang Moxi pursed his lips. After a while, he put the cube next to his pillow amidst Wang Qing’s repeated pleas and then wrapped himself in the blanket and laid down. Wang Qing hurriedly got out of bed to blow out the candles.

“Good night, big brother!” After wrapping himself in the blanket and yawning, Wang Qing fell asleep. Jiang Moxi opened his eyes and looked at the darkened room, his fingers still simulating the movement of turning the Rubik’s cube. After a while, Jiang Moxi’s eyes gradually closed, as his fingers also stopped moving.

Edited by: Jaisland

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