Evening.

“Daddy, do you have to leave?!” Xiao Xiaofan was uneasy.

Xu Muan nodded and said “I will just leave for a while, your father will take care of you.”

“But, but… sometimes father is so fierce.” Xiao Xiaofan uneasily tugged at Xu Muan’s clothes, looking embarrassed.

Xu Muan smiled and said “Be good and your father will not be fierce. Not only will he not be fierce but he will give you lots of delicious food.”

“Really?” Xiao Xiaofan raised his head to look at Xu Muan and asked.

Xu Muan nodded and said “Yes!”

Hearing that Xu Muan was leaving, Xiao Xiaofan was initially a little worried, but after being comforted by Xu Muan, he went to sleep without a worry.

Xiao Xiaodong looked at Xu Muan anxiously and whispered “Daddy, do you really trust him? Although he has changed a lot lately, but before… “

“Actually, daddy is also a bit worried, but your second uncle was good to you and daddy can’t ignore it.” Before, when Xiao Xiaofan was seriously ill, Xiao Jinfeng had just come back. Helpless, Xu Muan had no choice but to ask Xiao Jinfeng for help. Xiao Jinfeng looked cold-hearted and unkind, but was warm-hearted and had secretly helped them a few times.

Xiao Xiaodong nodded and said “I know.”

“Here are twenty silvers. If there is something wrong with your father, escape to the town with your brother and live there for a while and wait for daddy to come back.” Xu Muan instructed.

Xiao Xiaodong nodded his head and said, “I understand.”

Xiao Xiaodong looked towards Xiao Xiaofan, Xiao Xiaofan was hugging a corner of the blanket and sleeping sweetly. Xiao Xiaodong looked at Xiao Xiaofan’s calm appearance and felt speechless.

The next day before dawn, Xu Muan was ready to leave. Xiao Jingting woke up early in the morning and gave Xu Muan another 50 silvers. “It’s better for you to bring more money to defend yourself when you’re going away from home.”

“But our family also needs silver.” Xu Muan hesitated.

Xiao Jingting smiled unconcernedly and said “It is all right, there’s no shortage of food at home. I have already reserved the wages for the two second level spiritual planters I hired. Don’t you need to spend money everywhere when you go out and isn’t second brother injured? An ordinary injury should be nothing to him. Since they say he is seriously injured, I don’t think it will be easy to heal. So you need to buy any medicinal materials you will need.”

Xu Muan nodded and said “Alright, I’m leaving.”

Xiao Jingting nodded and instructed “”Be careful on the way.”

Xu Muan nodded, and felt a surge of reluctance in his heart. Xu Muan pressed it down and turned around to leave.

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“Wake up and eat.” Xiao Jingting knocked on the door of Xiao Xiaodong and Xiao Xiaofan’s room. 

Hearing that he wanted them to eat, Xiao Xiaofan jumped out of bed, put on a pair of slippers and happily walked out the door.

Xiao Xiaodong looked at Xiao Xiaofan’s happy appearance and became speechless.

Xiao Xiaofan sat down on the dining table, only then finding that something was missing, immediately cried out “Daddy is missing.”

Xiao Xiaodong stared angrily at Xiao Xiaofan as he came over and said “Daddy already left.”

“Oh!” Xiao Xiaofan said.

“Your daddy went back to his family house, when some bystanders ask, just say so, okay?” Xiao Jingting instructed.

Xiao Xiaofan believed it and was full of wonder “Daddy went back to his family house, why would daddy go back to his family home? Grandpa will not be good to daddy again.”

Xiao Jingting’s face was strangely pale “Your grandfather is not good to your daddy?”

Xiao Xiaofan nodded and said, “Yes! Grandpa always asks daddy for money and he always scolds daddy for being incompetent and being unable to tie a man’s heart. He also said that he is wasting money on Xiaofan. Grandpa is not kind to daddy at all, but he is very kind to the younger uncle who has metal and wood affinity. Grandpa said that the little uncle is going to become a great man in the future.”

Xiao Jingting frowned, the original body owner’s father-in-law was this kind of person?

Xiao Xiaodong impatiently looked at Xiao Xiaofan and said “Just eat, why do you need to speak so much?”

Xiao Xiaofan looked at Xiao Xiaodong in aggravation, venting his anger as he started eating rice.

Xiao Jingting searched painstakingly through his memory and finally found such a person. The father-in-law of the original body owner seemed to come to find him to get close to the original body owner. As a result, the original body’s owner found someone to fight him.

The marriage between the original owner and Xu Muan was arranged by the great aunt of the original body’s owner. Because Xu Muan was born in a humble family, the parents of the original owner did not approve of this marriage.

At that time, Xu Muan was already pregnant, and Xiao Jingting had a bad reputation. He was not good enough for proper boys and girls but was too good for a lowly servant. So the great aunt said let the original marry this one and when there will be a better one, it would not be a big deal to break off with Xu Muan. In this way, the original owner’s parents agreed half-heartedly.

The Xiao family was located in Desert City and was one of the four big families in Desert City. The person who Xiao Jingting liked was Sun Xiaomiao, the unruly daughter of the Sun family, who had the same attributes as Xiao Jingting. Miss Sun was as hot as fire and rejected the original owner. After the original owner was rejected, he became more and more set on this little girl.

After the original body owner got married, he still missed Sun Miaomiao. Naturally, Miss Sun didn’t like Xiao Jingting, this second generation ancestor and the marriage of the former just gave her an excuse to reject him. The original body’s owner believed that this reason was true and despised Xu Muan more and more, always thinking of abandoning Xu Muan.

Edited by: Tetsu

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