Chapter 40

Only when Xu Houcai put his grandson to sleep at home did he realize no one was at home. He was so worried that he even prepared to go out to look for them. But just as he opened the door, he saw his spouse with his two sons came back in a bad mood.

He didn’t know what had happened, so he asked, “What happened?”

Elder Daddy Xu took a cold glance at Xu Houcai and entered the room.

Then Xu Houcai turned to his son and his son-in-law, “Cheng, you tell him.”

“Dad, when I came back from the town today, I heard that my eldest brother bought 30 mu of wasteland. Afterwards, I told daddy about it, and we decided to go visit him. While we were on our way, daddy might have said a few words about my brother, so some other villagers heard it and all just came along. But when we arrived, my brother said it was too late today and whatever it was it could wait till tomorrow. Then he sent us back.”

Xu Houcai now felt the same anger. That was 30 mu of land! Regardless of the fact how Xu Ran got the money for it, he didn’t even say a word about it at all, to his own family! What is worse, his own daddy and brother came to pay a visit. How could he just shut the door in their faces!

“What a disobedient son! I will deal with him tomorrow.”

Like Elder Daddy Xu, Xu Houcai felt the same way. He believed that since they were doing great now, the first thing they should do was to use those money on their parents. Apparently, Xu Houcai had completely forgotten how they had driven them out of the family.

Seeing his father get angry, Xu Cheng sneered in his heart. He wondered how would Xu Ran dodge the bullet this time!

But Xu Cheng was good at acting. He didn’t show he was gloating in front of his father. Instead, he said with concern, “Father, it’s getting late. Let’s go rest first! We will figure this out tomorrow.”

After sending all of those people who showed up at his door away, Xu Ran went back into the room with a gloomy face, wondering how could he have such shameless relatives.

Noticing his fury, Liu Tong consoled him, “All right, Ran, don’t be mad. It is not the first day you knew your daddy. He’s always like this.  We’ll just live our own lives.”

He didn’t want to stay mad for this jerk either. he calmed down, “Sorry. I shouldn’t lash out on you.”

Liu Tong could never blame him for this. “It’s fine. I don’t care. But I don’t want you to keep this to yourself.”

“I just didn’t expect my daddy would be like this. I think you definitely had no idea how I became a fool before. I didn’t fell myself but was poisoned by Xu Cheng. He even brought me to a mountain and pushed me down to kill me. He didn’t want me to take the scholar examination, and even tried to steal Zhang Yue from me. Tell me, what did I do to have such an evil brother?”

Feeling sorry for the fool, he could not help but tell the story.

Hearing this, Liu Tong was shocked, “How could this even happen? Did your daddy and dad know about this? ”

“Humph, of course my daddy knew this. Only my father doesn’t. If they ever come to us to make a scene again, I’ll tell the truth. They would be too ashamed to stay in this village .”

Xu Ran didn’t plan to give in. The consequence of the fool’s tolerance was his death. He would never make the same mistake.

Hearing about the truth, Liu Tong was outrageous. He didn’t expect the truth to be like this. He clenched his fists. If Xu Cheng were in front of him now, he would definitely beat him up without hesitation.

Xu Ran noticed Liu Tong’s anger. He held Liu Tong into his arms, “Don’t be angry. I’m fine, and it is gonna be fine. We are gonna show them how good life could be by ourselves. They will pay their debts eventually.”

Liu Tong still couldn’t come around, so Xu Ran just kissed him on the lips and took him to the bed.

Then, they spent a beautiful night together.