With the cannon fodder script in hand, it is easy for the king to change his fate

Yang Hongyu's drowning caused a long dispute between the Jiang and Yang families. In the end, the Jiang Yiping and Jiang Weili families agreed to compensate the Yang family with a sum of money.

The amount is not small, otherwise the Yang family would not have let it go so easily.

They didn't want to pay compensation, but if they didn't, the Yang family would likely sue them and they would eventually have to pay. Most importantly, Zhang Shiying wasn't someone to be trifled with; he came to the Jiang family's house every day to mourn, and they had no way to deal with him. Given Zhang Shiying's personality, he might cause trouble at the school once school started.

If things get extreme, who knows what the Yang family might do, especially Zhang Shiying, that old lady is almost seventy and has very high magic resistance.

A-Zhou didn't know if Zhang Shiying would just let it go.

But An Shuohai and his son are safe now, and there shouldn't be any more dangers in the future. After the holiday, she will also go to high school in the county town. The client's grades are good, and she was admitted to the best high school in the county. Her brother, An Miao, will go to university in another city.

"How much money do we have left?" Liang Xuefang suddenly asked at the dinner table.

An Shuohai glanced at her and said, "Didn't we use all our money to buy a house? We still need to save up for renovations."

“There should still be some left,” Liang Xuefang continued. “Xiaoqing wants to borrow some from me. The Yang family is asking for an exorbitant amount, demanding 600,000 yuan from them. Xiaoqing’s family can’t come up with that much, so she asked me to borrow some. We have a very good relationship; we’ve known each other since we were little. You know, I should help them out, otherwise, what kind of good friends are we?”

Liang Xuefang didn't think An Shuohai would refuse. After all, he had agreed to lend money to her family to repair their house before, and he was usually very easy to talk to.

She and Li Xiaoqing had been friends since childhood, so there was no reason for her not to help.

If it weren't for that dream, An Shuohai would indeed have agreed to lend the money out of respect for Liang Xuefang. Of course, it wouldn't have been much, at most no more than 100,000 yuan.

But after having that dream, he couldn't let it go. He even felt that it wasn't a dream, but a life that he might have actually experienced. Thinking about the tragic life of his daughter in the dream made him sad.

How could Liang Xuefang in the dream dare to do that?

Through this dream, An Shuohai's mind did indeed become much clearer. Putting aside all the filters, he realized that Liang Xuefang didn't love her children as much as he had imagined; often, she was more concerned with her own feelings.

Normally nothing major happens, so he doesn't think about these things much.

“We really don’t have any money. Renovations haven’t been going well lately,” An Shuohai said. “If Li Xiaoqing is starving, I have no objection to you, as her friend, offering to help her out. But I won’t agree to lend her money to compensate her. Besides, didn’t Jiang Weili also buy a house in the county town? I heard it was paid for in full. The location is very good, and the price wasn’t cheap.”

"They haven't reached the end of their rope."

Their village isn't remote; it's convenient to travel to the town and county seat, and there are industries all around, even within the village itself. There's even a tourist area next door that's not particularly bustling but not deserted either. It's not the kind of remote, underdeveloped mountain village you might expect.

Anyone who wants to earn a little money can definitely earn it if they're willing to work hard. Even if it's tough, they can still earn quite a bit.

The Jiang brothers benefited from the scenic area, used their connections to do small business there, and must have made a lot of money over the years.

He didn't believe that either of their families couldn't come up with 600,000 yuan. Just look at the gold jewelry on Li Xiaoqing and Fei Xiu; they must be quite wealthy, otherwise they wouldn't often invite Liang Xuefang to play cards.

Although he wouldn't listen to Liang Xuefang's opinions on how to spend money in general matters, he never skimped on the gold jewelry she needed. He would immediately buy her whatever Li Xiaoqing and Fei Xiu had, never letting Liang Xuefang fall behind. He was always quite content with this kind of life.

That dream suddenly made him stand on the sidelines and look at everything from the outside. He really couldn't let go of what happened in it.

Of course, he couldn't attribute things that didn't actually happen to Liang Xuefang.

He made up his mind that as long as Liang Xuefang didn't do those things in reality, he would pretend that dream didn't exist.

But he would be on guard; he couldn't help but be. The things in his dreams terrified him. If he wasn't careful and the family really fell apart, would it lead to the same tragedy as in his dreams?

He felt heartbroken whenever he thought of his daughter's calm, lifeless eyes in his dreams.

"An Shuohai, how could you do this? Li Xiaoqing is my friend! My good friend! If you don't even help her, what kind of friend am I? I didn't say I would lend her all the money in my house, can't I just lend her a portion? It's rare for her to ask me for money, and you won't lend her any at all, do you feel ashamed?" Liang Xuefang slammed her chopsticks on the table and looked angrily at An Shuohai.

“Jiang Weili has been doing business in the scenic area for years, he must have at least 600,000 yuan. He probably won’t even need to sell his house, so don’t worry about it.” An Shuohai calmed himself down and said, “You two do have a good relationship. If you really need to borrow, I can only lend you 30,000 yuan at most, that’s all I can do.”

At this point, those things hadn't happened in reality yet, so he shouldn't have placed the blame from his dream on Liang Xuefang.

On the surface, she and Li Xiaoqing did have a good relationship.

An Shuohai had his own reasons for lending out this money.

He wanted to see the difference between the real Liang Xuefang and the Liang Xuefang in his dreams, which could also be seen as giving her a chance.

If Liang Xuefang is the Liang Xuefang in his dream, he would probably get a divorce.

"Not even 100,000?" Liang Xuefang was not satisfied, and her expression was somewhat unpleasant.

An Shuohai shook his head: "No, even if there were, it would be impossible."

"Okay, thirty thousand it is. Transfer it to me right now." Liang Xuefang clearly knew An Shuohai's temper and didn't argue any further.

Having received the 30,000 yuan, Liang Xuefang stopped eating and left home, presumably to find Li Xiaoqing.

"Never mind your mother, you two eat." An Shuohai wanted to say something, but didn't know how. He looked at his children with affection, determined not to let Liang Xuefang from his dream hurt them. His gaze was especially firm when he looked at Azhen.

“You’ll be living at school in the county town from now on. If you don’t get used to it, tell your dad right away,” An Shuohai said. “If it doesn’t work out, we can rent a place in the county town first and get your house renovated while we’re at it. You can move in in about six months.”

A-Zhen nodded. An Shuohai really was a father who worried himself sick. Now that he had a dream, he would only care more about his two children.

"My eldest is going to study in another city, so I won't buy too much stuff. With the internet so readily available, you can buy anything. I'll give you extra money later. Buying too much stuff is a hassle to carry around and ship. You might encounter anything while traveling, so if you run into anything you can't handle, call me first." (End of Chapter)