Favoring the concubine and killing the wife? She divorced the concubine and lived with her concubine

When Xiao Lan left the Xiao residence, the second branch of the Xiao family asked Xiao Wu to send everyone back.

Xiao Lan discovered that her initial fabrication about knowing the murderer didn't seem to attract anyone. Even if she knew who it was, they would have a plan to counter it. Perhaps this confident individual was Liu Yu, the military leader in South City who even Su Ze struggled to control.

But Xiao Zongwen and his men are not interested in their own lives; they want to be the scapegoat!

It seemed that she had to take over the Xiao family's responsibility. But why did Xiao Zongwen stir up trouble and fight with her for the family property?

Was he afraid that not fighting for it would seem fake? If they kept operating behind the scenes and didn't fight for it, wouldn't Xiao Lan just naturally take over the family?

These people's thoughts were too complicated for Xiao Lan to understand. She wanted to turn around and ask Liu Hu, who was sitting next to her, but she knew that now was not the time.

because……

Sun Jiye and Xin'er insisted on riding in the same carriage with him this time, and Liu Hu was unwilling to change carriages. Now a man and a woman with a child and a daughter were squeezed into the carriage, which seemed a bit too crowded.

"Uncle Tiger, do you have a tiger?" Xin'er had long since forgotten this "Uncle Tiger" was the robber who had frightened her into tears in her mother's room. She only knew that Uncle Tiger had been recuperating in her father's study, and later would occasionally wander the courtyard, using his arms as a swing whenever he saw her. He was incredibly strong and incredibly funny!

"Yes, I raised two tigers in the forest in the north. They are very big..." Liu Hu watched Liu Yue grow up when he was a child. He liked little girls more, so he was willing to tease this cute girl.

"You're lying. Uncle Hu doesn't just raise tigers. The guy named Erniu at the door didn't even have a cow at home!" Sun Jiye interrupted.

Liu Hu winked at him and said, "You haven't made any progress in martial arts training with Master Yu recently. You can't even beat your four-year-old sister?" After saying that, he reached out and pinched his stomach. Sun Jiye wanted to hide, but couldn't. He huddled beside Xiao Lan and cried.

Xin'er felt that Liu Hu was praising her and felt very proud.

"I'm four years old! I'm still a child..." Xin'er held her head high, and Liu Hu took over her unfinished words, "You're still a child, but you're so amazing!"

"Yes! I'm very good. Mr. Yu said I was...amazing!" Xin'er clenched her hands, gave herself a thumbs up, looked left and right, and saw that she did well, then raised it to Liu Hu's nose to show him.

Liu Hu suddenly opened his mouth, "Ah!"

"Ah!" Xin'er was startled, then burst into laughter, "You scared me to death!"

Xiao Lan saw Liu Hu playing with the child with ease, which was very inconsistent with his appearance. "I didn't know you could take care of children?"

"Yes, my father died early, and my mother couldn't take care of my sister after she was born. I have to raise her!" Liu Hu said this and hugged Xin'er in his arms. Xin'er didn't struggle.

Liu Hu, who had been practicing martial arts for many years, had a hot body, like a stove, and Xin'er felt very comfortable. She had been neglected by her father since she was a child, and this strong man gave her a strong sense of security, so she took the initiative to hug Liu Hu's neck and said in a baby voice, "I like Uncle Hu."

Seeing this, Sun Jiye looked up at Xiao Lan, reached out and took Xiao Lan's hand and held it in his arms, "I'll warm my mother's hands."

When the carriage stopped, Xin'er had already fallen asleep in Liu Hu's arms. Liu Hu was reluctant to let her go, so he personally carried her back to the house and put her to sleep. He looked at her several times before leaving the house.

The two returned to Xiao Lan's room, and she called Fang Qingqing over too; one more person would be another brain. Although Fang Qingqing was always noisy, her thoughts sometimes jumped, and she'd read a lot of melodramatic novels, so maybe she could actually help.

"Can you tell me everything you know? It seems to me that Xiao Zongwen wants me to take the blame for something bigger than that. If I don't know anything, I'll just die." Xiao Lan looked up at him. "I think even if I can't do what you want, I don't deserve to die, right?"

Liu Hu looked at her and said without hesitation, "That's for sure!"

"Then tell me!" Fang Qingqing asked anxiously, "What did your Uncle Xiao and Uncle Fan tell you? Or what did you hear? Did you grow up together? That's not right..." Fang Qingqing felt that her description was wrong, "Did they watch you grow up?"

Liu Hu didn't know where to begin. He had only just learned some of the things he had just learned. He had never thought that his father was killed by his mother, but he didn't believe it completely either.

He thought for a moment before saying anything. Xiao Lan spoke up, "How did you recognize Fan Zhixing and Xiao Zongwen?"

"Yes... I recognized Uncle Fan first. We have a village in the mountains of Beidu. My father and mother run it together and support many brothers."

"King of the mountain!" Fang Qingqing raised her thumb and gestured to Liu Hu.

Xiao Lan rolled her eyes and told her to shut up. Liu Hu had recently become accustomed to Fang Qingqing's habit of talking nonsense. After all, whose courtyard plaque read "A Family of Love and Devotion"? Xiao Lan said Fang Qingqing had insisted on putting it up, and no one could stop her from doing so, so she just gave up.

"Well, life wasn't easy for the Mountain King either. My parents had different tempers and were always bickering. My brother and I got fed up, so we often ran down the mountain. One day, my brother was injured by a hunter's trap, and it was Uncle Fan who saved him. After that, he often invited us down the mountain to play and brought us delicious food."

Xiao Lan nodded, thinking of what Xiao Wu had told her, that she had once caused trouble for Fang Feiyan by looking for bandits from the north, and this happened to Liu Hu's family as well.

"They returned to Beidu with an orphan and a widow, and built up their family business entirely from scratch. That's quite remarkable."

Fang Qingqing heard Xiao Lan say this and felt that she had some talent. "I heard that Xiao Zongwen's mother was famous for her beauty in South City. Her eyes were as clear and beautiful as a lake. Could she have found a rich man?" At this point, she looked at Xiao Lan. "She was in her thirties at that time? She was still a mature and attractive woman!"

"You are such a vulgar girl." Liu Hu looked at her and thought about what to say next.

"I'll say more!" Fang Qingqing became excited when she heard that, but was slapped on the back by Xiao Lan.

"Stop talking nonsense! But it's not impossible for a woman like that to find someone to rely on." When Xiao Lan said this, he glanced at Liu Hu, who was lowering his head and thinking about something.

"Liu Hu..." Xiao Lan called him and patted his hands on the table. "What else do you know?"

The soft and fragrant touch of the hand instantly made Liu Hu's mind confused.

"I heard from Uncle Fan and the others that after they arrived at Beidu, they were still being pursued by your Xiao family. It just so happened that my father came to their aid, and the two of them were reunited."

At this point, Liu Hu looked at Xiao Lan and said, "I'm not like my father. I'm loyal to my father!"

Fang Qingqing covered her mouth and smiled. This Liu Hu was really stupid. He said he didn't like her and was just using her, but he gave in just by touching her?

"So that's how it is..." Xiao Lan muttered. Could the bandit Xiao Wu had sent to trouble Fang Feiyan be Liu Yu's father? And Fan Zhixing, in order to exploit Liu Yu and Liu Hu, deliberately befriended them and fabricated lies, making their father a hero who saved a beautiful woman?

Or maybe Liu Hu's father really fell in love with Fang Feiyan and took her in?

Therefore, Liu Hu's father and mother were always arguing. However, Liu Yu and Liu Hu had never seen Fang Feiyan in the mountains, which meant that Fang Feiyan was kept outside by Liu Hu's father.

Liu Hu wondered if he should say anything else, while Xiao Lan was thinking about how this messed-up, melodramatic plot was beyond her comfort zone. Neither of them noticed Fang Qingqing's expression of "I see."

She slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Liu Hu with a serious look on her face.

"Your father forcibly abducted Xiao Zongwen's mother, Fang Feiyan, and gave birth to Xiao Xuan! So you and Xiao Xuan are brothers? Then what about Liu Yue and Xiao Xuan? Are Xiao Zongwen and Fan Zhixing kidding you!?"