Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

Song Zhi was not surprised by Qin Yue's arrival, nor was he surprised that she got the divorce papers so quickly.

If he didn't have some ability, Fang Ning wouldn't have been willing to sell everything he had to redeem her.

By this time, Xiao Tao had calmed down and was no longer so upset about Fang Ning's incident.

When she left the village, her two younger sisters were still little kids, but now they look even older than her.

Xiao Tao held their hands painfully, recalling the bright young man who climbed up the peach tree to pick peaches for her. The two little kids moved a stool under the tree and babbled to each other, feeling very emotional.

Fortunately, they no longer have to be sucked dry by their own brother and can live for themselves in the future.

Fang Ning waited at home for several hours.

Qin Yue never came back until night fell, and then he realized that he had been tricked. He became angry and wanted to settle the score with Qin Yue.

But he ran all over the capital city all night, and his legs were almost broken, but he still couldn't find any trace of Qin Yue.

Now he has no money and no one to help him, so he sits under the wall, panting and gasping for breath.

Looking at the bright moon in the sky, he recalled how he had been sitting in the house respectably a few days ago, and could have easily gotten by just holding a book and pretending to be serious. His resentment towards Qin Yue reached its peak.

At the same time, he also made up his mind to go back and coax Xiao Tao. Women are born to sacrifice for men. As long as he uses a few more self-torture tricks, Xiao Tao will definitely soften her heart.

With this belief, Fang Ning returned tiredly to the dilapidated courtyard to rest.

The next morning, Fang Ning rushed to the Song Mansion without stopping.

Unfortunately, following Song Zhi's instructions, the guards of the Song Mansion did not treat him well at all and simply threw him away.

He didn't dare to move forward rashly, and kept hiding in the distance, paying attention to the developments in the Song Mansion. When Song Zhi went out, he immediately pounced on him like a mad dog.

"Miss Song, please let me meet Xiaotao, okay? There's a misunderstanding between us, and I need to explain it to her in person."

Song Zhi looked down at him. She didn't say anything, but she felt very oppressive.

Fang Ning swallowed hard and continued, "I know I can't compete with you wealthy families as a commoner, but Xiaotao is my childhood fiancée. Even if you are a young lady, you can't restrict us from seeing each other."

Hearing these shameless words, Song Zhi smiled intently, "Are you implying that I'm bullying others by taking advantage of my power?"

Fang Ning shook his head, but the expression on his face clearly showed that.

Song Zhi was not flustered. He looked at the crowd attracted by his deliberately loud voice, with a mocking look in his eyes as if he were a clown.

"Since you've earned the reputation of bullying others, I might as well make it a reality."

She waved her hand, and several tall guards immediately stepped forward and surrounded Fang Ning.

Fang Ning's eyes flashed with panic and fear, "What...what are you going to do?!"

Song Zhi said in a cheerful voice, "Look carefully, this is called bullying."

After saying that, he gave a look, and the guards started punching and kicking Fang Ning.

A scream like a pig's howl was heard, and the people around pointed and talked.

But he was not pointing fingers at Song Zhi, but the other party was pointing fingers at him.

In order to prevent other women from being deceived by Fang Ning, Song Zhi kindly asked someone to spread his deeds yesterday. Now everyone in the capital, from an eighty-year-old woman to a three-year-old child, knows that Fang Ning is a person who lives off his wife.

Therefore, Fang Ning's play not only failed to achieve the effect he wanted, but instead made him a complete laughing stock in the entire capital.

After he lay on the ground with a bruised face and his begging for mercy grew weaker, Song Zhi walked over leisurely and said, "Well, now you know what it means to bully others by taking advantage of your power?"

Fang Ning raised his head viciously, his eyes seemed to be filled with poison, and he stared at Song Zhi with an extremely vicious look.

He suddenly caught sight of Xiaotao out of the corner of his eye and immediately acted as if he was humiliated.

"Miss, you've calmed down. Can you please let me look at Taotao again, even just for a moment? I...I know she must be extremely disappointed in me. I don't ask her to forgive me, but I do ask for a chance to redeem myself. I really can't live without her."

Fang Ning's expression was so genuine that people who didn't know him would really think he was sincere.

Fortunately, Xiao Tao was no longer fooled by him. With a stern face, she stood in front of Song Zhi and said, "Mr. Fang, you haven't had enough of the slop to come here and talk nonsense. I don't want to see you again except to pay you back. Of course, I have already deducted the little money you earned from the night watch. If you know what's good for you, you'd better give me the rest as soon as possible."

Fang Ning's face was filled with embarrassment. He thought about how he had toiled for almost a month, during which time he hadn't had a full night's sleep, but in the end he didn't even get a single cent. He felt angry and unbalanced.

"Taotao, you know I'm in such a difficult situation right now, why are you so heartless? You don't need these little things, why don't you..."

"I'm lacking."

Xiao Tao interrupted directly, "Get out of here right now. I get angry just seeing you."

Fang Ning's face turned extremely ugly after being scorned in such a shameless manner.

But then he suddenly thought of something, lowered his head in pain, and then stood up limping, as if trying to create an image of helplessness and misery.

Song Zhi knew that he was betting that Xiao Tao, who was always soft-hearted, would feel pity for him.

As long as he felt pity for Xiao Tao, he would have a chance to coax her.

For this reason, every three steps he took, he would look back twice with deep affection and hesitation.

Song Zhi was afraid that Xiao Tao would be fooled by his hypocritical behavior. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Xiao Tao say, "No way, no way, he doesn't think that he can be pitied like this, right? Doesn't he even think that his pig-headed face is worthy of it?"

He curled his lips in disgust and looked away.

Fang Ning was getting very anxious when he saw that Xiao Tao had not shown any reaction even though he was almost out of her sight.

He had finally met Xiaotao, so it was impossible for him to leave so easily.

After racking his brains, he finally came up with a plausible excuse and shamelessly trotted back, "Taotao, I've thought about it carefully and haven't properly apologized to you yet. Thank you for taking care of me during this period, but I didn't cherish it well. I'm sorry."

It was clear from his look that he wanted to keep pestering her with various excuses, and everyone wanted to see how Xiao Tao would respond.

While no one was paying attention to her, Song Zhi nodded imperceptibly towards the distance.

Before Xiao Tao could say anything, his two sisters suddenly ran out with disheveled hair.

"Brother, you're here. It's so easy for us to find you."

"Brother, we are starving. Please give us something to eat."

"Brother, we are suffering from serious illnesses because you sold us to a brothel. You can't just ignore us."

"Yes, we have been working since we were ten years old to earn money for your food and drink. If you don't take care of us, no one will take care of us."

The two sisters cried more mournfully and tearfully than before.