Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

Knowing they had taken his words to heart, Chen Guang asked again, "By the way, Miss, which one do you plan to eat first?"

"Those two brothers."

It's over! They really heard right. These people are indeed heartless and insane; they actually wanted to eat them.

"Big brother, I don't want to die!" Saturday's eyes were filled with terror.

"I don't want to either!" Zhou shook his head; he still had to get married again!

"Let's go!" After discussing it, the two decided to make a quick getaway.

"Hey~ Where are you two going?" The three people behind them grabbed them as soon as they saw them leaving.

"Let's all go, or it will be too late." Saturday looked terrified.

"Where are we going? Didn't we agree that we'd have food if we followed them?"

"You fool! We want to eat their food, but they want to eat us! They're cannibalistic demons! Hurry up and run, or you'll be dead!" With that, the two brothers fled.

The beggars looked at each other, wondering if they had heard correctly. The Zhou brothers had said that those people wanted to eat them.

"Hey~ Why are you leaving? Come back quickly, I still have some pancakes here!" Chen Guang shouted loudly when he saw them running away.

Unexpectedly, the more they were called, the faster they ran. The remaining beggars, seeing them run away, quickly followed them.

"Hey, come back quickly!"

Chen Guang deliberately ran a few more steps forward, but when these people saw Chen Guang chasing after them, they ran even faster and disappeared in no time.

"Miss, your move is truly amazing!" Chen Guang exclaimed in admiration.

"Alright, let's go!" They've fallen far behind in order to get this done.

The sun began to rise slowly, and the weather was exceptionally hot and humid today. As we walked, everyone started to sweat profusely and suddenly felt thirsty.

Along the way, we saw people hurrying along from time to time, some with their families and carrying bundles. We didn't know where they were going, but they all looked pale and exhausted.

After walking for more than an hour, another problem arose ahead. Zhao Fu refused to walk any further because his feet were too sore.

"Father, I'm not going, my feet hurt so much!" Zhao Fu started to sit on the ground and cry.

He Mu got angry: "You little brat, who told your dad to be so incompetent? Are you coming or not? If you don't come, your dad won't take care of you anymore." He Mu ignored Zhao Fu and continued walking forward.

"Zhaofu, your father is angry, get up quickly!" Zhaofeng pulled Zhaofu.

Seeing that He Mu ignored her, Zhao Fu cried even louder.

"Zhao Feng, ignore him! Did you hear me?" He Mu turned around and told Zhao Feng to hurry up and catch up with him.

Zhao Feng stamped her foot! "Father~ But it's Zhao Fu~"

"I told you to ignore him!" He Mu glared and shouted, "Ignore him, let him do whatever he wants, don't you listen to your father too!"

Seeing her father's stern gaze, Zhao Feng shut her mouth.

"Grandma is right, you good-for-nothing, you can't do anything right, I don't have a father like you!" Zhao Fu said angrily, and started to speak without restraint.

This angered He Mu, who saw a wooden stick by the roadside, picked it up, and walked towards Zhao Fu.

He Mu was furious, not at Zhao Fu, but at Li Chunhua.

Li Chunhua was enjoying herself in the carriage, knowing full well that her son was suffering but not uttering a word. Thinking of this, he became angry.

Adding to the fact that Zhao Fu was disobedient, He Mu vented all his anger on him, and he didn't believe that Li Chunhua could remain unmoved.

"Dad~ Dad, don't be angry!" Seeing He Mu angrily walking towards Zhao Fu with a wooden stick, Zhao Feng panicked and quickly stopped him, trying to snatch the stick from his hand.

Zhao Feng knew that her father was really angry, probably because he saw her stepmother and was angry at Zhao Fu for being so disobedient.

He Mu's eyes reddened with anxiety. He never expected his son to call him a good-for-nothing. He really was a good-for-nothing; his wife would rather be with an old man than with him.

Raising a son, only to have him turn out to be an ungrateful wretch—it really is karma.

He Muyue grew angrier and angrier: "Zhaofeng, get out of the way! If I don't teach him a lesson today, I'm not his father."

"Go ahead and kill me if you dare!" Zhao Fu stubbornly raised his head. His father had never been willing to hit him since he was a child, so he didn't believe that his father would really hit him.

Unexpectedly, he miscalculated, and He Mu's stick struck him without hesitation.

"Ah~"

Zhao Fu burst into tears.

"Father, please stop hitting him!" Zhao Feng cried out, stretching out her arms to protect Zhao Fu.

Li Chunhua, who was ahead, heard Zhao Fu crying and her heart clenched.

"Stop the car! Stop the car!"

"What's wrong with Madam?" Qiao Tai asked, puzzled.

Li Chunhua suppressed her anxiety and slowly said, "Master, look at Zhaofu's father, how could he beat the little boy like that? There are still people sitting in our carriage, why don't we let Zhaofu sit in it!"

"Madam, I feel like you're particularly concerned about Zhao Fu." Qiao Tai began to have some doubts. He had a feeling that Li Chunhua was hiding something from him.

“Master, Zhaofu is only a few years older than Qiaodun. He lost his mother and had such a father. He is so pitiful. I am only doing this to bring good fortune to the Qiao family and to ensure that Qiaodun will have a smooth life in the future.” As Li Chunhua spoke, her eyes reddened and she was about to cry.

"Hahahaha~"

Qiao Tai burst into laughter: "Madam is truly kind-hearted. Alright, let's let him come up."

In just the last couple of days, he also realized that Zhao Lian and her father did not have a good relationship.

He specifically asked Qiao Feng about this, and Qiao Feng told him some things. It turned out that Zhao Fu was born to a stepmother.

Their stepmother treated the sisters badly, often abusing them, so they weren't close to their younger brother either. She also brought up the past incident of Zhao Lian severing ties with her husband.

It's unbelievable that Zhao Lian has suffered so much at such a young age. Now I finally understand why they would rather let him walk than let him ride in a carriage.

Qiao Tai sighed, never expecting that there really was such a father, who had indeed married a stepmother, turning his biological father into a stepfather.

I would never do that. When I married Li Chunhua, I told her that all she needed to do was fulfill her duties. Her two sons were grown up and she didn't need to take care of them.

The most important thing is not to take advantage of the favor, become arrogant, or bully others, and not to turn the Qiao family into a chaotic mess.

Even after she gave birth to a son, Li Chunhua didn't dare to go too far. Because Jordan and his wife managed the family business, her monthly allowance was deducted from the restaurant's account.

Seeing that she hadn't caused any trouble, Jordan and Qiao Feng ignored her, and everyone kept to themselves.

Zhao Lian followed from behind and sneered when she saw He Mu disciplining his son.

She knew what trick He Mu was using; he was using a self-inflicted injury ruse. He knew Zhao Fu couldn't endure hardship, and after much thought, for the long term, he wanted Li Chunhua to take Zhao Fu onto the carriage voluntarily.

Sure enough, Li Chunhua's carriage stopped, and then Li Chunhua got out of the carriage.

He Mu caught a glimpse of Li Chunhua approaching out of the corner of his eye, and a secret joy welled up inside him. He knew Li Chunhua wouldn't be able to resist.

He thought this to himself, but his hand didn't stop hitting Zhao Fu. The stick struck Zhao Fu's body, and it hurt him too, but he had no choice; he had to do it.

"stop!"

Li Chunhua walked up quickly, her heart filled with anxiety: "How can you be such a father? He's your son, how could you be so cruel?"

He Mu said coldly, "Mrs. Qiao, this is my family matter and has nothing to do with you!"

Li Chunhua was furious: "Our husband is a kind-hearted man and cannot stand such things. Look at how you've beaten this child so badly, it's truly a sin!"

"Such a small child, walking such a long way, it's normal to be tired. How could you be so cruel as to hit him so hard! Here, Zhaofu, you can get in our carriage."

As she spoke, Li Chunhua took Zhaofu's hand and walked towards her carriage.