After going bankrupt, the school beauty I was dating became my boss.

Sun Xiaoxi took a car back overnight, and by the time she arrived home it was almost noon.

Walking in the neighborhood, a neighbor saw Sun Xiaoxi returning and greeted her, "Hey, Xiaoxi's back."

Sun Xiaoxi replied, "Yes, Aunt Wang, are you going out to buy groceries?"

"Yes. Xiaoxi, it's good that you're back. Go back and check on your family. Your home..." The neighbor said, shaking his head at Sun Xiaoxi.

Seeing this, Sun Xiaoxi immediately quickened her pace and walked home.

Climbing up to the third floor, I saw that the door to my home was wide open.

Sun Xiaoxi paused for a moment, then hurried back.

Upon entering, one is greeted by a scene of utter chaos, with everything scattered on the floor. To the untrained eye, it would look like a burglary.

Sun Xiaoxi carefully walked around the things on the ground and came to the living room, where she saw her father, Li Xuehua, and Sun Weian sitting in a corner of the sofa, looking dazed and lost in thought.

"Dad, Mom, what's going on?" Sun Xiaoxi walked over and asked.

Upon seeing Sun Xiaoxi return, the three people who had been in a daze snapped back to reality.

Sun Weian was the first to jump up, rushing to Sun Xiaoxi and shouting, "Sun Xiaoxi, why are you only coming back now? Are you not even a member of this family anymore?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Xiaoxi glared coldly at Sun Weian, her tone unfriendly: "Whether I'm a member of this family or not is none of your business! Sun Weian, before you criticize me next time, take a look at what you've done yourself."

Sun Wei'an, unconvinced, continued to shout, "Sun Xiaoxi, what do you mean? What did I do?"

Seeing the siblings arguing more and more intensely, the father, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up: "Are you done arguing? Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough already?"

Upon hearing Sun's father speak, Sun Xiaoxi and Sun Weian glared at each other, then turned their heads away, refusing to look at each other again.

Mr. Sun stood up to close the door. Li Xuehua looked Sun Xiaoxi up and down and sneered, "Didn't you refuse to care whether we lived or died? Then what are you doing back now? To laugh at us?"

Upon hearing Li Xuehua's words, Sun's father, who had just closed the door and returned, said, "You should say less."

"Why should I say less?" Li Xuehua stood up and raised her voice, "I raised her with great difficulty, can't I even say a word?"

After saying that, Li Xuehua glared fiercely at Sun Xiaoxi: "You brat, you think you're all grown up now, and I can't control you anymore. Go wherever you want, we don't need you to tell us what to do."

Sun Xiaoxi took a deep breath and turned to look at Li Xuehua: "Do you think I want to get involved in this mess? Fine, you don't want me to get involved, huh? I'm leaving right now!"

Sun Xiaoxi turned around to leave, but seeing that she was really going to leave, Sun Weian got anxious and quickly went over to grab Li Xuehua's hand, signaling Li Xuehua to keep her there.

Li Xuehua sat down on the sofa, slapped her thigh, and burst into tears, crying, "Why is my life so miserable! I can't rely on either of my sons or daughters. What's the point of me living? I might as well die!"

Upon hearing these words, Sun Xiaoxi stopped.

She'd heard these words countless times; her ears were practically calloused. She really wanted to tell Li Xuehua to stop acting.

Seeing that Sun Xiaoxi remained unmoved, Sun's father said in a deep voice, "Xiaoxi, are you really going to force your mother to her death?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Xiaoxi turned around and looked at Li Xuehua, retorting without any mercy: "Am I trying to force you to your death? It's the three of you who are trying to force me to my death!"

"Sun Weian, do the math yourself. How much money have I spent on you over the years? If you knew anything about gratitude, you wouldn't be yelling at me like that. Now, you've injured someone, and you're demanding a million from me. Do you think I'm a money-printing machine? That I can print money for you just by saying a word?"

This was the first time Sun Xiaoxi had spoken so sternly, and Sun Weian was speechless for a moment.

Seeing Sun Weian's discomfiture, Li Xuehua stood up and shielded him, saying, "An'an is your brother. What's wrong with helping your brother?"

"Haven't I helped him enough? Wasn't I the one who cleaned up his messes the other time he caused trouble? What more do you want from me?"

"Enough, stop talking!" Father Sun intervened to smooth things over, stopping Sun Xiaoxi and Li Xuehua from arguing. "Xiaoxi, your brother went too far this time. But you really can't just stand by and watch him die. I promise you, this is the last time, okay?"

Sun Xiaoxi fell silent. She knew perfectly well that what her father said couldn't be true. But for now, she had no choice but to believe him.

“I really can’t come up with a million. Tomorrow, I’ll go to the hospital and see if I can negotiate with them to lower the compensation amount.” Sun Xiaoxi sighed and offered her solution: “We’ll pool our money together, and borrow more if it’s not enough.”

Mr. Sun nodded, agreeing to Sun Xiaoxi's method.

Li Xuehua was somewhat dissatisfied and muttered, "Where are we going to borrow from? Can't you just borrow from your colleagues?"

Sun Xiaoxi ignored Li Xuehua's grumbling and wanted to go back to her room to rest.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Hearing the knock on the door, the whole family was startled, and Sun Weian immediately hid behind Li Xuehua.

Sun Xiaoxi looked at her father, her voice trembling slightly: "Dad, could it be those troublemakers?"

"That can't be right, they already came and made a scene this morning." Mr. Sun was also unsure, but the knocking kept going on, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and open the door.

As soon as the door opened and he saw the people standing outside, Mr. Sun's voice trembled: "Why are you here again?"

"Hey, how dare you talk like that?" The leader shoved aside Mr. Sun and swaggered in with his men. "Your family hasn't contributed a single penny to medical expenses yet. What's wrong with us coming to collect money?"

Unable to stop them, Sun's father could only watch helplessly as they walked in.

Seeing that it was the same person who had caused trouble before, Sun Weian hid behind Li Xuehua and didn't dare to raise his head. Li Xuehua also tightly protected Sun Weian.

Seeing this, the group snorted coldly a few times and sat down on the sofa.

Sun Xiaoxi glanced at the group, stepped forward, and asked, "Who are you people?"

"We are the victim's family!" The leading man pointed at Sun Weian, who was hiding behind Li Xuehua, and said, "You must be the daughter of this family! You've come back just in time. Your brother injured my cousin. Either you compensate us one million, or we call the police and have your brother arrested and imprisoned. The choice is yours!"

"One million, isn't that too much?"

"If you think it's too much, then I have an idea. We'll cripple your brother's hands, and we'll forgo the million, okay?"