Severed ties and living in a dilapidated house? No worries, the poor thing has a space.

Fang Yu gently stroked the calluses on Li Shi's tiger's mouth with her fingertips, having already seen through Fang Youcai's thoughts. She said calmly, "If Uncle is afraid of having his legs broken, then hurry up and marry my sister off to the Wang family. The Wang family is big and wealthy, enough for Uncle to squander a few times."

With things having come to this, Zhang stopped pretending. She got up from the ground and pointed at Li, continuing to berate her: "Not only are you cursed to death by Youfu, but you can't even give birth to a son. Now, you're just watching your eldest son suffer. Anyway, you're useless to us, so you might as well pack your things and get out of the Fang family. It'll save some food!"

Li paused abruptly, her hand gripping Fang Yu's, and looked at Zhang with disbelief: "Mother-in-law, are you really going to be so resolute?"

She turned her gaze to the side, and Fang Wande immediately looked away, as if tacitly agreeing with Zhang's words.

Fang Wande lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then walked out of the courtyard gate with seemingly heavy steps.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Li's smile was far more desolate than before, her trembling fingertips stroking Fang Yu's face: "Yu'er, are you afraid of suffering and toil with your mother in the future?"

"Mother, I'm not afraid." Fang Yu was worried that Li Shi wouldn't be able to bear it, after all, she had been wholeheartedly devoted to the Fang family since she married into the family.

Li was calm now, her gaze serene, and she gently stroked the strands of hair on Fang Yu's shoulder.

"Get out of here!" Zhang urged again.

Fang Yu originally intended to take this opportunity to bring up the matter of dividing the family property, but unexpectedly, Zhang Shi became so angry that she wanted to kick them out.

There were already onlookers at the courtyard gate, and upon hearing Zhang's words, they strained their ears, afraid of missing anything.

Fang Yu wiped away the tears that welled up in Li's eyes, and with a slight smile, deliberately raised her voice: "Today, it's not your Fang family that's driving us away, it's that my two daughters and I disdain staying in the Fang family. Since we're going to cut ties, let's cut them off completely."

No one understood what Fang Yu meant, and the onlookers at the door whispered among themselves.

Li Shi also called out softly in confusion, "Yu'er?"

Fang Yu smiled and reassured Li Shi, then said to the onlookers at the door, "Could one of you please go and ask the village chief to come over?"

Inviting the village chief was a big deal, and onlookers eagerly volunteered to help invite him.

Fang Ling and Fang Ping, who had been hiding inside the house, finally couldn't resist coming out of the door and crouching down to watch the excitement.

Twelve-year-old Fang Ping looked up and asked Fang Ling, who was also seventeen but a few months older than Fang Yu, "Sister, did I hear that right? Grandma said she was going to kick them out?"

Fang Ling's fingertips, which had never done any housework, gently pressed against the door frame, her voice as clear as flowing water: "You heard me right, it's good that you've been kicked out. You look half-dead all day long, it's bad luck to look at you."

She spoke very softly, but Fang Yu seemed to hear her and suddenly looked in her direction, his eyes seeming to be filled with daggers, making her a little scared.

She pulled Fang Ping back into the room and closed the door.

Fang Yu didn't hear anything, but even a fool could guess what Fang Ling was thinking.

The village chief arrived quickly, walking briskly. As soon as he entered the Fang family's courtyard, he asked, "Old Fang, what's the matter that you urgently called me here for?"

After glancing around the yard and not seeing Fang Wande, the village chief asked Zhang, who was still angry, "Is there something important? Where is old Fang?"

Zhang was just saying it in anger, but she never expected that these people who love to watch the drama would actually call the village chief.

Zhu leaned close to Zhang and whispered, "Mother-in-law, we must not let this matter escalate. If the Wang family hears about it, they will definitely ruin Ling'er's marriage."

Fang Youcai was also afraid that the news of his gambling losses would get out, so he quickly stepped forward to tell the village chief that it was a misunderstanding, but Fang Yu was one step ahead of him.

Fang Yu stepped forward: "Grandpa Village Chief, I'm the one who called you here today."

"Sister Yu?" The village chief looked at Li Shi behind her. Li Shi nodded slightly because Fang Yu had talked to her a lot during the brief interval.

The village chief then asked, "What is it, Sister Yu?"

Fang Yu glanced at the crowd of onlookers at the door before speaking slowly and deliberately: "We invited the village chief here today because we want him to be our witness. Our second branch of the family wants to sever ties with the Fang family. We would appreciate it if the village chief could help us write a letter of severance."

Her words immediately caused an uproar among the onlookers.

Before the village chief could recover from his shock, Fang Youcai's cursing voice rang out: "I think you're terminally ill, you brat. What nonsense are you spouting?"

“Yu’er is not talking nonsense. This is also my decision. Please trouble the village chief.”

As she spoke, Li stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Fang Yu, her gaze firm.

Fang Wande, who had just returned from outside, happened to hear the words "severing ties with relatives." The people watching the commotion at the door were discussing it, but when they saw him return, they all made way for him.

The village chief quickly asked, "Old Fang, what exactly happened? A marriage isn't something you can just break off so easily."

Fang Wande had no idea what had happened in the short time he was gone.

Fang Yu then offered his explanation: "I'm only keeping alive with medication. If this continues, it will eventually bankrupt the Fang family. I don't want to be forced to marry someone I don't want to marry. In that case, it would be cleaner and more efficient to sever ties directly. What do you think, Grandpa?"

If Zhang said she wanted to drive them out, she didn't need to repeat herself. Everyone had heard it anyway, and with the village chief there, Zhang wouldn't admit it.

Zhang had just felt a little regretful, but now, hearing Fang Yu's sharp tongue, she felt even more annoyed: "Want to sever ties? Fine, but don't even think about taking a single penny from the Fang family!"

Those watching the commotion at the door immediately exclaimed in surprise: "This Li family member worked diligently in the Fang family, and she was just kicked out like that? How could the Fang family have the nerve to say that..."

"It's, it's..."

Hearing the discussion, Zhang's face turned red and then pale, looking quite unpleasant. Fang Wande gave her a resentful look, and she stepped back, trying to minimize her presence.

Fang Wande frowned, looking at Fang Yu with a more scrutinizing gaze. He wondered if he had been misjudging her all these years, because he felt that this Miss Yu was a little different from before.

Fang Yu walked over to Fang Youcai and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Uncle, if you don't want your shameful deeds to be spread, and if you don't want anything to go wrong with my sister's marriage, why don't you persuade Grandpa to sever ties? It would be better for you and for us. What do you think, Uncle?"

She finished speaking and deliberately chuckled softly. Although there was nothing wrong with her, Fang Youcai's back was already sweating.

Fang Youcai indeed listened to her words, pulled Fang Wandal aside and said something to him, and finally held up three fingers to promise: "Son will never gamble again, Dad, you must save me this time."

Fang Wande frowned even more. After thinking for a long time, he finally walked up to the village chief, hesitated, and reluctantly said, "...I'll have to trouble the village chief."