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

Fang Xin was replaying the events of last night in her mind. She blinked her tear-filled eyes, but smiled and said, "Sister, I'm alright. I knew you would come to save me. We are both protected by the gods, right?"

This feeling of being unconditionally trusted by her family touched Fang Yu's tear ducts, and her eyes reddened slightly.

He gently tapped Fang Xin's head: "You silly girl, what if I couldn't find you?"

"I believe you!"

The four powerful words flowed into Fang Yu's heart like honey.

After changing into clean clothes, Fang Xin asked, "Sister, how did you manage to invite all the government officials here?"

"It's a long story, let's go home first."

To avoid gossip, the carriage stopped at the village entrance, and the two sisters walked back.

After preparing the meal, Mrs. Li paced back and forth at the door, her eyes filled with anticipation.

Seeing the two figures getting closer, she hurriedly went to greet them, and was immediately overjoyed: "You're finally back! The food was getting cold."

Fang Yu frowned, took Li Shi's hand and walked into the main room: "Mother, I lied to you, Mother, hit me."

Li was completely bewildered and looked at Fang Xin with a strange gaze.

Fang Xin's pursed lips were filled with grievance. She hugged Li Shi and sniffled, "Mother, you almost didn't see your daughter again. Fang Youcai came last night. He knocked me unconscious and sold me to a brothel. If it weren't for my sister arriving in time, I would have... I would have..."

Brothel!

Upon hearing those two words, Li almost fainted.

The two sisters helped her sit down, one on each side.

Li's eyes were filled with confusion. She patted her head, filled with self-blame, because she hadn't noticed anything amiss when such a big thing happened.

"Mother!" Fang Yu pressed down on her hand that was hitting herself: "It's all my fault. I went out last night because I was afraid you would worry when you woke up and found out I was missing. The tea I gave you was calming tea, so you'll sleep very soundly."

Upon hearing this, Madam Li grabbed one of her daughters' hands and asked, "Are you both alright?"

The two shook their heads together, and Fang Yu continued to apologize: "Mom, if you're angry, hit me. Don't keep it to yourself."

Li hugged them and gently patted their backs: "It's good that you're alright. Go wash your faces and eat first."

Li's voice trembled as she led them inside to sit down: "Please sit down first, I'll go get some porridge."

Fang Yu and Fang Xin exchanged a glance, and something seemed off as they watched Li Shi leave.

When Li didn't come in for a while, the two sisters sensed something was wrong. When they went out to check, Li was gone. The courtyard was empty, and the gate was half-closed, indicating that she had gone out.

"Sister, Mom must have gone to Old Fang's house. Let's go check on her quickly."

Fang Xin was afraid that Li would suffer a loss alone.

Li was still holding the same carrying pole that Fang Xin had used to hit someone last night, and she was chasing Fang Youcai all over the yard of the Fang family's house.

"I'll beat you to death, you bastard! You bullied my daughter! I'll beat you to death!"

Fang Youcai had just returned and had a few drinks. He had paid back the fifty taels of silver, so of course he wanted to celebrate.

After being hit twice, Fang Youcai came to his senses and snatched the carrying pole from Li's hand: "You crazy woman, what's wrong with you?"

Everyone inside came out.

Zhang knew that things had been settled, and the debt issue was resolved.

Fang Wande, however, was unaware of what had happened and only found it strange.

Before dawn, Fang Yu came to cause trouble. If it weren't for the timely arrival of a doctor, his precious grandson would have almost not been saved.

He stepped forward and scolded, "Li, look what you're doing! Youcai is your uncle, how could you lay a hand on him?"

"Heh!" Li sneered through her tears: "If Fu were alive today, he wouldn't rest in peace even in the afterlife if he knew what you did."

She glared at Fang Youcai intently: "You'll be punished by heaven! You'll get your comeuppance!"

"Snapped!"

Fang Youcai didn't know what he was thinking. Hearing Li scold him like that, he got angry and slapped Li without thinking.

"mother!"

Fang Yu and Fang Xin arrived and witnessed this scene.

The people in the courtyard, except for Fang Wande, were all startled when they saw Fang Xin. Fang Youcai even exclaimed instinctively, "Why are you back? Weren't you...?"

He realized what was going on at the crucial point and immediately shut up.

Li's cheeks, which had been slapped, slowly swelled up, and tears streamed down her face. She apologized to Fang Xin, "Xin'er, it's my fault. I failed to protect you."

"How dare you hit my mother!" Fang Xin grabbed a carrying pole from the ground and charged at Fang Youcai.

Before she could even hit her, Zhu rushed over from the side, grabbed her, and threatened, "You brat, you dare to move a muscle? Believe me, I'll tell the whole village about your mess right now!"

Fang Xin abruptly shoved her away, snorted coldly, and said sarcastically, "Go ahead and yell if you want. I want to see if it's more shameful for me to be sold into being someone's concubine, or for your man Fang Youcai to sell me into a brothel to pay off his gambling debts!"

No one expected Fang Xin to say it so casually. Nowadays, what woman wants to be associated with the word "brothel"?

Fang Yu was also very surprised.

For Fang Xin, the most important thing right now is to survive, make a lot of money, and build a house that everyone envies. She doesn't care about this useless reputation.

The expressions on everyone's faces changed, with Fang Ling's being the palest. If the Wang family found out about this, their marriage might be off.

Although Fang Wande tacitly approved of kicking Fang Yu's family of three out, if word got out that the uncle had sold his niece to pay off his gambling debts, people would laugh their heads off and he would be ashamed before his ancestors.

Fang Wande walked over and asked in a questioning tone, "Youcai, is what Xin-jie said true? What exactly happened?"

Now that Fang Xin is back, and the gambling debts have been paid off anyway, Fang Youcai plans to deny everything to the death.

“Father, I am your son. How can you listen to outsiders smearing your son? This is completely unfounded. I think the three of them are having a hard time outside and want to go back to the Fang family, so they came here to slander their son without any basis.”

Fang Youcai also turned the tables and accused the culprit.

Zhang silently gave a thumbs up, and Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that he might blurt it out.

Fang Wande frowned and looked at Li Shi, then scolded, "Xin'er is safe and sound here. If you have trouble outside, talk it out. We're all family, and everything can be discussed."

"hehe."

Li lowered her eyes and merely gave a soft, cold laugh.

Fang Yu understood. She looked at Fang Xin and said, "Xin'er, you and your mother go home first."

Fang Xin didn't want to leave; she hadn't avenged herself yet. After hesitating for a while, she nodded, because she believed her sister would definitely satisfy her.

The courtyard gate slowly closed, and Zhang subconsciously took a step back, staggering slightly. She glanced at Fang Youcai beside her and swallowed hard in fear.

Fang Yu walked up to the carrying pole lying on the ground, hooked her toes slightly, and the carrying pole flew into the air and landed in her hand.