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Everyone looked at this strange Cheng Xi with shocked faces. Seeing this Cheng Xi, fear surfaced on Lady Zhang's face, even her crying and howling was stopped in time. Fear appeared on Old Madam Cheng's face, it was really because Cheng Xi had left a deep impression on her when she was chasing after him with all her might.

The first one to react was the Lady Zhang. Looking at her clumsy body, she nimbly got up from the ground and quickly headed towards her own home. As for the Old Madam Cheng, she had completely forgotten about her existence.

Seeing that her eldest son's wife had left like that, Old Madam Cheng was panicking in her heart. The short and stooped figure could be considered to be extremely quick, as he quickly caught up, but he did not want to lose his composure in front of this junior. As he left, he shouted, "Second Brother's family, teach this shameless slut a good lesson.

Lady Wu spat at the two of them as they left. Then, she waved to the crowd at the door. "Come in, let's eat."

When Cheng Xi, who had originally planned to leave, saw that the making a scene had stopped, and that the people who were supposed to leave had all left, his original plan to follow Xu Sanlang to town was temporarily put on hold, but Cheng Cai still had to drag him into the house.

When Cheng Xi walked to the door, she discovered that Xu Sanlang was still standing there without moving. Just as she was about to call him, Lady Wu opened her mouth first, unceremoniously saying to Xu Sanlang, "Why are you still standing there like a log, quickly go in and eat. You're so hungry already early in the morning."

But it was obvious that Madame Wu's tone was light, her mood seemed to be not bad, and it seemed that it was because Old Madam Cheng and that Lady Zhang suffered a setback, or else Cheng Xi would not be able to think of anything this morning that would make the Wu family happy.

Once again returning to the Cheng Family, everyone sat down at the table. Cheng Dagui was carried out and sat at the head of the table.

Everyone sat around the table, but no one spoke. Cheng Dagui sat without moving, and no one else dared to use their chopsticks, causing the table to fall into an awkward silence.

Cheng Xi looked at his father who was sitting at the head of the table, his expression did not look good, as though he did not plan to speak at all. Cheng Chen and Cheng Cai both had their heads down, thinking about something.

When Lady Wu returned with a bowl of soup and saw that everyone was still sitting there in a daze, she said in a loud voice, "What are you all doing? The food is cold, are you still not going to eat?"

Cheng Dagui gloomily picked up his chopsticks and started eating, only then did the others start to eat as well.

Actually, the food was not really that good, but it could be considered the most sumptuous meal Cheng Xi had ever seen since she arrived. At least she had cooked a few dishes, and there was a bowl of meat soup with a few pieces of meat on it.

Because Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang had already eaten roasted chicken on the mountain in the morning, they were not really hungry.

Although Cheng Dagui's expression was not good, he still picked up a few pieces of meat from the broth and placed them into Cheng Xi's bowl. It seemed that Cheng Dagui really cherished this daughter of his.

Cheng Xi who had already eaten roasted chicken in the morning did not want to eat these pieces of cooked fat meat, but she was afraid that if her father was unhappy, she would not eat a single piece. Thus, she left a piece for herself, and placed the rest into her youngest brother Cheng Qiang's bowl.

After breakfast, although the meal was rather dull, it was still rather harmonious, with no further problems arising from it.

But after the ruckus that morning, and seeing her father, Cheng Dagui, the original body sitting on the seat in front with a cold face and three words of displeasure on it, Cheng Xi was at a loss as to what to do. Should she act cute and curry favor with her father, or should she just call Xu Sanlang to go with him?

He did not know why his father, who was initially looking at him happily, would suddenly be unhappy. Could it be that he realized that he was not the same Cheng Xi as before?

Impossible! Cheng Xi decisively rejected this conjecture. Unless she himself told them about it, no one would find any clues about it, and even if she did, most probably no one would believe him. Even if she found something different, she would at most tell the doctor about it.

Just when Cheng Xi was still lowered her head and making wild guesses about why her father wasn't happy, Cheng Dagui, who was sitting at the head of the group, finally spoke, "Xi, do you admit your wrongs?"

"Huh?" Cheng Xi who was immersed in her own thoughts was stunned by Cheng Dagui's question, and was unable to react in time.

Cheng Dagui's face darkened, and asked again with a strict tone, "Do you admit your wrongs?"

Cheng Xi really did not know what was wrong with what his newly appointed father said, but looking at his father's unhappy appearance, he did not dare to ask, and could only stammer out, "I know, I know my wrongs."

Cheng Dagui looked at Cheng Xi's confused expression and asked with a darkened face, "Then tell me, what was the mistake?"

Cheng Xi stammered, "The fault, the fault, is …" But how could she say what was wrong? Cheng Xi sighed and raised her hand to support her forehead.

Cheng Xi's actions, however, also drew Cheng Dagui's attention to the red palm that had yet to dissipate on Cheng Xi's face, as well as the wound wrapped around her head. Her heart softened as she sighed, and said in a serious tone, "Xi, no matter what, your Eldest Aunt is still an elder.

Cheng Qiang, who was seated down, interrupted in a small voice, "Big Sis still has a slap mark on her face, it must be big boss's big sis who was the one who made things difficult for you first. Otherwise, why would I make a move against her?"

Cheng Dagui glared at Cheng Qiang, causing Cheng Qiang to quickly shut his mouth and hide behind his big brother. Only then did Cheng Dagui look away in satisfaction, and once again, looked at Cheng Xi who had his head lowered, and continued to speak, "Xi, remember not to fight with an elder again, or else you will be poked in the spine. Do you understand?"

Cheng Xi nodded obediently and replied softly, "Understood."

Seeing Cheng Xi being so obedient and careful, who was originally in love with her only daughter, Cheng Dagui didn't have the heart to continue lecturing her. In a very gentle tone, she asked, "Is your face hurting? Does the wound on my head still hurt? "

Cheng Xi shook his head, but Cheng Dagui still didn't fully trust him and said to Cheng Chen who was beside him, "Go and invite your Uncle Huang over for lunch, and also let Xi take a look at the wound on your head."

Cheng Chen recalled the strange scene when Cheng Xi was fighting with the Lady Zhang, and immediately nodded his head, "Alright, Father, I will help you enter the house to rest first. Uncle Huang said that you need to recuperate."

After a few people brought Cheng Dagui back to his room, he laid on his bed and was pulled by Cheng Dagui to stay in the room to chat, allowing Cheng Chen and Xu Sanlang to go out together to look for a husband.

When Cheng Dagui ordered Xu Sanlang to leave, Cheng Xi already knew that his father had something to say to him.

As expected, when Xu Sanlang followed the Second Brother and left, Cheng Dagui pulled Cheng Xi's hand and said with pain in her heart, "Xi, it's all because father is useless, he couldn't stop you from sending you to the Xu Family, causing you to suffer so much, but don't worry, father has already discussed this with your brother, if you don't want to go with Xu Sanlang, when we get enough silver, he will bring you back."

After Cheng Xi heard his father's words, she wondered in her heart if his father still did not know that milk and that Eldest Aunt still planned to sell him out.

Don't worry, since Father has awoken, he will not let you continue following Eldest Aunt and the rest to mess around in our house, as long as I am not dead, you don't have to worry about Eldest Aunt urging you to sell yourself off, that Xu Sanlang is a stubborn person, even if in the future someone will scold you, Father will not be able to watch you jumping into the pit of fire. During this period of time, you will be further away from Xu Sanlang, since this is the same village, you can come back whenever Xu Family Member wants to make things difficult for you, if she wants to come back, you can come back and tell Father to let your brother go avenge you. "

Listening to Cheng Dagui nagging at him for so long, Cheng Xi sighed in his heart, this father really did love this daughter of his, but why did grandmother and Eldest Aunt sell her to the Xu Family at that time?

Cheng Xi was lost in thought, and unconsciously voiced out her own question.

Hearing Cheng Xi's question, Cheng Dagui looked at him worriedly, "Do you still not remember the past?"

Cheng Xi lowered her eyes guiltily and nodded. Cheng Dagui sighed, and replied, "At that time, because I was unconscious, and was injured, and required some expensive medicinal herbs to replenish my life, and most of your family's money was spent, your Fourth Brother anxiously ran back to the Ma family to ask for help. Your Aunt Wu was worried that your Fourth Brother would suffer a loss when he went back to the Ma family by himself, and followed along as well.

Cheng Dagui heard her words and snorted, "That old lady of yours, he only knows to use filial piety to oppress others, and he even complains about me messing with your old lady every single day. If not for me messing with her, your old lady would have already forced my entire family to death.

Cheng Dagui frowned and stared at the Wu family. "What do you mean by 'your mother is your mother', that's your mother-in-law, can't you be more virtuous with your mouth."

Lady Wu stuffed the medicine bowl into Cheng Xi's hands, and retorted with an unfazed expression, "Hmph, at least it's better than your old lady doing such wicked things!" With that, he did not bother to pay any more attention to Cheng Dagui, and turned to leave, busying himself with his own stuff.

Cheng Dagui was so angry by Lady Wu that he was only gasping for breath. In fact, he was not completely angered by Lady Wu, but after Lady Wu mentioned it, Cheng Dagui remembered the things that he and his wife had done together, and felt that it was truly wicked.

Cheng Xi quickly went over and patted his chest to catch his breath, and said softly: "Father, let's drink the medicine and take good care of your body, Xi is counting on you to protect Xi once you have recovered."