Xia Wan curled her lips into a contemptuous smile. Her mocking gaze fixed on the person before her, and she said with a cold laugh:

"Uncle, you should think about this carefully. Given our family's current situation, we'd have to swallow our pride and borrow from others to come up with even a mere fifty yuan."

When Grandpa and Grandma get even older and their health declines, my dad might not even be able to take care of himself, let alone look after them.

Upon hearing this, Xia Jianjun and Li Cao exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with resentment.

However, they were helpless in the face of Xia Wan's strong stance.

He originally planned to take advantage of the early hour and the fact that no one would be watching to extort money from Xia Wan.

Who would have thought that this usually docile and obedient little girl would be so stubborn today, insisting on seeing solid evidence before she would give up?

The situation was truly a dilemma. If he were to slink back and then discuss severing ties with his father, Xia Jianjun was genuinely apprehensive.

After all, if this matter were to become public, he would be branded as unfilial.

So, Xia Jianjun steeled himself and decided to direct his anger at Xia Jianguo, glaring at him fiercely and shouting, "Second brother, are you just going to stand by and watch this brat spout nonsense? Are you really planning to completely sever ties with our parents?"

Xia Jianguo, on the other hand, stood firmly on his daughter's side without hesitation.

Although he was puzzled as to why his daughter would suddenly make such a request, he would never undermine his family at this moment.

So he simply glanced at Xia Jianjun and replied firmly, "Brother, my attitude is very clear: no matter what, I will support Wan'er's decision."

"Brother, Dad knows that you and sister-in-law are trying to extort money from Xiaowan, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't be so blatant! You're ganging up on Xiaowan, a young girl. This isn't how family members should act. I think it's better to sever ties. Anyway, you've always thought of me as a shameful burden!"

Xia Jianjun's anger surged instantly, burning fiercely as if it would set the whole world ablaze.

His eyes widened, his face flushed, and his lips trembled as he was about to unleash a torrent of curses.

However, at that moment, Li Cao, who was standing nearby, quickly grabbed his arm and said urgently, "Don't rush! Let's go back and ask Dad first. Have you forgotten what Dad told us last night?"

Thinking back to last night, Xia Jianjun's mother had just returned from the hospital.

Unexpectedly, she made a decision overnight to divide the family property among her two sons.

Although the good news came as a surprise to the two brothers, they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when they learned that their parents didn't have much savings to give them.

In the end, each family received only 20 yuan. Even the pots, pans, and other daily necessities were only taken away after a simple distribution.

Xia Jiandang remained remarkably calm in the face of this outcome. He silently packed his family's belongings, took his wife and children, and left the old house without uttering a single complaint.

But who could have imagined that after Xia Jiandang's family left, Xia Jianjun's parents revealed a shocking secret to them.

It turns out that the third brother... who everyone thought had been adopted by relatives in the city, Xia Jianlin, was actually not like that at all. He was taken to the city to meet his relatives on behalf of Xia Jianguo!

Upon hearing this news, Xia Jianjun was completely stunned.

As the eldest son in the family, he had always known that Xia Jianguo was not related to him by blood.

But to his utter surprise, Xia Jianguo actually had a pair of extraordinary biological parents with a distinguished background!

Before he could even recover from the shock, his mother dropped another bombshell...

She carefully buried the valuables under the old tree at the entrance of the village, secretly planning to use them when her family went to the capital to find Xia Jianlin in the future.

Moreover, she happily told everyone that Xia Jianlin would soon be coming to welcome her whole family.

However, who could have imagined that just yesterday, in a moment of excitement, he secretly ran off to the place where he had hidden his money? But when they arrived, they were horrified to find that where the money should have been hidden was now just a deep pit!

Clearly, that money had already vanished, stolen by someone.

After witnessing this scene, his mother was so angry that she trembled all over, her eyes wide open, and suddenly everything went black before her eyes, and she fainted to the ground.

Fortunately, the people around reacted quickly, rushing forward to pinch his philtrum and call out to him. It took a lot of effort to finally wake his mother from her coma.

But the most pressing problem right now is the lack of money, and Xia Jianjun, whose arm was being held tightly by his wife, suddenly realized this.

After careful consideration, he felt that he could not make a decision on his own and refused the other party. So he decided that it would be better to go home and discuss it with his father before making a decision.

After all, it wouldn't be a bad thing if they could completely sever ties with Xia Jianguo, since their family would be heading to Beijing soon anyway.

Thinking of this, Xia Jianjun said without hesitation, "I can't make a decision about this on my own. I have to go home and discuss it carefully with your grandfather."

Hearing this, Xia Wan nodded calmly, indicating that she had no objection: "Sure, no problem. In that case, please go back first, Uncle and Aunt."

Xia Jianjun's lips parted slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he swallowed the words back. His face was flushed red, and the veins on his forehead bulged, clearly showing that he was extremely angry.

Finally, he glared at everyone fiercely, then turned around abruptly, took heavy steps, and stormed off the scene.

In contrast, Xia Wan seemed remarkably calm.

She smiled and spoke gently to the brigade leader. Just then, the brigade leader suddenly asked, "Xia Wan, is your family really planning to sever ties with Old Man Xia's family?"

Before Xia Wan could answer, Xia Jianguo, who was sitting in a wheelchair beside her, nodded without hesitation.

Xia Jianguo said with a bitter expression, "Brother Guohua, you can tell from the state I'm in now. These past few days have been absolutely miserable for me!"

Their whole family treated me with utter contempt, refusing to even give me a hot meal. I figured, given my father's attitude, they probably couldn't wait to sever ties with us! Just now, my older brother stormed off to discuss it with them.”

After saying that, Xia Jianguo let out a long sigh, his eyes revealing a trace of helplessness and sorrow.