He Yusheng raised his hand and pressed it on An Ning's head, saying forcefully, "Oh, you use pretty good words to comment on people. You haven't wasted your time studying these past few days."

However, it's not appropriate to comment on other people's private affairs here. Focus on your work.

After saying that, he went to work with a smile.

An Ning held her head in her hands, watching He Yusheng's departing figure, and muttered, "With one less maternal grandparent, why does he seem to be in a pretty good mood?"

An Ding nodded, deeply agreeing.

"Yes, I think so too."

In the backyard, the people in the main hall had already gathered together, and the atmosphere in the hall was unusually solemn.

Old Master Qiao, Qiao Qingnian, sat at the head of the table with a sullen face, not uttering a word.

The people on both sides of the reception room were all sitting, heads bowed in silence.

The atmosphere eased slightly when Anle was brought in by Qiao Zhiqin.

Qiao Qiuniang looked at Anle as she entered the room and opened her mouth.

"Lewa, your father—"

Before Qiao Qiuniang could finish speaking, Anle interrupted with a smile, "Go ahead, the carriage at home is just sitting idle."

Since we've decided to go to Baicheng, let's go sooner rather than later.

In the shop ahead, my cousin Zhiqin told me about it, and I roughly knew what was going on.

However, Baicheng is in the capital, quite a distance from our Jincheng. We'll definitely need to spend money to settle in inns along the way.

Especially with my aunt, if Dad can't catch up with my uncle, he might have to go all the way to Baicheng to persuade her again, and stay there for a few more days.

After Anle finished speaking, he took out a hundred-tael silver note from the small cloth bag slung across his body, walked up to Anmancang, and stuffed it into Anmancang's hand.

"Dad, take this money, you'll definitely need it on the way."

After thinking for a moment, he took out ten taels of loose silver from his bag.

"Take this change with you, and let's hurry up and set off with Uncle."

An Mancang stared blankly at the silver coins and a small bag of loose silver. He glanced at his hand and thought about how his daughter was thoughtful and generous, never caring about money.

This money was earned by his daughter, who would often sneak in and out, busy with various tasks. Before leaving each time, she would always tell him that she was going out to do business, or have her older siblings pass on a message, and then she would really leave.

Although he knew that Amo had gone out to do business with her, he didn't really know what kind of business it was, and he never asked about it again.

Now that he sees all this money in his hand, he really wants to ask where all this money came from.

Because of the disaster in Jincheng, their family hasn't been able to open for business for some time, so this money probably didn't come from the Paradise Dessert Shop.

He had never asked his daughter, Amo, whether she was tired from taking her out so often, but looking at her tired face, he knew it must be tough.

Despite being so much younger than her older siblings, she supported the whole family and had to consider everything so thoroughly, bearing more worries than anyone else.

“Le Wa Zi—” An Mancang’s eyes were a little red.

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to become emotional, Anle sighed and pulled Anmancang away, saying, "Hey, Dad, stop dawdling here and hurry up and go with Uncle."

Qiao Qingnian, who was sitting at the head of the table, finally raised his head, but looked at An Le at the head of the table with deep and complicated eyes.

This little granddaughter, putting aside her lack of manners, really doesn't act like a child at all.

Compared to this child, the children from the Qiao and An families are nothing to look at at all.

This child is better than any adult, no wonder he can support his family.

The Qiao family members sitting opposite An Mancang all stared blankly at An Le and her father, An Mancang—

An Mancang seems to be more like a child, while An Le seems more like an elder.

This just feels so out of place no matter how you look at it.

However, while the current situation seemed somewhat surprising to them, it didn't feel particularly strange anymore.

After all, they had already witnessed the child's ability as the head of the family in the An family before this.

Qiao Qiusheng snapped out of his daze at Anle's actions, stood up gratefully, and picked Anle up in a hug.

"My dear niece, my sister has really given me a wonderful niece. When your uncle comes back, I'll pamper you properly!"

Anle pushed away Qiao Qiusheng, who was stubble-covering her face, with a look of disgust. "Go on, go on."

After seeing the two off, Qiao Qingnian's expression softened slightly. He couldn't bear the humiliation; if this really got out of hand in Baicheng, his Qiao family's reputation would be ruined.

The Qiao family has never had a daughter who married out as a concubine.

Given the Duan family's current status, wanting to marry into the Duan family as a secondary wife is simply wishful thinking. How could the Duan family possibly allow someone from a humble background to become a secondary wife?

Ever since the Duan family achieved its current status, he had anticipated that this day would come sooner or later.

It's better to end it sooner rather than later, so as not to delay the child from marrying into a good family again.

However, his eldest daughter-in-law, Yang, was ambitious and always dreamed of becoming a phoenix by marrying into a wealthy family.

It's just that Zhiyi has to suffer and go through all that trouble with her.

As An Le and his group stood at the gate watching An Mancang leave, An Mancang's older cousin, An Manshou, rushed over. An Le caught a glimpse of him out of the corner of his eye before he even got close.

Turning her head to look in the opposite direction, Anle greeted them with a smile.

"Uncle, what brings you here today?"

"Lewazi is in trouble, in trouble! Your third aunt and her family almost caused a fatal incident. Your aunt's husband's family is staying at your uncle's house and won't leave. She took a kitchen knife to your uncle's door and made a scene, threatening to commit suicide."

Everyone thought it was just a scare tactic, but who would have thought it would actually escalate to this point? The person is lying on your uncle's doorstep.

"Hurry up and call your father over to take a look." After rambling on for a while, An Manshou glanced at the group of people at the door. The Qiao family and the An family were all standing at the door, but he couldn't see any of An Mancang's people.

Where is your father?

Anle paused for a moment, then said calmly, "Oh, what a coincidence, my dad just left. He had some things to take care of at home and went on a long trip."

They won't be back anytime soon.

She really didn't want to hear a single thing about her third grandmother's family anymore.

Since it was said that someone almost died, it means that no one died, so everything is fine.

Qiao Qiuniang's reaction was not as calm as Anle's; she was quite startled.

"What? How did it get so big? Brother, come on, let me go with you to see what's going on."