“Anyway, we still don’t know if he’s alive or dead. What’s the use of taking on this reputation for nothing? We might as well cut ties now.” Cheng Shanshan said this with an extremely cold expression: “If you’re willing, I’ll give you enough to eat.”

"..."

Grandma Cheng stared wide-eyed.

The way he looked at Cheng Shanshan was as if she were a monster: "If the Bai family finds out about this, they will definitely blame you!"

"So what if it's my fault?" Cheng Shanshan retorted, then gave Old Madam Cheng a mocking look: "You should know better than me what kind of life my daughter and I lived in your so-called Cheng family. Now that you have no one else around, you think of me. Don't you think it's a little too late?"

Grandma Cheng waved her hand: "I will not agree!" She wasn't stupid. She could still use family ties to bind them now, but if she wrote it down, Cheng Shanshan would probably disown her as her grandmother even more.

Cheng Shanshan knew that Old Madam Cheng was greedy and insatiable: "Since you don't agree, then please leave."

"I'm not leaving."

Grandma Cheng not only didn't leave, but instead sat down on the ground and said, "You are my granddaughter, and I am your grandmother. Now you are my only family. If you don't take care of me, who will?"

Cheng Shanshan frowned, her eyes sharp as ice: "Your tantrums and unreasonable behavior are useless to me. At worst, I can leave here and go to a place that you can't even find on foot."

"You dare!"

"You'll see if I dare!"

"..."

Faced with Cheng Shanshan's stubbornness, Old Mrs. Cheng was a little exasperated: "How can you be so heartless, you really are just like your mother!"

Cheng Shanshan didn't want to talk to her anymore and turned to leave.

But Old Mrs. Cheng behind her suddenly shouted, "You brat, don't you care about your grandmother? Don't you want to find your mother anymore?"

Cheng Shanshan stopped in her tracks: "What do you mean?"

"I know where your mother is." This was Old Madam Cheng's last trump card. As she stood up, there was a hint of smugness in her eyes: "Wan'er found your mother, but now she's dead. Only I know where that bitch Bai is!"

Where?

Do you think I'd tell you?

Old Mrs. Cheng's face disgusted Cheng Shanshan: "I thought you at least cared about Cheng Wan'er and Cheng Xiulan, but now that I see you like this, you only love yourself."

Grandma Cheng proudly raised her chin: "What do you care who I love? Anyway, this old woman is going to be served by you until she lives to be a hundred years old!" As she spoke, she took out a letter: "I know you don't believe me, but this is a letter I found among Wan'er's things when I came here."

Without saying a word, Cheng Shanshan immediately opened the letter.

Familiar handwriting appeared above. It turned out that Bai had sent a letter to Cheng Wan'er through someone. The letter basically asked Cheng Wan'er to take good care of her cousin if she met her, and that she had already gone elsewhere.

However, when she arrived at the location, the document was torn off, which immediately made her extremely anxious: "Where's the rest of the content?"

Grandma Cheng sneered, "Do you think I'm stupid? How can I give it all to you at once? Would you really abandon me, your grandmother?"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Cheng Shanshan gritted her teeth: "Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!" As she spoke, she reached out and grabbed Old Lady Cheng's throat.

The feeling of suffocation made Old Mrs. Cheng's face turn as red as iron, and she immediately struggled, flailing her arms and legs: "You...you're going to kill me?"

"So what if we kill one more!"

Cheng Shanshan was truly furious, firstly at Old Madam Cheng's shamelessness, and secondly at Bai's unauthorized actions!

After she suddenly left, not only did she neglect herself, but she even wrote a letter asking Cheng Wan'er to take care of her. What kind of joke is this?

Seeing this, Huo Mingchen quickly stepped forward and forcibly separated the two: "Shanshan, don't be impulsive."

"Brother Huo, I..."

When Cheng Shanshan saw Huo Mingchen, she suddenly felt a little wronged and at a loss.

But Old Mrs. Cheng grasped the key point in the words, and after regaining her breath, she hurriedly asked, "What... what do you mean by killing another one? Did you really kill Wan'er?"

She had overheard some comments and had a moment of doubt about Cheng Shanshan.

However, she quickly dismissed the idea, after all, in her eyes this granddaughter was still a timid, cowardly, and useless girl at heart: "No, I don't believe it, you must be trying to scare me."

"You're right not to believe it."

Huo Mingchen shielded Cheng Shanshan behind him.

At this moment, he looked down at Old Lady Cheng with a condescending attitude: "If you still want to eat, then get out of here right now."

Grandma Cheng looked at Huo Mingchen and was genuinely frightened. She unconsciously swallowed and said, "Fine, then I won't stay here today. You have to bring the food to my place tomorrow morning!" After saying that, she slunk away.

Even after Grandma Cheng left, Cheng Shanshan's hands were still trembling.

Seeing this, Huo Mingchen reached out and took her hand, using the warmth of his hand to melt away her coldness: "Aunt Bai just doesn't want to be a burden to you."

"I know."

Cheng Shanshan took a deep breath.

Then, her words were filled with helplessness: "She just didn't consider whether these were what I wanted."

She suffered greatly in her past life, enduring all sorts of deception and exploitation. In this life, she truly cherishes this lost and found family member.

Looking at her, Huo Mingchen recalled the words of Old Madam Cheng's threat: "She is doing her best to protect you, and I believe she wouldn't want you to cause any more trouble for her sake."

"I know."

Cheng Shanshan took a deep breath.

She knew she had lost her composure; she wouldn't normally act like this, but she didn't know why she was so easily able to let her guard down in front of Huo Mingchen.

As she thought this, she instinctively took a step back. When she looked up again, she had regained her previous clarity. She smiled slightly and said, "Brother Huo has known me for so long, you should know that I hate being threatened the most."

Huo Mingchen asked, "So what do you want to do?"

"Isn't the art of war about offering courtesy before resorting to force? I was just wondering what to do with the wild vegetables the magistrate gave us. If she wants some, let her have them."

However, it needs to have some ingredients added.

Of course, she didn't say what happened next, since the idea was a bit malicious.

But Huo Mingchen understood her meaning and didn't stop her: "Then give it to her, I'll go find you something else to eat."

"Need not."

Cheng Shanshan immediately went outside to take a look.

Once he was sure no one was around, he turned around and pretended to rummage through his bundle, pulling out a brown paper package: "I still have some stock here!"

Upon opening, it contained previously marinated and dried wild game.

Upon seeing this, Huo Mingchen subconsciously glanced at the bundle and said, "You little thing can really hold a lot."

Cheng Shanshan didn't hold back much when talking about Huo Mingchen, and instead naturally teased him, "Of course, this is a treasure bag."