A man stood with his back to the door, only his thin back and slightly long hair could be vaguely seen.

"You're acting all mysterious all the time. I think there's something wrong with your head. Let Dr. Xing take a good look at your illness. Stop thinking about all sorts of nonsense all day long."

“I’m not sick, I’m perfectly fine. I think you’re the one who’s sick. You’re always running around in those opium pipes. You’ll die in there sooner or later.”

"You're crazy! You sent someone to call me back just to start a fight? Let me tell you, I'm busy out there, I don't have time to argue with you, you lunatic. If you're mentally ill, go see a doctor. Don't bother me if you have no other reason."

After grumbling for a moment, the man got up to leave.

At this moment, Xu Jinwei and Bai Qianmo walked in.

The man paused slightly, his gaze sweeping over the two girls.

"Jinwei, who is this girl?"

"Oh, this is my fourth sister, Xu Jin'en. She was just brought back from the countryside a while ago."

"Fourth Sister has been brought back? How come I didn't know?" Xu Jiangfeng turned around and glared at Chen Xin'e.

Chen Xin'e sneered: "You spend all your time in opium dens, what do you know? This girl has been back for almost half a month, and you haven't even shown your face once."

"No, who let her come back?" Xu Jiangfeng asked, slightly displeased.

"I am the master of this house. Who brought her back without my permission?"

"It's my eldest aunt."

Xu Jinwei's words immediately extinguished Xu Jiangfeng's arrogance.

"What a mess Xu Jierong has made! What's wrong? She's not satisfied with managing the Xu family's businesses, she's trying to extend her reach into our inner quarters?"

After hearing Xu Jiangfeng's words, Bai Qianmo finally understood just how cold-hearted her father, Xu Jiangfeng, truly was.

Perhaps, besides his obsessive opium pipe, all that remained in his heart were those women.

"Father, this is not Aunt's fault. It was Grandpa Yin who found Aunt. Grandpa and Grandpa Yin arranged the marriage between the Xu and Yin families back then. You haven't forgotten, have you?"

"Oh, the marriage between the Xu and Yin families? Heh, could it be that Old Master Yin wants to fulfill the agreement he made with the old man back then?"

Xu Jinwei nodded unhappily: "Grandpa Yin brought Xu Jin'en back because he wanted her to marry Brother Yin Heng."

"Really? That's great news! Jin'en, lift your head and let your father see you. It's been over ten years since I last saw you. I wonder what you'll look like now that you've grown up." Xu Jiangfeng rubbed his hands together as he walked towards Bai Qianmo.

Bai Qianmo remembered Xu Jinwei's reminder, but she had no choice but to look up now.

Just as she was in a dilemma, Xu Jiangfeng walked up to her.

"Father," Bai Qianmo called out, feigning nervousness.

Xu Jinwei stepped forward in time and stood in front of Bai Qianmo.

"Dad, didn't you just say you were very busy? We'll take care of Mom here, so you should go and get back to work."

Xu Jiangfeng tilted his head and looked at Xu Jinwei: "Did I just say that I was very busy?"

"Yes, when you were arguing with Mom just now, you said you were very busy, Mom, don't you think?"

Chen Xin'e couldn't figure out what Xu Jinwei was up to, but since her daughter had said so, she was definitely going to cover for her.

"Hmph, I bet your dad doesn't want to see me for even a second. He's just lying and saying he's busy."

Xu Jiangfeng couldn't stand Chen Xin'e provoking him, so he sneered, "I'm really busy today. Even if I wasn't, I wouldn't want to see your resentful face."

"You...you get out of here, and you'd better never set foot in my room again."

Chen Xin'e had long since given up hope on Xu Jiangfeng.

She has sons and daughters, and her position as the eldest wife of the Xu family is unshakeable. As for her husband, who spends his days chasing after women, she no longer cares about him.

When Xu Jiangfeng and Chen Xin'e started arguing, they forgot about the existence of their adopted daughter, Xu Jin'en.

After exchanging a few words of insults with Chen Xin'e, he turned and left.

Chen Xin'e was filled with grievances, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

Her son, who had just returned from the private school, stepped forward to wipe away her tears.

"Mother, please don't cry."

Looking at her son who had just turned eight, Chen Xin'e suppressed her heartache and smiled through her tears.

"Xing'er, you must remember this: never be like your father. Get closer to your Aunt Jie Rong. I refuse to believe that none of the men in our Xu family can achieve anything great. Xing'er, your mother is counting on you to make me proud."

Despite his young age, Xu Changxing's gaze was incredibly firm.

"Don't worry, Mother. I will never become like my father. I will become a man and take care of you and my sister."

Xu Jinwei, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but chuckle.

"You're talking a good game now, but by then you'll probably have forgotten about me and Mother."

"No way, in my heart, Mother and Second Sister are the most important."

Bai Qianmo couldn't help but think to herself, "Child, you have such lofty ambitions now, but unfortunately, you can't overcome the invisible curse of the Xu family."

As far as she knew, up until the modern era, the Xu family had not produced a single man of any worth in the past hundred years.

Only then did Chen Xin'e open her eyes and look at Bai Qianmo.

"Aunt Yu."

"lady!"

"Prepare some paper money and offerings, and have the fourth young lady take them to her mother's grave to pay her respects early tomorrow morning."

"yes!"

Aunt Yu left the room.