Taking leave is not a big deal. Although the main store is very busy, the hired waiters have all worked there for quite some time and are familiar with all the affairs of the store. If the store manager is away for a day or two, nothing will go wrong.

However, her tone clearly indicated that something was wrong, so Tang Xiaoxiao asked her a couple of questions with concern.

Tang Rugo had always relied on her a lot, and when Tang Xiaoxiao asked, Tang Rugo told her everything without hiding anything.

It turns out that the woman her father, Tang Yuanshan, had last found had returned.

Including Tang Rugo's biological mother, Tang Yuanshan has married a total of four wives.

It's not quite accurate to say "married," because apart from his first wife, Tang Rugo's biological mother, none of the other three women had ever held a wedding banquet or obtained a marriage certificate with Tang Yuanshan. In the countryside, there weren't so many customs, and it was many years ago when information was scarce. As long as one wasn't afraid of gossip from the neighbors, it wasn't uncommon for couples to have children without any formal status.

Tang Yuanshan's second woman was even the younger sister of his first wife, who was also Tang Rugo's aunt.

When Tang Xiaoxiao was little, she met her aunt. She was a very charming woman. Young Tang Xiaoxiao didn't understand what femininity was, but at that time she felt that her aunt's every move was very attractive, and people couldn't help but linger on her.

Tang Xiaoxiao always found it a mystery how Tang Yuanshan, such a loser and abusive man, managed to seduce so many women.

Tang Xiaoxiao had never met Tang Yuanshan's third or fourth wife. Those were all things that happened after she started boarding school. Originally, she often went to Tang Yuanshan's house when she was a child because she always played with Tang Rugo. After she started boarding school in junior high school and Tang Rugo went to live with her biological mother, Tang Xiaoxiao never set foot in Tang Yuanshan's house again.

She only knew that they all seemed to be from out of town, and she had no idea how they got involved with Tang Yuanshan.

Tang's parents might know something, but Tang Xiaoxiao really had no interest in inquiring about her elders' romantic affairs.

However, it seems that there was such a thing in her memories of her previous life.

She didn't know the exact time, but it was true that one of Tang Yuanshan's last two women had abandoned her one-year-old daughter without a word and then returned several years later.

This must be the person Tang Rugo was talking about.

Thinking of what that woman had done that Tang's mother had mentioned by chance when she was chatting with her in her previous life, Tang Xiaoxiao's eyes darkened.

Following the trajectory of her previous life, Tang Rugo would enter society after turning eighteen, working various jobs and saving up some money. Although Tang Yuanshan was a scoundrel, Tang Rugo was still very filial to her biological father. After making money, she used her savings to help Tang Yuanshan rent a pond in their hometown for aquaculture.

Tang Yuanshan did indeed serve her properly for a year in the first year, and then earned quite a lot. After deducting the money sponsored by Tang Rugo, there was still a surplus.

Originally, this was a good thing, especially since his wife, who had been gone for several years, had returned, and he now had a complete family. His close relatives and neighbors were all happy for him.

The problem arose because of his wife's return. The woman had been quiet with Tang Yuanshan for over a year, then one day she used the same trick again and quietly ran away.

Not only did the person run away, but they also absconded with Tang Yuanshan's savings from the past two years.

Tang Yuanshan was a good-for-nothing idler his whole life, always penniless. With the support of his daughter, he finally worked hard and managed to control his gambling addiction, not giving away all the money he earned. But then, a thief from his own family stole it all.