"Aman! Your mother loves you the most, you can't lie to me...!"

Lady Cao chuckled softly and looked at Cao Cao with a warm expression.

Meeting his mother's kind gaze, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

"Mother...Mother, I dare not lie. That money actually came from my father..."

Before Cao Cao could finish speaking, a maid from the Cao household hurriedly entered.

"Madam, the Empress Dowager requests your presence in the palace to discuss matters concerning tomorrow evening's banquet!"

Madam Cao nodded. "Oh, let's go then!"

"Hmph~, you all better stay here quietly, I'll settle the score with you when I get back!!"

Madam Cao snorted coldly at Cao Song and his son, and then left the living room with her maid.

"Phew~, we're all from the same family, and we're being suppressed by someone from another family. What kind of situation is this?!"

Watching his wife leave, Cao Song breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

Cao Cao, standing nearby, quickly chimed in, "Yes, Father is right. You must show the demeanor of a family head. We absolutely cannot continue like this, or when will our suffering ever end?!"

"What Aman said makes sense, but let you experience the aura of your father as the head of the family first!"

Seeing that Cao Cao still dared to speak, Cao Song's anger flared up again, and he grabbed the wooden stick once more.

"Father... your son stands with you!"

Upon seeing this, Cao Cao was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly.

"You almost betrayed me just now, how dare you say you're with me now? How can you be so shameless??"

Cao Song cursed angrily and swung the stick in his hand at him again.

"Ahhh!!"

A piercing scream once again echoed from the living room.