Li Yang looked at Li Jianhai's face, which had flushed with anger, and listened to his furious accusations. His tone was calm and cold: "Oh."

There was no sadness or joy, or perhaps it was the indifference in Li Jianhai's eyes. In her previous life, as long as she did not obey Feng Mei's wishes, Feng Mei would pretend to be sick and then ask Li Jianhai to persuade her. Countless times, she hoped that Li Jianhai would see her grievances and speak up for her, but every time she heard, it was about how he and Feng Mei worked hard to raise her, and how they used the grace of giving birth and raising her to pressure her into submission. But for so many years, every time she yielded, it was not in return for their restraint, but made them more convinced that she was wrong. What about the grace of giving birth, what about the grace of raising? Wasn't it enough to repay the Li family for working like a slave in her previous life and losing her life?

Li Yang's light "Oh" made Li Jianhai feel like a fist hitting cotton, and he felt a dull pain in his heart.

His pride made him want to give up right there and then and turn around and leave immediately, but remembering Feng Mei's repeated instructions before he left and Li Yaozu's eyes full of hope and rare admiration, he had to keep his feet there.

It is obvious that Li Yang's feelings for him are different from Feng Mei's. Relying on this, he will not end up like Feng Mei, but why did things turn out like this?

She should have cried in embarrassment or self-blame, saying that she was wrong, just like she did in the past, under his persuasion or accusation.

He sighed heavily, trying to impress Li Yang with his affection: "I know it has not been easy for you in this family since you were a child. Your mother dotes on your brother and asks you to be tolerant in everything. You have suffered a lot of grievances, so it is reasonable for you to complain.

But you have to know that I had no choice. If I had some say in this family, you wouldn't have to suffer so much. So, we are sorry for you.

But how can family members hold grudges overnight? Everyone should look forward, right? If you fall out with your family over a man today, Ji Huaizhi will bully you tomorrow because he doesn't have your family to support you!

You and your brother are brothers who are closely connected, and you are kind-hearted. If he were to suffer any misfortune, I believe you would feel guilty and uneasy.

Dad said the wrong thing today. Can you please, for the sake of our parent-child relationship and the fact that you only have one younger brother, not mind your mom's attitude towards you and work with Ji Huaizhi to find a way to help the family?"

Although Li Jianhai seemed to be apologizing, every word he said was an attempt to evade responsibility. This made Li Yang feel that Feng Mei was much more upright than he was. At least she never made excuses for her actions.

If he really cared about her as much as he said, he wouldn't have said a single word of concern to her from the moment he entered the door until now.

But now she doesn't want to care about these things anymore, nor does she want to argue anymore, because it is an indisputable fact that they don't care about her, and there is no point in saying more.

She looked at Li Jianhai with a calm gaze and said, "You can see my current situation. I really don't have any other way to come up with money. If you insist on forcing us, we can only steal or rob. The country is cracking down so strictly now. If that happens, we will just tell the truth. I'm afraid that won't be good for you either."

Li Yang extended his hand, making a gesture of inviting someone: "I have something else to do. If there is nothing else, please go back."

She believed Feng Mei didn't care about the money earned in this way, but Li Jianhai couldn't afford to lose face.

He was so frustrated that he almost couldn't straighten his spine when he forced his daughter and son-in-law to steal and rob to use the money for her parents' household expenses.

Li Jianhai had never felt so embarrassed before. This was even more embarrassing than Feng Mei pointing at him and scolding him in front of the neighbors.

Finally, he sighed again, as if in deep disappointment. "Li Yang, I originally thought you were more obedient and sensible than your brother, and that you would definitely understand the difficulties we face as parents. I didn't expect you to hurt us like this." He waved his hand, "Forget it, forget it. Just pretend I wasn't here today."

After saying that, he turned around, wiped away his non-existent tears, and walked out of the main room with a hunched back, step by step, as if with great difficulty. When he reached the gate of the yard, he paused, as if waiting for her.

In the past, as long as Li Yang saw Li Jianhai like this, his heart would have softened completely, thinking that everything was his fault, and he would have agreed to all their requests.

But now, looking at the countless situations I encountered in my previous life from another perspective, I just feel that I was so stupid.

For the first time, she stood there, not moving.

Li Jianhai waited for a while, but heard no movement behind him. He suppressed the curse that was about to come out of his mouth and left without looking back.

*

Li Jianhai's arrival somewhat affected Li Yang's mood, but as he watched himself gradually separating from the Li family, he felt a little relieved.

It would be best if all the people in the Li family came to scold her, and she could just curse at these leeches and then break up with them.

She sighed, composed herself, and put the buns she bought in the morning on the stove fire which was not completely extinguished to warm them up.

Just after a while, Ji Huaizhi came back.

He also had a few buns, steamed dumplings and soy milk in his hands, two to three times the amount she bought.

Li Yang hurried forward to take the breakfast and said, "Why did you buy so much? I also bought some buns, but I'm afraid I can't finish them all."

Ji Huaizhi followed her into the house and said nonchalantly, "You're too thin. Buying too much is just right so you can eat more. If you can't finish it, you can have more at noon."

Ji Huaizhi looked around at his familiar home. Although not much had changed, he felt as if something had changed.

It was not until the little girl in front of him nodded with a smile on her face: "Yes, you are right, we should eat as much as we can, and save the leftovers for lunch." that he finally discovered the source of all the changes.

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