Old Man Guan: "How can going to your house be considered living under someone else's roof? Changshun has always treated me like his own father. Xiaoyu is right, we can't let material things tarnish our feelings. So, I'll go to your house as soon as I'm discharged from the hospital, and we can live our lives as well as before."

The old lady... well, she could tell that the father and son were just teasing her on purpose, planning to give her nothing and kick her out. That was absolutely impossible.

“Changshun’s family doesn’t have room for the two of us. My grandson’s whole family is crammed in there. Old man, I have no objection to giving Xiaoyu all your other things, but I don’t agree to the house.”

Old Man Guan raised an eyebrow. "You'd give me permission to use my things?"

"Old man, you can't say that. I've been with you for over twenty years. Shouldn't I have a share of your property? It should be considered marital property, right?" The old lady stopped pretending.

Old Man Guan gave a cold laugh. "Why did you stop acting? 'Joint property'? Are you implying I should give you half of the house?"

The old lady's smile vanished. "I've been with you for so many years, you should definitely share half of my life with you."

Old Man Guan: "If I experience a famine, should I give you half of what I owe you?"

After all these years, how could the old lady not know about the old man's situation? He said, "If there is a famine, I can share half of it with you."

The implication was that she should also get half of the house.

Old Man Guan: "Alright, then come over tomorrow, and I'll share half of the famine with you."

The old lady looked at the old man Guan, who hadn't moved, and asked, "What about the house?"

Old Man Guan: "Come tomorrow, and I'll explain everything to you."

"Okay, I'll come over tomorrow. Do you want me to bring you food today?" The old lady is still putting on an act even though she hasn't gotten the house yet; she's been doing it for so many years now.

"Of course I'll use it. I'm not dead, so you have to serve me," Old Man Guan said in a cold voice.

The old lady nodded and left.

"Sir, why not just kick this kind of person out? Why bother explaining anything?" Xiaoyu asked, puzzled.

“What she said is not wrong. She has been with me for over twenty years. I can’t just dismiss her with a few words. It doesn’t make sense from a moral or legal standpoint. They’ve been scheming against me without any evidence, and she can’t possibly admit it. Have your dad come over tomorrow.”

Xiaoyu and Guan Bo are both people of status now, and he can't possibly wipe out the old lady's entire family. They need to resolve this matter in a normal way.

"Send my dad here?" This guy has a sinister aura; do you think he'll suffer this loss?

"Okay, let him handle it."

Xiaoyu was completely confused. How would her dad solve this?

When Xiaoyu got home, she told Li Mancang about what happened that day. "Dad, do you and Grandpa have a secret?"

"That old fox of a man, he thinks eight steps ahead for every one step he takes, and he has several backup plans," Li Mancang said helplessly.

Xiaoyu asked curiously, "What's the backup plan?"

Li Mancang went inside and took out a small wooden box. He opened the box and took out several property ownership certificates and a pile of IOUs.

Xiaoyu flipped through the property deeds, which all bore Li Mancang's name. Xiaoyu laughed, "When did my grandpa transfer the house to you?"

“After he was tricked last time, he transferred everything to me. If he had really been tricked to death, the old lady wouldn’t have gotten anything. She would still have to pay back these IOUs. Your grandfather is ruthless to others, and he’s ruthless to himself too,” Li Mancang said with a smile.

"Dad, my grandpa truly trusts you," Xiaoyu said with emotion.

Li Mancang smiled and told Old Man Guan that it would be best to transfer the house to Xiaoyu. If something were to happen to her as she got older, her family would be envious and covetous of all her possessions.

Old Man Guan said he didn't know what kind of woman Xiaoyu would marry in the future. If she married an old lady, everything under Xiaoyu's name would be a death warrant. It would be better to keep it under Li Mancang's name. If that day ever comes, he would give the things to his second and third sons so that they could protect Xiaoyu.