"Cough cough."

He coughed forcefully, trying to prove his existence.

The coughing did indeed draw Li Xiaoxiao's attention, but she asked with a puzzled look, "Big brother, have you caught a cold? Do you want me to make you some ginger and brown sugar water?"

Li Yichang almost fainted from anger at his naive younger sister. He smiled helplessly and said, "It's alright. I didn't catch a cold. My throat was just a little itchy, but I'm fine now."

Li Xiaoxiao was relieved and turned her attention back to Xu Jinhuan.

"Sister, there's no problem with what you said, I'll take care of it."

You don't need to pay me wages. It's already inappropriate for my brother and me to eat and drink here for free, so consider this payment for our meals.

Xu Jinhuan smiled and patted Li Xiaoxiao's head. "Okay, let's do it Xiaoxiao's way. Our Xiaoxiao is really great. She can help her brother take on the responsibility of supporting the family."

Li Xiaoxiao nodded earnestly and said with a sweet smile, "My brother has done a lot of wrong things over the years in order to help me get treatment. I hope I can help him atone for his sins."

Upon hearing this, Li Yichang was moved to tears. He walked to Li Xiaoxiao's side and said solemnly.

"Xiaoxiao, don't worry, your brother will really not help the Wu family do bad things anymore. I will definitely try my best to become Xiangxiang's person."

Li Xiaoxiao tiptoed and stretched forward, groping for a while before finally touching Li Yichang's head. She smiled and said, "Okay, Xiaoxiao trusts her brother."

While the three were chatting, the exiles slowly entered the house, and soon the house was full of people.

"Oh, finally there's a roof over my head. If it keeps pouring water, my raincoat will get soaked."

"Yes, the rain is getting heavier and heavier. While climbing the mountain, I was thinking, thank goodness we're heading uphill."

Otherwise, I really don't dare to imagine what would happen to the dilapidated temple if the rain continued like this.

"It's all thanks to Miss Xu. I originally thought she was being unnecessary, but who knew she was so capable!"

The women chatting now looked at Xu Jinhuan with admiration and respect; all their previous ulterior motives had completely vanished.

After hearing these words, the Xu family members in the corner started arguing again.

“Youyou, if you were sensible, you would go and apologize to Xu Jinhuan to ease the tension between our family and her,” said Xu’s father, touching his wound with a pale face.

Xu Youyou turned her head and quickly sought help from her mother, "Mom, I won't..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xu's mother joined in the persuasion, "Youyou, your father is right, just listen to him."

Xu Youyou shouted in dissatisfaction, "Forget about it! I will never bow down to her!"

Old Madam Lin, who had been refused entry to the cellar by Xu Jinhuan, sat to the side and curled her lip in disdain, then began to give orders about the state of affairs.

"You guys are all short-sighted. That girl isn't that capable. I think she just got lucky."

"What 'Master Xu'? I bet she's already slept with that 'Lord Xie' guy!"

The plump auntie who was not far away was not happy after hearing this. She pointed at Madam Lin's nose and cursed.

"You old hag, it's one thing to mistreat your own daughter-in-law and mother-in-law, but don't even think about ruining the reputation of my family, Jin Huan."

If you think she's no good, then why didn't you fight the bandits back then? Why didn't you suggest leaving the dilapidated temple and going up the mountain to take shelter from the rain?

All they do is talk the talk, but when it comes to the walk, they run away faster than anyone else. Pah! Hypocritical!

Old Madam Lin was so stunned by the scolding from the plump aunt that she forgot to refute her.

After Xu Jinhuan finished discussing the plan with Li Xiao, she walked towards the direction of the plump aunt. She looked at Old Madam Lin with a cold face.

"If I hear you utter another word of nonsense, I'll send your dear grandson Lin Yaozu to meet his grandfather."

After saying that, Xu Jinhuan stretched out his hand and threw her into Lin Yaozu's arms.

The sudden appearance of his grandmother startled Lin Yaozu. He felt a sharp pain in his arms and legs and almost instinctively threw the old lady out of his arms.

The old lady Lin was nearly knocked over by the fall, and was now clutching her chest, crying out in pain.

Just then, a child asked in confusion, "Sister, why did that annoying old lady stop talking when she said she was taking the annoying uncle to see his grandfather? Shouldn't she be happy to see her grandfather?"

After thinking for a while, the child's older sister said seriously, "I remember that Uncle Annoying's grandfather passed away a long time ago. Sending him to see his grandfather is just sending him to his death."

The child nodded seriously after hearing this, "Oh, I see. Adults are so interesting. I also want to send that annoying uncle to see his grandfather."

Xu Jinhuan was amused by the childish words and looked closely. She realized that the two were the brother and sister who had left a deep impression on her in the cellar.

At this moment, Madam Lin's face was a patchwork of black and white. Anyone would be unhappy to be ridiculed by a child in public, let alone someone as proud as her.

Therefore, in a fit of anger, he cursed at Xu Jinhuan.

"Xu Jinhuan, what's there to be proud of? You just know a little martial arts and you've hooked up with the head constable. I'd like to see how long you can be so smug."

Xu Jinhuan turned to look at Madam Lin, and slowly walked towards her, saying venomously, "You don't need to worry about that. You'll be smug until the day you die."

Upon hearing this, Madam Lin felt that Xu Jinhuan was cursing her to die, so she got up from Lin Yaozu's arms and wanted to curse him a few more times.

Unexpectedly, the more she thought about it, the angrier she became, until she fainted from shock.

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