"Will your brother take you away?"
An Yuan'er smiled and took her brother's arm, saying coquettishly, "Yuan'er will listen to her brother."
Both of them had smiles on their faces. They didn't look like they had been kicked out at all; they were so happy that they were just about to set off firecrackers to celebrate.
While large families bring immense benefits, they also impose many constraints. My elder brother has reached marriageable age, and my grandmother often tries to find him suitable ladies from prominent families in Shengjing, but he has no interest in such matters and finds the process exhausting.
To hell with being a pampered young lady. My brother is free.
The brother and sister left together, but their elderly father, who was standing by, was also unhappy about it.
An Chaoli blocked An Huishou and An Yuan'er's path.
The old lady's eyes lit up, and hope was rekindled. She said, "Chao Li, you should also try to persuade Hui Shou. He's having a moment of despair, and as his father, you should also try to talk him out. If he's going to leave, it should be An Yuan'er who leaves."
The old lady only wanted useless and burdensome people to leave, and she was unwilling to let go of useful people until all their value had been squeezed out of them.
For example: An Chaoli, An Huaishou.
But who knew—
An Chaoli frowned, looking heartbroken: "You two little devils, you didn't even consult your father before making such a big decision. Is this how you do things?"
"You just left your old father alone, how could you be so heartless?"
"You guys go out and have some fun, leaving me here. I don't want that."
Judging from An Chaoli's tone, he sounded extremely resentful.
Upon hearing An Chaoli's tone, the old lady felt a sharp pain in her heart.
She clutched her chest and yelled, "Is this how you raise children? What do you mean by that?"
An Yuan'er shook her head at An Chaoli: "Father, there's no need to do this for Yuan'er's sake."
An Chaoli is a first-rank minister in the imperial court. If he were to leave the An family, it would surely cause a huge uproar. Father has spent most of his life in the An family, and his affection for the An family is much deeper than that for his siblings. The An family is also the place where Father has lived for half his life.
Forcing an elderly person to leave the place they have lived for so long is itself unfilial. An Yuan'er couldn't bear to see her father suffer because of her.
An Chaoli had never been more determined in his mind than at this moment.
He lowered his gaze to his daughter and said, "Xiao Yuan'er, do you know what your father regrets the most?"
An Yuan'er shook her head.
"Father knows that you've been unhappy about bringing you back to this large family. Father only thought it would help you adapt to this place, but I never considered that some places can't be integrated into just by adapting. Father also regrets not agreeing to your relationship with the Sixth Prince back then, considering the family. If Father hadn't stopped you then, things wouldn't be like this now..."
Seeing his daughter looking haggard but still trying to appear strong breaks the old father's heart. He often blames himself, realizing that although he wasn't the one who caused the tragedy, everything was brought about by bringing his daughter home.
He didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of him. If he had granted his daughter's wish, there wouldn't be this blood-soaked marriage today.
Seeing his daughter, whom he had doted on for so many years, suffer was a feeling akin to being slowly sliced to death for the elderly father.
An Yuan'er, a grown man of seven feet tall, actually saw the tears her father was trying so hard to hold back.
Father's hoarse voice brushed against her ear: "Little Yuan'er, Father was wrong. Don't blame Father, okay?"
"Father will give Yuan'er a new home, not here."
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