Zhao Di and her two siblings stood at the village entrance, watching their father's carriage gradually disappear into the distance, and they couldn't help but shed tears...
However, the Zhu brothers, Jiawang and Jiafu, still have higher expectations.
Father told them that at the latest, he would send someone to pick them up and take them to the capital in a month!
Then they'll be little scions of the emperor's household...
Zhao Di, on the other hand, looked preoccupied and regretful...
Liu Yingying noticed her reaction but didn't say anything.
With Zhu Ziqian gone, the three children were left unattended again.
Liu Yingying used to be their stepmother, so it was only right that she took care of them.
But now that she has divorced Zhu Ziqian, she naturally has nothing to do with these three children anymore.
And the old house wouldn't care about them anyway.
It was originally just a matter of adding a few more pairs of chopsticks, but back then, the two brothers, Zhu Jiawang and Zhu Jiafu, had already publicly chosen their biological father.
Now that they've been abandoned by their own father, Liu Yingying will absolutely not let them live in her house again.
She also realized that these two ungrateful wretches could not be tamed, as for Zhao Di...
Zhao Di had always lived with Liu Yingying, and she acknowledged her as her daughter.
Even without her relationship with Zhu Ziqian!
“Liu Niang, I…I will move out of your house today…” Zhao Di walked over, her voice choked with sobs.
Now that her father has divorced, she naturally can no longer shamelessly continue living in Liu Yingying's house.
Liu Yingying raised her hand to stroke the top of her head, her eyes softening slightly; "What nonsense are you talking about? I've said that you'll always be my child!"
“Liu Niang…” Zhao Di looked up in shock, her heart filled with both excitement and emotion.
Liu Yingying smiled and said, "Let's go to school first. I'll cook your favorite lychee pork for dinner tonight."
"Okay!" Zhao Di covered her mouth and ran away with tears in her eyes.
After school in the evening, Zhao Di picked up her schoolbag and headed away, but she was stopped by her two younger brothers after only a few steps.
"sister!"
Zhao Di turned around; "What's wrong?"
Zhu Jiawang: "Sister, are you really going to that woman's house and abandoning me and my brother?"
Zhao Di frowned slightly; "Jiawang, what woman? That's Liu Niang, who has taken care of us for four whole years!"
"In the year my father went missing, she was the one who depended on us for survival!"
“But she’s divorced from Father now, she’s no longer our Liu Niang!” Zhu Jiawang retorted indignantly.
Zhao Di was very dissatisfied with her two younger brothers' attitude, and said that she would no longer pay attention to them and went straight to the school.
That night, Zhao Di stayed with Liu Yingying as usual.
The brothers Zhu Jiawang and Zhu Jiafu still live in the old house left by their father.
However, Liu Yingying did not completely abandon the matter.
When it was time to eat, they still had Zhao Di deliver food to them.
Anyway, life will just continue like this until Zhu Ziqian takes them away.
Before lights out that night, Liu Yingying knocked on Zhao Di's door.
"Zhao Di, are you asleep?"
"No...no..." Zhao Di's voice was a little weak.
She seemed to have a premonition of why Liu Yingying was coming to see her at this time…
"May I come in?"
"Can…"
Zhao Di got up to open the door, and Liu Yingying came in and sat on the edge of her bed, looking at her with gentle eyes.
"Liu Niang, is there anything you want to say?" Zhao Di dared not meet her gaze.
“I want to talk to you about your father’s illness. No, to be specific, he’s not sick, he’s poisoned.”
Hearing her say that, Zhao Di felt a mix of regret and embarrassment, and lowered her head even further.
Liu Yingying suddenly grasped her hand; "Zhao Di, actually I should thank you for reminding me that day, otherwise I would be the one poisoned today!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Di could no longer hold back her emotions and burst into tears, throwing herself into her arms.
“I didn’t want to ruin Father’s life like that, but… but I didn’t want you to be ruined by Father either…” She sobbed as she looked at Liu Yingying.
"Liu Niang, am I a bad child?"
Liu Yingying comforted her, "Zhaodi, you weren't the one who came up with such a despicable method as poisoning. I was the one who made your father suffer the consequences, not you. You just temporarily diverted his attention at that crucial moment."
Hearing her say that, Zhao Di's guilt and self-blame were somewhat dispelled, and then she asked again;
"Will my father die?"
Liu Yingying shook her head; "I don't know, but if we get the antidote in time, it shouldn't be like this."
Zhao Di breathed a sigh of relief again, and Liu Yingying comforted her in her room for a while.
After Zhao Di fell asleep on his lap, he covered her with the blanket and left.
After Zhu Ziqian left, Liu Yingying's life returned to normal.
In less than half a month, Li Mu's leg injury had visibly improved.
Liu Yingying estimated that as long as he continued his recuperation, Li Mu would be able to walk like a normal person in no more than a year.
Seeing that his son's leg could recover, Li Gensheng regained his confidence in life, which he had previously lost.
Even if my son's leg heals, it's impossible for him to go out and find work within a year or two.
My father is getting old, but he is still the pillar of this family.
So he decided to go out and find some work.
When he told Liu Yingying about his idea, she immediately extended an olive branch to him.
"The Tao family's targeting of you is unlikely to end anytime soon. Even if you go out now, it will be difficult to find a suitable job. Why don't you stay and help me?"
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