Cheng Yun still said the same thing: "We can't have it, please take it back."
Ling Bao hid in her elder brother's arms and quietly raised one eye. When she saw Han Dahu looking at her, she shrank in fear and rubbed her feet uneasily. She remembered again the day when she froze to death.
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Sensing Ling Bao's anxious and uneasy mood, Cheng Yun stroked her back and whispered: "Go find dad and your second brother in the house, go ahead."
Ling Bao quickly glanced at Han Dahu and Wu, and nodded obediently.
Just as she was about to run away, Mrs. Wu suddenly stopped her: "Hey, Ling Bao, where are you going? My parents are here, and they are going to take you home."
These words were like a bolt from the blue.
Ling Bao's eyes were suddenly filled with tears. The tears were so full that they rolled down as if he couldn't hold them back. He looked at Cheng Yun pitifully, without crying, but his body was trembling.
Cheng Yun took Ling Bao into his arms and glared at Wu in displeasure.
Facing those dark eyes, Wu subconsciously took a step back.
"Don't cry, Lingbao. If big brother doesn't send you away, don't believe other people's words." Cheng Yun coaxed softly, wiping away her tears with his fingers. She was too thin and could only hold a little bit in his arms.
Under his brother's gentle comfort, Ling Bao couldn't help crying out the grievances and fears in his heart, but then he remembered that his father was studying and could not be disturbed, so he closed his mouth tightly and tried his best even though he was twitching.
Hold back from crying.
The king was so anxious that he circled around her feet, and his screams changed.
"Lingbao, don't cry. You hate them two, don't you? I'll bite them to death!"
"No, no, please don't bite, Your Majesty." Ling Bao sobbed, "If you bite someone, you will be caught."
"Then... what should we do?" The king was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, spinning around.
At this time, Cheng Zhongqian and Cheng Yi, who were attracted by her crying, also arrived in the courtyard. Cheng Yi's clothes were even in a mess.
Cheng Zhongqian frowned: "How do you look with your clothes on!"
Cheng Yi quickly turned around and put his clothes in order, then took three steps and two steps at a time, stood next to his eldest brother, lowered his head and asked, "Why are you crying, little idiot?"
As soon as Wu saw Cheng Zhongqian, she couldn't wait to greet him: "Is this Mr. Cheng? He looks like a scholar at first glance. We are Lingbao's parents, and we are here to thank you for taking care of her."
After saying that, he wanted to catch Cheng Zhongqian, but Cheng Zhongqian frowned and avoided it.
"What's the matter?" he asked coldly.
Wu said nonchalantly: "Nothing, I just want to give you something and take Ling Bao back."
"Oh?" Cheng Zhongqian asked with interest.
Cheng Yun couldn't help but said: "Dad!"
Cheng Zhongqian didn't even look at him, but asked with an indifferent expression: "Are you her parents?"
"Yes." Wu said with a smile.
Cheng Zhongqian nodded and said with unclear meaning: "Okay."
What’s good? What’s good? The husband and wife were confused.
"Please calculate her expenses for the past few months." Cheng Zhongqian said, "Da Lang, calculate the specific amount." He said to the two of them, "It should be several thousand dollars."
Wu lost her voice and said: "How come there are so many?!"
"There is no free lunch in the world." Cheng Zhongqian was eight feet tall and his slightly lowered eyes looked a little unkind. He said, "What can you do without money for food, clothing, housing and transportation?"
"Then there's no need to spend so much! She's just a little girl, how much can she eat and drink?" Wu said with all her teeth, not to mention thousands of dollars, she wouldn't even give a single copper to this cheap girl.
Cheng Yun felt like a volcano was erupting in his chest.
As she said, Ling Bao could eat and drink as much as she wanted, but they still threw her into the snowy mountains and left her to freeze to death!
They simply don't deserve to be parents!
Cheng Yun said coldly: "You must give me this money."
Wu shouted: "Impossible, I won't give it!"
Cheng Yun waited for her to say this and took advantage of the victory to pursue her: "You don't want to take her away without paying her."
"If you don't take it, don't take it!" Wu blurted out, "You can keep it!"
Han Dahu tugged at Wu, but Wu shook her off and said again: "We won't take it away, you can keep it."
Cheng Yun's tense body suddenly relaxed, and then he realized that his breathing was trembling slightly.
Only then did Cheng Yi slowly figure out what was going on. He said angrily: "Are you still human? Isn't your own daughter worth thousands of dollars?"
"That's several thousand dollars, and it's been given to us for several months. It really hurts to stand and talk! Besides, it's not like I'm my daughter..."
Wu murmured the last sentence in a low voice. No one except Han Dahu heard her, and everyone only saw her lips moving.
Han Dahu gave her a warning push. Wu realized she had said the wrong thing and stopped talking.
Han Dahu looked at Ling Bao and said apologetically: "Ling Bao, my family really doesn't have that much money. I'll come back to you when dad makes enough money."
Lingbao looked at him timidly for a while, then plucked up the courage and said, "No."
Han Dahu was stunned for a moment: "What?
Ling Bao was as small as a mosquito but said firmly: "I don't want to go back with you, this is my home."
Her father and brother are her family, but they are not, and they do not regard her as family.
Han Dahu wanted to say something, but Lingbao buried his head in Cheng Yun's arms, leaving only the back of his head refusing to communicate.
Cheng Yun touched her head and said to the uninvited guest: "Go slowly without seeing him off."
Cheng Yi pointed to the door and said angrily: "The door is over there." Get out of here!
Wu didn't have any nostalgia, and was afraid that Cheng Yun would regret it if he left too slowly, so he pulled the hesitant Han Dahu away quickly.
The king chased them to the gate and shouted at their backs: "Meow!"
Believe it or not, I will bite you to death, you two bastards!
Cheng Yi said angrily: "What kind of person is this? He even gave up his daughter for money. The villagers in Beihe Village are very friendly, but there is such a person!"
Cheng Zhongqian said: "The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds."
Cheng Yi scratched his head, poked the little dumpling in his eldest brother's arms, and asked softly: "Little fool, are you okay?"
Ling Bao raised his red face from being depressed and said with tears in his eyes: "I'm not a little fool."
Cheng Yi raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, a rare compromise: "Okay, I won't call you anymore. I'll call you Ling Bao, okay?"
Lingbao sniffed and said obediently: "Okay."
Cheng Yi smiled and said carelessly: "Don't cry, we are here, aren't we better than them?"
"Better than them." Ling Bao replied seriously, his parents and brothers are the best.
"That's right, you can follow us from now on." Cheng Yi said, "Dad is going to take the imperial examination. Once he becomes an official, he will have a salary. It won't be troublesome to support you."
Ling Bao became happy and smiled like a small crescent moon. This chapter has been completed!