After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 457 No Step Down

Xie Xingchuan still stiffened his neck and said, "It's ruined, if not today then tomorrow. Anyway, my mother never wanted me to succeed."

Zhang Yunniang blurted out: "How is that possible? I only hope that you will live a good life!"

After she finished speaking, she realized something was wrong. The person her son was referring to was Mrs. Xie. She turned around and looked at Mrs. Xie with complicated eyes.

The Xie family raised Xie Xingchuan and taught him a lot of skills. She shouldn't have resented them, but when she thought about how hard her son had been living in the Xie family over the years, she couldn't face Mrs. Xie in a rational state.

Niuniu held her brother with one hand and Zhang Yunniang with the other, raised her little face and asked Mrs. Xie: "Aunt Xie, since you think my brother is unfilial, why don't you return him to our family? I have a lot of money, I am willing to give you all my money as compensation."

Zhang Yunniang was reminded by her daughter and immediately said, "Madam Xie, I am willing to exchange all the wealth of the Gu family for my son's return home. The most valuable thing in my family is the dry shares of Sancheng's marinade workshop, which can earn the family three or four hundred taels of silver every month. When the Luo family's marinated food is opened all over the country, we can earn more money."

A business that can bring in a stable profit of several hundred taels every month would most likely be worth a fortune if sold in the capital. The Gu family is very sincere.

Mrs. Xie did not answer. She was a little panicked at this time. Although she disliked Xie Xingchuan and always suspected that he was a concubine's son, she had never thought of giving him to someone else.

In her mind, no matter how much trouble she caused, Xie Xingchuan would always respect her. After all, they were still mother and son in terms of etiquette.

Mrs. Xie's harsh words just now were only meant to force Xie Xingchuan to submit.

She turned around and took a straight look at this son who was not her biological son for the first time. She disliked the scars on his face and was always unwilling to look at him for any longer. She had discarded him like a piece of trash, but the Gu family treated him like a treasure.

In her heart, Mrs. Xie still didn't believe that Xie Xingchuan was Gu's child, but she also knew that if she acted a little more ruthlessly now, it would only make Xie Xingchuan and the Gu family closer and closer, but she was also unwilling to lose face and bow her head.

For a moment, everyone froze in place.

Until Niuniu spoke up: "Aunt Xie, don't you want your brother to go home?"

Mrs. Xie remained silent.

Niu Niu continued: "In my heart, my brother is extremely precious. How can a mere half-braising workshop be compared to my brother?"

Xie Xingchuan couldn't help but glance at the little girl, and happened to see Niu Niu looking at him with a pair of bright big eyes.

He had never been afraid of thousands of troops on the battlefield, but at this moment, he was almost burned by Niuniu's gaze and hid back. He...he felt that he was not that good...he never knew that he was so good in Niuniu's eyes...

At this moment, Niu Niu let go of the hand that was holding Xie Xingchuan and ran to Mrs. Xie's side.

The warmth in Xie Xingchuan's hands disappeared, and he felt like a piece of his heart had been lost.

"Aunt Xie, what do you want us to do in order to return my brother to us? We are willing to do anything!" Niu Niu asked seriously.

Mrs. Xie still wanted to dodge, but wherever she turned her face, Niu Niu would follow her to look, like a sticky candy, and Mrs. Xie couldn't get rid of her at all.

"Don't be silly." Mrs. Xie said helplessly.

Niuniu sighed and said, "I'm not fooling around. I keep my word. Only those who don't keep their word are fooling around."

Mrs. Xie felt a burning pain on her face. She had said she wanted to sever the mother-son relationship, but now she was the one who was stuck there. She had become the person who broke her promise in the little girl's words.

"Aunt wants to break off relations with my brother, but she doesn't want him to return to our home. What exactly does Aunt want to do?" Niuniu's eyes were full of curiosity. She couldn't understand why Mrs. Xie did this. Mrs. Xie hated the Gu family for not giving her a way out. If she and Xie Xingchuan broke up, her husband would be the first to disagree. All her honor now came from her husband, so she would not dig her own grave.

Finally, Madam Xie swung her sleeves fiercely, stood up, and said, "I won't bother with you about the affairs of Steward Xie's family. You can take care of yourself!"

She left as if escaping.

Zhang Yunniang stared blankly at the other person's back as he left, and asked, "She said this now, does that mean she is not going to go to the government office and sue you for being unfilial?"

Xie Xingchuan nodded. He also thought this was very strange. Madam Xie had a strong personality and never bowed her head. How could she suffer such a loss this time? Saying harsh words but not gaining any advantage was no different from tearing off her face and throwing it on the ground to step on it for Madam Xie.

Niuniu was still unhappy: "She didn't agree to return my second brother to our family."

Zhang Yunniang patted her daughter's head gently and said, "After all, she is your second brother's adoptive mother. It's good that she didn't fall out on the spot. In the final analysis, we still owe her."

"But she treats my second brother so badly, and we should give in to her?" Niu Niu's face was full of confusion.

Zhang Yunniang sighed. This was the first time she met Madam Xie, and she could already sense how difficult she was. She couldn't help but feel sorry for how hard Xie Xingchuan had been through all these years.

Niuniu rolled her eyes, trying to find an opportunity, and said to Xie Xingchuan: "Second brother, she didn't let you go home, so rounding it off, doesn't it mean that she agreed to let you stay in our house?"

Xie Xingchuan felt his sister's eagerness to keep him, but still shook his head: "That's not how it works."

Xie Xingchuan and Zhang Yunniang both knew that they would eventually have to return to the Xie family.

Niuniu's face fell and she said, "It's so complicated. Why can't my brother go home smoothly?"

Zhang Yunniang didn't know how to explain to her daughter, so she could only say, "Maybe one day Madam Xie will understand and agree to let your second brother stay."

Madam Xie left the Gu family with a gloomy face, pushed away the maid who tried to serve her and got on the carriage. She couldn't remember how many years it had been since she felt so aggrieved, and her mind was full of thoughts about how to make things difficult for Xie Xingchuan.

She just returned to Xie Mansion.

The servant then reported: "Madam, my uncle and his wife are here."

Mrs. Xie couldn't help but frown. This useless brother and sister-in-law usually stayed in Mizhou. She knew it was no good when they came.

Sure enough, Mrs. Lin, who had drunk several rounds of tea in the front hall, immediately burst into tears when she saw Mrs. Xie.

"Sister, please save our Taoer. You are the only one who can save him now!"

Mrs. Lin's howling made Mrs. Xie feel her ears hurt.

Madam Xie looked at her brother standing aside, and became angry when she saw him cowering. "What trouble have you caused again?"

"It's not a big deal, it's just... Taoer was playing outside and accidentally hit someone. The other person called the police, and the other person's mother demanded that Taoer pay with his life..." Mrs. Lin said.

(End of this chapter)