The more everyone heard, the darker their faces became. No wonder He Tiping dared to say the money wasn't spent on him—apparently, it didn't count if it was spent on his family.
"The He Family are really quite the schemers," Ancient Wen Heng said, seeing that everyone was still stunned. He decided to charitably spell it out for them. "We're all just old farmers. Who has time for all these pretentious formalities? They must have had several birthday celebrations, big and small, right? I wonder what kinds of gifts my foolish sister received during those parties?"
"We're all family. It was all voluntary," He Tiping said meekly.
"What a world of difference," Wang Caiyue scoffed, her hands on her hips. "This is like shearing the same sheep over and over. Now that you've fleeced your own wife dry, you're setting your sights on the entire Gu family. Your He Family is so large, yet you're doing so poorly that you have to beg for money just to buy water?
