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Zi Han was quite surprised. He could tell that Yu Dong was only pretending and saying such words to highlight the despicable attitude of the Zi family. Sure enough, as soon as Yu Dong finished speaking, many villagers looked at Old Master Zi and Old Madam Zi with fear and disdain.

For the sake of saving their old skin, they sold their mer grandson to a woman who was at least a decade older than him. This was truly shameful. What was more, Zi Han had worked hard and had taken care of the Zi family with his father. The rest of the sons-in-law of Old Master Zi were too lazy to care about their own families, so why would they care about the elderly?

They also relied on Ye Zexian and his son.

Yet they were now willing to sell Zi Han all because they did not want to take out fifty taels. It horrified and scared the villagers, they all knew that Zi Mu had worked hard to raise this family and yet when he was in need he was thrown out of the Zi house so ruthlessly.

If Old Master Zi could throw Zi Mu out so cruelly what about them? They were just neighbours! Even if they helped Old Master Zi and his family every now and then if the opportunity demanded it, Old Master Zi would stab them in the back as well.

They had to keep their distance from Old Master Zi from now on or else they would be the ones who would be backstabbed later on.

Yu Dong also sensed the changes in the hearts of the villagers and for those who were looking at her contemptuously, she did not pay attention to them. This was something that she was only doing because she wanted to show how ruthless Old Master Zi and his family were, she had no other intentions.

As long as her heart was clear she did not think that she did anything that could be considered wrong as for the perspectives of others, she did not and would not care about them.

Zi Mu's heart was unsettled but when he thought about how this was necessary, he still steeled his heart and knelt on the ground.

"Father, Mother! I beg you, even if I did something wrong, I am still your son. I do not care about selling myself but Han'er is still young…if he is sold to Miss Yu and is forced to become a bed servant…what kind of life would he live? Please show me some mercy.

I promise I will pay you back twice," Zi Mu wasn't putting an act, he was truly pleading with his parents in the hope that they would not let him down.

However, his hopes were doomed to dash as Old Master Zi rolled his eyes and said, "If that is his fate then let it be, after all, it's not our fault. It's the fault of his parents who were too foolish."

Not only did he refuse to take the sum of money out but he also pushed the bag of sh*t on top of Zi Mu's head.
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He then turned to look at Zi Qian who was staring at Zi Mu sympathetically and then said, "Village head Zi, if you help us with the family separation that would be nice." Though he did not say anything to Zi Qian, Old Master Zi was annoyed by her expression. Who was she showing this empty sympathy to? If she wanted then she was more than welcome to take out fifty taels for Zi Mu and his family.

Anyway, he did not have the money to save Zi Mu.

When Zi Mu heard the stern refusal of his father, the last flicker of hope in his heart diminished. He closed his eyes and then got up from the ground, he had done everything that he could do but his parents were not willing to help him pay off this 'non-existent' debt. If this was the case then he would live his life from now onwards.

As for his parents, Zi Mu could only take these fifty taels as compensation for them giving birth to him.

Zi Qian also knew that there was no point in talking with people like Old Master Zi. She coldly looked at the Zi family and then turned to look at Zi Mu before saying, "Ah Mu, If you have thirty taels then I can lend you twenty. This is the maximum amount of money that I can come up with, ah!"

However, Zi Mu was too heartbroken. In fact, he was not even getting sold for real. This was a test that Yu Dong came up with to test his relationship with his family while at the same time helping him separate from his cold-hearted family.

If today Old Master Zi had taken out fifty taels to redeem him instead of trodding on his head, Zi Mu would have certainly paid Old Master Zi a thousand times back. As it would have proven that Old Master Zi had him in his heart and cared for Zi Mu as his son.

But since he refused to help Zi Mu, Zi Mu did not see the point of staying in this village and getting bullied by his father in case he made it big.

Zi Mu smiled wretchedly and then shook his head, "I don't even have a single copper coin on me, Village Head Zi. All the money was used for Zan Zan's injuries. In fact, I still owe my sister-in-law the money that she gave me to treat Zan Zan… I really have no other choice than watching my entire family become slaves."

As he spoke Zi Mu cried. These tears were bitter. After all, he had helped his brothers and treated his parents really well but in his time of need they turned their backs on him, how could he not feel bitter?

Zi Qian sighed when she heard that Zi Mu had no money. She turned to look at Yu Dong and said, "Miss Yu, I know that Ah Mu owes you money…but can you let his son off? I … I am willing to pay money for Han Han, he is a good boy."

Though this sum of money would put her family in trouble, Zi Qian could not see a good mer getting ruined!