Chapter 55: Admonitions to a Junior (4)

  "Does he know that our attitude is worth sacrificing our own bodies?" Fang Zixuan had always been careful with her body, but today she was hit so hard that the pain on her body could be tolerated, but in her heart, she felt annoyed and irritated, and her emotions were also slightly out of control.

  "A foothold? What kind of foothold do you want?" Fang Zikun hadn't had time to respond when she suddenly turned her head and asked seriously, "Do you want control over the Fang family? I'm afraid even Father can't get it, let alone you. Or perhaps you want a larger share of the stocks? With financial backing, you can be like Father, a profligate young master?"

  "Cut the crap!" Looking at Fang Zixuan's face full of sarcasm, he was so angry that he couldn't control himself and burst into a loud scolding, but apart from swear words, he couldn't think of any real retorts.

  "Talk nonsense, slap yourself ten times, and write it down first." She gave him a cold glance.

  "Fang Zixuan, I don't believe you really don't know the severity of Fang Xinlan's behavior," With this sister who was as stubborn as a mule, Fang Zipeng had no choice but to slump back into the car seat like a deflated balloon. Except for his outburst earlier, the two had been speaking in hushed tones. "If Dad and Mom really get divorced, we'll be children without a mother. What will happen to us? You should know that, right?"

  "Adults' affairs are none of our business, let alone without a mother, even if there's no father and no mother, you won't starve to death." Fang Zixuan sneered, she had never regarded Zhang Yun as her real mother, Fang Xinlan and her past self were both illegitimate daughters, so for her, entering the Fang family didn't have any emotional impact.

  "How can we not starve to death? If mom leaves the Fang family, we'll probably be kicked out of the house too. Who knows, we might really end up starving on the streets." Fang Zikai couldn't understand why she had no sense of crisis at all. Had reading books really made her stupid?

  "You're thinking too much, don't worry. If you really have no food to eat, you can go apply for low-income support, the government won't let you starve to death." Fang Zixuan said lightly, "Besides, parents originally have a duty to raise their children, we can go to court to sue them for child support, so you don't need to worry about these trivial things."

  "Fang Zi Xuan! Are you crazy?! Fang Zi Peng couldn't understand whether she was joking or being serious. They were the children of the Fang family, how could they have fallen to the point of applying for low-income relief and going to court? 'If it's really like that, do we still want to be human in this circle?'"

  "Fang Zikong, you should figure out what you really want. If it's something unrealistic, then give up on it early. If you have your own dreams and goals, rely on yourself to achieve them. Spending all day relying on others' charity, staring at other people's rice bowls without planting your own land, what's the difference between that and being a beggar? Do you want to be a beggar for the rest of your life?" This sentence is both for Fang Zikong to hear, as well as for the past Fang Zixuan to hear.

  "That's not someone else's, it's the Fang family's. The Fang family's things also have a share of mine." Fang Zikong said with his neck stiffened, he had already been brainwashed by Zhang Yun. "I am the young master of the Fang family, Dad's things should all be mine!"

  According to the inheritance law, men and women have equal inheritance rights. The children of the deceased include both legitimate and illegitimate children, so whether it's you, me, Fang Xinlan or Dad's other illegitimate children, we all have equal inheritance rights. Unless he voluntarily gives up his inheritance rights." Fang Zixuan said calmly.

  "What's the big idea? You're done for, but what about those outsiders who come to take our family's money?" Fang Zipeng was indignant.

  Fang Zixuan, who had always remained calm, felt a sharp pain in her heart when she heard the word "wild species". She couldn't help but pinch her palm, as if she had returned to that period of being ridiculed and mocked. Zhang Yun's sharp and contemptuous gaze from back then seemed to be right in front of her again.

  At that time, she kept hinting to herself that she was the biological daughter of her adoptive parents, not the "wild seed" that people said, but Grandpa's words completely shattered her dreams. She would rather be a poor family's legitimate daughter than have anything to do with this so-called noble family, but since the day she was born, she had been carrying the original sin of being an "illegitimate child".

  Looking at Fang Zixuan's dazed expression, Fang Zipeng impatiently nudged her with his elbow, "What are you spacing out again?"

  "I won't take any of the Fang family's money, you divide it among yourselves, don't drag me into this."

  Fang Zikong looked at her in astonishment as her face suddenly turned cold, "Hey, what's wrong with you? Have you really gone mad?"

  Seeing her turn around and look out the window, completely ignoring him, he became a bit flustered, "Actually, what I said earlier was just a slip of the tongue, you're my sister, I just didn't want Fang Xinlan to enter our home, you saw it too, before she even entered the house, dad hit me because of her, if she really becomes my sister, I'm afraid I'll be beaten to death by dad."

  "If you don't mess around, he won't hit you." Fang Zixuan continued to look out of the window.

  "Even if I don't make trouble, that mother and daughter will find a way to make Dad think we're making trouble. At that time, it won't just be me who can't escape, you'll also be implicated. Haven't you heard the story of Cinderella? Haven't you heard the story of Snow White? You should have at least heard what kind of person a stepmother is!" Fang Zikai threatened.

  "Then you can go live with the Zhangs."

  "I'd never do that!" Fang Zikong became excited, he was afraid that Old Man Zhang would be scared to death, as long as Old Man Zhang brandished his whip a couple of times, his legs would go soft. "I understand now, no wonder you've been so carefree, your grandfather has always doted on you the most, and as soon as Fang Xinlan stepped into the house, you were preparing to move to your grandfather's place, right?"

  Fang Zikong thought he understood the subtlety and pulled her along, asking question after question.

  "No." She turned her head, and calmness returned to the bottom of her eyes. "I won't move to Zhang's house."

  No matter how much Old Man Zhang doted on her, he was still Zhang Yun's father, and she found it hard to regard him as a truly close family member. Although she was moved by his kindness towards her, the underlying estrangement could not be eliminated - half due to the guilt of occupying Fang Zixuan's body, and half also to repay his kindness towards her. So, she had never disobeyed this old man's requests, but it was very difficult for her to fully accept him.

  "What do you want to do?" Fang Zipeng looked at her curiously, thinking that she was so calm and composed, she must have a solution.

  "Two years." She lowered her eyelashes, "If I can just endure for two more years, I can leave the Fang family."

  "What?" Fang Zipeng asked incredulously, "Where are you going?"

  "Going to college." She slightly curled up the corners of her mouth, time passed relatively quickly, as long as she could endure for two more years, she would be able to completely leave the Fang family through the college entrance examination. Although in recent years, she didn't show it on her face, but had been secretly enduring in her heart.

  "After going to college, you won't be coming back home anymore?" Fang Zipeng's eyes widened in shock. For the past few years, their parents had been away from home, and the two of them had become inseparable. Even when their father beat him up, only she would disregard her own safety to protect him. Upon hearing that she was thinking of leaving home, a strange sense of panic rose up from the bottom of his heart.

  "Ah, it's best not to come back." She didn't know why she told him about the plan she had secretly been making, but saying those words made her feel a sense of relief, as if her heart was freed. The Fang family's life may be rich and luxurious, but it's far from simple; although most of the time they choose to turn a blind eye, there are still times when they can't avoid trouble.

  "What should I do?"

  You're living your own life, doing whatever you want, what's it got to do with me?

  She was about to say this sentence, but when she touched his eyes, she swallowed it hard.

  What kind of eyes is that?

  In her over thirty years of life, she had never seen such eyes, unconditional trust, and even dependence.

  Why is it like this?

  He's that unreasonable bad kid who always speaks ill of her; while she has always treated this younger brother as if he were nothing, never putting any thought into him. They should only be one layer of blood relation more than strangers, why is he so dependent on her?

  A bitter feeling gradually rose in her heart, and she couldn't tell whether it was her own emotion or that of the original Fang Zixuan. He was her younger brother who relied on her for survival; how could she be so selfish as to leave him behind?

  Selfish? She was taken aback for a moment, this word had never appeared in her dictionary before. She had always been alone, only herself, and it was impossible to talk about being selfish or not.

  Recently, her emotions seem to have become more intense. She slightly furrowed her brow, unsure if this was a bad sign or not. Trying hard to suppress her emotions, she let out a soft sigh and reached out to gently pat Fang Zikai's head. "If you're willing, I won't leave you behind."

  "Are you going to take me to college?" Fang Zipeng was somewhat perplexed. "Or have you changed your mind?"

  "None of that, I'll teach you well, teach you how to be independent, let you even if you leave the Fang family, you can still make a living on your own, no need to always be a brainless rich second generation." She rarely smiled lightly.

  "You're laughing so terrifyingly." He looked at her as if he had seen a ghost, Fang Zixuan's face was always expressionless, and even his smile seemed stiff. "The discipline you mentioned, is it going to be a beating?"

  "If you listen, you won't get beaten." She had already put away her smile and resumed her usual cold and indifferent expression.

  "Is she a woman or not, always with a stern face and beating people up?" Fang Zikun was most afraid of her, even the fierce father Fang Jianlin who had just beaten him couldn't compare to how scary she was.

  "Are you a man or not, always rolling around on the ground?" Fang Zixuan gave him a cold look, without hiding the disdain in her eyes, and Fang Zipeng was infuriated again.

  "Who, who's been splashing around!" Fang Zipeng said with a grin.

  "Alright, if you throw another tantrum in the future, I'll severely punish you." She hummed.