Family Severance Agreement

Old Man Su watched helplessly as the village chief wrote the terms down, feeling a deep pain in his heart. He muttered to the surrounding villagers, "Ah, how can this be? Those things all belong to our family..."

Old Man Su wanted to win over the villagers, but they all looked at him as if he deserved it, with not a single person on his side.

The village chief finished writing that clause, then turned to Su Li and asked, "A Li girl, any additions?"

Su Li stared at the bulge on Old Man Su's chest, then suddenly reached in quickly and pulled out a pouch of money. She weighed it in her hand—it was quite heavy. Opening it, she saw it was full of shining silver coins, nearly sixty taels!

"This is the silver from selling Lan Xiang, right?" Su Li waved the silver pouch in front of Old Man Su.

Old Man Su stared at the silver, his heart aching so badly he nearly spat blood. He hurriedly reached out to snatch it.

But just as his hand was about to rise, he felt something snap against his wrists, shocking his arms into numbness so he couldn’t lift them at all!

Nearby, Yuanbao touched his nose and quietly slipped his hand back into his sleeve.

"Father, the silver, our silver!" Su Daqi was frantic behind, urging Old Man Su to snatch it back.

Old Man Su wanted to grab it, but suddenly his arms went numb; he simply couldn’t lift them!

So Old Man Su watched helplessly as Su Li threw the heavy pouch of silver to Mrs. Sun.

"Third Aunt, this silver rightfully belongs to your family. Keep it safe," Su Li said.

Mrs. Sun was deeply moved and hurriedly took the silver. This was the money from selling Lan Xiang; even if she threw the silver into the water, she wouldn’t let Old Man Su and his family have it cheaply!

Su Li then said to the village chief, "Village Chief, the Su family has done evil and caused great psychological harm to Third Uncle’s family, especially Lan Xiang, that little girl who must have been terribly scared. Therefore, the Su family must pay Third Uncle’s family compensation for emotional distress."

Old Man Su was completely unwilling when he heard about paying compensation.

Su Li knew very well that Old Man Su’s family was broke and desperate, so she said, "If you have no money to compensate, that’s fine. Third Uncle is a filial son, not heartless. Normally, even if you sever ties, you’d have to pay a lump sum of pension money. I think we can just do this: the pension money from Third Uncle will be waived and directly offset against your compensation."

The village chief nodded approvingly, "Good idea, let’s do it this way."

After almost selling Old Third Su’s daughter to those scoundrels, then still having to give them pension money—just thinking about it made people furious. Even the village chief was reluctant to hand it over, but Su Li’s words saved a big sum of money. It really was a clever solution.

The Su family was furious but could only glare helplessly. The constable seemed to be cooperating perfectly with Su Li; whenever the Su family made a move, he was ready to draw his sword and arrest them, scaring them into behaving meekly like quails, left only with frustration.

The contract was signed, Su Sanyun immediately pressed his seal. Old Man Su was unwilling but had no choice and also pressed his seal.

With this, the Su Sanyun family, like Su Li and Yuan Jie’s family, officially severed ties with the Su family elders. From now on, weddings, funerals, and pensions would have nothing to do with Su Sanyun, and the Su elders could no longer use any excuse to move things or ask for money from Su Sanyun’s family.

Mrs. Sun folded the contract close to her chest, feeling extremely reassured.

Without such terrible relatives, she could finally sleep peacefully.

At this moment, the village chief said to the constable, "Officer, today we’ll trouble you to come by. But the human trafficking matter, the victim has decided to handle it within our village. Officer, what do you think...?"

The constable didn’t answer immediately but instinctively glanced at Xiao Zetian, looking for his master’s instructions.

Xiao Zetian nodded slightly, then the constable said, "Since the victim has spoken, we won’t meddle further. Alright, we have official business to attend to, so we’ll be going. Su family, remember to behave from now on. If you dare commit crimes again, we’ll arrest you to the magistrate’s office!"

"Yes, yes, Officer, we will remember," Old Man Su and Su Daqi nodded and bowed, sending them off. Just as they were about to relax, Su Li called from behind, "Grandpa, Uncle, you don’t think it’s over, do you?"