Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 19: Energy Upgrade

"I have no money, I have no money." Granny Cao shook her head repeatedly.

"No money, huh! Someone, break her leg." Madam Liu ordered, and a strong man walked towards Granny Cao.

Seeing the cold eyes of the strong man, Granny Cao was frightened and hid behind Village Chief Qiao, "Village Chief, Village Chief, save me."

The village chief was exasperated, "How much silver do you have? Hurry and take it out, do you really want your leg broken?"

As Granny Cao’s son, Qiao Hai shrank in the corner, trying to minimize his presence, completely ignoring his mother’s imminent beating, fearing the stick might fall on his own leg.

His reluctance didn’t mean others didn’t notice him.

"Then let’s break her son’s leg too." Madam Liu laughed maliciously.

"Mother, Mother, give it to her quickly! Didn’t you hear? She wants to break your son’s leg." Qiao Hai shouted urgently. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Granny Cao heard this and panicked, that’s her son, who she hoped would continue the family line, he couldn’t have his leg broken.

"I..."

"I’ll give it, alright?" Granny Cao agreed reluctantly to bring out the silver.

But even after taking all her savings, Granny Cao only had slightly over three taels of silver.

Madam Liu saw this and was furious, "Are you playing me? Break her son’s leg."

"No, no! The old woman really only has this much, please let us go! I really have no more money, even if you take my life, I can’t give you ten taels!"

Eventually, Granny Cao found a pair of silver bracelets from somewhere, barely making up four taels, but it was still far short. The village chief decided to sell their family’s paddy field, adding two taels.

At this point, Cheng Xiaoxiao stood out and said, "Our Cheng Family can cover the remaining four taels, but apart from my aunt’s divorce documents, I also want two severance letters for my two cousins."

"From now on, Qiao Dalan and Qiao Dalan will no longer be people of Qiao Village, does that work for you, Village Chief Qiao?"

Before Village Chief Qiao could speak, Granny Cao protested, "What, four taels of silver for my two granddaughters? No way, I don’t agree, I’d rather sell them to Madam Liu."

The two sisters inside the house heard their grandmother’s ruthless words and started crying again. How could they have such a cruel grandmother, not caring at all about selling them and the consequences? Only thinking of money, at this moment they felt utterly hopeless about this family.

Old Mrs. Cao, can’t she see the situation? Still challenging now, where does she get her confidence?

"You can disagree, then go to jail. Now we refuse to settle this privately." Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t even want to show the last bit of concern.

Cheng Hao also chimed in, "Yes, someone who almost killed my aunt and sold her granddaughters shouldn’t be free."

"Go to the government office, go to the government office," the Cheng Family members shouted together in the courtyard.

The Qiao family members looked at the situation, wanting to say a few words, this isn’t right, how can people of Qiao Village leave the clan so easily? Village Chief Qiao glared at the clansmen behind him and whispered, "Who doesn’t know it’s against the rules."

Pointing to one of the clansmen, "Then you’ll give the four taels for Qiao Hai?" That person quickly stepped back and waved.

Then pointing to another clansman, "Will you provide it?" That person also shook their head and stepped back, pointing to each person, none were willing to give the silver.

Village Chief Qiao knew what these guys were thinking, standing there and talking without pain in their waists.

Receiving the village chief’s disdainful look, the clansmen felt aggrieved too! It’s four taels, not four coins, four hundred coins, which household can take it out so easily?

On this side, the aura from the Qingshan Village people startled the mother and son terribly.

Cheng Xiaoxiao calmly said, "We will provide the four taels, but you need to pay one tael for medical expenses because you beat up my aunt, so we’ll only give three taels."

"As for the remaining one tael..." Cheng Xiaoxiao gave a wicked smile, looking at Madam Liu and said lightly, "You can find it from them."

In the distance on a dense branch of a tree over ten meters high, a handsome man in brocade clothing saw the little girl’s wicked smile and smiled too,

"Ha!"

A subordinate standing on another branch caught a glimpse of his master’s smile, his hair stood on end; his princely heir smiled so eerily. Normally, the princely heir was cold, never smiling, just appearing stern and somewhat cold, not very approachable.

Now smiling was more terrifying than not smiling, he was a bit scared, but probably the one who should be scared was the little girl below! The master was smiling at her.

Poor little girl, suddenly felt some sympathy for her, generally, those the master kept in mind died miserably.

Still waiting for the little girl to bring the IOU to find him, but no news for half a month.

Yesterday contacted the only two surviving bodyguards, Han Er, and asked him to find out what the little girl was doing, just happened to overhear the little girl’s entire plan.

And today witnessed a good show, who would have thought this was all part of the little girl’s scheme.

"Retreat!" He said, and his figure flickered down.

"Oh! Master wait for me." Quickly followed up, wasn’t the play unfinished yet? Why leave in a hurry? He also found the little girl interesting.

At this time, Cheng Xiaoxiao had no idea someone was watching her and was urging Village Chief Qiao to write the severance letter, pressed Qiao Hai and his mother to put their fingerprints once it was done.

With the divorce documents and severance letters in hand, she sighed in relief, finally resolved.

And at this point, Cheng Yong rushed to Shangqiao Village, originally worried, who knew his daughter had already perfectly resolved it, felt a bit useless, couldn’t help somehow.

Cheng Xiaoxiao smiled softly, pointing her thumb at her father, "Father, the person you got here came at just the right time, it helped me a lot!"

"Is...is it?"

"Father was just running errands." Mr. Cheng was very pleased with the praise.

Cheng Rong patted his shoulder, "Second uncle, you did great."

"Since everything’s resolved, let’s take Aunt home!"

Granny Cao blocked a stick for her son, broke her leg, sweating cold tears in pain, her poisonous eyes stared straight at the departing Cheng Family members.

The day’s farce in Shangqiao Village finally concluded, the crowd dispersed, realizing people shouldn’t be too excessive, harmony lasted for quite a long time afterwards.

On the Cheng Family’s side, with this incident everyone had a new understanding of Cheng Xiaoxiao, the little girl looked so thin and small, but her ability to burst forth was so strong, without her today’s situation could not have been resolved so perfectly.

Everyone chatted and laughed as they left.

Cheng Chudong was out of immediate danger, as long as she properly rested for a few months, self-care wasn’t a problem anymore.

Suddenly, the familiar tone, familiar pattern echoed in Cheng Xiaoxiao’s mind.

[System rescue mission initiated]

[Detected at the host’s 10 o’clock direction, 300 meters away, someone needs help, please host go quickly! Please host go quickly!]

"300 meters?" So near, where is it? Where is the person?

Looking around, there was nothing! The 10 o’clock direction... isn’t that the riverside?

"Yes, host, that person is by the riverside." The system was excited, it got 100 energy value for saving Qiao Chudong, now it finally wasn’t in the negatives, no longer worried about being erased, only a few days left from the month’s deadline.