Chapter 233: 233 The First Father-Daughter Standoff Chapter 233: 233 The First Father-Daughter Standoff However, he was being sarcastic in his heart.

Poor thing, this old man was always short of a brain.

He didn’t even look at who was supporting the household nowadays, ensuring there was enough to eat and drink. Not letting his daughter manage was just fine; Madam He believed that without these burdens, her daughter would only do better in the future.

In the courtyard, Ye Jiu looked at Ye Gaoshi and Ye Gaoshui, who had just come out, and calmly said, “Do Elder Brother and Second Brother also think what I said is wrong?”

Ye Gaoshi frowned and hesitated before saying, “Little Sister, Elder Sister is injured, and moreover, it happened in our house… It doesn’t seem right to send her away just like that, does it?”

Ye Gaoshui did not speak this time, but after Ye Gaoshi finished speaking, he nodded his head, clearly agreeing.

Ye Jiu was very disappointed.

Perhaps they thought his approach was too harsh, but they forgot– who was it that Madam He had hurt?

It was Madam He, their own biological mother.

Ye Jiu was not feeling the thinness of family bonds for the first time, but he still felt upset and disappointed!

At this moment, even if his two brothers had not returned home for several months in search of him, the slight fondness Ye Jiu had felt for them dispersed completely at this moment.

The summoned doctor stood awkwardly in the courtyard and could not help but clasp his fists towards Ye Lao Han, “Elder Brother Ye, since money is tight, it’s okay to owe the payment for the medicine. I’m quite busy, so I’ll take my leave now.”

Ye Lao Han also felt quite awkward, “Thank you, doctor, for making the trip. I will definitely deliver the payment for the medicine personally someday.”

The doctor waved his hand and then turned to leave.

The doctor left through the main gate, and before the door was even closed, someone else came in.

Upon entering, the newcomer asked Ye Lao Han, “Dad, who’s fallen ill in our house again?”

The doctor was a local practitioner; people in the village rarely went to medical clinics, so the doctor was quite famous in the area.

“Third son, how come you’re back?” Ye Lao Han said.

Ye Gaoyun was married off as a live-in son-in-law, and his life wasn’t much better off than others’. As he rarely returned except for during festivals, Ye Lao Han was surprised by his return.

“I heard that Little Sister was found, so I came back to check on her,” Ye Gaoyun said as he walked towards Ye Jiu with a pained expression on his face, “How did Little Sister become so thin? What on earth happened during these months?”

“She was sold by the Li Family who colluded with human traffickers, and it was with great difficulty that she found her way back home,” Ye Jiu said, venting his anger intentionally in front of Ye Lao Han.

Ye Gaoyun already knew about this; the old women in the neighborhood gossiped incessantly, so any small matter within a household would be known throughout the vicinity, not to mention that Madam Li had been taken to the authorities, so the story had spread far and wide.

Although Ye Gaoyun was married off, Ye Jiu still had a good impression of this brother.

He remembered how, during his childhood, his Third Brother often took care of him, helping him wash and dress. Even after being married off, every time he returned, he brought gifts for both the younger and elder members of the family, regardless of cost.

Sensing that the atmosphere in the courtyard was a bit off and not seeing Madam He, Ye Gaoyun suddenly had a bad premonition.

“Little Sister, where’s Mom?” Ye Gaoyun asked anxiously.

“In the house, Mom fell and was hurt; come in, Third Brother, and let’s talk,” Ye Jiu said, leading the way.

When Ye Gaoyun walked past Zhao Shi, his steps paused for a moment, then he continued walking.

Although he hadn’t left town to search for Ye Jiu during the time she was missing, he had often asked around town and returned to the Ye Family frequently. He was already well aware of the affairs regarding Zhao Shi.

So, seeing her kneeling here was really no surprise at all.