I rely on the system to support my eighteen brothers and sisters

"What did you say?"

Aunt Wang's words made Madam Li's already gloomy face seem as if it had been chilled by ice. Even the maids behind her could feel a chill.

"Madam, although Tingyan is a concubine's son, he is still a son. Now that the eldest son's whereabouts are unknown, the Li family can only count on him."

Aunt Wang kowtowed and begged for mercy, but Madam Li's face became colder and colder. She said, "Even if our Li family is in decline, we will not hand it over to a useless bastard."

Compared with Li Liangbin, Li Tingyan is indeed much inferior, whether in terms of knowledge, talent or interpersonal skills.

"Madam."

Aunt Wang kept kowtowing, "Yes, Yan'er is indeed not as good as the eldest son, but Yan'er has been well-behaved since he was young and listens to the eldest lady. I beg you, please save him because he has never disobeyed the lady since he was a child."

"Impossible. You have seen the current situation of the Li family. I cannot spend all my wealth to save a bastard. Even if the Li family has only one penny left, it must be handed over to my son. No one else can even think of it."

"Oh, looking at Madam Li's attitude, Mr. Li will not be able to save his hands today."

The gambling house debt collector smiled sinisterly and said, "Then we have no choice but to accept Mr. Li's hands."

After that, he turned to Li Tingyan and said, "Second Master Li, you don't have to worry too much. My men are very experienced. I guarantee that your hand will be severed with one cut. You won't suffer any pain at all."

Li Tingyan was already frightened out of his wits. The knife was still raised high and had not yet fallen, but Li Tingyan could already feel the severe pain in his hands.

"Aunt, mother, I don't want my hands to be chopped off. I don't want to be a cripple."

There was a lot of noise in the front hall, and Mr. Li, who rarely showed up in the Li family, finally showed up.

"Master..." Aunt Wang saw Master Li, as if she had found a life-saving straw, and rushed over to grab his pants and cried: "Master, please save Yan'er."

"Madam, we are all family. You can't just watch Yan'er's hand get chopped off, right?"

Mr. Li looked timid and didn't dare to challenge Madam Li.

"A family?" Madam Li sneered, "If they were really a family, they wouldn't have mortgaged the mansion at this critical moment. Why should I save a man who is always causing trouble but can't do anything good?"

"Madam, Yan'er is indeed not as good as the eldest son, but he is also devoted to this family. You can't be so cold-blooded."

No matter how much Aunt Wang knocked her head and broke it, or how much Mr. Li begged for mercy, Mrs. Li just refused to give in.

Seeing her like this, Mr. Li, who had been timid at first, suddenly straightened his back and shouted at Madam Li: "Yan'er is my son. You have to save him today, whether you want to or not."

This roar shocked Mrs. Li. Master Li had been a coward all his life, and it was really unbelievable that he suddenly treated her like this.

"You yell at me?"

"Madam, I know that our Li family got rich thanks to your family, and I never ask about business matters. Even though all the shops have closed down because of you causing trouble for Boss Qiao, and Boss Qiao suppressed you, I have no complaints against you."

Mr. Li continued, "But Yan'er is my son. I don't want to see him get his hands chopped off and become a cripple."

"It's his own fault that he has become a cripple. Don't say I don't have the money today. Even if I did, I wouldn't give it out. This mansion is also mine. No one can take it away."

Seeing Madam Li's attitude, Master Li was also furious and called Madam Li by her last name: "Xu, don't push your luck."

"Are you pushing your luck?" Mrs. Li asked.

"If it weren't for your pettiness, why would our Li family end up in such a situation? If you hadn't used your position as a concubine to humiliate Liangbin's lover, why would he run away from home? If you hadn't blamed Boss Qiao for Li Liangbin's running away from home and caused trouble in her store, why would she suppress our Li family? Yan'er just wanted to share some of your difficulties, why are you so hard-hearted and let her die?"

Mr. Li has been a coward all his life. He has always obeyed Madam Li's orders and has never said a harsh word to her. This is the first time.

"I am the head of the Li family. Since there is no money in the account, I will use the house deed as collateral."

After saying this, Mr. Li ordered the butler to get the title deed.

"Li Jinsheng, you dare..."

Mr. Li was also desperate. He straightened his back and looked at the housekeeper behind him and said, "Go and get it. This mansion belongs to the Li family, not the Xu family. Even if I have to sleep on the streets, I will save my son. As for you, Xu, take your pride and go back to your Xu family and be the eldest daughter."

The housekeeper looked at Madam Li and then at Mr. Li, not knowing who to listen to.

"Go get it! This mansion is in my name!"

After Master Li said this, the housekeeper had no choice but to go downstairs and get the house deed.

The people in the blockade got the title deed, looked at it carefully, and after confirming that it was authentic, they ordered Li Tingyan to be released.

"Isn't Mr. Li quite tough? It seems that those rumors that Mr. Li is henpecked are all rumors. They are not to be believed."

The man holding the deed smiled at the Li family and said, "Since Mr. Li is so straightforward, I will give you a few more days. I will come to take the mansion in three days. You can take away anything you want. I am not the kind of unreasonable person, am I?"

Seeing that the people blocking the street had left, Mr. Li quickly told Aunt Wang to pack up her things.

"Master, what shall we do?"

The old butler had followed Master Li all his life. Suddenly, his home and business were gone, and he didn't know where to go.

"You can all go your separate ways. Although I have no money to give you, you can choose whatever you like in the mansion."

After saying that, Master Li looked at Aunt Wang and said, "Wang, go pack your things. We'll leave today. Although I don't have any money, I still have some jade pendants. I can pawn them to buy a small courtyard."

Faced with an unknown future, Mr. Li not only did not feel panic, but instead felt relieved, as if he had been freed from a cage.

He and Mrs. Li had been married for more than 20 years. Because Mrs. Li married a woman of lower status, he was always cautious when facing her and dared not speak too loudly.

He had had enough of this life without dignity.

"you!"

Mrs. Li was so angry when she saw Mr. Li and Wang's mother and son leave.

"Okay, you guys are tough. I want to see how long you can last without the support of my Xu family."

Mrs. Li also returned to the house in a huff, packed her luggage and left the courtyard where she had lived for more than 20 years.

Every corner of the yard records her shadow. Now that she is leaving, she must be very reluctant to leave.

"Ma'am, let's go."

Just as the maid pulled Madam Li, who kept looking back every few steps, away, a young man in a black robe holding oil paper in his hand walked out from the side.

"Sir, are you really not going back to take a look?"