Chapter 868: Useless Brother and Worthless Father, Stay Away (14)

Chapter 868: Chapter 868: Useless Brother and Worthless Father, Stay Away (14)

The mother and daughter finished eating and went separately to feed Meng Chongxi and Meng Wengan.

Qiann Yan was responsible for feeding Meng Wengan, pushing the food towards his mouth, but Meng Wengan kept his mouth shut, refusing to eat, as if protesting against being tied up.

"Since you don’t want to eat, just forget it."

"It’s not me who’s hungry."

Qiann Yan carried the bowl out, leaving Meng Wengan dumbfounded. He wanted to shout, but Qiann Yan had already gagged his mouth, making it impossible for him to make a sound. He hadn’t eaten anything all day, and his stomach was growling, making him feel uncomfortable.

The door slammed shut, and he cursed in his heart, regretting not eating a few bites earlier.

Qiann Yan went to Meng Chongxi’s room and found he also refused to eat. Mrs. Zhang sat at the bedside with a bowl, unsure of what to do.

"Mom, let me do it."

Mrs. Zhang immediately found a backbone, handed the bowl to Qiann Yan, and didn’t leave the room: "Your dad refuses to eat, probably because he knows... "

"Dad, are you going to eat?" Qiann Yan stood at the bedside with the bowl, chopsticks resting inside. "If you don’t eat, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow morning."

Meng Chongxi kept his mouth tightly shut and closed his eyes, clearly showing his attitude.

His demeanor seemed to say that if they really wanted to see Meng Wengan’s fingers chopped off, he would rather starve to death than eat.

"Mom, dad probably isn’t hungry yet."

"He’s lying down all day without expending energy, and he also ate lunch, so he probably isn’t really hungry."

Mrs. Zhang was stunned for a moment, not hungry?

She looked at Meng Chongxi, coincidentally meeting his suddenly opened eyes, and instinctively asked: "Old man, you’re not hungry?"

Meng Chongxi was so angry he wanted to jump up and hit someone. How could he not be hungry? The food from breakfast and lunch was not filling, and even without laboring, he’d be hungry by now.

However, Meng Chongxi could do nothing but glare, unable to make any other facial expressions.

"Mom, when people are hungry, they surely want to eat; if they don’t want to eat, then they aren’t hungry."

Qiann Yan carried the bowl and led Mrs. Zhang out of the room: "Dad’s not hungry."

"That’s true." Mrs. Zhang chose to believe it, surprisingly feeling somewhat relieved.

Meng Chongxi was furious behind them, his lungs about to burst, desperately wanting to say he wanted to eat, but unable to call out, he could only watch as the mother and daughter left the room.

And so, both father and son went hungry for the entire night.

By the next morning, Qiann Yan and Mrs. Zhang went separately to feed them, and they cooperated fully, eating breakfast quickly without any refusal, fearing they wouldn’t get a chance if they delayed opening their mouths.

Mrs. Zhang sat at the bedside, watching Meng Chongxi’s eager manner, and her inner, unbreakable image of Meng Chongxi, who couldn’t be resisted, suddenly collapsed.

It turns out Meng Chongxi wasn’t invincible; now, lying on the bed, unable to move, he couldn’t even eat or drink on his own, like a pitiful creature.

Thinking back to the days when she couldn’t resist being beaten by Meng Chongxi, she sighed deeply. As the children grew, it was okay now, but in the past, Meng Chongxi had a bad temper, venting on her when slightly dissatisfied.

In the morning, a noise grew outside the Meng family residence.

In the village, there were no walls that didn’t leak; yesterday, Meng Wengan called the brothel Mother over, intending to sell his sister, causing an uproar known to all the villagers.

The move Qiann Yan made was seen by the villagers.

They didn’t want much contact with the brothel people, not only considering them unclean but also knowing that their thugs were hard to deal with, so they stayed far away.

The fact that Meng Wengan lost a lot of silver was already known by the villagers, and Meng Chongxi’s debt couldn’t be hidden.

Meng Chongxi suddenly fell ill with a strange disease, which no one expected.

Knowing today was the day the gambling house owner sought repayment, the villagers had been watching these events closely.

As soon as the man entered the village and approached the Meng family, the villagers gathered around, eager to see how the issue would be resolved.