After glancing at the two of them, Cao Meng nodded calmly, "Indeed! I had such thoughts before. I didn’t expect that you already saw through it. It seems like there has already been a rift between us, and one that can’t be bridged."

Cao Meng knew that admitting or not admitting this made no difference now, so he straightforwardly admitted it...

"Yes! There really is an irreparable rift between us!"

They responded lightly, exchanged glances, and without hesitation kicked out.

"Damn it!"

Seeing them kick directly towards him, Cao Meng cursed under his breath...

To be honest, because the facade was torn down, Cao Meng was prepared for them to make a move, but he didn’t expect them to act so quickly.

Because he couldn’t react in time, Cao Meng was kicked directly.

"That’s ruthless!"

After being hit, he felt the piercing pain, screaming madly...

He wanted to do something, but had no chance at all, because in the next moment, he was sent flying.

On flat ground, being kicked away like this wouldn’t have a big impact.

But this wasn’t flat ground, so after being kicked, he fell straight into the water.

Hearing the splashing sound, they exchanged looks, quickly picked up the oars, and accelerated, making the small boat move farther and farther away from the soaking Cao Meng.

...

"Are you just going to let me swim back?"

Choking on water, Cao Meng glanced at the two subordinates who grabbed the oars and coldly questioned.

"Family Head, we wanted to give you some good exercise, and besides, we know you have no interest in watching us anymore, so we’re leaving first!"

"Yeah, Family Head, until we meet again!"

After saying so, they sped up their rowing.

A dozen seconds later, their figures disappeared completely from the lake surface.

...

"Alright! Alright! Just you wait, this matter absolutely isn’t over, absolutely isn’t over!"

Watching them disappear with the boat, Cao Meng gritted his teeth and yelled.

At this moment, Cao Meng’s hatred for them rose to a terrifying level.

He wished he could tear them into pieces, but he knew he couldn’t do that right now; the most important thing now was to swim to the shore.

"This lake really does seem eerie, I’d better not linger here."

Unable to sense the lakebed, Cao Meng quickly muttered to himself...

Cao Meng felt somewhat fortunate now; he could swim, for if he couldn’t, he’d be truly helpless.

Quickly swimming toward the shore, he added his two subordinates to the blacklist.

...

"Did we go too far just now? Even if we broke ties, we shouldn’t have kicked him directly."

After completely leaving the center of the lake, one of Cao Meng’s subordinates hesitated to speak.

Hearing such hesitation, the other person glanced at him and nonchalantly said, "Shouldn’t have kicked him? Good thing we acted quickly, or it’d be us swimming in the lake now. Don’t you know the saying ’if you start something, finish it?’ We’ve already broken ties with him, so there’s no need for mercy, get it?"

"You’re right!"

Thinking about completely breaking ties with Cao Meng, he slowly nodded.

Soon, he quickly asked with concern, "What do we do now?"

"What else can we do? Of course, we run away directly. We just tricked him, so we’re definitely on Cao Meng’s blacklist now, so we must hurry and leave. Otherwise, when he collects himself, we’ll be put at a disadvantage."

"Could we be in trouble right now? Cao Meng surely hates us now. He’ll definitely try to deal with us first!"

"He does hate us, but I think it’s not a big problem! Because he still has more important matters to busy himself with right now, he can’t focus all his energy on us."

"More important matters? You mean about the sixty million?"

"Exactly! Although he’s now the Family Head, he doesn’t have the independent ability to move such funds, so when he goes back, he’ll be questioned about it. So in the short term, he really has no time to focus all his energy on us. We need to use this time to escape, and hide our identities so we can live well."

"Right, right, right! As long as we completely hide our identities, he won’t be able to find us!"

"Exactly!"

After discussing it, they both felt better.

...

"It’s unbelievable, this used to be just deserted land, Xiaobei, you’re really amazing; in such a short time, you’ve completely transformed it."

In the newly planted garden area, Lin Ya looked at the newly planted fruits and vegetables in the distance and sincerely praised.

Previously, she and Hu Xiaobei had arrived here together after disembarking.

Looking at such lush scenery, she was full of excitement and amazement!

She knew it was all thanks to Hu Xiaobei, otherwise, this place would surely still be a vast wasteland.

"It’s because of your good foundational work here, otherwise, no matter how great my skills are, I couldn’t succeed, right?"

Hu Xiaobei glanced at Lin Ya and spoke calmly.

"Anyway, I have to properly thank you!"

Upon hearing such stubborn words, Hu Xiaobei suddenly raised his hand.

A smack landed on her rounded backside...

"Xiaobei, what are you doing?"

Being suddenly attacked by Hu Xiaobei, she looked at him shyly.

At this moment, she was indeed full of surprise, as she really hadn’t thought Hu Xiaobei would be so bold.

"Of course, it’s so you get a lesson. If you keep being courteous with me, I’ll spank you again, understood?"

"This... I understand!"

Lin Ya spoke shyly.

At this moment, she felt Hu Xiaobei was so domineering, but she realized she really liked his domineering nature.

Seeing her shy and adorable look, Hu Xiaobei suddenly had a thought, but soon dismissed it.

Because Hu Xiaobei knew her physical condition didn’t allow it now.

"Such a pity!"

Sighing silently, Hu Xiaobei reached out and picked a freshly grown cucumber.

Taking a gentle bite, Hu Xiaobei heard Lin Ya speaking softly, "Xiaobei, we need to prepare a bit, Cao Meng might retaliate next!"

"Retaliate? He dares?"

"How could he not, as a family head? He’s lost so much face, he will definitely try to regain it."

Looking at Lin Ya with some surprise, Hu Xiaobei showed disdain, "Family Head? Do you think he can still continue as Family Head once he’s back?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ya quietly asked, "Xiaobei, what do you mean? Is he going to die?"