She is the Side Character! — Watch Her Change her fate!

The drowning death of Yang Hongyu caused a prolonged tension between the Jiang and Yang families. Ultimately, Jiang Yiping and Jiang Weili agreed to compensate the Yang Family with a sum of money.

The amount was significant; otherwise, the Yang Family wouldn’t have let it go.

They didn’t want to pay either, but without compensation, if the Yang Family sued them, they would likely end up compensating. Most importantly, Zhang Shiying wasn’t someone easy to deal with. During that time, she cried at the Jiang Family almost daily, and they didn’t have any solution. By the time school started, with Zhang Shiying’s personality, she might even cause trouble at the school.

If things went extreme, one wouldn’t know what the Yang Family might do, especially Zhang Shiying, who was almost seventy and had strong resilience.

Ah Chen didn’t know if Zhang Shiying would just let things go like this.

But An Shuo Hai and his son were now protected, and shouldn’t face any danger in the future. Once the holiday ended, she also had to go to the county town for high school. The commissioner had good grades and got into the best high school in the county, while her brother An Miao was going to attend college in another city.

”How much money do we have left at home?” At the dinner table, Liang Xuefang suddenly asked.

An Shuo Hai glanced at her and said, ”Didn’t we use our money to buy a house? Now, the renovation requires saving up some time.”

”There should be some left, right?” Liang Xuefang continued, ”Li Xiaoqing wants to borrow some from me. The Yang Family is demanding a lot, asking for six hundred thousand from them. Xiaoqing’s family can’t come up with that much, so she asked me to lend some. We have a very good relationship, known each other since childhood, you know that. I have to help a bit; otherwise, what kind of good friend am I?”

Liang Xuefang didn’t think An Shuo Hai would refuse. After all, when her family wanted to borrow some money to repair their house, he agreed. He’s generally quite agreeable.

She had a friendship with Li Xiaoqing since childhood, so there’s no reason not to help.

If it weren’t for that dream, An Shuo Hai would indeed agree to lend money, considering Liang Xuefang’s plea. Of course, it wouldn’t be a lot, definitely not more than a hundred thousand.

But after that dream, he couldn’t let it go, and even felt it wasn’t just a dream, but a life that he could have actually experienced. Thinking about his daughter’s miserable life in it made him sad.

How did Liang Xuefang in the dream dare do that?

Through this dream, An Shuo Hai’s mind indeed became clearer. Setting aside all filters, he realized that Liang Xuefang wasn’t as loving to the children as he imagined; many times, she cared more about her own feelings.

Usually, no major events occurred, so he didn’t think much about these things.

”Indeed, there’s no money left, and the renovation has been difficult recently,” An Shuo Hai said. ”If Li Xiaoqing can’t afford food, you as a friend want to help a bit, I have no objections. But lending money for compensation, I don’t agree. Moreover, didn’t Jiang Weili also buy a house in the county? Reportedly, it’s paid in full, and the location of that house is quite good, not cheap.”

”They haven’t reached the point of desperation.”

Their village wasn’t remote; going to the town or county was convenient and industries surrounded them. Even if it was a village, next door was a tourist area that wasn’t very bustling but wasn’t deserted either, not the kind of remote village without development.

If someone wanted to earn some small money, as long as they were willing to work, they’d definitely make money, even earning quite a bit with some hard work.

The Jiang family cousins benefited from the tourist area, found connections, and did small business over there. They must’ve earned quite a bit over the years.

He didn’t believe neither family could come up with six hundred thousand. Looking at the gold jewelry on Li Xiaoqing and Fei Xiu, life should be quite affluent; otherwise, they wouldn’t frequently invite Liang Xuefang to play cards.

Though for major decisions like how to spend money, he wouldn’t listen to Liang Xuefang, he’d ensure she had the necessary gold jewelry. What Li Xiaoqing and Fei Xiu had, he’d buy immediately for her, never allowing Liang Xuefang to fall behind.

All along, he was quite satisfied with this life.

That dream somehow enabled him to view everything from an outsider’s perspective, unable to reconcile with everything that happened in it.

Of course, he couldn’t impose the unrealized events in the dream onto Liang Xuefang.

He determined that as long as Liang Xuefang didn’t do those things in reality, he’d act like the dream didn’t exist.

But he’d be cautious; the matters in the dream made him fearful. If he wasn’t careful, the family might really collapse, causing a tragedy similar to in the dream.

Whenever he thought of his daughter’s calm, lifeless eyes in the dream, he felt heartache.

”An Shuo Hai, how can you be like this? Li Xiaoqing is my friend! My good friend! Not helping her at all, what kind of friend am I? I didn’t say to lend all our money, just a part of it isn’t feasible? It’s rare for her to ask me for money, not lending at all, don’t you feel guilty?” Liang Xuefang forcefully put her chopsticks down on the table, angrily looking at An Shuo Hai.

”Jiang Weili has been doing business in the tourist area for years; they definitely have six hundred thousand. The house probably doesn’t need selling, so stop worrying unnecessarily,” An Shuo Hai steadied himself and said, ”You indeed have a good relationship. If you must lend, at most only thirty thousand, nothing more.”

Since reality hadn’t experienced those events yet, he shouldn’t impose the dream’s guilt onto Liang Xuefang.

On the surface, she and Li Xiaoqing did have a good relationship.

Lending this sum, An Shuo Hai had his reasoning.

He wanted to see the difference between the real Liang Xuefang and the dream’s Liang Xuefang, and in a way, it was giving her a chance.

If Liang Xuefang was the dream’s Liang Xuefang, he would likely divorce her.

”Not even ten thousand?” Liang Xuefang was unsatisfied, her face showing displeasure.

An Shuo Hai shook his head, ”No, even if we had, it wouldn’t be possible.”

”Fine, thirty thousand is thirty thousand, transfer it to me immediately,” Liang Xuefang evidently knew An Shuo Hai’s temperament and didn’t press further.

Having gotten the thirty thousand, Liang Xuefang didn’t eat and left home, presumably to find Li Xiaoqing.

”Don’t mind your mom, you guys eat,” An Shuo Hai wanted to say something, but didn’t know how, lovingly gazing at his children, determined never to let that dream’s Liang Xuefang hurt them. Especially when looking at Ah Chen, his gaze was firm.

”Once you study at the county, you’ll need to stay at the school. If you find it uncomfortable, be sure to tell Dad immediately,” An Shuo Hai said, ”If it’s not working, we’ll rent a place in the county first. Soon, your house will be ready, and within six months, you can move in.”

Ah Chen nodded, An Shuo Hai was indeed an old father who worried about everything. Now with the dream, he’d only be more attentive to his two children.

”The eldest is going away for schooling; there’s no need to buy too many things now. With the advanced internet, everything can be bought. I’ll give you more money, buying lots will be cumbersome to carry or send. When away, anything can happen. If faced with something you can’t resolve, call me first.”