Zhuang Lühe's words were ruthless and cutting. Qiao Changshun immediately responded in a fawning tone, "I'll listen to you, I'll do whatever you say. Whatever you say, goes."
The work around the manor didn't need him to intervene whatsoever. He had essentially become an idle landlord. Before, when Zhuang Lühe was managing matters for Charity Hall and running around everywhere, he had applied to follow her and help out. But Zhuang Lühe rejected him outright, saying she didn't need a cripple meddling.
So he could only obediently stay at the manor, meeting with Zhuang Lühe only when the new year came.
Compared to the distant and strained relationship with his long-absent younger sister, Zhuang Lühe naturally mattered far more to him.
