Leaving Mother Wu behind was simply because she had relatives and it was normal for her to occasionally ask for leave. Fang'er stayed by her side all day long; if she were to vanish abruptly, it would likely raise questions.
Meanwhile, back at the Cheng family, things had dissolved into a roaring, chaotic mess ever since Tang Ning's departure.
"My good master! All these years I haven't just worked hard, I've made sacrifices. I gave the Cheng family a son, but what was the result? Put together, he doesn't even weigh as much as your daughter from your previous marriage! You don't even care about feeding the family, all the money goes to your eldest daughter, and now you're even scraping together my private savings—where under heaven is such a thing done? Where?!"
Chapter 185