Lin Hong glanced at her chubby grandson and felt a pang of sadness. She glared at her daughter and said, "Wenwen, how can you talk to your second brother and sister-in-law like that? Your second brother has suffered so much in the countryside. Why don't you show him any sympathy? Shut up."

Gu Wen saw that her mother, who already knew that her mother valued her grandson more, was not sad at this time. Instead, she said directly, "Mom, get this straight. Did I send him to the countryside? Last year, Dad went to great lengths to get him a spot in the army, and look what happened. He chose to suffer in the countryside."

Lin Hong knew this too. She glanced at Jiang Ruyi, realizing that this woman had seduced her son. However, she glanced at her eldest grandson. No matter how much this woman didn't meet her requirements for a daughter-in-law, she had already given the Gu family a grandson. Besides, if her son liked it, so be it. After all, she had her eldest son at home.

Let the second son live as he pleases.

"Wenwen, stop talking. Your second brother and the others are back. Why are you saying these things?" Lin Hong carefully took her grandson from him. "Go inside quickly. Don't let the wind blow on my grandson."

Jiang Ruyi and Gu Changzheng exchanged a glance and both smiled, their smiles revealing an undisguised smugness.

When Li Huimin and her husband Gu Changlin returned with their two children, they saw the couple smiling smugly. Li Huimin pursed her lips and looked up at her husband.

Gu Changlin put his arm around his lover and patted her shoulder reassuringly: "Don't worry about it, they can't cause any big trouble."

Li Huimin knew that she was just feeling uncomfortable. She took a deep breath and put on a polite smile: "Oh, you're back from the Long March. You must have had a hard journey. What are you standing here for? Come in and sit down. Your mother has been missing you terribly."

Gu Changzheng and Jiang Ruyi looked over when they heard the sound. Gu Changzheng had always known that his sister-in-law was formidable, and he dared not underestimate her.

Jiang Ruyi originally wanted to see what kind of person this sister-in-law, whom Gu Changzheng had repeatedly warned her not to offend, was like, but she immediately noticed Li Huimin's already showing belly. She widened her eyes and pointed at her belly.

Gu Changzheng also saw his sister-in-law's bulging belly, and his face immediately turned ugly. He tried his best to suppress his anger and put on an unnatural fake smile: "Brother, sister-in-law is back. She's pregnant! What a wonderful thing! Why didn't Mom tell us about such a big thing? We weren't prepared at all."

Jiang Ruyi's smugness vanished instantly, replaced by a strong sense of crisis.

This woman already came from a good family, with everyone in her family holding official positions. Her only disadvantage was not having a son. Now that she's pregnant, if she gives birth to a boy, what benefits will her family gain?

Li Huimin immediately felt a strong sense of malice directed at her stomach. She frowned and protected her stomach with her hands: "This must be my sister-in-law. Don't look at my stomach like that, it's creepy."

Jiang Ruyi chuckled dryly and looked away, her teeth practically grinding with jealousy, but she still had to put on a fawning smile: "Hello, sister-in-law, I'm Jiang Ruyi. I'm just a little surprised that you're pregnant too. What a joyous occasion! In just a few months, our family will have another child. Mom, you're so lucky."

She kept repeating in her heart: "Give birth, give birth, give birth! I wish you could have another daughter, and ideally, you could only have daughters in this life, then all the Gu family's property would belong to my son."

Lin Huimin's upbringing had exposed her to many people with ulterior motives, so she could easily guess Jiang Ruyi's thoughts—it was all wishful thinking on her part.

Looking at her domineering eldest daughter-in-law and her obsequious and sweet-talking younger daughter-in-law, Lin Hong felt that Jiang Ruyi's background didn't seem so important anymore.

"Alright, stop talking here and come inside. Huimin, you should learn from Jiang Ruyi how she raises her grandson. Look how healthy he is."

Li Huimin's pupils contracted, and anger rose in her heart. Gu Changzheng and Jiang Ruyi both wore humble smiles, but their eyes concealed a smugness that was easy to see.

Gu Changlin, holding his wife's hand, smiled and said to his mother, "Mom, maybe my sister-in-law doesn't have this experience. My father-in-law consulted a national expert, and Huimin is pregnant with twins. No one in our family has ever had twins."

"What? Twins?" Gu Wei, who had just entered the house, heard this question: "Really?"

Li Huimin still showed great respect to her father-in-law: "Dad, you're back. It's twins. My grandfather invited Dr. Li Guoshou to take a look."

"Oh dear, if it's Li Guoshou who took the pulse, then it can't be wrong." Lin Hong handed her eldest grandson back to Jiang Ruyi, then turned to touch her eldest daughter-in-law's belly: "Oh dear, twins are very rare. Huimin, what do you want to eat for lunch? I'll have Sister Guo make it."

Jiang Ruyi held her son tightly, her nails digging into her palms. Gu Changzheng also looked gloomy. He had finally returned from the countryside, and his father hadn't even seen him?

Looking at his parents who were constantly around his elder brother and sister-in-law's family, Gu Changzheng felt angry. Why was God so unfair? He gave all the good things to his elder brother.

Although Li Huimin disliked her mother-in-law's drastic change in attitude, she also wanted to see her mother-in-law value her unborn child more.

After talking about the twins for a while, Gu Wei glanced at Gu Changzheng and said, "You're back."

Gu Changzheng lowered his head, concealing the emotions in his eyes, and looked up at his father: "Thank you, Dad. I'm also sorry. I was immature before and caused you and Mom a lot of worry. I won't do it again. I've also figured things out in the countryside these past two years. I'm actually luckier than many people."

The Gu family looked at him with surprise after hearing his words. Gu Wei didn't know whether he believed him or not. He just nodded and said, "What you said makes some sense. Now that you've figured it out, just do your job well. You have a family now, it's time to grow up."

Gu Changzheng clenched his fists tightly. His father's words meant that he would have to rely on himself in the future: "Don't worry, Dad. You've already planned ahead for me by finding me a job. I will do my job well and won't disgrace the Gu family."

Gu Wei's eyes held a hint of satisfaction. He thought that his youngest son's trip to the countryside wasn't such a bad thing. Although he had done some absurd things, at least it seemed that he had grown up.

Jiang Ruyi stepped forward with her son in her arms, smiling cautiously, and said, "Dad, thank you for taking the trouble to transfer our family back. We will definitely live a good life and won't let you and Mom worry anymore. This is Da Bao. Changzheng and I haven't named him yet, so we thought we'd ask you to give us a good name when we got back."

Jiang Ruyi adopted a very humble attitude. Even though Gu Wei didn't particularly like this daughter-in-law, he was willing to accept her because she had given birth to the eldest grandson for the Gu family and his youngest son was finally starting to show promise.

"Let's name the next generation of the Gu family, starting with the character 'Shao'. We hope he can distinguish right from wrong and become a useful person."