The family was having a happy meal, with everyone putting food on each other's plates, creating a very harmonious atmosphere.

"Little Nuan, Jiang Yi is here." Chen Hao rushed in, panting.

"Jiang Yi is here. What does that have to do with our family?" Mo Xi pursed her lips. "Brother Hao, you've probably come to the wrong place. Shouldn't you be reporting to the Lan family? Why are you at our house?"

“Lan Yin is married, so Jiang Yi couldn’t have gone to the Lan family. He must have come to your house.” Chen Hao gestured. “By the way, he’s carrying such a big birthday cake, the kind you see on TV. Also, no one’s at the Lan family’s house, so he must have come to your house.”

In this small town, birthday cakes weren't sold yet. If Chen Hao hadn't seen them on TV, he wouldn't have known what a birthday cake looked like.

In the village, the Xiao family bought a black and white television first, and then the winery also bought one.

Since the advent of television, the villagers have gained a lot of knowledge.

"I'm going to check!" Mo Xi stood up angrily, wanting to run out and stop Jiang Yi from coming to his house.

Perfect timing, she also needed to settle the score with Jiang Yi for stealing her skirt and bag last time.

He came to us of his own accord; we can't miss this opportunity.

"Moxi, sit down." Zhang Yulan's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an air of authority.

"Mom, I'm going to chase Jiang Yi away." Mo Xi stamped her foot. "It's all because of you and sister-in-law, you insisted that I go and deliver the letter to him. Now look what's happened, he's turning around and trying to ruin my brother and sister-in-law's happiness."

"No need to rush, I'm here to celebrate Xiaonuan's birthday."

A magnetic voice rang out.

Everyone's eyes turned to look at it.

Jiang Yi carried a birthday cake in his left hand and a suitcase in his right.

"You...you...what are you doing?" Moxi pointed at his luggage, assuming he would stay at his place for a long time.

“Xiao Nuan is a daughter-in-law of the Xiao family. It’s not your place, an outsider, to celebrate her birthday.” Zhang Yulan stood up and walked towards him. “Go away, you’re not welcome here.”

"Aunt Zhang... listen to me..."

"What are you saying?" With her mother on her side, Mo Xi felt even more confident and waved her hands to drive Jiang Yi away. "If you have something to say, go to the Lan family. This is the Xiao family. I think you've really come to the wrong place."

"Xiao Nuan." Jiang Yi turned his pleading gaze to Su Xiao Nuan.

"What 'Xiao Nuan'?" Mo Xi threw a punch. "How dare you call me 'Xiao Nuan'? Get out of here, or I'll unleash my Golden Retriever and bite you."

Su Xiaonuan didn't even lift her eyelids, focusing only on picking at the rice in her bowl.

Seeing that Su Xiaonuan remained silent, Chen Hao joined the group that was driving Jiang Yi away.

Jiang Yi waved his luggage and called out, "Xiao Nuan, these things in this bag were brought to you by your parents. Don't you miss them?"

When Zhang Yulan and Moxi heard that Xiaonuan's parents had brought some things, they were both stunned.

Su Xiaonuan also looked up, stunned for a few seconds, thinking to herself, "They're not my parents, what's there to think about?"

It should be the parents of this body.

"Xiao Nuan, your parents have forgiven you and are letting you take the children back to see them," Jiang Yi shouted.

"Don't they think I'm a disgrace?" Su Xiaonuan stood up and walked step by step towards Jiang Yi. "Aren't you afraid of losing face and being unable to hold your head up when I take the children back to see them?"

“I told them about how you were framed,” Jiang Yi said. “Go back and see them. They haven’t had a good time these past few years either. They all left their jobs after your incident…”

"What?" Jiang Xiaonuan exclaimed in surprise. "Then why didn't you say so sooner?"

“You didn’t ask me either,” Jiang Yi said, feeling wronged. “I thought you knew about their decision back then. They were too concerned about their image. After leaving their old workplace, your parents almost completely cut off contact with their former colleagues and friends. It was only through a lot of help from my dad that we were able to find them.”

"What are they doing now?" Su Xiaonuan felt a pang of pain in her heart. She felt sorry for them. They gave up such good jobs and living environments and even cut off contact with their former colleagues and friends. It seemed that their disappointing daughter had caused them too much harm.

“They rented a place in a tenement courtyard…” Jiang Yi couldn’t continue.

"Tell me quickly."

“Your dad and mom go out to set up a stall every day.”

"..." Su Xiaonuan covered her forehead and sighed.

A person who was once so successful now has to make a living by setting up a street stall.

With the Su family's connections, even if they didn't work and live in the same place, they could at least find a better job. But they were too concerned about their reputation and felt that their daughter's shameful act had made them unable to hold their heads high.

“Xiao Nuan, don’t blame your parents. Public opinion can be a powerful force, but I understand them,” Jiang Yi said, mustering his courage. “Now that they know it wasn’t your fault, they’ve forgiven you and hope you can take the children back home.”

"Okay." She reached out and took the bag. "Then tell me their address, and I'll go to the provincial capital to see them in a few days."

Jiang Yi opened the cake box on his own.

"Jiang Yi, you can leave now. This is none of your business." Mo Xi suddenly shouted from behind.

"Moxi, don't be so fierce. Let me finish celebrating Xiaonuan's birthday before I leave."

"no."

Su Xiaonuan was rummaging through her luggage bag, which was almost entirely filled with food. Looking at it, she realized that these were probably all the things her daughter had loved to eat since she was little. Seeing this, she felt a pang of sadness. Parents' hearts are always full of love and worry!

Just as Jiang Yi and Mo Xi were locked in a standoff, Xiang Qiuyun gracefully entered, waving her delicate hand in greeting.

Moxi's eyes widened, thinking to himself, Xiang Qiuyun is getting more and more beautiful. He hadn't noticed it when she was a sent-down youth here.

Why is Xiang Qiuyun here? Su Xiaonuan searched her memory for all the information she had about this woman.

This body and Xiang Qiuyun used to be best friends, so close they could share a pair of pants.

However, Xiang Qiu never came back here after returning to the city.

"Xiao Nuan, don't you recognize me?" Xiang Qiuyun noticed that the other person was looking her up and down, so she spun around triumphantly, the hem of her dress drawing a beautiful arc, and then put her hand on Su Xiao Nuan's shoulder.

Su Xiaonuan noticed that Xiang Qiuyun was giving Jiang Yi flirtatious glances.

Even though it was just a glance, Xiao Nuan caught it.

It turns out that this woman also had her eye on Jiang Yi.

She coldly removed Xiang Qiuyun's hands. "What brings you here?"

"Xiao Nuan, you heartless thing! What wind blew me here? It's clearly because it's your birthday today, and I wanted to celebrate with you." Xiang Qiuyun said, reaching out to put her hands on hers again, but the other person took a step back, leaving her hands empty.

After saying that, she took a floral shirt out of her bag and unfolded it. "Look, I searched many places before I finally found this shirt for you. It's perfect for you to wear right now."

Moxi scoffed. "This kind of clothing is more suitable for my mother. It's too old-fashioned. My sister-in-law would never wear clothes like this."