In mid-August, Jiang Xinyue's birthday arrived.

Ever since Chu Yu’s stomach disease incident, Jiang Xinyue probably knew that Lin Feiran had become wary of her. In order to avoid the limelight, she had not appeared for a while.

But this birthday was her first after returning to China, and Jiang Man and Chu Jindong wanted to give her a big celebration. Old Master Chu asked Chu Yu and Lin Feiran to come together, and they couldn't refuse.

The birthday party was scheduled at a high-end Huaiyang restaurant. The family booked a private room with a small table that could just seat eight people.

Chu Yu and Lin Feiran arrived a little earlier. After they sat down, Jiang Xinyue, Jiang Man and Chu Jindong came in after a while.

Jiang Xinyue was dressed very beautifully today, in a pure white satin dress with a sweet and playful style, which made her originally slightly cold appearance become even more adorable and well-behaved. She was the type of obedient girl that the elders liked most.

Yuanyuan sat between Chu Yu and Lin Feiran. The seat next to Chu Yu was empty. Jiang Xinyue walked over and sat next to Chu Yu very naturally.

As if nothing had happened before.

When Lin Feiran saw her behavior, the alarm bells in her heart suddenly rang.

But Jiang Man and Chu Jindong were both there, and Old Master Chu arrived soon after. In front of everyone, without any reason, Lin Feiran couldn't ask Jiang Xinyue to change seats for no reason.

Fortunately, Chu Yu still remembered Lin Feiran’s jealousy last time. When he saw Jiang Xinyue sitting next to him, he moved his chair away from Jiang Xinyue without leaving any trace.

But Jiang Man also sat down at this time, sitting in the empty seat on the other side of Jiang Xinyue. Jiang Xinyue also moved her chair and moved closer to Chu Yu.

Lin Feiran had a hunch that today's birthday party would probably not be peaceful, so she was thinking about how to find an excuse to leave early with Chu Yu.

Chu Yu gave Jiang Xinyue the birthday present he had prepared long ago, and said as a matter of course: "This is your sister-in-law and I's birthday present for you. Happy birthday."

This birthday gift was a standard bracelet. Actually, it was Lin Feiran who asked Qiao Sen to choose it, and then Chu Yu gave it to Jiang Xinyue. In any case, it never touched Lin Feiran's hand throughout the whole process.

When they said that, they also said that this was a gift from both of them.

After the previous lesson, Lin Feiran is now highly wary of Jiang Xinyue, fearing that Jiang Xinyue will take advantage of this birthday gift to do something weird again.

Jiang Xinyue looked over and was very happy. She took the gift with great care.

"Thank you, brother! Thank you, sister-in-law!"

Everyone else also gave Jiang Xinyue birthday gifts. Even Yuan Yuan drew a masterpiece of his own and gave it to Jiang Xinyue.

As the protagonist of today's birthday party, Jiang Xinyue was always talking and laughing, livening up the atmosphere at the table.

On the surface, everything seemed normal. It was just a birthday party for a family reunion, full of family love and a harmonious atmosphere.

After dinner, we light candles and cut the cake.

Lin Feiran went to the bathroom in the box halfway through. When she came out, she looked at Chu Yu and suddenly her whole body froze.

Chu Yu symbolically took a bite or two of the cake, and a little bit of cream stained the corner of his mouth. Jiang Xinyue turned around and saw it, and smiled as if she found it very interesting, and reached out to help him wipe it off.

"Brother, your lips..."

Jiang Xinyue was sitting close to him, and Chu Yu didn't expect her to suddenly reach out. Caught off guard, he immediately turned his head to avoid her, but was still touched.

And this scene just happened to fall into Lin Feiran's eyes.

Jiang Xinyue raised her eyes and when she saw Lin Feiran, she was immediately frightened and panicked, as if she had seen a terrible scene of an impending storm. She even stood up in fright.

"Sister-in-law...you...don't get me wrong. I just saw a little cream on my brother's mouth, and it felt weird, so I wanted to wipe it off for him...Are you angry?"

Lin Feiran: “…”

Her first thought was, here it comes, it’s coming.

She clearly didn't react at all, but Jiang Xinyue acted terrified, as if she was a jealous woman who would fly into a rage if her husband was touched by another woman.

Lin Feiran didn't even bother to defend herself this time, she just played dumb: "What?... I was looking at my phone when I came out just now, and I didn't pay attention to you guys. What did you say you did?"

Anyway, no one looked back at her just now.

Jiang Xinyue froze for a moment, a little confused by Lin Feiran's answer. She couldn't repeat it in detail, so she could only force a smile and say, "It's nothing... I'm glad my sister-in-law doesn't mind..."

Although Jiang Xinyue failed to pretend to be aggrieved, Jiang Man still couldn't bear to see her daughter being so cautious with Lin Feiran, and snorted in annoyance.

He said, "Xinyue, you don't have to be so nervous. Just do whatever you want. Don't be afraid of offending others. No one can bully you. You are so sensible. If anyone in this family still targets you, it must be their fault!"

As he said this, he glanced towards Lin Feiran meaningfully, with a warning in his eyes.

Although the relationship between Jiang Man and Chu Yu has eased recently, it is not much better. At most, they are no longer at loggerheads.

Not to mention the relationship with his daughter-in-law Lin Feiran.

Lin Feiran smiled and continued speaking according to Jiang Man's words.

"Yes, Xinyue, you don't have to be so afraid that I'll get angry. Although you and your brother are not related by blood, you are still brother and sister. Moreover, your brother has already married and has children. I believe that you are such a sensible person and don't have any dirty thoughts. You can be completely open and honest. There is no need to explain to me every time."

As she spoke, she looked at Jiang Xinyue meaningfully.

Every word seemed to be comforting Jiang Xinyue on the surface, but in fact it contained implicit sarcasm and criticism.

“…”

Jiang Xinyue's face turned slightly green.

Of course she heard the hidden meaning in Lin Feiran's words, but she couldn't refute a word. After all, Lin Feiran's words sounded so tolerant, gentle and friendly, and there seemed to be no problem at all.

It was only because she had something to hide that she could hear the sting in it.

Jiang Xinyue now felt like she had eaten a fly, feeling uncomfortable all over, but unable to express the feeling.

She could only force a smile and say, "That's good. I feel relieved when my sister-in-law says so..."

After eating the cake, the birthday party is almost over.

Everyone stood up and prepared to leave the box.

Jiang Xinyue was sitting on the inside of the box. To go out, she had to pass by Lin Feiran's seat.

Lin Feiran was also standing up to get her bag at this time, with her back to Jiang Xinyue. Jiang Xinyue walked past her from behind, and suddenly seemed to be tripped, staggered, and fell heavily!