How could she regret it? Gu Qian was the first person she liked when she was young. They grew up together, experienced the pain of losing a loved one together, and were the people who understood each other best.

She likes Gu Qian, otherwise she wouldn't have run away from the wedding or made it official online.

That's how it should be, but for some reason, Zhuang Yan's image is all she can think about.

"I didn't expect them to agree so quickly." So what is Zhuang Yan in the Zhuang family? Not even a joke.

"Three days later, Tang Jing will announce at her birthday party that she has officially adopted Gu Qian as her son, and at the same time, she will announce your marriage."

What Xia Qingshan really wanted to tell Xia Wan was that it was too late to regret it.

She insisted on being with Gu Qian and made such a big fuss about it; now she and Gu Qian are in the same boat.

Marriage is not a game. She has already acted recklessly once. If she wants to back out again this time, she really won't have a choice. We'll tie her up if we have to.

"Dad, I can tell what's important and what's not."

If they could truly distinguish between what's important and what's not, they wouldn't have left the table in the first place.

Xia Qingshan didn't say that, but he did give Xia Wan a few instructions, telling her to pass on his message to Gu Qian. He told her to visit the Zhuang family more often when she had free time and spend more time with Madam Zhuang. He said that as long as she could please Madam Zhuang, she could get anything.

Xia Qingshan is not one to suffer losses. Whatever benefits he gives up now, he will get back double in the future.

Gu Qian was very good at making Tang Jing happy. He would accompany her shopping, watch movies together, arrange flowers, drink tea, and have beauty treatments... They would talk about everything. Hearing that Tang Jing had trouble sleeping, he even taught himself a set of health regimens and gave her massages, soups, and food therapy. He was very good at coaxing people.

Gradually, Gu Qian settled down at the Zhuang family's house.

After staying one night, I noticed something strange.

It is said that parents who love each other can resolve most conflicts in a family. Being born into such a harmonious family should be comfortable and warm, but he found that the servants in the villa rarely spoke or smiled.

Gu Qian didn't think about it in detail, but suddenly thought of Zhuang Yan before going to sleep.

Why is Tang Jing so intolerant of Zhuang Yan? Did Zhuang Yan do something wrong that made him disliked, resented, and kicked out of the house?

Soon it was Tang Jing's birthday. After deciding to adopt Gu Qian as their son, the couple began preparations, wanting to get things done as quickly as possible.

They booked the best hotel in Chengdu, and all the big names in the industry were invited that day. The scale of the event was no less than that of Zhuang Yan's engagement day.

Not only did Tang Jing invite distinguished guests, she also privately contacted a large number of reporters for interviews. Gu Qian is a popular celebrity, and as soon as the news spread, paparazzi were already staking out the place before dawn, and the online buzz continued to rise.

When the news first leaked, Gu Qian's fans couldn't believe it.

Is it really that easy for a pie to fall from the sky? And it just happened to land right on their idol? Fans flocked to the official Weibo account of the Zhuang family to inquire.

Soon after, the Zhuang family's official Weibo account posted a notice: "[Tomorrow morning at 8 AM, we will announce an important piece of good news. Everyone is welcome to watch the live stream.]"

Lu Yan had been watching their every move. Although she wasn't in Rongcheng, she had many people and a wide network of informants.

It can be said that when Tang Jing had her car accident and met Gu Qian on the first day, everything was under her control.

She had originally planned to release information about Zhuang Yan being abused at the Zhuang family's residence.

Seeing how eager the Zhuang family was to adopt a son, she decided to give them a big gift and let Gu Qian experience the real atmosphere of the Zhuang family in advance.

Recently, the director hasn't assigned any tasks. It's hot, and he's worried about the guests getting into trouble, so in addition to letting them have free time, he's arranged some light entertainment games to help the male and female guests improve their relationships.

But in the end, it was discovered that the female guest only developed feelings for Zhuang Yan.

Jiang Ning studies different cuisines every day, trying to cook delicious food for Zhuang Yan, but the best she can make is still porridge.

Although An Xinrong still speaks sarcastically to Zhuang Yan, others can tell that she means no harm. She approaches Zhuang Yan in an awkward way, pestering him with questions like a primary school student.

As for Lu Yan, ever since she came back from her date with Zhuang Yan, she has become much colder towards him. She would occasionally let out a cold laugh at him. When she cooked and washed dishes with Zhuang Yan, she would still tie an apron for him, but she would tie it very hard. Once, she even broke the apron string.

No one knew why Lu Yan was angry. When she was angry, she wasn't very threatening; you could describe her as a house cat.

Anyone who has owned a cat knows that cats are very sensitive to smells. If their owner pets a stray cat outside and brings it home, some domestic cats will become unusually irritable, hissing, and needing to be coaxed by their owner.

The director still preferred the way the two interacted before, and let Zhuang Yan coax them.

The consequences of a little darling getting angry can be very serious, and the longer it goes on, the worse it gets.

Zhuang Yan persisted for two days before finally going. It wasn't that he hadn't tried to coax people before, but he just didn't know where to start when it came to Lu Yan.

In the courtyard, Lu Yan was busy washing clothes. There was a washing machine in the small house, but it was too poorly equipped to clean clothes properly, so Lu Yan had been washing them by hand since she came here.

She is very clean and afraid of sweating, sometimes changing her clothes two or three times a day.

Lu Yan's act of washing clothes has also sparked heated discussions, with people saying that her movements are so skilled that they don't seem like those of a wealthy young lady. In many people's minds, rich people hire maids, and things like washing clothes are something that she wouldn't normally do herself.

An Xinrong, for example, doesn't know how to wash clothes properly. She just throws them into the washing machine or soaks them in water and then picks them up.

Zhuang Yan walked towards Lu Yan and said gently, "I know you had someone buy the watermelon that day."

Lu Yan rubbed the clothes in her hands and said coldly, "So what? You don't want to owe me a favor, but you still want to pay me back?"

Zhuang Yan had indeed thought about it. He originally wanted to nod, but seeing Lu Yan glaring at him with an unpleasant expression, he instinctively felt that nodding now would be very dangerous.

"This is how I pursue people, it's none of your business." Lu Yan's complexion was abnormal today, with a sickly pallor, and her tone was harsh, as if she was enduring some kind of pain.

Zhuang Yan immediately noticed that something was wrong with her: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Lu Yan frowned, gasped, and her hands trembled as she supported herself on the laundry table.

"My stomach hurts, I'm on my period." Lu Yan didn't take good care of her health when she was young, which caused her to experience pain every time she had her period. And it wasn't just ordinary pain; in severe cases, she would vomit and feel dizzy, and her lower abdomen would feel like it was filled with lead and was sinking down.

This time, whether it was due to a change in environment or being too tired, her period came early and was more painful than usual.

"I brought painkillers, I'll go get them, you go and rest first."

Lu Yan ignored him, her body stiffened for a moment before she continued washing clothes. Before she could even rub her hands in the cold water, Zhuang Yan grabbed her hand.

He said in a somewhat serious tone, "Go and rest."

"Didn't you want to stay away from me, to draw a clear line and cut all ties? Why are you bothering me now? There are live cameras right here, aren't you afraid of being misunderstood?" Lu Yan raised her wrist and stared at his hand as she asked.