Du Zhao, who was behind him, was also startled. If the old man had taken up a bed at the Du family's house, it would have been troublesome. He couldn't help but glance at his wife and say, "You'd better be careful."

Zhao Xin patted her chest: "Who knew he had such a low tolerance for stress?"

"We are so grateful to Aunt Zhao this time, otherwise we would have been in real trouble."

"Aunt Zhao, we'll increase your salary by two hundred each month," Zhao Xin said to Aunt Zhao as she returned.

"Thank you so much, Madam." Aunt Zhao smiled happily. "I'll go stew the fish now."

The atmosphere at the Cui family's residence was quite unpleasant.

Cui Peng didn't dare to go to Du Zhao, fearing he would get beaten up. Unexpectedly, his own father was the one who got scolded. He wanted to say that he would just not go, but when he thought about the company's monthly reports, he couldn't bring himself to say it. If things continued like this, he wouldn't even be able to support the two sisters.

“I never expected that those scoundrels in the Du family would be so…” Gu Meizhi’s face twisted into a grimace, “so heartless.”

"Isn't this all Xiaopeng's own doing?" Cui Zhanyi glared at his son. "You..."

"What does this have to do with our son?" Gu Meizhi still unreasonably defended her son. "You're not behaving yourself, how can he not follow your lead?"

Cui Zhanyi touched his nose and dared not speak.

“This isn’t the time to talk about this. We need to figure out how to get to the party.” Gu Meizhi tapped the table. “Du Juan is really something. What’s the big deal? She still insists on getting a divorce…” She then couldn’t help but poke her son’s head. “And you, how come you can’t even keep a woman by your side? Can’t you be a little more careful?”

Cui Peng dared not refute, and could only let his mother scold him.

"But what can we do?" Cui Zhanyi sighed.

"If the Du family doesn't take us, isn't there someone else?" Gu Meizhi's face darkened, and her eyes turned vicious as she looked at Cui Zhanyi.

"Who are you talking about?" Cui Zhanyi felt uneasy under his gaze.

"Sui Yuan".

Cui Zhanyi froze instantly: "But she..."

“A few days ago, I sent someone to investigate, and coincidentally, they found out.” Gu Meizhi smirked. “I didn’t expect her to be so lucky. The rich young man she was with back then is now the second young master of the Shen family, Shen Guozhong, who is now known as the Second Master.”

"The Shen family?" Cui Peng's eyes lit up. "The Shen family that appears on TV?"

Gu Meizhi nodded: "Shen Guofu, who is often on TV, is Shen Guozhong's older brother."

Cui Peng gasped in shock.

"The eldest son of the Shen family went into politics, while the second son went into business. Shen's Real Estate has grown very large, and the boss is Shen Chengzeng, the eldest son of Sui Yuan."

"Mom, do you mean the Shen family will definitely receive an invitation too?"

“I think it’s about right,” Gu Meizhi nodded. “So, you can have someone from the Shen family take you to the party.”

"But would they be willing?" Cui Peng was still somewhat worried.

"Then it's up to us." Gu Meizhi glanced at Cui Zhanyi, then picked up the phone. "I'll make a call now, or, honey, you can make the call?" She held the phone up to Cui Zhanyi as she spoke.

"Go ahead and hit me," Cui Zhanyi said, waving his hand with a dark expression.

Gu Meizhi snorted coldly, then quickly dialed a number. After ringing a few times, it was answered: "Hello, this is the Shen family. Who are you looking for?"

"Hello, I'd like to see your elderly lady."

"May I ask who you are?"

“An old friend.”