After Madam Zhou left.

Looking at the pile of things in her house, Jiang Tong began to organize her assets.

He brought with him the things his parents had given her before, as well as the jewelry from last time, and those two thick red envelopes as a greeting gift.

Jiang Tong put them in the safe.

She is not short of money now. In fact, she doesn't need Zhou Yuansheng to give her these things. Although raising two daughters is a burden, it is not that she can't afford to raise them.

However, now that she has someone to rely on, she is still somewhat lost, because her previous failed marriage taught her that what she used to think was reliance between husband and wife was mutual support, but that failed because her ex-husband was completely unreliable.

Now some people say that he is her support, but she doesn't feel so at ease.

Jiang Tong will still go to work and do her job well. She will never let herself fall to that point again. Only when she is strong enough can she truly protect what she wants. She calmed herself down.

She let out a breath.

After packing up my things, I prepared to continue learning to paint and strive to improve myself.

The children can also play by themselves.

Jiang Tong hadn't been reading for long when her mother suddenly contacted her. She sighed, put down the book, and waited a few seconds before answering the phone.

On the other end of the phone, Jiang's mother said with great satisfaction, "Tongtong? Let me tell you, Huaiyuan's mother called us today, saying she regrets it and praised you for being sensible. That new daughter-in-law is spoiled and unruly, and I heard she almost got a divorce again!"

Jiang Tong's parents originally wanted her to get back together with Xu Huaiyuan, after all, he was the father of their two daughters.

However, Jiang Tong's parents were also upset about Xu Huaiyuan's remarriage. On one hand, they blamed their daughter for getting divorced and now there was no chance of reconciliation. On the other hand, they blamed Xu Huaiyuan for being heartless and remarrying just over two months after the divorce.

That's so heartless.

After that, Jiang Tong's parents stopped bringing up the matter. Only occasionally would Jiang's mother urge her to get married, and Jiang Tong would remain silent, leaving her mother with nothing to say but a sigh.

Now that Wang Chungui knows how good Jiang Tong is, she ran back to plead with Jiang's parents. Everyone can see what she's thinking. Doesn't that feel satisfying?

Jiang's mother said with a hint of schadenfreude, "Serves them right! Why didn't you do this earlier? Their family is basically ruined. Your father specifically asked around and heard that their company used to be struggling to operate. Anyway, no one dares to invest money in them anymore, and they're not really willing to cooperate with them. The Xu family is going to collapse now."

It's better this way.

Jiang Tong looked disgusted, twirling the capacitive pen in her hand. She interrupted, "Mom, I don't want to hear about his family anymore. You should also stay away from them. If you keep talking about them, I really have nothing to say."

Hearing her eldest daughter's words, Xue Hongying understood that she really didn't want to hear it, so she could only say, "Alright, alright, fine. Anyway, I really can't say anything to you now, or you'll get angry. It's all because of the Xu family that you've caused all this trouble. The relatives all say that your personality has changed drastically. If I had known it would be like this, I shouldn't have married him in the first place..."

Jiang Tong immediately said impatiently, "Did I really hang up? I still have things to do."

Xue Hongying was getting a little annoyed. She said discontentedly, "What's wrong with you, child! Fine, fine, I won't nag you anymore. Dad may be stern with you, but he's still worried about you behind your back. Now that the Xu family has remarried, you should hurry up too. Your dad's old friend's son just got divorced last year..."

Jiang Tong immediately objected: "Mom, I'm not going on blind dates! Tell Dad not to worry about me."

She was already an adult, and she really didn't understand why her parents still wanted to control her and turn her into a puppet to follow their way of life.

This shouldn't be the case.

Xue Hongying immediately got angry. She cried out, "We're doing this for your own good! You were such an obedient child when you were little! How did you turn out like this? Going to see them won't hurt. They're well-off, they have a car and a house! They don't have any children of their own, and they said they don't mind that you have two kids."

Jiang Tong was really tired. She said coldly, "Is this for my own good, or for your own reputation? Are you so upset that I'm not getting married?"

Why can't I understand her demands?

She has said countless times that she doesn't want to get married for the time being, but her parents can't understand.

Xue Hongying immediately broke down in tears, accusing Jiang Tong of treating her parents like that. Weren't her parents doing it for her own good? How could she portray them as selfish and only caring about their parents' reputation?

When people get angry, their words become less pleasant. First, they spout a bunch of grand principles, then they become vicious: "Look at you! Do you think you're still young? You're already twenty-eight years old, with two kids. Do you think you have many choices left? You have no choices now!"

Jiang Tong's family had this kind of oppressive education. There was never any praise. All she got was her father's stern and tense face and her unpredictable mother. Even if she scored 99 points, her parents would only say, "What do you have to be proud of?"

This is even more true now.

They absolutely do not allow their children to disobey them; they can only obey them.

Jiang Tong hung up the phone immediately.

The whole world became quiet.

She stared blankly at the drawing tablet in front of her and the half-finished comic panel on the computer screen. Life was clearly about to get better, and her wounds were almost healed, but her family not only did not help her, but always liked to rub salt into her wounds. Who could stand this?

Suddenly, the door behind them was carefully pushed open, revealing three little heads.

Zhou Jiaqi whispered, "Who's yelling at Aunt Jiang? They're so mean! How could they do that? Aunt Jiang is such a nice person, and this person who's yelling at her is so mean!"

Peipei pouted and said, "It sounds like Grandma's voice. I don't like Grandma either. She always likes to lecture people and is even fiercer than Mom."

Hanhan frowned and looked up at the two kids squeezing in front of her. "Can you two please not join in next time? I want to see Mommy. Why are you two crowding in? But Grandma is really not good. I don't like her either."

Although Peipei and Hanhan are not very old, their memories of their maternal grandparents are not good. They are very serious and old-fashioned, and they are always lecturing people. Every time they go to their grandparents' house, they are dragged to read books, recite words, and memorize ancient poems.

Moreover, children are more sensitive to emotions; as the saying goes, they are very good at reading people's expressions.

My maternal grandparents are mean to my mother.

Children naturally don't like such elderly people, so they don't love them.

Jiang Tong snapped out of her daze and heard three little voices chattering behind her. Suddenly, she felt at ease. She turned around and met their eyes. Zhou Jiaqi fled in panic, and Peipei, caught red-handed, also turned and ran.

Hanhan wanted to leave, but in the end she pushed open the door and honestly said, "Mommy, I'm sorry, Hanhan didn't mean to eavesdrop on your phone call, I was just worried about you."

Jiang Tong smiled and reached out to her, gesturing for her to come over, "Mommy isn't angry, baby, come here."

Hanhan immediately ran to Jiang Tong's side, and finally climbed onto her lap. Jiang Tong hugged her, and the other two little devils ran back when they saw this. They ran over and hugged Jiang Tong to comfort her.