"You jinx! I'll strangle you! You're the one who ruined my son. If he hadn't been with you, he would have married Su Yueya long ago and would be doing much better now. It's all your fault!" Zhang Cuihua shouted, grabbing Mo Youyou's hair and pulling it hard.

Mo Youyou was not to be outdone. Being younger, she was not going to be at a disadvantage in a fight with Zhang Cuihua.

In particular, Zhang Cuihua mentioned Su Yueya again, which is Mo Youyou's sensitive spot. Now that the Mo family has fallen, she can't stand to hear Su Yueya's name, because it means that she has completely lost to Su Yueya and that she is nothing in front of Su Yueya.

"Old man, do you think your son is some kind of hot commodity? Only I would be blind to have taken a liking to him. If he hadn't gotten involved with our Mo family, do you think he could have become a battalion commander? Su Yueya, my foot! Su Yueya would have taken a liking to him? Bah! Keep dreaming!" Mo Youyou pushed Zhang Cuihua against the wall and started hitting her.

"You're saying this now? Wasn't it you who begged and licked my son's boots back then...?"

"You old hag, shut up!"

The two of them fought fiercely, neither willing to give an inch.

Liu Dekai didn't want to get involved; he was already quite agitated.

This incident is like rubbing his face in the ground. Many people disliked him before, but they couldn't do anything to him back then, so he didn't care. Now that he's just an ordinary soldier, doesn't that mean anyone can mock him?

His future? All he could see was darkness, a darkness that could never be rekindled. He figured his life was over, unless he could leave the army and do something else. But he didn't know anything. What could he do after leaving the army?

"Stop fighting!" Liu Dekai stepped forward and separated the two who were wrestling.

"Isn't it embarrassing enough? Fine, go fight at the door, you two go fight at the door, let everyone come and watch, see how many more jokes our family can make, go fight!" Liu Dekai shouted.

Zhang Cuihua and Mo Youyou immediately quieted down. They could beat each other to death in private, but they absolutely couldn't afford to lose face again, especially since they were about to move out!

"If you're not going to fight, then pack your things properly, so they don't come to clear the area and throw us out!" Liu Dekai's voice was low; he didn't want to say anything more. As for his son…

Looking at Liu Shengrui, who was standing to the side with an innocent expression, Liu Dekai smiled.

Okay, this son is really well-born!

"I told you, he'll kill our whole family sooner or later, Mo Youyou, you still don't believe me? Hahaha! He's only three or four years old now, and he's already caused your father and me to fall from grace. In a few years, I wonder which of us will be the first to die? Hahaha..." Liu Dekai laughed wildly.

He didn't want to make any more trouble. If this was his fate, he would accept it calmly, since he couldn't possibly cause any more trouble anyway.

With the Mo family losing power, Liu Dekai and Zhang Cuihua stopped pretending to be subservient.

The two became a completely resentful couple. Even though they moved out of the family compound and rented a house outside—the Mo family still had some wealth, so their standard of living wouldn't have plummeted—the most important thing they needed to maintain their relationship was completely gone.

In their small home, various verbal battles were constantly unfolding every day. After arguing with Zhang Cuihua, Mo Youyou would then argue with Liu Dekai. Anyway, Mo Youyou had lost her idle post in the army, so she had plenty of time to stay at home and argue.

Su Yueya heard about this several days later.

She was playing with her two little ones in the family compound when she overheard other military wives talking about it and learned that they had moved out and no longer lived in the compound.

"That's great!" Su Yueya was very happy when she relayed the news to her family. She wasn't gloating at all. "I don't care at all whether their family is miserable or not, but Liu Shengrui won't be in the family compound anymore. Xiaoyuan, An'an, and Jiahe can go to the compound to play whenever they want, and we don't have to worry about them anymore!"

Chao-hsiung is gone! This is fantastic news!

The family was very happy.

"Yes, this time things were a perfect storm of circumstances. The Mo family and Liu Dekai were too arrogant. As the saying goes, 'He who walks by the river will eventually get his feet wet.' This time they've met their match," Lu Zhengjun said.

As the person who initiated the whole thing, he naturally knew about it, including when Chen Mingyang went to the leaders for help.

"What's this called? Heaven's sins may be forgiven, but self-inflicted sins are inescapable!"

No one in the Qiao family sympathized with them; they all felt it was their due.

Other people's business is not important.

The Qiao family is facing a major event recently, as Qiao Xinruo has finally come to her senses and plans to propose to Zhou Jinglan, taking their relationship to the next level.

The main force behind the planning team is Leng Yingying, who has the most ingenious ideas.

"You absolutely have to include me in this!" Leng Yingying said. She loved joining in the fun, and she would regret it for a long time if she didn't participate. "Xinruo, don't worry, your sister-in-law will definitely plan an earth-shattering and tear-jerking proposal ceremony for you!"

"Second sister-in-law, there's no need to exaggerate. We're just ordinary people. Didn't you say that sincerity is the most touching thing?" Qiao Xinruo said.

“It’s good to be sincere, but a sense of ritual is also very important, you know, a sense of ritual!” Leng Yingying winked.

Qiao Xinruo thought to herself, "Fine, my second sister-in-law does have a lot of ideas, and she needs someone to help her, so letting her participate isn't a bad idea." And then—

"Xinruo, I want to participate too!"

"I want one too!"

"How could I miss something like this? You're my sister, I have to be there for your proposal!"

"If Crescent Moon is going, then I definitely have to go too."

Qiao Xinruo felt a wave of dizziness. She hadn't expected all her siblings to be involved. However, recalling her eldest brother's marriage proposal, she knew perfectly well that even if she refused, it would be useless.

“Then you guys should hide well and not come out at the beginning to put pressure on him. I’m afraid if he gets scared and refuses, I’ll be so embarrassed,” Qiao Xinruo said.

Although she has figured it out and feels that there is nothing wrong with girls taking the initiative, it does not mean that she can accept being rejected.

From beginning to end, she only imagined one outcome: that Zhou Jinglan would accept her marriage proposal.

"What a joke! Zhou Jinglan dares to refuse you? I bet he wouldn't dare even if I gave him ten lives. I guarantee he'd nod and agree the moment you asked. Trust me, sister-in-law!" Leng Yingying said with absolute confidence.

There was nothing they could do. It wasn't that they "looked down on" Zhou Jinglan. After all, everyone had seen and remembered how Zhou Jinglan treated Qiao Xinruo. Would Zhou Jinglan really be willing to refuse her?

"Really?" Qiao Xinruo asked. She actually thought so too, but for some reason, she always felt a little uneasy, as if she was afraid that something might go wrong at that moment.