Wang Haotian stepped forward and said, "Hey, we're all family, don't take it to heart. Baozhu didn't mean it. Third Brother, don't be angry. I apologize on her behalf!"

Grand Tutor Chen looked at her with disappointment: "Jinbao, come back. Since she doesn't want to come back, then forget it. Just pretend we don't have this daughter!"

Wang Haotian was extremely anxious; how could they leave now!

"Father-in-law, please don't be angry. I'll bring Baozhu to apologize to you!" he said, kneeling down.

Grand Tutor Chen looked at the man on the ground with eyes full of disappointment; he had seen many men like this before.

The desire in his eyes was too shallow for Baozhu to understand.

He was so tired, he felt like a complete failure as a person!

"I'm not your father-in-law, and she's no longer my daughter. You don't need to kneel before me. Live your life however you like! Let's go!"

He took his wife's hand, turned around, and left. His hair was gray, and his once straight body quickly bent over.

Chen's mother looked at Chen Baozhu sadly, opened her mouth as if to say something, but held back. She took one last look at her and left, leaving behind a faint sob in the air.

Chen Jinbao didn't look at Chen Baozhu, but stared at Wang Haotian with disgust for a long time before striding away.

Looking at all this, Wang Haotian felt as if the sky had fallen. All the connections he had painstakingly built up had been severed in an instant.

Chen Baozhu stood there blankly, feeling a mix of emotions—regret and helplessness.

"Let's go home! Don't stay here." Chen Baozhu was in a state of confusion, so she had no choice but to go home first.

Wang Haotian followed behind with a blank expression.

…

When Shen Jiaojiao woke up from her nap, it was already afternoon, and the boat had just reached the shore.

By this time, rumors about Chen Baozhu leaving home to be with Wang Haotian had already spread like wildfire.

Chu Tianling walked slowly with his beautiful woman in his arms, and everyone around them was talking about it.

"That Miss Chen just followed Scholar Wang and ran away for love, she's really bold!"

"That Wang family is a bunch of poor bastards. This young lady must be blind to have brought anything with her to suffer. She'll be suffering endlessly in the future!"

"Isn't her family rich? Even though her father said he wouldn't take care of her anymore, he wouldn't just abandon her if something really happened, would he?"

"Why should we care! If you ask me, we shouldn't care. We raised her from a baby, and she doesn't know how to be grateful at all. She just ran off with some strange man. She's heartless!"

"That makes sense. Running off to live with someone before even getting married, that's really ill-mannered!"

…

Shen Jiaojiao's heart skipped a beat when she heard these words.

"Tianling, did you deliver the letter I gave you before?"

"I delivered it."

Shen Jiaojiao didn't know what was going on and felt a bit conflicted. She wanted to remind the girl, but it was too late now.

In the original script, Chen Baozhu was paired with Chu Tianyang.

I don't know if I fanned myself too much, but now we both have someone we like.

"Tianling, do you know where Wang Haotian lives? I'd like to go see Chen Baozhu!" Shen Jiaojiao wanted to go see her and tried to persuade her to go.

Chu Tianling himself was unaware, but someone else did, and led the way, and they soon arrived at Wang Haotian's house.

Shen Jiaojiao stood at the door, suddenly unsure of what to say.

Chen Baozhu sat in the living room, in a bad mood, her face expressionless.

Wang Haotian's mother's surname is Zhang, and she is known as Granny Zhang. She now lives with her two daughters, the older one Wang Daya and the younger one Wang Xiaohua, and her only son Wang Haotian.

This man cherished his son dearly; everything else paled in comparison.

In order to support her son's education, she sold her two daughters to an old man who was about to die as wives, so that she could have the money to support Wang Haotian all the way to become the top scholar.

Now that her son is doing well, she brought her two runaway daughters here to enjoy a comfortable life.

Wang Daya and Wang Xiaohua have suffered a lot since they were sold, and now they harbor resentment towards Wang Haotian. If it weren't for him, they wouldn't have endured all that suffering.

So in the beginning, those who benefited from Chen Baozhu were willing to treat her well.

Seeing that the two of them looked off when they came home today, Granny Zhang came over and carefully coaxed them, "Baozhu! What's wrong?"

Chen Baozhu remained silent.

Granny Zhang turned to ask Wang Haotian, who was a white-cut chicken who had just been kicked and was now in a stomachache, groaning and moaning along with his mother, which made her feel terrible.

They quickly helped him to his room to apply medicine, asking him what happened.

When Wang Haotian was currying favor with her before, he never said a bad word about Baozhu. Now that he saw that his family didn't care about her, his tone was a little dissatisfied: "It's all because of Baozhu's third brother. He kicked me as soon as he came up! It hurts me."

"What! This is outrageous!" The old woman's temper flared up, and she turned and left.

"Chen Baozhu! Come out here! What do you mean by this? Look at what your third brother did to Haotian! Are you going to beat him like this?" Granny Zhang's face changed as she came in, cursing.

This was the first time Chen Baozhu had seen her like this. Usually, she was very kind to her and always spoke to her in a way that was considerate.

This was the first time something like this had happened; she stared at her, completely still.

Wang Haotian clearly heard it, but he lay there motionless. He was very dissatisfied today and wanted his mother to teach her a lesson.

"Let me tell you! Now that you're Haotian's man, you'd better stay home and stop running around outside all the time."

“Since your third brother beat your man, he has to pay you. It’s not much for a family, a thousand taels will do!”

"And now that you're back, go wash the dishes and start cooking dinner!"

In the countryside, everyone disciplines their wives like this. Granny Zhang was very proud of herself, thinking, "That's how it should be. My son is the top scholar!"

"I won't!" Chen Baozhu felt a chill in her heart. She seemed to understand why her parents looked down on her family for being poor.

But they had just broken off their friendship today, and she couldn't swallow this insult!

I absolutely cannot go home.

"Fine! You little slut! I'm your mother, how dare you disobey me!" Granny Zhang was furious. This city woman thinks she can get away with anything?

"Shut up! Who do you think you are? You dare to call me mother? Where do you get the confidence to be my mother!" No one had ever dared to speak to Chen Baozhu like that before.

The old woman was also stunned; she never expected that a so-called lady from a respectable family could be like this.

Isn't this a challenge to one's own dignity?

In the countryside, disobedient wives like this are usually disciplined with a beating.

At this moment, Granny Zhang's eyes were filled with ferocity; her former kindness had completely vanished, and she was like a mad dog: "You little bitch! I'll beat you to death!"

Granny Zhang rushed over, picked up a stool, and threw it at Chen Baozhu.

Shen Jiaojiao was too embarrassed to knock on the door at first, but just as she was about to leave, she heard a commotion inside.

She didn't care about anything else and quickly started knocking on the door.

"Open the door! Open the door now!"

Zhou Tianqi stepped forward: "Crown Princess, please step aside, I'll handle this!"