Just as Xia Shige was passing this strange man and woman and was about to go home, he saw another woman wearing fur walking out from 1604.

The moment they passed each other, the woman in fur suddenly called out to Xia Shige, "Wait! You...you are Jia Ning's cousin, right?"

Xia Shige paused when she heard this. She turned her head to look at the woman in front of her and asked with a hint of doubt: "...Excuse me, who are you?"

The woman smiled and tucked the hair around her ears, then answered, "I am... I am the stepmother of Jia Ning's child. I wonder if you still remember me."

Xia Jianing's stepmother?

Seeing Xia Shige's slightly puzzled expression, Guan Zherui smiled and said, "We met a few months ago when you sent Jianing home... Don't you remember me?"

After hearing Guan Zherui say this, Xia Shige also remembered.

She remembered that when they sent Xia Jianing home from the police station, she had indeed seen Xia Guokang's new wife.

I didn't expect to meet her here.

Xia Shige nodded calmly and replied, "I remember. It turned out to be you. What a coincidence."

Guan Zherui saw that Xia Shige recognized her, and the smile on her face became more friendly. She said to Xia Shige: "Do you live here?"

Although Xia Shige didn't want to admit it, she knew that she couldn't hide it, so she nodded slightly.

Guan Zherui sighed upon hearing this, and said a little embarrassedly: "I didn't even know you lived here, it's all my fault! Ever since I married your second uncle, I have been busy giving birth to and taking care of children, and I have no time to visit relatives..."

Xia Shige smiled when she heard this. She thought to herself, Xia Guokang was a person who didn't recognize his own mother. Once he got old, he felt that his family had embarrassed him and refused to have any contact with them. During the hot season, the two families had a matchmaking incident, and they stopped visiting each other even more.

But Guan Zherui said this now, obviously she was trying to show goodwill, Xia Shige couldn't say anything else, so she could only say: "That's not right, everyone is busy, and there is a natural disaster now, so no one has the mood to go out, how can I blame you."

Guan Zherui smiled when she heard that, then she pointed to 1604 behind her and said to Xia Shige, "My family just moved to 1604 today. It just so happens that we are all relatives, so we can take care of each other in the future."

Xia Shige understood immediately after hearing this. She thought: So it's no wonder that Xia Guokang's name is on the lease for 1604...

It turned out that Xia Guokang rented a house for his father-in-law's family.

Xia Shige couldn't help but sneer in his heart. This second uncle was really amazing. He had ignored his mother for so many years, and even during the natural disaster, he never cared about his mother's life or death. But he was very filial to his new father-in-law and mother-in-law!

It would be worse to give birth to a barbecued pork than to give birth to this son!

Xia Shige felt even more disgusted with Xia Guokang, and she no longer had the heart to greet Guan Zherui. She just nodded and said "hmm" perfunctorily.

Guan Zherui was a woman who was very good at observing people's expressions. She could see that Xia Shige's expression had become somewhat distant.

Originally, she wanted to go home with Xia Shige to see what supplies were there so that she could help her mother's family.

Now seeing Xia Shige's cold expression, Guan Zherui could only give up this idea.

She smiled politely at Xia Shige and said, "I'll leave first and come to see you another day."

Xia Shige nodded, turned around and left.

Watching Xia Shige's back as she left, the woman with red lips and a green down jacket snorted coldly and said unhappily, "Xiao Rui, that little girl is your eldest sister-in-law's daughter, right? Why does she treat you like this?"

Upon hearing this, Guan Zherui quickly grabbed her sister's hand, frowned and whispered, "Sister, keep your voice down!"

Guan Zheling rolled her eyes and said disdainfully: "Why should I speak softly? You are her elder, her second aunt! Are you afraid that she will hear you?"