Tang Wenya was startled and immediately sat up from Xiao Tingshen's arms.

She recognized Zhang Guoshi's voice, moved closer to the window, and asked in confusion, "Third Grandmother, is there something you need?"

She did not recall ever offending Zhang Guoshi.

It sounds like Zhang Guoshi brought a group of people with her. Could it be that Xu Qingning is behind this?

System: "It's Chen Meili's fault."

"Of course I have something to do, come out here." Zhang Guoshi became angrier and angrier. She was old and had been cursed by that young girl. She wouldn't be able to sleep at night if she didn't get her revenge.

"I'll go out and take a look first." Xiao Tingshen was also confused. He got out of bed, put on his shoes, opened the door, and saw a group of old ladies standing at the door. He was stunned. "Third Grandma, what's going on?"

Zhang Guoshi and Xiao Tingshen's grandmother were sisters-in-law within the fifth degree of kinship.

Zhang Guoshi's husband was the adopted son of the Xiao family patriarch. After growing up, he changed his biological father's surname, so they were still related in some roundabout way.

"Pah! Who's your third grandmother? Let Tang Wenya come out here!" Zhang Guoshi spat all over Xiao Tingshen's face. "I want to ask her, what kind of person is her damn god-sister, daring to curse us old ladies!"

"Let Tang Wenya come out," the other old ladies echoed.

Chen Meili often went in and out of the courtyard, always walking with her head held high.

They've disliked her for a long time.

Xiao Tingshen awkwardly stepped back and asked good-naturedly, "Third Madam, at least you should let us know what happened, right?"

Actually, he didn't have a very good impression of Chen Meili either, but he didn't say anything because of Tang Wenya.

Putting everything else aside, ever since Chen Meili started working in the city, she comes to the tenement building all the time. Sometimes, even when Tang Wenya isn't there, she still comes.

I don't know what she meant.

"Chen Meili called us a suicide squad today. She's Tang Wenya's sworn sister. We're here to demand an explanation." Although Wang Cuifen was the oldest among the old ladies, she still had some fighting spirit and was determined not to give up until she got an explanation.

“Exactly, who does she think she is?” Zhang Guoshi said with even more fervor.

Tang Wenya breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the system's account of what happened, and slowly walked out: "Third Grandmother, she was just joking, she didn't mean anything by it, so please don't take it to heart."

She thought it was something serious!

Back in the countryside, the old ladies would joke with each other like this.

"What? You think she's joking?" Seeing that Tang Wenya's attitude was not proper at all, Zhang Guoshi became even angrier. "If someone said that your parents are a suicide squad, would you be happy?"

"Third Grandma, let's stick to the facts, please don't bring up other things." Tang Wenya was unhappy, but considering that her parents-in-law were still at home, she didn't want to make a big deal out of it. "Next time she comes, I'll tell her not to joke with you like that, okay?"

System: "Master, a wise man doesn't fight a losing battle. You need to apologize."

Tang Wenya was completely baffled.

It's not like she was referring to the "waiting to die" team, so why should she apologize?

“This is no joke.” Madam Zhang was even angrier, and said in a fit of rage, “She’s deliberately cursing us. She must apologize to us, or I’ll never let this go.”

"Third Grandmother, we apologize to you on her behalf." Seeing that things were about to escalate, Xiao Tingshen immediately put on a smiling face and said, "She was wrong, she shouldn't have said that."

"Ting Shen, what's going on so late at night?" Xiao Yaodong came out wearing his clothes. He had just fallen asleep when he heard a group of old ladies making a fuss outside the door. He even wondered if he was dreaming.

"Dad, it's nothing." Tang Wenya felt guilty when she realized she had woken Xiao Yaodong up. "It was Chen Meili who said something wrong and upset Third Grandmother and the others."

The system reminded again: "Host, apologize quickly, let it go, and don't stoop to the level of the old ladies."

Tang Wenya didn't want to apologize; she hadn't done anything wrong.

"Yaodong, you're the leader, you be the judge." Zhang Guoshi explained the whole story to Xiao Yaodong. "I only let her in because our two families are related, but she not only didn't appreciate it, she also cursed me. What do you think we should do about this?"

"Such a thing has happened?" Xiao Yaodong was furious when he heard this. How could such an absurd thing happen in their family? He turned to look at Tang Wenya with a serious expression. "Tomorrow, bring Chen Meili over and have her apologize to your third grandmother in person. You are employees of the Ocean Shipping Company. How can you speak so carelessly?"

"Dad..." Tang Wenya was overwhelmed when she heard that Chen Meili was also asked to come over and apologize to Zhang Guoshi. She felt that Xiao Yaodong was making a mountain out of a molehill.

"Enough talk, it's settled then." Xiao Yaodong, being a leader, was decisive and efficient. "Wenya, as her friend and colleague, you failed to supervise her. You should apologize to your third grandmother first."

"I..." Tang Wenya was furious.

"Apologize!" Xiao Yaodong's voice was filled with anger.

Xiao Tingshen nudged Tang Wenya with his arm. Tang Wenya understood and bit her lip, saying, "Third Grandmother, I was wrong."

The system secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmph, at least one person in your family is reasonable." Seeing that she had gotten away with it, Madam Zhang said to the old ladies, "Tomorrow, all of you come to my house and wait to see how Chen Meili apologizes to us."

"I'm sorry, Third Aunt." Xiao Yaodong clasped his hands in a fist and palm salute to the old ladies. "I'm sorry, aunties and grandmas!"

"Okay, we'll go wait there." Only then did Wang Cuifen lead the old ladies away.

Liu Yuzhen was also woken up. She heard Xiao Yaodong humbly apologizing to the old ladies, which made her furious. She got dressed and went to the living room. With a stern face, she said to Tang Wenya, "Go and tell that Chen Meili that she is not allowed to come to see you again. If you want to be with her, you can move out."

"Mom, I didn't know about this..." Tang Wenya still felt wronged, and even felt that her family was siding with outsiders.

"No matter what, she was in the wrong first. She offended the old ladies, and even if you didn't know, you're still responsible." Liu Yuzhen got angry when she saw Tang Wenya's pitiful appearance, so she simply made things clear in front of the father and son, "Wenya, you're going to be a mother soon. You need to learn to distinguish right from wrong. Let me tell you, that Chen Meili is no good. Stay away from her from now on. She's not welcome in our family."

Tang Wenya and Xu Qingning are sisters from the same family, but they are quite different.

She used to think that Xu Qingning was inferior to Tang Wenya, but now she realized that she had misjudged her. Xu Qingning is more than a hundred times better than Tang Wenya.

"Alright, stop talking, let's go to sleep." Xiao Yaodong was worried that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would start arguing again, so he pulled Liu Yuzhen back into the room.

“Let’s go back inside.” Xiao Tingshen stepped forward and took Tang Wenya’s hand.

Tang Wenya flung him away, bursting into tears in anger.

She knew that he would never defend her in front of his parents.

The next day at work, Tang Wenya told Chen Meili about what happened the night before with a dark expression. Chen Meili was surprised: "Wenya, do you really want me to go to your tenement and apologize to the old ladies for such a small thing?"

"Why did you have to mess with the old lady?" Tang Wenya had been angry with Xiao Tingshen last night and didn't sleep well for half the night, so she wasn't very nice to Chen Meili either. "This isn't the countryside. You can't just say whatever you want here. If you don't apologize, how will I face people in this tenement from now on?"