Zhou Man, heavily made up, swayed her hips as she walked into the restaurant, looking at the table full of dumplings.

She glanced at Su Yinwan and said sarcastically, "Oh dear, Xiaowan, when you come to see your grandfather, you should at least get some abalone, sea cucumber, and shark fin to eat. Look at how stingy you are. The richer you are, the stingier you become."

"Xiaoman, can't you speak properly? It's already a blessing that Xiaowan and her husband can come back to see me. Unlike your two kids, I haven't seen a single person all year round, and you still have the nerve to say that."

Grandpa Su's words were incisive; he simply couldn't tolerate his precious granddaughter being spoken to like that.

"Dad, Xiao Zhe is so busy with work and is in the prime of his career, how could he have time to come back? Xiao An came back to spend the New Year with you this year, how come you don't remember?"

Zhou Man hurriedly made excuses for her two children, but at the same time she felt somewhat resentful.

She always felt that Grandpa Su was severely biased towards the second son's family, while the eldest son's family was dispensable.

Because of this, she harbored resentment.

They were only superficially polite to Grandpa Su, but in reality, they didn't show him enough respect.

Needless to say, the true nature of Su's father and his family was directly exposed.

Grandpa Su looked at his eldest daughter-in-law, whom he found unpleasant, and became somewhat angry.

He had never agreed to the marriage in the first place.

Looking at Zhou Man's calculating expression, he was determined not to let his eldest son marry her.

Little did they know, she still managed to slip through the cracks and get pregnant.

Grandpa Su reluctantly nodded in agreement to let Zhou Man into the Su family.

Over the years, he knew that his eldest son's family was not doing well.

Arguments, big and small, are commonplace throughout the year.

Although his eldest son sometimes complains to him, it's his own fault, so who else can he blame?

Zhou Man was indeed attracted to Su Yinwan's uncle, who was a businessman.

At that time, my uncle's business was very successful, and he made a lot of money.

He is considered a businessman with some economic strength in the northern part of the city.

Zhou Man used to be a dancer at a bar in Beicheng.

In truth, Zhou Man was also a pitiful person.

She was not valued by her family from birth because she was a girl.

Whether it's grandparents or biological parents, they never treat me well.

Zhou Man was born in winter. The year she was born, her grandmother wanted to abandon her.

In an era when even basic necessities like food and clothing were a problem for the whole family, Zhou Man's arrival was a burden to the Zhou family.

The heartless Zhou family simply abandoned her outside the yard, leaving her to fend for herself.

At that time, it snowed heavily for several days, and Zhou Man, who was still an infant at the time, was getting weaker and weaker.

Everyone thought she was about to die.

In the end, she was lucky and survived.

Amidst condemnation from the entire village, the Zhou family reluctantly raised Zhou Man.

From childhood to adulthood, Zhou Man was never as good as her younger brother in terms of food, drink, housing, or clothing.

In fact, their lives were far worse than those of anyone in the Zhou family.

She ate coarse food and wild vegetables, while the Zhou family ate sweet potato rice, cornbread, and steamed buns.

They could only barely get a bite of the chicken heads and feet, and fish heads and tails they were given as charity during festivals.

She had lived in a dilapidated thatched hut next to a pigsty since she was a child, and the stench of the living environment made it difficult for her to sleep every day.

In the summer, I get bitten by mosquitoes and scratch my body until it's covered in scars.

In winter, it was so cold that they used a thick layer of straw to keep warm, but it wasn't very effective.

Zhou Man hated her family since she was a child, hated that they didn't like her, and wondered why they didn't just strangle her when she was born, but instead kept her alive to torture her in every way.

This life, worse than that of pigs and dogs, filled her with resentment.

When his younger brother grew up, he was able to go to school. Even though the family didn't have much money, the Zhou family always tried their best, even asking others to lend them money, to send their younger brother to school.

Zhou Man was just a money-loser, so naturally she had no chance to study.

Even when she knelt down and begged her younger brother to teach her to read, he mocked her, saying she was unworthy.

You have such a worthless life, yet you dream of making something of yourself? You're dreaming.

Zhou's father also beat her severely for disturbing her younger brother's studies.

The glaringly bright red bruises all over her body kept Zhou Man bedridden for more than a week before she showed any signs of improvement.

Unexpectedly, before his injuries had fully healed, Zhou's father sent him to work in town.

The Zhou family demanded that she provide a fixed amount of living expenses to the family every month, regardless of whether it was stolen or robbed.

If the amount is too small, Zhou's father threatened to sell her to the village's tyrannical landlord.

Zhou Man was terrified when she thought of the tyrannical landlord in the village.

Everyone knows he is inhuman, cruel and cold-blooded.

Therefore, Zhou Man went to the county town and desperately searched for a job.

She works three or four jobs a day and has almost no time to rest.

Later, she heard from her fellow villagers that the bars in town were a quick way to make money.

So an idea came to me.

Zhou Man is fairly good-looking, and she is also obedient, sensible, and knows how to please customers.

As a result, she receives more salary and tips than others each month.

The Zhou family noticed that she was sending more money back home each month than before, and their attitude towards her had improved considerably.

He would occasionally check on her and tell her not to overwork herself.

Long-term suppression and resentment made Zhou Man eager to find a wealthy man to marry into her family and rise in status.

As a result, she paid more and more attention to her appearance and became increasingly adept at reading men's minds.

Finally, she set her sights on Su Yinwan's uncle, Su Ming.

That day, Su Yinwan's uncle met with a business friend at a bar to discuss some business.

Zhou Man took a liking to Su Ming the moment she saw him; he was imposing, composed, and polite.

She also heard that Su Ming was very wealthy in business and was single at the time.

So she set her sights on him.

Zhou Man always cried her heart out in front of Su Ming in order to win his pity.

Su Ming gradually began to take a liking to this pitiful woman.

Later, Zhou Man took the initiative to propose that Su Ming marry her.

Su Ming thought about it and realized that this considerate and gentle woman in front of him might be able to become his good wife.

So he took Zhou Man home to meet his parents, wanting to discuss marriage, but was met with strong opposition from Grandpa Su.

When Zhou Man saw that the marriage proposal was not going to work out, she drugged Su Ming's drink and had sex with him.

Finally, she did get pregnant, which gave her a bargaining chip to enter the Su family.

Overall, Zhou Man's marriage into the Su family was not a glorious one.

The Su family had no choice but to accept this daughter-in-law and hoped that they could gradually work things out in the future.

"Aunt, as for whether we're having simple dumplings or delicacies, we won't trouble you with that. Either you sit down and eat with us, or you can leave without worrying about us."

Su Yinwan had never had a good impression of this aunt since she was a child.

If she weren't an elder, I really would have liked to speak up and retort.

Zhou Man would always openly or subtly say in front of everyone that she had looked like a vixen since she was a child, and wondered if she would ever learn to behave well. She worried that if she fell into bad ways, it would be a disgrace to the Su family.