The old lady sensed her emotional fluctuation and immediately nodded in agreement, "I know, I know. You were raised by your grandmother, how could your grandmother not know your temperament?"

However, she was still somewhat surprised, not expecting Meng Sheng to be so ruthless, actually slapping someone's face until it was swollen.

This incident only happened online recently and hasn't yet gone viral. The old lady is usually oblivious to what's going on around her and only spends her free time watching videos.

I haven't even had a chance to put on my reading glasses or touch my phone since lunchtime.

Moreover, all related reports and entries about Gu Qinglian and Meng Sheng's confrontation and fight have been removed from the entire internet by the Gu family at great expense.

Now I can't find it even by searching.

But based on her interactions with Meng Sheng, Meng Sheng wasn't the kind of person who acted indiscriminately. That child was opinionated, resourceful, calm, steady, gentle, and well-educated.

This kind of girlish jealousy and romantic drama is really not relevant to Meng Sheng.

Seeing Gu Ci's aggrieved and nervous expression, the old lady was speechless for the first time.

She paused for two seconds before saying, "Is there...is there some misunderstanding? Sheng Sheng isn't the kind of person who's unreasonable. How about this, Grandma will call Sheng Sheng for you and ask. If there's any misunderstanding, we can clear it up."

Gu Ci was slightly taken aback. Although she didn't see any doubt in the old lady's eyes, she could clearly sense her hesitation.

At this moment, she finally realized that the old lady's heart had already turned towards Meng Sheng, and she would no longer favor Meng Sheng alone.

Even the affection is slowly fading, and we've become much more distant.

The concern wasn't as strong as before. To the old lady, Meng Sheng was now just a familiar junior, while Meng Sheng was her future granddaughter-in-law.

Given this status, it's understandable that the old lady favors Meng Sheng.

But Meng Sheng has only met the old lady a few times.

Can less than a year really outweigh the decades of friendship they shared?

Repeated setbacks brought Gu Ci to the brink of mental collapse, and now even the old lady no longer sides with her.

She originally thought that by going to the old lady with this face and playing the victim, and incidentally putting a bad word to Meng Sheng, she could make the old lady prejudiced against Meng Sheng. Even if it didn't affect the fact that Pei Sui and Meng Sheng were together, at least Meng Sheng wouldn't have an easy time in the old lady's eyes.

After all, Cui Xueheng had a lot of opinions about Meng Sheng, which could be described as "deeply hating" him.

Although Choi Seol-hyung was sent abroad, there were still many decades to come.

They can't stay abroad forever; they'll come back someday.

She just didn't want Meng Sheng to have it so easy.

Why is it that Meng Sheng can easily obtain the wishes she couldn't fulfill in both of her lives, and who never enjoyed a moment of happiness, without doing anything?

That's unfair!

This is not fair at all!

Why?

Both are reborn, but why is Meng Sheng's opportunity so much better? The development path in this life is very different from the previous life, but Meng Sheng can always accurately grasp every matter and avoid the traps she sets time and time again.

It's like...

It was as if someone was guiding her.

She thought that she was reborn with her cell phone from her previous life, and that she was a special chosen one. Why did Meng Sheng have such an opportunity?

Didn't she die long ago in her previous life?

When she first discovered she had been reborn, she made up her mind to return to China immediately, hoping to do everything she could to save Meng Sheng's marriage with Shang Boyu and kick Ning Weiwei, that vicious troublemaker, out of Beijing. Only in this way would Meng Sheng and Shang Boyu not get divorced, and Pei Sui would have no chance.

As a result, everything went wrong.

Meng Sheng was caught off guard when she discovered Shang Boyu and Ning Weiwei's affair ahead of time, leaving her momentarily disoriented and forced to change her strategy.

Gu Ci suppressed the resentment she felt towards the old woman in front of her.

If the old lady simply nodded and made a firm statement, acknowledging her and rejecting Meng Sheng, given Pei Sui's respect for the old lady, he would definitely get back together with her. What would Meng Sheng have to do with that?

She doesn't need to rack her brains like that.

The same thing happened in her previous life. If the old lady had insisted on her own ideas and pushed Pei Sui, she and Pei Sui could have reconciled.

But the old lady only expressed her affection for her verbally; her actions showed no favoritism whatsoever.

In every lifetime, she could never compare to a woman who had been married twice.

How ridiculous!

That old hag, she's lived eighty years, and it's all been for nothing. If she doesn't understand life, what's the point of her living?!

“I’ve known Director Meng for so long, and we’ve even worked together. I know she’s not that kind of person. There must be some misunderstanding…”

She tried to suppress her inner turmoil and anger, clenched her fists, and sobbed softly, "But I'm afraid... Director Meng is still angry. If I call now, it will only make things worse, and Director Meng will misunderstand that I came to complain to you. That would put you in a difficult position, Grandma."

She sniffed, took the tissue from the nanny, smiled and thanked her, and then said, "I'm going abroad in a few days, so I won't be in her way anymore. I'll call her in person to apologize then, so as not to involve you, Grandma."

The old lady patted her hand when she saw her like this and said affectionately, "Aci, don't say that. It's good that the misunderstanding has been cleared up. There's no need to go abroad. You can stay here with Grandma these days and keep Grandma company. It will also liven up Grandma's courtyard. In a few days, I will have Asui bring Shengsheng back for dinner. You can talk things out."

Living in the Pei family's house?

Gu Ci's heart stirred slightly. She quickly concealed the resentment in her eyes, raised her eyes, and stared blankly at the old lady, tears hanging on her eyelashes, about to fall.

She looked incredibly charming.

"No...no, I'm going abroad for a while, so I won't trouble Grandma."

The old lady glared at her and said, “How is it troublesome? My courtyard is always quiet. There are only a few people I can talk to, like Juan. Yu is busy with his company and is always on business trips and has to work overtime. As for Sui, he is even more so. He is in the south of the city and it is even more difficult for him to come back. Huanhuan is abroad. I am happy that you are keeping me company at the old house. It is not troublesome at all.”

Gu Ci hesitated and declined twice, but finally couldn't resist the persuasion of the old lady and the nanny. Out of respect for the old lady, she agreed to stay in the Pei family.

That afternoon, the old lady asked Ajuan to find someone to prepare a room in her yard.

It wasn't the room she used to live in, and this room didn't have a separate walk-in closet. The bathroom was also half the size, and the furnishings and decor weren't as thoughtful as the room she used to live in. Even the bed sheets and duvet covers were in a very old-fashioned color, not the white and light blue she liked.

Even clothes and daily necessities were not prepared for the old lady; Gu Ci had her driver go back to the Gu family home to pack and deliver them.

Gu Ci felt somewhat disappointed and dissatisfied with the room, especially with the old lady's neglect and hypocrisy.