Battalion Commander Du has lost all face this time. He thought he was in a high position and had given the Gu siblings and Fu Jingchen a hard time in public, thinking that he could suppress them with his military uniform.

As a result, after going around in circles, they made a huge joke of themselves. The platoon leader they looked down on turned out to be a regimental commander, who was of a higher rank than them.

He, a mere battalion commander, dared to challenge three regimental commanders. If they were just ordinary regimental commanders, it would be one thing, but they were direct descendants of the five most powerful families.

In other words, the war between the two sides has escalated into a feud between the upper and lower aristocratic families. He, a member of a collateral branch of the lower five aristocratic families, unintentionally represented the direct line of the lower five aristocratic families and declared war on the upper five aristocratic families.

Not to mention that the top five families would punish him, he would probably also incur the dissatisfaction of the lower five families, or even be abandoned by them.

It can be predicted that the Du family is about to suffer utter destruction, following the same path as the Jian family...

That's it, it's really over.

Just now, Madam Du was shouting and being extremely arrogant, but now she is filled with fear and regret. The consequence of their fearlessness and abuse of power is that they have offended someone they shouldn't have provoked.

After being reminded by onlookers, she gradually realized that Gu Wanwan and Fu Jingchen were one of the legendary culprits who brought down the Jian family. It was because of their interference that the Gu family elders were able to overturn the case, which led to the Jian family's downfall.

The five lower-ranking families had repeatedly warned their collateral branches to be careful and avoid Gu Wanwan and Fu Jingchen, lest they give them any leverage. But the Du family was blind to this, not only committing a crime that fell into the hands of the two, but also alarming the Gu family's heir.

By then, the entire city of Beijing will know that their small branch family dared to dream of competing with the Gu family's princess for a boyfriend, and the Beijing social circle will laugh at the Du family for overestimating themselves.

The Jian family, a large family and the in-laws of Old Zhao's own daughter, collapsed just like that. Even Old Zhao couldn't save the day, let alone their collateral branch, the Du family. They would probably only be able to sever ties with the direct line if they asked for help.

Du Lixue's first reaction was that she had good taste in men and had chosen a regimental commander as her boyfriend; her second reaction was that she was envious and jealous of Gu Wanwan's background and family connections.

Even now, she still doesn't think there's anything wrong with fighting for love; the mistake was that she didn't consider Gu Wanwan's noble status.

"This can't be true. What if Gu Wanwan just looks like him, and the siblings are actually liars trying to fool us? I like Fu Jingchen, that's true, we're a perfect match, I'm the regimental commander's wife..."

“As long as Fu Jingchen is a member of the Pei family, he should obey his elders’ arrangements and marry me, since this marriage was arranged by the Pei and Du families.”

These shameless words drew collective ridicule from the onlookers.

"The Pei family, my foot! Chief Fu has never acknowledged the Pei family from beginning to end. With his status and position, he wouldn't even deign to be a member of the Pei family. Besides, does the Pei family have a future like Commander Fu?"

"The Pei family is a poor, destitute family. Believe me, they'll soon be shunned by the lower five aristocratic families. The Pei family had better keep a low profile. If Chief Fu finds out that Pei Zexing broke up his biological parents and caused them to separate, I'm sure Chief Fu's first target will be the Pei family."

"Who would give up being the son-in-law of the Gu family to lower themselves to marry the battalion commander's daughter? You think you can compare to Gu Zhiqing? You're not as beautiful or as well-built as her, I spit on you..."