Not to mention her, both Old Master Sheng and Sheng Hantao had their suspicions. In particular, Sheng Zhuoting, as the husband, clearly felt that his wife was unusual. One day a year ago, after his wife went out and came back, he found that his wife had changed. On the surface, she was not much different from before, but in private, she seemed like a different person. Moreover, she became sensitive, suspicious and jealous. From that day on, he began to sleep in separate rooms from his wife.

As a result, his wife didn't want to be alone in the house, and sometimes she would even come to his house and climb into his bed, only to be caught and kicked out.

They are husband and wife, and fulfilling their marital obligations is perfectly reasonable and legal, but he can't get over it in his heart and can't share a bed with a stranger as his wife.

Gu Wanwan didn't give the other party any face and bluntly said, "Is Madam Sheng the head of the family? Grandpa Sheng didn't even say anything, yet you took the initiative to sever ties between the Gu and Sheng families on his behalf. Do you want the whole of Beijing to know that our five upper families have fallen out, so that the five lower families can take advantage of the situation? You keep saying that you are doing this for the good of the Sheng family, but it sounds to me like you are hoping that the five upper families will be at odds?"

Sheng Chuxuan, unable to bear her mother's favoritism towards her scumbag daughter, roared angrily, "Mom, do you know what Qin Feifei has done? Are you cursed by the Qin family? Qin Feifei deserves your repeated protection, but do you know how awful she is in private? You still have the nerve to introduce someone like that to my brother? Knowing that Pei Chuan and I are dating, you still want to break us up. You even wanted to marry me off to Qin Feifei's brother without my consent. Are you even our real mother?"

Being contradicted by her daughter in public, Madam Sheng lost face. "I did it for your own good. What's wrong with Feifei's brother? My Sheng family shouldn't have class prejudices. We're not living in a feudal era anymore. You're my daughter, and you're talking back to your own mother for a few outsiders. I've raised you for nothing."

“Look at you all, you’ve all been corrupted by the Gu siblings. You’ve become unruly and disobedient to your elders. Is this how I taught you to disrespect your elders?”

Gu Peichuan had already learned the gist of the matter from his sister, and his sharp, icy gaze seemed to see right through her. "Because Aunt Ji and Grandpa Gu are related by marriage, she was taken in by my Gu family when she was in trouble. In the past, my Aunt Ji treated the Gu family as her own family and treated us siblings like her own children. Knowing that Chu Xuan liked me, she often helped Chu Xuan find ways to create opportunities and bring us together. But now Madam Sheng seems to be acting strangely!"

"The Aunt Ji I remember was a gentle, loving, kind, generous, and helpful woman, not this sharp-tongued and mean-spirited person you are now. You make me feel like a clown!"

"Since she got to know the Qin family, Madam Sheng seems to have changed. If we really want to be shrewd, it was the Qin family that led Madam Sheng astray. I don't believe Madam Sheng hasn't heard about Qin Feifei. She was quite famous in the neighborhood during her high school years!"

"Madam Sheng prides herself on her high level of awareness. In today's society, which is not a feudal society, why should she take arranged marriages for granted? Does being a daughter-in-law of the Sheng family mean you can ignore the words of great men? It seems I should give you a copy of the quotes of great men so that you can be properly influenced by them, elevate your thinking, and do what a daughter-in-law of the Sheng family should do."

Madam Sheng, in the capacity of an elder, intended to give a lecture, but was humiliated by the Gu siblings. "Of course I know Feifei's character. She is a simple and kind-hearted girl, and she is a good match for Sheng Qing."

“Those rumors are all people’s jealousy that Miss Feifei was able to marry into the Sheng family. They’re deliberately smearing Miss Feifei so they can take her place, just like this one in front of us…” Aunt Feng didn’t name names, but her contemptuous gaze fell on Fu Wanning. “After all, someone’s brother is the young master’s boss. If the boss insists that the young master marry someone, would the young master refuse?”

Fu Wanning pointed to herself, "Just say what you want to say, why beat around the bush? It's as if I'm a scheming woman who steals love and won't marry anyone but Sheng Qing."

"Sister Feng, I'm sorry, but she's already taken." Gu Wanwan announced without hesitation, "Fu Wanning, my sister-in-law, is my elder brother Gu Sijin's future wife, and she's a member of the Gu family."