Thump.

The door was kicked open.

Jiang Mingda stormed into the room, shouting arrogantly, "Xu Manzhi, you bastard, kneel down before me!"

Behind her, Gu Meiyun grabbed a feather duster and tossed it to her husband.

"I won't swallow this anger until I beat that little bitch to death today. She ruined everything. She's gone mad!" she shouted.

kneel?

Xu Manzhi looked thoughtful.

She put down the picture book she was holding, which was full of beautiful pictures of animals from around the world. She was engrossed in looking at it when she realized that the "short-legged" animal she had sold to Ling Junye was actually a furry rabbit...

The couple started acting crazy again.

"Are you sure?" She looked up, giving the two of them a mocking look.

Jiang Mingda was severely provoked by her expression.

He roared, "I am your father, your own father! How dare you rebel! Tomorrow I will let the whole world know about your disobedience and unfilial piety, and let the Yan family know what kind of woman they married!"

mock up.

He gave birth to her, how could he not control her?

If I don't beat that scoundrel who's been causing trouble half to death today, he's not Jiang!

"I see."

Xu Manzhi had an "I understand" expression on her face.

Then she quickly stepped forward and, before Jiang Mingda could react, began to pound his kneecaps repeatedly.

Click, click.

The bones cracked.

At Gu Meiyun's scream, Jiang Mingda let out a scream and fell to the ground.

"ah--"

"You little bitch, how dare you hit your father? You're rebelling! A daughter wants to kill her own father!"

*Smack*

A household registration booklet was slapped in Gu Meiyun's face.

Before she could help Jiang Mingda up, Xu Manzhi unfolded the household registration book. The girl looked confused and said, "What father? Look carefully, I'm the only head of household on this household registration book. I'm an extinct family."

Extinction, extinction of the family line...

Gu Meiyun's eyes widened as she grabbed the household registration booklet and examined it closely.

She was utterly shocked, and then belatedly exclaimed, "Impossible! How...how did you get a household registration booklet? How did you manage to do it without our permission?"

The household registration system is exceptionally strict.

It's impossible for a daughter to have her own household registration booklet...

"Then you should ask your precious daughter, Jiang Pengyue. She arranged this for me. Do you see clearly? Don't use blood ties as an excuse. From beginning to end, have you ever acknowledged me?"

"The Jiang family only recognizes Jiang Pengyue, doesn't it?"

"Since I moved to Haicheng and transferred my household registration, you have repeatedly obstructed me, forcing me to become an unregistered resident. Did you think that would allow you to perfectly control me?"

They keep calling me a "bastard" and a "little slut," do they think they're just calling me that for no reason?

They've completely broken off relations.

Who's afraid?

"Pengyue, come in."

Gu Meiyun shouted loudly, and Jiang Pengyue, who was passing by, was pulled into the house.

At first, Jiang Pengyue frequently hinted to her parents that Xu Manzhi was a troublemaker, and that misfortune had been constant ever since she came to Haicheng and returned to the Jiang family...

The couple had nowhere to vent their pent-up anger.

After being brainwashed, they went straight to Xu Manzhi to settle accounts.

Jiang Pengyue was downstairs drinking tea, calming herself down while waiting to see what would happen.

The more I listen, the more something seems off.

Instead of hearing Xu Manzhi's screams and pleas for mercy, she heard her parents' cries of pain. She then went upstairs and, upon hearing the noise, pretended to be confused and rushed into the house.

"Did you go to see Lao Zhong?" Gu Meiyun questioned.

throat.

Jiang Pengyue felt a deafening sound in her ears.

She stammered, "Mom, what, what did you say? I, I don't know—"

Faced with her adopted daughter's attempt to shirk responsibility, Gu Meiyun grabbed her arm and pointed at Xu Manzhi's face, saying, "Old Zhong is a connection that the Jiang family never uses lightly. They only seek him out in the most critical moments. Are you confused, asking him for such a trivial matter?"

Jiang Pengyue's face was pale.

Her body trembled uncontrollably, and her heart raced.

I don't know how to refute it.

She agreed to meet three conditions in order to get Xu Manzhi to help her find a partner.

An independent household registration booklet is one of them.

Xu Manzhi was urging him on.

By then, she had long lost the ability to think, only thinking about using the Jiang family's trump card to get the household registration issue sorted out as quickly as possible...

"Mom and Dad, I... I was wrong, please punish me."

Thump.

Jiang Pengyue immediately knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

“You…” Gu Meiyun brushed her hand across her face.

She had always known that Yueyue was proud and cunning, but she never expected that she would be completely manipulated by a country girl. Now, even the biggest obstacle to restraining Xu Manzhi had been taken away by the other party.

What kind of situation is this?

Could it be... that they were wrong from the very beginning?

Once, the Jiang family ancestors, along with a master, jointly analyzed Yueyue's birth chart and were 100% certain that Jiang Pengyue was destined for "auspiciousness and good fortune," even saying that she was the chosen one of this world's destiny...

That's it?

"Have you all finished acting? The room is small and the air doesn't circulate. If you squeeze into my room again, I won't be polite and I'll throw you all out one by one," Xu Manzhi said, rolling her eyes.

Here they are putting on a show of maternal love and filial piety.

She doesn't like watching it.

“You—” You wretched girl.

Jiang Mingda staggered to his feet, barely managing to steady himself. A surge of anger welled up inside him, but he couldn't vent it, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Piu——

Xu Manzhi dodged quickly and avoided the danger.

She said with a look of disgust, "You made my room dirty for no reason. I went out for some fresh air. Now you can act however you want, okay?"

With her household registration booklet in hand, she wasn't worried about not being able to get a letter of introduction.

Go wherever you want.

Either way, there will be no descendants.

After saying that, she left.

Watching her departing figure, the three people in the room revealed their resentment.

When Jiang Hejun and Jiang She returned home and learned the news, they said in unison, "Then let's kick her out of the Jiang family. Anyway, she doesn't have the surname Jiang."

Out of sight, out of mind.

Jiang Mingda had the same idea.

He finally saw through Xu Manzhi's true nature; she was fearless and ruthless.

Previously, one could use blood ties or household registration as leverage.

Things are different now.

She showed no mercy when she attacked her own father.

Thinking about that ruthless nature still makes him shudder.

But Jiang Pengyue knelt down crying again, saying in a panic, "Dad, eldest brother, second brother, no! If you drive her away, what will happen to my marriage with Xiang Qun? Although we have a marriage certificate, which is an extra layer of security, I won't feel at ease until we get married."

Gu Meiyun nodded as well.

She added, "Now that Lian Gui is gone, Jiu He will probably be sent back to the military region again. Yan Lin can still help him out, but once things completely fall apart, what will he have to talk to Yan Lin about?"

The three men of the Jiang family looked at each other.

Then, he sighed.

Finally, Jiang She said in one breath, "How about this, since Lian Gui's scandal has happened, both the Jiang and Zhou families need to hold a big event to bring good luck. Why not arrange my younger sister's marriage as soon as possible?"

Jiang Mingda nodded quickly.

He thought it would be good for the second son to be careful.

Presumably Zhou Xiangqun wouldn't refuse, so I simply talked to him and set the wedding date for this month.