Gu Meiyun had a vague feeling that Xu Manzhi wasn't so kind.

But she didn't want to drag the Gu family into this mess.

After a moment's hesitation, she gritted her teeth and said, "What are your conditions for helping me? Why should I trust you?"

"what ever."

Xu Manzhi turned and left.

On such a beautiful night, wouldn't it be nice to get a good night's sleep?

She was so annoyed that she wanted to end the matter as soon as possible; otherwise, she wouldn't have bothered bringing it up at all. After all, Gu Meiyun seemed to be out of her mind and often not online.

"Okay, okay, I believe you. Please help me. I'll do anything as long as this beast stops harming my poor Yueyue. She's still a child... Waaah."

Gu Meiyun cried her heart out.

She truly loved Jiang Pengyue to the core.

Perhaps it's mostly for exploitation.

But she suffered greatly when she gave birth to Xu Manzhi, so she hated that little slut to death. But who wouldn't want a sweet and caring daughter?

It wasn't until she held Jiang Pengyue in her arms for the first time that she felt her identity as a mother was complete.

Yueyue is her own flesh and blood.

This idea had been deeply ingrained since she first met her adopted daughter, a thought that even surprised her.

Xu Manzhi found the scene rather ironic.

She wanted to fulfill her mother's love for her daughter.

Tsk tsk tsk.

She is such a good person, such a kind person.

When I see Yan Lin, I'll definitely share this with him.

“Then you should move back to the Jiang family’s house,” Xu Manzhi said.

Gu Meiyun wanted to ask, but she stopped her: "Just listen to my instructions. This is a cunning fox with 200 tricks in his body. You won't find it so easy to catch him."

Recently, the more Xu Manzhi learns about ancient knowledge, the more naturally she integrates into the modern world.

"All right."

Gu Meiyun agreed.

The next day, she took Jiang Pengyue back to the Jiang family home.

Of course, Gu Meiyun also invited Aunt Liu from the Gu family to the Jiang family, otherwise she really wouldn't have been able to handle it.

Jiang Mingda was quite displeased.

He said, "You have hands and feet, and you've taken a long leave of absence, can't you cook for yourself?"

Gu Meiyun was in a terrible mood.

She found everyone suspicious, so she retorted, "If you're so capable, why don't you cook for yourself? It's not like I'm against it. Yueyue is pregnant, and she wants to eat well. What's wrong with that?"

"Pregnancy, pregnancy, don't keep talking about it. If outsiders hear it, it will ruin the Jiang family's reputation!"

"What reputation? Does the Jiang family have any reputation? Three sons, two murderers. No one in the whole city has produced as many criminals as our family. And there's a rat hiding in the gutter. Disgusting, utterly disgusting."

"You're insane, you're insane!"

Jiang Mingda raised his hand as if to hit someone.

"Go ahead and hit me if you dare, hit me in the face, there's no point in keeping me around anyway."

Gu Meiyun gave him a scathing rebuke, which enraged Jiang Mingda to the point of fury.

He turned around and left.

Around noon.

Jiang Hejun was on his way home from get off work, about to pick up a document, when he bumped into Gu Meiyun, who was pruning tree branches in the yard. He quickly greeted her and turned to leave.

"etc--"

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Hejun raised his hand to adjust his glasses.

"What happened to your hand?" Gu Meiyun noticed a large bruise on her eldest son's wrist and had a bad feeling. She quickly stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Hejun's clothes.

"Mom, are you crazy? Why are you tearing my clothes?" Jiang Hejun jumped away.

He covered his clothes tightly, not wanting her to see.

At that moment, Gu Meiyun's heart shattered, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Did she give birth to three beasts?

Each one is more perverted than the last.

They're all so crazy.

How are people supposed to live like this?

"If you have nothing else, I'll head out now. I won't be eating at home; I'll be staying at my workplace for a while. I'll go home again when Yueyue gets married," Jiang Hejun said.

He strode away.

"ah--"

Gu Meiyun let out a painful and shrill scream.

She cried all afternoon.

Jiang Pengyue didn't know what had happened and kept trying to comfort her, but no matter how much she talked, her adoptive mother still couldn't stop crying, which annoyed her a lot.

“When you see Zhizhi, tell her that she doesn’t need to bother, as I already know everything.”

Jiang Pengyue was completely confused.

But she couldn't stand seeing Xu Manzhi being intimate with the Jiang family, fearing that everything she had gained would one day be taken back by the Jiang family's biological daughter, so she immediately went out to find someone.

Upon seeing Xu Manzhi enter, she said sarcastically, "Oh, what methods do you plan to use to replace me? You wouldn't start with Mom, would you? Let me tell you, Mom loves me the most; no matter how hard you try, it's all in vain."

Xu Manzhi ignored her.

A fool.

Before she could even set off, Jiang Pengyue grabbed her arm and relayed Gu Meiyun's words, adding, "No matter how hard you try, you can't erase the fact that you grew up in the countryside. It's a huge stain, and the children of powerful families won't accept it."

Xu Manzhi chuckled.

She gently patted Jiang Pengyue's shoulder and said, "Since you're so sure, let's see how popular you are with the Zhou family once you marry into it."

"Do you need to tell me? I'm carrying Xiang Qun's child, who was raised by the Jiang family, and the Gu family has also wholeheartedly nurtured me. Naturally, I won't disgrace the family's reputation," Jiang Pengyue said.

So what if Zhou Xiangqun doesn't like her?

The Zhou family will definitely acknowledge her; the larger the family, the more they value their descendants—that much is undeniable.

What she's carrying isn't a child at all.

It is a golden key to enter the inner sanctum!

"Yeah, yeah, if you're so good, you do it. I don't care."

"you--"

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