On the bus.

Su Mu slammed his hand on the steering wheel, and the car horn blared.

"Mumu, getting angry is bad for the child. Try to control your emotions," Liao Nanxing reminded her.

As soon as Liao Nanxing's voice rang out, Su Mu turned around and buried her face in Liao Nanxing's arms, bursting into tears.

"Anan, why do they say those things about me? Zhou Chunhua just met you a little earlier than me. Why can't we get other people's blessings when we're pursuing love?"

Liao Nanxing stroked Su Mu's hair with eyes full of tenderness.

"Don't cry, they can say whatever they want."

"Anan, you love me, not the young me, right? Even when I'm old, you'll still treat me the same way you always have, right?"

"Of course."

Su Mu stood up and wiped the tears from his face.

He said firmly, "We will definitely grow old together, we definitely will."

After eight years of hard work, everything is going in the direction she wants.

Everything she wanted is slowly coming true.

One month! One month later, she will be Mrs. Liao, living in a mansion and driving luxury cars.

In the days to come, they will work together as a couple and become a star couple in the industry.

Standing on Liao Nanxing's shoulders, she could reach the blue sky above her head with her hands.

...

Over here, Zhou Chunhua was looking at Gu Yao through the rearview mirror.

"Don't look at me like that, I'm not a stalker. I just happened to be here on business and was dropping you off on my way."

She then noticed that Gu Yao had dimples when he smiled.

"N-no, I'm sorry." She quickly looked away. "What is it?"

Gu Yao handed her a file folder.

"The lawsuit inside, which seeks to recover marital property from a third party, requires your signature and fingerprint."

Zhou Chunhua opened the document bag, didn't even look at it, and went straight to the last page to sign and put her fingerprint.

"You're not even going to look?"

“In Jiang City, besides Nana, you are the only one I can trust the most. Thank you, Attorney Gu.” She tied the folder and put it in the back seat.

"Now that I'm on equal footing with your best friend who's been through thick and thin with you, doesn't it seem a bit distant to call me Lawyer Gu?"

Zhou Chunhua smiled gratefully: "Thank you, Gu Yao."

"Don't mention it, Huahua." Gu Yao suddenly replied, which confused Zhou Chunhua.

She turned her head and saw that Gu Yao seemed to be in a good mood, with one hand dangling on the car window and the other hand on the steering wheel.

He raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a small dimple on his cheek.

"It's almost lunchtime, let's have lunch together. You'll need to come with me this afternoon to submit some documents," he said.

...

This way.

After Liao Nanxing comforted him along the way, Su Mu's emotions stabilized.

As soon as she got home, she asked the nanny to cook a few more dishes, then went back to her room and started looking at cars on her phone.

Since they've moved into a scenic mountain village, the car they drive in and out naturally has to be a fitting addition to the house.

She had it all planned out: on the day she got her marriage certificate, she would buy herself a car worth around 3 million yuan as a reward.

Su Mu was humming a song in his room, but Xu Xiuzhen called the nanny to stop him in the kitchen.

"We've already prepared enough food for lunch, there's no need to cook any more."

“But…” the nanny shut her mouth.

If I kept talking, I would definitely get lectured by the old lady again.

In the month since she moved here from the family compound, she has been lectured countless times.

She quickly prepared the meal, cleaned the kitchen, told Xu Xiuzhen, took off her apron, and left.

The scene last time really frightened her.

She would rather pay for her own food than experience that scene again.

She closed the door and rushed into the elevator.

Xu Xiuzhen got up, picked up a bowl of rice that had been served on the table, and poured it back into the rice cooker.

"Son, dinner's ready."

A short while later, Liao Nanxing and Su Mu both came out of the room.

"Why were there only two bowls of rice?" Su Mu asked, frowning.

"They must have added too little rice again. You eat that bowl, I'll get more rice myself and come back later." Liao Nanxing placed the bowl of rice from her seat in front of Su Mu.

No sooner had he walked away than he heard Su Mu yell, "Where's the food I wanted to eat?!"

"Isn't all this food enough for you? You're only pregnant with a baby, not a litter of piglets! How much do you want to eat?"

Su Mu slammed his chopsticks on the table in anger: "I told you, I don't want to eat these dishes! Why do you always have to go against me? What's wrong with me adding a couple of dishes I want? How can you be such a mean old man?"

"What's wrong? You've wasted my son's money! What else? There are only three people eating here. This meal has four dishes and a soup, with meat and vegetables. What more do you want?"

"It's all thanks to the fact that you're carrying a son. Otherwise, you wouldn't even have a chance to come into my house!" Xu Xiuzhen said, picking up a piece of food for herself without any hesitation.

"What do you mean I spent your son's money? Get this straight, all these things were bought with my salary!"

Xu Xiuzhen glanced at Su Mu: "Get your facts straight, you're just a country bumpkin from a small county! If it weren't for my son, could you have established yourself in a big city like Jiang City? Could you have a decent job and income?"

"Xu Xiuzhen! I've put up with you for too long! Every time, Anan tells me to give in to you, to treat you like a child. But don't push your luck! Otherwise, I'll send you to a nursing home the day I get our marriage certificate, you believe me?"

This time, Xu Xiuzhen, who was smacking her lips, was dumbfounded.

"Where are you going to send me?" She looked at Liao Nanxing, who had just walked over, in disbelief.

"A nursing home!" Su Mu declared firmly.

"Son, you...you think so too?" Xu Xiuzhen's chopsticks fell to the ground with a clattering sound.

"Mom, don't get agitated. Mumu isn't telling the truth." Liao Nanxing hurriedly helped her sit down and then rushed to her room to get the medicine.

Outside, the argument between Su Mu and Xu Xiuzhen grew louder and louder.

He had just found the medicine when he heard a clanging sound coming from the living room.

When he rushed out, a perfectly good meal was scattered all over the floor.

Su Mu, his sleeves still stained with oil, swept back and forth on the table: "If I don't eat, you can forget about eating either!"

He quickly fed the old lady her medicine before he had a chance to pull Su Mu to the sofa in the living room.

"Anan, are you blaming me? I just wanted to eat two dishes, what's wrong with that? Why can't she let me eat? I don't want to live with her anymore, can you ask her to move back?"

Su Mu cried like a child, hugging him and calling his name.

The mother in the dining room was also wailing: "What sins have I committed! I raised you with every drop of urine and feces, scrimped and saved to send you to school."

In the end, you're going to send me to a nursing home for a woman! If I had known this would happen, I should have abandoned you back then and let you fend for yourself while you lived a life of luxury with someone else.

"They wouldn't have suffered most of their lives only to end up being sent to a nursing home!"

For a moment, he felt a suffocating sense of helplessness, as if he had nowhere to retreat...