After boiling the water, Shen Qiaoyue sat in the living room waiting for Lu Chen.

I don't know when it started, but when Shen Qiaoyue was alone at home, she began to look expectant.

When I was little, I would wait for my parents to come home at the door.

The neighbor's family was waiting at the door for her husband to come home.

Now that her brother and sister-in-law have gone back to their own home, Shen Qiaoyue can finally have a proper conversation with Lu Chen.

Tomorrow is the weekend, so I don't have to go to work. I discussed it with my older brother and Lu Chen and we invited some friends over for dinner.

We can invite An Lude and Jiang Jinyao over. They've been together for about six months, so it's a good opportunity to find out if they have any plans to get married.

Liu Xinlan and Xu Qianli are also coming, along with my elder brother and sister-in-law Qian Luoshui, so it'll be a simple get-together.

Lu He is busy with work and probably won't have time to come back.

Shen Qiaoyue felt that she couldn't wait for Lu Chen to return and was too tired, so she decided to take hot water to the washroom to take a bath.

Shen Qiaoyue took the clothes and put them down first, then went back to the kitchen to fetch water.

Just as I came out of the washroom, I saw Lu Chen returning from outside, covered in sweat.

"Brother Chen, you're back! Are you tired?" Shen Qiaoyue happily ran to greet Lu Chen when she saw him.

When Lu Chen saw Shen Qiaoyue come out to greet him, he would smile happily, reach out and hug her, saying, "Wife, take it easy, I'm not tired."

"You say you're not tired? Look at you, you're covered in sweat, and you still say you're not tired!" Shen Qiaoyue saw Lu Chen's face covered in sweat and he was panting. "Did you carry something heavy?"

She took out a silk handkerchief to wipe Lu Chen's sweat and asked curiously.

"It was that sofa. I felt it wasn't positioned correctly, so I helped move it. I also washed the big wok in the kitchen." Lu Chen wiped the sweat from his neck with his clothes and continued, "I saw An Lude earlier. I originally wanted to invite him and Jiang Jinyao to come over tomorrow, but he said he had to meet Jiang Jinyao's parents tomorrow, so he didn't have time to come."

"Meeting the parents, does that mean it's going to happen?" Shen Qiaoyue asked excitedly.

Lu Chen said, "It doesn't seem like it. I heard that Jiang Jinyao's father came and seems to disapprove of them being together."

Shen Qiaoyue remembered that Jiang Jinyao had been sullen these days, and when she asked her why, she wouldn't say.

"As a father, he has never taken care of Jin Yao, never fulfilled his fatherly duties, and even dares to criticize Jin Yao's lifelong happiness. It's utterly speechless!" Shen Qiaoyue couldn't help but feel indignant on behalf of Jiang Jin Yao.

Lu Chen sighed and said, "If they truly love each other, they will definitely find a way to overcome this. We should have faith in An Lude."

Shen Qiaoyue frowned and said, "These days, Jiang Jinyao has lost her appetite. Perhaps her father is forcibly interfering, trying to destroy the relationship between the two of them."

Lu Chen saw that Chen Qiaoyue was very worried about Jiang Jinyao and An Lude.

He gently patted her shoulder and said, "It's okay, there's no use worrying. It's common for some relationships to be destined to be unfulfilled."

Shen Qiaoyue certainly understood this principle.

"What does it mean that An Lude went there? Was it Jiang Jinyao's father who asked for it, or her mother Song Ting?" Shen Qiaoyue asked again.

"I didn't ask for the specifics, we'll find out when the time comes." Lu Chen helped Shen Qiaoyue walk back. "Do you want to take a bath? I'll go get some hot water and bring it over for you."

Shen Qiaoyue didn't say anything more, so Lu Chen carried a bucket from the doorway into the kitchen, filled it halfway with hot water, and brought it out.

For some, this night was destined to be a sleepless one.

Jiang Jinyao, who lives in the city, learned that her father had come to Fucheng on business and said he would stop by to meet her and her boyfriend, An Lude.

She tossed and turned all night, unable to fall asleep.

Jiang Jinyao was furious when she learned that her father had told her mother that he opposed her marrying An Lude.

Jiang Jinyao was so angry that she couldn't sleep and didn't want to see her father.

Unable to sleep, Jiang Jinyao sat up.

I would sit in bed in a daze, then get up and pace back and forth in the room.

Jiang Jinyao bit her nails, seemingly having made a decision in her heart.

He turned around and opened the door to go find his mother.

As I came out of the room, I saw my mother come home from get off work and sit on the sofa.

Song Ting, with her neat short hair and glasses, was reading a book.

Song Ting wasn't surprised that her daughter was still awake late at night.

"mom!"

Jiang Jinyao frowned and sat down next to Song Ting.

"Are you still awake because you're thinking about what happened with you in Anlude?" Song Ting asked Jiang Jinyao, putting down her book.

"Why should my father control me? Over the years, he has given all his love to Jiang Jinjing. He almost starved me to death, his own daughter. Now that his proud daughter has been arrested for framing someone else, he turns around and starts controlling me, criticizing my choices. I am not convinced, I am very not convinced."

Jiang Jinyao leaned against her mother's chest and poured out her heart to her mother.

“Mom, you’ve sacrificed so much for the Jiang family in the past, but all these years the Jiang family has treated you as a woman who’s trying to climb up their social ladder, and they think you’re vain! I think the Jiang family is really disgusting, I hate them.”

Jiang Jinyao expressed all her dissatisfaction with the Jiang family.

Song Ting hugged Jiang Jinyao and whispered, "Yaoyao, if you think An Lude is a good person, then don't worry about your father's opinion. He can't stop you!"

“But what if Father targets An Lude if I marry him?” Jiang Jinyao couldn’t afford to gamble. “Mom, I can endure hardship with him, but An Lude has worked hard to get where he is today. What if Father threatens him and forces him to give me up?”

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