“Your second brother is the one who listens to you the most. Look at what you’ve done to him all these years!” Jiang Minghe didn’t hold back with the old lady. “Since you think I’m so disobedient, then don’t count on me as your son.”

Jiang Minghe's patience with his mother had completely run out.

Grandma Jiang remained silent, but her eyes were fixed on her eldest son, filled with a strange anger that had overwhelmed her with tears. She never imagined that her usually docile eldest son would get angry at her.

"It was your choice to marry your father and to give birth to us. What is there to complain about?" Jiang Minghe looked at his mother, the daughter of a wealthy family who had remarried to Jiang's father after her husband died.

Grandma Jiang dared not speak.

Jiang Minghe, however, was well aware that her father had suffered a stroke because he was often provoked by her tone of voice.

Grandma Jiang took a deep breath, and Wang Xiaohua quickly comforted her and helped her catch her breath.

Shen Qiaoyue cleaned up the broken teacup.

"Mom, I'm home!" Da Nian said happily as he got out of the car and came into the house.

A childish voice rang out.

Shen Qiaoyue squatted down and opened her arms to hug Da Nian.

"Da Nian, where is Great-Grandma?" Shen Qiaoyue asked Da Nian gently.

"It's in the back," Da Nian said to Shen Qiaoyue, pointing behind them.

Shen Qiaoyue looked towards the door, and soon Jiang Mingjing and Lu Chen came in, with Lu Chen supporting Qin Haishi.

Seeing her aunt being brought back, Li Xiaoxiao went forward to help support her.

When Wang Xiaohua saw Jiang Mingjing, she was incredibly excited. From today onwards, this would be her home.

When Grandma Jiang saw her great-grandson, she immediately stood up from the sofa.

"This is my beloved great-grandson?" Grandma Jiang looked at her grandson and realized that she would no longer be told by others that she didn't have a great-grandson.

Shen Qiaoyue was not very happy when she saw that Grandma Jiang wanted to hug Da Nian.

Upon seeing Old Madam Jiang, Jiang Mingjing's smile vanished.

Danian was frightened when he saw the old lady who wanted to hug him, and hid behind Shen Qiaoyue.

"Am I Great-Grandma?" Old Mrs. Jiang asked, looking at Da Nian.

Shen Qiaoyue looked at Old Madam Jiang's expression; it changed so quickly.

Liu Xinlan watched from the side, feeling that she could slap Chen Qiaoyue any second.

"Grandma, Da Nian is shy, please let him get used to it first," Shen Qiaoyue said to Grandma Jiang to ease the awkwardness.

The old lady Jiang looked at Shen Qiaoyue with extreme displeasure.

Then he looked at Lu Chen.

"Lu Chen, am I Grandma?" Grandma Jiang was overjoyed ever since she learned that she had a grandson who already had a child.

I heard her grandson is a regimental commander. No wonder he's her grandson; he's so accomplished.

Lu Chen looked at Old Madam Jiang and her attitude towards his wife.

"Grandma," Lu Chen said coldly.

Grandma Jiang was overjoyed that she valued Lu Chen so much.

"Mom?" Jiang Mingjing greeted her indifferently, just like Lu Chen.

Grandma Jiang looked at her son Jiang Mingjing, then pulled Wang Xiaohua aside and said to Jiang Mingjing, "Mingjing, from today onwards, this is your wife. Her name is Wang Xiaohua, and this is Wang Xiaohua's grandson, Guoguo."

Jiang Mingjing looked at Wang Xiaohua, who appeared to be a rather simple and honest woman.

"My wife has passed away, and I have no plans to remarry." Jiang Mingjing didn't appear angry on the surface.

However, this behavior greatly angered Jiang Mingjing.

Lu Chen and Li Xiaoxiao helped Qin Haishi to sit on the sofa.

"Lu He, Fei Ming, take the children out to play for a while." Yu Qingce knew that a major battle was about to begin, and it might not be appropriate for them to stay here.

Lu He and Xu Feiming quickly took the child away.

Liu Xinlan and Qian Luoshui also took the child away.

"What are you saying? You can't marry again after you've passed away. I didn't agree to you being with that woman back then, so she's not really my Jiang family's daughter-in-law. Anyway, Xiaohua's luggage is already here, right at the door. She's staying here tonight no matter what."

In order to maintain contact with her grandsons and to gain more influence in her second son's household, Grandma Jiang found Jiang Mingjing a simple and obedient woman.

Shen Qiaoyue came in to pour water for Qin Haishi and carefully brought it to Qin Haishi.

"Mom, let's not talk about this anymore. It's the New Year, sit down." Jiang Minghe came over to help the old lady Jiang up and advised, "Mingjing is already so old, it's normal for him not to get married."

"If he won't marry her, then you'll have to. I don't care, one of you has to marry her today." Old Mrs. Jiang said, trying to demonstrate her authority.

"Do you really think you're the Empress Dowager, that whatever you say goes? I don't know where you get the courage." Jiang Jinyao couldn't stand it anymore. "Saying these things makes you a laughing stock. This feudal legacy has long been abandoned. I don't know what you're so arrogant about! You're already this age, why don't you just enjoy your life instead of causing trouble here, alienating people and making a fool of yourself?"

"Yao Yao, speak less." Jiang Minghe stopped Jiang Jinyao.

Shen Qiaoyue also pulled Jiang Jinyao aside, signaling with her eyes that she should stop talking.

Everyone should just do what they're supposed to do; this isn't the first time something like this has happened.

Neither Shen Qiaoyue nor Lu Chen spoke.

Shen Qiaoyue finally understood that Old Madam Jiang wanted the whole world to revolve around her.

On New Year's Eve, they just have to have a fight to feel comfortable.

After hearing Jiang Jinyao's words, Old Mrs. Jiang angrily pointed at Jiang Jinyao and cursed, "Who do you think you are? How dare you talk about my affairs? If I had known you would talk like this, I should have drowned myself the moment you were born!"

After finishing her rant, Grandma Jiang was still not satisfied. Pointing at Jiang Jinyao, she continued to berate her: "You worthless thing! You didn't even invite me to your wedding. Do you even respect me as your grandmother? You have no manners at all. I don't know how your mother raised you all these years."

"Don't mention my mother. Let me tell you, look what you did to her back then. She's already dead. What more do you want?" Jiang Jinyao was enraged by these words and angrily pointed at the old lady Jiang, cursing her.

Shen Qiaoyue pulled Jiang Jinyao along.

Jiang Jinyao was so angry that she couldn't control herself and wanted to go up and yell at him and slap him a few times.

Grandma Jiang and Jiang Jinyao grew increasingly annoyed with each other.

"Stop arguing," Jiang Minghe said loudly.

Grandma Jiang waited for Jiang Minghe to see what was going on. Since she couldn't vent her anger on Jiang Jinyao, she angrily scolded Jiang Minghe, "Jiang Minghe, how did you raise your daughter? She starts talking back to me as soon as she sees me."

"Did I teach my own daughter? Wasn't it you who taught her? Didn't you say you taught her very well? You taught my daughter to the point of being hospitalized and almost letting her starve to death. Isn't it normal for her to talk to you like this?" Jiang Minghe wasn't unaware of his daughter's suffering, but there was simply no solution now.

On one side is her biological daughter, and on the other side is her biological mother.

Now that his daughter has lost her mother's protection, what will Jiang Jinyao do if he, as her father, doesn't protect her?

"Have I ever lacked her food or clothing?" Old Mrs. Jiang argued guiltily.

"Don't you need a mother?" Jiang Minghe angrily questioned. "If you don't, how did my daughter end up in the hospital? Do I need to show you the original diagnosis records? If you weren't my biological mother, would I sue you for child abuse?"