Upon hearing Luo Yingzi's words, Peng Cuiying immediately glared at Jiang Qiaoqiao with a warning look.

If Luo Yingzi and Jiang Yong'an were to go for a walk alone to digest their food, and the news spread throughout the village, it would be considered a confirmation that Luo Yingzi and Jiang Yong'an were dating.

But if Huo Beixiao and Jiang Qiaoqiao were to come along, it would just be a few young people taking a walk together, and there wouldn't be much for outsiders to gossip about.

Jiang Qiaoqiao received Peng Cuiying's look and found it somewhat amusing.

Peng Cuiying still doesn't understand her own position.

She turned her head and met Luo Yingzi's eager gaze.

However, although Luo Yingzi seems carefree, she is actually someone who listens to advice.

She only gave a brief hint at the meal, and Luo Yingzi immediately realized what was happening and became wary.

So when she met Huo Beixiao's questioning gaze, she agreed without hesitation: "Sure, I'd love to see what Beixiao's childhood home is like."

Huo Beixiao looked at her with deep eyes full of tenderness, "Okay."

In this day and age, people are still quite conservative. Even if two people are married or dating, they rarely walk side by side; they usually walk one in front of the other.

After the four of them walked out of the Luo family's courtyard, Jiang Qiaoqiao and Luo Yingzi naturally walked in front together, while Huo Beixiao and Jiang Yong'an walked behind together.

Peng Cuiying, still somewhat unwilling, chased after Luo Yingzi to take a look. Seeing Luo Yingzi walking with Jiang Qiaoqiao, she instantly gritted her teeth in hatred, "That little bitch Jiang Qiaoqiao, why is she everywhere!"

"What are you chirping about again?" Jiang Jiahua's voice was unusually stern as he lowered it.

Peng Cuiying didn't think much of it and blurted out, "Look at that little bitch Jiang Qiaoqiao..."

"Shut up!" Jiang Jiahua's face instantly darkened. He gritted his teeth and lowered his voice, "I'm telling you, from now on, you're not allowed to say a single bad word about Qiaoqiao. Even if Qiaoqiao gets angry and wants to slap you or me, you have to offer your face to her and praise her for it! Understand?"

Peng Cuiying was indignant. "Are you out of your mind? No matter what, she's my daughter, and I can't..."

Before she could finish speaking, under Jiang Jiahua's fierce gaze, her voice grew softer and softer...

Seeing that she was being sensible, Jiang Jiahua only warned, "You'd better remember what I said today."

After saying that, he still didn't quite trust Peng Cuiying, so he added to explain the reasons to her, "Think about it, the eldest and second eldest sons are in politics and the military respectively. They both need to be honest and upright and set an example."

But life requires money, and if they don't have money, they need someone to help them. Do you think the third brother, in his current state, can support his two older brothers in the future?

Peng Cuiying also knew that, given Jiang Yong'an's personality, it would be good if he didn't continue to fawn over the eldest and second eldest sons.

But she still grumbled indignantly, "Isn't there Ranran? Didn't you believe Ranran when she said Qin Haiyang would become the richest man in the future?"

Jiang Jiahua glared at her. "It's all just talk, how can we believe it completely? I don't know what will happen to Qin Haiyang in the future, but Huo Beixiao has made a lot of money since he bought the cement factory. As long as we can get rid of the estrangement between us in Qiaoqiao's heart, she will be the money bag for the eldest and second eldest brothers from now on."

Even if you don't think about the eldest and second sons, think about ourselves. The eldest and second sons' wives are from higher social classes than ours. When you get old, go live with the eldest and second sons. Will their wives be able to take care of you as their mother-in-law?

"Think back to when Qiaoqiao was on good terms with us, how well she treated you!"

When Jiang Jiahua thought about it, Peng Cuiying recalled the days when Jiang Qiaoqiao served her, and she was genuinely tempted.

She gritted her teeth, swallowed her anger, and said, "Fine, I won't talk about her anymore."

*

Luo Yingzi followed Jiang Qiaoqiao for quite a while, and saw Huo Beixiao and Jiang Yong'an following behind them, still quite a distance away.

He then lowered his voice, somewhat embarrassed, and said to Jiang Qiaoqiao, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry! I thought you and Brother Beixiao were... you..."

"It's alright, ignorance is no excuse, I don't blame you," Jiang Qiaoqiao said with a smile.

Luo Yingzi visibly breathed a sigh of relief. "That's great."

"Sister-in-law, can you tell me why you said those things during the meal?" Luo Yingzi asked.

Jiang Yiran overheard Jiang Yong'an's concern that she wouldn't be able to take good care of herself while pregnant at home alone.

At that time, she silently gave Jiang Yong'an extra points in her heart.

It's surprising that Jiang Yong'an is so concerned about and takes such good care of Jiang Yiran, his adopted sister who has no blood relation to him, even though she is pregnant.

I will definitely be more considerate and caring towards my wife in the future.

But Jiang Qiaoqiao's words at the dinner table puzzled her.

Jiang Qiaoqiao is clearly his biological sister, so why is Jiang Yong'an so good to his adopted sister but so bad to his biological sister?

Jiang Qiaoqiao said those things to Luo Yingzi because she wanted to ruin the marriage.

Now that Luo Yingzi had asked her, she didn't embellish the story, but simply told her the truth about what she knew Jiang Yong'an had done for Jiang Yiran.

This includes the fact that Jiang Yong'an borrowed money at exorbitant interest rates for Jiang Yiran.

Luo Yingzi's face turned pale when she heard the last part.

She was somewhat incredulous and stammered, "Comrade Jiang, do you not only treat that adopted sister as a younger sister?"

"I don't know about that," Jiang Qiaoqiao said truthfully. "I can only tell you the objective facts. As for what Jiang Yong'an is thinking, I don't know."

Luo Yingzi bit her lip, hesitated for a while, and then said gratefully to Jiang Qiaoqiao, "Sister-in-law, I understand, thank you."

The four of them wandered around the village for about half an hour before returning to the Luo family home.

During this time, Luo Yingzi did not take the initiative to approach Jiang Yong'an, and Jiang Yong'an looked anxious, obviously thinking about something, and would not take the initiative to approach Luo Yingzi.

So the two of them didn't exchange a single word from beginning to end.

Huo Beixiao, on the other hand, kept telling Jiang Qiaoqiao about what he did when he was a child, in what places.

When he saw a section of broken wall that had collapsed halfway, Huo Beixiao's deep gaze fell on it, but he remained silent for a long time.

Jiang Qiaoqiao quietly stayed by his side.

After a long while, Huo Beixiao calmly said, "This is the house I lived in with my maternal grandfather when I was a child."

Jiang Qiaoqiao grew up in the countryside and could immediately tell what kind of house it was from the structure of the broken walls.

It was a cowshed from that special era!

Although Jiang Qiaoqiao did not participate in the struggles of that era, she had seen and knew how miserable those who were sent down to the countryside and lived in cowsheds were.

Every few days, a large number of people would break into their home, beating and smashing things. No child would not be afraid of such a scene.

She couldn't even imagine how Huo Beixiao had gotten through his childhood.

She gently grasped Huo Beixiao's large hand. "It's alright, it's all over now."