Sensing her sudden drop in mood, Wang Wenfeng squatted down and looked into her eyes: "Well, you have good taste!" He had just glanced at the furniture and found that most of it was made of solid materials, and several pieces were probably old items, just slightly covered up.

Looking at the face that had suddenly appeared so close to hers, Zhan Chunlan was somewhat dazed: "Does anyone praise themselves like that?"

"Hmm?" Wang Wenfeng was a little confused. Which sentence did I say that praised myself? Then he saw his own reflection in Zhan Chunlan's eyes. "Yes, you have a good eye, but it's just a little bit worse than mine."

Zhan Chunlan suddenly understood what he meant, and felt her face burning. Wasn't it said that people in this era were very reserved? How could he be so clever?

Seeing her face turn red to her ears, he chuckled, turned around, went to the drawer, took out two things and handed them to Zhan Chunlan: "This is all the money I've saved up over the years. It's all in here. I'll entrust it to you for safekeeping from now on."

Zhan Chunlan opened her bankbook and flipped through it: "Wow~ your salary is so high? There's over five thousand yuan in this account, are you willing to spend it?"

"There's nothing to be reluctant about. Use the money whenever you need it, and you can keep it."

"Alright! Then I won't stand on ceremony with you."

In the evening, after seeing off the guests, the Wang family sat down together for dinner.

This was the first time Zhan Chunlan had met all the members of the Wang family. The eldest brother's family had three children, the second sister's family had two children, and with the adults, there were a total of 14 people. It was quite a lively scene.

Everyone was very enthusiastic towards Zhan Chunlan, but the expression on her sister-in-law's face was a bit strange. Sometimes she seemed to be smiling but not really, and other times she would force a big, stiff smile, which was quite unsettling to look at.

"I heard your hometown is Jiangcheng, so your parents must treat you very well. Your aunt has only been here for two or three days and she's already prepared so much dowry for you!" Tan Shuang put a piece of food into the eldest son Wang Zhiyuan's bowl and said this somewhat casually. She wanted to see how Zhan Chunlan would explain the dowry issue and whether she would shamelessly attribute all of this dowry to her mother.

Hearing her words, all the adults at the table frowned. Even the youngest, Wang Wenchuan, knew that his second sister-in-law didn't have a good relationship with the family. How could his eldest sister-in-law say such things in public?

Zhan Chunlan's straight back suddenly bent, and the smile on her face turned into sorrow. Fang Li felt extremely sorry for her and was about to change the subject when she heard her say, "Sigh~ I was unloved by my parents at home. I saved up all my dowry little by little by myself. Brother Wenfeng doesn't mind that I come from a small place, and I don't want to embarrass him." At this point, Zhan Chunlan paused and looked at Wang Wenfeng affectionately, "I'm not afraid to say it. Ever since we got together, I've been preparing my own dowry."

That one glance sent chills down Wang Wenfeng's spine and raised goosebumps all over his body. He had never seen Zhan Chunlan act so affectedly before, and it was truly terrifying.

Fang Li took it seriously and lovingly placed a piece of braised pork on Zhan Chunlan's plate: "It's okay, they don't like it, but I do. From now on, I'll be your mother. If they don't love you, I will!"

Looking at Fang Li's expression, Tan Shuang felt that she was faking it again, just putting on a show. She thought, "I'll see how long you can keep up this act."

Moreover, Zhan Chunlan is incredibly shameless. Although she didn't attribute the dowry prepared by her second brother to her parents, she claimed it was prepared by herself! She even cultivated a pitiful yet resilient image! It's infuriating!

"Here, this is your favorite spare rib." Seeing that she was about to say something, Wang Wenshan immediately put a spare rib on her plate. He then looked at his two daughters sitting next to her, who were eating white rice obediently, and said to her, "Sumei and Suju are just eating white rice. Could you put some spare ribs, braised pork, and shrimp on their plates?"

Tan Shuang was only happy that Wang Wenshan was putting food on her plate, so she happily ate the food in her own bowl. As for her two daughters, she just casually put a couple of pieces of food into their bowls and then ignored them. On the contrary, when she saw that her son hadn't eaten any shrimp, she reached out and put several pieces of shrimp on his plate.

Wang Wenfang couldn't stand the way she only had eyes for her son. She was a woman herself, so why was she still practicing such sexist ideas? Neither her family nor her older brother were those kinds of people!

"Zhiyuan is eleven years old now. He can eat whatever he wants on his own. He doesn't need you to take care of him, sister-in-law. You should take better care of the two younger ones. As their aunt, I know that Sumei doesn't like eggs and Suju doesn't like tofu. Look at you, you're doing this on purpose, aren't you?"

Tan Shuang glanced at the chives and eggs in Su Mei's bowl and the Mapo Tofu in Su Ju's bowl, and blushed slightly: "Oh dear, I didn't notice just now. Besides, children shouldn't be picky eaters."

Wang Wenfang was genuinely amused and exasperated: "You tell the child not to be picky about food, but why don't you eat fish yourself? Is it because you're not picky about food?"

Tan Shuang was repeatedly humiliated by her, and her eyes immediately reddened. She whispered, "I...this fish...I..."

Seeing that she was stammering and couldn't give a clear answer, Wang Wenshan quickly stepped in to smooth things over: "Your sister-in-law really doesn't like eating fish. What's the big deal? If she doesn't like it, she doesn't have to eat it."

After saying that, he took his rice bowl and walked over to his two daughters, picking the eggs and tofu from their bowls and putting them into his own. He then scooped a few spoonfuls of tomato beef and a few pieces of ribs for them before returning to his seat to continue eating.

The two children, Su Mei, 8 years old, and Su Ju, 6 years old, are both very well-behaved. Although their mother had just picked out some dishes they didn't like, they didn't make a fuss and were prepared to finish them. But their father took away all the dishes they didn't like and gave them their favorite beef and ribs, which made them eat even more happily. Along with the tomato soup, the two girls also had a small bowl of rice and ate it all up, which made the adults very happy.

After returning home from the party, Tan Shuang was a little unhappy: "Your mom and your sister don't like me. Every time I go to their house, they make me feel embarrassed."

Wang Wenshan, however, did not agree with her: "They don't dislike you, but you should be more careful when you speak, and not say whatever comes to mind."

"You have to be careful what you say at home. You can't just say whatever comes to mind. What kind of behavior is that?" Tan Shuang couldn't understand. Why should family members have to be careful about what they say, since it's not like they're socializing with outsiders? "Besides, I've thought about what I said today many times!"

Wang Wenshan was speechless: "Why are you talking about dowry in front of your sister-in-law today? She just got married and hasn't fully integrated yet. You're the eldest sister-in-law, you should help her integrate into this family, not embarrass her!"

"Wasn't I praising her? She has such a generous dowry, isn't it a great honor for others to praise her?" Although Tan Shuang knew that she didn't mean to praise her when she said that, she would never admit it.

"Then you can just talk about the dowry. Why did you mention her mother? Didn't I tell you before I left that you shouldn't mention her family in front of your sister-in-law? Why did you still bring it up?"

“I thought you were telling me not to speak ill of her family, but I was praising her and her mother, I wasn’t talking nonsense.” Tan Shuang retorted stubbornly, and when she saw that Wang Wenshan was about to say something, she interrupted him, “Today, I see that she’s not as innocent as you all say.”

Wang Wenshan frowned: "Where did you get that idea?"

"Dowry!" Tan Shuang said this with particular self-righteousness: "She must have persuaded her second brother to buy that dowry for her. During the meal, she even said without batting an eye that she had prepared it herself."

After saying that, she looked at Wang Wenshan with great regret: "Why didn't I think of that back then?"