The gossipy middle-aged women who came to help put out the fire immediately started chattering amongst themselves, looking at the fire as if it were a rare sight, their eyes filled with sympathy, suspicion, and mostly amusement.

Seeing this, Su Xiulan smiled and explained to everyone on behalf of Jiang Xue: "That's not true. My sister-in-law's family was just asking my father for compensation, but they couldn't reach an agreement, so they had a little argument about divorce. She probably came back to talk about compensation, but there's no such thing as her being kicked out. Everyone, don't spread rumors. Spreading rumors can land you in the police station."

Upon hearing this, a collective gasp rippled through the crowd, and the way people looked at Jiang Xue grew increasingly strange.

"So they're going to get a divorce! They thought having a son would give them the right to demand exorbitant sums!"

"They're so shameless! They just ask for compensation, and I don't know how much they asked for. It's gotten to the point of divorce. Everyone has a baby, and it's the same for everyone. What kind of mother's family comes to ask for money after the baby is born? They're utterly shameless!"

Seeing this, Su Xiulan added fuel to the fire, her words piercing Jiang Xue's heart like knives: "It's not much, just a thousand yuan, and she even wants my father's job as compensation. My sister-in-law had a premature birth and is in poor health, so asking for some compensation seems reasonable!"

She and Su Xiangnan witnessed the whole farce that day clearly. In the end, Jiang Xue's family even tried to take advantage of Su Xiangnan's compensation money, which was extremely shameless.

The neighbor's yard has been empty for the past two days, and no one has been seen. So when Jiang Xue returned, she naturally couldn't find anyone.

Jiang Xue was both annoyed and furious. She glared fiercely at the group of gossipy old women and retorted angrily, "Mind your own business! My premature birth was their fault. What's wrong with my family supporting me and asking for some compensation? Shouldn't we be allowed to? You can't even give birth to a son, and you can't even ask for compensation. All you do is spout sour grapes!"

After saying that, she turned her head and stormed into the neighboring yard.

When they went inside, they found it deserted, with cold stoves and no one in sight.

Her face instantly turned ashen with rage!

Where have all the people gone?

Could it be that Su Xiangbei really listened to Su Dahai and wanted to divorce her?

Don't you want her and her son anymore?

Jiang Xue frantically opened the wardrobe and discovered that Su Xiangbei was missing two sets of clothes; her face immediately turned deathly pale.

The son in her arms seemed to sense his mother's unease and burst into tears.

"Cry, cry, all you do is cry! Your father doesn't want you anymore, all you do is cry, what use are you!"

But the child in her arms cried even harder, the sharp and pitiful cries echoing in the quiet room, making Jiang Xue even more agitated.

She couldn't stay any longer, so she hurriedly took her child and rushed back to her parents' home to tell them about the situation.

...

Meng Shuyun was happily shopping for clothes with her two little ones.

Gu Xue watched longingly from the side, her eyes filled with anticipation.

Su Xiumei was extremely anxious and kept trying to stop the children's shopping desires; her face was full of embarrassment.

She didn't have a single penny on her and couldn't afford such expensive clothes at all.

But looking at the children's longing eyes, she couldn't bear to leave. She turned her head away, secretly wiped away her tears, and cursed herself for being useless.

Upon seeing this, Meng Shuyun grabbed the clothes and declared boldly, "If Grandma says to buy, then we'll buy! We don't need to listen to your mother. Grandma's the one who decides here. We'll buy Xiumei's too, and we'll buy Xue'er's too!"

The shop owner, a woman, smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into slits as she deftly packed the clothes into bags.

"Four sets for children and two sets for adults. I'll give you a discount. It'll be 120 in total, but I'll round it down to 110."

The children and adults walked out of the clothing store happily, just in time to see the police officers on duty escorting a hooded man to the police station.

At this moment, a police officer recognized Meng Shuyun and ran over to ask, "Are you Ms. Meng Shuyun? Please come with us to the police station. There is a case involving you, and we hope you can cooperate with our investigation."

Meng Shuyun was stunned for a moment before she realized that the other person was probably referring to Su Xiangbei, that heartless guy.

Could that person with his head covered be Su Xiangbei?

The sudden arrival of the police to question them terrified Su Xiumei and her two daughters. They thought Meng Shuyun had committed some serious crime and was about to be arrested and taken to the police station.

"Mother, this..." Su Xiumei suddenly lost her composure and panicked.

Gu Xue, however, remained calm and said with an innocent smile, "Sister Mei, Grandma will be fine. She's just going to write her name!"

On the way, Meng Shuyun explained Gu Xue's identity to them.

Gu Xue and the two sisters got along very well, chatting and laughing all the way.

"It's nothing, I'm just going over to ask some questions. I'll be out in a bit. You guys come with me to the police station and wait for me."

Meng Shuyun quickly comforted them, knowing in her heart that they were frightened.

As soon as the group arrived at the police station, they saw Su Xiangnan and Su Dahai sitting on a bench.

Su Xiangnan remained silent, his face so gloomy it seemed as if water could drip from it.

When he saw Meng Shuyun, he suddenly pushed his wheelchair over, his eyes bloodshot, staring at her fiercely.

Where did you leave Xue'er?!

Did you kidnap Xue'er?

It must be you! How could you be so vicious? You'd do anything for money!

Give Xue'er back to me! If anything happens to Xue'er, I'll make you pay with your life!

Su Xiangnan roared hysterically, his eyes seeming to want to devour Meng Shuyun alive.

If he could stand up, he would probably have already grabbed Meng Shuyun by the neck by now.

Looking at Su Xiangnan, who was losing control of his emotions, Meng Shuyun knew exactly what he was thinking.

He must have thought that he had lost Gu Xue, just like in his previous life.

Before she could even explain, Su Xiangbei, who was being held captive, ripped off the hood from his head and gave a cold laugh.

"Xiang Nan, you don't know this yet, do you? She's the one who wanted to get rid of Gu Xue. She's only after your compensation. She tricked Gu Xue into coming here. It has nothing to do with me."

Su Xiangbei's neck veins bulged, and he let out a chilling laugh, his eyes filled with madness as he looked at Meng Shuyun.

Hmph, he knew it. Su Xiangnan had always disliked Meng Shuyun and would definitely side with him.

He was so good to his younger brother, Su Xiangnan. He called doctors for him, bought him food, and even cooked for him.

What reason would Su Xiangnan have to doubt him?

On the contrary, Meng Shuyun had ulterior motives towards Gu Xue and even used chicken to lure Gu Xue here. She was the one who tricked Gu Xue into coming here.

When he and Su Da were choosing a location, they specifically picked this place, knowing that if Su Xiumei married into the family here and something happened, they could frame Meng Shuyun.

It's obvious that Su Xiangnan dislikes Meng Shuyun.

Anyone with eyes can see it.

Meng Shuyun looked coldly at Su Xiangbei and loudly defended herself: "I didn't kidnap the person!"