"Where's my money? Give it back!" Xiao Jin cried out anxiously.

"You! What do you want to do with so much money? I haven't settled accounts with you yet!" Deng Jianyan remembered this matter and had time to deal with her. Xiao Jin was so scared that she hid behind Zhou Yue and refused to come out.

"Oh my, look how amazing our daughter-in-law is! I thought we couldn't live in this building anymore, but she's back now. That's great! Here, let me make you some pickles, eat up!" Grandma Hanhan walked in carrying a small dish of ginger-flavored pickles that Qin Xiaoyu loves.

"I don't want to eat it, thank you. I'm afraid it might be poisoned." Qin Xiaoyu coldly pushed it away.

"What are you saying? Would I poison you? You've wronged me!" Grandma Hanhan's face flushed red and then turned pale, she was a little embarrassed. She sat down awkwardly at the table and picked up her chopsticks.

"I heard that Bai Weiwei suddenly got news on the last day that we were going to acquire the property certificates of 50 homeowners. That's why she immediately brought money to disrupt things. You explain to me, who leaked this information?" Qin Xiaoyu stared at Grandma Hanhan so hard she wished she could disappear into the ground.

Now that things had come to this, everyone in the family understood. Hanhan's grandfather looked ashen-faced, holding his head and remaining silent.

Clang! Grandma Hanhan's chopsticks fell onto the table, and she quickly picked them up.

"Why are you looking at me? Who can I tell?"

"You know perfectly well who you told."

"Ah, maybe it's my mouth, I accidentally let it slip. You're short of money, right? I saw that everyone else had given money, but we didn't, and I felt bad about it, so I went out to borrow some." Grandma Hanhan was sweating profusely as she made up her excuse.

"I don't care who you can tell, but this family can no longer tolerate you. You should leave." Qin Xiaoyu had made up her mind and would not soften her heart again.

"You can't be heartless! I only blurted it out because I wanted to lend you money. I'm not leaving. If you want to leave, let Wenwen come back and kick me out!" Grandma Hanhan started throwing a tantrum.

Grandpa Hanhan suddenly stood up, strode over, grabbed her by the back of the neck, and dragged her off the chair, making her cry out in pain.

"You old fool, what are you doing arguing with me? Plead for me!" Grandma Hanhan clung to the chair, refusing to let go.

Grandpa Hanhan, I don't know where he got the strength, threw him and the chair out in one breath.

Everyone in the room sat quietly, and no one spoke.

No one knows what method Grandpa Hanhan used, but Grandma Hanhan really did disappear the next day. Qin Xiaoyu changed the locks on every door.

Tang Wenwen received the news a week later, after Hanhan's grandmother called Shanghai in tears, using some unknown method.

“Sister-in-law, I support you. Although she is my mother, I will send her living expenses, but I will not let her stay in the Tang family and harm people anymore. You can do it with peace of mind.”

The grape trellis was rebuilt, and construction resumed. Qin Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xiaoyu, I still don't understand. How did you find a turning point so quickly? This matter shouldn't be so easy to investigate." Uncle San still couldn't understand Qin Xiaoyu's sudden change of heart.

"Sometimes, it also depends on luck, like having a benefactor," Qin Xiaoyu said with a grin.

The turmoil subsided, and it was already mid-May, with the weather warming up.

A Lei didn't ask Qin Xiaoyu about it on the phone, so she didn't know if he knew the situation.

If it weren't for Wang Lei holding them together, they might have already broken off their relationship. Thinking about this, Qin Xiaoyu felt a chill.

However, there was one good thing: having learned her lesson, Qin Xiaoyu found her two children. She tried to schedule her work as much as possible, making sure she was home whenever the children were out of school or on weekends.

Over the weekend, I went to the river with Commander Zhou and Grandpa Hanhan, along with a few children. Although her fishing skills weren't great and she ended up covered in bites, the distance between her and Hanhan and her younger sister was gradually fading.

"Mother……"

The grass by the river was fresh and green, but slippery and wet. My little sister slipped and fell in, her clothes covered in mud, her hands sticky and helpless. She asked her friend for help.

"Oh no!" Qin Xiaoyu panicked and rushed down to save the person, but her foot slipped and she also fell down. She couldn't stop herself and kicked her younger sister, and the two of them slid down another floor.

Grandpa Hanhan happened to be nearby and rushed over to catch his little sister, preventing her from falling into the river.

Commander Zhou and Hanhan ran over, their steps uneven, as they went.

When Zhou Xing's mother saw the group of people who had returned, all of them covered in mud, she was furious and kept complaining, scolding the older ones and then the younger ones.

After cursing for a while, he suddenly laughed when he looked again.

That's how life goes, isn't it?

"Uncle Lei loves to break the ice on the river to catch fish," Hanhan suddenly said.

Commander Zhou's face instantly darkened, and Zhou Xing's mother also sighed.

"Little Fish, are you going to Guangzhou or not?"

"Mom, I..." Qin Xiaoyu had run out of courage. After such a serious incident, A Lei hadn't shown any concern; he must have completely let go. Why should she keep pestering him?

She still had a small hope: that when Wang Lei returned safely, he would have A Lei by his side. So, as Tang Fengqin counted the days, she also silently counted them in her heart. But she knew best how slim that hope was.

The house has returned to its usual lively atmosphere, with everyone gathered for dinner.

"Little Fish, you know what, your method really works. Tang Hu's grades have improved so much that even the teachers are scared. They came to me asking what the secret was. When I told them, they were afraid I'd beat them to death." Tang Hu's mother was becoming more and more sensible at home. She was more down-to-earth, willing to study, and spoke much more clearly.

"Wow, what were your scores? All 100s?" Zhou Xing's mother asked in surprise.

Tang Hu's scores used to be in the single digits, how did they become several hundred?

"His teacher said that just because a child's grades aren't good doesn't mean he should be beaten to death; we should reason with him," Tang Hu's mother continued with a grin. "I said, 'His aunt said that if he doesn't do well on the test, she won't let us move upstairs.' Do you think he should be beaten to death for doing poorly on the test?"

"Mom, stop talking." Tang Hu was all grown up and knew how to be shy, so he glared at his mother with dissatisfaction.

"I'm so happy, who knew I'd live to see my son get a perfect score on a test!" Tang Hu's mother said, wiping away tears.

“The Tang family’s ancestral graves are emitting auspicious smoke; how could there be any cowards among them?” the wife said.

"That's right, I still remember that Longlong always got a perfect score..." Grandpa Hanhan originally wanted to agree with his wife, but he didn't expect to hit Tang Long's sore spot about not going to university.

"It's all fleeting," Tang Long said with a nonchalant smile.

Qin Xiaoyu understood that only when a person is confident are they unafraid of having their shortcomings exposed. The Tang Long of today is not the same as before.

Like last time at his uncle's place, Tang Long didn't appear as a collector, did he?

"Brother, could you bring me some things from Hong Kong again?" Tang Fengqin remembered.

"Make me a list of what you want." Tang Long always doted on his younger sister and indulged her every whim.

"Bring me some cosmetics too, please," said Sister-in-law Si with a grin.

“Sure, write down what Auntie wants. I can’t remember what you want, so I’ll just buy it anyway,” Tang Long said to his fourth sister-in-law with a smile.