“I saw Su-won when she was in college here. She was much prettier then,” Mrs. Zeng said, noticing that Zhang Dahai’s wife was being ignored.

"Thank you." So-won was already being careful, but when she suddenly heard her name mentioned, her hand trembled and she almost dropped her fork. Joo-woo glared at her with displeasure.

“If you come once, you’ll stay with me for a few more days.” Mrs. Zeng turned to Mrs. Fang.

"I'll follow the children whenever they leave."

"Grandma wants to stay a few more days, so we'll stay and keep you company," Qin Xiaoyu said with a smile.

“Great! There are many old friends here. It’s rare for us to come out, so let’s meet them all,” Mrs. Fang said with a beaming smile.

"So you only dote on your grandson, and you dote on his wife too." Madam Zeng realized Qin Xiaoyu's status in the Fang family.

"She deserves to be loved, after all," Mrs. Fang said, praising her without reservation.

Then look at the mother and her two children on the table; they look like sworn enemies, and it's just awkward to look at them.

After the meal, Madam Zeng pulled Madam Fang to the tea room in the back to select tea, presumably because she had many tea collections and wanted to show them off.

Su-won quickly got up and went to the bathroom. Zhang Dahai followed her out, looking like he had something to say. Only Zhu Yuzhen and Qin Xiaoyu were left, and a sense of unease filled the air.

"I heard Qin Xiaoye is in Guangzhou. Don't let her contact Dahai anymore. Dahai already has a family. She should know what shame is." Zhu Yuzhen was indeed looking for trouble.

"I won't contact her. I know Xiao Ye's personality; she keeps her word," Qin Xiaoyu said calmly and confidently.

"Ha, what a man of his word. Sounds like an upright person, but his actions are utterly despicable." Zhu Yuzhen sneered, and Qin Xiaoyu's face flushed red as if she had been slapped. It was time to set the record straight for Qin Xiaoye.

“Madam Zhu, although Xiao Ye was at fault first, it is not your place to criticize her.”

"Oh? It's not my turn yet? Why?" Zhu Yuzhen never expected Qin Xiaoyu to dare to talk back so directly, and asked sharply.

"Because this lie wasn't told by just one person, Xiao Ye has already received the punishment she deserved, her reputation ruined, and she's even lost her life and reputation. But Zhang Dahai, he's washed his hands clean, wiped his mouth after eating, and is living too carefree, isn't he?" Qin Xiaoyu sneered.

"It seems you sisters are all cut from the same cloth, lying without batting an eye. Da Hai knew nothing about it; he swore an oath to me. Don't make false accusations."

"Really? Your good son was unaware? What if he begged Xiaoye to lie with him?" Qin Xiaoyu gently stroked the velvet cushion on the sofa. It turned dark when rubbed and light when rubbed back. That's how things are in this world, black or white, irreconcilable.

"Impossible! That's the child I raised, how could he lie! Bring him here for a confrontation!" Zhu Yuzhen suddenly stood up.

"Confront him? Do you think he'll admit it? If he had the guts, he would have said it already!" Qin Xiaoyu had never seen such an unreasonable person before, and her tone rose.

"Don't be so impulsive, be gentle, don't scare our Xiaoyu." Madam Fang came out from behind, her face not looking good. "Dahai is a boy I've watched grow up. He's made every mistake a boy should make. As for how he became a model student in your eyes, you probably lack insight, or you're just pretending. Xiaoyu didn't lie about this. If you want the truth, just come with me."

Madam Fang spoke without holding back, leaving Zhu Yuzhen no time to hesitate, and pulled her away.

Zhu Yuzhen, not understanding the reasoning, followed her to the small flower hall at the back.

Qin Xiaoyu didn't know what evidence Madam Fang had, but she was always steady, accurate, and ruthless in her actions, so trusting her was the right thing to do.

After arguing with Zhu Yuzhen for a few moments, she became a little agitated. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, she quickly whispered something to comfort Xiao Jiajia.

"Jiajia, don't be afraid, Mommy isn't angry with you. Some people are disgusting, Mommy will try her best to control herself..."

"Little Fish, where's my mom?" Zhang Dahai barged in.

"Go to the back, huh?" Qin Xiaoyu was too lazy to talk to him and wanted to go find Madam Fang, but Zhang Dahai blocked her way and wouldn't let her go.

"How is Xiao Ye doing? I miss her!" Zhang Dahai immediately revealed his true colors when he saw that it was just the two of them.

"Do you even want this? Haven't you hurt her enough? If you ever dare to contact her again, I'll kill you." Qin Xiaoyu said ruthlessly, her voice dark and menacing.

"I'll give her some money so she can live a good life. I'm really helpless now. I owe her, and I'll try my best to make it up to her!" Slow footsteps came from the corridor. It must be Su Yuan returning. Zhang Dahai became even more anxious.

"If you want to make it up to her, tell your mother the truth now. You knew the truth back then, and you begged her to lie for you!" Qin Xiaoyu pressed her hard.

"You have no idea how terrible my mother is. If she knew... I'd be dead. Consider it a debt I owe Xiaoye, I'll pay it back, really..." The door opened, and Suyuan stood in the doorway with red eyes, probably because Zhang Dahai had scolded her until she cried.

"Only a blind person would marry you. I'm so glad Xiao Ye left you early. You can stay with your disgusting mother and stop harming others!" Qin Xiaoyu thought he was truly disgusting.

The doors to the flower hall opened, and Madam Fang walked out, followed by Zhu Yuzhen, whose face was pale.

"Mom, let's go back. Suyuan isn't feeling well." Zhang Dahai was eager to leave this troublesome place and shifted the blame to Suyuan again, probably because he was used to doing so.

Zhu Yuzhen walked up to him and slapped him hard across the face. Zhang Dahai was stunned. He looked at where Zhu Yuzhen had come from, then suddenly realized what had happened and hurriedly explained, "Mom, you've misunderstood, it's not like that, let me explain..."

Zhu Yuzhen didn't even glance at him, nor did she greet the host, and walked straight out the door, with Zhang Dahai and Suyuan following closely behind her.

The torn skin on their faces was bloody and unsightly. Qin Xiaoyu felt a surge of satisfaction; let the mother and daughter disgust each other, it was a way of venting Qin Xiaoye's anger.

"You're still so mischievous. Do you remember when we were little, we used to play the living room secrets here?" Mrs. Zeng also came out from the flower hall, holding a can of black tea in her hands.

"Grandma, you're amazing! I thought you had some evidence."

"If you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place. Actually, she probably already knew, but she just didn't dare to face it."

"It's pitiful that Su-won married into their family. She's a good girl, not very clever, but not stupid either. Now she's terrified and can't even speak properly." Mrs. Zeng walked to the window and watched their car drive away, sighing.

“他们活着真累，为了一张面子，到底要牺牲多少？”秦小鱼叹口气。

可是转念一想，朱玉真也算有先见之明，要真是娶了小叶，她那便宜爹娘，也不会给他们好果子吃的。