"Pearl?" Zhou Bingchen looked at Zhao Zhenzhu with a questioning gaze.

"Zhou Bingchen, this place is like a dragon's den or a tiger's lair. I... don't really want to go in," Zhao Zhenzhu said softly.

Zhao Zhenzhu began to doubt herself. Was it right or wrong for her to come back with Zhou Bingchen for a few days?

Ding Ermei's meanness and Zhou Fugui's hypocrisy disgusted Zhao Zhenzhu.

She should choose to stay away from people and things that make her uncomfortable.

"Pearl, even if it's a den of dragons and tigers, you'll come with me today, okay? I need your help with something very important," Zhou Bingchen asked softly.

Zhao Zhenzhu glanced at Zhou Bingchen and sneered inwardly.

Accompanying Zhou Bingchen into the lion's den? He's dreaming.

Husbands and wives are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately.

If it weren't for the space that allowed her to protect herself, Zhao Zhenzhu would definitely have run away if she encountered danger, instead of accompanying Zhou Bingchen to face the difficulties together.

“Pearls?” Zhou Bingchen asked.

"Let's go." Zhao Zhenzhu started walking.

Since we're here, let's make the best of it.

Zhou Bingchen is in trouble, and Zhao Zhenzhu also needs an opportunity—an opportunity to break with the Zhou family.

With a big smile on his face, Zhou Bingchen took Zhao Zhenzhu's hand and led her into the house.

Ding Xiaocui was standing in front of the door, eating sunflower seeds.

Seeing Zhou Bingchen and Zhao Zhenzhu walking over hand in hand, Ding Xiaocui found it very annoying.

"Tsk... Third sister-in-law, the girls in your town are really delicate, needing men to help them walk. You've become even more precious after going out, haven't you? Third brother has really had a lot of trouble marrying you." Ding Xiaocui said, pursing her lips.

Ding Xiaocui did it on purpose.

Ding Xiaocui had always disliked Zhao Zhenzhu. She thought Zhao Zhenzhu was just a little fairer-skinned, had a little bigger eyes, a little higher nose bridge, a little better skin, and a little nicer voice than her... that was all.

They're all women, so why does Zhou Bingchen look down on her? Yet, despite Ding Ermei's objections, he insists on marrying Zhao Zhenzhu.

Ding Xiaocui felt that Zhou Bingchen marrying Zhao Zhenzhu had caused her immense pain.

Ding Xiaocui had feelings for Zhou Bingchen back then.

Zhou Bingchen is handsome, and the Zhou family is much better off than the Ding family.

When Ding Xiaocui learned that Ding Ermei wanted her to marry Zhou Bingchen and move into the Zhou family home in advance, she disregarded her parents' objections, packed a few clothes, and went to live in the Zhou family home.

As a result, Ding Xiaocui worked for the Zhou family for a year. Zhou Bingchen, upon hearing that cousins ​​couldn't marry, slipped away early the next morning.

Fortunately, Ding Xiaocui was quick-witted and didn't place all her hopes on Zhou Bingchen.

During the year she lived in the Zhou family home, Ding Xiaocui told Zhou Bingxing many times that she actually liked Zhou Bingxing and was not willing to marry Zhou Bingchen at all.

After Zhou Bingchen, the "big fish," escaped, Ding Xiaocui hurriedly used sweet words to coax Zhou Bingxing into marrying her, thus avoiding being sent back to the Ding family by Ding Ermei.

Thinking back on the past, Ding Xiaocui felt a burning hatred for Zhou Bingchen.

Previously, Ding Xiaocui had been trying to bully Zhao Zhenzhu, partly to avenge Zhou Bingchen's "refusal to marry" from back then.

"Do you live by the sea?" Zhao Zhenzhu rolled her eyes at Ding Xiaocui and asked.

"Huh?" Ding Xiaocui didn't understand.

"You're really meddling! Even the police in the Pacific Ocean don't meddle as much as you do," Zhao Zhenzhu said, giving Ding Xiaocui a disdainful look.

Ding Xiaocui was dumbfounded. She wanted to ask where the Pacific Ocean was, but she was afraid of being ridiculed by Zhao Zhenzhu.

"Ding Xiaocui, instead of wasting your time gossiping, you should go take a shower. You smell like a stinker," Zhao Zhenzhu said, sniffing the air.

After saying that, she grabbed Zhou Bingchen's hand, quickened her pace, went back into the house, closed the door, and bolted it all in one go.

"You, you, you..." Ding Xiaocui pointed angrily at Zhao Zhenzhu's room door, too angry to know what to say.

Zhao Zhenzhu said she smelled like farts, so is that an insult, like her talking is like farting? Right?

Hearing the commotion outside, Chen Jinfeng muttered to herself, "Idiot!"

Chen Jinfeng overheard the entire exchange between Ding Ermei and Zhao Zhenzhu from inside the house.

With Zhou Bingchen protecting her, even Ding Ermei, as the mother-in-law, couldn't get a good word with Zhao Zhenzhu. Ding Xiaocui even went up to invite a scolding; she deserved it!

Inside the room, Zhao Zhenzhu stood with her hands on her hips and demanded, "Zhou Bingchen, you'd better confess right now! How did you offend Ding Xiaocui in the past?"

Over the past few years, Zhao Zhenzhu has heard Ding Xiaocui talk a lot about what happened when she lived in the Zhou family's house.

Zhao Zhenzhu thought that Ding Xiaocui often lived at the Zhou family's house when she was a child, after all, they were cousins!

Zhou Bingchen is a boy, so it's not surprising that he was mischievous and bullied Ding Xiaocui when they were young. For example, he might have put caterpillars on Ding Xiaocui's head.

"No, I really didn't!" Zhou Bingchen hurriedly denied.

"That shouldn't be! You didn't offend her, so why does she act like she's seeing an enemy every time she sees me? Before, she would go behind your back and badmouth me to your mother, saying all sorts of things about me. Now, she's saying to your face that I'm spoiled and that you married a troublesome wife. Does she think nothing's wrong?" Zhao Zhenzhu looked puzzled.

"I really haven't offended her. Even if I have, it's probably just that women are petty." Zhou Bingchen didn't dare continue the topic and hurriedly grabbed the bundle on the bed, asking, "Pearl, let me help you pack! Should we put the clothes in the closet or the suitcase?"

"Don't make trouble, I'll do it myself." Zhao Zhenzhu waved Zhou Bingchen's hand away.

In Zhao Zhenzhu's packed bundle, there were not only changes of clothes, but also more than a dozen scraps of cloth.

It was brought back by Zhao Zhenzhu to make a new type of hair accessory.

Zhao Zhenzhu isn't going to be working this time she's back. She'll be making more samples in her spare time.

After selling regular hair ties for a while, we'll start launching new products.

"Pearl, you can take your time packing. I'm going to talk to my dad about something," Zhou Bingchen said after a moment's hesitation.

Actually, Zhou Bingchen wanted to tell Zhao Zhenzhu about his two strange dreams.

However, seeing how busy Zhao Zhenzhu was, Zhou Bingchen didn't want to disturb her. He was torn between these two thoughts!

"Zhou Bingchen, you're not really going to drink with your dad, are you? Your injury hasn't healed yet!" Zhao Zhenzhu said, nagging as she packed up.

"Pearl, you won't let me drink?" Zhou Bingchen's eyes lit up.

Just now, when Zhou Fugui said that they would drink together later, Zhao Zhenzhu didn't say a word. Zhou Bingchen thought that Zhao Zhenzhu didn't care about his life or death!

Now, as Zhao Zhenzhu chattered on, Zhou Bingchen felt a warm glow in his heart.

"Hmph! If you're not afraid of becoming crippled, then drink as much as you want." Zhao Zhenzhu turned her face away, saying somewhat uncomfortably.

Zhao Zhenzhu felt a sense of self-loathing.

Even though she had already given up on Zhou Bingchen, she couldn't help but start caring about him.

"Pearl, don't worry, I don't drink alcohol. I absolutely won't touch a drop until my wound is completely healed," Zhou Bingchen smiled.

His daughter, Pearl, is all talk and no action.

She was clearly concerned about him, but she deliberately said harsh things.