Chapter 9 At first glance, they looked like relatives.

Yang Yuemei was terrified by her laughter and quickly said, "Alright, alright, if you don't want to talk about them, then we won't."

Jiang Jianni stood up and stretched: "No, didn't I just chat with them today?"

She sighed dramatically, "Before I got married, no matter what we talked about, you all complained that I was a child, saying that if you're not married, you'll always be a child."

"Now that I'm married, even though they were the ones who asked me to chat with them, they complained after just a few words that I was a child who couldn't talk properly. Why are they so hard to please?"

"It's so hard to be a person."

Yang Yuemei: Is that chatting? You're practically stabbing someone in the lungs with a knife.

Jiang's father couldn't help but laugh: "Some of them don't even know how to read, so it's no wonder you can't connect with them."

"Aren't you supposed to be preparing your lessons? Go and prepare them now."

Jiang Jianni then leisurely poured herself a glass of water and went back inside.

Jiang Yanni had been eavesdropping by the door, and when she saw her sister, she showered her with compliments, making Jiang Jiani laugh uncontrollably.

Yang Yuemei's face fell: "This child, how come he's become a completely different person after getting married?"

Mr. Jiang thought it was normal: "The child has grown up and has his own ideas, what's wrong with that?"

Yang Yuemei sighed deeply: "Yes, the children have grown up and have their own ideas. We parents can no longer have a say in their lives."

Lu Xiangyang is really a good match.

Except when he has to go on a mission, he will pick up and drop off Jiang Jiani whenever he has free time.

Jiang Jianni originally wanted to tell him not to go through all that trouble, since it would take him quite a while to run to and from school, even by bike.

But Lu Xiangyang said they hadn't had time to get to know each other better before, so now was a good opportunity to learn more about each other.

Since that's what people say, Jiang Jianni isn't stupid. Of course she'd spend more time with handsome guys if she could.

Besides, Lu Xiangyang is quite good at having fun.

He took her out to eat and drink, and also took her to see all the cultural and historical sites in the city.

Knowing she was writing articles, I gave her a lot of high-quality notebooks and manuscript paper, as well as books she didn't own. The best gift, of course, was that fountain pen that cost over a hundred yuan.

When Sunday came, the two decided to go to the Lu family's house in the morning, have lunch, and then go to look at houses. If they found a suitable one, they would buy it.

When they arrived at the Lu family's house, they were startled by the huge crowd of people inside.

Jiang Jianni couldn't help but grab Lu Xiangyang's clothes and tug hard: Who are all these people? Why are there so many of them?

Lu Xiangyang's face darkened.

If his new wife hadn't been there, he might have argued with these people on the spot.

He suppressed his temper and introduced Jiang Jianni: "Dad, Mom, this is Jiang Jianni, my girlfriend."

"Jiani, these are my parents. You can just call them Uncle and Auntie."

No sooner had he finished speaking than his mother angrily twisted his arm: "You brat, what kind of occasion is this to talk nonsense?"

Jiang Jianni smiled and bowed to the two elderly people: "Dad, Mom, hello, I am Jiang Jianni."

Lu's mother pulled her over, beaming from ear to ear: "Good, good, good, all good, oh my, this girl is so pretty."

Lu's mother was not exaggerating at all.

Jiang Jianni is truly beautiful, with exquisite features, gentle and charming, a typical classical appearance, but her temperament doesn't quite match her looks.

Mr. Lu was very satisfied with the daughter-in-law his son had chosen: "Not bad, not bad. Now that you've decided to be together, you should live a good life together. If you have any problems, just say them. Don't keep them bottled up."

“In our family, we don’t tolerate people who suffer injustices not telling their families, but only telling outsiders.”

Lu's mother immediately glared at him: "Old Lu, what do you mean by that? Are you targeting me?"

Mr. Lu's authority immediately crumbled: "No, why would I point this out to you? I'm just telling these young people how they should behave after marriage."

"Can you stop being so paranoid?"

Seeing that the elderly couple was about to start arguing, Lu Xiangyang ignored it and took her to meet other elders.

Jiang Jianni was a little uneasy, so she nudged Lu Xiangyang and whispered, "Aren't you going to do anything about it?"

Lu Xiangyang didn't care: "Why should we care? They've been arguing all their lives, let them be."

Before she could even figure out what it meant, another group of elders appeared.

They are not relatives of the Lu family.

Instead, it was other retired cadres who lived in the same retirement home as the Lu family.

These people kept asking Jiang Jiani questions as if they'd never seen a young person before:

"Where did you go to school? What did you study?"

"What do they teach at school? Is it difficult? Are the students mischievous?"

They were asking questions enthusiastically when someone forcefully pushed them aside: "Make way, make way, I have something important to ask Teacher Jiang, please move aside."

Teaching is a respected profession.

Once these people confirmed that Jiang Jianni was indeed a teacher, their attitude immediately changed.

Instead of calling her Xiao Jiang or Jia Ni, she'll be called Teacher Jiang—every family has a few naughty kids who need a teacher to discipline them.

Jiang Jianni: "..."

I'm just a middle school teacher. I'm not a psychologist or a child education expert. I don't know how to help you discipline your children.

Although she is not a parenting expert, she comes from thirty years in the future and has access to a wide variety of information and knows many targeted methods.

It's either about taking advantage of the situation or fighting poison with poison.

After the exchange, the parents seemed to have some thoughts.

Lu Xiangyang couldn't help but smile as he watched Jiang Jiani handle the situation with ease.

Just as everyone was chatting enthusiastically, an aunt suddenly said, "Seriously, don't you guys think Teacher Jiang looks familiar?"

Someone immediately said, "Right? I noticed it a long time ago, but I just couldn't remember who Teacher Jiang looks like."

Mrs. Lu chimed in, "To be honest, I also think it looks kind of familiar."

A young man who came with his parents to join in the fun curled his lip and said, "Come on, you guys. Teacher Jiang is beautiful. Beautiful people always have something in common that they look like."

“You guys watch TV dramas at home every day, so it must be that some celebrity on TV looks like Teacher Jiang.”

Jiang Jianni asked curiously, "Then who do I look like?"

Just as everyone was discussing who Jiang Jianni resembled, a loud voice rang out in the Lu family's courtyard: "Old Lu, Old Lu, I heard your third son's girlfriend is coming over today, has she arrived yet?"

Immediately afterwards, a man and a woman walked in.

The man looked to be in his sixties, about the same age as Lu's father and his family, while the woman was slightly younger, looking no more than fifty.

It's also possible that he's not even fifty years old yet.

Jiang Jianni suddenly remembered the trend of wife swapping that arose when the country was first established.

This woman might be the one he changed wives to back then.

Thinking about this, my impression of these two people inevitably declined.

Upon seeing the two people at the door, the young man slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "No wonder I couldn't remember who Teacher Jiang looked like!"

"So Teacher Jiang is like Uncle Fang and Aunt Su."

A single word awakened me from my dream.

The others also began to scrutinize Fang Bo'an and Su Jing.

Lu's mother was even more surprised: "Oh my, it really is!"

Lu Xiangyang was also a little surprised: "Indeed, if I didn't know you two didn't really know each other, I would have thought you were relatives at first glance."

Jiang Jianni couldn't help but touch her face and asked, "Does it really look that similar?"