Granny Wang was especially enthusiastic. She wiped her hands on the armchair next to Old Madam Yun with her sleeve, and then said to Madam Su in a flattering tone, "Miss, please sit down. You must be tired from your journey."

Xiao Youran sighed inwardly. So all that crazy stunt she and her brother had pulled before had ultimately come to nothing?

Compared to the green-glowing looks in the eyes of the other members of the Yun family when they saw Su and her two children, Old Madam Yun's gaze towards Su was much calmer.

She asked casually, "Why did you travel all this way to find me?"

Su was initially delighted to see her aunt, but seeing her expression, she became somewhat uneasy.

She answered softly, “We originally planned to visit you the day after leaving the Yun residence, but it's all my fault for being so weak; I fell ill that very night. I rested at the inn for a month before slowly recovering. Only then did we hear that you had arrived in Taizhou, so we rushed here as fast as we could. Unfortunately, we encountered these continuous heavy rains, so we were delayed for a few days in Wufeng County. Today, seeing that the rain had subsided a bit, we finally found our way here. I never expected…”

She looked ashamed. "We always thought you wouldn't lack money or have any major difficulties in life, which is why we're late. Please forgive us, Aunt."

Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward with a smile, saying, "Grandma is so kind and righteous. We never expected that you would come all this way to find us."

She assumed that Old Madam Yun felt the same way, so she continued to smile and say to her mother-in-law, "Mother, my cousin has come all this way, she must be tired... Why don't we settle her down first..."

Unexpectedly, Old Madam Yun stared at Madam Su with a cold and sharp gaze and asked, "What is this talk of forgiveness? Why did you come here to look for us?"

Madam Su looked at her in astonishment and asked weakly, "We... originally intended to settle you all down before returning to Dingzhou. But I've been ill for so long, and you've left the capital. We were still worried about you, so we thought we'd come and see you. If you're doing well, we can go back to Dingzhou with peace of mind."

Madam Yun's voice became even sharper, "Come and see? You're probably not here to see how well we're doing, are you? Or are you afraid that if we're doing too well, we won't have a chance to humiliate me with your Su family's enormous wealth?"

The Zhou family members were all stunned.

Madam Su was completely bewildered. "Aunt, what...do you mean?"

Madam Yun slammed her hand on the table. “Get out! Get out of here! My Yun family would rather starve to death than beg a single penny from your Su family!”

Madam Su immediately stood up from her chair and knelt down in front of Old Madam Yun with a thud. "Aunt, what are you saying? You are also a member of the Su family!"

Madam Yun shouted angrily, "I am surnamed Su, that's true! But when I married into the Yun family decades ago, the head of the Su family made a harsh statement, telling me that I would never spend a single penny of the Su family's money again. If you see my Yun family in distress and want to use money to humiliate me, Su Linglan, I will never allow it!"

Madam Su was completely bewildered. "No, no, no, Aunt, I didn't know about your past with the Su family patriarch. I... I just wanted to confirm that if you are all doing well, we can return to Dingzhou in peace. I absolutely did not intend to do anything to humiliate you."

She took a breath and continued, "On the way here, I've heard from my cousins ​​about the Yun family's current situation. The Yun family isn't doing well right now. We still have some travel money left, which might be able to help you get through this difficult time for now..."

Unexpectedly, Old Madam Yun's anger intensified, and she slammed her fist on the table repeatedly. "You still say you're not here to humiliate me? What do you mean by 'overcoming difficulties'? When has it ever been your turn, a cousin from the Su family, to lend a helping hand to my Yun family and help us overcome difficulties?"

Madam Su felt truly heartbroken. "Aunt... I just came to see you sincerely, thinking I could lend a hand if I could..."

Madam Zhou also found it unbelievable and spoke up for her, "Mother, Miss Biao meant well, how could she possibly use this to humiliate you?"

Madam Li chimed in, "Yes, Mother, it's the lean season right now. It's tough for us adults, but it's especially hard on the younger boys... They've already lost a lot of weight in just one month..."

Old Madam Yun closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and said resolutely, "You don't need to persuade me anymore! From now on, if any member of the Su family comes, drive them out. I will never see the Su family again! Even if our Yun family falls on hard times, we will grit our teeth and get through it."

Everyone was stunned by Madam Yun's sudden outburst of anger.

At this moment, Guo rushed in and said anxiously, "Mother, what is our situation right now? The children are so hungry that they can't even sleep well! My cousin came all this way out of kindness and from so far away. Why should Mother ignore her filial piety?"

Old Madam Yun slammed her hand on the table, her anger escalating. "And what are you? Do you even know how to write the word 'filial piety'?!"

Upon hearing this, Guo fell silent and turned deathly pale.

She's a daughter-in-law who deserted her post at the last minute and begged her mother-in-law to divorce her. How can she be considered filial?

After a long pause, seeing her mother's resolute attitude, Zhou could only say to Su with a dejected expression, "Cousin, since that's the case, you should... go back as soon as possible."

Madam Yun then spoke sternly to Zhou and the others, "I'm making this clear today: all of you, the Yun family will never accept a single penny, a single needle or thread, a single grain of rice from the Su family. If any of you dare to secretly accept money or food from the Su family, don't blame this old woman for being impolite!"

The Zhou family members could only nod in agreement, their faces betraying their disappointment.

Just then, Xiao Youran suddenly said in a childish voice, "Grandma, we are not from the Su family. Our surname is Jiang."

Madam Yun glanced at the brother and sister, then said in a low voice, "Ya Rong, don't they know about your divorce from the Jiang family's son-in-law?"

Jiang Youchen suddenly tightened his grip on his sister's hand.

Madam Su's expression also changed, and she subconsciously looked at her son and daughter.

Zhou understood everything now.

Since Madam Su was a divorced aunt who returned home, she could only be considered a member of the Su family.

The money she possessed could only be considered part of the Su family.

Xiao Youran's heart skipped a beat. It turned out that her great-aunt already knew about her mother and father's divorce.

But she was only four years old, and her persona couldn't be ruined yet, so she asked in her childish voice, "Mother, what is divorce? After the divorce, will my brother and I no longer have the surname Jiang?"

Su's smile became forced again. Of course, she couldn't explain what divorce was to her four-year-old daughter in front of everyone, so she took a deep breath, took her daughter's little hand and said, "You naturally have the surname Jiang. Your names are even on the Jiang family genealogy."