On the way back, Old Xu pretended that nothing had happened.

Yang Zinuo, Shen Jingyan, and Feifei returned home around the same time as Old Man Xu and Gu Zhiyun.

Everyone gathered at the Xu family's house because Old Man Xu had made arrangements with them early that morning on the mountain to have dinner there that evening.

What should have been a lively family gathering turned into a tense atmosphere in the Xu family due to Old Man Xu's gloomy face.

As soon as Xu Honglin got home, his father questioned him: "Did you know that Tongtong was with Zhou Zhengqing?"

Xu Honglin was taken aback; he was clearly kept in the dark.

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"What? Tongtong and... Zhou Zhengqing? Zhou Lianjie's son, Zhou Zhengqing?"

"It's that infamous Zhou Zhengqing! I knew he was a bad guy when he was a sent-down youth in the forest farm! He wasn't hardworking at all. While the other sent-down youths were studying hard, he just loitered around the village every day, flirting with women! After he returned to the city, he didn't do anything productive. He didn't even get into university, and he still wanted to use his father's connections to get into my graduate student group! What was Tongtong thinking? How did she get involved with someone like that?"

As Old Man Xu was talking, Xu Yatong went home.

She still had a smile on her face, as if she had had a great time these past two days.

Her smile vanished when she saw faces she didn't like filling the living room.

Just as he was about to ignore everyone and go upstairs, Xu Honglin said, "Tongtong, come here, your grandfather and I have something to ask you."

Xu Yatong placed her luggage at the bottom of the stairs and slowly walked into the living room.

"How long have you been with Zhou Zhengqing?"

Old Xu, too lazy to beat around the bush, asked directly.

Xu Yatong did not answer immediately, but instead glared at Shen Jingyan and Feifei with an extremely unfriendly look.

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She saw the two of them at Fengtai Mountain yesterday, and they must have seen her and Zhou Zhengqing as well.

In her opinion, the fact that Old Man Xu and Xu Honglin knew about her and Zhou Zhengqing's affair as soon as they got home must have been because Shen Jingyan and Feifei had told on them.

Xu Honglin tugged at Xu Yatong's sleeve: "Grandpa is asking you a question!"

"Not long, maybe two or three weeks," Xu Yatong replied indifferently.

Old Xu flew into a rage.

"It's only been two or three weeks, and you, a girl, are already going out with him? What kind of behavior is this? Don't you know what self-respect and self-love are?"

Xu Yatong sneered, "Grandpa, why don't you talk about Feifei? Didn't she also run off to play on the mountain with Yang Zinuo? You don't care if she's in a relationship, but I'm an adult, having a proper relationship, how come that makes me seem like I lack self-respect and self-love?"

What a clever way to shift the target!

Feifei's face turned red with anger.

Calmly, she said, "Which eye of yours saw that Feifei was in a relationship? I was the one who took Feifei to Fengtai Mountain this time. Yang Zinuo is a friend of mine and Brother Yun. What makes you think that Feifei and Yang Zinuo have an improper relationship?"

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“Tongtong, I’m not saying you can’t date, but you should consider who the other person is! Can Zhou Zhengqing compare to Xiao Yang? Xiao Yang is a college student, a soldier, and an excellent student. You could have a hundred friends like him and still not have enough! But what kind of person is Zhou Zhengqing? Didn’t you see it at the Qin family banquet before the New Year? Even Grandpa Qin doesn’t like him, and you’re still going to chase after him?”

Xu Honglin also earnestly advised, "Tongtong, your grandfather is very good at judging people. Zhou Zhengqing has a bad reputation; he's a notorious playboy who doesn't have a proper job to this day. What are you after if you date him?"

"Your aunt introduced you to so many good men, all of them ambitious and from respectable families. Why did you choose someone who gambles, drinks, and has no skills instead of all those good men?"

Old Xu looked at him with a disappointed expression.

The more her family objected, the more Xu Yatong felt that she had made the right choice.

In her mind, none of the Xu family liked her and did not want her to marry into a wealthy family, especially not to marry as well as Feifei.

Feifei likes Yang Zinuo, which is obvious to everyone, but Yang Zinuo comes from an ordinary working-class family. Even if he becomes a soldier and goes to university, he may not necessarily make a name for himself in the future.

As a result, Old Man Xu, Qiao Suxin, and the others were even less willing to let her surpass Feifei.

"What's the use of being ambitious at work and having a respectable family background? You're still penniless. Does Grandpa want me to marry into a family with nothing, to suffer and toil, and to worry about money my whole life?"

Old Man Xu suddenly realized that Xu Yatong was dissatisfied with her previous boyfriends because they were poor.

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In her view, a woman should marry a rich man; money is the most important thing, while character is secondary, or even negligible as long as one has money.

Therefore, no matter how he tried to persuade her or make her realize Zhou Zhengqing's true character, it was no use.

Xu Yatong and the rest of the Xu family do not adhere to the same set of values.

Shen Jingyan didn't want Old Man Xu and Xu Honglin to worry about Xu Yatong's marriage, so she dropped a bombshell on Xu Yatong, hoping she would come to her senses.

"You know my uncle has a daughter named Shen Yuqin, right? When Zhou Zhengqing was an educated youth in the forest farm, the two of them got together. Later, when the affair was exposed, Zhou Zhengqing agreed to marry Shen Yuqin in order to protect himself. The two were officially engaged, and Zhou Zhengqing even gave Shen Yuqin a lot of money. But later, in order to get rid of Shen Yuqin, Zhou Zhengqing took the place of the educated youth returning home and ran away overnight. Because of this, Shen Yuqin and her mother even went to the city to look for Zhou Zhengqing, but Zhou Zhengqing was lucky and they didn't find him."

Old Xu slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, yes, yes! That's exactly right! Everyone in the forest knows! Zhou Zhengqing is a well-known figure in the forest!"

Xu Yatong looked at Shen Jingyan with skepticism.

He calmly said, "I have no reason to lie to you; it's not worth it."

"Zhou Zhengqing was also arrested by the police for engaging in group sex."

Gu Zhiyun spoke to Xu Yatong, which was extremely rare for him, "The police station should still have his criminal record."

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Upon hearing the words "group sex," Xu Yatong's pupils dilated sharply, and her face turned extremely pale.

Do you think Zhou Zhengqing is willing to be with you because he genuinely likes you?

Shen Jingyan bluntly revealed the Zhou family's true intentions: "If someone like him can treat marriage like a game, of course he won't have any real feelings. What the Zhou family values ​​is your status as the granddaughter of the Xu family. Zhou Zhengqing is worried about not having a way to get into Grandpa's graduate student group. If he becomes Grandpa's grandson-in-law, can he use that status to play the emotional card with Grandpa? I hope you open your eyes and don't let the so-called 'wealthy family' cloud your judgment."

"Tongtong, everyone is doing this for your own good. They don't want you to go astray. Listen to your father and break up with him right away."

Xu Honglin earnestly advised him.

Xu Yatong stood there blankly for a while, then suddenly turned around and ran upstairs.