Thinking of this, he tugged at Tong Huijuan's sleeve and whispered something in her ear.

Tong Huijuan's face immediately brightened, and she nodded happily.

Chen Feng thought Chu Jincai was speaking well of Shen Yuqin, so she laughed along.

"Brother, sister-in-law, nephew, let's go home and sit down. It's warm on the kang (heated brick bed)."

Tong Huijuan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law is right. It's so cold standing outside all the time."

Chen Feng and Shen Yuqin were overjoyed and hurriedly pulled Chu Jincai's family back home.

Shen Jingyan politely said to Chu Jincai and his wife, "Uncle, Aunt, I'm going back now."

Tong Huijuan grabbed Shen Jingyan's hand: "Jingya, aren't you going home?"

Shen Jingyan explained, "I have already moved out of my uncle's house."

Tong Huijuan frowned briefly and turned to look at Chen Feng.

She had heard Chu Jincai say that Chen Feng was a rather selfish and mean woman who only cared about money and not about people.

Did she kick Jingya out of the house?

Seeing that she was being ignored and that her "future mother-in-law" was only being enthusiastic towards Shen Jingyan, Shen Yuqin felt a surge of bitterness welling up inside her.

"Auntie, she thinks we're too poor and stopped living with us a long time ago. Let's go home and ignore her."

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Tong Huijuan's arm.

Seeing that Shen Jingyan had no intention of going to Shen Honggang's house, Chu Chaoyang stepped forward and said, "Jingya, where do you live? Let me take you home!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuqin's eyes bulged out of their sockets in a panic, and she was almost ready to pounce on Chu Chaoyang to stop him.

"Brother Chaoyang, you're a guest in my house. What's the point of taking her home?"

Just as things were getting chaotic, Shen Honggang rode his bicycle back from town.