Xiao Ma had already shown restraint by not verbally abusing the person to their face; now that someone was asking about it, she wouldn't cover for them.

“You mean her? I don’t even know her. But suddenly she came up to me and told me that I can’t be too nice to my daughter-in-law. I have to hold onto my son and daughter-in-law’s money and push all the work onto my daughter-in-law. I can’t let my son and daughter-in-law have any alone time, lest my daughter-in-law complain to my son. What kind of nonsense is this? If she really can’t live without her son, then why did she let him get married? She might as well just tie him to her waistband and live with him for the rest of her life.”

"She even said my daughter-in-law is lazy. My daughter-in-law is incredibly capable. How could she be the kind of person she described? I think she just can't stand to see my family doing well and is trying to sow discord between us. If I take her words to heart and actually do something to hurt the children, she might even come out to watch and have some fun."

Xiao Ma was having a great time complaining, but the faces of the people who gathered around her were not very good, especially the young wives. They scoffed at what Old Lady Tian said and were even more glad that their mothers-in-law hadn't come to join the army. If they hadn't been successfully provoked by the other woman's words, they would still be living a good life.

"Aunt Xiao is right. I think she's just jealous of your family's good life and is deliberately causing trouble."

"She seemed like a good person on the surface, but I never expected her to be so dark inside."

“What’s so good about it? You people who live far away don’t know. My house is right next to hers. I often hear her son and daughter-in-law arguing. Tian’s wife even told me last time that she heard her mother-in-law badmouthing her to her husband.”

"Doesn't her husband do anything about it?"

"Why should I care? How can I care? That's his mother, of course he'll side with her. Otherwise, how could he make his wife cry?"

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect the Tian family to be such a muddle-headed family."

......

After listening to several of their conversations, Xiao's mother kept the Tian family's affairs in mind before bidding farewell to everyone and happily going home to cook.

Bah! Such a shallow person. The more she can't stand seeing her family doing well, the less she can let them have their way.

Spurred on by this, Xiao's mother put a lot of thought into lunch, and with Gu An'an having left plenty of supplies at home, Xiao's mother had a lot of options.

An hour later, the aroma from the Xiao family's house dissipated, and Xiao's mother rushed to the hospital with a delicious meal.

"Mom, didn't you say to keep it simple? Why did you make so much?"

Looking at the excessively lavish meal, Gu An'an couldn't help but ask a question.

Still angry about that crazy woman, Xiao's mother blurted out everything, "Don't you think she's sick? She should worry about her own family's affairs instead of meddling in my business. If it weren't for Aheng, I would have given her a good scolding."

Seeing her so angry, Gu An'an laughed out loud, "Mom, why are you getting angry with that kind of person? Just ignore her and let it go. It won't affect our family's life anyway."

"That's what they say, but I still get angry no matter how I think about it. Isn't she a woman herself? Why does she have to treat her daughter-in-law like that? She can do whatever she wants with her own family matters, but why does she have to interfere in other people's affairs? Judging from how practiced she was today, it's probably not the first time she's done this kind of thing, disturbing other people's peace. Aren't she afraid of retribution?"

Gu An'an agreed with this. These days, the concept of ghosts and gods is not popular, but for someone like her who can time travel and be reborn, she felt that the karmic obstacles mentioned in novels might also exist.

After the three finished their meal, Dr. Qiao came to perform a check-up.

"Your body is really resilient, you're recovering very well. You can go home to recuperate in a couple of days, and just come in regularly to change your dressings."

"Dr. Qiao, is my son really alright? Will there be any long-term effects from this injury?"

"It's unrealistic to say there's no impact at all, given the unusual location of the injury. However, as long as he recovers, given Xiao's constitution, there shouldn't be any major problems."

Although it still hurts, this is the best possible outcome.

"An'an, we really owe you a lot this time."

Ever since hearing that her son hadn't suffered further damage due to excessive blood loss thanks to the special medicine given by Gu An'an, Xiao's mother was overjoyed. If her son hadn't been so quick to realize he'd married such a wonderful woman as An'an, things might have turned out differently...

"Mom, you're being too formal. Aheng is your son and my husband. It's only right that I treat him well. Besides, you've all been very good to me."

Seeing this, Dr. Qiao said to Xiao Yuheng with envy, "You're really lucky, kid."

He then said to Gu An'an, "My master has already started researching the medicine you gave me last time. He said he would recommend you for credit once the research is successful and mass production is completed."

Gu An'an waved her hand, "No need, this medicine wasn't developed by me."

"Yes, we would have no opportunity to conduct this research if it weren't for you. You may not think you've done anything special, but what you've presented is really important to us."

Gu An'an knew that the other party wouldn't listen to anything she said, so she didn't continue to refuse. Besides, it was still uncertain when those drugs would be developed, so it was too early to talk about it.

Xiao's mother was overjoyed that her son was recovering well. She and Gu An'an carried lunchboxes and hummed a song as they went home. However, they ran into an "old acquaintance" as soon as they arrived at the family compound.

The woman from the Tian family had a bruise on her face, and she glared at Xiao Ma fiercely when they bumped heads.

Xiao's mother originally didn't intend to argue with her; their thinking was different, and there was no point in saying more.

But the other party not only didn't know how to restrain herself, but also looked at her with such eyes, so Xiao's mother wouldn't tolerate it.

"I heard you're from the Tian family? Oh dear, it's only been two or three hours, what happened to your face? Did your daughter-in-law slap you?"

"Fine, I'll say it," she said with a smile to Gu An'an, "An'an, this is the aunt I just told you about who cares about us."

Since Aunt Xiao wanted to play, Gu An'an naturally obliged. "Oh? Auntie, I heard you told my mother-in-law that you were going to take the money off me? And that you were going to teach your daughter-in-law a lesson, or she'd be able to get away with anything?"

The Tian family never expected that not only did they fail to stir up trouble, but the Xiao family would also say such things to their daughter-in-law, which really infuriated her.

She could say those things behind someone's back, but she wouldn't dare admit them to their face, for fear of getting beaten up.

"No, that's not what I meant. Maybe your mother-in-law misunderstood."

He wore a smile on his face, but was cursing under his breath.

"Oh? So my mother-in-law misunderstood. Then we must go to your house to apologize. My mother-in-law has a quick temper. Someone asked her at noon and she told the truth. What if your daughter-in-law heard it and misunderstood? Wouldn't that cause trouble for your family?"