An ugly daughter-in-law must eventually meet her in-laws; this is her original responsibility. She inherited the body of the original owner, and with it, the responsibilities she was meant to bear.

Upon seeing their mother, Shu Yan, neither child reacted particularly strongly. Ye Jingjing timidly lowered her head, occasionally glancing up at Shu Yan with a mixture of longing and fear in her eyes. Her younger brother, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. Despite his robust appearance, he wasn't particularly happy to see Shu Yan, showing none of the joy and affection a child would show upon seeing their mother.

Of the two children, the eldest daughter was raised by the original owner herself, while the younger son was taken away by Old Lady Ye shortly after birth. Apart from breastfeeding, he rarely had contact with the original owner, so it was normal for the relationship between mother and son to be weak.

Logically, the original owner of this body was born into a family that favored sons over daughters and suffered unfair treatment from a young age. After giving birth to a daughter, she was disliked by her in-laws. She should have empathized with her daughter and treated her better. However, the original owner herself felt that her daughter was a financial burden, and that it was enough to make sure she was fed and clothed, since she would get married at seventeen or eighteen and become someone else's family.

From victim to perpetrator, Shu Yan couldn't understand their thinking. She herself had suffered from the preference for sons over daughters in her family of origin, so shouldn't she treat her daughter even better?

One child grew up neglected and developed a somewhat insecure and timid personality. The other was spoiled and pampered by his grandparents, getting whatever he wanted and behaving very domineeringly, like a little emperor in the family. Perhaps influenced by his grandparents' attitude, Ye Tianbao even harbored a faint disdain for the original owner of this body.

Is this the attitude a three-year-old son should have towards his mother? Even though Shu Yan has never given birth or raised children, she knows these two kids have been spoiled. Fortunately, they are still young and can be corrected.

Her own world has entered the information age; she knows everything happening in the world without leaving home. Even though she has never given birth or raised children, she has been bombarded with parenting knowledge on the internet and has become a semi-expert.

Educational matters can't be rushed right now; the important thing is Ye Zhiqiang's side. He definitely doesn't want to leave with nothing, so I wonder what he'll do.

"You've had a long day, go back and rest. I'll have someone deliver dinner to your room. I'll have someone keep an eye on Ye Zhiqiang's place." After seeing Shu Yan to the door, Shu Jianyang gave a few instructions and left.

As soon as they got to the room, Ye Tianbao started making a fuss, saying, "I want to go home, I want my grandpa and grandma."

Suddenly leaving a familiar environment and familiar people to come to an unfamiliar place, and with the mother and son's relationship not being particularly good to begin with, Shu Yan could understand why Ye Tianbao would make a fuss.

"You've been on the road for so long, you all smell terrible, come and take a shower." Ye Jingjing, in particular, was covered in dirt, sweat dripping down her forehead and leaving streaks.

Ye Jingjing obediently came to Shu Yan's side, while Ye Tianbao immediately fell to the ground and rolled around, "I don't want to take a bath, I don't want to take a bath, I want my grandpa and grandma, I want my grandma."

Shu Yan was dumbfounded. It was the first time she had ever seen a child rolling around on the ground like this. What did the parenting expert say? Right, don't pay attention to children, the more you pay attention to them, the more they will cause trouble.

She led her older sister to the bathroom to take a shower, letting Ye Tianbao roll around outside.

When Ye Tianbao realized that his mother was ignoring his rolling around on the ground, he started crying louder and louder until it became a dry wail.

"Mom, my little brother is crying," Ye Jingjing said carefully.

She was most afraid of her younger brother crying, because every time he cried, her grandparents would scold her.

"Don't mind it. It'll be fine on its own in a bit." While washing Ye Jingjing's hair, Shu Ya noticed that it was a bit dry and tangled, with many small white dots on it. Shu Ya patted it, and it wasn't dandruff; she had to run her fingers through the hair to remove it. Upon closer inspection, she realized they were lice eggs. "How long has it been since you washed your hair?"

Initial observation revealed that almost every hair had lice, with several on some strands. Shu Yan felt goosebumps all over her body; her hair felt numb and itchy, as if countless lice were crawling on her head.

"I don't know." Ye Jingjing thought for a moment and shook her head.

If you don't know, you don't know. Anyway, let's wash the child's hair first. While washing, Shuyan found several lice, grabbed them, and crushed them with a crisp snap. Then she gave her a bath, and a layer of dirt came off with just a quick scrub. She hadn't had a bath for at least ten days or half a month. It's the middle of summer now, and it's so hot. It's uncomfortable to go a day without a bath. It's clear how neglectful the old folks in the Ye family are of their granddaughter.

Halfway through the washing, Ye Tianbao outside finally stopped wailing, probably because he was tired. Shu Yan peeked out and saw Shu Yan's face, and Ye Tianbao, who was sobbing, immediately opened his mouth wide and continued to wail.

I quickly pulled my head back; I'm inexperienced, I definitely won't peek next time.

"My little brother is crying again." Ye Jingjing looked at Shu Yan with concern.

"Ignore him. You sit down, I'll go get you your clothes." It took Ye Jingjing three washes with soap before she was finally clean.

Upon seeing Shu Yan, Ye Tianbao paused for a moment, thinking that Shu Yan had finally come to pay attention to him. However, Shu Yan walked around him to the chair behind her to find clothes for her sister. Ye Tianbao immediately lay back down and continued to roll around.

This kid is quite clever; he deliberately found an open space to unleash his tantrum. Shu Yan kicked him, saying, "Don't stay in one place. Go roll around over there too, so I don't have to sweep the floor."

Ye Tianbao was stunned. What's wrong with Mom today? He burst into tears, this time really crying, saying between sobs, "I want to go home, I want to tell Grandma... Mom bullied me."

I've spoiled you, so I'm bullying you now, and I'll bully you even more in the future.

Just how poorly did the Ye family treat Ye Jingjing? Ye Zhiqiang has made a lot of money, and with only two children, even if they favored boys over girls, they shouldn't be this bad. There were a total of three sets of clothes, one of which was bought last summer, and the other two were the cheapest ones the original owner picked up at the market.

After searching through his memories, he realized that the old man and woman of the Ye family couldn't really take the blame; the problem lay with the original owner of this body.

Ye Zhiqiang was quite generous with money, giving the original owner five hundred yuan a month. Five hundred yuan was a lot in 1992; in the countryside, it was considered good to save five hundred yuan a year from farming. But the original owner was very frugal, and then gave the money she saved up to her family.

The more Shu Yan learned, the less sympathy she felt for the original owner of the body. There's always a reason why someone is pitiful. That's really true.

I picked out an outfit for Ye Jingjing to wear. "Okay, let's go out."

Shu Yan loves her daughter very much and always thought that when she had a daughter, she would dress her up beautifully. Now her dream has come true. After the divorce, she will definitely take Ye Jingjing to buy all kinds of clothes.

This time when we went out, Ye Tianbao finally stopped crying. Children are actually very smart. The more you pay attention to them, the more they know that you care about them. The less you pay attention to them, the more they know that their tantrums are useless, and they won't make the same tantrums next time.

"Get up." Shu Yan kicked his foot.

"I'm not getting up," Ye Tianbao pouted and threw a tantrum at Shu Yan.

Shu Yan didn't try to reason with him; she just picked him up and headed for the bathroom.

Ye Tianbao kicked his legs wildly, and he was surprisingly strong. Shu Yan almost couldn't hold him. She took a few steps into the bathroom, quickly put the mud-like Ye Tianbao on the ground, and turned on the tap to pour water directly on him.

"Look at you! You're so dirty. If you go out without taking a bath, people will laugh at you." Shu Yan quickly cleaned Ye Tianbao up.

She did the same thing she used to do when she helped her mother wash the puppy: she picked up the naked Ye Tianbao, threw him onto the bed, told Ye Jingjing to watch over her brother, and went in to take a quick shower.

"Mom, someone's knocking on the door," Ye Jingjing said softly as she stood at the bathroom door.

When Shu Yan went in, she said that if someone knocked on the door, you should not open it and should wait for her to open it.

Shu Yan responded, changed her clothes, came out, and stood behind the door, asking, "Who is it?"

Looking out through the peephole, all I could see were clothes, and they were still a blurry mess.

"I'm a hotel employee. The downstairs neighbor said the bathroom is leaking, so I came to check it out."

Upon hearing the unfamiliar voice, Shu Yan's vigilance instantly rose. "We didn't use the bathroom just now, so how could it be leaking?" Shu Yan asked deliberately.

"But the guests downstairs said there was a leak, so I came in to check the problem. I won't bother you for too long," the waiter explained patiently.

Shu Yan hesitated for a moment, "I'm not available right now, you can come and check later."

"But the customers downstairs are waiting. Could you please do me a favor? I'm just an employee. If the customers downstairs complain, I'll lose my salary for this month." The waiter sounded very pitiful.

"Then let's change his room, and put the money in my account." This was too much of a coincidence; better safe than sorry. Shu Yan was willing to spend a little more money.

After a while, Shu Yan didn't hear any movement. She didn't open the door to check if the person had left. So many people in movies and TV shows got into trouble because of their curiosity. She was timid, so she wasn't curious anymore.

About ten minutes later, Shu Yan heard Xiao Fei's voice, "Who are you? What are you doing standing here? Stop right there..."

Shu Yan felt a chill run down her spine and her heart skipped a beat; there really was a problem.

"Mom?" Ye Jingjing grabbed Shu Yan's hand, looking at Shu Yan's pale face, and was terrified.

"It's okay, Mom is okay." After a while, Shu Yan heard the knocking on the door again, and her heart tightened involuntarily.

"Sister Yan, this is Xiaofei. Third Brother asked me to bring you food."

Shu Yan opened the peephole and saw the person clearly this time. Only after confirming that it was Xiao Fei did Shu Yan dare to open the door.

"Was someone blocking my door just now?" Shu Yan peeked out, but there was no one in the corridor.

"That bastard got away." Xiao Fei didn't expect anyone to actually dare to mess with Third Brother's territory. "I've already sent Abiao to inform Third Brother. I'll stay here, so you don't need to be afraid."

Shu Yan nodded with lingering fear, and absentmindedly finished her dinner. The two children had been traveling for most of the day, and soon fell asleep. After covering them with blankets, Shu Yan followed Xiao Fei to the room across the hall, where Shu Jianyang was waiting for her.

"Xiao Fei has already told me what happened. It seems Ye Zhiqiang is desperate. I think we should go find him tomorrow, within three days. This matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen complications." Shu Jianyang narrowed his eyes. It seemed Ye Zhiqiang hadn't done his due diligence and dared to make a move on his third brother Shu's turf.

On the other side, Ye Zhiqiang realized that not only had he failed to capture Shu Yan, but he had also alerted her, and his face became even uglier.

"Has Brother Hei not answered the phone yet?" They're in the construction business, so they inevitably have to deal with some local forces. Brother Hei is a big brother he knows, and they often eat and drink together.

The subordinate shook his head; they had already made more than a dozen calls, but the other end hadn't answered.

"Damn it, they call each other brothers all the time, but when it comes to the crucial moment, they're nowhere to be found." Ye Zhiqiang had just finished speaking when the phone rang. His eyes lit up and he immediately answered it.

"Ye Zhiqiang, I've changed my mind. Three days is too long. Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, come to the teahouse next to Huayue Gate. If you don't show up by then, we'll see you in court." Shu Yan slammed down the phone. This old lady doesn't have time to play games with you; this must be a quick and decisive battle.