Many people in the family compound were awakened by her screams.

Someone walked into the hallway, cursing, "What's going on? Can't people sleep at night?!"

"that is!"

Jiang Shaozhen dragged Jiang Yinyin to an open space in the family compound and shouted angrily, "You explain yourself clearly what happened today!"

Shen Mingzhi didn't expect him to go to Jiang Yinyin to settle accounts so late. Of course, she didn't react. Instead, she leaned against the door and looked at Jiang Yinyin calmly.

"You're tattling again?! Do you want to—"

"Jiang Yinyin, try speaking rudely again. Your sister-in-law will spare you because of the Jiang family's relationship with her. But if you say another word, I'll cut out your tongue and feed it to the dogs!" Jiang Shaozhen interrupted her with a chilling tone.

The people who were cursing just now all quieted down and watched the show.

Jiang Yinyin, her eyes red, retorted defiantly, "I scolded her, wasn't it for your sake?!"

"Did I ask you to do this for me? Can you stop being so presumptuous?! What I look like has nothing to do with you. Have you even finished your studies? Wang Xinian, who studied on his own until high school, is better than you. Instead of learning good things, you spend all your time learning this nonsense! Repeat what you said today to me again!" Jiang Shaozhen grabbed her clothes and shoved her.

Feeling humiliated by the stares of her neighbors in the residential compound, Jiang Yinyin burst into tears, choking out, "I'm angry, all because of your future—"

"I'm asking you to repeat it!" Jiang Shaozhen interrupted her coldly.

Jiang Yinyin saw that he looked like he was going to eat her alive, and she was so scared that she hiccuped.

"You were smearing your sister-in-law while I was away today, weren't you pretty good? Why aren't you saying anything now?!" Jiang Shao Chen continued to push her, showing her no respect whatsoever.

Jiang Yinyin shrank back and looked at Shen Mingzhi, "I'm sorry, I was talking nonsense today. I apologize to you, okay?!"

"Are you coming again tomorrow?" Shen Mingzhi asked her calmly.

Jiang Yinyin was stunned for a moment, wanting to curse, but Jiang Shaochen was glaring at her fiercely, so she shook her head and cried, "I'm not coming..."

"Don't come again, okay?" Shen Mingzhi continued to ask.

Jiang Shaozhen didn't wait for her to answer, but said in a loud voice, "My wife is smart and talented, and she is also very honest. My sister-in-law is talking nonsense because she can't stand her sister-in-law. I hope everyone will not take her words seriously. She has already apologized today. If I hear anyone else saying anything bad about her, I won't even give my sister any face, let alone others!"

"Oh, are you threatening us? Wasn't this something your sister spread?" someone upstairs mocked.

Jiang Shao Chen looked up and said, "That's our family matter. What business is it of yours? Why are you making such a fuss here?!"

"Then let's talk about it if your sister sends a message. What's the problem?" The man continued to argue with Jiang Shao Chen.

Wang Xinian walked out of the house, looked up at the old lady upstairs, his eyes cold and indifferent, "I also saw you arguing with an old man, showing him your grandson. Could it be that your grandson is that old man's?"

"You little rascal, what nonsense are you spouting!" The old lady immediately flew into a rage.

"I just saw it and said it casually, is there a problem?" Wang Xinian asked innocently.

"You... if you keep talking nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart!" the old woman roared, her face contorted with rage.

"If you talk badly about my sister later, you'd better watch out, I'll tear your mouth apart too." Wang Xinian said coldly, his eyes extremely gloomy.

The old lady was so angry that she turned around and went inside, slamming the door shut behind her.

Jiang Shaochen glanced at Wang Xinian.

Wang Xinian's gaze fell on Jiang Yinyin, his eyes cold and terrifying. "Next time you come here, I won't be as polite as my sister. I'll push you into the well and let you drown in it."

His gaze was so cold, and his tone so gloomy, that Jiang Yinyin couldn't help but shiver.

Jiang Shaozhen grabbed Jiang Yinyin's collar and said indifferently, "I told you, if you talk nonsense again and slander your sister-in-law, making her the subject of gossip, you'd better watch out!"

“I am your sister…” Jiang Yinyin said, crying.

“We are related by blood, but your sister-in-law is my family. If I don’t protect her, am I supposed to protect you, my sister who talks nonsense and gossips about her everywhere? By doing this, you’re showing that you don’t respect me either, and you’re ruining my reputation. And you still say I’m your brother? How can you harm your brother’s family like this?” Jiang Shao Chen asked her.

Before Jiang Yinyin could speak, he grabbed her by the collar and dragged her outside, saying, "Come out with me!"

Shen Mingzhi watched them leave and said to Wang Xinian, whose face was gloomy, "Why are you, a child, getting involved in our affairs?"

"There's a saying that goes, 'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,' and that's how they'll stop. Otherwise, the rumors in this courtyard will only get more and more outrageous." After saying this, Wang Xinian turned and went into the house.

Jiang Yinyin is really despicable... He asked Wang Sao, and Wang Sao said that she had bullied Shen Mingzhi more than once.

Jiang Shaozhen led Jiang Yinyin to the outside of the family compound, frowned, and asked her, "You like Song Wanyin as your sister-in-law, right?"

Jiang Yinyin did not speak.

“You know perfectly well that her child is mine. All the mistakes back then were because of my illness, yet you still treated her like that. How could you be so vicious?” Jiang Shaozhen approached her, grabbing her collar as he asked.

Jiang Yinyin choked up, "I just hate her. Sister Wanyin and you were childhood sweethearts..."

"She and I weren't childhood sweethearts! The person I like is Shen Mingzhi. I've liked her ever since that incident. Can you please stop assuming that my life can be controlled by you two?! I think a cripple would be a good match for you. Would you be willing to accept that?!" Jiang Shaozhen said impatiently.

Jiang Yinyin's actions truly disgusted him.

Knowing full well that the child is his, he spreads rumors about Shen Mingzhi everywhere, leaving him, the child's biological father, out of place.

Jiang Yinyin's eyes were filled with tears, and she did not speak.

“The child is mine, Jiang Shao Chen’s. You’re saying the child is another man’s? Where do you put me? Where do you put the entire Jiang family? You only care about your own preferences, not about your parents or my reputation. So you keep ruining Shen Ming Zhi’s reputation. You think you’re helping us, but you don’t know that you’re slowly eroding the reputation of the entire Jiang family!” Jiang Shao Chen said, then pushed her away forcefully.

“If your father weren’t still in office, you would have been sent abroad long ago!” he said, then turned and left.

Jiang Yinyin stepped forward, grabbed his hand, and said, "But why should Shen Mingzhi marry you..."

"Based on the fact that your second brother bullied her back then, do you think it was her choice? If she knew about this, do you think she would be with me? She would only hate me!" Jiang Shao Chen shook her off.

Jiang Yinyin almost sat down on the ground. Watching Jiang Shaochen slowly walk away, she couldn't help but wonder: If Shen Mingzhi knew the truth, would she hate her second brother, or even the entire Jiang family?