However, that very night, Minghuan received a message from Su Yinyin saying that she had contacted Yin Chengjing after arriving home.

I told him I'd have a good talk with him after my exams, and also asked him not to bother you.

He told me he went to see you last night. I'm so sorry, senior, for causing you trouble.

Minghuan handed her phone to Xia Wensheng, showing him the two messages Su Yinyin had sent. "Are you relieved now?"

"Judging from this, your junior sister is quite a sensible young lady. How did she end up with such a boyfriend?"

I'm still a junior in college this year, only in my early twenties. This is the first time I've encountered something like this. I'm almost on the verge of a breakdown, but I still managed to think about not bothering others. That's quite remarkable.

After Xia heard what she said, he saw his girlfriend frowning and quickly comforted her, "Didn't she say she'd talk about it after the exam? Don't worry too much. There's nothing we outsiders can do by just worrying, is there?"

In Xia Wensheng's opinion, no matter who it is, they shouldn't get involved in other people's relationships. Otherwise, if the two people reconcile later, you'll end up pleasing neither side.

Xia Wensheng left home and never returned. Xia Wenxi was still waiting for his words, "I'll talk to you later," but she waited until she went to sleep and never heard them.

Xia Wensheng still hadn't returned by the next day. However, Ke Shurong and Xia Hengyuan arrived home in the afternoon. Because their flight was canceled, the two of them stayed at the hot spring hotel for several more days, soaking in the hot springs until they were satisfied.

"Mom, why do I feel like you've become younger and more beautiful?"

As soon as Xia Wenxi saw her mother, she went up to her and gave her a big hug.

Hearing her daughter's praise, Ke Shurong couldn't stop smiling. "My little darling has such a sweet tongue!"

Of course, Xia Wenxi didn't forget her father, who was standing next to her with a smile on his face.

"Dad, you're getting younger and younger, so handsome and charming!"

"Oh dear, your dad is getting old, not handsome anymore."

Xia Hengyuan waved to his daughter, but his smile never faded in the face of praise.

When the family of three had dinner that evening, Xia Wenxi casually told her parents about what had happened in the past two days. Of course, she didn't know what happened afterward, she only mentioned the chance encounter on the mountain.

Xia Wenxi just said it casually, but who knew that Ke Shurong would exclaim "Huh?" when she heard the surname Yin.

"What's wrong, Mom? Do you know him?"

Xia Wenxi was thinking to herself, "Why is this place so small? Everyone knows each other."

Ke Shurong frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "I wouldn't say I know him, but I have heard about his family situation from others."

Then Ke Shurong told her daughter that women her age, in their forties or fifties, with some money at home, who don't need to work and don't have to worry about their children, often spend their days idly playing mahjong and getting beauty treatments.

"Of course, those are just side effects. Actually, the only purpose of getting together is to chat. You know, before your father retired, your mother often went there."

At this point, Ke Shurong felt a little embarrassed, since they were talking about other people's business, which seemed like meddling, but at the time she really found it quite interesting.

Xia Wenxi noticed her mother's embarrassment and said with a smile, "This is so interesting! If your elegant ladies' tea party didn't have age restrictions, I would love to go too."

Ke Shurong pondered the "ladies' tea party" her daughter had just mentioned, finding the name increasingly intriguing.

Well, it's really inappropriate for a girl my daughter's age to participate. Sometimes when they talk, they really don't hold back when it comes to anything, even Ke Shurong, who's been married for decades, blushes when she hears it.

As the mother and daughter talked, their conversation drifted off to completely different topics. Xia Hengyuan listened intently for a long time, but in the end, he couldn't resist listening.

"What's going on with their family? Tell me!"

"What's the rush! I was just about to say that!"

"The current Mrs. Yin of the Yin family—" Ke Shurong had barely uttered the words when she couldn't help but purse her lips, looking as if she disliked her very much.

“I’ve met him once before. He came in with a disdainful attitude and started talking about how my husband, Lao Yin, had attended some meeting and met some important people.”

As she spoke, Ke Shurong even gave a demonstration for the two of them, showing how she looked at people with her arms crossed and her eyes looking down.

"It's like they're the only ones who're high and mighty, while we're all just obsessed with money."

Having been married for decades, Xia Hengyuan knew his wife very well. Seeing that she was about to go off-topic again, he quickly pulled her back, saying, "Wife, you can swear later. Let's talk about serious matters first."

"You interrupted me again! I was just about to say that." Ke Shurong glared at her husband, just like Mrs. Yin, before continuing.

"She didn't stay long that time. As soon as she left, everyone started talking about her. They said she broke up both of her sons' girlfriends!"

Ke Shurong was just a listener at the time. She didn't know much about the Yin family's affairs, so she only listened to what others said.

"I heard that the eldest son of the Yin family was in a relationship during college. They were very much in love, and after graduation, he brought her home to meet his parents. As for what happened during the meeting, outsiders have no idea."

All I know is that not long after, the eldest son of the Yin family got engaged. Those who attended the engagement banquet said that he looked terribly pale that day.

The woman who brought this up at the time had a father who worked in the same system as Mrs. Yin's husband, so she knew a lot about it.

"Later, her eldest son got married and went to work in another city. He didn't come back for several years, and I don't know if they got divorced or not."

While listening to Ke Shurong speak, Xia Wenxi very tactfully served her soup.

"And what about the second son's girlfriend?"

Ke Shurong drank all the soup her daughter had served before she began to speak.

"Actually, it's pretty much the same, but the second one hasn't even been brought home to meet the parents yet, and they're already asking for a breakup. But this girl is more stubborn. I heard that she threw all the things the Yin family gave her when they were dating at their doorstep, and she also cursed their whole family."

...

Xia Wenxi was dumbfounded, but she was also puzzled as to why Xia Wensheng and Lin Shen knew nothing about such a commotion.

Ke Shurong gave her daughter a look that said, "You don't know this, do you?" and said to her, "What could they possibly know? This kind of gossip is all about having nothing better to do! Ask your dad, did he know more when he was Chairman Xia, or when he was fishing?"

Xia Hengyuan chuckled, "Then of course it's time to go fishing. If you want to know something, just invite a few more people to go fishing, sit with your fishing rods for an afternoon, and you'll know everything."

I know a little about the Yin family's affairs. Old Yin rose to his position through his father-in-law's connections, and many people say he's afraid of his wife.