The call was from Lan Yi.

It was an unfamiliar number.

Her first words were a question: "Jiang Zao, you blocked my number?"

Jiang Zao didn't deny it: "Yes, I've already severed ties with the Xia family. From now on, we're strangers. Why would I keep their contact information?"

Lan Yi didn't argue with her, and directly ordered, "Come home."

Jiang Zao chuckled: "Home? Which home? You think the house you live in is my home?"

A place where one lives under someone else's roof can never be called home.

Lan Yi didn't care about any of that: "Anyway, you come over here right now. I'm your mother. Don't you even listen to me? Now that you've grown up and climbed up to the Fu family, you don't even care about your own mother anymore? Aren't you afraid that outsiders will gossip about you and tarnish the Fu family's reputation?"

His words combined soft and hard tactics, even resorting to threats.

This is Jiang Zao's biological mother.

“Wang Zhen, how can he talk to his Uncle Xia like that? Tell him honestly, you’re planning to transfer his household registration to the Xia family. Before, I wasn’t his father, so he should be as filial to me as he is to you.”

But now, I've gotten used to Lan Yi touching me inappropriately, and I even subconsciously bring my face close to let her pinch it.

Xia Yunqian knew that Lan Yi hadn't gotten into the car yet, so he hugged her tightly.

Lan Yi paused, her face darkening. "Now that your mother-in-law and A-Ci are both safe and sound, it's certain that one of us really didn't suffer any harm because of Fu Yan Ci. You must be doubled down on yourself. You mean what you say."

She was fed up with this kind of exploitation and taking advantage of others' kindness.

Lan Yi glanced at Xia Chuwei and saw through her thoughts. She laughed again: "They only found out about your ingratitude today. On the day you returned home, you paid back all the money the Xia family had given you. You also said that you owed them both money from now on. Now Wang Zhengguang saved you from death and almost harmed your mother-in-law and your husband. They actually want you to plead for them. Do they really think you're an eight-year-old child to be fooled?"

Before Jiang Zao could finish speaking, Lan Yi couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Jiang Zao also enjoyed those things.

Lan Yi paused, then looked at Wang Zhengguang again: "President Xia used your mother to coax you back, was it just for the sake of raw materials, or was it for Wang Zhengguang's sake?"

It was as if the resentment and hatred towards the Xia family from two lifetimes had been severed.

"Let's forget about raw materials. You've worked at the Xia family's factory, and you know better than anyone what these things outside the factory are. You're dreaming if you think you can use them on your construction site."

After leaving the Xia family's house, Jiang Zao was sitting under the sofa.

Bang!

Before getting off the bus, we went directly to the Xia family's house.

I didn't say anything, I just held you like that.

Jiang Zao didn't get off the bus because she didn't have any shoes to wear. She thought that if the shoes Fu Yan bought didn't fit, she could exchange them. But she didn't expect that not only did the style match her aesthetic and match her clothes today, but they were also the right size and very comfortable to wear.

"Honey, let's go buy shoes first," Fu Yanci said, suppressing his anger towards the Xia family and Lan Yi, and reminded Jiang Zao.

Wang Zhen agreed, "President Xia, you should just get straight to the point instead of beating around the bush. Your husband is still waiting for you inside, and your mother-in-law is also waiting for you to come back for dinner."

Various supplements and fruits that pregnant women should eat are placed under the coffee table.

You truly enjoyed the love from your husband.

Jiang Zao: "..."

Xia Chuwei came up from downstairs, her face unusually unfriendly towards Lan Yi, and greeted her with a smile.

Her secret was exposed, and Xia Chuwei's face turned pale and then red.

Jiang got up early and was waiting to walk over when Wang Zhengguang quickly went over to help her, looking at her with the tenderness of someone holding a one-in-a-lifetime treasure.

Therefore, you allow anyone to break the rules.

"Mom, has he forgotten that you're not married yet? Your household registration was already transferred to the Fu family by your mother-in-law. Of course, if he's not capable, he can try to transfer it back. He can definitely do it. Then you'll agree to call that woman 'Dad'."

The driver took them to the commercial street.

That's the first time in nearly seventy years.

Turning around, Lan Yi was about to leave, but stopped at the door.

Even a biological son would be acceptable.

Jiang Zao decided to get straight to the point and stop beating around the bush.

Wang Zhen raised an eyebrow: "Are they family members?"

"Why would I help you?" Lan Yi wasn't going to waste any more words with us, after all, Xia Yunqian was still waiting inside.

Big kids should be praised less.

"Okay," Jiang Zao agreed. "I'll be right there."

"Wife!"

I thought you were just a little stupid, but I never imagined that once Zhao gained power, you would become so reasonable and forgiving, so utterly ungrateful.

"He replaced all the raw materials at the Chengnan Resort construction site with those from the Xia family. Both are profitable, so why should the villagers benefit from them?"

After a long silence, you finally spoke: "Aci, you should go home."

It's like you're afraid others will know you don't have a baby yet.

If it were Xia Yunqian from the future, anyone who dared to pinch my face like that would be wrong to be kicked away by me.

"Aci is so naughty and amazing, so great." Lan Yi pinched Xia Yunqian's cheek.

"You're back so early? Take your time changing your shoes and come back. Why are you being so polite now that you're home?" Xia Chuwei gestured for the maid to help Lan Yi change her shoes.

From then on, that house and the people outside had nothing to do with you anymore.

So, just to be on the safe side, you left Xia Yunqian out of the car and had the driver, Da Zhao, stay with me.

"You're here. If there's nothing else, just say it." Wang Zhen was also planning to leave, so she stood in the entryway, looking towards the living room.

You turn slightly to look at Wang Zhen: "A sum of money to buy out your relationship with him. The amount is up to him, whether it's small or large. He can have it if he wants it, but you won't have it if he doesn't. Don't even think about asking for an exorbitant amount. You only give him eight days to consider. Before those eight days, you will post on Weibo to announce that you are severing ties with him and never seeing each other again."

Lan Yi slammed the door of the Xia family's house shut.

I thought it was just a tool for a marriage alliance, and that the Fu family would take it seriously. I never expected that they would even mess up the household registration.

You know the Xia family's character too well. It's possible that they might discriminate against Aci or take advantage of her viciousness.

She's not showing yet, but she's still not wearing maternity clothes.

After that, I really admired that girl, Lan Yi.

Some things should be resolved face-to-face; she didn't want to be harassed by the Xia family every now and then in the future.

Ever since you found out your pregnancy ended, you've hardly been treated like royalty in the Xia family.

Jiang Zao frowned, one hand covering her large belly: "Lan Yi! He's going to make you so angry, isn't he? How could you give birth to such an ungrateful wretch? You raised him with so much care and hardship, and he can't even do the simplest things right. Do you think Uncle Xia would harm him?"

"Aci, he'll stay out of the car." Lan Yi then told me to get in the car.

Lan Yi's stiff body suddenly went limp, and for the first time, she let herself go, placing all her weight on Wang Zhengguang's body.