Jiang Minghui opened an exquisite gift box, inside which lay a blue gemstone necklace. The teardrop-shaped blue gemstone, as clear and bright as the ocean, shone even more brightly under the light.
"I just bought this at the auction, consider it compensation for you."
Greed flickered in Lü Xiaowei's eyes. Her index finger traced the blue gemstone, and the cool touch made all her troubles of the past few days disappear.
Hmph! So what if those idle people online have been cursing her for a month?
She still lives in a luxury house and uses jewelry that they could never afford in their entire lives.
Being scolded for a month for getting such expensive and beautiful jewelry is worth it.
"Minghui, as long as you still love me, all the suffering I've endured these past few days won't have been in vain. I'm willing to suffer any amount of pain for you."
"Silly girl." Jiang Minghui gently patted her head with affection, his eyes filled with guilt. "Don't worry, I will definitely make sure our family is together openly and honestly."
On the other side, the Jiang family.
Aunt Zhang was watching the servants set up the venue.
Tomorrow is Shen Qingwan's birthday, and she plans to officially announce Jiang Ran's identity at her birthday party.
Jiang Minghui's mother arrived at the Jiang family home a day earlier.
"Oh my, look at this house, this garden, it's really nice."
Jiang's mother, supported by her aunt, swaggered in from outside, and immediately looked displeased when she saw that no one was there to greet her.
"Where did Qingwan go? She didn't even come to greet me."
Jiang's mother pushed away the aunt who was helping her and stormed into the hall like a rooster with its feathers bristling.
Seeing Shen Qingwan curled up on the sofa eating fruit, he immediately exclaimed, "Qingwan, I'm not trying to be mean, but how come you do absolutely nothing all day long?"
Shen Qingwan raised her eyes: "What do I need to do?"
“Minghui works so hard every day to earn money to support the family. You should at least cook for him and wash his feet yourself. This is your duty as a wife.”
Jiang Ran laughed when she heard this, and said with a smile, "If you have to do everything yourself, then what are these housekeepers for?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang's mother's wrinkled face fell: "How can something made by outsiders be as heartfelt as something made by family? You must be the child we just brought back from the countryside, right? No wonder you're so rude. Don't you know that juniors shouldn't interrupt when their elders are speaking?"
"In that case, we'll trouble you to cook for us tonight. We'll all appreciate your thoughtfulness."
"You little slut, how dare you talk to me like that? You have no manners at all! I'll teach you a lesson today!"
As Jiang's mother spoke, she raised her hand, adorned with numerous rings, and waved it at Jiang Ran—
"Enough!" Shen Qingwan shouted, pushing Jiang's mother away.
She looked at Jiang's mother and said in an unfriendly tone, "Xiao Ran is my daughter. I'd like to see who dares to teach her a lesson."
These words enraged Jiang's mother, who immediately shouted, "How dare you talk back to your mother-in-law? Is this how you act as a daughter-in-law? You're lucky you married Minghui, otherwise, would you be enjoying such a life every day? You really don't know how to be grateful!"
Shen Qingwan was amused by her words: "Have you forgotten that without the Shen family, your son would just be a low-level employee!"
"What? You look down on low-level employees, huh? Then why did you rush to marry him? Wasn't it because you saw my son as a promising prospect? You've enjoyed so many years of luxury and now you dare to say bad things about my son? I bet you've been cheating on me!"
"you--!"
Shen Qingwan was born into a respectable family, and she never expected to encounter such an unreasonable and domineering person who would slander her innocence out of thin air!
In the past, out of consideration for her being Minghui's mother, she assumed that Minghui was just uneducated and unable to speak properly, and always treated her with utmost respect.
I only slightly offended her today, and she actually said so many vicious things.
"Who's really chasing after her?" Jiang Ran stood between them, looking at her mother with a half-smile. "I heard that some people pursued my mother for three whole years back then. They weren't given up even after being rejected. So, who do you think is chasing after her?"
Shen Qingwan's complexion improved slightly.
Jiang Ran is right; Jiang Minghui had been pursuing her since college.
Jiang Minghui wasn't originally her type, so she rejected him, but he still didn't give up.
Until one day, she was kidnapped by a group of thugs, and Jiang Minghui was slashed several times while trying to save her. Only then did she develop feelings for him.
"Fine! You mother and daughter gang up on an old woman like me!"
Just then, the sound of a car came from outside.
Jiang's mother rolled her dark eyes around, then casually lay down on the ground and started rolling around without any regard for her image.
"Oh God... what a miserable life I have! My daughter-in-law is even bullying her mother-in-law... what's the point of me living? I'd rather be dead so that they can be happy..."
Jiang Minghui returned from outside and saw this scene as soon as he entered, and immediately looked displeased.
He strode forward and helped Jiang's mother up, then looked at Shen Qingwan reproachfully: "Qingwan, how could you let Mom lie on the ground? What if she catches a cold?"
Shen Qingwan's expression was cold: "She wanted to lie down herself."
"How could you say that? No matter what, Mom is your elder. Can't you give in to her for my sake?"
Hearing her son stand up for her, Jiang's mother's eyes flashed with pride. She then cried to Jiang Minghui, "Minghui, Qingwan just mentioned what happened to you back then. I think she looks down on you from the bottom of her heart. If she looks down on you, why would she put up with your mother?"
A cold glint flashed in Jiang Minghui's eyes, but he smiled kindly: "Mom, don't say anymore. Qingwan is my wife. If she looked down on me, why would she have married me?"
He said that, but he didn't really think that way.
Even after all these years, he still can't forget how Shen Qingwan rejected him so resolutely in front of so many classmates.
Saying they're not a good match and coming up with so many high-sounding reasons, it's just that she thinks he's a poor guy and not good enough for her, a rich heiress.
Even after all these years, he can still clearly feel the humiliation he felt back then whenever he thinks about it.
One day, he will wash away the humiliation of the past and trample those who once looked down on him under his feet!
"Son! I'm your mother, why don't you believe me!"
"Alright, Mom, you've come all this way, so don't say such things."
Jiang Ran observed all of this carefully and did not miss the hatred in Jiang Minghui's eyes.
Yes, she wasn't mistaken.
It is hatred.
In her past life, she never understood why Jiang Minghui hated Shen Qingwan so much that he wanted to eliminate everyone connected to her.
She had thought there was something she didn't know, but now she understood.
There was nothing she didn't know; Jiang Minghui was merely trying to maintain his so-called male dignity.
He never thought of being grateful for the favors he received from the Shen family. Instead, he felt inferior and that his dignity had been trampled on, so he wanted to take revenge on the Shen family.
That's a real scoundrel!
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