"Zhizhi, I want to ask you two questions," Gu Meiyun said.
Tell me about it.
"A while ago in Guangshui Village, are you sure you saw Yueyue and Xiang Qun... like that with your own eyes?"
Gu Meiyun turned her head away.
She was no longer the assertive woman she once was; her face was haggard, and her eyes had become dark and dim. The arrogance in her bones was diminishing, and she was gradually turning from a star into stone.
Xu Manzhi smiled faintly.
This mother and daughter are really interesting; they're actually concerned about their precious daughter's private life.
She nodded casually: "Heh, how specific do you want? Details or..."
No, no.
Gu Meiyun covered her ears.
She seemed startled, her eyes trembling, and then the next second she went berserk, throwing herself to the bedside, grabbing Xu Manzhi's arm, and pleading, "Zhizhi, I'm your own mother. Please forgive me for anything I've done wrong in the past. I was born in that era, and there were many things I couldn't control..."
"Ha, there were people who loved their own flesh and blood in the old days, weren't there?" Xu Manzhi sneered.
In the wasteland, reproduction is not allowed.
When his mother unexpectedly became pregnant, Old Xu laughed and said, "Hey, we're still human! The baby's here, we'll raise it!"
She was utterly disgusted by Gu Meiyun's excuses.
"Besides, you were restricted in the past. Once I return to the Jiang family, you will be the mistress of the Jiang family. How can you say you have no choice? Don't make me say anything more hurtful or pointless," Xu Manzhi said.
"Speak your mind, spit it out, or get lost."
Glug.
Gu Meiyun fell to the ground, her hands hanging limply, and she covered her face, bursting into tears.
After a long pause, just as Xu Manzhi reached her limit of patience, she suddenly spoke up: "Zhizhi, I want you to really marry Zhou Xiangqun and become the real Jiang Pengyue. As long as you agree, I will change your household registration."
“?” Xu Manzhi.
She got up impatiently, walked to the table, picked up her enamel mug, and took a sip of water.
The water is sweet and clear.
“Zhizhi, you were originally my daughter, and a good marriage should be yours. The Jiang family is just an empty shell, but the Zhou family is not. They have a lot of influence in Beijing. With the face we've given you, you can easily manipulate Zhou Xiangqun, can't you?”
"As long as you agree, Mom will arrange everything properly."
"Yan Lin is ugly and eccentric. His only advantage is his military officer status, which isn't good at all. If you marry him, you'll never be able to hold your head up anywhere, and your child might just be a clown..."
*Smack*
Xu Manzhi slammed the enamel cup down heavily.
She suddenly turned her head and said angrily, "Comrade Gu Meiyun, if you curse Yan Lin again, or curse our future child, believe me, I'll snap your neck!"
With a hiss, a murderous aura suddenly wafted over.
Gu Meiyun felt a stinging pain in her cheeks, her whole body enveloped in murderous intent, and she felt an indescribable fear.
It was an aura forged in countless battles, tempered by life and death.
She leaned back, her lips turned blue, and she couldn't speak for a long time.
"I, I—"
"Get lost. Don't try anything with me. Helping you deceive Zhou Xiangqun is already the limit. This kind of thing is punishable by heaven. If Zhou Xiangqun weren't so wicked and scheming against me, I would have exposed your little tricks long ago. Don't push me."
The original owner still retained a trace of affection.
The bond of blood ties with the Jiang family.
When Gu Meiyun showed weakness, Xu Manzhi felt Diudiu's soul being torn apart.
She cursed in her mind: "Idiot, Gu Meiyun wants to squeeze every last drop of value out of you, what are you still dreaming about?"
The Jiang family showed absolutely no affection for the original owner.
Xu Manzhi often found it unbelievable.
Unfortunately, there's no logic to this; there's no other way but to accept reality.
Gu Meiyun covered her face and ran away.
She was quite open-minded. Since Xu Manzhi was completely out of control, she took Jiang Pengyue away and arranged for her to stay at the Gu family's house in Haicheng.
Jiang Pengyue wasn't used to it.
But Gu Meiyun said, "Mom is doing this for your own good. After all, you are an unmarried couple. It's better to keep some distance. If you meet with Zhou Xiangqun every day and become like an old married couple, what's the novelty left?"
Left with no other choice, Jiang Pengyue had to obey her adoptive mother's arrangements.
Gu Meiyun seemed to have lost her mind.
She stopped preparing for the wedding and stopped taking care of everything as she used to. Instead, she took a long leave from work to devote herself to her adopted daughter, saying she would take good care of her until she got married...
The Gu family members all joked around.
When the people in the courtyard saw the mother and daughter taking a walk, they all expressed their envy for Jiang Pengyue.
After all, she was an adopted daughter of the Jiang family, with no blood relation whatsoever, yet she received a hundred thousand times better treatment than Xu Manzhi, their biological daughter.
Gu Meiyun remained silent.
She just smiled warmly, and her figure was visibly thinning.
Only one week remains until the 28th.
Jiang Mingda had spoken with Zhou Xiangqun several times, expressing his intention to invite his in-laws to Haicheng for the wedding, but Zhou Xiangqun refused each time with various excuses.
Zhou Xiangqun said, "Uncle Jiang, in my hometown, the groom's parents can't come to the bride's house for the wedding. It's against the rules, and they'll be cursed to death..."
Large families have many rules.
Jiang Mingda also understood.
He also wanted to invite Zhou Xiangqun's elder brother, Zhou Yun, to officiate the wedding.
Zhou Xiangqun added, "That's not a good idea. My older brother is a university professor, and he's extremely busy. He simply can't find the time. We can hold the banquet when we return to Beijing. You can come to Beijing with me; it'll be the same."
Jiang Mingda was extremely helpless.
He sensed the Zhou family's underlying hostility and their dislike for the Jiang family.
But what can be done now?
The only option was to close our eyes and recklessly charge forward.
Family-oriented.
Jiang Pengyue felt extremely uncomfortable.
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