You heard grandma explain that the family had settled the matter that year.

Your father-in-law, two uncles, and your mother and I all went to different places. Given the circumstances at the time, severing ties with them was the only way to survive.

After the rehabilitation, I also asked someone to inquire about it, but the information I got was that your mother died young and you have also passed away.

That’s why I haven’t found you for so many years. My dear, can you please forgive me?”

Jiang Li listened quietly without interrupting Fang Peilan. After hearing that Fang Peilan had indeed looked for her mother, Jiang Li's chest relaxed, as if a head had been removed. At least Xu Shuzhen was not without someone who cared about her when she was alive.

"Madam Xu, I believe what you say."

The word "believe" relieved Fang Peilan's aching heart a lot, but Madam Xu's distant address made her very disappointed.

She wanted to hold Jiang Li's hand, but Jiang Li avoided her without leaving a trace.

Seeing Jiang Li's attitude, the tall man standing next to her also had an indifferent expression, and the rest of the people stared at her nervously.

Fang Peilan took out her hand and wiped away her tears. It was normal for her granddaughter to be distant from her after not seeing her for so many years.

"My grandmother came here this time for no other reason than to ask you to move into our home.

You, your husband, and your mother-in-law can all move in. I live in an old house with lots of rooms. I am the only one at home, and it would be too lonely."

After finally finding her granddaughter, Fang Peilan wished she could see her all the time.

Jiang Li shook her head of course. She had no idea what the Xu family was like, and with those confused people in Uncle Xu's family, she didn't want to have anything to do with the Xu family at all.

"Thank you, I have my own house and I feel very comfortable living here."

"My dear, this house is a little too big. There is more space at home and no one is taking care of it. I will also let you go when you go back."

Fang Peilan wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Jiang Li, "Madam Xu, are you so sure that I am really your granddaughter?"

"It's right, it's right. You look exactly like your mother. And the jade bracelet on your hand was your mother's favorite before she got married. She never took it off."

Noticing Jiang Li's refusal, Fang Peilan understood that her granddaughter was a person with her own ideas, and that playing hardball would be counterproductive for her and might even make her dislike her.

It’s better to take it slow and play the emotional card.

"Mr. Xu, bring here all the things you brought for Sister Xiaoxiao."

Velvet boxes were opened one after another, revealing sets of rubies, pearls as big as thumbs, glittering watches, and property deeds.

On her desk was piled more money than an average person could earn in a lifetime.

"My dear, since you don't want to move back home, I have a house nearby that's better than yours. You can choose one you like and move in anytime.

Grandma has owed you and your mother too much over the years. Take it, don’t refuse me.”

"Madam Xu, do your son and granddaughter know that you gave me these things?"

"What sons and granddaughters? Where do I get granddaughters?"

The housekeeper beside him whispered a few words to Old Madam Xu, and Fang Peilan's face immediately changed. "She is just a stepdaughter of Xu Jiaguang, and she dares to lay hands on our daughter!"

"Nannan, please let me go. I will never recognize that woman and the daughter she brought home."

In fact, Fang Peilan couldn't stand the pretentious and vicious look of the two women, so she lived alone without seeing them.

"Whatever your mother gives you is yours, and no one needs to talk to me. Also, your mother's things are yours too.

Since you are married, your mother-in-law will give you all these things. "

Jiang Li finally confiscated it, even though she could have lived a peaceful life from then on just by nodding.

But when it comes to the Xu family, she has to be cautious.

Fang Peilan left Jiang Li's house and went to Uncle Xu's house. As soon as she entered the door, she heard the sound of broken porcelain pieces.

"Mom, what should I do with my face?"

In the mirror, the wound on Du Ling's face had healed, leaving only a faint white scar.

Zhou Hui hugged her daughter in pain, "Don't worry, Mom can definitely heal your face. She's just a little doctor, and she dares to go against my Xu family. After a while, Mom will make her kneel down and admit her mistake."

"Jiang Li, it's all that bitch's fault, I'm going to kill her.

Mom, get someone to tie her up and bring her here. I'm going to scratch her face and let thousands of people ride on her and trample on her."

Du Ling's face was full of malice, and Zhou Hui made repeated assurances.

"Who are you going to tie up?"

Fang Peilan's voice frightened Zhou Hui and her daughter like quails.

"When Kaicheng brought you back from the countryside, I didn't like you.

You are shallow-minded and vulgar. I didn't expect that Xu Si is so vicious. How come, after being a rich lady in my house for two days, you dare to use the reputation of my Xu family to kill people and let them go? "

Zhou Hui fell to her knees after hearing these questions, trembling, "Mom, I didn't."

"Don't bother my mother! You are not the daughter-in-law of my Xu family. I only have one daughter-in-law, and she is dead."

"Old lady, you don't understand the cause and effect of the matter. You are biased towards a person without any reason. Do you still act like an elder?"

Du Ling was used to being spoiled by Zhou Hui and could say anything at will. When she said this, Fang Peilan narrowed her eyes.

"Okay, okay, now it's your turn to teach me a lesson."

"Give me the Kaisei. And bring me the family rules of the ancestral hall."

Speaking of family discipline, Zhou Hui became nervous. She had been disciplined by the old lady because she had accepted gifts from others without Xu Haicheng's knowledge at a banquet.

If you hit someone with a thick ruler that is two feet long and one inch wide with all your strength, your palm will swell up.

Ignoring Zhou Hui's pleas, Du Ling was held down by two housekeepers and beaten severely. By the tenth beating, Du Ling's hands had lost consciousness and tears and snot flowed down her face.

At this time, Xu Haicheng hurried over and saw Du Ling being beaten. He did not ask why, but greeted Fang Peilan first, "Mother, how come you have time to come today?"

"If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known that the mother and daughter you brought in would have bullied my granddaughter to death!"

"Good granddaughter?"

Zhou Hui was confused for a moment. The Xu family was simple. Xu Haicheng's previous wife left behind a son, and then there was Lingling.

Although the younger brother of the Xu family was married, he had no children. Where did the granddaughter come from?

The Xu family is small in number, and the elders are always gentle to the younger generation, which is why Zhou Hui dares to act without scruples.

Lingling will be able to get half of the family property sooner or later, and then she won't have to endure the anger of this old man anymore.

"Mom, do you know about that?" Xu Haicheng looked at Fang Peilan cautiously.

"Why, you did such a shameful and bullying thing, and now you are afraid that I will know about it?"