Hearing Shen Baolan's question, Tian Wenfang sighed again: "What's the point of saying this now? Zhou Shuhuan said that he wants you to go back, otherwise he will be rude to you in the future. He is rich and powerful here, and there are many ways to deal with you."

Shen Baolan sneered, "I've become like this, what else do I have to be afraid of? I will get back everything he and Qiao Ya owe me."

Tian Wenfang curled her lips: "How are you going to ask for it? Even if ten of you were put together, you still wouldn't be able to defeat him."

"Don't worry about it, sister-in-law. You and Brother Hu take Brother back and let him rest in peace as soon as possible. I will go back after I finish taking care of things here."

"Do whatever you want, I don't care about you anymore."

Tian Wenfang left in a huff and took her husband's ashes away.

…

On the train.

Tian Wenfang held the urn wrapped in black cloth and whispered to her eldest brother worriedly: "My eyelids have been twitching all the way. Is Baolan going to do something stupid?"

Tian Hu disagreed: "What can she do? Even if she did, it has nothing to do with us. In my opinion, it is best for her to die outside. There will be one less person to feed at home, and you can save some food rations."

Tian Wenfang smacked his lips: "Brother, you are such a dark person!"

Then he touched the pocket where the receipt was and said, "I'm not a heartless person. As long as she really gives all the money to me and Niu Dan, it won't matter if I have to feed her one more mouth in the future."

Tian Hu squinted at her and said, "Do you really want to stay in the Shen family as a widow? Think carefully. You are not even forty yet, and you still have a long life ahead of you."

Tian Wenfang smoothed her bangs that were blocking her eyes and said angrily, "She only said that I can't remarry, but she didn't say that I can't find a man."

Tian Hu reminded him, "It's only been a few days since your brother-in-law left. You should take it easy and don't let people use it as an excuse to gossip about you."

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

…

"Really gone?"

At the dinner table, Zhou Shuhuan subconsciously asked more questions when he heard Qiao Ya say that Shen Baolan and her family had checked out and left.

Qiao Ya smiled and said, "Don't worry, they really left this time. I found a little brother to help me keep an eye on them. After getting Shen Hao's ashes, they took a bus to the train station in the afternoon."

"Great! They're finally leaving!"

Zhou Fu looked very happy, without any sadness at the death of his uncle.

Zhou Shuhuan glanced at his son, picked up a spoon and scooped a spoonful of crab roe tofu into Qiao Ya's bowl, and said considerately: "You have worked hard during this period, eat more."

Qiao Ya smiled happily and said that Ma Sufen's birthday was in two days and she wanted to hold a good party at a restaurant.

Zhou Shuhuan said no, "There have been a lot of troubles recently, so let's keep a low profile and just have a simple meal with our family."

Qiao Ya asked: "So are you coming here or going to your parents' place?"

"Let's go to my parents' place. My mom has bad legs, so we don't want her to have to travel so much."

Zhou Shuhuan and Qiao Ya were chatting happily, completely unaware that a pair of eyes were staring at them in an empty corner opposite the villa.

It was Shen Baolan.

She was holding a small bag of cold buns in her hand. She stuffed the dry and cold buns into her mouth while staring at the villa.

After suffering a loss, she learned her lesson. She knew that if Zhou Shuhuan knew she stayed, he would definitely find ways to deal with her, so she pretended to go home and went to the train station with Tian Wenfang.

After entering the platform, she did not get on the train, but hid in the toilet and did not come out of the train station until it was almost dark.

Through the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows, she could clearly see Zhou Shuhuan's family of five happily having dinner together.

Seeing Zhou Shuhuan picking up food for Qiao Ya from time to time, she felt unwilling and resentful in her eyes.

She had been married to Zhou Shuhuan for so many years, and Zhou Shuhuan had never picked up food for her once. But during this meal alone, Zhou Shuhuan picked up food for Qiao Ya several times.

And her good son, who treats her like an abandoned shoe, but flatters Qiao Ya, the mistress who destroys the family.

Shen Baolan angrily stuffed half of the bun into her mouth and chewed it hard, as if she was not eating a bun but a person.

…

"Aunt Cuihua is lying down again. I'm afraid she won't make it through this year. She hasn't eaten or drunk anything for several days. Uncle Dashan has also aged a lot, and most of his hair is white."

"I heard that Shen Baolan is still in Focheng. I don't know what she is thinking. I guess she feels ashamed to come back. This person really can't choose the wrong path. If you make a mistake, you will make mistakes at every step."

Fearing that Shen Baolan would come to harass her, Shen Mingzhu moved to the villa in Ruifeng Garden temporarily after sweeping the graves on the first day of the New Year. After living there for a while, she actually felt comfortable. Not only was the environment good, but travel was also convenient, so she decided to stay there permanently.

Last month, Shen Hongmei and Zhao Dafa also moved here.

The two families became neighbors, and whenever she had time, Shen Hongmei would come over to chat with Shen Mingzhu.

She felt sorry but also extremely fortunate that Shen Baolan had come to this point.

She almost went astray, but luckily she turned back in time.

…

"Mom, happy birthday. This jade bracelet is a small gift from Shuhuan and I. I wish you peace, health and longevity."

Looking at the icy and soft jade bracelet on her wrist, Ma Sufen smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into slits.

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But she complained: "This thing can't be eaten or drunk, why spend this money?"

"Without you and dad's careful upbringing and teaching, Shuhuan wouldn't be where he is today. We should spend as much money as possible to honor you and dad."

"It is a great honor for the Zhou family to have Shuhuan marry such a virtuous and capable wife like you."

Although Qiao Ya refused to live with them, she was sweet-talking and good at getting along. She would send food, drinks and clothes to their home every now and then, which made Ma Sufen very satisfied.

"As long as you like it, Mom."

"Grandma, can we have dinner now? I'm starving."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were praising each other, while Zhou Fu was yelling impatiently.

A boy of fourteen or fifteen years old is at the age of growing up. How could he resist facing a table full of sumptuous food?

While scolding her second grandson for being unruly, Ma Sufen smiled and invited the whole family to the table for dinner.

No outsiders were invited to today's birthday party. Apart from the elderly couple Ma Sufen and Zhou Quanxiong, there were Zhou Shuhuan, Qiao Ya, and three children, a total of seven people.

Although it was just a family dinner, the dishes were very rich.

There is everything from flying creatures in the sky to swimming creatures in the sea to crawling creatures on land, all of which are ordered from high-end hotels and delivered to your door.

"Mom, please try this crab and see how it tastes."

"Wow, why are these crab legs so big? They're thicker than my fingers."

"This is an Alaskan king crab, one is this big!" Zhou Fu answered while gesticulating.

He has liked eating shrimps and crabs since he was a child, and king crab is his favorite.

"Kid, you get excited when talking about food. I've never seen you study so hard." Ma Sufen scolded.

Qiao Ya smiled and spoke for her stepson: "Afu is now very serious about his studies and his grades have improved a lot."

Zhou Fu was very proud: "I got third place in the class in math last week!"

Ma Sufen immediately smiled so hard that she couldn't stop, and she even put the crab legs in her bowl into Zhou Fu's bowl as a reward.

"Eat, eat more, and try to get first place in the next exam."

"That's a must!"

"Hahaha, you're ambitious."

Outside the door.

Shen Baolan put her ear against the door, listening to the laughter coming from inside, with tears in her eyes, but a strange smile appeared on her face covered in dust and dirt, which made people shudder.

What a happy and perfect family. (End of this chapter)