After carefully recalling her memories from her previous life, Jiang realized that Old Madam Fu looked down on the Xia family.
As for why she was willing to form a marriage alliance with the Xia family, she still hasn't figured it out.
The reason I'm being so polite now is entirely out of respect for her.
Jiang Zao understood: "Thank you, Mom."
After putting down her chopsticks, Jiang Zao planned to report the morning's events to Madam Fu, but Madam Fu stopped her.
“We’re family, we don’t talk about business over dinner. And since I’ve put you in that position, just go ahead and do it. If there’s anything, let them come to me.”
Madam Fu has finally come to terms with it; it's just money, isn't it?
It's just a company, isn't it?
As long as Jiang Zao can stay and stay by Yan Ci's side, she will give her whatever Jiang Zao wants.
...
At 6:30 p.m., Jiang Zao and Fu Yanci arrived at the Xia family home.
The Xia family lived in a high-end villa community. After getting out of the car, Xiao Zhang carried the gifts prepared in the trunk and followed behind Jiang Zao and Fu Yanci.
Xia Yunqian and Lan Yi sat on the sofa in the living room, one watching TV and the other scrolling through her iPad.
The maid, Sister Ma, opened the door for Jiang Zao and the others. After they passed through the entrance hall, Xia Yunqian and Lan Yi looked up and glanced at them.
"You're back?"
The speaker was Madam Xia, Lan Yi, Jiang Zao's biological mother.
After saying that, he glanced at Xiao Zhang, who was carrying things, and gestured with his chin toward the coffee table.
"Put your things here."
After saying that, he turned his gaze back to the television, and habitually blurted out words of disdain.
"It's bad enough that you're returning home so late, but you only brought a few things. The Xia family gave you a generous dowry when you got married. After staying at the Fu family for so many days, how come you're still so stingy and unpresentable?"
Xia Yunqian continued reading financial news on his iPad, never getting involved in the mother and daughter's affairs.
Or rather, he had been ignoring Jiang Zao, his stepdaughter, for so many years, and had simply gotten used to it.
Xia Chuwei walked downstairs, her long hair flowing down her back, wearing heavy makeup and a limited-edition dress from a certain brand's new season, looking just like a peacock showing off its tail feathers.
"Oh my god, sister, you didn't really go to work at Fu's, did you?" Xia Chuwei feigned surprise, then smiled and said, "You haven't even sorted out the mess you made at Xia's yet. Fu's is a big corporation. If you accidentally write the wrong data in the contract or lose important materials, our family won't help you."
She walked to the sofa, deliberately sat down next to Lan Yi, and said in a coquettish tone, "Mom, I'm thirsty, I want to drink freshly squeezed juice."
Lan Yi naturally looked at Jiang Zao, "Didn't you hear your sister say she wanted juice? Hurry up and make some for her?"
No one in the Xia family thought there was anything wrong with Lan Yi's reaction. Even the servants didn't move, waiting for Jiang Zao to go to the kitchen to make juice for Xia Chuwei.
Xiao Zhang was about to put his things down when he heard this, and all his movements stopped. He looked at the Xia family of three in disbelief.
Back in the Fu family, the Third Madam was so well served that even her coffee was personally delivered to her, and she was attended to by several people. But after returning to her parents' home, she became a servant who could be ordered around at will.
Jiang Zao wasn't surprised by her mother's reaction, since she had been like that for both generations.
But Xia Yunqian is so short-sighted. Fu Yanci came to visit in person, and she still sat there like a king.
"I……"
"You're not allowed to bully your wife!"
Before Jiang Zao could finish speaking, Fu Yanci stood in front of her, glaring angrily at the Xia family.
Especially in early summer.
“Nephew’s wife, why did you make my wife get you juice? She’s your aunt, your elder, how dare you order her around? I’m going to tell my nephew.”
As he spoke, he took out his phone to call Jiang Jinfeng.
Xia Chu stood up nervously. "Uncle, I... I was just joking. You misunderstood."
She and Jiang Jinfeng are still in a cold war because of what happened last time, making it even more difficult to force things to become a real relationship. If that idiot tells on her again, her mother-in-law will definitely find out, and she will definitely be scolded again when she returns to the Jiang family.
Fu Yanci ignored her and directly dialed Jiang Jinfeng's number, "Nephew, your wife is bullying my wife, treating her like a servant! Your wife is too wicked, humph!"
She was still sulking when she hung up the phone.
Lan Yi and Xia Yunqian then looked at him properly.
"Yanci, you can't do this. Aren't you just escalating the conflict between Weiwei and her husband?" Lan Yi's eyes were filled with contempt for Fu Yanci.
Did he still think he was the heir of the Fu family?
Xia Yunqian was also very dissatisfied with Fu Yanci. She thought she would get a good son-in-law, but she didn't expect him to become a fool right after they got married.
“Yanci, you really did something wrong. You should call Jinfeng again and tell him that you were just joking.”
Fu Yanci felt wronged, feeling sorry for his wife.
He wanted to cry, but then he remembered what Jiang Zao had told him.
He clenched his fists and spoke clearly, word by word: "I'm not joking, and I haven't done anything wrong, because I am Master Fu!"
Xia Yunqian and Lan Yi were shocked.
At this moment, they seemed to see the calm and wise Master Fu from the past again.
Jiang Zao smiled and held Fu Yanci's hand. She could tell that the child had reached his limit.
"Aci, don't be angry, let's go home."
Lan Yi stepped forward: "Going home? Jiang Zao, aren't you here for your homecoming?"
Jiang Zao turned around: "Mom, so you still remember that I came back to visit my parents today. But you've been standing here since I entered the house. You haven't forgotten that I married into the Fu family, have you? Third Master Fu has never been treated so lightly before. Are you sure my mother-in-law will still agree to cooperate with the Xia family if she knows what just happened?"
After saying that, she looked at Xiao Zhang and said, "You don't need to put the things down. Take them back. I'm sure the Xia family is wealthy and powerful, so they won't be short of money."
Suddenly, a mischievous thought struck her, and she glanced at the gift boxes with a smile. "My mother-in-law only said she prepared a gift for me, but she didn't say what it is. Xiao Zhang, do you know?"
Xiao Zhang was quick-witted. "Oh, this box contains a hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, which the old lady personally selected from the storeroom. There's also a jade bracelet and cordyceps. But the main attraction is this set of glass cups, which the old lady bought at a high price at an auction in R country. There's no other pair like it in the world; it's priceless."
Jiang Zao was also surprised that Madam Fu had prepared so many nice things.
It's such a waste to give it to the Xia family.
“Okay, take them all back,” Jiang Zao said.
Xiao Zhang turned around and left quickly, putting all his things back in the trunk.
Lan Yi and Xia Chuwei: "..."
My heart is bleeding with sorrow.
They almost all belonged to them!
Xia Yunqian didn't care about the gifts; what he was worried about was his relationship with the Fu family. But it was too late for him to regret it now, so he could only try to make amends.
“Zaozao, you came to the Xia family with your mother when you were five years old. Although I am not as close to you as I am to Weiwei, I believe I have done everything a father should do. I know you are a grateful child.”
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