On the other side, the Shen family.

As Ruan Jiaojiao packed her luggage, she sobbed and shed tears.

She had been packing her luggage for most of the day, and her duffel bag was almost full.

His hands moved slower and slower, and he secretly glanced at Qiao Xiaqing at the door, feeling extremely anxious.

What's going on? Why isn't Mom stopping me?

She usually uses this trick whenever she feels wronged, and Qiao Xiaqing always tries to persuade her gently and then tries to cheer her up.

"Jiaojiao, who bullied you? Mom will teach them a lesson for you!"

"Jiaojiao, don't cry. Mom will take you to the state-run department store to buy you new clothes. Whatever you want, Mom will buy it for you!"

"Jiaojiao, you are my savior, I will never let you go."

"Jiaojiao, no matter what others say, you are still my daughter-in-law, Qiao Xiaqing's daughter-in-law, and Yaozu is also our Shen family's beloved grandson."

However, none of that happened. Qiao Xiaqing just stood at the door, neither stopping her nor comforting her.

Ruan Jiaojiao felt a sudden panic. Was Qiao Xiaqing going to kick her out too?

No, she absolutely cannot leave!

"Mom," Ruan Jiaojiao spoke up, "Mom, don't you believe me either? Do you think Yaozu isn't Ayan's child?"

Qiao Xiaqing blurted out, "Of course I believe you! I watched Yaozu being born; he's my precious grandson!"

Qiao Xiaqing recalled that back then, Ruan Jiaojiao almost miscarried while saving her, which damaged her health and caused the baby to be born prematurely before it was full term.

For the past two years, the child has been sick, and it was only with great difficulty that she managed to raise him to be healthy and chubby. How could she bear to drive away such a good daughter-in-law and beloved grandson?

But her son was adamant, and Qiao Xiaqing was afraid that he would be angry with her, and that he would disappear again.

"Jiaojiao, Ayan is still angry right now. Why don't I rent a place for you outside and you move out with Yaozu? When the time is right, I'll bring you and Yaozu back."

Qiao Xiaqing persuaded her in a consultative tone, saying that this was the best solution she could think of.

Ruan Jiaojiao paused and slowly lowered her head. Was even Qiao Xiaqing trying to get rid of her?

Once she moves out, can she move back in? Why should she move out? Shouldn't it be the mistress who should move out?

Ruan Jiaojiao was not convinced; she would never move out!

Since that old woman Qiao Xiaqing can't make the right decision, she'll push her a little!

When she looked up again, her face was filled with sorrow and despair.

"Mom, thank you for believing in me. With your trust, Yaozu and I have lived a worthwhile life."

Suddenly, Ruan Jiaojiao pulled out a pair of scissors and stabbed herself in the heart.

Startled, Qiao Xiaqing lunged forward to grab the scissors, crying, "Jiaojiao, don't do anything foolish!"

"Mom, just let me die! Yaozu and I can't go on living!" Ruan Jiaojiao cried her heart out, but the hand holding the scissors lost its strength, and Qiao Xiaqing snatched the scissors away.

Qiao Xiaqing threw the scissors out the door and hugged the person to comfort them: "Why can't you go on living? Your mother is here, isn't she?"

"Brother Shen Yan refuses to acknowledge Yaozu and me. He's been blinded by that mistress. He doesn't want Yaozu and me anymore! Mom! What should I do? Everyone in the compound thinks I'm a bad woman, but I really am not, I..."

"Mom, just let me die!"

Ruan Jiaojiao cried and tried to bang her head against the wall again, but Qiao Xiaqing held her tightly and wouldn't let go.

"That brat may not acknowledge you, but Mom will! Don't worry, Jiaojiao, as long as I don't give my consent, no one can kick you out!"

I remember Ruan Jiaojiao saving my life, and the four years we spent together.

The soft-hearted Qiao Xiaqing could not bring herself to be ungrateful, and let two lives perish.

"But Mom, what should we do now? With that vixen around, Brother Shen Yan won't agree to let Yaozu and me stay."

"Then get rid of that vixen! You and Yaozu can continue living at home without worry. Leave everything else to Mom!"

From an angle where Qiao Xiaqing couldn't see, Ruan Jiaojiao smirked triumphantly.

Qiao Xiaqing went to the supply and marketing cooperative and spent a lot of money buying several cans of malted milk powder, several large bags of milk candy, pork...

In the end, he spent almost all the tickets and thousands of yuan he had, bought most of the goods in the supply and marketing cooperative, and went door to door to deliver gifts, begging everyone to forget about what happened today, to pretend that it never happened, and not to spread rumors.

Having received the bribes, everyone agreed not to bring up the matter again out of respect for the Shen family. Besides, they didn't want to talk about their children getting into a fight and losing face.

The matter was thus quietly dropped.

It was as if nothing had happened, but everyone had all sorts of speculations about the relationship between Ruan Jiaojiao, Shen Yan, and Ruan Tinghe.

After leaving Ruan Tinghe's place, Shen Yan went to the hospital. Ruan Tinghe was unable to go because of her foot injury, so he went to the hospital to visit Yin Ze and apologize to Grandma Qin on her behalf.

In truth, this whole affair started because of him, and he should apologize.

When Shen Yan returned to the family compound, he heard that his mother had spent a lot of money to cover her mouth.

"See? I told you Auntie wouldn't let Ruan Jiaojiao and her son leave."

Yin Quan was driving, completely unsurprised by Qiao Xiaqing's actions.

Shen Yan pinched his brow, feeling a headache coming on. Of all his family members, his mother was the most easily influenced. Coming from a wealthy family, she was well protected by her maternal grandparents before marriage and by her father after marriage, which made her simple-minded, kind, and easily deceived.

"Can the robbery from back then still be investigated?" He had to find out the truth about the "life-saving grace." If Ruan Jiaojiao really saved his mother, he could overlook the marriage fraud and just give her some money to get rid of her.

If the debt of saving his mother's life was fake, he would never let this woman who had deceived his mother for four years get away with it!

"We couldn't find out; we didn't report it to the police at the time."

Shen Yan frowned: "Such a big thing, and you didn't report it to the police?"

"I only found out later. It seems that Ruan Jiaojiao was soft-hearted and said that those robbers were desperate and that's why they committed crimes. I don't know the specifics, but anyway, we didn't report it to the police. Your father and your two older brothers weren't there at the time, so your mother made the decision herself."

Yin Quan, being an outsider, had even less right to investigate.

"This matter is definitely not simple!"

"Four years have passed. Even if you wanted to reopen the investigation now, it wouldn't be easy unless you could find those robbers. In this vast sea of ​​people, where would you even begin to look? We don't even know what they look like."

"I will find them!" Shen Yan said firmly, determined to find the truth.

Yin Quan didn't try to dissuade him, only saying, "Okay, if you need anything, just let me know."

The car stopped at the fork in the road: "We've arrived at your home. Your wife and children are waiting for you to come back."

Shen Yan glared at him coldly, and Yin Quan surrendered, stopping his teasing: "Fine, fine, it's not your wife and kids, okay? But you still have to go back, your home is over there!"

"I'm not going, it's disgusting." Shen Yan refused to leave, "My wife and child are at your house."

Yin Quan was speechless: "You're shameless! What's going on between you and Ruan Tinghe?"

"I won't tell you," Shen Yan thought, his mind wandering as he recalled the kiss during the day. He suddenly realized that it wouldn't be a bad thing for Ruan Jiaojiao and her son to continue living in the Shen family home, which would give him a reason not to go home.

"I want to stay in the empty room upstairs in your house," Shen Yan said without any hesitation.

"You, Shen Wulai, want to stay at my house? Do you think I can kick you out?"

It's been like this since I was a child. If I got hurt in a fight outside and was too scared to go home, I would stay at his house.

When he returned from a mission, he was afraid of disturbing his family's sleep, so he stayed at his house instead.

I had a fight with my family, so I came to stay at his house!

"I must have owed you something in my past life!" Yin Quan said helplessly as he drove home. "But I'm warning you beforehand, there aren't many shrimp dumplings left, so don't try to take them from me!"

"How can you, an adult, take it from a child? Da Bao also loves shrimp dumplings!"

"What does his liking have to do with me? He's not my child."

That being said, when it came time to eat dumplings, Yin Quan still gave all the shrimp dumplings to Da Bao, but that's another story.

At this moment, Yin Quan thought of something else: "It's strange, but Da Bao's three children have many eating habits that are very similar to yours and mine."

"Of course my son looks like me!" Shen Yan said proudly.

"Your biological child?"

Shen Yan froze, his smile vanished, and the image of four years ago flashed through his mind: when he rushed back to Stone Village, only to witness Ruan Tinghe discussing marriage with her fiancé.

I was reminded of the time I spent with Ruan Tinghe.

The children are very well-behaved, so what if they aren't my biological children?

He has already decided that Ruan Tinghe is his father. Whether the children are his biological children or not doesn't matter. From now on, they will all have to call him Dad!

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