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The children were filled with curiosity about the new decorations in the room and had a great time playing there.

Ruan Tinghe called them to come downstairs to play, but they didn't want to go.

With no other option, Ruan Tinghe could only tell them not to break the mirror and not to bring food to bed.

He went down by himself.

As soon as I got downstairs, I saw Liang Yali rushing over to the door.

"Comrade Ruan! Comrade Ruan!" As soon as Liang Yali saw him, she rushed to Ruan Tinghe.

Seeing her anxious expression, Ruan Tinghe couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Has something happened again?"

Liang Yali carefully took out a folded handkerchief from her pocket, opened it, and inside were the pearl earrings given to her by Ruan Tinghe.

"Comrade Ruan! Do you think this earring is yours?"

Ruan Tinghe looked confused. "What's wrong?"

"Hey! Your three little ones just gave me this, saying it was a gift. I guessed they might have taken the wrong thing, and since it's such a valuable item, I quickly returned it to them myself."

She originally wanted to refuse the children's request, but she was afraid they would get lost, so she accepted them first and then personally returned them.

"You didn't take the wrong one. I had the children take it to you."

Ruan Tinghe pushed the things back and explained.

Liang Yali was shocked: "This...this is such a valuable thing, why are you giving it to me!"

"Manager Zhu, you recommended him, right? You helped me close a deal, this is my reward to you."

"I just casually mentioned to him that the business deal was made possible because of your good cooking skills. I didn't help much, and besides, there was the child before..."

"Let's not talk about the children anymore; they're friends now."

Ruan Tinghe can distinguish between good and bad. Xiaolong was just led astray, but he can be corrected now.

"I can't accept such a nice gift from you." Liang Yali stuffed the earring into Ruan Tinghe's hand again.

Ruan Tinghe declined, saying, "I have plenty more here, so please accept them. I was hoping you could introduce me to more business opportunities in the future. But all I can do is paint; I can't handle other businesses."

Having said all that, Liang Yali looked at the earring and then at Ruan Tinghe, seeing that Ruan Tinghe was determined not to take it back.

"Alright! Then I won't stand on ceremony with you. Don't worry, I'll definitely keep an eye out for you in the future!"

"Alright, from now on, don't call me Comrade Ruan anymore, just call me by my name."

Ruan Tinghe was never used to being called "comrade" all the time.

Liang Yali waved her hand: "No, that won't do, that's too impolite! If you don't like me calling you 'comrade,' then I'll call you 'Tinghe Girl'!"

It's better than always calling someone "comrade".

So she agreed, "Okay, then I'll call you Sister Yali!"

"Alright, alright, I like your straightforward personality. You're much more likable than that woman from the Shen family! Tell me, on my way home from work today, I saw her coming back with her head covered, and I don't know what she was up to."

Ruan Tinghe's heart skipped a beat, so her nose was right after all; Ruan Jiaojiao had indeed gone to the ghost market and even went to buy things from the person with the mole.

"Tinghe, what are you thinking about? You're totally stunned!"

Liang Yali patted Ruan Tinghe's arm worriedly.

Ruan Tinghe snapped out of her daze: "It's nothing."

"Okay, I'll head back now. My family is waiting for me to cook dinner."

Liang Yali had just returned to the big tree next to the basketball court when she was stopped.

"Liang Yali, why are you going to see that widow again? Don't forget she beat your son! And she even forced you to go and apologize!"

The speaker was Aunt Zhu. Her daughter-in-law died young, and she lived alone in the family compound taking care of her grandson. She was closest to Ruan Jiaojiao and longed for a daughter-in-law like Ruan Jiaojiao every day.

Her family is one of those who secretly took their grandson and escaped from the security office a few days ago, and they still haven't apologized.

Besides Aunt Zhu, there were two other families. The Yu family's daughter-in-law was heavily pregnant, and Zhang Xiaomei was using this small mirror to apply powder to her face.

Yu's wife was greedy for small gains and often got treats from Ruan Jiaojiao. Her eldest son was seven years old and often played with Shen Yaozu.

Zhang Xiaomei was in her early twenties, dressed smartly and wearing makeup. Her parents had died early, and her sister-in-law had gone to serve in the military, but she insisted on staying in the family compound, refusing to suffer hardships with her brother. Almost all her clothes were secondhand items given to her by Ruan Jiaojiao. She was Ruan Jiaojiao's number one lackey.

"Hey Aunt Zhu, I can be friends with whoever I want, it's none of your business!"

"Pah! Who cares about you? A family of idiots eager to be someone's slaves!"

"Heh," Liang Yali glared disdainfully at Aunt Zhu, "You bring food and drinks to Ruan Jiaojiao every day, do you really want to be her maid? Has she ever drunk a drop of your soup? You don't really think someone like her would be your son's wife, do you?"

"You!" Aunt Zhu gasped for breath, clutching her chest in anger. She secretly wanted Ruan Jiaojiao to marry her son and become her grandson's stepmother. Many people in the compound knew her intentions, but no one dared to confront her directly!

"Hey Xiaolong's mom, how could you disobey your elders! Don't you even know what filial piety is?"

Yu's wife, heavily pregnant, stepped forward. "Besides, your aunt is only saying this for your own good. Don't you think about what Ruan Tinghe, a widow with three children, was doing when she infiltrated the family compound? Aren't you afraid she'll seduce your husband?"

"Pah! I bet you're just worried your man will be bewitched by Tinghe, aren't you? Tsk, Ruan Jiaojiao goes to your house every day, aren't you afraid she'll steal your man? Last holiday, it was me who came back with your man, and I even saw Ruan Jiaojiao fall down and throw herself into his arms!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Mrs. Yu retorted angrily. "Jiaojiao didn't mean to! She's kind-hearted and worried that I wouldn't have enough to eat during my pregnancy, so she saved all the good food for me!"

"Yeah, otherwise how could I feed you like a pig!"

Yu's wife used to be a stunning beauty, but she's gotten fatter and fatter. After having a child, she's now both overweight and oily, and her face is covered in acne.

"You!" Zhang Xiaomei put down the mirror and was about to speak when Liang Yali interrupted her.

Liang Yali: "Shut up! Are you trying to say that just because Ruan Jiaojiao gives you clothes, jewelry, and cosmetics, she's the best person in the world?"

Liang Yali put on the pearl earrings. "See them? He Meizi gave them to me! They're brand new, still in their packaging!"

Then, pointing to the powder box in Zhang Xiaomei's hand, she said, "Look at the powder box that Ruan Jiaojiao gave you. It was almost empty before she gave it to you."

Pointing to Zhang Xiaomei's clothes and shoes: "The skirt is ripped, and the shoes are torn, that's why I gave them to you!"

Zhang Xiaomei's face turned bright red. "These are all coincidences! Many things weren't broken!"

"So tell me, is there one item she gave you that she never used?"

"She..." Zhang Xiaomei thought for a long time, but couldn't think of anything.

"Of course I have them, I just don't want to wear them."

She stubbornly turned her face away, "Don't think you can drive a wedge between us like this! We know in our hearts how good Jiaojiao is to us!"

Liang Yali rolled her eyes: "Tch!"

She walked away humming a little tune.

Seeing that the old woman and Mrs. Yu both had dark faces, Zhang Xiaomei quickly said, "You weren't fooled by Liang Yali's few words, were you? No matter what, Sister Jiaojiao is still better than that widow Ruan Tinghe who only knows how to beat your children, right?"

"And let me tell you, that widow only got kept in the Yin family because she slept with that idiot! If you don't believe me, just wait and see the show tomorrow!"