My ex-boyfriend cheated on me with my sister, and I got married to him in a flash; he went crazy.

As soon as the call connected, Xu's mother's gentle voice came from the other end, "Tongtong, come over for dinner tonight. I made your favorite cilantro dumplings..."

Jiang Shutong pursed her lips. "I'm sorry, Aunt Cheng, I... I have something to do tonight, so I probably won't be able to make it..."

She didn't want to see Xu Mingze again.

She didn't want to pretend to be in love with Xu Mingze anymore; it made her feel nauseous.

On the other side, Xu's mother seemed somewhat disappointed. After a moment of silence, she said again, "Then can you come over tomorrow? I'm so bored at home alone. Your Uncle Xu is away on a business trip, and Mingze has been busy at the company these past few days and hasn't come home for dinner..."

Jiang Shutong felt a little soft-hearted, and as soon as she heard that Xu Mingze wasn't there, she agreed, "Then I'll make time to go over tonight."

Mother Xu's voice immediately lit up with joy, "Okay, Tongtong, I'll have someone make your favorite dishes and wait for you to come over."

"Okay, Aunt Cheng."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Shutong put it away and then heard a man's cool voice in her ear, "Tsk tsk, you've already broken up, but he still treats you like his daughter-in-law..."

He said that she learned her skill in pleasing elders from her ex-boyfriend's parents.

Sensing the cold aura emanating from Pei Yichen, Jiang Shutong hurriedly explained, "No, it's because she just had heart surgery, so I can't tell her yet that Xu Mingze and I have broken up."

Pei Yichen's tone was stiff, "You don't need to explain to me. We agreed that we wouldn't interfere in each other's private lives."

After he finished speaking, he strode ahead.

Jiang Shutong: ...

She quickly chased after him, saying, "I promise you, I will never cheat on you or have anything happen between you and your ex-boyfriend."

"But his parents are very good to me; they treat me like their own daughter, so I..."

Pei Yichen abruptly interrupted her, "Are you complaining that my dad treats you badly? He doesn't even treat me like his own son, so don't even think about it."

"I'm not..."

That's really not what she meant...

The man had already walked to the car, opened the door, and gotten in, looking like he didn't want to hear her explanation anymore.

Jiang Shutong also opened the car door, got in, and fastened her seatbelt.

The atmosphere inside the car remained tense throughout the journey, and neither of them spoke.

Jiang Shutong looked out the window; she didn't want to explain anymore.

He concealed his homosexuality from her when he married her. Did she say anything?

He and his lover have an affair in the study every day. Has she said anything about it?

……

the other side.

Xu Family Villa.

Xu's mother, Cheng Sha, put down her phone and glared at her son, annoyed. "Tell me honestly, what exactly did you do to make Tongtong angry?"

Xu Mingze averted his gaze, avoiding eye contact with his mother, and only replied perfunctorily, "Mom, young couples always argue, isn't that normal?"

"Hmph, Tongtong isn't the kind of girl who makes a fuss unreasonably. You must have done something to upset her, otherwise she wouldn't refuse to have a meal with me."

Since their last meeting, Xu's mother had thought she would soon be able to hold her grandson.

As soon as Xu Mingze came back, he said that he had a fight with Jiang Shutong and that he had been blocked.

Let her, as the mother, personally call Jiang Shutong over for dinner.

Xu Mingze knew Jiang Shutong would definitely refuse, so he specifically asked his mother to emphasize that he wasn't home.

"Mom, stop asking. The most important thing now is to help me win your daughter-in-law back."

Cheng Sha glared at him, "If you don't tell me what you two argued about, how am I supposed to help you make up?"

"Don't worry about it. Just get her here for me, and I'll take care of the rest."

Cheng Sha snorted, "Fine, fine, I'm telling you right now, if you lose my daughter-in-law, don't ever come back."

night.

Jiang Shutong took a taxi to the Xu family villa.

She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Xu Mingze was really not home.

Xu's mother pretended not to know about the argument between the two and chatted with her as kindly as ever.

"Tongtong, you've lost weight lately. Don't always be so busy with work, take good care of yourself."

Jiang Shutong nodded obediently, "I know, Aunt Cheng."

Remembering something, Mrs. Xu asked with a hint of excitement in her eyes, "By the way, you said you wanted to try to have a baby with Mingze that night, how did it go, did it work?"

Jiang Shutong's face flushed slightly when this was mentioned.

Actually, this scene wasn't originally in the script; she added it on the spot just to spite her sister.

But in the end, it deceived the elderly couple's feelings, leaving them disappointed.

"Aunt Cheng, well, Mingze and I have been quite busy with work lately, so we're not thinking about trying to conceive for the time being."

Cheng Sha took her hand and said understandingly, "It's okay, let's do it your way, we're not in a hurry."

After chatting for a while, Cheng Sha took her to a restaurant for dinner.

As always, the table was set with Jiang Shutong's favorite dishes, including her favorite cilantro dumplings.

Cheng Sha kept putting food on her plate, saying, "Eat more, you're too thin."

Halfway through the meal, Xu Mingze returned.

When he saw Jiang Shutong, he was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Tongtong is here."

Then, very naturally, he pulled out the stool next to Jiang Shutong and sat down.

Jiang Shutong lost her appetite the moment she saw Xu Mingze. "Aunt Cheng, I'm full. I have some work to do tonight, so I'll head back now."

Cheng Sha's face stiffened slightly. She tentatively asked, "Tongtong, why are you leaving as soon as Mingze comes back? Did you two have a fight?"

It seems the son has really angered someone this time.

"No, Auntie, we're fine. It's just that I really have something to do..."

Since Jiang Shutong had already said that, Cheng Sha couldn't insist that she stay any longer, and simply said, "Mingze, you should take Tongtong back."

"No need, I'll just take a taxi."

Cheng Sha insisted, "That won't do. It's so late, it's dangerous for such a pretty girl like you to take a taxi alone at night..."

Finally, with Cheng Sha watching her go, Jiang Shutong had no choice but to get into Xu Mingze's car.

inside the car.

The man's voice was tinged with bitterness, "Tongtong, you don't even want to spend a single moment with me now?"

He originally thought that even if his mother didn't show affection for him like last time, she wouldn't be cold to him, and she certainly wouldn't get up and leave immediately.

Jiang Shutong turned her head to look at the night outside the window, and sneered coldly upon hearing this, "I find it disgusting to even look at a scumbag like you."

Xu Mingze gripped the steering wheel tightly, his knuckles turning white. He gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think that guy surnamed Pei is some kind of good man? Let me tell you, all his designer clothes, shoes, and watches are high-quality fakes. Don't be fooled by his fabricated rich kid identity..."