Sweetie, don't look at him, kiss me.

"Yes, yes."

Zhang Yuzhu smiled awkwardly: "Although I'm a bit older, but..."

She paused for a moment, then said, "But they've been quite good to Qingmian and to our Lin family."

Except that he never shows his face.

A mocking smile appeared on Su Tingwan's lips.

She picked up her teacup, took a sip, and asked in a calm voice, "So... what does he do?"

Zhang Yuzhu stammered, "It's just... it's just that I'm in the building materials business and I've made a little money."

Lin Qingmian's lips curled into a mocking smile.

I made a small fortune in the building materials business.

Her mother was still the same as before; she could lie without even thinking about it.

When Ji Linzhou bought her from that old man, he simply transferred the money to Lin Jianzhong and never even showed his face.

The Lin family didn't care. They had enough money and didn't care whether the man who married her was old or young, round or flat.

Su Tingwan was clearly not satisfied with this answer, but her smile remained gentle: "I see. No wonder Qingmian... sought another way out outside."

She sighed, her tone tinged with pity: "It's understandable that she's unhappy in her marriage, marrying a man so much older than herself at such a young age."

"But I want to sleep peacefully..."

She turned to look at Lin Qingmian, her gaze gentle yet sharp: "No matter what, you're already married. You still need to be mindful of certain things."

"Lin Zhou... after all, has a fiancée. What you're doing is unfair to both him and me."

Lin Qingmian looked up at her, her voice indifferent: "Miss Su, are you sure you are Ji Linzhou's fiancée? Did he admit it himself?"

Su Tingwan choked for a moment, and the smile on her face froze slightly.

"If she isn't, then who is?!"

Old Madam Ji snorted coldly and glared at her: "I told you two years ago, don't covet what doesn't belong to you. Our Ji family looks down on women like you who follow men around like glue!"

"I didn't expect you to stop bothering Ji Xingye and start bothering Ji Linzhou instead!"

"Have you no shame?!"

Just then, the office door was pushed open.

Chen Qiu stood at the door, followed by three or four women from the Ji family, each with an excited look on their faces.

As soon as Chen Qiu entered, he chuckled, "Oh, it's so lively here?"

She glanced around the office and saw the Lin family of three kneeling on the floor, sobbing. Her smile deepened: "The old lady said there was a good show to watch, so I rushed over as fast as I could. Luckily, I didn't miss it."

Old Madam Ji beckoned to her: "Qiu'er is here, come and sit down."

Chen Qiu walked over in high heels and sat down next to Old Madam Ji. Her gaze lingered on Lin Qingmian for a moment, her eyes filled with undisguised disgust and schadenfreude: "Tsk tsk, isn't this the second young lady of the Lin family?"

She crossed her legs and slowly said, "How come we run into each other here again? Are you like a fly? Wherever there are members of the Ji family, you just fly there?"

Lin Qingmian coldly raised her eyes to look at Chen Qiu, her lips curled in a chill: "Then you should ask this Miss Su Tingwan why she went to all that trouble to call me here to witness her engagement with Ji Linzhou."

"If I were a fly, what would her engagement with Ji Linzhou be? Would it be shit? Does it need a fly as a witness?"

"And what kind of company is this family's this season? Is it a latrine?"

Those two sentences turned the faces of the Ji family members present pale.

Chen Qiu gritted her teeth and glared at her fiercely: "You—!"

"You brat!"

Seeing that she had the upper hand, Zhang Yuzhu jumped up and angrily rushed towards Lin Qingmian, shouting, "How dare you speak to the Ji family like that?"

"Looks like the lesson I gave you last time wasn't enough; you actually dare to cause trouble again!"

"I'll beat you to death!"

As she spoke, she lifted her leg and was about to rush towards Lin Qingmian.

"mom."

Lin Qingqing frowned and reached out to stop her at the right moment: "Calm down, don't fight here, and don't make a scene."

She frowned and gestured to Zhang Yuzhu to pay attention to the direction of Old Master Ji and Old Madam Ji: "This is Ji family territory, so we should follow Madam Ji's arrangements."

Zhang Yuzhu paused for a moment, then softened her tone slightly, stopped and straightened her clothes before standing aside again.

Once the mother and daughter had calmed down, Old Madam Ji glanced at Lin Qingqing indifferently and said her first words to the Lin family that day: "This eldest daughter of the Lin family is much more sensible than your younger sister."

Lin Qingqing blushed slightly and lowered her head modestly: "You flatter me."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Zhang Yuzhu out of the corner of her eye.

Zhang Yuzhu gave her a barely perceptible smile.

They put on this show to make the Ji family remember Lin Qingqing's obedience and understanding, paving the way for Lin Qingqing to marry Ji Xingye in the future.

"Mrs. Lin."

A moment later, Old Madam Ji picked up her teacup, her gaze coldly falling on Zhang Yuzhu's face: "Do you know why I asked you to come here today?"

Hearing the anger in her voice, Zhang Yuzhu quickly replied, "I know, I know."

"We've recognized her. The person in the news who seduced Mr. Ji and caused a conflict between him and Miss Su is that brat Lin Qingmian. Your Ji family must have figured it out too."

She forced a smile: "Madam, please calm down. This was all done by that brat herself. It has nothing to do with the Lin family, and we had no intention of playing tricks on the Ji family..."

"That brat isn't even good enough for Young Master Hoshino. Now that she's married, what right does she have to associate with the Ji family..."

Old Madam Ji raised an eyebrow, keenly catching the key point in her words: "Oh? She really got married?"

"yes!"

Lin Jianzhong stood up and nodded quickly: "She's been married for a year now. I personally handed her over to that man a year ago. It's absolutely true."

As he spoke, he looked at Madam Ji with a beaming smile: "Even if our Lin family falls on hard times, we will never allow a married woman to seduce another man."

"So all these recent events were entirely her own idea, and she did them all by herself. They really have nothing to do with our Lin family..."

Old Madam Ji narrowed her eyes, her gaze sweeping over Lin Qingmian with disdain. Finally, she scoffed, "Second Miss Lin, now that you're married, go home and have children, be a good wife and mother. Why do you always have to linger around the Ji family?"

"You don't actually think the Ji family would be willing to marry a divorced woman, do you?"