Third Master, please restrain yourself. Our marriage is a marriage of convenience.

Pei Jinhe entered the Ji family home with offerings.

The family of three came out of the house and saw Pei Jinhe. Wu Min's sarcastic voice rang out.

"Oh! You've finally decided to come back. I thought you'd forgotten about this family after you started dating Master Shen."

Ji Yuyan glanced behind Pei Jinhe and, seeing that she had returned alone, said gloatingly, "Sister, why didn't Third Master Shen come with you?"

She knew that someone as powerful as Master Shen would never take Pei Jinhe, an adopted daughter, seriously.

Pei Jinhe replied indifferently, "No."

Ji Yuyan's eyes were full of calculation: "Sister, do you know Dean He Bing's last disciple?"

"What do you think?" Pei Jinhe asked calmly.

Ji Yuyan bluntly questioned, "Did you interfere with him taking back the A chip?"

Pei Jinhe glanced at her coldly: "Whatever you say goes."

She personally retrieved it; what kind of plot twist is needed?

Ji Zhenshan stepped forward, adopting the demeanor of a loving father: "Jinhe, as long as you can persuade her to give the A chip back to Yuanche, the Ji family will still acknowledge you as their daughter, and you can come back anytime in the future."

"Although the old lady of the Shen family chose you as her granddaughter-in-law, without a maternal family, how can you gain a foothold in the Shen family? Helping the Ji family is helping yourself. Once you give the A chip to Yuanche, I will arrange a good room for you, so that you and Yanyan can be treated the same. You should be satisfied now."

Wu Min spoke these words with a tone of condescension, as if becoming the daughter of the Ji family was Pei Jinhe's good fortune.

Pei Jinhe found it absurd and laughable.

Too lazy to waste my breath arguing with them, I walked straight past them toward the ancestral hall.

Seeing that Pei Jinhe completely ignored them, Ji Yuyan's temper flared up immediately. She stepped forward and blocked Pei Jinhe's path, speaking in an unfriendly tone.

"Pei Jinhe! My parents are talking to you! Are you deaf?!"

Pei Jinhe's eyes were icy cold: "Today is the anniversary of Grandma's death. I don't want to waste time arguing with you about these trivial matters."

Upon hearing this, Ji Zhenshan invoked his mother's name, since she had doted on Pei Jinhe the most when she was alive: "The Ji family is also your grandmother's life's work. As long as you can persuade Dean He Bing's closed-door disciple to give the A chip to Yuan Che."

"Yanyan will be able to marry into the Zhou family smoothly. When the Zhou family prospers, they can also help the Ji family. How can you not understand something so simple?"

Pei Jinhe looked at Ji Yuyan, raised an eyebrow, and said with a half-smile, "Marrying your own ex-brother-in-law, Ji Yuyan, you really have no shame."

Ji Yuyan roared angrily, "What ex-brother-in-law! If it weren't for the bet, how could Brother Che be with you!"

Pei Jinhe looked directly into her eyes, which were filled with anger and jealousy, and said calmly, "No matter why we were together, we were together after all, and that's a fact that no one can change."

"Pei Jinhe! Don't push your luck! Just because Old Madam Shen chose you as her granddaughter-in-law doesn't mean you can do whatever you want! Whether you'll actually be able to marry into the Shen family smoothly is another matter!"

Ji Yuyan launched into a tirade like a shrew: "Third Master Shen's temper is notoriously bad! Be careful you don't get beaten to death within days of marrying him!"

Pei Jinhe sneered, "You're the one who should be careful. Don't think I don't know you sent me that video. If Zhou Yuanche finds out about this, do you think you'll be held responsible for part of the A-chip being recalled?"

Although she didn't study computer science, learning artificial intelligence requires knowledge of programming and computers, so she also creates some small pieces of code.

Did Ji Yuyan think she could get away with it by using an anonymous phone number?

Even without checking, she could guess that it must have been sent to her by Ji Yuyan.

A fleeting look of guilt crossed Ji Yuyan's face, her eyes darting around: "What nonsense are you spouting! What video! I don't know anything about it!"

Ji Zhenshan and Wu Min didn't expect that Ji Yuyan was also partly responsible for the chip being retrieved. They were even thinking of having Ji Yuyan marry into the Zhou family.

If Zhou Yuanche finds out about this, there's no guarantee he won't take his anger out on Ji Yuyan, and her dream of becoming the young mistress of the Zhou family will be shattered.

Wu Min forced a smile and tried to appeal to emotions: "Jinhe, we're family."

Pei Jinhe scoffed, "My surname is Pei, and yours is Ji. We don't even have the same surname, so how can we be considered family?"

They forced her to change her surname from Ji.

They were afraid she would take a share of the Ji family's assets.

After all, adopted daughters have the same inheritance rights as biological children.

Ji Zhenshan, unusually kind, said, "If you want to change your surname to Ji, that's fine too, provided you help me get the A chip."

Pei Jinhe said with a look of disgust, "Then we don't need this surname."

After saying that, she walked straight toward the ancestral hall.

Ji Yuyan watched Pei Jinhe's retreating figure, gritting her teeth in anger: "Mom and Dad, this Pei Jinhe is really impervious to reason!"

Wu Min snorted coldly: "Since that's the case, then there's no need to be polite with her."

The ancestral hall was quiet and solemn; upon entering, a sense of oppression immediately struck.

Pei Jinhe lit the incense and placed it in the incense burner.

Looking at her grandmother's memorial tablet, her nose tingled with emotion: "Grandma, I've come to see you. Don't worry, I'm doing well now. You should be well down there too."

"Grandma, I haven't argued with them for your sake, but I can't tolerate this forever."

She carefully arranged the offerings, muttering to herself, "If they continue to pressure me like this, I will show no mercy once all their kindness has been exhausted."

"Thank you for raising me all these years. Without you, I might not be alive today. I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life."

The cigarette smoke rose gently, and the embers flickered twice.

In the hazy smoke, Pei Jinhe seemed to see the old man's kind face.

Pei Jinhe's eyes immediately welled up with tears. She knelt on the prayer mat and kowtowed three times: "Grandma, thank you for being willing to understand me."

After talking with her grandmother for a while, Pei Jinhe left the ancestral hall.

Ji Zhenshan and his family of three, along with about ten bodyguards, blocked Pei Jinhe's path.

Pei Jinhe looked at them expressionlessly: "What are you trying to do?"

Ji Yuyan said fiercely, "If you don't help me get the A chip today, don't even think about leaving here."

Pei Jinhe's eyes remained calm, without the slightest hint of panic: "You mean illegal imprisonment?"

Ji Yuyan said angrily, "Pei Jinhe, if you don't want to suffer, then obediently help me get the A chip."

Pei Jinhe retorted sarcastically, "So eager to please Zhou Yuanche? I wonder if Zhou Yuanche will even be interested in you."