A charming widow in her 70s married a factory manager and raised his children.

Shang Jiang clearly had a lot of opinions about Peng Wanzhou.

Before leaving, Lu Congyue told Zhuang Qingxiang that he was going with Shang Jiang, as he had something to ask him.

Shang Jiang followed Lu Congyue out of the guesthouse with his arm around Lu Congyue's shoulder, looking puzzled.

"What's wrong?" Shang Jiang asked. "If you're trying to find out about my sister, I can only say I don't know either. I'm also quite surprised!"

"Not mentioning Sister Shang is your business," Lu Congyue smiled. "I heard you're dating someone? Yunyun? Who is she?"

Shang Jiang was stunned for a moment before he realized what was going on: "What girlfriend? I'm not dating anyone! That girl's name is Wang Yunyun. She's... she's a friend's cousin. We've known each other for over a year."

Upon hearing this, Lu Congyue raised an eyebrow: "You spend so much money and tickets to treat someone to a meal at a state-run restaurant when you're not even dating? And the meal is so lavish... I remember you even wanted to borrow money from Sister Shang before, and you complained when she didn't lend it to you."

"Sigh... You don't know, Wang Yunyun is quite pitiful. She can't even get food at home. I can only treat her to something good, order more dishes, and let her take the leftovers home so that she won't go hungry for at least two or three days," Shang Jiang sighed.

"She can't get food at home? Her parents abuse her? They favor boys over girls?" Lu Congyue frowned.

If that's the case, that family is truly inhuman.

"No," Shang quickly replied, "She's staying at my friend's house now... um, my friend is her cousin, but my friend has a bad temper and always bullies her, making her go hungry all the time, sigh..."

Shang sighed and looked angry at his son's lack of ambition, but it was unclear who he was talking about.

"Is your friend her cousin? A woman? What's her name?"

"You don't know her, but I got to know her after you left, Tan Ruixue." Shang Jiang scratched his head. "I used to think she was a really good girl, with ideals and ambitions. It's a pity that you can't judge a book by its cover. She was very well-mannered in front of me, but at home she was a tyrant."

"A female tyrant..." Lu Congyue frowned in thought, then tentatively asked, "Have you been to her house? Have you seen how she acts like a female tyrant?"

Shang Jiang had never been to Tan Ruixue's house. Although they were friends, they weren't boyfriend and girlfriend, and going to a girl's house would cause misunderstandings.

However, he had personally witnessed Tan Ruixue shoving Wang Yunyun, causing Wang Yunyun to fall and sprain her ankle. If he hadn't rushed over in time to stop Tan Ruixue, Wang Yunyun would probably have been slapped a few more times.

Lu Congyue listened and nodded.

Since it was witnessed firsthand, it proves that the girl named Tan Ruixue does indeed have character flaws.

"In that case, it's best to avoid contact with them. They all sound like trouble." Lu Congyue's biggest annoyance with women who bring trouble is his wife.

Shang nodded: "I know. I've already given Tan Ruixue an ultimatum. If she doesn't correct her mistakes, then we can't be friends anymore."

"Okay, as long as you keep it in mind." Lu Congyue patted his shoulder. "However, if you don't like Wang Yunyun, you should avoid contact with her to prevent her from misunderstanding."

"No, I've made it very clear to her that we're just friends." Shang Jiang disagreed.

Lu Congyue's lips twitched: "You've explained it clearly, but your actions haven't. Think about it, she's someone who's been bullied to the point of not having enough to eat. When she meets you, a man who brings her big meals every now and then, how can she not be grateful? How can she not be moved? This girl is used to coming to you whenever she has a problem. How can you be so heartless as to ignore her?"

"Oh, it's not that serious, is it? That girl was quite sensible. Alright, let's not talk about me anymore, I need to hurry back, I have a lot of things to do at home."

Seeing that Shang Jiang still didn't take it seriously, Lu Congyue didn't say anything more.

After we finish attending Sister Shang's wedding banquet, I'll tell her about this and let her talk to Shang Jiang about it.

When Lu Congyue returned to his room at the guesthouse, he saw his wife staring at him expectantly, her eyes sparkling.

He couldn't help but curl his lips into a smile, then stretched lazily as if nothing had happened: "I've been tired these past few days, I need to get some rest."

As he spoke, he lay down.

Zhuang Qingxiang knew he must have talked a lot when he saw Shang Jiang off, and she was waiting for him to come back so they could talk about it. But instead, he just lay down like that? And closed his eyes?

Zhuang Qingxiang felt a tickle in her heart. She quickly went over, glanced at the three sleeping children, and whispered, "Congyue, has General Shang told you about Miss Yunyun?"

Lu Congyue didn't even open his eyes: "I told you."

"What did he say?" Zhuang Qingxiang immediately pressed, "Is he his girlfriend?"

Lu Congyue opened his eyes and smiled: "Want to know?"

"Of course I want to," Zhuang Qingxiang said immediately. "Tell me about it."

Lu Congyue raised an eyebrow mischievously: "Then you'll have to give me something in return."

He pointed to his cheek as he spoke.

"You..." Zhuang Qingxiang glared at him playfully, but without any hesitation, she leaned down and kissed him on the lips. "Now you'll talk, right?"

Lu Congyue never expected such a good thing to happen.

I thought I'd be lucky to get a kiss on the cheek, but my wife was quite outgoing today and kissed me on the lips.

Lu Congyue licked his lips, glanced at the three children out of the corner of his eye, then hooked his arm around Zhuang Qingxiang's neck, pulled her down, and taught her how to kiss him to her satisfaction.

After a while, Zhuang Qingxiang leaned on Lu Congyue's shoulder, panting softly, which made Lu Congyue chuckle: "Didn't you already learn how to breathe properly? What's wrong with you today?"

Zhuang Qingxiang gave him a push, sat up, and glared at him.

He launched a surprise attack, pressing down on the back of her head so she couldn't escape at all, not even giving her a chance to breathe...

"Are you angry?" Lu Congyue quickly sat up and said softly, "Then are you still going to listen to Miss Yunyun's story?"

Zhuang Qingxiang immediately forgot about being angry: "Then hurry up and tell me."

Lu Congyue then recounted everything he had heard from Shang Jiang.

Zhuang Qingxiang frowned after hearing this: "Why does it sound like..."

"What's wrong?" Lu Congyue raised his hand to smooth her brow. "Don't frown. Why are you so upset about other people's business?"

Zhuang Qingxiang slapped his hand away and said softly, "No, don't you think this story sounds familiar?"

"Um?"

"Think about it, why did Sister Shang get a divorce? It's because Ge Jiangtao said she bullied her sister-in-law, even hit her, and tried to kill her nephew..."

Lu Congyue thought for a moment and shook his head: "That's still different. Ge Jiangtao didn't see it with his own eyes at all. He deliberately threw dirty water on Sister Shang. Shang Jiang saw with his own eyes that girl named Tan Ruixue pushed his cousin, causing her to fall and sprain her ankle."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Qingxiang realized that it made sense.

Shang Jiang witnessed it with his own eyes, which is why he felt pity for Wang Yunyun.

"Alright, then Tan Ruixue was indeed in the wrong." Zhuang Qingxiang shrugged. "It seems they talked about something after dinner that day, which is why Shang Jiang gave her an ultimatum. It's been three days, and judging from Shang Jiang's tone, that girl still hasn't come to apologize?"