Jiang Shu seemed to have guessed that Qiao Manman would say this, and chuckled as she put down the tissue in her hand.

"You don't understand. I didn't eat lunch at the company today, so I'm hungry now and naturally I don't care about eating one bite at a time."

"What a coincidence!"

Qiao Manman put the fork back in its place: "I didn't eat lunch because I was buying a gift for Grandpa."

Jiang Shu seemed to have heard a joke.

"Grandpa loves you so much, why are you only picking out a gift today?"

Jiang Shu raised her hand and tapped her temples twice: "Hiss... Did your father remind you that today is a special day?"

Qiao Manman's eye twitched slightly.

As someone who transmigrated into a book, why would she possibly search through her memories for Old Master Qiao's birthday?

However, it was precisely for this reason that Jiang Shu was able to seize the opportunity to satirize her, and she had nothing to say in return.

But in this head-to-head confrontation, she hasn't lost yet!

Qiao Manman rested her elbows on the table, propped her chin up, and smiled at Jiang Shu.

"So you knew it was my grandfather's birthday today?"

Jiang Shu crossed her arms and replied with a smile, "Of course."

Qiao Manman feigned surprise: "Since you know, why can't you, as my daughter-in-law, arrange a birthday banquet for my grandfather in advance?"

"Why should he have to arrange his own birthday?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shu's smile froze instantly, and then gradually became stiff.

But she tried her best to maintain her composure and asked, "Manman, do you know that what you said is an act of sowing discord?"

Qiao Manman retorted without any hesitation: "Didn't you also try to sow discord?"

"Do you insist that I say something, and you just have to say it?"

Jiang Shu's smile began to fade: "Can't you find anything you want to say?"

Qiao Manman shrugged: "It seems like no one says I can't say the same thing to you, right?"

A surge of anger suddenly welled up inside Jiang Shu, and she abruptly sat up straight: "Qiao Manman, are you determined to argue with me today?"

Qiao Manman's expression gradually darkened: "Wasn't it you who contacted me first?"

"Was it wrong for me to call you my daughter?"

"Is it a problem if I don't want to respond?!"

Seeing the two arguing at the dinner table, Qiao Qinian was so anxious that he just wanted to find an opportunity to interrupt them.

The two of them were speaking faster and faster; they hadn't even thought about it before their mouths were already spitting out the words.

Qiao Qinian paid no attention to the relatives who were gradually looking over, and he was not worried that his grandfather would find out.

All of the above issues are easy to resolve. His only fear is that the two of them will start fighting, and then he won't be able to stop them!

The most innocent party in the argument was Jiang Tingyan, who was sitting between them.

Before his left ear could even process Jiang Shu's words, Qiao Manman's words crept in through his right ear.

It has now developed to the point where the two of them start talking to each other without waiting for the other to respond.

He didn't even have time to figure out what they were saying!

Not only that, there was also the occasional saliva that fell on him.

Jiang Tingyan's handsome face was now extremely unsightly.

If it weren't for the fact that it was Grandpa Qiao's birthday today, and if he weren't worried that the two of them might start fighting at any moment, he would have already gotten up and left!

Across the table, Grandpa Qiao had already noticed his daughter-in-law and granddaughter arguing.

Seeing them arguing heatedly, their faces flushed, and the relatives around them whispering amongst themselves, Grandpa Qiao remained calm and watched.

Seeing the situation escalating, the butler couldn't help but step forward and ask, "Sir, should we try to stop it?"

Grandpa Qiao glanced at the maid standing next to Qiao Manman and said, "Go and ask what caused this."

The butler nodded and stepped forward, inquired about the situation, and then told Old Master Qiao what had happened.

After hearing this, Grandpa Qiao was stunned for a moment, but he quickly regained his usual appearance and even had a smile on his face.

The butler looked on in astonishment: "Old Master, are you sure you don't need to remind him?"

"Don't you think Jiang Shu is much better than Lin Wu?"

Lin Wu, Qiao Manman's biological mother.

The housekeeper felt a headache coming on when he thought of that woman.

He is polite and humble to everyone in front of them, but behind their backs, he badmouths one relative to another.

During the years she was there, she really threw the family into chaos.

Now that you put it that way, the butler could understand what Old Master Qiao meant.

The fact that Jiang Shu could argue with Qiao Manman in public without losing face shows that he is a genuine person who disdains underhanded tactics.

I can understand why Grandpa Qiao didn't blame Jiang Shu, but what about Qiao Manman?

The butler asked curiously, "Master, if the young lady argues with her stepmother in public, the relatives will probably gossip behind her back."

Grandpa Qiao still smiled and said, "My Manman has the guts to do this. Her relatives won't bully her in public anymore. What's wrong with that?"

The word "bias" kept popping into the butler's mind.

Before the butler could continue, Old Master Qiao sighed with regret.

"Old Dong, it seems like it's been a long time since the house has been this lively, hasn't it?"

Upon hearing what Old Master Qiao said, the butler nodded in agreement.

"It's usually quiet and deserted. Everyone is busy with their own things. Even when we get together occasionally, we just eat and rarely talk to each other."

Old Master Qiao glanced at everyone present and then asked, "So, what about now?"

The butler followed Old Master Qiao's gaze and looked at everyone's expressions one by one. Only after seeing the expressions on everyone's faces did he smile and respond in a low voice.

"Although everyone is just watching the show, there's a lot more energy now, and less distance and pretense."

As we were talking, we heard the screeching sound of a chair scraping against the floor.

The butler looked in the direction of the sound and saw Qiao Manman and Jiang Shu standing up together. The two grabbed the things that the maid had just brought and threw them at each other.

The housekeeper stared in shock, and the surrounding relatives also got up and moved away to watch Qiao Manman and Jiang Shu playfully bickering.

Qiao Qinian stood up to stop Jiang Shu, and took the opportunity to look at Jiang Tingyan and say, "Tingyan, quickly stop him from ordering Manman!"

Jiang Tingyan, with a gloomy and handsome face, got up and tried to grab Qiao Manman's hand, but Qiao Manman slapped it away.

Jiang Tingyan glanced at his hand, which had been slapped red, then pursed his thin lips and furrowed his brows as he continued to grab.

Just as he finally managed to grab Qiao Manman's hand, which was about to grab the food to throw away, Jiang Shu's words came from beside him.

"Qiao Manman, no matter how unhappy you are, I've already registered my marriage with your father. You are my daughter, and you'll always be my daughter. What can you do about it?"

Qiao Manman laughed mockingly: "Haven't you had enough of being a mother? So eager to be someone else's mother? Your maternal instincts are off the charts, aren't they?!"

Jiang Shu: "I just love being your mother, so what? I'm just afraid you, this rebellious son, will go out and cause trouble for others!"

Qiao Manman: "You're so eager to be the mother of a rebellious son like me, so what kind of good person can you be? A vicious woman?"

"Me, a vicious woman?!" Jiang Shu was so angry she was practically snorting smoke. "Qiao Manman, I'm not finished with you today!!"

Qiao Manman was still furious, her face flushed red: "It's not like we haven't fought before! Today I'll see who comes out on top!!"

The two struggled to break free from Qiao Qinian and Jiang Tingyan, but being women, they didn't have the strength to resist men.

Seeing that the two sides were really fighting fiercely, Old Master Qiao's two brothers couldn't stand it anymore.

They all crowded around Old Master Qiao, trying to persuade him to say something to stop them.

This perfectly good birthday party has been turned into this mess, what kind of behavior is this?

Old Master Qiao didn't want to persuade him, since with Qiao Qinian and Jiang Shu's son around, the storms wouldn't be too big.

But since his brothers had already spoken, he decided to give them face and just go along with what they said to stop them a little.

Old Master Qiao stood up and, with the help of the butler, walked towards Qiao Manman and Jiang Shu.

Just as he was about to reach the two of them, his foot suddenly slipped.

Grandpa Qiao's eyes widened in horror, and he lunged at Qiao Qinian.

Caught off guard, Qiao Qinian was knocked down, and Jiang Shu was also pulled down with him.

Jiang Shu was standing in front of Qiao Manman. She tackled Qiao Manman, and Jiang Tingyan also fell to the ground along with her.

When everyone saw that Grandpa Qiao had fallen, they rushed forward to help him up.

Before he could even react, Old Master Qiao was pulled up to find Jiang Shu and Qiao Manman already wrestling.

They were pulling each other's hair and kicking each other, their faces showing a defiant attitude.

Once action was taken, the situation changed. Old Master Qiao pointed at the two women and hurriedly said, "Quick, quickly separate them!!"

The servants came forward to help separate the two women, but instead of letting go, they held on even tighter.

"Qiao Manman! Let go of me!"

"If anyone's going to release something, it's you who released it first!" Qiao Manman gritted her teeth and growled, "You were the one who pounced on me and hit me first!"

Jiang Shu: "You were the one who pulled my hair first! Let go of me!!"

"You release it first!"

"I'm your mother, let her go!"

"You're a poisonous woman! I won't let you go!"

"I'm not a poisonous woman!! You're a scumbag!!"

Hearing the two of them arguing and tearing each other apart, Old Master Qiao was both angry and amused. He simply slapped Qiao Qinian, who was standing next to him, and reprimanded him in a serious manner.

"What are you standing there for?! Separate them right now!!"

Qiao Qinian could only step forward and pretend to be angry to persuade her, "Alright, Shushu, Dad's here! Manman, Grandpa's here, stop making a fuss!"

Upon hearing that Grandpa Qiao had arrived, the two instinctively released their grip and scrambled to their feet without even taking a breath.

Qiao Manman was surrounded by food, and she lost her balance and fell to the side.

Old Master Qiao's heart skipped a beat, and he made a move to go forward and support Qiao Manman, but fortunately Qiao Manman leaned against Jiang Tingyan.

She instinctively grabbed Jiang Tingyan's tie and pulled him directly towards her.

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