1970s: My childhood sweetheart ran away, and I turned around and married the wildest chief.

Zhou Lan's face turned red, mostly from anger.

Today, she finally saw Qiao Wanqing's true colors.

As a young lady from a prominent family, Qiao Wanqing was always very particular about her words and actions, and she rarely revealed her temper. A young lady from a respectable family must be well-mannered, otherwise she would be laughed at.

But in her previous life, she had climbed up from the bottom, and in this life, she still had her maternal grandfather's wolf-like teachings. Her grandfather only needed her to maintain a superficial level of manners, but if she encountered someone unreasonable, she had to be aggressive.

Therefore, when Qiao Wanqing argues with someone, she is always in a fighting state. How could she possibly listen to you lecturing and belittling her? She will only seize the loopholes in your words and immediately interrupt and fight back.

She won't let you lead the conversation; she's good at steering the conversation in her own direction at any time.

People around Zhou Lan looked at her and felt that she was talking strangely. She said she had a good relationship with the other person, but she came up and started to lecture them. Normally, if you see a child from a good relationship being bullied, shouldn't you step in to protect them?

All eyes were on Zhou Lan, making her feel embarrassed and ashamed that her sordid thoughts had been exposed to the light of day. Zhou Lan retorted angrily, "I'm asking you, are you married?"

"Yes!" Qiao Wanqing replied as quickly as ever, "Is there a problem? Is Auntie upset that I didn't invite you to the wedding?"

Zhou Lan felt like she was about to choke on her own blood, nearly spitting blood with rage. "Who wants to drink your wedding wine? Who let you get married? You were clearly arranging a marriage with my son, and you got married without even saying a word. What do you mean by this? You've thrown away all shame to save your life, haven't you?"

Zhou Lan got angry just thinking about it. She only found out today that Qiao Wanqing was married. Because of the trouble the Qiao family had, she and her husband had refused Qiao Yuanhe's invitation for their families to get married, hoping to manipulate Qiao Wanqing. Later, she thought it best to give Qiao Wanqing some space first. She went out for two days to prevent the other party from shamelessly pestering her. After all, her family still had some connections with the Qiao family, so it wouldn't be easy to refuse them too badly.

At that time, no one dared to get close to the Qiao family, so the Qiao family had no choice but to beg the Chen family for help.

As soon as she got back today, she heard that Qiao Wanqing got married. Not only did he get married, but he also held a grand banquet!

How can this be allowed?

Isn't this a slap in the face to her son?

She was still waiting for Qiao Wanqing to come to her door, who would have thought she would get married so soon?

Does that mean all of the Qiao family's wealth will end up with someone else?

It's unbearable for anyone to lose something they've already got their hands on.

Zhou Lan stood in the crowd, looking at Qiao Wanqing in front of her. She hadn't seen Qiao Wanqing for a while. During the time that the Qiao family had gone through the troubles, it was Qiao Yuanhe who went to inquire about the marriage. Qiao Wanqing hadn't come to visit at all.

In her memory, she only remembered that the girl was too beautiful, too strong-willed and arrogant, and had an inexhaustible stubbornness. She didn't have a trace of the obedience and virtuousness of an ordinary wife.

If it weren't for her family background, she wouldn't like this girl at all.

They thought that the Qiao family's downfall would temper the girl's arrogance and make her easier to control after marriage, but who knew she would turn around and marry someone else.

Right now, she is full of energy, her skin is radiant, and her eyes are arrogant. There is not a trace of the haggardness that comes with the family's misfortune.

Zhou Lan became increasingly angry as she thought about it.

Qiao Wanqing snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "I can marry whoever I want. What does it have to do with your son?"

In her haste, Zhou Lan exclaimed, "You and my son are engaged, it's an agreement between our two families..."

"Where's the evidence?"

Qiao Wanqing is not someone who will passively take a beating. She rarely explains herself and never engages in internal strife; taking the initiative to attack is her true nature.

"You keep saying I'm engaged to your son, but where's the proof? Is there a marriage certificate, a token, or a witness? Bring them here to confront me!"

Zhou Lan already disliked Qiao Wanqing's arrogant nature, and now that the family had fallen on hard times, she was furious that he still dared to be so arrogant.

"You still want to argue? Your grandfather didn't have this attitude when he discussed the marriage with our family, you..."

"Grandpa discussed marriage with your family? How come I didn't know? Did I ever go to your house to tell you that I was dating your son? Chen Jin and I were both in the military, so we had to submit a report to the authorities before we could date. Or is this just wishful thinking on your part?"

Qiao Wanqing chuckled, her mouth chattering like a machine gun, "Grandpa has always respected our choices. At most, as an elder, he would mention a few people he thought were good enough when I reached marriageable age and ask if I wanted to consider them. But he never bypassed me and got me engaged directly. Auntie, you're out of touch! Arranged marriages are no longer popular. Now, free love is advocated."

Seeing that Qiao Wanqing wouldn't admit it, Zhou Lan was furious. "You actually won't admit it? Qiao Wanqing, your Qiao family is in such a state, what are you still being arrogant about? Your parents and grandparents have all been arrested, do you think you can get away with it just because you're married? I..."

Qiao Wanqing's face immediately turned cold. "Stop talking nonsense. My parents are doing very well, and my maternal grandparents are also doing well at the old house. What do you mean by that? Don't think I can get away with it just because I'm married. What did I do wrong? It's not allowed for me to get married? I got my marriage approved by the military after submitting a report. You just said I was engaged to your son and called me shameless for marrying someone else. Now you're saying that even if I get married, I can't escape the fact that my parents have been arrested. What did you mean before? Did you insist that your son marry me even though you knew I had problems and would be arrested?"

"You're talking nonsense..." Zhou Lan's eyes widened in shock, and she immediately retorted.

"What nonsense am I spouting? Am I saying my grandparents are doing well in the old house, or that your family knew I had problems but still married me? If I'm lying, doesn't that mean your family never intended for your son to marry me? So who were you trying to impress with that indignant look you gave me when you came to catch your adulterous daughter-in-law? Anyone who didn't know better would think you're my mother-in-law and that I did something to wrong your son!"

Zhou Lan: "..."

I experienced Qiao Wanqing's sharp tongue once again.

As the argument went on, she seemed to have forgotten what she originally wanted to say.

Qiao Wanqing knew that her family's problems would be spread by Zhou Lan and others sooner or later. Rather than letting Zhou Lan talk about it, she would rather talk about it herself. Who knew what kind of things others would say about her?

But you can talk about it, but you absolutely can't make it the main point. This is a family compound, and the people living here are mostly women. These women don't pay much attention to politics or power struggles; they are more interested in gossip and entertainment, especially gossip about marriage and mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationships, which is their favorite.

Qiao Wanqing rambled on and on, immediately drawing everyone's attention to her relationship with Zhou Lan. Their eyes darted around, as if they had heard something incredible. They even put aside Sun Xiaoqin's little troubles. Some people already knew that Sun Xiaoqin came to the army to marry an officer and wanted to marry Lu Mingzhou. But this was the real juicy gossip!