Going back to being twenty, taking her heartbroken son to a massage parlor.

Tao Yaoyao pinched the end of the slender object and trembled her wrist slightly.

Several silver threads were pulled out.

She carefully put the items into her cloth bag.

"It's nothing."

"It's just a matter of stimulating acupoints, nothing serious."

"It won't take much effort."

Tao Yaoyao turned around, picked up the alcohol swab next to her, and wiped her hands with elegant and skillful movements.

"But I still need to go back later to get two doses of medicine for my uncle."

"Uncle has serious problems with his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys; it's all due to overwork."

"She needs to take good care of herself."

Tao Yaoyao packed up the first-aid kit.

Having successfully brought Jiang Yiyao back today, the mission was considered complete. Seeing this family of three reunited in the house, she, an outsider, felt incredibly awkward standing there.

Tao Yaoyao picked up the first-aid kit, a polite smile on her face.

"Auntie, I'll head back now."

Xiao Yu quickly stepped forward.

He grabbed Tao Yaoyao's arm with considerable force.

"Yaoyao."

"It's so late, what's the point of going back?"

"Jiang Yiyao is back! This is such a wonderful thing! Let's all sit down and have a chat as a family."

"That's great."

"A family?"

When Tao Yaoyao heard those three words, it was as if a thunderbolt had exploded in her ears.

She was jolted awake. She quickly looked up, her eyes filled with disbelief.

The movements of his hands were completely out of his control.

The silver thread that had just been pulled out was still being finished.

Her hand trembled, and with a soft "plop," it was stabbed down again!

"Awooo—!"

Jiang Baichuan, lying on the hospital bed, suddenly arched his back.

Immediately afterwards, he rolled his eyes and his limbs twitched twice.

She was in so much pain that she fainted again.

Tao Yaoyao was so frightened that her soul almost left her body, and her mind went blank.

"It's all over, it ......"

She quickly reached out and pulled the thing out.

She pressed frantically on Jiang Baichuan's chest with both hands. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!"

"It was a slip of the hand, purely accidental!"

"They can be saved! They absolutely can be saved!"

Tao Yaoyao used both her hands and feet.

One pass operation is as fierce as a tiger.

Jiang Baichuan finally managed to regain his steady breathing.

Jiang Yiyao floated in mid-air.

Seeing her father in such a miserable state, her eyelids twitched.

She turned to look at Xiao Yu.

"mom."

"Are you... serious?"

Xiao Yu completely ignored whether her husband on the bed was alive or dead. Instead, she held Tao Yaoyao's hand even tighter.

"Peach blossoms."

"In my heart, isn't she family?"

"In the year before you passed away, she came to take care of you every day, rain or shine."

"To see you off in your final days."

"The more than ten years you've been lying there."

"She raised your daughter with great difficulty."

"And over the years, she has often come to visit us, the two of us old folks, and she's even closer to us than our own daughter."

Xiao Yu patted Tao Yaoyao's hand tenderly.

"In my eyes, she is no different from any other member of the family."

Xiao Yu turned her head and looked intently at Su Mu and Jiang Yiyao.

"You two should also treat her as your closest family member." "Anyway, Tao Yaoyao is family to me, Xiao Yu!"

Xiao Yu is a sensible person.

Those who are favored are always fearless.

Tao Yaoyao likes Su Mu and Jiang Yiyao so much.

Those two heartless bastards definitely never gave her a proper response.

Today, as her mother, she has to make things clear and stand up for Yaoyao!

Tao Yaoyao stood still.

Tears welled up in my eyes instantly.

She never dreamed of this.

Aunt Xiao Yu was able to say such heartfelt words in front of Su Mu and Jiang Yiyao.

All the hard work and grievances of the past ten years have been worth it at this moment.

Su Mu stood to the side, his mouth agape, wide enough to fit an egg.

Jiang Yiyao also stopped in mid-air.

His blurred face was filled with shock.

What does this old lady mean?

family?

The ex-mother-in-law arranged a concubine for her ex-son-in-law?

Isn't this plot twist a bit too surreal?

Su Mu swallowed hard.

He rubbed his hands together and moved closer to Xiao Yu.

His tone was full of barely suppressed anticipation.

"Is...is this really what you truly think?"

"Mom!" Xiao Yu looked at Su Mu's appearance.

He nodded with utmost seriousness.

Su Mu slapped his thigh.

He gave two thumbs up, his voice rising an octave.

"You're truly my mother!"

"Other people's mothers-in-law always try to make things difficult for their sons-in-law."

"They demand exorbitant dowries, a car, and a house!"

"They're finding all sorts of ways to criticize and bully their son-in-law!"

"mom!"

"You're really something else! Your thinking is so progressive!"

"You actually want to find me a concubine!"

Su Mu excitedly put his hands on his hips, threw his head back, and laughed loudly, his voice echoing in the room.

"Hahaha! What a vision!"

"What magnanimity!"

"You couldn't find another mother-in-law this open-minded even if you searched the whole of Jiangcheng!"

Xiao Yu listened to his raunchy words and a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips.

She glanced at Su Mu sideways, slowly looking him up and down.

"oh."

"So that's what you were thinking."

Xiao Yu slowly straightened her clothes and spoke unhurriedly.

What I meant was...

"I want to recognize Tao Yaoyao as my youngest daughter and goddaughter."

"What are you thinking?" Xiao Yu's eyes sharpened instantly as she pointed at Su Mu's nose.

"You want her to be your concubine?"

"You really dare to dream! And you've got quite the imagination!"

"Su Mu, Su Mu."

"I hadn't noticed that before."

"Your son-in-law is a total scumbag at heart!"

Su Mu's smile immediately vanished, freezing on his face.

My forehead instantly became covered in black lines.

Looking at Xiao Yu's smug expression, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Okay.

He got carried away with his success.

Forgot that his former mother-in-law was also a bit cunning. This pit she dug was both deep and wide.

She jumped so cleanly and decisively, without any hesitation.

Jiang Yiyao floated around to the side.

He pointed at Su Mu and laughed loudly, his shadow trembling with laughter.

"Serves you right!"

"That'll teach you to be so cunning!"

"You've finally shown your true colors, haven't you? Just wait and see how my mom deals with you!"

Tao Yaoyao lowered her head, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

Her cheeks were so red they were practically hot enough to fry an egg.

The atmosphere in this room.

It's really overwhelming.

...At the same time, the night outside Jiangcheng was exceptionally noisy.

Beside a spacious grassland hillside.

The night wind howled, rustling the grass.

A black luxury RV was parked steadily on the hilltop, its lights off, blending into the night.

The car door opened.

The four-member group of best friends got off the car one by one.

Jiang Yazhen.

Xia Yiyi.

Guo Rong.

Liao Yaqing.

All four of them were wrapped in thick coats.

Hands in pockets. Facing the biting cold wind.

They stood in unison at the edge of the hillside.

Looking down.

The entire city of Jiangcheng was brightly lit, with dazzling neon lights.

The bustling streets intertwine to form a vast network of light.

This is the essence of everyday life, both familiar and strange.

Xia Yiyi shrank her neck and exhaled a long breath of white air.

"I never expected this."

"We're going to be back in Jiangcheng so soon."

Xia Yiyi pulled her collar, which had been blown open by the wind, closer.

"I originally thought..."

"We could live and travel abroad for the rest of our lives," Guo Rong nodded repeatedly beside her.

She stomped her feet, which were numb from the cold.

"yes."

"It's only been a month, right?"

Guo Rong looked at the myriad lights in the distance, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

"How has this month gone?"

"It's longer than a lifetime."

"So much has happened, it feels like a dream."

Jiang Yazhen stood at the very edge.

He nodded in agreement.

"A month."

She muttered to herself, then blurted out a sentence without thinking.

"They're probably pregnant by now, aren't they?"

The voice just fell.

The surrounding air went silent for a few seconds.

Jiang Yazhen reacted very quickly, her expression changing instantly.

He raised his hand and lightly slapped his own mouth.

"Ouch, my foul mouth."

"You're being sarcastic again."

as predicted.

The next moment.

Xia Yiyi and Guo Rong flanked them from the left and right, like two gatekeepers.

The two men's hands, like iron clamps, precisely gripped Jiang Yazhen's soft arm flesh, twisting it mercilessly.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

Jiang Ya was in so much pain that she jumped up and down, grimacing in pain.

Xia Yiyi stared wide-eyed.

"Serves you right for being so foul-mouthed!"

"Why bring up something you shouldn't talk about!"

Guo Rong increased the pressure on her hand.

"explain!"

"How's the thing I asked you to do going?"

Guo Rong pointed to the RV behind her.

"We've been waiting here in the middle of the night."

"Is it fun to just drink the northwest wind?"