Transmigrated into the body of an extreme brother-supporting demon, I immediately severed ties with

Lin Jinbao and Li Chunlan slunk home. As soon as they entered the door, they poured out their pent-up anger to their parents, embellishing the story, before heading off to visit relatives.

After they left, Zhang Guifen paced back and forth in the room, constantly cursing.

"This is outrageous! Lin Yue'e is someone we raised, and she's making a scene over such a trivial matter. Does she really take that broken marriage contract seriously? And this Gu Jingyan, a college student, has wasted all his education. He doesn't even visit his in-laws when he comes back; he doesn't understand any manners! These two are ungrateful wretches!"

Lin Xiangqian frowned as he smoked, feeling unhappy but trying to suppress it:

"Alright, stop fooling around during the New Year. Relatives will be coming over soon."

"What are you afraid of? I'm going to cause trouble today!"

Zhang Guifen shoved him away, looking as if she was about to settle accounts with Lin Yue'e.

"If we don't vent our anger today, they'll really start taking advantage of us! Isn't Gu Jingyan a college student? I'll show the whole village that he doesn't deserve it."

Lin Xiangqian couldn't stop him no matter what, and could only anxiously shout from behind:

"Don't do anything reckless! You can't afford to lose face like this during the New Year!"

"I'm not afraid of losing face! I'm going to make her admit her mistake! I'm her mother, how could I not control her?"

Zhang Guifen rushed to Lin Yue'e's door in a flurry of activity. Without knocking, she sat down on the stone stool by the door, slapped her thigh, and began to yell and curse.

"You heartless Lin Yue'e...you ungrateful wretch...I raised you with my own hands, and now that you're enjoying life with a man, you don't even recognize me as your mother anymore..."

She already had a loud voice, and by deliberately shouting at the top of her lungs, her voice became incredibly penetrating, attracting half the village in no time. And surprisingly, her howling even rhymed a little.

It was already the Lunar New Year, and the village was packed with people, both from the village and from neighboring villages, all with nothing to do. Hearing the lively argument, they all gathered around to watch the spectacle, and soon the area in front of Lin Yue'e's house was completely crowded.

Inside, the two had just finished eating and were about to clear the table when they heard the shouting and cursing outside again. The voice was all too familiar.

Gu Jingyan, who was about to wash the dishes, had to stop for now: "I'll go and chase her away."

"Don't."

Lin Yue'e pulled him back, feeling that the Lin family was too troublesome, which was why she chose to give Gu Jingyan a chance. These days, moving to the city was simply impossible; changing one's household registration wasn't easy.

But Gu Jingyan is different. He used to be an educated youth sent to the countryside, and his household registration followed him to Qingshi Village. Now he's a college student, and his household registration is directly with the university. And she is Gu Jingyan's wife. This makes things much easier.

"She wants to cause trouble, doesn't she? Today I'll settle things once and for all, so she'll never dare to cause trouble again."

The insults outside grew increasingly offensive, and Zhang Guifen, sitting at the doorway, spewed out all sorts of vulgar and obscene language.

"You heartless wretch! Your mother died giving birth to you. If it weren't for me raising you, you'd be long gone. Now that your man's back, you've completely forgotten about your family! You won't even let us in the door. You ungrateful wretch, why don't you just die...?"

"And Gu Jingyan, you heartless college student! You've forgotten your roots after studying, you don't even respect your in-laws. What kind of school did you go to? What kind of books did you read? You've wasted all your education..."

"Let me tell you, Lin Yue'e, if you don't come out and apologize to me today, if you don't treat us like family, I'll sit here and curse you until dark, until tomorrow, and let the whole village see what kind of people you are..."

Her wailing sounded like someone was mourning; we can't imitate that tone.

The villagers who were watching were talking about it, saying all sorts of things.

"Sitting at someone's door and cursing during the New Year, that's just outrageous! Zhang Guifen, are you even going to have a proper New Year? How can you act like this?" Grandma Wang's house was right across the street, and seeing her like that was really unacceptable. She said something to her.

"Yes, Guifen, what are you doing? Didn't they say the village chief had severed ties between you two? Why are you causing trouble at Yue'e's doorstep again? Also, I heard Lin Xiuhua is your daughter. You abandoned Yue'e before, didn't you?"

Aunt Zhang deliberately asked her in front of everyone that in the past few months, Lin Yue'e had been sending them white radishes and cabbages from time to time. Although the things were not valuable, they had indeed improved their relationship.

She's on good terms with Lin Yue'e now, so naturally she'll speak up for her.

When everyone heard this, they were surprised to learn that Lin Xiuhua was Zhang Guifen's biological daughter. Just thinking about Lin Xiuhua's face and then looking closely at Zhang Guifen, they couldn't help but notice how similar they looked.

"Aunt Zhang, you said Lin Xiuhua is her daughter, so whose is Yue'e?"

Naturally, many younger generations were unaware of the past. They immediately became curious.

Lin Yue'e and Gu Jingyan came out at this moment, and the two of them stood at the door looking at Zhang Guifen. They had utterly speechless faces.

"What's it to you, Zhang Qiaozhen? Why are you being so nosy? If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."

When Zhang Guifen heard that Zhang Qiaozhen had actually told everyone the truth about the past, she was so angry that she wanted to tear her apart.

"Alright, Aunt Zhang, even if you don't want to say it now, I'll say it anyway. I'm not your biological daughter at all. You keep saying you raised me all these years, but didn't you give your own Lin Xiuhua to someone else to raise too? So I don't owe you anything. And even if you feel that I owe you for raising me, I've given you more than enough since I got married. Just tell me, how much money have you taken from our family? How much food and supplies have you taken? Every time Jingyan buys me something, you make me deliver it to him. Isn't that enough? Besides, the letter of severance has already been written. What's the point of you making a scene now? We're not related anymore. I made that clear to you last time. If you keep making a scene, I won't give you any face."

Lin Yue'e gritted her teeth in anger. "It's the New Year, and they won't even let me have a moment's peace!"

When Zhang Guifen saw her come out, even though she heard these words, she didn't listen to a word of them.

"You brat, what nonsense are you spouting? What disownment letter? I don't acknowledge it! I raised you all these years, you should be filial to me. You can't even live without me, so what right do you have to disown me?"

She sat up abruptly, pointing at Lin Yue'e and cursing.

Gu Jingyan immediately protected his wife.

"Stop making a scene here. We've already severed ties, what are you still arguing about? Besides, Yue'e is right, she's not your daughter, she's Lin Xiangyang's daughter. You dislike your daughter because she's ugly, and you insist on keeping Yue'e in your house. You're heartless, pushing your own daughter away to someone else. You brought all this on yourself."

Gu Jingyan's voice wasn't loud, but every word struck a chord. Zhang Guifen felt a moment of awkwardness upon hearing this. Indeed, she had always thought Lin Xiuhua was too ugly and that no one would want to marry her when she grew up, fearing she would be unable to get married and would become a burden on her family.

Lin Yue'e, on the other hand, was different. She was fair-skinned and beautiful from a young age, just like a New Year's picture doll.

Back then, she thought Lin Yue'e would definitely marry a rich man when she grew up. She could then help support her family. Sure enough, she was right.