Come on, we went to the same school. We can’t really pretend we don’t know each other, right?

Chu Xiaoge wasn’t afraid of her.

"Chu Xiaoge, your sharp tongue hasn’t dulled over the years," Lou Xinyu said with a smile, looking Chu Xiaoge up and down. Suddenly, with a puzzled expression, she added, "You really haven’t changed at all in five years. You still look like a student. How does Shang Dongyuan have such a weird taste? He likes your type?"

The tension between the two was immediately palpable.

Chu Xiaoge knew she was being mocked but still didn’t back down, "Better than being a hag like you!"

Stuck in the middle of their exchange, Alan looked somewhat helpless.

She quickly waved her hand to stop them, "You’re both grown-ups now. Still fighting like kids? Aren’t you embarrassed?"

With Alan stepping in, both Chu Xiaoge and Lou Xinyu had to give her some face.

They each huffed and turned their faces away.

As the situation was at a standstill, Chuchu suddenly ran over from somewhere and pulled on Chu Xiaoge’s hand, "Mom, mom, come quickly!"

"What’s the matter?" Chu Xiaoge was pulled away unexpectedly.

Lou Xinyu had seen the paparazzi photos of Chu Xiaoge and Chuchu in the news before, but she hadn’t expected to see them both here today.

"Is that really Shang Dongyuan’s child?" Lou Xinyu asked Alan with disbelief, giving her a peculiar look.

Alan immediately understood. Lou Xinyu was here to see Shang Dongyuan’s child.

"What, heartbroken? Didn’t you say you didn’t like Shang Dongyuan? Now that he’s caused some commotion, you can righteously refuse to marry him."

Although Alan and Lou Xinyu didn’t get along, she knew what Lou Xinyu was thinking.

Lou Xinyu glanced at Alan, continuing with helplessness, "Whether I marry or not is one thing, but I’ve become the laughingstock of everyone, okay? This engagement has been hanging for so many years. Shang Dongyuan didn’t reject it earlier, and now he comes back with such a big kid. Isn’t he openly mocking me?"

No matter what, even if the marriage doesn’t happen, she must regain the face she lost!

Alan also felt she made sense and agreed, "Yes! They’re really too much! Completely disregarding your dignity! Five years ago, that wedding prank by Xing Chen already made you lose face, and now you’re being rejected! From now on, probably every rich bachelor in A City won’t dare to marry you! What bad luck!"

With that, Alan didn’t care about Lou Xinyu anymore and walked straight into the house.

Who told Lou Xinyu to offend both Ran Xiangsi and Chu Xiaoge?

Alan couldn’t stand seeing her good friends bullied...

In the beginning, Lou Xinyu thought this sister-in-law would speak up for her, but she didn’t expect her to twist the knife in the end!

"You! I don’t understand what my brother sees in you!" Lou Xinyu retorted, not to be outdone, and hurriedly followed.

She had actual business to attend to tonight.

But as soon as she walked in, she saw Shang Dongyuan with his family at the dining table, all smiling happily from a distance!

Shang Dongyuan was holding Chuchu, saying something that made her giggle, while Chu Xiaoge smiled watching them play, occasionally wiping Chuchu’s mouth.

This... truly looked like a happy family of three!

Lou Xinyu pinched her brow, regaining her usual composure, and stepped forward to disrupt this happiness.