Zhou Xiuying was shocked into silence, while Zhou Shanshan thought she had hit the mark with Zhou Xiuying.

She continued, "When my life gets better, yours can follow suit, otherwise, let me be blunt, given the useless man you married.

And having given birth to such useless offspring, you think you can turn things around?

Ha! Dream on, it’s faster."

These words were quite a bombshell.

There’s another rather hidden aspect of Zhou Xiuying.

She has a romantic obsession.

She is unbelievably enamored with Uncle Xiao, such an ordinary man, that she even puts up with his troublesome old mother.

Zhou Shanshan’s verbal attack on Uncle Xiao hit Zhou Xiuying right in the heart.

"You bastard, what are you saying?"

"I’m talking to you!"

Zhou Shanshan was furious, "If you didn’t want to help me, you could’ve just said so, I could’ve found someone else.

But you took my benefits and then held me back, that’s just not fair."

"I, I honestly didn’t!"

Zhou Xiuying spoke venomously, "If I really wanted to ruin you, I could have yelled it out loud at the main brigade, and it would have been far more effective than this sneaky maneuver.

Moreover, didn’t you see? This damn girl is so targeting us, how could she be on our side?"

Zhou Shanshan hesitated, Wen Ran spoke slowly, "Regarding this doubt, I can clarify a bit.

You helped us, and we should indeed be grateful to you, but we’ve always never gotten along."

Zhou Xiuying was led on by Wen Ran’s logic, "So, just because of this, you want to harm me?

Even if I helped you!!!

You still want to harm me!"

She was so focused on railing against Wen Ran that the moment she uttered these words, she was startled inside.

Damn it, what did I just say.

She wished she could slap herself.

Zhou Shanshan’s eyes turned red.

Through gritted teeth, "And you said it wasn’t you!"

Zhou Shanshan stormed over and slapped Zhou Xiuying’s face, "You bastard, just wait, when I get home and tell my father about this, I definitely won’t let you off!"

Zhou Xiuying had been beaten by her parents and her husband, but to be hit by a junior? If word got out, would she still have any dignity left?

She reflexively raised her hand to return the slap.

"Slap~" 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"Bang!"

Zhou Shanshan was completely unprepared for Zhou Xiuying’s retaliation.

Given that she was accustomed to hard work, that slap dazed Zhou Shanshan, and she slipped, landing heavily on her rear.

Wen Ran: "~"

Oh wow~

It really didn’t waste her painstaking efforts.

A dogfight, hehe, how entertaining.

Seeing Zhou Shanshan’s face turn pale, and blood oozing underneath her, Wen Ran directly took the group and said goodbye.

Let them turmoil, we won’t stay around.

Of course, when leaving, Wen Ran also smoothly took the medicinal wine.

Damn, having accidentally ingested that indescribable medicine, she took something to soothe her fragile mind, shouldn’t be an issue.

They quickly retreated, leaving chaos behind.

"Not, it wasn’t me," Zhou Xiuying realized she was completely doomed this time.

Mrs. Xiao Sr. looked at Zhou Xiuying, and this time truly saw black before her eyes.

Finished.

The whole ordeal aimed to let this child be born peacefully and grow happily.

Now, what’s left to grow?

With one push, all gone.

"Ahhhhh~" Zhou Shanshan watched her dream of rising above crumble completely, she couldn’t even mention others, and wished she could tear Zhou Xiuying alive.

"Zhou Xiuying!"

She faced white, hands trembling, "Just you wait!"

She would definitely, definitely make that bitch suffer.

Zhou Xiuying must be buried with her child!

...

Outside.

The Bao family was bewildered, "Uh, what should we do now?"

Wen Ran folded her arms, "Do nothing, hurry and find a matchmaker, let your two families make things clear.

This time luck was on your side, next time..."

Indeed, next time might not turn out well.

Li Xiaohua thanked Wen Ran and then took her family away quickly.

It’s okay to be slow-witted.

The trouble comes when you’re both slow-witted and stubborn, that’s when things get toughest.

Fast, finalize the marriage, only then can the family be at peace.

Once everyone left, Mrs. Xiao then curiously asked, "Ranran, what exactly happened here?"

"Auntie, you felt it too?"

"Yes," Mrs. Xiao frowned, "just feels odd, even if the goal is achieved, but..."

"Heh," Wen Ran sneered slightly, squeezing a few words through her teeth, "that family’s insane, I don’t know what’s going on, back then when we listened, what they were after was clearly Xiao Li."

Hearing this, Mrs. Xiao felt startled, "What do you mean? Did they change their mind at the last minute and target Chenye instead?"

Wen Ran nodded.

Mrs. Xiao: "???"

Everyone was puzzled.

Their eyes instantly fell on Xiao Chenye.

Xiao Chenye: "..."

Don’t look at me like that, I’m really about to kneel.

"I-I don’t know!"

Mrs. Xiao pondered, "How do you know they targeted Chenye?"

Wen Ran looked numb, "Haha, how do I know, I drank four cups in total, Mrs. Xiao Sr. one cup, I one cup, Xiao Chenye two cups.

Everyone was fine, I was the only one who got marked, doesn’t that mean something?"

Mrs. Xiao nearly went limp with fear, "Wait, what did you say?"

"Yes," Wen Ran was already calm, "I was marked."

Xiao Chenye almost knelt to her, "Are you okay? We should go to the hospital."

"I’m fine," Wen Ran’s medicine had mostly worked, she just had a bit of temper now, she sniffed and explained vaguely.

"Earlier, wasn’t I always dealing with mushrooms, sometimes encountering those, so I taste a bit, this thing doesn’t affect me."

This acknowledgment allowed everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Xiao cursed angrily, "No, I need to go back."

"But hold on," Wen Ran grabbed her, "Auntie, they’re beating each other like dogs right now, if we go over there, it’s just asking for a mess."

What’s needed now is to wait.

Wait to see Xiao’s family steal a chicken only to lose the bait.

The group was pacified, only making sure Wen Ran wouldn’t return.

"Rare chance for leisure, lets go check the tiled house."

Yes, that works~

Wen Ran didn’t put on airs, happily followed along.

The tile house was tidy and furnished.

Mrs. Xiao grinned, "We plan to move in first, once everything’s settled, it’ll be just in time for your wedding."

"Great!"

After Wen Ran agreed, she pondered briefly and seriously asked, "Getting married now, do we get time off?"

She didn’t want to climb the mountain harvesting pigweed.

Xiao Chenye: "No worries, even if there’s no time off, that work can be done in a breeze."