She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Chen Xianghong scratched her head. "Mom, what are you doing?"

Grandma Xia: "You're starting to tell me what to do now?"

Chen Xianghong: "How could I dare?"

Grandma Xia suddenly noticed the pastries on the living room cabinet. "What are these? Who bought them?"

Chen Xianghong slapped her forehead, realizing she'd forgotten to tell her mother about Yu Hongzhen.

She had no choice but to quickly recount what had happened yesterday, but she didn't mention the unpleasant things that had happened to her. She only talked about Yu Zhiqing and her brother, as well as their visit.

Chen Xianghong noticed that her mother's face turned red instantly and thought she was unwell. "Mom, are you alright?"

Grandma Xia: "Haha, what could possibly be wrong with me?"

Good heavens! What kind of crazy thing did she just do? Could that person be the brother of Yu, the educated youth that Xiang Hong mentioned?

She grabbed Chen Xianghong's hand and led her to the door. "Open the door and see if it's him. I'll go wake your brother up first. That lazybones, the sun's already high in the sky and he's still not up."

She took three steps at a time, running quickly into Chen Xiangbei's room as if she were escaping. But instead of shouting, she pressed her ear against the door, listening to the sounds outside.

Chen Xiangbei's eyes, as small as mung beans, were filled with confusion. Her mother looked like she had done something wrong, which was quite frightening.

He was too scared to sleep. After getting up, he imitated his mother and listened to the sounds outside.

He heard footsteps, and besides his sister's footsteps, there seemed to be another man's footsteps, somewhat heavy.

Chen Xiangbei assumed the person outside was his father or his second brother. Although he was lying down, he had heard his eldest brother arguing with his mother and had seen his eldest brother's family leave through the window, so it definitely wasn't his eldest brother.

He was puzzled as to why his mother was eavesdropping on them. Couldn't she have just listened openly?

Chen Xiangbei felt he had to change his mother's strange habit. Eavesdropping was bad behavior. Chen Xiangbei still had some of the inexplicable sense of justice that young people have, and he believed that bad things should be said out loud.

So he shouted, "Mom, what are you listening to?"

Grandma Xia clutched her chest again, thinking she was going to die. She knew these children would drive her to an early death sooner or later.

Without a second thought, she slapped him across the face, yelling, "What are you shouting for, you brat..."

Chen Xiangbei covered his face in grievance. There must be something wrong with his mother. He had heard that older people's tempers were unpredictable. His mother must be sick. She would hit people at the drop of a hat.

He didn't do anything wrong, so why should we hit him?

Chen Xiangbei glared angrily at Old Lady Xia, wanting her to know his anger.

Unfortunately, Old Lady Xia didn't even glance at him out of the corner of her eye.

Grandma Xia knew that the people outside had heard her loud voice, so she could only take a deep breath and go out. Then, as if nothing had happened, she greeted Yu Hongzhen.

She said, "Xiang Hong, is this your friend?"

Chen Xianghong shook her head. "Mom, this is Yu Zhiqing's brother. I just told you about him."

Grandma Xia touched and fumbled around, looking quite busy. "Ah, is that so? I could tell at a glance he's a good young man..."

Oh no, what is she saying? How embarrassing! She wants to run away.

But it would be too impolite to just run off like that, so Grandma Xia could only try to make conversation by asking, "Young man, do you have a girlfriend yet?"

As soon as she said it, Old Mrs. Xia wanted to slap herself. What kind of stupid question was that? They had only just met, why was she asking such a question?

It's all his fault. He has a face that's hard to remember. If he had a more distinctive look, like a dog, a cat, a pig, or a turtle, she would definitely remember him.

He insisted on looking... well, actually not bad. From Grandma Xia's perspective, he had a very resolute face.

Her mistake was that she was so stunned by his military uniform that she didn't look closely at his face, so it's understandable that she didn't remember his appearance.

Yu Hongzhen struggled to suppress his laughter, and after carefully greeting her again, he replied, "Auntie, I don't have a boyfriend."

Grandma Xia: "Oh, no boyfriend, it's good to be single... Ah, no... not so good."