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

Grandma Xia: "How can it be that I'm bullying them? They're the ones bullying me, a lonely old woman. Look at them, at home they boss me around. If I don't do it, they criticize me. They always go back to their father-in-law's house. Do you think that sounds good when you say that? It's like we can't tolerate them."

"Actually, they never considered us family at all. If I help them now, they'll probably be overjoyed."

Old Chen was still unhappy. "Wouldn't that mean my eldest grandson wouldn't be close to us anymore?"

Grandma Xia: "We have so many sons, and they're not all infertile. Will we lack a grandson in the future?"

"You...can you have children?"

Chen Xiangnan stammered, "It should... be okay, right?"

Old Mrs. Xia gave him a disapproving look and said, "If you're really sick, get it treated sooner rather than later!"

Chen Xiangbei immediately shouted, "I can definitely have a lot of children."

Grandma Xia said disdainfully, "You can only have two children at most, otherwise you can't afford to raise them. You're not going to amount to anything."

The two brothers felt that their mother was too hurtful.

Grandma Xia continued, "We're still young, and our sons are young too. We'll have more than one child in the future, and maybe too many will cause headaches. Even if they make Baoyuan change his surname, so be it. I can't count on them, let alone my grandson."

Old Chen kept grumbling and complaining, but after being scolded by Old Lady Xia, he changed his mind.

"Oh," he replied.

Grandma Xia started giving instructions, telling them to pack everything up so she could move it over when she got off work that evening.

Once everyone in the family who was supposed to go to work had gone to work—actually, only two people went to work—the remaining three children would look at each other and then at each other.

"Brother, should we go and inform our eldest brother?" Chen Xiangbei has been feeling very confused lately. The family used to bicker but were always together, but now they're making a huge fuss and even talking about splitting up.

This time it was the eldest brother, but what if it's them next? Chen Xiangbei felt uneasy.

Chen Xiangnan didn't know either. He couldn't figure out what his mother was thinking. Was she really going to separate the family, or was she heartbroken by the behavior of his eldest son's family? Or did he think his mother might also be pressuring his eldest son and his wife?

"Why don't you go and deliver a message to the boss?"

Chen Xiangbei listened to his second brother and ran away as soon as he turned around.

When they arrived at Chen Xiangdong's factory, he asked the security guard at the gate to help him call for help.

The person came out quickly.

"Big Brother," Chen Xiangbei called out.

Chen Xiangdong frowned. "How did you get here? Did Mom send you?"

Could it be that Mom has finally come to her senses and realized that he and Wenying are not people she can control? This time, she asked the third son to come and act as a mediator to ask them to go back.

Unfortunately, his mother miscalculated. Wenying said that she had to personally invite them back, and that they would not only not pay any money in the future, but also have their mother help them take care of Baoyuan. They wanted to return to their original life and have their mother help them with housework.

If they don't agree to the conditions above, no amount of persuasion will work; they absolutely will not go back.

“Go back and tell Mom that we won’t go back unless she comes. You should go back early too. Stop skipping classes and not attending school every day, and stop bothering my work.” After saying that, he left without looking back.

Chen Xiangbei stood there, stunned. He hadn't said a word yet, and he was shaking his head so hard he couldn't get a single word out.

Is his older brother really that narcissistic?

I wanted Mom to come in person, and that's right. So Mom went in person that night, but not to invite them. Instead, she assigned them to other places.

Chen Xiangbei was also a little angry. Sometimes his older brother was even more clueless about human language and cues than he was.

He became confident. If someone like his older brother could get into the factory, then it would be a piece of cake for him.

He couldn't be bothered with it anymore, so he ran home, grabbed his schoolbag, and planned to spend half a day at school.

These days, it doesn't really matter whether you go to school or not, since everything's chaotic anyway. But at home, you have to do chores, and you might even get scolded by your second brother. It's better to go to school and hang out with your friends.

Chen Xiangnan didn't actually stay at home; he left immediately after Chen Xiangbei left.

Chen Xianghong was just about to say that Comrade Yu from yesterday might come again today, and she wanted her second brother to give her some advice on what to do, whether or not to go to work outside.

Mom doesn't seem to agree, but there's no job available for her right now. She thinks it would be good to go with Comrade Yu; there are dormitories there.

Besides, Comrade Yu is a soldier, someone the people trust most. He wouldn't harm her.

But Mom disagrees.

I'm so worried!