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

One reason is that he was remarried, and the other is that he doesn't have a proper job.

Unlike in the future, people nowadays prioritize stable employment. Furthermore, since Tang Jiao's family all have respectable jobs, regardless of character, their primary requirement for a potential partner is a good job so their daughter can have a stable future.

Chen Xiangnan felt that his father was useless. In the past few months, he hadn't even found him a temporary job, let alone a permanent one.

She says nice things, that she's worried about him and Lingling, but now that he's been promoted, how come she can't even give him a job?

There was still money. He knew that his father had recently given all his money to his mother, but there was still five yuan left.

His father would rather buy candy for his older brother's son Baoyuan than give it to him. Is that what you call worrying?

Why isn't his dad afraid that he'll starve to death outside?

Since they weren't worried about him, he had to find a way out for himself. He hoped to get a job so he could continue pursuing Tang Jiao.

"Third Aunt, how's your head? I'll pay the medical bills."

“I know about this incident. My third aunt suffered an undeserved misfortune. My mother went too far this time. I apologize to you on her behalf.”

“My mom has been in a really bad mood lately. Go ask my second uncle; he’s been hit by her too. Everyone in our family has been hit by her. She doesn’t just target you; she wants to hit anyone she sees.”

“We all suspect that she may have mental problems. Aunt, you are an adult and have a lot of people to rely on. Don’t argue with a mentally ill person.”

Xu Meiyu had bandages wrapped around her head. "You said your mother has a mental illness?"

Chen Xiangnan nodded. "If he weren't mentally ill, why would he be fighting with people every day? I don't even want to talk about the fights he's had with others before, but this time he actually hurt you, Auntie. That's really going too far."

Xu Meiyu stared at him for a while, then suddenly laughed, "You're quite interesting. Your mother must be incredibly lucky to have a son like you."

Chen Xiangnan scratched his head sheepishly, "I just don't want my third aunt to have any complaints about us."

Xu Meiyu's face darkened. "You think I'm praising you?"

Chen Xiangnan asked blankly, "Huh?"

Xu Meiyu sneered, "Don't you know I'm disgusting you?"

Chen Xiangnan asked in confusion, "Is my third aunt disgusting me because of my mother?"

Xu Meiyu: "I thought you were a smart person, but it turns out you're just a stupid thing who can't read people's expressions."

“Your mother fought with me because she couldn’t take it anymore and didn’t want to be bossed around by me. I was quite surprised by this. Usually, someone like your mother, who has been bossed around for most of her life, would hardly want to fight back. But she did, which I didn’t expect. So I understand her feeling of being offended when she fought with me. I admire her for being able to break free from your family.”

“I don’t blame her. It’s my fault for not paying attention to your family’s affairs and her recently. So I was disrespectful to her at the beginning. I was the one who acted like a fool. She was willing to serve me before, so I naturally had no qualms about ordering her around. Now that she doesn’t want to serve me anymore and she doesn’t want anything from me, I naturally can’t ask her to do things like before.”

"After all, I don't pay her a salary, so why should I expect her to do things for me, unless she's just being a jerk."

“But what about you? That’s your mother. Things must be in complete chaos over there right now. Instead of helping her, you shamelessly come here to say all this. I know exactly what you’re thinking. It’s all about profit. I’ve never seen anyone say their own mother is mentally ill for the sake of profit before.”

"Did your mother do something heinous to you that you, her own son, would slander her like this behind her back? How heartless can you be, or are all the people in your Chen family this wicked?"

"Your father could send his wife to me to be a servant, and now you can sell your own mother without any burden. Your family is truly terrifying."

"Chen Weimin, your family members are making me very uneasy. I'm starting to doubt you. If my father can't bring you any benefits, will you treat me the same way?"

Chen Xiangnan looked extremely pale, and Chen Weimin immediately panicked as well, "How could this be? Meiyu, I truly love you."

"Love? When I was young, I understood that you loved my face. Now that I'm not young anymore, what do you love about me? Do you love my spoiled nature, my bad temper, my out-of-shape figure, or my wrinkled face?"

Chen Weimin: "No matter what you become, I will always love you, and it's definitely not because of our dad!"

Xu Meiyu, for one, did not believe it: "Heh... let's not talk about your business for now."

“Good nephew, I think your whole family is rotten. You should go back as soon as possible. I won’t tell anyone that you came here. You can still use sweet words to deceive your mother and act like a good son to her. But don’t come here to say such things again, or you’ll end up pleasing neither side.”

Chen Xiangnan never expected that his good third aunt would be so intelligent; all his previous tricks were completely useless.

He just wanted a job, what did he do wrong? Why say such things about him?

His mother's fighting is her business, what does it have to do with him as her son? Just because he didn't side with his mother, does that make him a disgusting person?

Doesn't Xu Meiyu find it disgusting to treat her relatives like maids?

She even went so far as to say things to absolve herself, but she's no saint herself. If it weren't for her powerful father, she wouldn't have the audacity to say such things.

This despicable woman, she wants to have her cake and eat it too.