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

The news about Old Lady Wang's family spread quickly throughout several nearby compounds. Even when she went to work, her colleagues came to comfort her and tell her to relax.

But now is not the time for Old Lady Wang to relax. After the incident a few days ago, she was persuaded by Zhang Xingwang for several days but still couldn't recover. Before she could accept it, Wang Dahai started a hunger strike.

Her honest son went on a hunger strike. He hasn't eaten a single bite of food in three or four days, and he hasn't even gone to work.

Her boss would come to her house every day after get off work, with only one purpose: to persuade her to think more positively, otherwise her son would really die.

Today, as soon as she left the factory after get off work, she saw Mu Chudan not far away, presumably waiting for her.

But Old Lady Wang didn't want to see her. Seeing her reminded her of the half-dead Wang Dahai, and she couldn't hold back her anger.

Mu Chudan had come specifically to wait for her, but seeing that she was avoiding her, she had no choice but to hurry after her.

She ran, she chased, but Old Lady Wang couldn't escape.

Finally, Old Lady Wang was cornered in the alley where Wang Dahai had been cornered before.

"Auntie, I have something to say."

Old Mrs. Wang immediately tried to walk around her, saying, "I don't want to hear it."

Mu Chudan stopped her, "Are you just going to watch the sea starve to death?"

Grandma Wang: "You don't need to worry about it."

Mu Chudan was furious. How could this old woman let a living person die for a useless surname? "Auntie, just tell me what you want me to do, okay?"

Old Mrs. Wang: "I want you to marry into this family."

Mu Chudan: "Impossible. I am an only child in my family, just like your father. My father's plan is to find a son-in-law to live with us."

Grandma Wang: "Then we have nothing to talk about. I just hope my son can have a normal marriage. He has parents and brothers, and he doesn't need to come to your house."

Mu Chudan: "But he likes me, and I like him too."

Grandma Wang: "Aren't you ashamed? A young girl like you keeps saying 'I like you' all the time."

Mu Chudan: "What do I have to be ashamed of? I'm better than you. You're too vicious. You're trying to force your own son to die for your own selfish desires."

Grandma Wang got angry again. "If it weren't for you, why would I have forced him? You're the one who taught him to go on a hunger strike, aren't you?"

Mu Chudan cried out that she was innocent, "How could I possibly let him do such a thing?"

Old Mrs. Wang: "Don't think I don't know. All those girls I introduced to him before, you were the one who sabotaged them behind the scenes. You've dragged him down to this state. How could I, as his mother, not know? He's an honest man. He knows I don't agree with him being like his father, so he will never consider you unless you do something!"

Mu Chudan: ...This damned old lady, how did she know about this? It's only been a few days and she's already dug up all my secrets.

"So what? Whether you're a man or a woman, you can pursue the happiness you want."

Old Mrs. Wang: 'Shut up, I know what kind of happiness my son needs.'

She bent down and crawled under the girl's outstretched arms. It looked lewd but it worked. After the girl froze, she took off running.

Mu Chudan followed up again, "I've discussed it with my dad. Our second child will take Wang Dahai's surname. He won't be considered a son-in-law who lives with the family. It'll be an equal marriage. I'll have two children, okay?"

Old Mrs. Wang stopped, turned around, and walked up to her. "What did you say?"

Mu Chudan: "Your family line will never end, okay? One child will take your surname, and I'll have two!"

Old Mrs. Wang sneered, but her resistance lessened somewhat. "Write it down, and sign it with your seal!"

She was also heartbroken for her son's hunger strike, and she was about to give in today, but this girl brought her an unexpected surprise.

Grandma Wang happily took the guarantee and went home. On the way, she even stopped at a state-run restaurant and bought a roast chicken. Today was truly a good day.

Wang Dahai was almost starving. Just when he thought he could never be with Mu Chudan in this life, and just when he thought he was about to see his great-grandmother, his mother brought in a hot, dripping chicken leg.

"Eat?"

Wang Dahai was very principled: "I won't eat it!"

Grandma Wang immediately stuffed the chicken leg into her mouth, saying as she ate, "Okay."

Zhang Xingwang shouted from outside the room, "Your mother has already agreed and set a date for her to come back to your house. If you really starve to death, are you going to let her marry a dead person?"

Wang Dahai couldn't believe it: "Really? Why?"

Old Mrs. Wang: "Mind your own business! Come out and eat right now. You look worse than a ghost."

Grandma Yin was the second person besides her family to know the news. Upon hearing it, she immediately went to Grandma Xia to share the news with her.

Just then, Old Lady Wang arrived, and the three of them gathered together again.

Grandma Wang proudly shared what Mu Chudan had told her before: "Look, originally I had an extra daughter-in-law and grandson, but now, I'm even being given a grandson as a favor, and I'm grateful for it."

Grandma Xia couldn't hide her disdain. When Grandma Wang questioned her, she blurted out, "If you ask me, you're the most foolish. Why did you insist on fighting for this surname?"

Old Mrs. Wang: "This is the bloodline of my Wang family."

Grandma Xia: "When a child is born, what you, as a grandmother, have to give is different from what you, as a maternal grandmother, have to give."

Grandma Wang: "Then I'd be happy to."

Grandma Xia: "That child was raised by his parents, and your son lives with the Mu family. No matter what his name or surname is, he's definitely closer to them. If they treat the two children with different surnames equally, that's fine. But what if they treat the child with the surname Mu better? Wouldn't that make the other one suffer?"

"What if someone is malicious and says that you, as the grandmother, insisted that he take your surname? Wouldn't he hate you then? Even if none of the above happens, if the young couple quarrels and someone kicks your Dahai out, and also kicks out the child with your surname, the adults can understand, but how hurt would the child be? Wouldn't he feel like he's not part of their family?"

Grandma Wang: ...Suddenly I realized I had done something wrong.

Grandma Yin chimed in, "Didn't you tell me before that Sister Yue'e was foolish to drive away her eldest grandson? I didn't tell you clearly then because I felt it wasn't appropriate to say it behind your back. In my opinion, the most important thing is whether the child is filial or not. Sister Yue'e said the same thing before, but you didn't listen."

“If a child is filial, no matter what surname he has, he will be filial; he is our child. If he is not filial, even if he has your surname, he will still make you angry. What's the point?”

"Besides, if you want to continue your father's lineage, isn't there Dahe? Why are you in such a hurry? If Dahai wants to become a live-in son-in-law, let him be. We can rely on Dahe from now on."

Grandma Wang clutched her chest: "What if Dahe also wants to become a live-in son-in-law?"

Just then, Chen Xiangbei popped his head out from somewhere and said, "Aunt Wang, Dahe wouldn't do that. He already has a girlfriend. I've seen him!"

The three of them looked at Chen Xiangbei.