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

The wedding arrangements for Chen Xianghong and Yu Hongzhen were finally finalized, but Chen Xianghong was always sullen.

When asked why, she wouldn't say.

It wasn't until the two of them went to Grandma Xia's place that, under Grandma Xia's persistent questioning, Chen Xianghong finally spoke up hesitantly, "Mom, do you think my wedding with Brother Yu will cause any trouble?"

Yu Hongzhen scoffed from the side, "You've been so sullen these past few days just because of this?"

Chen Xianghong: "Brother Yu, there are certain customs associated with our family's weddings."

When Chen Xianghong said this, she thought of her second brother's wedding and Song Xinhe's wedding. In the end, the main characters were not the bride and groom. It was as if their weddings were held for other people and became someone else's stage.

Yu Hongzhen seemed to have realized something as well. "You mean the matter of Xiao Ma from your compound? Wasn't he said to have been taken over by the neighborhood committee? He shouldn't be able to cause trouble anymore, right?"

Chen Xianghong: "What if there are other people?"

Yu Hongzhen: "I had him dragged out. Why are there so many weird people trying to cause trouble at someone's wedding? Don't you think so, Mom?"

Ever since Yu Hongzhen submitted his marriage application to the military, his form of address has changed.

Grandma Xia sat calmly, and upon hearing this, she unusually didn't reply. Instead, she pursed her lips tightly, and after a long while, she finally uttered, "I hope so."

Yu Hongzhen's heart sank. This...this is not right.

"Could something really happen?" he asked, unwilling to give up.

Grandma Xia: "My eyelids are starting to twitch right now."

Panic was evident in Chen Xianghong's eyes. If her mother had said that, then the probability of something bad happening was much higher.

She thought of everyone in the compound, "Do you think it could be Aunt Su, the woman my dad married later?"

Chen Xiangbei stood up abruptly. "Aunt Su? You've started calling her 'Aunt' now? What kind of aunt is she to you? You've called her 'Aunt' more often than you've called our own aunt. You're a traitor! That woman is no good at all, and you still call her 'Aunt.' Neither my older brothers nor I call her that, so why are you the one doing it?"

Chen Xianghong was inexplicably scolded, and then said aggrievedly, "I never called her to her face. I just remembered her. She almost caused several of us to sever ties with Dad. How could I really call her?"

Chen Xiangbei: "You didn't want to call her that? If you didn't want to, why did you blurt out 'Aunt Su, Aunt Su'? You should have said 'that old hag,' 'that old thing,' 'that...'"

Grandma Xia stopped her, saying, "Alright, alright, you two siblings are arguing over an outsider. Your sister didn't mean it; she must have overheard your father talking about her."

Hearing his mother say that, Chen Xiangbei had no choice but to give up. "Alright then, we'll just not acknowledge her anymore anyway."

Chen Xiangnan said slowly, "That won't do, I have to shout."

Chen Xiangbei glared angrily.

Chen Xiangnan: "I just got involved with her three sons. Just watch the show. Once she's made a mess of things and her own family is in turmoil, let's see how much energy she'll have left to swindle money from Dad. Then, I'll coax the job she gave to her eldest son back. Third son, get your money ready, I'll sell it to you."

Chen Xiangbei: Really?

Chen Xiangnan raised an eyebrow. "Her eldest son is pretty stupid anyway, not as shrewd as you. He seems eloquent, but he's all talk and no action. Just you wait and see."

Chen Xiangbei's eyes lit up. "My second brother is still the best."

Grandma Xia, Chen Xianghong, and Yu Hongzhen: ...Is this something a normal person would do?

Old Mrs. Xia: "Second son, you can't break the law."

Chen Xiangnan: "How could I, a law-abiding person, break the law? It's a family matter, isn't it normal for us to give each other work assignments?"

Chen Xiangbei nodded: "That's right, that's right. A family should help each other. I'm the youngest, and her youngest son isn't even an adult yet, so it's most appropriate for me to have him. The older one should give way to the younger one."

At this moment, Yang Su, far away at the Chen family home, was unaware of what was about to happen that would cause her to collapse, and was busy allocating rooms in the Chen family home.

It turned out that Chen Xiangdong's room had been given to her eldest son, Wang De. He was getting old and might get married soon, so having his own room was quite necessary.

Chen Xianghong is getting married, so her room will be given to Chen Xiangbei. Chen Xiangbei's original room was bigger and could be used by his son.

Without Chen Xiangbei's knowledge, his room was moved into Chen Xianghong's room, even though Chen Xianghong had not yet officially married out of her family home.

Old Chen remained silent, finding Yang Su's arrangement quite reasonable.

After the siblings had eaten at Grandma Xia's house, Chen Xianghong also prepared to go home to get some things. Chen Xiangnan, persuaded by Tang Jiao, also prepared to go home. It wasn't a big deal to always stay at his father-in-law's house and never go back. It would also be a good opportunity to take out the patchwork quilts that his mother had made for Baoyuan and Lingling and air them out.

Yu Hongzhen accompanied Chen Xianghong back, and before they even entered the compound, they heard a series of banging sounds coming from the direction of their house.

Chen Xiangbei ran the fastest, and as soon as he stepped into the house, he shouted, "Dad, are you all crazy? Are you all insane?"

"Brother, come quick! Dad's gone mad! He wants to tear our house down!"

Hearing the noise, Chen Xiangnan's heart sank. Considering that the room might be in a mess, he said to Tang Jiao, "Jiaojiao, go sit with Aunt Yin for a while. There might still be some noise inside, and it wouldn't be good if you got hurt. I'll come pick you up after this is over."

Tang Jiao frowned, "But at home..."

Chen Xiangnan: "Don't worry about things at home for now. You're dealing with two people now, so you need to think about yourself. Listen to me, it should be over soon."

Seeing Tang Jiao nod and go to Grandma Yin's side, Chen Xiangnan strode into the house.

Without even a second thought, Chen Xiangbei must have gone mad after making such a commotion.

Seeing that Chen Xiangbei was not in the living room, Yang Su wiped away her tears and cried to Old Chen. Her two sons were standing behind her. The eldest son, Wang De, was not there, probably working overtime at the factory.

Seeing that Old Chen was about to get angry, Chen Xiangnan immediately shouted, "Third brother, where are you?"

Chen Xiangbei came out with red eyes, "Second brother, my room is gone, or rather, my sister's room is gone. These beasts! My sister isn't even married yet, and they're already kicking her out! Beasts, big beasts! Waaah~"

Chen Xianghong also went to see her room. Her things had been tidied up and placed by the door. Chen Xiangbei's things were messy and untied on her bed. She suddenly remembered her mother saying that this place would always be her home.

If Mom isn't home, then there's nowhere for her to stay, right?

Seeing the two of them crying, Chen Xiangnan felt bad too. He had only thought of doing something bad after seeing that his room was undamaged. He made a money-counting gesture at Chen Xiangbei.

Chen Xiangbei was initially confused, but he quickly realized what was going on and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Stealing money! Someone stole money! My money is gone! All the money I worked so hard to get is gone! The money I put under the bed sheet is gone!"