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

Yang Su was furious. She had just gotten married and had already lost such a large sum of money, while Old Chen was still acting like nothing had happened. On one hand, there was the money she had painstakingly saved over the years, and on the other hand, there was the unfulfilled promise Old Chen had made for her. It was obvious which was more important.

Yang Su immediately went berserk, "Go ahead and report it! That's my money, no matter what, it's still my money, Yang Su's money. Old Chen, are you pretending to be ignorant just to swindle my money to support your good-for-nothing sons?"

She grabbed Old Chen's collar and screamed in anguish.

Old Chen was startled by Yang Su's sudden change in tone. Her voice was so fierce, even fiercer than Old Lady Xia's. He almost thought that Yang Su was possessed by Old Lady Xia. He even started to stammer, "Su Su, I... how could I possibly subsidize them? You know how much money I have. I have no need to take your little bit of money."

Yang Su: "But you just watched them take my money without even telling them to stop. Now you're telling me to report it to the police. Why didn't you tell them to report it to the police? You said you trusted me, but now you can't get your money back. What kind of trust is that?"

Old Chen: "But what the second brother said makes sense. The amount of money he mentioned last night all matched up. The 150 yuan to Xiang Bei and the 300 yuan to Xiang Hong were both correct. He's not familiar with any of your family members, especially Wang Ming. The second brother has barely spoken a few words to him. How would he know that he has so much money?"

Wang De, who was standing next to him, hadn't thought about himself yet. He had talked to Chen Xiangnan so much that he had long forgotten that he was the one who had talked to him about money.

Yang Su was still hysterical, "How would I know how he knew? That's your second son, not mine. Now, my second son's money has been taken by your second son, that's an indisputable fact."

Old Chen: "Can you stop being unreasonable? Just like my second son said, you can't explain the source of the money at all. Your in-laws have never said anything useful until now. Forget about useful words, I don't think they even want to talk to you. I don't see how much they love their grandson. You're telling me that's their savings for their funeral? Do you think I'll believe you?"

Yang Su: "That's our money!"

Old Chen: "Then tell me, where did this money come from? You keep saying it's your money, are you going to tell the police that too? I'll say it's my money, but who will believe me?"

Yang Su was completely bewildered. Faced with the choice between telling the truth and continuing to argue, she ultimately decided to speak up for the sake of money. "Old Chen, this is all the money I've earned over the years. Before I met you, I wanted to support all the expenses of my children by myself. My second child is about to start working, so I gave him all the money."

There were some things I lied to you about before. All the money our family has is this 460 yuan. I just wanted you to find him a job. Even if I have to borrow money, I'll give you the money for the job. I promise I won't let you suffer any loss; I would never let you lose out. You know what kind of person I am after these past few months with me. This is the only lie I've ever told you.”

As she spoke, Yang Su began to cry softly, her tears falling down her cheeks and onto the ground, which Old Chen saw clearly.

Old Chen was initially unhappy when he heard Yang Su lie to him, and her emotional breakdown earlier only added to his annoyance. However, when Yang Su looked at him with tears streaming down her face, Old Chen's wavering heart swayed towards her, and all his previous unpleasantness seemed to vanish.

"Susu, I...I believe you. I'll talk to them tonight. You should take the children home first."

Yang Su nodded, sobbed a few times, and then said to Wang De, "Eldest brother, you go to work with your Uncle Chen. Mom will cook dinner at home and wait for you. She'll also air out all the blankets for the whole family so everyone can be more comfortable. When Xiang Nan and Xiang Bei come back tonight, they'll be able to sleep more comfortably."

Old Chen immediately realized that Yang Su was a practical woman, unlike Old Lady Xia who constantly ordered this person around and that person around, keeping the whole family running around in circles. This was a virtuous woman, the kind of woman he could spend his life with.

Even if something unpleasant had just happened in the family, Yang Su was able to manage the household perfectly, which is exactly what a woman should do.

"Don't tire yourself out. I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative tonight and buy you some brown sugar cake."

Yang Su: "Old Chen, you're so kind."

Wang De followed Old Chen with a dark face. He didn't have a penny in his pocket and didn't know what to eat for lunch. Had his mother forgotten to give him meal tickets?

All his money was with Yang Su, including the meal tickets and meat coupons she issued. Every morning, Yang Su would prepare money for his meals that day, but today, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Wang De thought back to Chen Xiangnan's words from last night and felt even more strongly that Yang Su, his mother, was indeed biased, and perhaps even hoped that he, the eldest son, would die so that the job could be given to Wang Ming.

Wang De felt wronged and angry, but he didn't say anything, as if he was being stubborn. He just wanted to know when his mother would realize that he was going to go hungry today.

Yang Su was so busy that she forgot. She was confused by Chen Xiangnan yesterday, and she was confused by Chen Xiangnan again today. She lost her money and almost revealed her true nature. She was extremely busy.

Chen Xiangbei, who had run away, was now asleep in Grandma Xia's room, having taken off his coat. Chen Xiangnan was trying to persuade him, but he remained silent, as if he had been rendered mute by anger.

Left with no other choice, he went outside and chatted with Xia Yu'e, "Auntie, my mom shouldn't be working overtime lately, right?"

Xia Yu'e: "No overtime, no overtime, what's wrong with Xiang Bei?"

Chen Xiangnan: "He was angry because of the woman my dad married later, plus my dad was biased and even hit her."

Xia Yu'e: "He was beaten?"

Chen Xiangnan: "I got slapped, but it doesn't seem like anything serious happened to me."

Xia Yu'e: "That's good. You should go to work soon. Your father-in-law went to great lengths to get you a job, so don't embarrass him."

Chen Xiangnan nodded and went out. "I'll bring Tang Jiao over after I get off work."

Xia Yu'e went into the room to check on Chen Xiangbei and found that the boy's face was a little swollen. So she soaked the towel that Grandma Xia used to wipe her face in and applied it to Chen Xiangbei's face.

Chen Xiangbei hadn't slept at all; he was furious. He wanted nothing more than to ram that woman into the river and drown her, and also to take his senile father to the river to wash his brains.

The person who was feeling wronged was the one who couldn't bear such gentle care from others. The grievances that he hadn't shown before finally broke down when he saw Xia Yu'e applying a cold compress to his face, and he burst into tears.