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Jiang Mian huddled behind Lu Bozhou, her fingertips already digging into her palms, feeling waves of stinging pain.

But it couldn't outweigh the heartache I felt when I heard my parents say those words.

She thought that when she died, many things would go with her to the grave. No one would know, and therefore no one would be saddened by it.

But clearly, she couldn't take anything with her.

All that was taken away were the happiness of parents, siblings, and friends; all that was taken away was the happy childhood that the son should have had.

The parents, having lost their daughter in their later years, could no longer find true happiness.

Friends and her brother also found it difficult to reconcile with the matter.

Jiang Shan and Song Wan were both quite agitated, and their words were rather unpleasant.

But Lu Bozhou was not annoyed; his expression and tone remained as calm as before.

"Dad, Mom, calm down."

“We are very calm!” Song Wan said.

“I have no intention of ignoring Lu Chaochi. This has nothing to do with whether I am married or not,” Lu Bozhou said calmly.

Jiang Mian breathed a sigh of relief. She was worried that Lu Bozhou would get angry at her parents because of their previous attitude.

Fortunately not.

“I even got married to better take care of Lu Chaochi, so that he could have a relatively stable family and grow up in a healthy family environment.” Lu Bozhou’s voice remained calm.

She sounds emotionally stable.

Logically, the emotionally stable party is more likely to help the emotionally unstable party stabilize.

But this was clearly not the case in front of Lu Bozhou and her parents.

Lu Bozhou's words failed to calm Jiang Shan and Song Wan down.

Jiang Shan sneered, "You left Chaochao alone at home just to go on a trip. I won't even mention how you couldn't take care of her before because of work."

"And now? Is it because you can't take care of her? Are you kidding me? Is this what you mean by getting married to better take care of Chaochao?"

"We're just getting old, but we're not blind or stupid yet."

Song Wan chuckled, her voice devoid of warmth. "And you didn't even let that woman come back with you? What, are you afraid we'll make things difficult for her?"

As soon as Song Wan finished speaking, she noticed that something seemed to move behind Lu Bozhou.

"Oh..." Song Wan drawled, "So you were hiding behind me."

Since everything has already been discovered, there's no need to continue hiding it.

Jiang Mian gently bit her lip and walked to Lu Bozhou's side.

The moment she emerged from behind Lu Bozhou.

The air seemed to freeze instantly, and the sound seemed to stop abruptly.

The scene suddenly became extremely quiet.

Jiang Mian lowered her eyes, not daring to meet her parents' gaze.

But she could clearly feel two gazes fixed intently on her face and body.

Song Wan and Jiang Shan stared at Jiang Mian with shock in their eyes.

After a while.

He heard Song Wan chuckle softly. The meaning behind that chuckle was hard to define; it seemed to contain both mockery and pity.

After laughing, Song Wan looked coldly at Lu Bozhou and said, "I heard Jiang Yu mention before how much the person you keep by your side resembles Mianmian."

“Seeing it with my own eyes really makes it so…” Song Wan sneered again, staring at Lu Bozhou, “You really are crazy enough.”

"But don't worry, we're not Yan Ke and Lu Hong, we can't take her down. What we want is very simple, just let us take care of Chaochao."

As Jiang Shan spoke, he turned to look at Jiang Mian and asked a question.

"You're so young, with a bright future ahead of you. You probably don't want to be a stepmother and take care of someone else's children, do you?"

Jiang Shan couldn't help but glance at Jiang Mian a few more times; he had originally wanted to say something harsh.

But looking at that face, at her expression, Jiang Shan inexplicably couldn't bring himself to say anything.

“I… don’t mind.” Jiang Mian took a deep breath and said, “I’m willing to take care of Xiao Shitou, and I can take good care of him.”

Song Wan frowned, thinking to herself, "How could she be so shameless at such a young age?"

But looking at her face, at her expression, and remembering that this young woman had saved Lu Chaochi and almost crippled him because of it...

Song Wan couldn't bring herself to say anything unpleasant.

She could only look at Lu Bozhou, "Lu Bozhou, what do you think?"

Lu Bozhou's expression remained calm, and his voice was low and slightly hoarse, "Jiang Mian's meaning is my meaning."

Jiang Mian's heart skipped a beat.

But perhaps it was because of Lu Bozhou's unyielding attitude that his parents were upset.

Or perhaps it was Lu Bozhou's words that reminded them of their daughter.

Jiang Shan and Song Wan were both furious.

Song Wan's voice was shrill, "Lu Bozhou, you're a madman! My daughter is dead! Dead! Who are you trying to fool!"

"You're mentally ill! You don't deserve to be a father at all!" Song Wan was furious. She turned to look at Jiang Mian.

Jiang Mian saw her mother's lips twitching, forming a rather strange smile.

She asked Jiang Mian, "Do you know what kind of man you married? Do you know he has a mental illness?! You married him without knowing anything?! How could such a young girl be so foolish!"

When she said the last two sentences, Song Wan almost roared them out.

Jiang Mian almost couldn't hold back her tears as she listened.

Jiang Mian didn't know... whether her mother was speaking to her directly, or through this face that resembled her past life by seventy or eighty percent, was speaking to the Jiang Mian of the past?

Jiang Mian felt a pang of sadness upon hearing this, and managed to hold back the tears welling up in her eyes. After a difficult struggle to suppress her emotions...

Jiang Mian was startled when she tried to understand what her mother had just said.

What did Mother mean by what she just said?

She said Lu Bozhou has a mental illness, what does that mean?

Jiang Mian was stunned.

If the person in front of her were Yan Ke, Jiang Mian wouldn't want to listen to or believe a single word she said.

But this is his own mother.

She knew her mother's temperament very well; she wouldn't fabricate stories to slander someone just because she disliked them.

So……

Before Jiang Mian could think further, a hurried commotion came from the bathroom.

Lu Chaochi heard the noise from the entrance hall as soon as he finished using the restroom, so he hurried over.

He knew that his father and grandparents didn't get along.

To be precise, his grandparents really disliked his father.

That's normal. Lu Chaochi thought to himself, he sometimes disliked his father too.

Honestly, with his father's lousy personality, it's hard not to dislike him, right?

But Lu Chaochi was young but sensible, having already grown up in a less than perfect family.

Lu Chaochi did not want the family atmosphere to become more difficult.

Moreover, he felt that now that Mianmian was here, and Mianmian was so wonderful, the family atmosphere should be even better.

"Grandpa and Grandma!" Lu Chaochi rushed over, "Don't be angry, don't take it to heart with my dad!"

The atmosphere just now was actually quite tense.

But Lu Chaochi's words broke the ice.

Lu Chaochi quickly continued, "My dad is immature! All he knows is how to make money! Please don't take it to heart!"

Seeing her son's mature-looking demeanor, Jiang Mian couldn't help but chuckle softly. "Qiqi is here to ask for votes and favorites! Updating so early today! Worthy of praise! Today's exercise: High-intensity, no-jumping, high-sweat fat-burning workout!!"