Rebirth to Save Myself

The old lady followed her assistant's car to the gate of the residential area, where she was stopped and questioned by the property management for a long time. They even called Chen Jianguo to confirm before letting her go.

"Who is this person, so strict?" the old lady asked.

"This is the property management company, responsible for managing this community. Outsiders need to be questioned and confirmed with the residents before they can enter," the assistant said from the front.

“How am I an outsider? My son lives here, I’m his mother, why should I be an outsider?” The old lady got agitated as soon as she heard this and tried to open the car door to argue with the property management.

"If you want to go in, behave yourself and don't cause trouble, otherwise you won't be able to get in, and Mr. Chen won't come down to pick you up. You'll have to go back to the hotel." The assistant's words made the old lady give up the idea. Going to Chen Jianguo's house was more important right now. As for the property management, there would be plenty of opportunities to deal with him later.

The assistant led Chen's mother to the basement and then they took the elevator. The assistant took out a key fob, swiped it on the elevator display screen, and pressed the floor button. Every person who got on the elevator did the same, and each person went down to a different floor. Chen's mother asked the assistant, puzzled, "Why is only one person going down to each floor?"

"This is a one-apartment-per-floor design, with only one resident per floor. To get to your floor, you either need to use facial recognition or, like me, use a key fob; otherwise, the elevator won't start," the assistant explained.

"It's so high-end, how much does it cost? I'll ask Jianguo to buy me one too." Chen's mother felt that a house like this would definitely make her look good back in her hometown.

"Buy? The average price here is 80,000 yuan per square meter. If you want to buy a unit, you'll have to spend millions." The assistant glanced at Chen's mother, thinking she was a bit blindly confident.

"You underestimate me. I'm his mother. It's only natural for me to be filial to my mother," Chen's mother shouted at her assistant, her neck stiff.

"Keep your voice down, I heard you before the elevator doors even opened," Chen Jianguo's voice rang out, as he looked at his mother with disdain.

"Jianguo, you've come at the right time! I want you to fire him!" Chen's mother said, pointing at her assistant as she got off the elevator.

"Why?" Chen Jianguo asked, puzzled.

"He took your money but didn't do his job properly. I asked him to massage my shoulders and he refused. He just mocked me, saying I'm a country bumpkin." Chen's mother's mouth was full of slander from the moment she opened it.

"Well, so I really have to make a decision. Xiao Lin, thank you for your hard work, you'll get a raise next month." Chen Jianguo waved his hand, directly slapping his mother in the face.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen!" Xiao Lin bowed slightly to express her gratitude, and then took the elevator down.

"What do you mean? I told you to fire him, why are you raising his salary?" Chen's mother was furious. In her eyes, Chen Jianguo's money was her money. She felt extremely distressed if her money were given to outsiders.

"Come in," Chen Jianguo said, ignoring his mother and opening the door directly.

"Where's your wife? She didn't even come out to greet her mother-in-law when she arrived!" Chen's mother complained.

“Welcoming you out in person isn’t enough. I think we should lay out a red carpet from our hometown all the way to the provincial capital, and then have you ride all the way here in a car on that red carpet. That would be more grand than welcoming a national leader.” After all, Chen Jianguo had spent so much time with his mother and knew how to upset her.

"Pfft, hahaha!" Chen Yuan, sitting on the sofa, couldn't help but laugh when she heard her father's words.

"What are you laughing at? You didn't even greet your grandma when she came." After saying that, Chen's mother was about to rush over to hit Chen Yuan, but was stopped by the nanny. She said to the nanny, "Why are you stopping me?"

“You haven’t changed your shoes yet. You need to change your shoes before entering the house.” The nanny said, handing over a pair of disposable slippers, and then explained, “The shoes that guests use have all been taken to be washed. These are all we have.”

"It's alright, my mom won't be staying long," Chen Jianguo said dismissively, then went into the house.

Enduring the humiliation, Chen's mother changed into disposable slippers and prepared to continue disciplining Chen Yuan. However, upon seeing Su Xia next to Chen Yuan, she turned her gun on Su Xia and said, "Why are you still here? I've raised you for so long, and you're just here to freeload!"

But Su Xia wasn't one to back down. She completely ignored Chen's mother's words and continued looking at her phone. Seeing that neither of them was giving her any face, Chen's mother rushed over, snatched Su Xia's phone, and smashed it on the ground.

"What are you doing?" Chen Jianguo was the first to question him. Then he went over, picked up Su Xia's phone, and tried it out. It was broken.

"What was her attitude when I spoke to her?" Chen's mother said dismissively.

"It's broken, I'm going to buy a new one now." Chen Jianguo showed his phone with its cracked screen, utterly helpless.

"Why buy one? A phone isn't that fragile to break so easily." Chen's mother didn't believe it. Her old-fashioned phone had been dropped seven or eight times and it still worked!

"How can you be so unreasonable!" Chen Jianguo was furious; this old lady was hopeless!

"Dad, no need, I have an old one in my room that I can use." Su Xia took the phone that Chen's mother had smashed and then said to Chen's mother, "You have to call people by their names before you talk to them, otherwise how will anyone know if you're talking to something that only you can see?"

"Who are you cursing?" Chen's mother wasn't stupid; she could tell the malice in Su Xia's words.

"Isn't it said that people who are about to die can see the spirits of the dead?" Su Xia asked, feigning confusion.

"Pfft, hahahaha." Chen Yuan had been holding back for so long. She knew it! Xia Xia wouldn't let the old lady do as she pleased.

"What are you laughing at!" Chen's mother rushed over and raised her hand to slap Chen Yuan.

Chen Chunqi grabbed her hand and said coldly, "It's none of your business how I treat my daughter."

"So you still show up? If I hadn't threatened to hit your daughter, would you have refused to see me?" Chen's mother said arrogantly, looking at Chen Chunqi.

"Why would I come out to see you? We're not that close." Chen Chunqi stood next to Chen Yuan, looking protective of her.

"Are you just going to stand by and watch your wife bully your mother?" Unable to argue with Chen Chunqi, Chen's mother turned to Chen Jianguo and said.

"Well, I can't help my wife either!" Chen Jianguo shrugged, expressing his helplessness.

"Sir, Madam, dinner is ready," the nanny said as she came out of the kitchen.

"Let's eat. After dinner, we'll go buy a phone with Xiaxia." Chen Jianguo waved his hand, and everyone took their seats.

When Chen's mother arrived at the dining table, she noticed that everyone else had their own unique set of tableware, except for hers, which was plain white without any patterns. Displeased, Chen's mother said, "Why am I different from you?"

"These were all picked out by Xia Xia and Yuan Yuan to distinguish everyone's bowls and chopsticks, so naturally there's none for you." Chen Chunqi defiantly picked up her bowl.

"Why wasn't anything prepared for me?" Chen's mother continued to ask.

"Because you've never been to this house since you're Grandma, why should we prepare a set of chopsticks and bowls for someone who doesn't live here regularly?" Chen Yuan retorted.

"That's because your father wouldn't bring me here to enjoy a better life," Chen's mother pointed at Chen Jianguo and accused him loudly.

"Are you going to eat or not? If you're not going to eat, you can ask the auntie to take away the dishes and chopsticks." Chen Chunqi said directly, telling his mother to shut up and sit down to eat.

"After you finish eating, stay one night and then go back home. Don't say anything else to me. Letting you stay one night is the biggest concession I can make," Chen Jianguo said to his mother.

“No, my son eats well and lives in a high-end community in the provincial capital, leaving my old mother to suffer in the countryside. No matter where you go, you have no right to argue.” Chen’s mother directly took all the blame on herself.

“If you don’t mind, we can also talk about what happened back then.” Chen Chunqi put down his bowl and looked at her.

"What? What happened back then? It's all in the past. Why are you still arguing about it?" Although Chen's mother said this, her body language betrayed her words as she sat down to eat.

With Chen's mother remaining silent, everyone finished their meal peacefully. Then, Chen's mother said she needed to go back to her room to rest. She ignored the nanny's attempt to lead her to the guest rooms and instead toured every room. Finally, she reached Su Xia's room and said to everyone, "I think this room is quite nice; I'll stay here tonight."

"Stop right there. The room prepared for you is behind you." Chen Chunqi sat on the sofa and coldly stared at his mother.

“I’m at my son’s house, why can’t I choose a room? The room looks spacious with a big bed and a bathroom, which is convenient for me to get up at night.” Chen’s mother stubbornly insisted on going against Chen Chunqi, as if she had completely forgotten what Chen Chunqi had said at the dinner table.

"I think you're doing this on purpose. If you like rooms with bathrooms, then the maid's room is fine too. You can sleep in the maid's room tonight, and the nanny can sleep in the guest room." Chen Chunqi was extremely dissatisfied with her mother's behavior towards Su Xia.

"You, you, you actually made me sleep on someone else's land!" Chen's mother was truly enraged by Chen Chunqi's words.

“What do you mean by ‘servant’? I’ve already said this isn’t the Qing Dynasty anymore. That auntie was hired by us under contract, not sold to us,” Chen Jianguo chimed in, defending his wife.

"You can choose, the guest room or the maid's room. We're going out to buy Xiaxia a phone now. If I come back and see you occupying Xiaxia's room or Yuanyuan's room, don't blame me for making you sleep on the street tonight." Chen Chunqi said threateningly and led the three of them out.

Chen's mother and the housekeeper were left looking at each other, the housekeeper still had to clean and take out the trash. So she asked Chen's mother, "Do you want to sleep in my room?"

"Who wants to sleep in your room? I'm his mother, his mother!" No one responded to Chen's mother's wailing. The nanny had already left when she learned that Chen was not staying in her room.

Chen Jianguo led Su Xia and the others directly to the store and immediately ordered a brand-new mobile phone. He also asked the staff to see if the data on the old phone could be backed up to the new one. Fortunately, Su Xia didn't really need the phone, but unfortunately, she hadn't had time to upload the videos she had taken a few days ago to her computer.

Chen Chunqi was clearly unhappy about her mother's arrival, so Chen Jianguo took the three of them shopping at the mall. They bought clothes for their two daughters for the New Year, and since Chen Chunqi's skincare products were almost finished, they also bought a set for Chen Yuan and Su Xia.

Chen Chunqi said to the two of them, "A girl's face needs to be carefully cared for. You don't have to wear makeup, but you must take care of your skin."

"Okay, Mom," Chen Yuan stuck out her tongue, indicating that taking care of her skin was the right thing to do. Her skin had become less fair after military training in junior and senior high school, but she learned her lesson during university military training and applied sunscreen, which prevented her from getting noticeably darker.

"It'll be good to buy some clothes for you guys; it'll make you look good when you go out during the New Year." Chen Chunqi didn't hold back, swiping Chen Jianguo's card like crazy. Chen Jianguo was so scared that he quickly asked Su Xia to find a way to appease Chen Chunqi, otherwise she would cause trouble for everyone around her.

“Dad, a mental illness requires a mental cure, and the one who tied the knot must untie it.” Su Xia replied directly, she wouldn’t go up and upset Chen Chunqi at this time.

"Please help your dad out, otherwise he'll have to sleep on the sofa tonight." Chen Jianguo pleaded, cupping his hands in a gesture of apology. Besides Su Xia and Chen Yuan, who else could save Chen Chunqi in this state?

"Dad, you still have the option of sleeping in the study," Su Xia reminded him gently, implying that he didn't necessarily have to sleep in the living room.

"You're gloating, aren't you? You heartless little brat, just watching your dad make a fool of himself." Chen Jianguo affectionately ruffled Su Xia's hair, then said seriously, "If your mother keeps getting so angry, it won't be good for her health."

"Alright, I'll reluctantly help you then." Su Xia nodded reluctantly, then walked over to Chen Chunqi and said, "Mom, what are our plans for the Chinese New Year this year?"

"I don't have any plans yet. Do you have any ideas?" Chen Chunqi looked up at Su Xia, gazing at her intently.

“We’ve all been to Sanya before. We’ve heard that the climate there is pleasant and the winters aren’t as cold as here. Since the four of us are all here, why don’t we go to Sanya for the New Year?” Su Xia said.

Although Chen Yuan was very tempted, Chen Wenwei was also spending the Spring Festival in the provincial capital this year, and the two of them were planning to go out together. So she said, "It's better to spend the Spring Festival at home, it feels more festive then."

“I think it’s great. I haven’t been out to play for over a year.” Chen Chunqi knew exactly what Chen Yuan was thinking, so he beckoned to Chen Jianguo and asked him, “Is it still possible to book plane tickets and hotels to Sanya now?”

"Sanya? What for?" Chen Jianguo was some distance away and didn't hear Su Xia's suggestion.

"I want to spend the Chinese New Year in Sanya," Chen Chunqi said directly.

"Oh, okay, I'll go then. I'll have my assistant arrange it right now." Chen Jianguo took out his phone to make a call, but Su Xia stopped him.

Su Xia said, "I think it's not cost-effective for the four of us to go together to book a hotel. We can have our assistant rent an apartment so we can stay comfortably and freely for a short period."

“Okay, we’ll listen to Xiaxia.” Chen Chunqi nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I'll go arrange it right away." Chen Jianguo said, and then prepared to go to the side to make a phone call.

"Take your time, no rush." ​​Chen Chunqi thought that it was already evening, and assistants also have their private lives after get off work.

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say." Chen Jianguo walked over to Chen Chunqi and, seeing that she didn't refuse, gave Su Xia a thumbs up.