The handsome guy next door loves to flirt.

"You woman, with such a vicious mouth, no wonder your son is suffering from this illness as retribution! Retribution! Hahaha!"

"You're the one who's getting your comeuppance, your whole family is getting their comeuppance..."

The two women were bickering, and when Gu Cheng and Sheng Jiayang heard them swearing at each other so disregarding the occasion, their faces darkened. The two women were practically shrewish at that moment.

"Enough! You two stop right there! Huainan, take your mother home! Li Meng, you calm down too. This isn't the time for a war of words, Lao Gu! Let's discuss what to do!" He sighed, finally experiencing firsthand his wife's shrewish and rude side. He hadn't known she could be so wild before, but Li Meng wasn't much better. Two women arguing could drive a man crazy.

On the other side, Gu Cheng's face darkened; he had reached his limit. These two shrewish women only knew how to argue, and their bickering was driving him crazy. He immediately yelled to the outside, "Ah Zhong, take them upstairs! Don't let them come down again!"

Li Meng didn't want to leave; she wanted to argue with Xie Huixin again. This woman always had a haughty attitude towards her, all because she had given birth to a precious son while she was unlucky enough to have daughters. In the Sheng family, no one cared about her. Meanwhile, in the Gu family, Gu Jianguo disliked her as his daughter-in-law, Gu Cheng constantly yelled at her, and he was always thinking about Yun Shu's wretched mother. She had lost to this hateful woman all these years, and today she was insulting her daughter and even cursing her. The combination of old and new grudges immediately ignited her anger, and she felt like fighting with her.

But Ah Zhong kept pulling her away, and when she saw that Li Meng was also being pulled away by Huai Nan, she reluctantly went upstairs with Yun Le.

Yun Shu could only look at Ming Kun apologetically. Ming Kun was incredulous. It turned out that these people, who were so well-mannered in public, were just like ordinary people on the street in private, arguing terribly and having no manners at all.

Xie Huixin was reluctantly helped home by Huainan, while Li Meng and Yunle were also dragged upstairs by Azhong.

After they all left, only Gu Cheng, Sheng Jiayang, Yun Shu, and Xiao Mingkun remained in the living room.

"Yun Shu, this must be the man you got your marriage certificate with! He looks familiar!" Sheng Jiayang had been watching the man sitting silently. Even when the woman was arguing like that, his expression didn't change. His patience was top-notch, which was admirable. What's more, sitting there, he naturally exuded the aura of a leader. He wasn't very old, but he had such composure, which was quite impressive.

"I am Xiao Mingkun, and I used to be a soldier."

Upon hearing Mingkun's words, Sheng Jiayang recognized him and remembered who he was. He was a former "King of Soldiers," a rare feat in any regiment. Sheng Jiayang had a deep impression of those soldiers during the award ceremony; they were all remarkable. He never expected to encounter someone like him here. No wonder his son lost; even if his son weren't sick, he would still lose. The two were completely different. Perhaps Yun Shu preferred a mature, secure, and family-oriented man like him.

"Yun Shu, you have good taste. I apologize for Huai Nan's mother's recklessness." Sheng Jiayang now understood perfectly that it was all his wife's wishful thinking. It was just a pity for his son. He didn't get to marry the person he liked, but was framed and forced to marry a woman he didn't like. Moreover, he really felt that Gu Yunle was not a good match for his son, only slightly better than Yun Huan. As Gu Cheng said, Yun Huan was beyond saving.

Yun Shu could only humbly reply, "It's alright, as long as I don't have to marry Huai Nan again. He's a good man, but I treat him like my own brother." It was a very polite answer, and indeed, it was just as she had in mind.

Sheng Jiayang was very polite and didn't look like a soldier at all; Huai Nan was just like him.

“Old Gu, if Yunle gets pregnant in a month, I will let Huainan marry her. If not, it means even God is not on her side, and I will not let my son marry a woman he does not like.”

“Okay, that’s the only way to do it now!” Gu Cheng agreed. Sheng Jiayang was of higher rank than him, and this time they were in the wrong, so his decision was already fair.

Sheng Jiayang then left the Gu family. The Gu family was in such a mess that he didn't want to stay any longer. It was a pity for Gu Cheng to marry a woman like Li Meng. But thinking of his own wife, Xie Huixin, he guessed she wasn't much better than Li Meng. He wondered who should pity whom.

After Sheng Jiayang left, Gu Cheng stared at Yun Shu and Ming Kun, but the more he looked at the two sitting together, the more well-matched they seemed. He wondered if there was something wrong with his taste these days.

Seeing his expression, Yun Shu said irritably, "Dad, you can't blame me this time. I was drugged while I was staying at the Gu family. Their goal was simple: to have Yun Huan's cousin ruin me so that Yun Huan could be with Huai Nan. But they didn't expect that Li Meng and Yun Huan's plan would be ruined by Yun Le's own desire to marry Huai Nan."

“I know, you don’t need to remind me. You’d be happy if you could destroy this family. But don’t be too happy yet. Xie Huixin won’t give up so easily. Old Sheng can’t control her anymore. And Li Meng… just thinking about it gives me a headache. There’s a ton of trouble, especially this year. Forget it! Even if you’re going to marry Xiao Mingkun, let me tell you, the contract you signed will still be valid. Don’t think you can get away with it.”

Mingkun, who had been listening to them, spoke up: "Uncle, as long as you don't object to me being with Yunshu, I'm willing to have another child. I'm from a minority group, so I can have another one. But this child has to be raised by us. We'll raise him ourselves, and when he grows up, we'll let him return to the Gu family. Otherwise, like Yunshu's stepmother Li Meng, we wouldn't feel comfortable leaving him to be raised by the Gu family."

“Mingkun…” Yun Shu said she disagreed, but Mingkun glared at her, and Yun Shu didn’t dare to speak anymore, after all, she had signed the contract on her own initiative.

Mingkun is just using delaying tactics right now. Who knows if Gu Cheng and the others will still be able to control their child in twenty or thirty years? At that time, it's just a matter of changing the child's household registration if he wants to be recognized by his ancestors! Let's not worry about where the child's household registration is for now. As long as they agree to let him be with Yun Shu, we can raise the child with them first.

Gu Cheng thought for a moment, looking at the young couple opposite him. They were both outstanding, and their child should be quite good too. It was just that his chances of getting the job were probably gone. Oh well! He would just consider this a repayment to Yun Shu's mother for what he owed her.

"Fine! But if Li Meng or Xie Huixin cause trouble, I won't help you. You'll have to handle it yourselves." This was his limit. He had already offended both sides and didn't want to get involved in their affairs anymore.