After the divorce, the aloof female CEO was filled with regret.

Upon hearing this, the people in the room began to whisper among themselves.

Jiang's mother gave Jiang Yichen a satisfied look and then directed me, "What are you still standing here for? Hurry up and go to the kitchen to cook."

I crossed my arms and looked at Jiang's mother with a smile.

"The Jiang family is so big and powerful, surely they don't even have a cook? So you're treating me like a maid? Or a maid for the entire Jiang family?"

Jiang's mother was clearly surprised that I would speak so bluntly. Her eyes widened in astonishment, and then her face darkened. "What nonsense are you talking about? I just let you show off your skills. How is that treating you like a cook or a maid?"

Jiang Yichen looked me up and down in disbelief, then turned cold.

"As a son-in-law who married into the Jiang family, how dare you disobey your mother-in-law like this after only one year of marriage? In a few years, will you be riding roughshod over my mother?"

The crowd looked at each other, their gazes filled with disgust as they fell upon me.

I don't care about it, because I was stared at like that in my past life.

In my past life, I certainly wouldn't have dared to treat the Jiang family like that. I would have worked myself to the bone cooking for them, only to be told that the Jiang family's son-in-law was no different from a nanny.

Not only that, but Jiang's mother would also comment on the food while we ate, saying that my cooking was really bad. Just because she asked me to cook a meal, I held a grudge and deliberately made it taste bad.

This is just putting on airs for the Jiang family.

I felt very wronged at the time and couldn't help but say a few words in my own defense, which was seen as talking back, and I was then suppressed and ridiculed by the Jiang family.

There were plenty of peacemakers in the crowd who spoke up for me, saying that before I married into the family, I was a young master who never lifted a finger, and it was already quite an achievement that I had accomplished so much.

Jiang's mother didn't appreciate it at all. She thought I was deliberately retaliating against the Jiang family and belittled me to the point that I was not even as good as the Jiang family's watchdog.

The hurtful words spoken in my past life still echo in my ears, and I can't forget them even in this life. I will absolutely not cook this meal again today.

Jiang Yichen clicked his tongue twice. "Ye Qiu, has my sister been too lenient with you? Now you don't even listen to my mother anymore."

I looked at Jiang Yichen with cold eyes, a smile playing on my lips.

"I'm not cooking, so what can you do to me? Threaten me to tell Jiang Yuwei? Are you a primary school student?"

A barrage of questions left Jiang Yichen speechless. He stammered, "So what if I threatened you? Who do you think you are? You dare to disobey my mother? Don't forget, your Ye family is all supported by my sister. You're just a gold digger! Your whole family is living off women!"

I narrowed my eyes and said coldly, "I was born into this family, so it's not a big deal for me to be supported by Jiang Yuwei. But you have quite a few scandals. If I were to tell them, you would lose all face."

Jiang Yichen froze, clearly stunned by me. "You?"

I stared coldly into his eyes. "You think I'm joking? I know far more than you do."

Every time Jiang Yichen gets into trouble, he calls his mother to ask her to help clean up the mess, and he doesn't dare let Jiang Yuwei know.

In his past life, he had also drugged and raped other girls. Of course, that was handled privately by Jiang's mother, and no one in the Jiang family knew about it.

However, the incident was exposed a few years later. Because the female classmate's parents were greedy and wanted more money, Jiang Yichen got angry and beat them so badly that they ended up in the hospital. Eventually, the matter escalated and the truth could no longer be concealed, so everything was revealed.

At that time, I had not yet divorced Jiang Yuwei, so I naturally knew everything about Jiang Yichen. The events of this life should not have happened yet, but a playboy like Jiang Yichen could not have done only one bad thing.

Jiang Yichen took two steps back in fright when he saw my serious look; he was obviously serious.

He quickly walked up to Jiang's mother, leaned close to her, and whispered something.

Although his voice was very soft, I still heard him say, "Mom, I feel like Ye Qiu is different now than before. Wasn't he just a pushover before?"

Jiang's mother snorted loudly through her nose, her expression full of disdain.

"Whether she changes or not, as long as he is still our Jiang family's son-in-law, he has to listen to me. Yichen, take him to the kitchen!"

With his mother backing him up, Jiang Yichen straightened his back and strode confidently toward me.

Just as he was about to reach out and grab me, a cough suddenly came from the stairs.

The voice was unmistakably Jiang Yuwei's. Everyone looked towards the stairs and saw Jiang Hai and Jiang Yuwei walking down together.

Jiang Yuwei and Jiang Hai have similar features, but Jiang Yuwei, having been a CEO for several years, has a somewhat indifferent air about her, while Jiang Hai appears much more amiable.

But all that kindness was feigned; only I knew that he looked down on me just as much.

Jiang Hai merely glanced at Jiang Yichen, and Jiang Yichen dared not act rashly any further, quickly withdrawing his hand.

Jiang's mother immediately composed herself and explained with an awkward smile.

“I’m educating my son-in-law. Our family doesn’t even have any descendants. He’s even unwilling to cook a meal.”

I watched indifferently with my arms crossed. It seemed like he hadn't told Jiang's mother a single thing about what I had said to my father-in-law last time. The couple were putting on an act, each more hypocritical than the last behind my back.

Jiang Hai glanced at his mother, signaling her not to say anything more.

I lowered my head slightly, and a single pixel of my lips curled up in a smile.

My father-in-law is very concerned about his reputation, so of course, I wouldn't let my mother-in-law make a scene right there.

Just as I was trying hard to suppress my laughter, I inadvertently caught a glimpse of Jiang Yuwei's gloomy gaze as she looked at me.

I wasn't afraid at all, and even gave her a smug and provocative look.

Jiang Yuwei: "..."

The atmosphere was tense for only a short while before, under the influence of Jiang's father, it quickly returned to its usual lively state.

Soon after, they took their seats and began to eat.

In my past life, I not only had to help with cooking, but also with serving rice. This time, I simply sat down with Jiang Yuwei and didn't care about anything else.

Jiang's mother also sat down and said sarcastically, "Other people's sons-in-law serve the whole family like servants, but my son-in-law is different. It's one thing that he doesn't serve his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but he doesn't even know how to serve his own wife."

I exclaimed, "She has both arms and can take care of herself. Does she need me to serve her?"

Everyone watched in shock as I started arguing with my mother-in-law. Jiang Hai was also surprised; he had been surprised once before, but this time it was even more outrageous. Moreover, everyone knew I was a coward, so it was understandable that they were astonished by my sudden rise to power.

When Jiang's mother saw that I dared to talk back, her face turned very ugly, and she became aggressive, each sentence more offensive than the last.

I was prepared, but I still felt deeply chilled. In my past life, I had actually lived through such insults.

For some reason, I glanced at Jiang Yuwei, only to find her focused on eating, seemingly oblivious to everything and completely unconcerned.