If flowers bloom, youth will naturally follow.

Qiao Zijun smiled nonchalantly at Susan's provocation and looked at Qiao Tianyi, saying, "Tianyi, it's great that you can see so much. But these days, it's impossible to please everyone. It's not a black-and-white issue like your mother described, that can be resolved with a single stroke. We need to consider all aspects to decide how to develop this."

"Hmph! You can't please everyone? You just don't like this kind of thing, right? You're always the one who jumps the gun when we're opposing it!" Susan got angrier and angrier as she spoke: "Whatever I say, you disagree! I say beat the dog, but you insist on scolding the chicken! Qiao Zijun, why have you become like this?!"

"Susan, stop messing around. When did you stop trusting me? We've been together for so many years, and our child is all grown up. Would I ever hurt you?" Qiao Zijun said helplessly.

"Yes, you're not harming me! You're harming the Su family! You're just annoyed, you're annoyed that people say you're a live-in son-in-law, you're going to rebel!" Susan shouted.

"You... I wasn't afraid of what people said when I was in my twenties, but now that I'm almost fifty, why would I care about this kind of thing?" Qiao Zijun frowned.

"It's only when you get old that you care! Why don't you let others call you Third Brother-in-law anymore? Yeah, President Qiao is so prestigious! What kind of title is Third Brother-in-law?" Susan said sarcastically.

"Barbarian, incomprehensible!" Qiao Zijun was speechless. "How did you become like this?"

"I've become like this?! Ha!" Susan laughed in anger at his hurtful reaction: "You mean it's my fault?"

"Can't you listen to Xiaobai more? When has Xiaobai ever been as irrational as you?" Qiao Zijun continued helplessly.

Although Qiao Tianyi had never been in a relationship, she knew that her father had committed a cardinal sin: praising his ex in front of his current girlfriend—a recipe for disaster.

Sure enough, Susan stopped laughing: "Me, listen to Jiang Xiaobai? Jiang Xiaobai is the most spineless one! You'll bully her your whole life! Humph, I did listen to her. If she hadn't stopped me, I would have beaten you up eight times a day!"

“Fight, fight, fight! Solve problems when they arise. What’s the point of fighting and killing every day? You beat this person and curse that person every day. Do you think you’re so powerful? I let you hit me because you’re my wife, and the children let you hit me because I’ve earned enough money for you. Otherwise, who would let you bully them like this every day? If you broke someone’s arm, you would have been in jail long ago.” Qiao Zijun’s husbandly authority was weak, and she clearly had some complaints from time to time.

"Pah! You're such a sycophant! I was like this before I even met you! And that didn't stop so many guys from chasing after me! I wonder which shameless guy said he loved it when I threw a tantrum? Now you're tired of it, aren't you? Trying to pull this on me? Do you think I'm Jiang Xiaobai? I'll hit you?! I'll hit you lightly! I'll hit you a few more times and you won't become like this," Susan felt extremely embarrassed in front of her son after being questioned by Qiao Zijun, and rolled up her sleeves, ready to fight again.

"Mom, isn't it better for husband and wife to get along peacefully? We're all family, why do we always have to fight? Besides, try to see things from Dad's perspective. You care about your reputation, but doesn't Dad care about his?" Qiao Tianyi quickly pulled her mother back. It was really troublesome to mediate conflicts with such an unruly elder. Before she could even speak, her mother was already about to take action.

To be honest, Tianyi is a bit too reasonable. To put it nicely, he's traditional and upright; to put it bluntly, he's a bit pedantic. In this respect, he's much worse than Xiaopang.

Dealing with a hot-tempered woman like Susan is not about reasoning; hugging her and acting cute is the right approach. Of course, that would be asking too much of Qiao Tianyi.

"Qiao Tianyi! Whose side are you on?" Susan was furious and embarrassed. Qiao Zijun, who was used to being bullied, was already at her limit when she retorted. Being criticized by her most beloved son made her explode on the spot.

"I... I don't belong to either side. I just think there are better ways to handle things besides hitting and scolding." Faced with her irritable mother, Qiao Tianyi was a little flustered, but she still gritted her teeth and continued to mediate.

"Fine, you ungrateful wretch! I raised you with such care and love! Now that you've grown up, you're going to turn against me? You're definitely related to the Qiao family, a den of snakes and rats!" Susan got up angrily, slammed the door shut, and left, going upstairs.