Good news! My sister Lin finally stopped being abstract today!

Chi Zhou'an came to Old Master Shen's side and switched seats with Shen Yuyu.

Without saying a word, he looked at Old Master Shen through the newspaper.

Having noticed his daughter-in-law sitting down next to him long ago, Old Master Shen feigned composure for only three seconds before handing the newspaper to the housekeeper and picking up his bowl to start eating.

The others then began to eat.

After the meal, Lin Zhi ate until she was about 80% full, then stopped eating.

After He Manman finished eating, the two little girls said goodbye to their elders at the table and went straight upstairs.

Halfway there, He Manman was stopped by her mother.

“He Manman”.

He Manman turned around and looked at her unfamiliar mother.

Xu Cen held He Jiacheng's hand tightly, even though He Jiacheng's face showed resistance and disgust.

“Bring Jia Cheng along to play too. You’re the same age, you should get along better.”

He Manman frowned, displeased.

He's mother forcefully pushed He Jiacheng to her side.

"Take good care of her, don't make her unhappy, and don't bully her," Xu Cen carefully instructed, completely disregarding whether He Manman was willing to take He Jiacheng with her.

Lin Zhihao had the same speechless expression as He Manman, but she didn't turn around and leave. After all, the original owner loved her family very much, and she couldn't use her body to do whatever she wanted.

"Oh."

He Manman neither agreed nor disagreed, and only went upstairs after her mother finished giving her instructions.

Upon entering Lin Zhihao's room, He Manman collapsed onto the bed. He Jiacheng's eyes darted around, taking in the high-end skincare products and jewelry on the table with undisguised amazement, and he reached out to caress them.

Seeing that almost every piece of clothing in the wardrobe was unique, she couldn't put it down.

He Manman and Lin Zhihao lay on the bed watching her browse around like she was in a shopping mall.

"Zhizhi, your clothes and jewelry are so beautiful." He Jiacheng, holding a pearl necklace, squeezed between the two of them and looked at Lin Zhihao with a smile.

"Hmm." The aloof and intelligent persona came online, giving He Jiacheng a cold response.

"Um..." He Jiacheng began to hesitate, "Could you... lend it to me?"

"?"

Lin Zhihao was speechless. This seemed to be their first meeting, and she dared to ask to borrow hundreds of thousands of yuan worth of things. She really had the nerve to ask.

"No..." He Manman, who had been pushed aside, was about to speak when Lin Zhihao refused first.

"No."

"Why!" He Jiacheng was unhappy.

She gets whatever she wants at home. This is something she asked for, so why shouldn't we lend it to her? She didn't ask for it directly; she borrowed it.

"..."

"Are we that familiar? This is our first time meeting, isn't it?"

"So what?" He Jiacheng retorted.

"If you ask me out a few more times, we'll get to know each other better. Besides, I also know a lot about jewelry, so we'll definitely have a lot in common."

When the topic of common interest came up, He Jiacheng even took a moment to glance at He Manman.

"If you can get along with someone like that, then I certainly can."

Hearing He Jiacheng's words, He Manman rolled her eyes so hard they almost flew to the sky. It was outrageous that he actually dragged her down with him.

"hehe."

Lin Zhihao sneered.

"Put your things down and then go outside."

He Jiacheng was still holding up the pearl necklace to her neck when she heard Lin Zhihao tell her to leave.

"?"

"Why!"

The lawless darling of the He family has lost her temper. As the daughter of the He family's matriarch in her later years, she is the one whose word is law at home.

"Why should I?" Lin Zhihao snatched the necklace. "Do you think this is your home? Why should I? Get out."

Hejiacheng was pushed out of the room.

"what!"

He Jiacheng angrily slammed the door, attracting the attention of the elders in the hall.

"Miss He, what's wrong?"

The old house's housekeeper arrived first to inquire, but He Jiacheng was in a fit of anger and didn't even bother to give the housekeeper a glance.

"Open the door! Open the door for me! Why are you treating me like this? It's outrageous!"

The door was being pounded on loudly.

Lin Zhihao and He Manman lay on the bed, offering no response whatsoever.

"Sister Lin, this..."

"It's okay, I'll handle it if anything happens."

"Oh."

The elders of the Shen and He families arrived together at Lin Zhihao's door.

"What's wrong, sweetie?" Bao Wuyu held He Jiacheng's reddened hand with heartache.

"Jiacheng, did He Manman bully you?" Xu Cen saw that only He Jiacheng was outside the door and her daughter was not there. She immediately thought that He Manman must have bullied him.

Her daughter is so jealous; she always has to compare herself to Jia Cheng. What kind of status and position does she have? How could she possibly be compared to Jia Cheng?

"Waaaaah, Mommy." He Jiacheng leaned against Bao Wuyu's chest, feeling wronged.

Hearing her daughter cry, Bao Wuyu patted her back with even more heartache.

Xu Cen's gaze was murderous.

Xu Cen suddenly stopped, turned around and banged on the door, "He Manman, you come out here, He Manman!"

"You're bullying me, and you're too scared to come out? He Manman, get out here right now!"

Shen Yuyu frowned deeply. She had witnessed firsthand how close her daughter and goddaughter were. This woman, the goddaughter's biological mother, had blamed her without even asking what happened. It was truly...

He Jiacheng cried bitterly in Bao Wuyu's arms. Xu Cen knocked on the door for a long time but no one opened it. She started cursing and swearing, showing no respect for He Manman and lacking any basic manners of being a guest in someone else's home.

"Alright, it's probably just a minor conflict between the kids, stop knocking."

Shen Yuyu stopped Xu Cen from knocking on the door.

The door creaked open suddenly.

Lin Zhihao and Xu Cen faced each other.

"You and I..."

Xu Cen stammered.

"Go ahead and curse, why did you stop?" Lin Zhihao asked coldly.

"No, I just... just taught that unfilial daughter a lesson," Xu Cen said, offering a dry explanation.

“He Manman has been mischievous, scheming, and vain since she was little. Jia Cheng has always been well-behaved. I was just... just afraid that He Manman would bully her.”

He Manman, He Manman, what mother would call her daughter by her full name and then call someone else's daughter so intimately?

"Ah."

Lin Zhihao curled her lip, too lazy to even curse this kind of person.

Xu Cen knew in his heart that the purpose of this trip was to improve relations between the He and Shen families, and he couldn't let his unfilial daughter delay important matters.

"Haha, hey, Zhizhi, Jiacheng's a little sad, do you want to comfort her?"

Lin Zhihao had seen shameless people before, but this was the first time she had seen someone this shameless. Should she try to coax her?

"Do I even know you? You call me by my nickname. And who are you? Why should I listen to you? It's ridiculous."

Lin Zhihao showed Xu Cen no respect and closed the door again.

"Let's go downstairs first, housekeeper, get Miss He an ice pack." Mrs. He didn't say anything wrong and told them to go downstairs.

"Yes, Miss."

A group of people went downstairs, leaving Xu Cen alone standing awkwardly at the door.

When Bao Wuyu turned around, she glared fiercely at Xu Cen, who immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

That damned He Manman, what are we going to do? What are we going to do? Without the support of the He family's main branch, what will happen to their business? What will happen to their son's future?

Growing angrier the more he thought about it, Xu Cen took out his phone and posted a hundred-word rant.

Looking at the text message on her phone, which was saved as "My Dearest Mom," He Manman felt a pang of sadness.

There really are parents in the world who don't love their children.