Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

Shen Tingyu always said, "If Sister Xinyi hadn't left, my older brother would definitely be married by now, and you and I would definitely be able to get married right away."

Jiang Ruoruo stared wide-eyed at Wu Xinyi.

Wu Xinyi also allowed the other party to look her over with a graceful demeanor.

After all, Jiang Ruoruo had already let her look her over.

Jiang Ruoruo, well, she's still a bit worse than her.

Although she looks younger, but...

Well, that face was strangely twisted.

Wu Xinyi believed that Shen Tingci could not possibly fall for someone so conflicted.

Because Shen Tingci is not a very patient person, he is not good at pursuing girls, so he is even less likely to have the patience to understand them.

If he had been more patient back then, how could she have...

Forget it, what's past is past.

Under Jiang Ruoruo's surprised and shocked gaze, Wu Xinyi took a step closer.

She then held up the things in her hand and handed them to Jiang Ruoruo, saying, "I came in a hurry and didn't buy much, so please don't mind."

Jiang Ruoruo didn't reach out to take it, but just looked at her with a strange expression.

There was a strange, secret joy in his expression.

This secret delight left Wu Xinyi completely bewildered.

Why would this person be secretly pleased about their relationship?

What is she secretly pleased about?

Before Wu Xinyi could even ask a question, a glint of light flashed in Jiang Ruoruo's eyes, "So you're Sister Xinyi?"

Upon hearing the name "Sister Xinyi," Wu Xinyi became even more confused.

Shen Tingci's current wife is actually willing to call her "sister"?

"Sister Xinyi, please come inside and sit down!"

Jiang Ruoruo led the people towards the main hall of the Shen family, but the main hall had already been given to Gu Shuhe and the others.

Gu Shuhe and Shen Tingci now live alone. They usually eat in the kitchen, so the main room is rarely used and is usually locked.

So when Jiang Ruoruo got close enough to push the door open, she saw the lock hanging on it and looked a little embarrassed.

Wu Xinyi noticed the awkwardness and concluded that Jiang Ruoruo was disliked by her mother-in-law, Chen Ying.

Yes, Shen Tingci's mother is quite picky.

When facing her future daughter-in-law, she was just as demanding as Empress Dowager Cixi.

So she looked around the yard and said, "Your aunt isn't home, is she?"

Jiang Ruoruo rubbed her hands together sheepishly, "Why don't you come sit with us for a while?"

Jiang Ruoruo's words clearly confused Wu Xinyi.

"you……"

Wu Xinyi then heard Jiang Ruoruo say, "I forgot to introduce myself. I am Tingyu's wife. My surname is Jiang and my name is Jiang Ruoruo."

"Shen Tingci is my brother-in-law."

Wu Xinyi only realized at this point that she had made a mistake.

On her usually calm and composed face, there was a rare hint of embarrassment. "So you're my sister-in-law. I'm sorry, I didn't know..." Her expression was full of apology.

Jiang Ruoruo waved her hand dismissively, "It's okay, it's okay. You haven't met me before, so it's normal to misunderstand."

"Come on, let's sit here for a while, I'll get you some water."

"Thank you for your help!" Wu Xinyi happily went to her destination.

She was filled with curiosity about the locked main room, the place Jiang Ruoruo had described.

Moreover, she hadn't seen the rest of the Shen family yet, so she couldn't just leave like that and followed them.

Jiang Ruoruo led the people to their room and poured them tea.

Wu Xinyi had no choice but to put down what she was holding for the time being.

Because I didn't know the situation, I didn't dare put the things on the table, but placed them at my feet so that I could pick them up later.

After taking the tea poured by Jiang Ruoruo, Wu Xinyi said "thank you" and then asked, "Is Tingci still at work?"

Jiang Ruoruo nodded, "Yes, Tingyu is also at work. He'll probably have a day off tomorrow."

Wu Xinyi said, "That must be quite tiring."

"They all work for the county government?"

"Yes, I work at the county committee with my father-in-law."

"Tingci...is he married?" Although she already knew the general situation before coming, Wu Xinyi still couldn't help but ask.

Jiang Ruoruo gave a reluctant "hmm".

Wu Xinyi was very good at reading people's expressions. Seeing this, she smiled and asked, "Where is Tingci's wife from?"

What kind of person is he?

Jiang Ruoruo did not answer immediately, but instead glanced at Wu Xinyi with a look that seemed to be a mixture of grievance and embarrassment.

Wu Xinyi asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

After asking the question, she seemed to remember something, chuckled awkwardly, and blamed herself for being abrupt. "I asked too many questions. I thought that since Tingci and I were classmates and had met before... I didn't consider myself an outsider."

"This has put my sister-in-law in a difficult position."

She is also referred to as "sister-in-law".

If she truly felt uncomfortable, she shouldn't have called her "sister-in-law" in the first place. After all, they are classmates, and it's inappropriate to call someone else's sister-in-law "sister-in-law"—that would be truly abrupt.

Jiang Ruoruo seemed not to have heard anything and quickly waved her hand, "No, no, about Sister Xinyi and my brother, I... I often hear Tingyu from my family say that back then, if Sister Xinyi hadn't been there, that woman definitely wouldn't have had a chance to marry into the family."

Wu Xinyi immediately raised her hand, touched a stray strand of hair beside her cheek and tucked it behind her ear, her face full of shyness, "I...I and Tingci..."

Jiang Ruoruo immediately said, "Sister Xinyi, if you had come back any earlier, how could she have married into the family!"

"Sigh," she said with a sigh, "You don't know, she made us separate from the family right after she got married, afraid that her parents-in-law would subsidize us."

"That's why I can't go into the main room because it was divided among the family members."

Sure enough, Wu Xinyi was quite surprised to hear that the family would separate after marriage.

At this time of year, when parents are still young, it's not customary for them to separate from the family.

Many parents still hold old-fashioned ideas, believing that families only separate when there are disagreements.

As long as they don't eat separately, the family will still work together towards a common goal.

Outsiders would think that the head of the family is doing a good job, and the elders have face in public.

Ordinary people don't even separate their families, let alone the Party Secretary's family!

And it happened right after the new bride entered the house.

An image of a wicked woman quietly formed in Wu Xinyi's mind.

Jiang Ruoruo, however, was still trying to cultivate the image of Gu Shuhe as a wicked woman.

After Wu Xinyi asked in disbelief, "How could this be?", she sighed again, "Sigh, Sister Xinyi, you weren't here, you have no idea, there's so much more to it than this!"

"she……"

Jiang Ruoruo then began to complain to Wu Xinyi about her grievances.

As mentioned, Gu Shuhe came from the countryside. Her parents were old and her family had no background. She made a living by farming. She only got a good opportunity because Shen Tingci was in a hurry to get married.

Because of this good opportunity, Gu Shuhe first acted coy, insisting on having more than her during the engagement and also wanting more dowry for the wedding, but the Shen family did not agree.

Because the Shen family wouldn't let her cause trouble, they separated their households right after she got married.

After saying that, Jiang Ruoruo said the same thing again, "Sister Xinyi, you should have come back sooner."