Chapter 405
Su Xiaoxiao turned her head and saw her grandfather, grandmother, and aunt standing in the yard, all smiling and watching her. She hurried over.
Granny Lin grabbed Su Xiaoxiao’s hand and, satisfied, gently patted it. “We were still worried that you, like before, would just stay silent with a little face when someone bullied you. We didn’t expect that after going to the countryside, your personality would finally stand firm. Has anyone bullied you in the brigade?”
“No, no one in the brigade has bullied me. It’s just a man and woman from the Steel Factory’s residential area who always tried to take advantage of me. But because they broke the law, they’ve already been arrested. They definitely won’t be able to bully me anymore,” Su Xiaoxiao quickly explained, afraid they would worry.
The three members of the Gu family finally breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Jiang Yexun, who was walking over, their faces also showing a hint of satisfaction.
“Jiang, our Xiaoxiao’s temper isn’t very good. In the future, you must take good care of her and make sure no one bullies her,” Granny Lin took the opportunity to remind him.
“Xiaoxiao’s temper is really good! It’s just because she’s too easy-going that others always find trouble with her,” Jiang Yexun slightly frowned and emphasized.
Seeing how he defended their granddaughter, both Granny Lin and Grandpa Gu’s faces nearly bloomed into smiles.
“Good, good, good, let’s go inside quickly. The soy sauce has also been brought back, so today let us see your cooking skills, Jiang,” Granny Lin called.
Jiang Yexun humbly replied, “Then I’ll first make a few dishes I’m good at, and then learn to make the dishes Xiaoxiao likes from you. We don’t have Shanghai-style dishes where I’m from, so I’m worried Xiaoxiao might not be used to them.”
“Sure, I’ll definitely teach you. Xiaoxiao is a picky eater. She doesn’t eat fatty meat, and she won’t eat lean meat if it’s not tender. I’ll also teach you how to cut meat. If you cut against the grain, the meat will be tough, and Xiaoxiao doesn’t like to eat that kind. You guys don’t have seafood, right? Xiaoxiao loves seafood, but if that’s difficult, you can make some freshwater fish,” Granny Lin wasn’t at all polite with Jiang Yexun, carefully explaining all of Su Xiaoxiao’s preferences.
As they entered the house, everyone could still hear Jiang Yexun saying he could make crab, river shrimp, mudskippers…
Until their voices were muffled by the door, the onlookers finally shifted their attention to Gao Lanwen and Chen Shuxuan.
Chen Shuxuan felt as if his face had been completely ruined. He didn’t care about Gao Lanwen anymore and directly shook off her hand and left.
Originally, they had agreed to come to his mother-in-law’s house for a meal today, but he completely ignored her.
Gao Lanwen still wanted to chase after him, but upon realizing that he, her own husband, had acted so gallantly with Su Xiaoxiao in front of so many people, she was unwilling to back down and lower her head anymore.
But in that moment of hesitation, the neighbors who were watching surrounded her.
“Right, Lanwen, you’ve been married for half a year already, and we still don’t know how much dowry you got when you married.”
Although they didn’t know for sure, they could all tell that the Gao family probably didn’t receive much dowry.
Otherwise, with her mother’s personality, she would’ve been bragging about it to everyone.
Listening to their questions, Gao Lanwen’s face darkened to the point it was unbearable to look at.
If it hadn’t been for her using tricks back then, taking advantage of Su Xiaoxiao’s rejection of their proposal, getting him drunk to drown his sorrows, and taking the opportunity to turn raw rice into cooked rice, how could Chen Shuxuan have married her?
But Chen Shuxuan truly despised her to the extreme. Even without proof that it was her who had plotted it, he still refused to let his family pay for their wedding.
At most, they would go to the police station and say they had both gotten drunk and made a mistake, then they’d go to prison together.
Her mother couldn’t control Chen Shuxuan, and she couldn’t bear to let her daughter sit in prison and ruin the family’s reputation, so she had no choice but to let her marry Chen Shuxuan with no dowry.
But after the marriage, she had become like an old workhorse. Not only did she have to clean and cook, but she even washed the entire family’s clothes.
Yet even then, her mother-in-law still beat her and scolded her, calling her a hen that couldn’t lay eggs.
But could she blame herself for this?
It was clear that after marrying her, Chen Shuxuan didn’t even touch her. How could she get pregnant and have children on her own?
Thinking about how Chen Shuxuan still had feelings for Su Xiaoxiao, her heart was tortured by overwhelming hatred, becoming twisted and mad.