He paused for two minutes, sighed lightly, and then went upstairs expressionlessly.

Seeing him return, Gu Nuannuan was surprised. "Didn't you go on a date? How come you're back so soon?"

Jiang Chenyu gave her a hostile glance and then headed to the cloakroom.

"Tsk~ You're rolling your eyes at me again. With your big eyes, you could be a white walker," Gu Nuannuan muttered behind him.

In the courtyard, Wei Aihua returned home. As soon as she got out of the car, she saw her friend crying on the terrace.

She instructed the servants to take her belongings to her bedroom and walked over to Gao Ruer alone. "Ruer, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Wei Aihua, Gao Ruer quickly wiped away her tears and called out, "Sister-in-law, you're back."

"Ruer, why are you crying?" Wei Aihua looked around and noticed two teacups on the table. She asked, "Who bullied you just now?"

Gao Ruer was too embarrassed to tell Wei Aihua what Jiang Chenyu had said to her.

She shook her head. "Sister-in-law, let's not talk about it."

"Is it Gu Nuannuan?!" Wei Aihua's tone seemed convinced that it was Gu Nuannuan. She said, "Wait here, I won't let you be bullied."

Wei Aihua quickly stood up, ready to find Gu Nuannuan, but Gao Ruer hurriedly stopped her. "Sister-in-law, don't go."

"Oh, right, I suddenly forgot. Today is the day she and Chenyu returned to visit, so she shouldn't be home." Since Gu Nuannuan wasn't home, how could she bully Gao Ruer? Wei Aihua felt impulsive and pushed everything bad onto Gu Nuannuan.

While she was still reflecting on her actions, Gao Ruer deliberately misled Wei Aihua. "She's already back. I just saw her."

"What, it's really her! This little girl is so bold to bully you? She's getting too arrogant with her title as Mrs. Jiang," Wei Aihua exclaimed.

"Sister-in-law, don't go to settle the score for me. She's not someone easy to deal with. She's even planning..." Gao Ruer hesitated in her speech.

She avoided Wei Aihua's eyes.

"What is she planning?" Wei Aihua asked angrily.

Gao Ruer swallowed hard. "She was flattering Uncle Jiang just now. Uncle Jiang even said that she is the... mistress of the Jiang family and that you, Sister-in-law, have a narrow mind and are not suitable to take over the Jiang family."

Wei Aihua clenched her fists. She turned around, gritted her teeth, and asked Gao Ruer, "Is that true?"

"Sister-in-law, please don't tell her I said this. I'm afraid she'll instigate Uncle Jiang against me in the future, and then I won't be able to come to you anymore." Seeing that Wei Aihua's anger hadn't reached its peak, Gao Ruer deliberately added, "Sister-in-law, speaking frankly. A woman like her really shouldn't stay by Chenyu's side. Now she wants to take away your power as the head of the household, which shows her true character. From this, it's clear that she will definitely not let you, the eldest granddaughter of the Jiang family, have shares in Jiangshi Group in the future."

Gao Ruer knew Wei Aihua's weak spot. She had been friends with Wei Aihua for many years and knew that Wei Aihua's nightmare was the ever-growing Jiangshi Group under Jiang Chenyu's leadership. The oldest employees of the company had all been replaced, all replaced by Jiang Chenyu's people. If one day Jiangshi Group was swallowed up by Jiang Chenyu alone, the company would have no place for the Jiang family.

Gao Ruer deliberately said this to Wei Aihua to sow discord between her and Gu Nuannuan.

"Sister-in-law, Jiangshi Group belongs to the Jiang family. Although I love Chenyu, I'm not a heartless person. Jiangshi Group belongs to Chenyu and Big Brother. Jiangsu is your eldest grandson of the Jiang family, so he should have a share too. But now, with her here, Sister-in-law, I've been warned. I won't be invited anymore in the future. You must be careful at home."

After sowing discord, Gao Ruer wiped away her tears and left the terrace, appearing seemingly aggrieved.

In a place where Wei Aihua couldn't see, her face instantly changed. The eyes that were teary just now were now filled with cunning, and her hands clenched tightly. She was determined to drive Gu Nuannuan out of the Jiang family. If it weren't for her, how could Jiang Chenyu suddenly say such heartbreaking words to her today?

She knew that Jiang Chenyu didn't love her, but his words today were firstly out of his sense of responsibility as a man. As a married man, he had to maintain his distance from her and even say hurtful things to her. Secondly, it was because of Jiang Lao, who must have instructed him to keep his distance from her.

Sitting in her car, Gao Ruer looked at the magnificent mansion of the Jiang family with eyes full of malice. She was determined to use the chaos stirred up by Wei Aihua to ensure that there would never be peace in the Jiang family. She wanted to drive Gu Nuannuan away, make her despised in the Jiang family, and make Jiang Lao regret his decision to choose Gu Nuannuan and drive her away.

With this comparison, it would be effortless for her to come back later.

Gao Ruer started her car, her eyes glaring with malice, her face filled with ferocity as she left the Jiang family.

During dinner, Gu Nuannuan followed the Jiang family's customs and washed her hands before eating.

Wei Aihua, sitting opposite her, spoke in a sarcastic tone, "Let me tell you an interesting story. Today, when Chen Tai and I were out, we saw two dogs with completely different backgrounds. One was a noble dog worth millions, and the other was a stray dog covered in fleas and stinking all over."

Gu Nuannuan, having washed her hands, sat quietly next to Jiang Chenyu, waiting for Wei Aihua to continue.

"The noble dog belonging to Chen Tai got hungry while we were out. The servant carried high-quality dog food with him to feed it. It ate so elegantly that the stray dog on the roadside saw it and tried to imitate it by eating the dog food. But what could it do since it had never eaten dog food before? So, it just went to imitate Chen Tai's pet and ate its feces. At first, I didn't think much of it, but when I saw that stray dog's imitation, I suddenly felt a sense of familiarity. Haha, it amused me to no end."

Wei Aihua's strange and sarcastic tone was felt by everyone in the dining room, and they all knew whom she was targeting.

Jiang Chenyu looked at the quiet girl beside him, then glanced at Wei Aihua opposite him, her eyes meeting his wife's.

"It's quite a coincidence. Later, I saw the owner of that stray dog, who also looked shabby and was just as despicable as the dog. I heard the owner calling the dog 'Bone' something, and I almost misheard it as 'Gu' at that moment. After all, 'Bone' and 'Gu' sound similar. I was thinking, this stray dog seems to have a connection with Nuannuan. I even wanted to buy it and give it to Nuannuan."

Gu Nuannuan could clearly hear Wei Aihua's sarcasm towards her.

Mocking her rusticity was one thing, but using her surname to insult her was another.

Gu Nuannuan was not a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. She took a deep breath and looked at the sharp corners of Wei Aihua's eyes. "Sister-in-law, your words are quite harsh. You're obviously a human, so why do you want to be a noble dog of the Chen family? If you want to be one, be proud of it. Our whole family is happy to have welcomed a beast."

Wei Aihua slammed the table, pointing at Gu Nuannuan fiercely. "Gu Nuannuan, you're asking for death."

If Wei Aihua's words were like kindling, Gu Nuannuan's words were like igniting the fire, uncontrollable and unstoppable.

Jiang Chenyu was also shocked by the boldness of the girl he had married. He knew she was outspoken and fearless, but he didn't expect her to dare insult Wei Aihua as a beast in front of them.

Beside Wei Aihua sat the Mayor of Jiang, his face grim.

The insults hurled by Gu Nuan Nuan at his wife were indeed harsh, but he wasn't deaf, and he knew that everything that happened just now was provoked by his wife. "Sit down, what kind of family bickering is this? If you can't speak properly, just keep quiet," the Mayor of Jiang smartly rebuked his wife.

If Jiang Chenyu was a smart man, he would also try to settle this matter for the sake of family peace. But, it seemed Jiang Chenyu didn't want to be a smart man.

He deliberately remained silent, wanting to see what else this girl, who dared to give him nicknames, dared to disturb his father in the middle of the night, and dared to insult Wei Aihua publicly, could do.

Wei Aihua was losing ground, and she was getting angry and embarrassed. She picked up the nearby hand basin intending to splash the water inside at Gu Nuan Nuan.

However, Gu Nuan Nuan had already anticipated her move when she picked up the hand basin, so she was one step ahead.

She stood up, holding her own hand basin, and accurately splashed the water inside directly at Wei Aihua's face, with full force.

The water also accidentally splashed onto the Mayor of Jiang sitting beside her. Gu Nuan Nuan politely bowed to the Mayor of Jiang, "Sorry, Mayor Jiang, I accidentally splashed you."

The Mayor of Jiang: "..."

Jiang Chenyu: "..."

The two brothers were equally shocked and speechless.

In the dining room, Wei Aihua let out a piercing scream, "Ah!"

Gu Nuan Nuan handed the basin to the servant, clapped her hands, and sat back in her seat. "We are all the ladies of the Jiang family. Apart from your seniority, my status is not lower than yours."

Accompanied by the butler, Jiang Lao slowly entered the dining room.

As soon as he entered the dining room, he sensed that something was unusual. When he looked again, his eldest daughter-in-law had come to dine with her face unwiped after washing.

Upon closer inspection, he realized that things were not so simple. He sat down with a stern face and asked, "What's going on?"

Gu Nuan Nuan looked at Wei Aihua, waiting for her to complain.

Anyway, she was not in the wrong; Wei Aihua had provoked her first.

Wei Aihua stamped her foot in frustration, let out a loud cry, and left the dining room.

Seeing that the situation had become serious, Jiang Lao looked at Gu Nuan Nuan and asked, "What really happened?"

Gu Nuan Nuan replied, "My sister-in-law compared herself to the pets of the Chen family. I thought she was a bit confused, so I splashed her with water to help her wake up. Her scream just now might be because she regretted comparing herself to the dogs of the Chen family."

The Mayor of Jiang thought to himself as he looked at Gu Nuan Nuan: I have something to say, but I can't.

Jiang Chenyu looked at his newlywed wife and thought to himself: It seems you still have the skill of lying. I'll just quietly watch you make things up.

"Yep, that's it," Gu Nuan Nuan said to Jiang Lao.

Jiang Lao looked at his two sons again and asked, "Is what Nuan Nuan said true?"

The two brothers looked at each other. "Dad, I'll go see Aihua," said the Mayor of Jiang as he got up and left the dining room without answering.

Jiang Chenyu followed suit without saying a word. He didn't need to tell Jiang Lao why he was leaving.

Gu Nuan Nuan also got up. "Dad, I'm going to catch up with my husband," she said.

With that, she followed closely behind Jiang Chenyu as they left the dining room.

As they stepped outside, the evening breeze of summer brushed past, carrying a warmth unique to the season.

The breeze tousled Gu Nuan Nuan's hair, and she brushed the strands away from her cheeks with her pinkie finger.

The hem of her skirt fluttered slightly, then settled back down.

The man in a suit in front of her noticed someone following behind him, so he stopped, and Gu Nuan Nuan stopped not far behind him.