When Misfortune Strikes, Even Cold Water Gets Stuck Between Your Teeth

After wrapping up matters in Qingshui County, Li Ye hurried without pause to Island City, four hundred kilometers away, to meet up with Fu Guiru and visit the graves of his maternal grandmother's ancestors.

There were no expressways yet, so they could only take the national highway. Fortunately, there were not many vehicles on the road in those days; with stretches where they could go "a hundred kilometers without downshifting," they could arrive in half a day.

Older Sister Li Yue left her own car with the driver and rode with Li Ye and Wen Leyu. The moment she got in, she started chattering away, and her mouth was practically never idle the whole way.

"I'd originally wanted to use this chance to make a big scene, to let every relative know that she wasn't biologically related to us, so she'd stop using the Li family name to profit herself in the future.

"But I never expected Grandma to be even more ruthless. She actually invited her old comrades and formally changed Aunt's surname."

"Now it's perfect. The whole of Qingshui County will know that Li Mingyue—oh, no, Tong Mingyue—has no blood relation to us. Let's see how she keeps bluffing and swindling people from now on."

Worked up as she spoke, Li Yue could not help asking Li Ye, "What do you think Grandma was thinking? Was she venting your anger for the sake of her precious grandson?

"Come to think of it, it really was hateful. She clearly knew Xia Yue was at odds with you, yet she still brought her over to make everyone sick of her. Don't you think so, Xiao Yu?"

Wen Leyu, sitting beside them, nodded in agreement. "Pitiful people must have something hateful about them. Xia Yue really is quite annoying."

But Li