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[Or maybe this girl has set her sights on another target, so she's going to someone's engagement party to hook up with a rich guy?]

Jiang Zhuxin:...

That's slander! She just wanted to get there early to see what was going on.

She's now a nun with no desires, only wanting to enjoy the gossip; wherever there's gossip, there she is.

Song Shiwei originally intended to stay a while longer before going back, but then she suddenly remembered something. "[Oh right! I really need to go earlier today, there's some juicy gossip! I need to grab the best spot to eat it!]"

[How could I forget something as important as eating melon seeds? Let's go, let's go now! Hesitating for even a second is disrespectful to the melon seeds.]

Jiang Zhuxin was overjoyed to hear Song Shiwei say that, and quickly took Song Shiwei's arm, "Sister-in-law, you're already beautiful enough, let's go."

Jiang Zhuxin grabbed Song Shiwei and rushed downstairs. Mother Jiang, Jiang Zhuxin, Song Shiwei, and Jiang Ye, who had rushed back, finally got into the car heading to the Xu Family's house.

On the bus, Song Shiwei silently opened her Gossip Compendium and began to carefully study this gossip: [The Xu Family started out in the fishing boat business. After the old master died, the family business was handed over to the young master of the Xu Family, who is now the head of the Xu Family. He is mediocre and can't even be a good leader, leaving the Xu Family in a mess.]

[Not two years later, the head of the Xu Family Xu Family in a shipwreck. After his death, Mrs. Xu single-handedly supported the large Xu Family with her only son, even turning the Xu Family's losses around and making Xu Family profitable.]

[Xu Zixuan has been a rebellious brat since childhood, constantly going against his Madam Xu. While his Madam Xu is known for her iron-fisted methods in business, she seems completely helpless when it comes to her son.]

[With such an excellent mother as Madam Xu setting a good example, Xu Zixuan still grew up to be a typical spoiled brat, spending his days indulging in debauchery, drinking, and womanizing, doing nothing all day, and even causing several scandals.]

[Mrs. Xu went to great lengths to arrange a marriage between Miss Chen Family and Xu Zixuan.]

[It should have been a wonderful marriage, but Xu Zixuan just happened to find true love at this time?!]

[Was it a girl working as a waitress in a bar? He said he had found love, and the two were madly in love. Xu Zixuan even wanted to break off his engagement with Chen Xinyi and marry his true love in a grand wedding.]

[Xu Zixuan's taste is exactly like his father's; even his true love has the same profession.]

Mrs. Xu was furious, so she had no choice but to hurry up and finalize the engagement before Xu Zixuan and that girl slept together.

[To demonstrate the Xu Family's seriousness about this matter, Mrs. Xu even invited some media reporters. Even if Xu Zixuan wanted to refuse, she had no choice. However, Xu Zixuan stirred up trouble at such an important event as the engagement banquet, and not only did she stir up trouble, she stirred up a major problem.]

[Is this... another love-obsessed person? Have I recently disturbed a den of love-obsessed people? They're all love-obsessed?!]

Having followed this story to this point, Song Shiwei could practically predict what would happen next—another cliché romance plot?

Would they defy feudal and societal norms for love, even risking being expelled from their families to be with their true love?

Wait, isn't this Jiang Ye's script, given his love-obsessed nature?

She flipped through the pages with little interest, then her eyes lit up immediately. [Wow! I knew this story had a twist!]

[This plot twist, this cunning, is absolutely brilliant.]

The rest of the Jiang Family also became excited upon hearing this.

They knew this whole affair was more than just a small matter.

[Good heavens, Mr. Xu didn't die at all! He's alive and well! And Mrs. Xu's son is actually Mr. Xu's child with another woman!]

What the hell? Mr. Xu, who's been dead for decades, is still alive and has a son with another woman for Mrs. Xu?

No way, no way, Mrs. Xu has other children, how come they don't know?

Mrs. Xu has always claimed to only have this one unfortunate child, so could she possibly have a hidden younger son?

Song Shiwei continued to observe the gossip: [Xu Zixuan wasn't actually Mrs. Xu's biological son; he was born to Xu Guohua and his first love, but was ultimately switched with Mrs. Xu.]

[Xu Zixuan already knows his true identity and has even been brainwashed by his own mother, who wants to fight Mrs. Xu to the death. So this oddball decides to rebel against the arranged marriage that Mrs. Xu painstakingly arranged for him and pursue true love?!]

Song Shiwei's brows furrowed deeply. What on earth was all this?

[Shouldn't Xu Zixuan be vying for the throne and power at this point? What the hell is he talking about pursuing true love? Can true love feed you or make you rich?]

[He angered Mrs. Xu and didn't even know how he died. This idiot is actually dancing wildly on the poison spot?! Or does he think he's got the game in the bag, so he's starting to pop champagne halfway through?]

Even a poor nobody Song Shiwei knew that after discovering his true identity, he had to do everything in his power to conceal it, enduring humiliation and hardship to fight for power and money.

What's with this idiot suddenly announcing he's found true love and arguing with his powerful mother?

Huh??? Is that really how it is???

The Jiang Family felt as if their minds had been bombarded. Before faking his death, her husband had given her the child he had with his mistress, and now that child was grown up, he was going against them. It was infuriating.

Did they mishear, or are they simply too inexperienced to see the world this far? Has the world evolved to this point?

How can that ungrateful family still live such a carefree and happy life?

Does Mrs. Mrs. Xu know that Mrs. Xu Zixuan is not her biological son?

Does Mr. Xu. Mrs. Xu know that Mr. Xu is still alive?

Mother Jiang and the rest of the Jiang Family looked at Mrs. Xu, who was standing at the entrance of the banquet hall, with expressions of heartache.

Mrs. Xu, that great traitor, is truly comparable to them.