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Song Shiwei watched Song Linhai walk farther and farther away. She had at least vented some of the original host's pent-up resentment for her.

The original host had actually met such a tragic end because she wanted her scumbag father's attention and wanted him and her younger brother to like her. That was why she envied Song Yurou at every turn and constantly compared herself to her. But her scumbag father and younger brother not only ignored her, they even found all sorts of ways to gaslight her. Song Ruchu had humiliated the original host in public, leaving her wishing the ground would swallow her up. Rather than bringing her to her senses, her scumbag father's preferential treatment and her younger brother's vicious words had twisted her already inferior mindset further and further.

In the end, she had become a stepping stone to bring the male and female leads together. It could be said that her scumbag father and younger brother were responsible for more than half of the original host's tragedy.

The fate her scumbag father and Song Ruchu had suffered today counted as thoroughly venting the original host's resentment.

She felt utterly refreshed. The moment she turned around, Jiang Zhuxin threw herself into Song Shiwei's arms. "Sister-in-law! From now on, we're your family. We'll back you up."

Song Shiwei looked at the fluffy little head in her arms, puzzled. Has someone possessed Jiang Zhuxin? Didn't she always like hanging out with Song Yurou, so she was influenced into looking down on me all along?

"Sister-in-law, I like you best! Don't listen to Jiang Ye's nonsense. I like you best."

Jiang Zhuxin wrapped her arms around Song Shiwei's waist. After hearing her thoughts, she hurriedly dumped the blame onto Jiang Ye beside them.

Jiang Ye: ???

Jiang Zhuxin, you really know how to pass the buck.

"Sister-in-law, Jiang Zhuxin is clearly talking nonsense. My lips are sealed. Even if I really didn't like you, I wouldn't say it," Jiang Ye said with complete seriousness.

"Listen to that! Sister-in-law, Jiang Ye's the one who hates you," Jiang Zhuxin immediately said, pointing at him.

"Could you two siblings stop fooling around?" Mother Jiang carefully tried to persuade them from the side. "Weiwei, don't be sad. From now on, Mom and Dad and everyone in our Jiang Family are your family."

Song Shiwei's eyes stung a little. Mother Jiang's hands were so warm, and her face was full of tender concern. Looking at her, Song Shiwei seemed to see the orphanage director she called Mom.

She had grown up in an orphanage and had never known who her parents were. But the director had been especially good to them, giving them care they had never experienced before. Everyone in the orphanage's big family was a loved one.

When she first arrived in this bullshit world, Song Shiwei had wanted to cry every day. Her scumbag father treated her badly, that idiot Song Ruchu made trouble for her every day, and that white lotus Song Yurou played mind games with her daily.

She missed her director mom so, so much, and she missed every friend at the orphanage. After marrying into the Jiang Family, she had wanted to cry even more. The entire Jiang Family were villains, her husband was the biggest villain of them all, and she was major cannon fodder.

She could not even cry when she wanted to. She could only eat melons to ease her constant desire to die.

But after spending so much time with them, the Jiang Family did not seem quite as unforgivably evil as the plot had described.

Mother Jiang was gentle and adorable, Father Jiang refined and kindhearted. Although Jiang Ye was a reckless rascal, he was still a decent person. As for Jiang Zhuxin, she could give Song Shiwei's melon-loving bestie a run for her money. And her great villain of a husband was so handsome he could incense gods and men, and so capable it was downright inhumane.

Had this family dug up the author's ancestral graves? Why had every one of them been written such a miserable fate?

Song Shiwei steadied her thoughts. If possible, she still wanted to save them. They had given her the warmth of a home. She was a straightforward person: whoever treated her well, she wanted to save.

Let her indulge her chuunibyou for once. She wanted to save them.

"Yes, yes, yes! Everyone in our Jiang Family is your family! Except Jiang Ye." Jiang Zhuxin hugged Song Shiwei's arm and made a face at Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye rolled up his sleeves. "Hey, Jiang Zhuxin, is that any way to talk to your brother? Are you trying to kick me out of the Jiang Family with just a few words? Your heart is vicious."

"Hehehe, glad you know! Once we kick you out, your share of the assets can go to Sister-in-law," Jiang Zhuxin said proudly.

"Jiang Zhuxin, you little white-eyed wolf! Why don't you give your assets to Sister-in-law?" Jiang Ye demanded fiercely.

"I've long since planned to give mine to Eldest Sister-in-law. Unlike you, who can't take a hint. Honestly, tsk, tsk, tsk. Expel him from the Jiang Family!" Jiang Zhuxin kept chattering.

Jiang Ye was so angry that he ran over to hit her. Like a pair of children, the two chased and tussled around Song Shiwei.

Father Jiang and Mother Jiang followed some distance behind, the smiles on their faces gradually deepening.

Thank goodness, thank goodness. These children have all come to their senses. Hopefully they'll all keep getting along like this, and please don't let any more unexpected trouble crop up.

These quiet, ordinary days are good days.

Watching the two roughhouse, Song Shiwei silently ate melons again. I really can't imagine it. They get along so well now, so why would the siblings end up like that later?

Jiang Zhuxin: ?

Jiang Ye: ?

Father Jiang and Mother Jiang: ??!

Did we have crow's mouths? We only just said not to let any unexpected trouble crop up, and now something's happened?! What does "end up like that" mean?

The two siblings exchanged a look, then silently glanced at Song Shiwei. As though they had confirmed something, they took hold of her arms one after the other. "Sister-in-law, we want to chat with you. Let's have a heart-to-heart."

Song Shiwei was held between them, one on either side. "Okay, okay, okay. What do you want to talk about...?"

"We want to talk about everything."

"Could we pick something useful to talk about?"

They walked back, chattering away, with Father Jiang and Mother Jiang following behind them, smiling. Whatever happened, they would live in the present first.

They would deal with the future when it came. When soldiers came, send a general to block them; when water came, use earth to dam it.

The Song couple had caught each other cheating at the mall, then gone home looking happy and harmonious. That very evening, netizens edited footage of both spouses' affairs and posted it online. The discussion was extremely heated, and anonymous netizens even came forward with posts exposing Song Linhai.