Hearing Jiang Chen's sarcastic comment, Jiang Mingqian's face changed, and he replied with a forced smile, "Haha, that's not true, just rumors spread by others. My great-nephew really knows how to joke!"

For the men of the Jiang family, having several women was not considered a big deal. In fact, many did just that.

But such matters were never openly discussed. Everyone knew about it, but it was an understanding kept to themselves.

However, Jiang Chen brought it up bluntly the moment they met, and he was talking to an elder, showing no consideration for Jiang Mingqian's face. Jiang Mingqian's complexion instantly grew darker.

"Oh, a joke, huh?" Jiang Chen said, nodding with implicit meaning and then turned away from Jiang Mingqian to introduce Elder Master Jiang and Jiang Minghui to Ye Jingyi.

Although Elder Master Jiang had been introduced before, Jiang Chen's reintroduction carried a different weight.

"Hello, Grandfather, hello, First Uncle, hello, Second Uncle, hello, Fourth Uncle!" Ye Jingyi greeted the four, her face flushed, and bowed.

"Haha, good, good, good!" Elder Master Jiang laughed heartily, "What a beautiful girl. Jing Yi, if this boy ever bullies you, you tell Grandfather, and I'll teach him a lesson for you!"

Ye Jingyi nodded with a smile, "Okay."

The three Jiang Minghui simply smiled at Ye Jingyi without saying anything.

"Alright, what kind of sight are we presenting here blocking the way? Let's go and eat first; after the meal, we'll gather in the meeting room!" Elder Master Jiang called out, reaching for Jiang Chen's hand as he moved toward the third courtyard.

"Grandfather, wait." Jiang Chen glanced at the crowd and asked with confusion, "Where's mom?"

Elder Master Jiang paused; only then did he realize Shen Xiaoqin wasn't there. He had been so overjoyed at Jiang Chen's arrival that he hadn't noticed before.

"Did no one notify Xiaoqin? And what about Ming Yao? Isn't she also at home?" Elder Master Jiang looked around and saw that not only was Shen Xiaoqin missing, but so was Jiang Mingqian's sister, Shen Xiaoqin.

Jiang Chen had called him a few days ago to inform him of his return today. Elder Master Jiang had then issued an order that all members of the Jiang family must return home today. Now, apart from Jiang Minglou and Jiang Mingcheng, who were absent due to work, everyone else had returned.

"Aunt Ming Yao seems to have taken Aunt Shen to the meeting room. I saw them just a moment ago," a young boy with a sturdy build said softly.

Jiang Chen glanced at him, puzzled, "Yu Feng, do you know what they are doing?"

"Uh... I saw Aunt Shen carrying a bucket and holding a rag and mop, so she's probably cleaning the meeting room," Jiang Yufeng said with a strange expression.

"What?" shouted Elder Master Jiang, taken aback.

Jiang Chen's expression darkened immediately. Cleaning the meeting room? With so many people in the Jiang family, his mother, the sole legitimate daughter-in-law, was personally cleaning the meeting room?

"Where is the meeting room?" Jiang Chen asked Butler Lu with an ashen face.

"Let's go and see. I want to see how bold Shen Mingyao is!" Elder Master Jiang said with a cold expression as he walked toward the third courtyard, and Jiang Chen quickly followed.

The crowd exchanged glances and hurriedly followed, sensing a commotion unfolding.

Amid the crowd, Jiang Minghui made eye contact with Jiang Mingqian.

Jiang Mingqian nodded slightly, looked at Elder Master Jiang and Jiang Chen walking ahead, and quietly took out his phone to send a text. The message read, 'The bastard is here, insult Shen Xiaoqin, keep insulting until that bastard can't take it anymore.'

Actually, Jiang Chen didn't know that after Shen Xiaoqin arrived at the Jiang Family, life was far from satisfactory.

Though Jiang Minghui and others outwardly called her sister-in-law, they secretly sent people to cause Shen Xiaoqin trouble and arranged for her to do various menial tasks.

For the sake of staying with the Jiang Family, and in order not to provoke conflict between Elder Master Jiang and Jiang Minghui and others, Shen Xiaoqin silently endured the bullying from the Jiang Family members.

Today, she did not know that Jiang Chen had come, no one had informed her, Elder Master Jiang had happily forgotten. As for Jiang Minghui and the others, it was intentional, their aim was to embarrass Jiang Chen and to take the opportunity to test him, to see what he would do!

Under Elder Master Jiang's lead, the group passed through the third courtyard and arrived at the fourth courtyard, in front of which was an entire row of connected attic floors.

"Shen Xiaoqin, you come to our Jiang Family, eat our food, wear our clothes, yet you can't even do this bit of work well—what can you do, huh?" Just as everyone had barely stepped into the attic and reached the meeting room's doorway, they heard a barrage of scolding before they even entered.

Jiang Chen's face completely cooled down, and as Elder Master Jiang was just about to push open the meeting room's door, Jiang Chen beat him to it and kicked the door of the meeting room with force.

Bang!

A loud noise ensued, and the door of the meeting room was directly kicked down by Jiang Chen.

Elder Master Jiang and the others were shocked for a moment and turned their heads in astonishment to look at Jiang Chen.

Butler Lu's eyelids twitched, and he inwardly cursed. Oh no!

Jiang Chen didn't care about the reactions of Elder Master Jiang and the others and walked into the meeting room with a somber face.

In the meeting room, Shen Xiaoqin was holding a mop in her right hand and covering her face with her left, and in front of her stood a woman in a Flame Robe. Due to the sudden loud noise, both turned in astonishment to the doorway.

"Chen'er? You, you've come?!" Seeing Jiang Chen enter, Shen Xiaoqin exclaimed with joy.

Jiang Chen frowned and quickly moved in front of Shen Xiaoqin, reaching out to remove the hand that was covering her face.

Shen Xiaoqin's complexion changed, she dodged Jiang Chen's hand, turned to the side, and avoided Jiang Chen's gaze, saying unnaturally, "Chen'er, you go eat with your grandfather first, Mom will come to find you later."

"Mom, let me see," Jiang Chen softly called out and forcibly removed Shen Xiaoqin's hand. The moment he saw Shen Xiaoqin's left cheek clearly, Jiang Chen's heart trembled fiercely, and an uncontrollable surge of murderous intent burst forth from within him.

On Shen Xiaoqin's left cheek was a clear palm imprint, swollen and raised!

"Jiang Mingyao!" A roar erupted as Elder Master Jiang shouted, "Xiaoqin is your sister-in-law, the legitimate daughter-in-law of our Jiang Family, the daughter-in-law of Jiang Wenbo—I, and you dare to have her clean? To curse and strike her? Who gave you the audacity?"

"I... no, Uncle, it was the sister-in-law herself who insisted on cleaning; you can't blame me for this!" Jiang Mingyao defensively claimed innocence with her face.

"Yes, Uncle, there might be some misunderstanding here!" Jiang Mingqian stepped forward with an indistinct faint smile hanging on his lips as he pleaded.

And at this time, none of the Jiang Family members spoke, all with differing expressions on their faces.

However, their gazes all converged on Jiang Chen.

They were no fools and understood very well that this was a calculated blow aimed at Jiang Chen!

That's why they all wanted to see just what Jiang Chen would do.

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