Grandma Jiang felt a bit embarrassed. She liked Su Xingfei very much, but she never thought about a marriage alliance with the Su family.
The main reason was that the Su family had a very upright family style and wouldn't be willing to marry their daughter into a powerful and wealthy family like the Jiangs, where there were constant power struggles.
However, this youngest grandson was a bit muddle - headed. Instead of looking for a daughter - in - law among business partners, he even had the audacity to dream of marrying a daughter from the Su family.
"Cough, cough." After all, Grandma Jiang doted on her grandson and didn't want to embarrass Jiang Beili in front of everyone. "I'll consider several candidates for the children's marriages. You parents just help me make a reference."
Second Aunt had married a husband who drank, gambled, and womanized. He had already squandered most of the inheritance, and now the couple could only get their monthly living expenses from the trust fund.
She had a precious daughter who was extremely beautiful and charming. She was just thinking of using her daughter to climb into a wealthy family and get herself out of this swamp - like predicament.
"Mom, you have to make good arrangements for Meiyun in my family." She looked full of expectation. At this moment, she didn't care about the power and wealth disputes with her eldest nephew. "Beihuai, you deal with so many wealthy and powerful young men on a daily basis. When you meet a suitable one, introduce more to your cousin Meiyun."
Third Aunt wanted to say something, but the housekeeper stopped her quietly. "Jiayu, Grandma has her own plan. Don't provoke your second sister."
Big Aunt glanced at her second sister contemptuously and sneered sharply. "Can't we aunts find good men? You even introduced a slum boy to your daughter!"
Second Aunt's face instantly flushed red. "Big Sister, what do you mean by that?"
Jiang Jiaqi and Third Aunt quickly came to stop the fight, and the group of people started arguing noisily again.
Grandma Jiang looked at her children, each with their own agendas, and felt extremely tired. "Alright, alright. We've had dinner, and everyone has met each other. Let's disperse."
"Grandma!" Jiang Beihuai, who had been silent all this time, stood up and supported her. "I'll take you back to your room."
Grandma Jiang waved her hand weakly, and her booming voice became hoarse. "No need. I'll have a heart - to - heart talk with your Aunt Xiang. You take Wenxi back."
The daughters weren't stupid. They knew that Grandma Jiang was their biggest backer at this moment.
They quickly pushed aside Jiang Beihuai and surrounded her one after another, vying to show their attentiveness.
Bai Wenxi stared at her aunts' actions in disbelief and deeply understood why her aunt didn't want her to marry into the Jiang family at that time.
With such a smoky and chaotic family environment, if her father had been alive, she would never have entered into a marriage alliance.
If she hadn't been forced into a corner at that time, she would never have married into this family without hesitation.
Seeing Bai Wenxi's thoughtful expression, Jiang Beihuai felt a tightness in his heart. He firmly held her hand. "Awen, let's go home."
After this farce, both of them were silent in the car.
In the luxurious sports car, there was only a sad female voice singing a beautiful love song.
Jiang Beihuai felt a bit spooked by this silent atmosphere. He stole several glances at his wife on the way. He found that she was sitting in the passenger seat expressionlessly, and he didn't know what was on her mind.
"This doesn't seem to be the way home?" Bai Wenxi said her first words since getting in the car.
Instead, Jiang Beihuai sped up. He turned the car around directly and drove towards the Moon - viewing Platform on the nearby Hillside Avenue.
The night was hazy, and the clouds and mists were like a thin veil winding around.
The parking lot of the Moon - viewing Platform was empty, and there were only a few faint chirps of insects.
Jiang Beihuai turned off the sad break - up love song in the car stereo and let out a long sigh.
"This is my favorite place to stay since I came to the Jiang family." Jiang Beihuai took out several bottles of beer from the trunk and thoughtfully opened several packs of marinated dishes.
"I took them from the kitchen before leaving. The aunts in the old mansion are all very good at cooking. Try some?"
The bright moon hung high in the sky, casting a silver glow on the ground.
The gentle mountain breeze lazily brushed across Bai Wenxi's cheeks, lifting the strands of hair beside her ears.
"Beihuai, do you have something to say to me?" Bai Wenxi wasn't being sentimental. She just thought of the schemes of Yao Chunmei and her daughter from the infighting among the Jiang family members.
She was a bit in a low mood, so she didn't notice her husband's uneasiness beside her.
"Awen, are you bothered by what Second Aunt said to you?"
Jiang Beihuai's voice carried the chill of the cold winter, and the air around him instantly turned cold by more than ten degrees.
"I heard you say that you're good to me because you're my wife." Jiang Beihuai's blood was boiling, and he blurted out without thinking. "If you hadn't broken off the engagement and still married into the Zhang family, would you have been so good to Zhang Fuwen too?"
"Is your love too cheap? Whoever is your husband can get this kind of affection, right?"
He suddenly lost his temper, and his words were almost unreasonable.
Bai Wenxi stared blankly ahead and just refused to look at Jiang Beihuai.
"Beihuai, you're overthinking. I'm just a bit tired because I didn't get along well with the relatives tonight." Bai Wenxi's face was pale, and her smile was cold. "You're also tired. Let's go home and rest early, okay?"
Jiang Beihuai punched the steering wheel, and blood immediately spurted out from his hand. "Awen, don't evade the issue. Tell me frankly!"
"Do you like me? The kind of passionate love that a woman has for a man. Do you believe what Second Aunt said?"
He forcefully turned his wife's face towards him. The dripping blood stained the corner of Bai Wenxi's lips. "I can explain! Look at me. Please, look at me..."
The moonlight was like water, and Bai Wenxi felt as cold as the night outside the car. "I've never believed those rumors. Second Aunt and you are in opposing camps. How could I believe her one - sided words?"
"Beihuai, you're my husband. How could a wife not like her own husband?"
Jiang Beihuai looked dazed. There was a complete void in his heart, and his eyes were only filled with dead silence and gloom. "Then, if I weren't your husband."
"Would Bai Wenxi like Jiang Beihuai? Would she?"
Bai Wenxi gave him a gentle and lingering kiss. "Beihuai, there's no 'if'. You're my husband."
"Then leave!" Jiang Beihuai didn't know what had suddenly gotten into him. His heart was more bleeding than his hand.
It was as if a knife had cut open his chest, stabbed deeply inside, and was constantly stirring in his body.
His eyes were slightly red. "Leave. All I want is a woman who likes me, not just a wife by name."
Seeing that his emotions were very unstable, Bai Wenxi thought it would be good to let him calm down by himself. She directly opened the car door and was about to get out.
"Awen!"
Jiang Beihuai panicked and pulled her back into his arms. He domineeringly kissed her lips. "Don't leave."
The teardrops on his eyelashes were about to fall. "Say you love me."
Bai Wenxi just thought it was funny. "It was just 'like' just now, and now it has to be 'love'?"
"Beihuai, will you believe me if I say it? Okay, I love you. I love you so much that I'm willing to die for you."
"Don't say it like that!"
Jiang Beihuai pleaded. "Say it more sincerely. What you just said was too fake."
"Then I'll get out of the car. I can't meet your requirements."
There was a simple and rough collision of lips. "If you say you're getting out of the car again, I'll kiss you again."
Bai Wenxi turned around with a charming smile and gently comforted him like she was coaxing a child. "Alright, I won't leave. Are you interested in having a chat with me?"
"About your past, about why you're so excited now." She paused. "And the rumor about you killing someone..."