"In the Cheng Family, she’s a treasure, but in my eyes, Yijin is nothing. What does she want, looking at the Jiang Family’s status? Do I have to compromise and accept her just because I don’t like her?" Jiang Bomeng scoffed, then turned to look in Yi Roujing’s direction. "Not even as pretty as this lady here."

"You’re not allowed to like my mom." Baozi suddenly stepped forward to block in front of Yi Roujing, glaring fiercely at Jiang Bomeng with his big eyes.

Jiang Bomeng was taken aback, then looked up and down, back and forth at the big and the small, his face full of surprise, "Little brat, she’s not your sister, she’s your mom?"

Baozi suddenly frowned, but his voice carried a childish tone, "I don’t like the way you call me."

Jiang Bomeng’s eyes widened, excitedly running towards Baozi. Yi Roujing pulled him behind her, completely shielding Baozi, "Comrade, you’re already a grown-up; you won’t argue with a child, right?"

"No arguing, no arguing, I just find him cute, interesting, I want a hug." Jiang Bomeng rubbed his hands together, eager to give it a try, his eyes sneakily peeking behind Yi Roujing.

Baozi peeked out to meet Jiang Bomeng’s gaze, with a hint of disdain in his eyes as if looking at an idiot.

"Hey, big brother, this little brat is a real genius. I think he’s looking down on me." Jiang Bomeng turned to Ni Yanqing and said.

"Get to business, and leave when you’re done. What are you dawdling about?" Ni Yanqing ambled towards Jiang Bomeng, his eyes, however, were on Yi Roujing and Baozi.

Yi Roujing’s eyes quickly flickered with caution; this man was different from Jiang Bomeng, he carried an imposing aura, impossible to ignore. Judging by the way and force he walked, he was someone who practiced martial arts. Yi Roujing wasn’t confident she could beat him.

"Whiz——" The sound of wind breaking suddenly erupted, watching as Ni Yanqing’s fist swiftly rushed towards him. Yi Roujing’s pupils contracted sharply, her nerves reacting instinctively, quickly spinning around, picking up Baozi, and sidestepping to narrowly avoid the blow.

Yi Roujing’s expression became serious, her eyes tightly fixated on Ni Yanqing, not missing the fleeting smile in his eyes, as if mixed with a touch of appreciation.

"Wow, big brother, this lady’s also a martial artist. She actually dodged your punch, better than me." Jiang Bomeng’s eyes were filled with even more interest.

"Mom, are you okay?" Baozi, being young, couldn’t keep up with the earlier scene, his mind was only worried about Yi Roujing.

"Xu Muyi." Baozi suddenly heard someone calling his name, turned his head, and saw it was the man who just threw a punch at his mom.

The wariness in Yi Roujing’s eyes deepened. It seemed this man knew them, yet she didn’t know him, and this situation was really terrible.

"How do you know my name?" Baozi asked.

"Because I know your dad." Ni Yanqing suddenly curled his lips into a smile, "Sister-in-law, did I scare you? I just heard your skills were pretty good and wanted to greet you."

Yi Roujing certainly couldn’t easily trust the man.

"Big brother, you know them?" Jiang Bomeng was utterly surprised.

"Ancheng’s wife and son," Ni Yanqing said.

Jiang Bomeng’s pupils quivered, suddenly at a loss, "Big brother, you’re, you’re kidding me, right?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Ni Yanqing glanced at Jiang Bomeng.

"Oh dear, sister-in-law, sister-in-law, they say no pain, no gain. I didn’t say anything offensive to upset you, did I?" Jiang Bomeng immediately turned sycophantic.

"Other than being a bit too forward, it’s nothing much." Yi Roujing assessed fairly.

"That was a compliment to my sister-in-law, a recognition of Ancheng’s good taste." Jiang Bomeng gave a thumbs up and then started extravagantly praising Yi Roujing and Baozi.

"So your name is Xu Muyi, such a lovely name..." Jiang Bomeng blinked and suddenly stopped, leaned closer to Baozi, and asked in a low voice, "Is it from your mom’s name Yi Roujing’s ’Yi’ and admiration’s ’Mu’?"

Baozi nodded, his resistance towards Jiang Bomeng lessening a bit because he clearly called out his mom’s name, and truthfully, Baozi didn’t feel any threat or dislike towards him.

"Hiss——" Jiang Bomeng stuck his tongue against his palate, he was genuinely surprised. That Smiling Tiger actually had such a pure moment, giving his son a name like this.

"Great name, truly great." Jiang Bomeng praised with a sweet touch of jealousy.

"Did Sister-in-law come to have a bit of fun with Baozi?" Ni Yanqing asked, "We’ve set up tents not far away, and there’s a grill cooking barbecue. Would you and Sister-in-law like to try it? Oh, by the way, Ancheng will be coming over later, and you guys can go home together."

With so many of them, whether they’re trustworthy or not, the best choice now is to follow along obediently.

"Big brother, what about that group of people?" Jiang Bomeng nodded towards Cheng Yijin and the others with his chin.

"Bring them along and let them watch."

"As expected of big brother." Jiang Bomeng chuckled in his heart, signaling to the strong men surrounding the four of them with his eyes, the group started walking forward. It was only about two hundred meters away; entering the Maple Forest, more and more people appeared, two military-green tents were pitched in conspicuous spots, and two grills were smoking, with a delicate-looking girl of about seventeen or eighteen watching the grill.

"Why are you guys back only now?" The girl said with a hint of discontent.

"Were you getting anxious, Yan An?" Jiang Bomeng hurriedly stepped forward, took the fan from Ni Yan’an’s hand, and began fanning the grill, "Your Boming brother is here."

"Hey, who are they, wow, what a cute little baby." Ni Yan’an saw Baozi, stood up excitedly, and walked over, then crouched in front of Baozi, "Whose little baby are you?"

"The Xu Family’s." Baozi replied in a childish voice, he didn’t want to, but the voice was something he couldn’t control. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"Ancheng’s son!" Ni Yan’an exclaimed with joy and surprise.

"Yep, my dad is Xu Ancheng." Baozi nodded.

"Wow, so cute, so cute, I didn’t expect Ancheng could have such an adorable little treasure..." Ni Yan’an looked up at Yi Roujing, hurriedly patted her own mouth, "Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue, you must be the sister-in-law, Ancheng couldn’t do it alone, it’s all thanks to you, sister-in-law."

Yi Roujing was amused, her previously tense nerves relaxing a bit; with a girl in their camp, perhaps things weren’t as serious as she thought, maybe they were indeed friends with Xu Ancheng.

Remembering what Xu Ancheng mentioned before, that though some couldn’t attend his return to the Xu Family banquet, there were still many curious households, maybe they were among those families, after all, they could dismiss people like Cheng Yijin; even if not as powerful as the Cheng Family, they’re at least equivalent to a toothy tiger.

"Sister-in-law, can I hold him?" Ni Yan’an poked her index fingers together, thoughtful.

Yi Roujing looked down at Baozi, her eyes inquiring, and Baozi showed a slightly aggrieved expression, then reached out his arms toward Ni Yan’an.