His tone was so cold that, even in such weather, it still made my eldest aunt tremble with fear. Wen Yan said that his aunt’s name was Li Wan, which seemed ironic to Jiang Zhou.

“I didn’t know when I was doing business, I should ask my aunt first, who was a generation away from my Jiang’s family.”

It wasn’t that Jiang Zhou was mean, but it was Li Wan who went too far.

When Jiang Zhou and Wen Yan got married, she made a lot of mean and sarcastic remarks. At that time, Father and Mother Jiang were still alive, and both sides were from opposite families, and both loved their son and daughter-in-law.

They had discussed the bride price in advance, and it was not small compared with others. Anyway, both of them had only one son, and after a hundred years, all the things in the house belonged to the newly married.

As a result, Li Wan jumped out at that time. It must be that Jiang Zhou’s bride price was not enough for her—at that time, Jiang Zhou gave a thousand taels of silver.

Later, when Wen Yan was getting married, with the consent of Father and Mother Wen, the thousand taels of silver were given to Wen Yan. They were all brought to the Jiang family together.

Li Wan originally thought she could get some benefits. At that time, she felt no matter how much the Wen’s family spent from the one thousand taels of silver, there would always be three hundred taels left in Wen Yan’s parents’ hands.

Father and Mother Wen were soft-hearted people, so she could do it with a little coaxing, earn at least one hundred taels from it. One hundred taels! It was enough for a wealthy family to go without work for five years to eat and drink.

As a result, Wen Yan took it all to the Jiang family!

In Li Wan’s eyes, all the money that should be hers, was gone. Therefore, when chatting with others, she often discredited Wen Yan, saying that he was a white-eyed wolf and turned his elbows outward.

The people in the village were very simple and loved to join in the fun. He didn’t know how the news will spread. At that time, Wen Yan suffered a lot of grievances for this matter.

Jiang Zhou remembered it all, but there weren’t from the same village. Even if he didn’t get along with others, he rarely had fits.

Now that Li Wan was hitting Jiang Zhou’s nails for the sponge cake business, he naturally wanted to let out his bad breaths.

Li Wan knew that she was in the wrong, but she was too thick-skinned and felt that she was Jiang Zhou’s elder, so she was very shameless: “After all, this is the matter of our Wen family and Jiang family, why don’t we discuss it together?”

Jiang Zhou raised his eyebrows: “Oh?”

Wen Yan also frowned: “This business is Zhou-ge’s idea alone, what does it have to do with our Wen family?”

Li Wan spat at him: “Damn, how can we do it like that? Oh, you tend to prefer your good husband. Since you are already married, don’t think about meddling in your mother’s family’s affairs.”

She looked Wen Yan up and down, her tone a little bit ridiculing, “Didn’t you have a quarrel last year and go back home? Why are you getting better now? A man can coax him easily, tsk tsk…”

Her expression and words truly deserved a beating. Jiang Zhou, furious, kicked Li Wan away, making the stool in front of Li Wan produce a “clang” sound that startled her.

“Say it again!”

Li Wan was accustomed to bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. Despite Jiang Zhou’s move frightening her, she continued to bluff: “I, I, I just said what! What! You still want to fight with me?!”

“Pa!”

The room fell silent.

No one expected that Jiang Zhou would actually dare to take action, and they were all stunned.

Li Wan’s face was tilted to one side, covering her face in disbelief: “You dare to hit me?”

Jiang Zhou pinched his wrist and raised his eyebrows: “I will hit you; do I have to tell you in advance? Can’t I?”

He felt no burden at all. Thanks to the memory of the time traveler, there was no difference between women and men in his eyes. If it were before, he might have hesitated because she was a woman. Now, not anymore.

If someone dared to bully Wen Yan in front of him, they would be dealt with fist.

The onlookers were surprised but said nothing. Lu Dalang thought it was a good fight, admiring such resolute actions. Uncle Yu pretended not to see it, and Lu Xiangxi, though uncomfortable, stayed out of it. Wen Yan’s uncle, suppressed by Li Wan at home, didn’t dare to intervene.

Li Wan, enraged, tried to fight back, but Jiang Zhou pushed her away. Unable to resist, she turned to attack Wen Yan, attempting to scratch his face while hurling dirty remarks: “What kind of man can you find? He dares to hit your aunt!”

“Pa!”

Jiang Zhou’s slap was harder than the first, turning Li Wan around and hit the chair until it fell to the ground. Li Wan’s toes were hit by the chair brought down, she immediately let out a howl like a slaughtered pig.

Jiang Zhou put his foot on the chair, looking down at her: “I have never hit a woman before, but I made two exceptions for you today. Because you are Wen Yan’s aunt, I didn’t hit harder. I’m warning you to keep your mouth clean, I’m doing my damn business is my own business!”

Li Wan still wanted to curse, but Jiang Zhou stepped hard on the stool, making her unable to say anything. She could only cry.

Jiang Zhou, usually gentle, had never been so angry. There was sternness in his voice: “If I hear you talking about Wen Yan behind our back again, let’s wait and see if you say anything slanderous or insulting!”

Everyone in the silence realized that Jiang Zhou was angry because of Wen Yan.

Father and Mother Wen, not fond of Li Wan, were happy to see her being taught a lesson.

Li Wan, unwilling to leave, got angry and just cried: “Hit people, hit people! The Jiang family boy is beating people!”

Her loud voice attracted many people nearby. Since it was Xiao Yi’s 100-day banquet, they opened the courtyard door, people from outside could easily see what was happening.

On the surface, Li Wan seemed to have been wronged. Her face was swollen in two places, evenly hit by Jiang Zhou. Sitting on the ground, crying as if for the bullied vitim, while Jiang Zhou one feet on the stool, giving the appearance of bullying.

The slap marks on her face couldn’t be faked. Nosy villagers exclaimed, “Boss Jiang, why do you beat people?”