After the tea party, Lin Xiao mentioned this matter to Jiang Yu's mother, but his mother didn't care: "Manman is just straightforward. Don't take it to heart. Such words are common in wealthy families. You need to learn to endure; it will pass if you endure it. The Jiang family doesn't need a 'competitive' daughter-in-law; they need an 'understanding' one."
In the following days, Lin Xiao gradually got used to the "discipline" of the Jiang family. She got up at 6 a.m. every day to make breakfast, attended tea parties twice a week, and learned to chat with those wealthy ladies. She even started buying luxury goods with the secondary card given to her by the Jiang family—she thought that as long as she did well enough, Jiang Yu's mother would approve of her, and Jiang Yu would look at her more.
Once, the fountain lights in the manor broke, and the repairman couldn't come until the next day. Lin Xiao had learned basic circuits in college. Seeing the servants looking anxious, she offered, "Let me try to fix it." She found tools, climbed up the ladder next to the fountain, and worked for more than half an hour before finally fixing the lights. The servants all praised her, saying "Young Mistress is really capable." She was also happy, thinking that she had finally done something for the Jiang family.
But when Jiang Yu's mother found out, she called Lin Xiao to the study and criticized her severely: "Who allowed you to fix the lights? You're the young mistress of the Jiang family, not a repairman! If this gets out, people will say the Jiang family can't even afford a repairman and have to let the young mistress do it herself—it's so demeaning! Don't do such degrading things again!"
Lin Xiao felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her. She didn't understand why her kind help had become a "demeaning" thing. That night, Jiang Yu came home early for a change. Lin Xiao wanted to pour out her grievances to him, but Jiang Yu had just drunk alcohol and sat on the sofa looking tired. After listening to her, he said impatiently, "Stop being unreasonable. Mom is right. You're the young mistress of the Jiang family; you should act like one. Don't always think about doing these useless things. Just stay at home and don't cause me trouble."