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You have a valid point. They should write it as step-grandmother for FL. Then reader knows not blood related. However, in the drama, grandmother accepts her family from second marriage as her own family even if she's not related to them by blood. She does not differentiate between blood relations. She is a cool grandma and open-minded person. She refers to FL as her granddaughter and FL refers to her as grandmother.

technically the rent MCH paid went to Grandma's funds and she inherited those funds, but YZM has never asked for it. He's done so much for the Mai family
because of Grandma, he's finally realized what is meaningful in life.

I thought the mother made sense. She said they've paid the rent. YZM said their contract period hand't expired yet. I was surprised MCH is asking them to leave sooner.
YZM when he heard the mother said the Master bedrm is for MCH, he immediately wanted her to have it.

he's too busy playing video games in his room

MCH paid her grandma for 6 months rent so they should be able to live in YZM's house for the duration of the 6 months, that was the deal with grandma. Has it been 6 months? Of course, YZM will let them live there longer. When MCH paid grandma, she also inherited the funds back, so she may have to transfer it to him, of course, he won't ask for it. YZM's end game is MCH.

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the drama shows YZM knows how to handle all kinds of people.

Will there be a plot for Zhang and her daughter? I thought there was more to her but nothing yet.

There are over a million "leftover" women in Shanghai alone. These are women who are educated and financially independent, didn't feel the need to marry in their 20's. Now they are over 30 and very hard to find someone same status to marry. Women do not marry down, they only marry up.

Sheng nu (Chinese: 剩女; pinyin: shèngnǚ; common translation: leftover women or "leftover ladies"), "unmarried women over the age of 27". The China Daily newspaper further reported that the term originally gained popularity in the city of Shanghai and later grew to nationwide prominence.

An excerpt states, "Pretty girls do not need a lot of education to marry into a rich and powerful family. But girls with an average or ugly appearance will find it difficult" and "These girls hope to further their education in order to increase their competitiveness. The tragedy is, they don't realize that as women age, they are worth less and less. So, by the time they get their MA or PhD, they are already old – like yellowed pearls."

source: wkipedia

When Cui talked YZM, YZM did not deny anything, he just said "I got it" which sounds almost like thanks for telling me this.
but I guess Cui is suspicious knowing the YZM wanted the hotel

me?

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I get it. I'm so dense. He told the bully's wife that he will sue her husband if he press charges against Mrs. Liu. I saw the word "harassing" and my mind was stuck on MCH. But harassing here is referring to him pressing charges. When did YZM learn that the wife is in charge of her husband, from MCH's parents?

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What did grandma mean that he (MCH's father) should love his wife more? Is she faulting him? Then grandma tells MCH's mother she needs to learn to relax.

the story needs closure between daughter and mom.

Oh I get it. YZM is slick. He bet her she can't get her back, hoping that she would.

I thought the rivet shoes were in reference to YZM become her target if he is the son-in-law. I found another perspective online. If the shoes have rivets, it prevents the mother from using them to beat someone as it will hurt her hands and also, she will not want to kill a person.
Then it makes sense why He Dong said "that's why you are the boss" which implies that he is very clever.

Douban:
"It's hard to say, in fact, there are quite a lot of such Liu Wanyu in real life."
"In fact, reality is often bloodier than TV drama."
"It's pretty realistic"
"In fact, there are still a lot of mothers like Liu Wanyu around me, I understand but don't agree, I will really be tired of having such a mother"
"There are still a lot of such mothers, but most of the daughters are not so well-behaved, so they broke out early and didn't dare"
"The reality is more exaggerated than this"
"My brother and sister and his parents are even worse than Ms. Liu Wanyu"

judging from the teaser, Zhang's daughter watches MCH's mother so caring can't bear to let her daughter go, yet her own mother can't stand her and don't want to take care of, it seems that YZM is only her guardian, not a real girlfriend.