Return to 88: Starting from Marrying My Sister-in-law

Lu Yang has slipped away.

But Mrs. Qian had no intention of letting her daughter off the hook.

"long……"

"What exactly does that kid mean?"

"You don't actually have something going on with him, do you?"

No matter how disheveled Lu Yang looked, Madam Qian was just as self-righteous at that moment.

pity……

But her daughter wasn't buying it.

Qian Youyou's eyes followed Lu Yang's retreating figure as she said in an extremely impatient tone, "Mom, don't worry about my affairs. You should take care of your son. Things seem calm now, but that's because my sister-in-law hasn't woken up yet. It's hard to say whether she'll forgive my brother when she wakes up. Don't be too happy too soon."

Upon hearing this, Madam Qian...

Thinking about it, she's right; my daughter has a point.

But the words took a different turn when they came out.

"You brat, how dare you curse your brother like that?"

What good will your brother's divorce do you?

"Forget it, I can't be bothered with you. It's late, you should go home first. Your dad and I can't leave yet, we have to be careful of the Zhao family causing trouble."

"Okay, I'll have the driver take you."

Qian Youyou was more than happy to oblige, and tossed her ponytail, saying, "No need, don't worry about it, go worry about my older brother."

He said this without turning his head back.

Wearing high heels, she followed in Lu Yang's footsteps and caught up with him.

Her mother stayed where she was.

He looked at her retreating figure with a complicated expression.

Although this daughter was born from her womb, she was not close to her but to her father, and was raised as a boy from a young age.

The Qian family is large and powerful.

He had no other children besides this daughter.

Although she had a son before marrying Lao Qian, her son did not have the surname Qian and had no blood relation with Lao Qian. Even when he married into the family, his surname was not changed.

This is also the thing she regrets the most in recent years.

We shouldn't have let our son have his way in the first place.

Even if it's forced, he should be made to acknowledge Lao Qian as his father, change his surname to Qian, and be included in the Qian family genealogy. If that were the case, there wouldn't be so many troubles now.

After all, a daughter is not a son. How difficult would it be for her to inherit such a large family business as the Qian family?

Over the years, countless members of the Qian clan have plotted against the couple, hoping for their early demise so they could seize their vast fortune.

Even so, they could do nothing and had to accept the possibility of this happening, because the Qian clan was quite powerful. They had all contributed to Old Qian's early business ventures, and some had even shed blood for it...

Today, members of the Qian family occupy at least half of the middle-level leadership positions in the Qian Group.

Of course, even if these members of the Qian clan did not hold so many important positions in the group, the couple would never do something like discarding them after they have served their purpose.

So long ago, Old Qian made a promise to his people:

The heir to the Qian Group will bear the surname Qian.

They must also have the surname Qian.

Even if they are not Qian Zhonghai's descendants, they will definitely be chosen from among the Qian clan members.

The best person will be chosen to inherit the Qian Group and continue to lead everyone to a good life. No outsider will be allowed to steal the fruits of the Qian Group's development over the years.

She knew that Lao Qian was also forced to do this, and that all of this was for the sake of the company's stability.

It was tough on my daughter.

She's under so much pressure at such a young age that she doesn't even dare to date.

“Old Qian, you have managed to appease your people so much that they admire you greatly. Even if you live to be a hundred years old, your people will never dare to point fingers at you.”

The phrase "discarding a donkey after it has served its purpose" would never apply to you.

"Hmph, you have your name before and after death."

"But what about our daughter?"

“She could have grown up happily and carefree, inheriting the family business that we, her parents, built for her.”

"Because of one sentence you said."

"She now has so many competitors of her generation, all of whom are eager for her to marry out, and some are even more ruthless... aiming to ensure that we two have no descendants. If I hadn't been on guard all these years, do you think your daughter could have lived a carefree life until now?"

"These people will do anything for money..."

Thinking about this, she was filled with anger, partly at Old Qian, and partly at those heartless and ungrateful members of the Qian clan.

"Don't push me."

"If you push me too far, no one will get away with it."

Now that Lao Qian is paralyzed, his health is deteriorating day by day.

It was clear that she was starting to get anxious.

"I've been advising Youyou for so many years to get married as soon as possible, so she can have a son and put an end to the Qian family uncles' ideas, but the little girl just won't listen."

"She said there wasn't a suitable one, and she wanted to find someone she liked before getting married."

"But would a truly capable man willingly become someone's son-in-law?"

"Even if you have a child, you can't give it your own surname."

“A truly capable person is born with pride. Only a coward would only want to take what is readily available and endure the humiliation of being talked about behind their back. Youyou wants to find someone she finds pleasing to the eye who is also willing to marry into our Qian family and agree to let their future child take the Qian surname and be included in our Qian family genealogy. How difficult is that?”

"It's because this girl is too naive. She wouldn't listen to her mother and marry just anyone. At worst, she could just abandon her father and keep her son. But now it's too late. Those people... probably don't have the patience to wait any longer..."

Mrs. Qian's eyes were icy cold.

Downstairs of the hospital.

Lu Yang went downstairs, but instead of leaving immediately, he found a sheltered spot and lit a cigarette for himself.

He leisurely started smoking.

Suddenly, a fragrant breeze wafted over, and a hand reached out and snatched the cigarette from his mouth.

"Smoking is harmful to your health."

"No smoking!"

Qian Youyou snatched the cigarette butt, threw it on the ground, and stomped it out.

Lu Yang looked at her with a smile: "You're getting more and more nosy now. Even my wife doesn't care if I smoke or drink. What, are you trying to take over her responsibilities?"

Qian Youyou blushed and glared at him: "Pah, pah, pah, you can't get anything out of your mouth. Who's going to steal your wife's job?"

"Hate!"

She kicked a pebble on the ground: "My mom just became suspicious of both of us. You need to be careful; she might cause you trouble."

"Just because I called her 'Mom' just now?"

Lu Yang nonchalantly imitated her by kicking a pebble at his feet.

After a moment's thought.

With his head tilted to the side, he looked at her strangely and said, "You, Xiaoxiao, and my sister Wei Shu graduated from the same year, right? So you're not much younger than them, are you? Your Qian family has such a large business to inherit, why don't your mother and your old man urge you to get married?"

Qian Youyou's eyes were like knives as she glared at him.

She lowered her head slightly and said, "How do you know I don't have any?" You big idiot, you big idiot, you hateful big idiot! You dare to look down on me for being old, don't you?

A woman cares most about her age, especially in front of Lu Yang. She really doesn't dare to call herself young, because she is indeed a little bit older than Lu Yang.

But even if it's just a tiny bit bigger, it's still big, right?

No problem.

Lu Yang's words were like a knife to her heart. How infuriating!
Lu Yang, however, did not understand at all that he had unknowingly offended this old lady. He continued to talk to himself, saying, "I was very puzzled before. Your Qian family is deeply rooted in Pengcheng and has great power. Why did your father want you to marry a cook's son? Even if this cook was his comrade-in-arms back then, there was no need to treat his own daughter like this."

“Shenzhen is such a big city, there are plenty of eligible second-generation officials or rich kids to choose from. Family marriages and powerful alliances are the secret to a company’s long-term success.”

“But your Qian family does the opposite.”

"But the old man of the Qian family, your father, is not a muddle-headed person."

"Now I understand. It turns out that your Qian family never intended to marry you off from the very beginning. Instead, they were single-mindedly looking for a son-in-law to live with them, preferably a good-for-nothing, so they could easily manipulate him without worrying about him turning the tables."

"Sister, am I right?"

Lu Yang looked at them with a smug expression, as if to say, "Stop pretending, I've already seen through your looks."

The deepest, most hidden secrets were exposed.

Qian Youyou's face flushed crimson, and she hurriedly turned her head away, saying incredulously, "What nonsense are you talking about? There's no such thing at all. If... if it were true... would I still be single?"

This is also something Lu Yang can't understand.

So I started to overthink again.

"That's true, but it's not impossible. Maybe... you look down on those good-for-nothings and want to find someone who satisfies you."

He guessed almost exactly right.

Qian Youyou realized that if he continued to make fun of her like this, she would be too ashamed to face anyone.

Then an idea came to mind.

Her beautiful eyes darted around, and she decided to take the initiative. "Hey, stop talking about me. Let's talk about you. You were so scared by my mom that you ran away without thinking... You weren't really afraid I'd cling to you, were you?"

Qian Youyou stared at Lu Yang's evasive eyes and suddenly sneered, "Coward."

This guy has the desire but not the courage; he actually dared to make fun of Qian Youyou.

Hmph! Now you have nothing to say, right?
Just as Lu Yang was about to retort, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang, its sound particularly jarring in the quiet corner downstairs in the hospital.

"Who?"

Qian Youyou was also curious: who would call Lu Yang so late?
"Is your wife checking up on you?"

Lu Yang ignored her and took out his phone, but strangely, the phone was hung up after only two rings.

"Could it be a signal problem?"

"No, this is the latest Motorola 8900 flip phone. Its signal is much stronger than those old brick-like cell phones. We're in the city now, not in the countryside, so it's impossible for it to have no signal."

"unless……"

Lu Yang answered Qian Youyou's questions.

He looked down at his phone and fiddled with it.

Suddenly, the screen of his flip-open phone lit up again, and he accidentally opened a text message:

[I heard you were flirting with a long-legged girl at the hospital?]

【whee】

Are you coming back to sleep here?

Lu Yang almost dropped his phone.

It's so scary.

Qian Youyou peeked over and saw the contents, raising an eyebrow with schadenfreude: "Serves you right!"

Lu Yang glared at her: "It's you?"

He shook his head again: "No, you don't have a chance."

Qian Youyou never left his side from beginning to end.

She was a little angry with him for playing with her little feet earlier, and so embarrassed that she ran away barefoot, carrying her high heels.

But he caught up with them quickly.

Only a minute or two had passed. Even if the girl really wanted to badmouth him, she shouldn't have reacted so quickly.

He would definitely have chased me downstairs and caught me red-handed.

Qian Youyou patted his shoulder: "What are you afraid of? Be brave and take responsibility. If you really chicken out, I'll just go back with you and explain to your sister-in-law. There won't be any problems between us."

She adopted a carefree and easygoing persona.

However, it still couldn't hide the panic in her eyes.

Lu Yang flirting with a girl?

But who is this girl?
It's all because of Qian Youyou. She dares to claim she has long legs. In the hospital operating room corridor just now, who could compare to her?
Lu Yang and Qian Youyou exchanged a glance, and they both thought of the same person at the same time.

"It's your brother."

"It must be your brother who's badmouthing me."

"He can't stand me flirting with you, he thinks my behavior isn't brotherly enough, and that I'm trying to make a move on his sister. Fine, I'll remember this grudge."

Lu Yang waved his hand confidently and said, "There's no need for you to come back with me to explain to my wife. We're completely innocent and haven't done anything shameful. What do you say?"

Qian Youyou blushed.

She thought to herself, "You big rascal, how dare you kiss my little toes? You got to touch them for nothing, huh?"

Lu Yang refused to take her back and asked her to help explain to his wife. She got angry. Lu Yang agreed to take her back and asked her to help explain to his wife, but she got angry again.

And they were even angrier.

So you're angry from both sides, what can you do?
Serve cold.

Lu Yang had no time to comfort her.

Because the wife is more important.

He waved to Xiao Jiu, who was guarding about 500 meters away, and told him to drive the car over.

"Let's go."

"It's late at night, it's already too late."

"It's not safe for a young lady like you to drive at night. Why don't you ride back in my car? I'll give you a ride on the way."

Qian Youyou still felt a little unhappy.

Hearing that Lu Yang was going to take her home and was worried about her safety driving alone at night, the slight dissatisfaction she had felt instantly vanished.

She obediently followed behind him.

Got in the car.

Lu Yang instructed Xiao Jiu: "Take Miss Qian home first."

Then he buried his head in his phone and started frantically typing away.

"Wife, someone is slandering me!"

"I do not have……"

“I, Lu Yang, have lived an honest and upright life. This person is just jealous, yes, blatantly jealous. The hospital is a sacred place, and the word ‘flirting’ should not even appear there.”

"Okay, oh dear, I admit it, I looked at her legs, but looking at legs isn't illegal, is it?" (End of Chapter)