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

The air in the ward suddenly froze because of Lu Yang's promise.

A sharp glint flashed in Qian's father's cloudy eyes, but he slowly loosened his grip on his daughter's hand, as if he had removed the last layer of pretense.

"well……"

He laughed hoarsely, then suddenly coughed violently, startling Qian Youyou so much that she hurriedly pressed the call button.

Xiao Jun stood in the corner, his eyes wide, his gaze darting back and forth between Lu Yang and his father—it was unclear what he was thinking.

Perhaps he felt that Lu Yang was taking advantage of his sister and the Qian family.

No need to be responsible.

And in the future, he can also let his son inherit such a large family business as the Qian family.

And the price to pay.

But they are pitifully small, and all they need to do is let the son take the mother's surname and live in the woman's house.

what is this?
Who wouldn't want to do it?

Even he was tempted, and was driven mad with jealousy. No, wait, he was jealous, but not tempted, after all, she was his half-sister.

Because he felt that Lu Yang had gotten a great deal, Xiao Jun didn't give Lu Yang a friendly look. The kid stood at the door with his eyes wide open, like a bull's, as if he wanted to eat someone alive.

And what about Lu Yang?

Lu Yang wasn't particularly surprised, because the entire Qian family was just so-so to him.

Even if you observe carefully.

His eyes were actually as dark as ink.

Because Lu Yang knew all too well the price of this deal: the vortex of internal strife within the Qian family had finally drawn him in completely.

The nurses and doctors quickly entered the ward.

After some inspection.

They put Lao Qian on a ventilator.

They were also told that the patient needed to rest and that family members should not stay in the ward for too long.

Everyone sees this.

We can only leave temporarily.

Qian Youyou accompanied her mother to the doctor's office to inquire about her father's condition and whether there would be any relapses. After all, drinking such a large bowl of chicken soup made with century-old wild ginseng was not a good thing for an elderly man with high blood pressure and a history of stroke.

Even though this time I was somewhat lucky, I only had a nosebleed and did not suffer a stroke, but my blood pressure rose a little.

And the next time?

Once something has been ingested, it's irreversible. For an elderly person whose health is already declining, the potential risks and damage are also irreversible.

So what does this wave of reality even mean?
The pretense was that he was using a counter-strategy, but in reality, the old man was using himself as bait, resulting in a Pyrrhic victory.

It was purely a gamble.

Fortunately, they won the bet. Otherwise, if they had lost and the old man had passed away, it would have left Qian Youyou and her mother with a huge mess.

Lu Yang and Xiao Jun did not go with them.

The two of them leaned against the wall of the corridor, waiting at the door of the old man's ward, and started chatting.

"Do you think the old man is really in trouble?"

Xiao Jun witnessed firsthand that the cheap old man inside the bowl of chicken soup drank it all, though he didn't finish it all, he drank more than half of it.

"I'm curious."

Lu Yang did not answer Xiao Jun, but instead raised his own question: "The old man inside just kept emphasizing that he was using a trick against us, but what makes him so sure that the wild ginseng and chicken soup that was served was not poisoned?"

It involves the character and image of the person who benefited from it.

Xiao Jun chuckled, "What's there to doubt? My husband has been through countless battles, risking his life countless times. He practically snatched his life back from the jaws of death, so he's naturally indifferent to life and death. If you're not happy, just fight. Um... I guess... the old man never imagined that someone would dare to poison him. It was only after drinking the chicken soup that he came up with the idea of ​​turning the tables. Yeah, that's pretty much it."

After he finished speaking, he cautiously turned his head and peered through the monitoring glass of the door, and found that the old man was still lying in the hospital bed with a breathing mask on his face.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Chao Luyang said smugly, "Hey, we don't need to think of him as too divine. He's a human being, not a god. Humans make mistakes, and besides, the old man is getting old, and his mind isn't as sharp as it used to be."

Xiao Jun raised his left hand, bent his index finger, and tapped his head.

Lu Yang should cooperate with his performance and not let him put on a show for nothing, so he encouraged him, "Then tell me, what was the situation at the time?"

Xiao Jun was flattered by Lu Yang, and his face immediately lit up with a smile.

He thought to himself: Anyway, it's not exactly a secret.

So he recounted the events of that time truthfully.

"To be honest, the old man's vigilance is really strong. When I was a teenager, I knew that he was always surrounded by bodyguards. And it has never stopped. Even at today's birthday banquet, whether in the banquet hall or in his lounge, there were bodyguards protecting him. And there was more than one. It was a security team that had been with him for many years."

“Everyone here was carefully selected and they all obey the old man’s every word. Over the years, I have never seen anyone who has outwardly complied with his words but inwardly disobeyed him.”

"You should be familiar with this too, right?"

Lu Yang nodded.

Xiao Jun became even more smug: "What I'm about to talk about is the Qian family's deep-seated grudges."

"As everyone knows, my sister wants to inherit the Qian family business, so she can't get married and can only stay in the Qian family. Moreover, she must give birth to a son in the future. If she gives birth to a daughter, like my father Qian, she will be childless and have to give up her inheritance rights. But do you know who made this rule?"

"You might not believe it, but my father, Qian, didn't know what got into him back then. He actually thought that daughters couldn't inherit the family property, and only sons or grandsons could inherit it. Otherwise, all his efforts over the years would have been for nothing, and he would have been working for someone else for free."

"Once you get stuck in a bull's horn, you can't get out."

Xiao Jun spread his hands towards Lu Yang: "I was the first victim of his idea. Because I don't believe in money, I was excluded from the list of heirs to the Qian Group, a company that my mother clearly contributed to... Heh... Although this is a bit against my conscience, my mother did contribute relatively little. It was my father, Qian, who truly led the Qian Group to where it is today." This kid, as expected, had some resentment about losing his right to be the heir to the Qian Group.

But this is not surprising at all.

If it were Lu Yang, he would definitely have resistance too. Well, judging by actions, not intentions, no one is perfect.

"talk!"

Lu Yang smiled at him and said, "Go on, it's alright..."

The encouragement did not motivate Xiao Jun.

Instead, he suddenly realized that he might have said something wrong.

So he chuckled again, "Never mind, let's not talk about my business, let's get back to the main topic."

snort!
This kid is definitely up to no good.

His son and my sister's son are going to inherit the entire Qian family business. If I showed him that I was unwilling to lose the right to inherit the company and that I had ambitions, wouldn't that be like an old man holding a lantern in the toilet—purely courting death?
No way, will this kid retaliate against me?

Lu Yang wasn't that petty; he just kept encouraging him, which gradually made Xiao Jun feel a little more at ease.

Let's continue.

"The old man's momentary lapse in judgment sowed the seeds of future problems for my sister's inheritance. Back then, he said in front of many clansmen that if he had no sons and only my sister as his daughter, and she couldn't give him a grandson to take his surname and be included in the Qian family genealogy, he would rather pass the company on to one of his sons present, choosing the cleverest and wisest among them to inherit his business and lead the Qian family to new heights!"

"You tell me, isn't this just giving these people a shot of adrenaline?"

Lu Yang nodded.

Xiao Jun laughed heartily: "That's what they say, but some people believe it, and within a few days, they've started making all sorts of underhanded moves."

“My father Qian has no brothers, only four or five cousins. Among these cousins, the second oldest is Qian Feng’s father. This old guy saved my father Qian’s life and even broke his leg for it. Later, to repay the favor, my father Qian gave him some of the company’s shares. Because of this, he became the most special one among my father Qian’s cousins. Because of his leg injury, he never held an important position in the company, but the number of Qian’s shares he held exceeded that of all the other cousins.”

"When that old man heard my father's motivational words, he got so excited that he almost fainted."

"This old man is shameless. He couldn't even wait a day. He sent his five-year-old son to my house overnight to kneel down and say that he wanted to recognize my father as his uncle. He said that when the son grew up, he would be as filial to my father as he was to his own father. My father was so happy that he didn't think much of it and accepted him directly."

"So much so that we raised an ungrateful child."

“Right now in their Qian Group, my sister is clearly the real princess, but her words don’t carry much weight. On the other hand, this fake prince is very popular in the company. Everyone in the company is saying that my father is going to hand over the company’s inheritance rights to Qian Feng.”

"And that's not all. There are too many members of the Qian family holding important positions. They look down on my sister, and even my mother. They think that women are not worthy of inheriting the company, and only men with the surname Qian are qualified. Moreover, they completely ignore the premise that my father said that my sister could still inherit the company as long as she didn't get married and had a son. But they don't care. They can't wait and just want my father to fulfill the promise he made to them."

Xiao Jun's face showed disdain as he said, "Do you think that's possible? My father isn't stupid. He's realized by now how unreliable that decision was."

"The ambitions of Qian Feng and his son are obvious. They just hope my father dies soon so they can inherit the entire Qian family."

"So, brother, guess what? My dad is the kind of person who wouldn't have any suspicion of these two, father and son?"

Lu Yang shook his head.

Xiao Jun snapped his fingers. "That's right, of course we have to be on guard against them. But no matter how much we planned, my father Qian overlooked another person, and this person is even more deeply hidden."

Xiao Jun got carried away with revealing the truth and directly told the final truth: "At that time, my father was resting in the lounge, and there were bodyguards protecting him. Then the father and son instructed a waiter to poison my father's red wine. The situation was not very dangerous at the time, because if my father really wanted to drink, he would only drink the wine he brought in himself. He would not only not drink these wines of unknown origin, but he might also have them taken away for poison testing."

Now comes the exciting part.

Someone reported this, and personally caught the waiter who poisoned the food and brought him to my father's side.

Guess who this person is?

Lu Yang's mind flashed back to the third son of the Qian family, who was very good at suppressing his anger and slapped his own son in public.

"It's my third uncle."

“My third uncle was a traitor back then, causing the second son of the Qian family to lose a leg, so he is looked down upon by the clan and has kept a low profile all these years.”

"His decision to stand up for my father, Qian, and then expose Qian Lao Er seems to make sense."

“And my father didn’t suspect anything at the time.”

"The old man is quite the actor. He smashed the glass of poisoned wine in front of everyone, and then considerately said to my father, 'Brother, you're not in good health, so you should drink less alcohol. I've asked the kitchen to prepare some chicken soup for you. Have some if you're hungry, but don't let yourself get sick from hunger.'"

"That was truly a bowl of chicken soup."

“He even took a big gulp himself and swallowed it right in front of my father. Do you think my father would still have any doubts?”

Lu Yang nodded as if he understood, "So, the real intention is to turn the tables on the scheme, not to play along with the mistake?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Xiao Jun laughed heartily upon hearing this, pointing at Lu Yang's nose and cursing, "That's right, that's exactly what I meant. What a clever scheme! You're just pretending to be clever, old man. You're quite the actor."

Suddenly, a voice squeezed in, "Who are you, father? And who is this old man?"

In an instant.

Xiao Jun's whole body stiffened, his bones felt like they were melting, and he slowly raised his head, looking at Lu Yang with eyes full of resentment.

His eyes seemed to say: Hey, why didn't you remind me? If it's inconvenient, you could at least blink! Damn it, thank goodness I don't have a good friend like you. No, from now on we shouldn't even be relatives anymore. Stay away from my sister.

Xiao Jun was so frightened that he didn't even dare to turn his head.

Lu Yang wasn't afraid of his threatening gaze. Seeing the ward door open and the nurse pushing the old man out, he immediately stepped forward, bowing and scraping, saying, "Why did you come out, sir? It's windy in the corridor outside, be careful not to catch a cold. Here, let me push you. Where do you want to go, just show me the way..."

Xiao Jun stared in disbelief at Lu Yang's perfect performance.

How come they're so good at licking?!

Seeing that the old man was just smiling and accepting the young man's offer, he immediately swallowed hard, his heart also tempted. He scurried over, ready to take over the job from Lu Yang, "Dad, um..."

"Get out of my way. I don't need you to push me. I wouldn't dare trouble you, Young Master Xiao. You're my father, while I'm just an old man with half my body buried in the ground. I'm not worthy of you..."

Xiao Jun hid behind, on the verge of tears, and could only watch helplessly as Lu Yang pushed the person away. (End of Chapter)