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

"Mom, are all men in this world like Dad...?"

"Honey, is something wrong? Tell Mom, and Mom will stand up for you. Did Yangzi bully you?"

"No, he's fine, and so am I."

"Then why do you ask?"

"It's nothing, just some realization. You and Dad, you two must have loved each other, right? When you were little, Grandma didn't like you and often picked fights with you, but Dad always protected you. After Grandma passed away, it was you and Dad who started arguing a lot over trivial things... Mom, don't you think... all men get tired of the old and crave the new..."

“Daughter, don’t scare your mother. I’ll book a plane ticket right now and go back to Pengcheng tomorrow. If Yangzi bullies you, I’ll go and settle the score with him.”

"don't want……"

During a phone call with her mother, Yin Mingyue suddenly lost control of her emotions.

"Mom, don't come back yet. I... I want to handle this myself. Brother Lu Yang is a very good person. It's just that I... I got stuck in a rut."

Indeed, in the way of husband and wife, the more parents interfere, the more complicated the situation sometimes becomes.

After Yin Mingyue lost control of her emotions.

Last minute.

Finally, she came to her senses and chose to pull back from the brink, preventing her mother from returning from the capital.

"Well... alright then, honey, remember, your mom and your sister support you. If anything happens, just call me, and I'll have your sister take a few days off and come back with me. That guy used to be pretty afraid of your sister. If he bullies you, I'll have your sister help you teach him a lesson."

When Yin Mingyue heard on the phone that her mother was going to ask her sister for leave and bring her back to help her deal with Lu Yang, she was even more grateful that she had pulled back from the brink and not let her mother and sister come back, otherwise the situation might have become even more complicated.

To put it bluntly, it's still about "borrowing sperm to have a child".

It's been almost a week since this happened.

Since Lu Yang's brother returned home that night, she has opened her mouth to speak several times at the dinner table.

But at the last moment, they couldn't muster the courage.

Qian Youyou is her good friend, a young lady from a prominent family. She is beautiful, has a sweet voice, long legs, and a high level of education. She has also secretly observed that Brother Lu Yang must particularly like Sister Youyou's beautiful legs.

Otherwise, they wouldn't keep staring at it.

She had also inquired about the Qian family's situation through various channels.

Old Master Qian, Youyou's father, this old man should be similar to her own father in his early years.

They dreamed of their son, and seeing that there was no hope for him, they started to set their sights on their eldest grandson.

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Naturally, the traditional approach is to find a son-in-law to live with the family, and then gamble that the daughter will give birth to a healthy baby boy who can carry on the family line.

Father's plan was actually very successful, even ahead of the old man of the Qian family. When Lu Yang was only 13 years old, he suffered a great disaster and took Lu Yang into his home to raise him as his apprentice.

But... something went wrong later.

If my sister hadn't been so outstanding, hadn't been raised so successfully, and hadn't gotten into a university in Beijing...

Then she should have married Brother Lu Yang long ago, right?
In the middle.

There's nothing left for me to do.

She could only keep her love for Lu Yang deep in her heart, and from now on she would be willing to be his sister-in-law, calling him brother-in-law, and never dare to have any more extravagant desires.

But fate just loves to play tricks.

Father's wish was for the Yin family to have a successor, but God gave my sister a smart brain and a wildness that was greater than many boys in the village. With the stepping stone to university, my sister saw a different possibility in life.

Should one choose to stay in this small mountain village with their beloved, or choose to go out and see the world's splendor?

At that time, my older sister naturally couldn't have foreseen that even if she hadn't chosen to leave, Brother Lu Yang would have helped her, and would have gone even faster, more steadily, and more successfully than her...

But there's no going back in this world. After some consideration, the older sister finally chose to give up the idea of ​​spending her life with her lover in this small mountain village. She resolutely betrayed her marriage and boarded a train to study in the capital.

Hehe, this ugly duckling got off easy too.

It's laughable how I was back then, just a toad at the bottom of a well, insecure and introverted, barely able to speak properly, never daring to hope that happiness would come so suddenly one day.

Lu Yang married her, and suddenly he had an epiphany. Perhaps spurred on by his sister, he resolutely gave up continuing to be his father's carpenter's apprentice. With his dowry of 5000 yuan, he resolutely followed in his sister's footsteps. His sister went north, while he went east; his sister went to study, while he went to make money.

This journey leads to the stars and the sea; from now on, the road ahead is a vast and challenging one. Brother Lu Yang's success came too suddenly; even he himself hadn't anticipated it.

In just a few years, she has transformed herself from an ugly duckling into a woman living a life of luxury, enjoying a mansion, eating delicacies, and traveling in luxury cars. Now she even has a nanny. What more could she ask for?

Yes!

What's not to like?

So when Sister Youyou asked her out that day, she boldly expressed her feelings and talked about "borrowing sperm to have a child".

She didn't find it absurd at all.

And you only asked Sister Youyou, is it really just limited to "borrowing sperm to have a child"? Or are you trying to use "borrowing sperm to have a child" to steal her love and take Lu Yang away from her?

Then Sister Youyou told her that her father was a big fan of sons and that if she couldn't give birth to a son and get him into the Qian family's genealogy, then the Qian family's huge inheritance of billions of yuan would not even be passed on to her, their daughter.

Around this time, she actually began to empathize deeply with Sister Youyou, because her father had also been an extremely patriarchal father.

On impulse, she actually agreed without even asking Lu Yang if he agreed. Yes, did Lu Yang agree?

From that day on, she became anxious and insecure. She was afraid that Brother Lu Yang would blame her for agreeing to such an absurd thing, and she was also afraid that Brother Lu Yang and Sister Youyou would take their fake relationship seriously, and then she would become the biggest idiot in the world.

Inviting a wolf into the house will only lead to irreparable regret!
But it's too late for regrets now. Even if there's another sister, Youyou, to share Lu Yang with her, as long as Youyou doesn't break her promise, and given that the Qian family's vast inheritance needs a son to inherit it, she's sure Youyou won't give it up easily.

Figured this out.

Yin Mingyue felt that her worries were actually somewhat unnecessary.

Touching her bulging belly, she decided to turn a blind eye and give birth to the baby first.

Sister Youyou's family background destined her to not be the biggest rival for her position as the mistress of the Lu family. On the contrary, it was her older sister who, if she regretted it and remembered how good Brother Lu Yang had been to her, would come and compete with her for Brother Lu Yang again...

She dared not think about it, because she had no confidence at all that she could keep Lu Yang's heart.

That toad at the bottom of the well, that pitiful and self-conscious ugly duckling, if it weren't for her sister's help, how could she have married the man she loved?
“Brother Lu Yang’s body is different from that of ordinary men, and his ability in that area is really… I told Mom, but she didn’t believe me. I told the doctor, and the doctor said it’s an illness that needs to be treated, but how could I dare to tell Brother Lu Yang?”

"Since I got pregnant, Brother Lu Yang has had to keep it to himself. It must have been very hard for him. If it were Sister Youyou..."

"Sigh, let's not think too much about it. I had thought about finding a sister to share the burden with me before. Now, no matter what the outcome is, whether it's a fake relationship or a real one, as long as it's not aimed at making me divorce Brother Lu Yang and taking my place as the mistress of the Lu family, that's fine."

Marry a man, marry a man, dress and eat.

Yin Mingyue was originally a peasant girl; she was very simple-minded and traditional.

A woman follows her husband wherever he goes, whether he's a chicken or a dog; if she marries a man, she'll follow him wherever he goes, even if he's a carrying pole.

Even if your future husband is a beggar or an old man, once you marry him, you must still abide by the three obediences and four virtues, and be a good wife and mother.

Of course, Yin Mingyue was lucky to have married such a capable man as Lu Yang. But because of this, she also naturally assumed that every penny Lu Yang earned belonged to her, since they were husband and wife, one entity. In the future, her children would naturally inherit their father's property. Therefore, she had to keep her position as the legal wife.

Call her vulgar or mercenary, it has nothing to do with whether she truly loves her brother Lu Yang.

To put it more realistically, what makes Qian Youyou so confident that she would openly admit to Lu Yang's wife that she had "borrowed sperm to have a child"?

It's because she has confidence.

The Qian Group's future inheritance of billions will belong to her future son. Whoever has a son with her will inherit this enormous fortune.

By clearly marking prices and being honest with everyone, he was also revealing his true feelings to Yin Mingyue, Lu Yang's legal wife, that his son would only bear the surname Qian and inherit the Qian family's fortune, and would not be an enemy of the son in Yin Mingyue's womb.

He might even become a helper for the child in her womb in the future, because they are, after all, half-brothers. As the saying goes, "Like father, like son," and "Brothers fight tigers together." Having a wealthy younger brother like this, who won't fight for the inheritance, isn't that a good thing?

Similarly, Yin Mingyue's quick agreement, without much consideration, was undoubtedly related to the Qian family's current situation, Qian Youyou's guarantee, and that enormous inheritance.

Parents who love their children plan far ahead for them; no one should treat anyone else as a fool.

During the Qingming Festival in Beijing, the air is still very dry. Sandstorms blowing from the Northwest blanket the entire sky, making everything appear gray and hazy.

Recently, Yin Mingzhu has been afraid to go to work without a mask in the morning, and even covers her entire face with a veil. Otherwise, after working all day, her nose and ears would be filled with mud and sand when she got home. It would be dirty enough, but her respiratory tract would not be able to stand it.

"Mom, who are you talking to on the phone?"

"Where's your sister?"

"Is there anything else wrong with her? Is she about to give birth?"

"Yes, she's about to give birth. The due date was after May Day, which is less than two months from today. But this brat just told me not to go back, which made me so angry. She looks down on me. You don't look down on me too, do you?"

"I don't mind you, but didn't your sister used to be very attached to you? You two lived under the same roof for several years, and even after you got married, you've still been with her for so long. Why does she suddenly seem so distant?"

Yin Mingzhu had just finished washing her hair. While drying it with a towel, she casually asked her mother these questions.

"That brat is so stubborn. She often doesn't say a word when she's being bullied. It's pitiful for me as her mother. Even if I want to help her, I don't know where to start!"

Ma Xiulan was already anxious, and her eldest daughter's words only reinforced this feeling, making her even more anxious, and she started pacing around the room.

"No, I need to buy a plane ticket."

Ma Xiulan was still worried about her youngest daughter. She had already suffered losses in this matter, and she couldn't let her youngest daughter suffer the same fate. She couldn't let some vixen snatch away the golden son-in-law she had worked so hard to raise.

"mom……"

Yin Mingzhu, with her long hair hanging straight down, wiped it with a dry towel while saying something hesitantly.

Ma Xiulan glanced at her eldest daughter, seemingly lost in thought, and suddenly asked, "Have you taken your annual leave?"

Yin Mingzhu suddenly stopped drying her hair, put down the towel, and shook her head: "Not yet, Mom, why are you asking?"

Ma Xiulan said decisively, "Then go ask for leave tomorrow and fly back with me. A week should be enough time. Although your sister didn't say anything on the phone, she must have encountered something that made her sad and troubled. You know... she doesn't have anyone around her who can give her advice. Besides us, who else can help her?"

Yin Mingzhu dared not look her mother in the eye, fearing that her mother would see through her thoughts. She whispered, "I'll listen to you, Mother... but I'm afraid it won't make a difference if we go back. Although my sister is timid, she's always been very determined. Once she makes a decision, nothing can change it. I'm afraid she simply won't listen to us..."

You're the same way, just stating your ID number here. You two sisters are cut from the same mold, and your personalities are actually quite similar.
A mother knows her daughter best, and Ma Xiulan was all too familiar with her eldest daughter's personality: she said one thing but meant another, and was stubbornly proud...

“She dares to do that, she’s even defied her. You’re the same. During the few days you’re back, do whatever Mom tells you to do, understand?”

Ma Xiulan had an idea in her mind, and this idea had been in the works for several years, even before that damned old man divorced her.

This time, the youngest daughter really ran into trouble, and she wanted to try again to see if it would work.

(End of this chapter)