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

Holding her phone, Yin Mingzhu felt like she must be going crazy.

"Mom, are you lying to me?"

"You silly girl, at a time like this, why would your mother need to lie to you?"

"But... my sister just gave birth, why did she leave her nice villa in Pengcheng and come to live in a courtyard house in Beijing?"

Because she didn't understand, she found it unbelievable, and more importantly, her mother didn't come along this time.

The birth of a grandson is such a joyous occasion. Shouldn't Mom stay by her sister's side at all times, taking care of the newborn grandson and helping her sister during her postpartum period?

"His mother came too."

"Who?"

"Your brother-in-law, Xiao Lu's biological mother, Ye Qiuyu, that woman who abandoned her son back then, still has the nerve to come and take care of her son's grandson? Does my grandson, Ma Xiulan's grandson, need a woman like her to take care of him?"

Yin Mingzhu's heart skipped a beat when she heard this.

Aunt Ye?
That was a very easy-going elder!
But Mom...

"Mom, did you two have a fight?" she whispered into the phone.

"Absolutely! This woman is just so antagonistic towards me. I say one thing, she says another. I suggested using the latest disposable diapers for the baby. They're high-tech and definitely better than traditional cloth diapers. They are a bit more expensive, but there's a reason for the higher price. We're not short of money. But this woman comes along and immediately contradicts me, insisting that disposable diapers aren't skin-friendly and that pure cotton cloth is better. She says we should change them more often and wash them to reuse them. Isn't she just making trouble for no reason?"

"And another thing, your mom isn't just wasting money. When it comes to food, the postpartum care package I ordered for your sister is both nutritious and balanced. It can't be too much or too little. You have to control her diet and ensure she has enough breast milk so she can get back in shape after the postpartum period. Otherwise, what if your brother-in-law dislikes her if she gets a big waist?"

"But his mother is absolutely unreasonable. Every day she would stew pig's feet, pig's stomach, and old hen for your sister, with a layer of yellow oil on top, and she would make your sister drink all the soup."

"Isn't that awful?"

"You can't refuse to drink it! It's obvious she's going to fatten your sister up like a pig. Yes, it'll help with milk production, but she'll still be a big fatso after her confinement period. Of course, your mother won't allow that. I'll go against her. If she makes one bowl, I'll secretly pour one bowl out. If she makes a whole pot, I'll secretly pour out a whole pot. Let's see what she can do to me..."

Yin Mingzhu felt a bit overwhelmed by what she heard.

What is all this nonsense? How did so much resentment suddenly build up in Mom's heart? Could it be because of the disagreement between the two mothers-in-law regarding postpartum care?

No, there must be another reason, but she hasn't thought of it yet.

Yin Mingzhu was very intelligent, not just ordinary intelligent. Moreover, she was quite adept at understanding women's thoughts and quickly came up with a possibility.

What possibilities?
This is a potential struggle for the right to speak.

What determines one's status within a family?
Naturally, this translates to the right to speak.

Moreover, both mothers-in-law live under the same roof, taking care of the same woman in postpartum confinement and her newborn baby. Although their relationships may be different—one is the maternal grandmother and the other the paternal grandmother—since her own mother happens to live with the young couple, she has effectively replaced her younger sister's paternal grandmother and the baby's paternal grandmother. But now that the real paternal grandmother and paternal grandmother have arrived, it's either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind; there is absolutely no possibility of peaceful coexistence.

I understood my mother's situation and thoughts.

Yin Mingzhu pondered for a moment and whispered, "I understand, Mom. Xin'er is also your niece. Since your brother-in-law and sister want to stay here for a while and avoid you two, then please go along with them and take good care of Xin'er at home. Don't mistreat your granddaughter just because you have a grandson, understand?"

She said with some unease.

It's impossible to blame Mom, because if she were in her mother's shoes, she would have done the same thing, and might even have gone even further.

Because I don't want to be bullied, I can only wrap myself up like a hedgehog, even if it accidentally hurts others...

It's someone else's bad luck.

Yin Mingzhu, in any case, would never mistreat herself just to consider the feelings of others.

“Good daughter, I knew you would understand your mother. Don’t worry, I will keep Lu’s mother from going to the capital and ruining your plans. She wants to leave me to take care of her grandson? No way.”

"Okay, Mom, I know, please stop talking."

Yin Mingzhu frowned and hung up the phone.

It's not that she doesn't understand her mother's thoughts, but she also knows that her brother-in-law is keeping a mistress in Pengcheng. However, she hasn't decided whether to ruin her sister's family happiness, especially since that guy is now very resistant to her.

The two sisters sharing a husband—a situation that outsiders would consider scandalous—was nothing unusual in Yin Mingzhu's eyes.

She just lives her own life and doesn't care what others say.

But the key point is how the younger sister feels.

She could always sense her sister's wariness towards her. If her sister didn't understand and firmly disagreed, what was the point of her doing this?

If the two sisters are not of one mind, not only will their mother's idea of ​​the sisters working together to keep that guy's heart completely impossible to achieve, but the two sisters may even start fighting amongst themselves. If they end up hurting each other, wouldn't that benefit other women outside?

"Hmph! It's all that guy's fault. He's turned bad now that he has money. I thought he was an honest guy. I was blind back then."

He stayed where he was and scolded Lu Yang for a while.

I vented a little.

Yin Mingzhu shook her head. "Never mind, I'll go take a look at the courtyard house first."

In any case, since my sister and brother-in-law have come to the capital, I, as their older sister, can't just not show up.

Besides, her sister had just given birth less than a month ago, and she was just going to see her newborn nephew, so that was a perfectly valid reason!

So neither her younger sister Yin Mingyue nor her brother-in-law Lu Yang, that annoying guy, had any reason to stop her from going over.

However, it is worth mentioning that after finishing get off work, Yin Mingzhu drove to the courtyard house that Lu Yang had bought.

Xiao Jun got off the plane.

Then I received a call from my younger sister, Qian Youyou.

"Sis, is something wrong? I'm busy."

"Where are you?"

"I'm in the capital!"

"What are you going to do in the capital?"

"Brother Mou, Lu Yang, and I came to Beijing to talk to the leaders of CCTV about some cooperation."

"why did not you tell me?"

"what?"

"Why didn't you tell me you were going to the capital? Are you still my brother?"

Qian Youyou's tone on the phone was clearly Beijing-like, and she wasn't very happy.

After talking for a while, Xiao Jun finally realized, "It's not your sister, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, I've already booked the plane tickets. Send me the address of your hotel later."

Listening to his sister's decisive manner on the phone, Xiao Jun felt something was amiss and asked in a low, worried voice, "Um... if I said we don't actually live together, will you be angry?"

After getting off the plane, Lu Yang left with his family without waiting for him and Mu Qizhong, without even coming to greet them, and without inviting them to stay at the courtyard house. The reason was simple: his wife was still in her postpartum period and it was inconvenient to entertain outsiders.

Lu Yang certainly wouldn't tell them these things outright; Xiao Jun was just guessing. But judging from his sister's tone, she was coming too, and he was worried that she might clash with that Lu guy's wife...

This is how to do?
"Since you don't know, I'm hanging up."

"Wait... don't hang up yet. I know, it's just that I didn't stay at his house..."

"Then send me his home address."

Xiao Jun whispered, "Little sister, do you want to see him for something? His wife just gave birth, and he's happy right now and on his wife's side. Don't do anything foolish."

"My affairs are none of your business."

Qian Youyou said on the phone, "Brother, you just need to take care of yourself. As for me, I won't do anything stupid. I have something to talk to him about... Okay, I'm hanging up now. I'm about to board the plane."

"Dudu...dudu..."

I heard a busy tone coming from the phone in my hand.

Xiao Jun's face showed a struggle. After thinking it over again and again, he decided to call Lu Yang.

This doesn't count as betraying his own sister.

Rather, it was out of concern for protecting his younger sister.

"Hey?"

"Is something wrong?"

Why are you calling me?

Lu Yang was standing in the middle of the courtyard, directing the cleaning staff to clean the entire courtyard.

Although people have continued to live here even after they left, and basic cleaning has always been done, it's never been as thorough as when they moved in.

No deep cleaning.

How can I feel comfortable letting my wife and son, who are still in their postpartum period, move in?

On the phone, Xiao Jun stammered, "Um, I gave your address to my sister...it should be okay, right?"

He deliberately concealed the fact that his sister had already boarded the plane, so as not to cause trouble for him if the guy on the other side found out.

Lu Yang didn't seem to take it seriously. "I said it, so I'll tell her to come over next time she's free. Is there anything else?"

"never mind."

Xiao Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

After hanging up the phone, he patted his chest and said, "It's okay, don't blame me. You said it was fine yourself. Don't blame me if something goes wrong later, I didn't warn you beforehand."

Lu Yang directed the cleaning staff to continue the thorough cleaning of the entire yard.

After receiving a call from Xiao Jun, he seemed to remember something he hadn't had time to do yet, but he couldn't remember what it was.

Forget it, forget it.

If he can't remember, he simply stops thinking about it.

After getting off the plane, Qian Youyou didn't know why.

Suddenly, I felt a sense of tension.

Is it because you're going to see that person?
Son of a bitch.

He doesn't keep his word.

Playing tricks on my aunt.

Don't let me find you. I... never mind, considering your son was just born, I'll give you face.

What is Qian Youyou angry about?
Lu Yang was furious that he hadn't kept his word. He had promised to give her the money as soon as his wife gave birth.

But what if we confess now?

Not only did he not have any money, but he also ran away with his wife and children. What is he going to do with her money?
Her father is still in the hospital.

To fulfill her father's wish, to hold his grandson before he died and to see the Qian family bloodline continue, so that the empire he had built would be inherited by someone.

otherwise……

The outcome is hard to say.

Qian Youyou knew how deeply her father held traditional beliefs, and she also knew that her uncles would often instill clan concepts in him. This time, the two sides had finally broken off relations and even sent a group of people to prison. But if she had to go back on her promise now, and her father's only dying wish to have a grandson would be dashed, who knew what the old man would do in the end?
Qian Youyou admitted that part of the reason was her concern that the Qian family's vast fortune might fall into the hands of outsiders.

But her feelings for that guy weren't fake either!

Why didn't she go to someone else to borrow sperm? Why did she have to go to him? It's because she only has feelings for him.

Besides, the two of them were only one step away from consummating their marriage and had already been intimate. Who else could she possibly choose?

What's infuriating is that he had a beautiful woman practically offering herself up, and he was completely unmoved, even standing her up. And to make matters worse, he took his family and fled Shenzhen. Can you believe it?
It made him almost insecure about his appearance.

So she vowed today to find this guy and get to the bottom of it: why was he hiding? Did he look down on her?
Drive the car to the entrance of the courtyard house.

Yin Mingzhu rolled down the car window, frowned, and looked at the scene of cleaning being carried out inside the open gate.

I knew I was early.

Then I parked the car, got out and looked around, and sure enough, I found a campervan quietly parked in the shade under the sycamore tree.

Yin Mingzhu's eyes lit up, and she ran over and knocked on the RV window. "Little sister, are you inside? I'm your older sister. Could you open the door for me? I have something to tell you."

It was indeed Yin Mingyue inside, holding a child in her arms and breastfeeding the baby. Besides her, there were two other women.

"Aunt Wu, please open the car door. It is definitely my sister outside."

Yin Mingyue pulled her bra up, temporarily refraining from breastfeeding the baby to prevent any possible accidental exposure.

After all, once the door is open, who knows if other people might walk by?
"Sister, why are you here?"

After getting into the car, Yin Mingzhu picked up her little nephew and said proudly, "I am now in a position of power, so please take back what you just said. What do you mean, 'Sister, why are you here?' As your older sister, can't I take the time to come and see my own sister? Look at you, you've lost weight after giving birth."

Yin Mingyue said with a bitter face, "But I feel like I've gained weight. Mom even said I've gotten a lot fatter. Only you, sister, say I'm thin." (End of Chapter)