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

The lights were dim in the State Guest Suite of the Great Wall Hotel late at night.

The warmth on Lu Yang's lips had not yet dissipated, and the anticipation and intoxication in Qian Youyou's eyes were still clear.

Just as their breaths mingled, as if to prolong this blissful state into eternity...

"Dudu...dudu..."

The phone rang abruptly at an inopportune moment, sounding particularly jarring in the quiet bedroom.

It was Lu Yang's personal cell phone, which he had left on the living room sofa.

Qian Youyou's body stiffened noticeably, and the romantic atmosphere that had just been created instantly dissipated. A hint of disappointment and tension flashed across her eyes.

Especially when she realized that Lu Yang had left her.

She turned around...

Bury your head in the pillow.

I dare not face what I am worried about right now, what might happen.

Yes, the man beside her had promised her after taking her last night that he would dedicate all his time to her, except for business and discussing advertising placements with CCTV leaders.

The man next to me wasn't planning on leaving the house this morning.

I want to dedicate the entire day to her.

She pretended to be generous and told the other party to focus on work.

She also said she was exhausted and needed to rest.

She also said that he was like a bull, not caring about her at all, and that he had tormented her a lot last night. She even forced him to get out of bed to do his business by pushing open his chest with both hands.

As a result, Lu Yang was happy, and his self-esteem was greatly satisfied.

Let her go.

I'm going out to take care of some important business.

But in reality, after Lu Yang left, she felt very uneasy and empty. Because of the change in her mindset after losing her virginity, she especially needed someone by her side to take care of her.

And this person should ideally be the man who just deflowered her and took her body.

But what can I do? I have a sharp tongue.

Lu Yang just left.

She started to regret it.

Tears soaked her pillow, especially as she worried that Lu Yang might not come back at noon. What if that man abandoned her in the hotel and left her there?
She finally managed to drift off to sleep, exhausted, but when she woke up at noon, she felt like the sky was falling.

Because Lu Yang didn't come back!
Thankfully, it was just a false alarm. After taking a shower, changing into that stinky guy's plaid shirt, and dressing herself up nicely, she waited and waited, hungry and hungry...

Finally, Lu Yang returned.

The feeling of regaining what was lost was indescribable. She was so excited that she almost cried, but she hid her true feelings with a playful and cute demeanor, afraid that this rascal would see through her.

And then they mocked her.

Because that jerk is absolutely capable of doing it.

This jerk isn't exactly a chivalrous person. The reason I fell for him wasn't because of his chivalry towards women, but because of his abilities and because he's a truly upright and honorable man.

As long as a man has the ability, no matter what field he dominates, he will always attract the admiration of women who admire strength.

Yes, she admitted that she was also a woman who admired strength, just like she had idolized her father when she was a child. As she grew up, she thought she would never meet a man as great as her father again, until she met this guy beside her...

This guy never pretends to be nice to himself.

She was completely different from the men around her who flaunted their wealth, were childishly boring, did nothing right, yet still tried to please her and do everything they could to marry her.

She knew exactly what those people were up to, and naturally wouldn't fall for their tricks.

But this guy...

At first, she actually disliked him quite a bit, thinking that he didn't respect women enough. There was even a misunderstanding between them because a female student from the same school tried to seduce him, but he tricked her...

So until she graduated, even though she knew this guy was the boss of her good friend from school, she never thought she would have any further contact with him.

But fate was playing a cruel joke on her.

Two years later, when she graduated and returned to Shenzhen, she began to get involved in the family business. Then one day, because of her brother...

There is a person in his early twenties, about the same age as you, sister. He started from scratch and amassed assets worth over 20 million in just a few years.

I must introduce this young talent to you, my sister.

And so, this guy suddenly barged into my world again.

This time, however, the impression left on me is completely different from the one I had a few years ago.

The two often met to discuss business matters due to their business dealings.

This guy has an incredibly sharp business sense, and when discussing cutting-edge technologies, he has a keen insight. Often, a single sentence can hit the nail on the head, leaving people no choice but to agree with his point of view...

Over time, she became afraid, afraid that she would fall for him and become hopelessly in love with him.

but……

She ultimately failed to escape.

She buried her head under the pillow not for any other reason, but simply because she was afraid that she would speak up and try to stop the other person from leaving.

That would mean she would lose completely.

Because before, she at least had a self-deceiving excuse: she could say that she didn't want the other person as a person, but rather his body, using his excellent genes to reproduce and fulfill her father's requirement that she inherit the Qian family business.

She wasn't a mistress.

Everyone is just making a deal.

Although it was just self-deception, she hoped to continue deceiving herself, so that at least when she faced Sister-in-law Mingyue in the future, she wouldn't feel inferior to her.

Lu Yang also noticed her reaction.

However, they did not notice her inner thoughts and conflicting feelings at that moment.

Instead, he frowned, looking somewhat displeased.

Instead of Qian Youyou, who lay sprawled on the bed with her head buried under the pillow, he was the one who was being confronted.

Instead, he was thinking about the incessantly ringing phone in the living room, and the person calling him in the dead of night.

"Who is it?"

He never imagined that this person was Mingyue.

Before leaving home today, he had discussed with Mingyue that if he didn't go back tonight, he definitely wouldn't go back to sleep.

It's like giving the two sisters the space in the courtyard house.

Mingyue, having followed him for so many years, knows his personality very well.

They would never call at this hour, in the middle of the night.

If you're going to call, you should call earlier; you should call before dinner.

His sister-in-law is also staying in the courtyard today. I guess Mingyue knows that I don't get along with her sister, which is why she didn't call me before dinner to ask if I was coming home for dinner. It's almost one or two in the morning now, how could she possibly call at this time?
Lu Yang didn't even bother to put on his underwear. Since there were no outsiders around, he got up, opened the door, walked to the living room, and picked up his coat from the sofa.

He pulled out his old mobile phone, pressed the answer button, and said bluntly, "You'd better have a legitimate reason to call me, something serious, otherwise I'll block your number. I'm telling you, even Jesus couldn't stop me."

The main thing was the number display; he could tell at a glance that it wasn't his wife calling from home.

Otherwise, if he were so confident, he wouldn't have made such a definitive statement before even confirming who was on the other end of the phone. Because whoever it was, as long as it wasn't his wife, why would she dare call and bother him so late at night…

He almost spat out his saliva, so he won't let it go easily.

Why are you being so fierce?

"It's so late, do you even have a sense of time? Why aren't you back yet?"

“Mingyue spoils you and never cares about your mischief outside because she’s timid and used to being wronged since she was little. But you can’t just bully her like that just because she’s easy to bully. Do you even have the responsibility of a father and a husband?”

"speak!"

"I'm asking you something."

"Are you mute?"

"Lu Yang, stop playing dumb. I know you're still listening. Say something! Why aren't you coming back?"

"Are you seeing someone else?"

"They even chased us all the way to the capital! How infuriating! Which little vixen is so shameless?"

"Fine, you're not going to say anything, right?"

"Then let that little vixen speak. She's got the guts to steal men, but she doesn't dare admit it. Shameless! Don't let me catch her. If I do, I'll tear her mouth apart..."

"I'm furious."

Lu Yang's face turned pale and then red.

Several times he wanted to argue with the woman across from him, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know what to say. Every word she said, although extremely arrogant, was also extremely... how to say it... reasonable, so reasonable that he couldn't find any reason to refute her.

"Yin Mingzhu, aren't you being too nosy?"

Lu Yang said through gritted teeth.

"Oh, you've finally spoken. I thought you were mute."

Yin Mingzhu wouldn't believe his nonsense.

On the phone, she sarcastically said to him, "What, you think you can do it? Don't you believe what others say? Did I expose your little scheme, and now you're getting angry?"

Lu Yang laughed angrily: "What little schemes do I have? It's you who's probably up to something, isn't it? If you hadn't stayed at my place tonight, would I have stayed out all night?"

Anyway, we've already torn off all pretense of civility.

Then nobody will have an easy time.

On the phone, Yin Mingzhu said angrily, "You're shameless."

"Lu Yang, have you no shame?"

Her voice was trembling with sobs, which showed just how agitated she was.

Can we blame Lu Yang for this?

Originally, everyone was fine, but this woman insisted on tearing off all the masks everyone was wearing.

All right.

it's good now.

Lu Yang never intended to be a principled good person in his reborn life.

Because being a good person is too tiring.

Only by setting aside principles and following your heart, doing whatever you feel at the moment, can you gain the greatest freedom.

If rebirth doesn't even allow one to embrace freedom, then what is the point of rebirth?
Let him be a scumbag.

But the woman opposite him clearly had the same idea and wanted to cheat on him.

Whether it's for some ulterior motive—wanting to rekindle old flames, or because she regrets her decision after seeing his success and is envious of her younger sister's good life—

It doesn't matter which possibility it is. What matters is that Lu Yang has seen through her little scheme. Although he hasn't had a chance to act yet, it's already done. Even she herself hasn't been able to maintain her moral purity, so what right does she have to stand on the moral high ground and turn around and accuse him of being a womanizer?
If the person on the other end of the phone was Mingyue, Lu Yang would immediately admit his mistake and rush back, trying every possible way to make her happy.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs"...

Yin Mingzhu is not qualified enough to criticize Lu Yang.

"Are you finished?"

Whether I have a sense of shame or not is none of your business.

Who are you to me?

"talk……"

"Why don't you speak?"

"Aren't you very talkative?"

Yin Mingzhu was speechless after being rebuked by Lu Yang's words.

She wanted to say, "I... I have no right to tell you what to do, but shouldn't Mingyue have some authority? I'm her older sister, can't you... can't you at least show me some respect?"

It was something that happened between the two of them in the past. She was indeed at fault first; she was the one who abandoned Lu Yang first. Some words that were on the tip of her tongue were ultimately swallowed back down.

As a result, even the subsequent questions about accountability began to soften.

Lu Yang ignored her softness and continued to mock her, "Oh, so you know you're just my wife's sister. If you hadn't said that, I would have thought you were my wife. You're so nosy. The Pacific Ocean is uncovered, why don't you go and put a lid on it?"

Yin Mingzhu's face turned pale and then red.

That's exactly the feeling. All those sarcastic remarks she made to Lu Yang were returned to her verbatim by Lu Yang.

"Get out of here, get out of here, I'm never talking to you again. You'd better not come back, you might as well die out there."

"Dudu..."

I was so angry that I hung up the phone.

As for whether he fell or not, and whether he was injured, Lu Yang didn't know.

We'll only know the result when we get back tomorrow.

I had a random argument with this woman over the phone.

Although he won the argument in the end.

But Lu Yang wasn't particularly happy. Instead, he was hesitating whether to call his wife at this moment.

Because he couldn't be sure whether Yin Mingzhu, whom he had angered, would go upstairs and wake up his wife to complain about him.

Who are you arguing with?

"That just now...wasn't that your wife?"

"Why don't you just go back..."

Because Yin Mingzhu and Yin Mingyue have similar voices.

In addition, Qian Youyou was not familiar with Yin Mingzhu.

She had been waiting in the bedroom for a long time, and especially after hearing what sounded like Lu Yang arguing with someone in the living room, she couldn't help but put on a thin gauze coat and come out of the bedroom.

Lu Yang shook his head.

He put the phone in his pocket, turned around, and hugged Qian Youyou, who looked unusually frail at the moment, saying, "It's okay, she's just a crazy woman, deliberately calling to get yelled at. We don't need to pay her any attention." (End of Chapter)