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

The scene on the bridge seemed to freeze in an instant.

Xiao Jun's mind went blank for days. The anger he had been suppressing, the humiliation of being cuckolded, and the resentment of being schemed against by the Zhao family were like a powder keg that had been ignited.

He threw all his rationality, his company's listing, and his bullshit about being cuckolded to the winds!
All he could see were those two beasts who had stirred up trouble and driven his sister to jump off the bridge!
"Fuck your mother!!" A thunderous roar drowned out all the noise.

Like a lion that had been completely enraged, Xiao Jun smashed through the crowd blocking his way and rushed to his two brothers-in-law in a few steps.

Zhao Xiaowan's two younger brothers were clearly not expected that Xiao Jun would suddenly appear, let alone that he would dare to make a move in public. Their smug smiles froze instantly, replaced by astonishment and fear.

"Brother-in-law, you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Jun's fist, accompanied by the sound of wind, slammed hard into his brother-in-law Zhao Wu's chin!
"boom!"

A dull thud of flesh and bone colliding rang out, and Zhao Wu screamed and staggered backward.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Jun turned around and kicked Zhao Wen, his brother-in-law, hard in the stomach as Zhao Wen tried to pounce on him!
Zhao Wen groaned and curled up on the ground like a shrimp, clutching his stomach.

"You two beasts!!"

Xiao Jun's eyes were bloodshot; he wanted to fight again.

A gasp erupted from the crowd.

However, in the midst of this chaotic moment, an unexpected change occurred!
Zhao Xiaowan, who was already on the verge of collapse and despair by the bridge railing, was jolted by Xiao Jun's sudden appearance and outburst.

She trembled violently, her legs were already weak and unsteady, and she was completely shocked by this sudden change and lost her balance!

"what--!"

A short, sharp scream pierced the air.

Zhao Xiaowan's body, like a kite with a broken string, fell backward and straight into the calm water below the bridge, amidst the horrified gazes of the crowd on the bridge!

"Xiao Wan—!!"

Xiao Jun's eyes were bloodshot with rage; all his fury and resentment towards his wife were instantly replaced by boundless fear.

Without thinking, almost instinctively, he rushed to the edge of the bridge and jumped down without hesitation, following the falling figure!
The icy river water swallowed the two of them instantly.

"Oh no, someone jumped into the river!"

"Quickly, bring a bamboo pole! Let's find one."

"Who can swim? Hurry up and save them! Don't just stand by and watch, you grown men!"

"Where are those two young men? Weren't they supposed to be that girl's brothers? Why didn't they go down to save her? They just ran away."

"He's probably been knocked senseless."

"Who is this guy? He's so strong! He took down two grown men with just a few punches and kicks, and then jumped in to save people without hesitation. He's a modern-day Lei Feng!"

"But I think I just heard the two young men who got beaten up call him 'brother-in-law.' Is it a family conflict?"

"Alright, young man, stop gossiping and hurry up and think of a way to save them, or it will be too late."

"How can we save them? Should you go down?"

"Me? I'm a sixty-year-old man, and you're a young man. You want me to jump off this bridge that's at least three or four meters above the water? You're up to no good. Young man, don't go. Explain yourself. Are you trying to harm this old man?"

"What are you doing? Don't pull my clothes, I was just kidding."

At this moment, chaos erupted on the bridge. Some people were kind enough to want to help, while others were just there to watch the excitement and wanted to call the police to find Uncle Hat. But in the end, they were too far away to help the immediate crisis.

There was only one person.

Xiao Jun's driver, who was also a veteran and Xiao Jun's comrade-in-arms, not only worked as a driver but also as a bodyguard. He saw the landlady fall into the river from a distance and rushed out immediately. He took a detour and went down the riverbank from the bridge. He also grabbed a bamboo pole that local residents used to hang clothes outside a house by the roadside.

Under the bridge.

The river was not rushing, but it was icy cold.

Xiao Jun swam with all his might toward the struggling Zhao Xiaowan.

In the chaos, the two tangled and struggled in the water, and Zhao Xiaowan nearly lost consciousness after choking on water.

Driven by a strong will to survive and compassion for his wife, Xiao Jun, despite still harboring resentment, clung to her tightly and struggled desperately toward the shore, remembering that she was the mother of his child.

"Boss, quick, grab this bamboo pole, I'll pull you ashore..."

Finally, the agile driver, a former soldier, arrived and the two were pulled ashore safely.

Zhao Xiaowan only choked on a few mouthfuls of water.

Xiao Jun was exhausted.

Seeing that some curious people were starting to walk around from the bridge to this side of the riverbank, and that some passersby were taking pictures with cameras they happened to have in their cars, Xiao Jun, with all his might, picked up his wife, whose body was ice-cold and weak...

The driver and he had a great understanding.

They realized that their boss wanted to keep a low profile and didn't want their identity to be exposed.

He quickly turned around and ran ahead of the boss to back the car out from the bridge and park it on the side of the road. Then Xiao Jun carried Zhao Xiaowan, and the two of them climbed up the riverbank, both of them soaking wet.

The driver helped open the car door.

The two of them worked together to put the weakened Zhao Xiaowan into the car.

Before the noisy crowd of onlookers could get close, the vehicle had already turned around, floored the gas pedal, and sped away, leaving behind a trail of exhaust fumes...

On the way, Xiao Jun glanced at his wife next to him, whose face was pale and who was occasionally spitting out dirty water with her eyes closed.

I was too soft-hearted for a moment.

He said to the driver in the front seat, "Brother Yong, please take us to the hospital first."

With her eyes closed and her body extremely weak, Zhao Xiaowan forced herself to open her eyelids. She opened her mouth, about to say "No need," but then spat out a mouthful of dirty water that she had swallowed.

She felt extremely uncomfortable, and even her face became contorted.

I really didn't have the strength to speak.

She simply closed her eyes again, but tears silently streamed down her face. Perhaps she was thinking that in the critical moment, only her husband jumped into the river to save her without a second thought, while her two younger brothers not only didn't think about saving her, but also ran away immediately.

Xiao Jun saved her out of instinct and responsibility, but seeing her being forced to jump into the river, and her previous actions on the phone such as "swallowing the IOU" and "never getting a divorce even if it means death," made his hatred and humiliation less intense and more complex.

Seeing her pained and sad expression, and the way she silently shed tears, my heart ached as if it were being torn apart.

He may still not be able to forgive the infidelity, but the common enemy of the "Zhao family" and this life-or-death experience have temporarily overshadowed the internal conflicts between the couple. That's all.

If we're not going to separate, then we won't.

He thought for a moment, took out his phone, and found it was waterlogged and wouldn't turn on. He then asked the driver in the front seat for his phone and, relying on his memory, dialed the number of his close friend and older brother, Mou Qizhong: "It's me. There's been a bit of an accident... My wife and I just fell into the river... Someone might have taken a picture. My brother-in-law should still be with you, right? You two need to think of something and make sure you can suppress the news..."

Fortunately.

Thankfully, it's the 90s now.

Although carriages and horses are now very fast, information is still transmitted very slowly, especially information with some video content.

The phone also doesn't have a camera function.

Not everyone can have a camera, and the media are all official, with no private media. So it's enough to block a few channels of dissemination. But ten or twenty years from now, it will be much more difficult to contain the spread of this news.

In the tea room, Mu Qizhong was stunned when he received Xiao Jun's call; he hadn't expected such a turn of events.

However, being shrewd and calculating, he quickly realized that Xiao Jun was probably no longer able to get a divorce this time.

She met Lu Yang's gaze.

Shuangshuang started calling her network of contacts again, determined to cover up the news before it spread or made the news.

Just in case.

Although it's unlikely, according to Xiao Jun, there were only one or two people taking pictures with cameras on the bridge, and they were far away, so they might not be able to get a clear picture of him and his wife's faces.

However, his wife had stood on the bridge for a long time beforehand and even had an argument with his two younger brothers-in-law...

Have to guard against it.

After finishing his work and putting down his phone, Mu Qizhong said cheerfully, "This time, this kid probably can't escape. He can forget about getting a divorce, and we can rest easy now."

Thinking of his close friend, who was much older than him, and how he would probably be cuckolded for life, he felt a mix of sadness, sympathy, and a strange, secret thrill...

That's really shameless of him. It's a shame that Xiao Jun keeps calling you "older brother".

Lu Yang rolled his eyes at him: "What's there to be happy about? Whether we get divorced or not won't affect the listing process. At most, it'll just cause a little trouble."

As he spoke, he stood up and said, "Let's go to the hospital. We're friends, so we should go and see them."

Mu Qizhong stood up behind him, his expression slightly embarrassed, and he couldn't help but slap his own mouth: Serves you right for being so talkative.

He didn't mean it.

It wasn't that I was just there to watch the show; I actually felt a little bit of sympathy for what Brother Xiao and his wife had just described on the phone, but I just couldn't help it.

The crucial point is that these two are now genuine relatives. Strictly speaking, only Mu Qizhong is an outsider. To mock someone's brother-in-law in front of his own brother-in-law... shouldn't he... slap himself a couple of times?

As Lu Yang walked ahead, he was still wondering whether he should tell Qian Youyou, who was currently at home resting and taking care of her pregnancy, about this.

Because it might not be possible to keep it a secret.

This girl isn't easily fooled. Even though she's at home pregnant and the company is being managed by her in-laws, she still has informants around her, and people occasionally leak information to her from the outside world...

This matter has blown up so much that it almost resulted in a death. Before, it was just a secret agreement to prepare for divorce. After this incident, although he and Mu Qizhong helped to put pressure on the relevant parties through their respective connections to prevent the news from being published, they could only keep it a secret from ordinary people. People with social status and background would probably know about it by tomorrow.

"Sigh, who knows if someone might tell on us to this girl!"

"If I don't tell her, this girl will hear the news from someone else and she'll probably blame me for keeping it from her, making me look bad in the end. Oh well, it's better to guide than to suppress. I'll tell her anyway. With me by her side, nothing should happen."

Make some decisions.

After Lu Yang went downstairs, he parted ways with Mu Qizhong.

Let Mu Qizhong go to the hospital first.

He then turned around and went to Qian Youyou's villa to pick her up.

Half an hour later...

Lu Yang brought Qian Youyou, who was heavily pregnant, to the hospital registration hall.

"Slower."

Lu Yang helped her up and said, "Don't rush, it's no use rushing. Didn't I tell you beforehand? If your sister-in-law is fine, then your brother is even finer. Bringing your sister-in-law to the hospital is just in case, after all, she swallowed some dirty river water, so she needs to be checked out."

Qian Youyou, who had become much more plump than before, rolled her eyes at him and said, "I haven't even questioned you about hiding my brother and sister-in-law's secret divorce from me... My sister-in-law cheated on me, my brother hid it from me, and you hid it from me too..."

Lu Yang opened his mouth as if to speak.

He thought to himself: This is even more unjust than Dou E's case; I only found out this morning.

But then I thought: women, even when they're wrong, will still stand their ground, especially a pregnant woman. Pregnant women are the most important, so let it go, let it go, I'll just give in to her.

So he simply pretended to be deaf and dumb.

He rolled his eyes upwards, pretending not to hear.

"What about you?"

"What exactly are you planning to do about this?"

"Is my brother's prodigy CEO position really going to be taken away?"

Qian Youyou, cradling her swollen belly, remained relentless.

She kept saying things about caring for her brother.

Lu Yang's eyes darted around, and he pretended to be angry as he said, "Otherwise what? With such a big incident, if I don't remove him from his position as president, am I supposed to wait for the scandal to break out, causing chaos in the company and affecting the upcoming IPO? Don't you think about how many investors are watching this? If it falls through, it won't just be me who suffers the loss. Your Qian Group is also a shareholder, and this involves a business that could be worth tens of billions of US dollars. Do you think I'd be so reckless as to gamble on this because of your brother's ridiculous personal affairs?"

Qian Youyou's expression froze for a moment, and she stopped walking, her pregnant belly protruding.

He lowered his head and said, "I... I didn't mean to. I was only thinking about my brother and forgot that I should also think about you... I'm sorry... If you feel uncomfortable, then please handle this matter officially. My brother... he might really not be suitable to lead such a large company that is about to go public. I will persuade him to step down so as not to put you in a difficult position..."

"Just kidding."

Lu Yang suddenly interrupted her, stepped forward, took her hand, and winked at her, saying, "I'm confident I can minimize the impact of this matter. I've already made arrangements with the relevant parties. Just relax, stay home and take good care of yourself during your pregnancy, and I guarantee nothing will happen..."

Qian Youyou's heart skipped a beat. Looking into his eyes, she said, "You...you really didn't lie to me? You're not in a difficult position?"

Lu Yang feigned hesitation for a moment before nodding emphatically, "Yes, it's not difficult, I promise..."

Qian Youyou looked around and saw the hospital lobby bustling with people. Although deeply moved, she resisted the urge to throw herself into the man's arms. (End of Chapter)