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

Lu Yang's apologetic yet undeniable explanation pierced Zhao Xiaowan like a cold needle. She abruptly stopped pulling her hair, her tear-streaked face devoid of color under the pale light.

There was no anger.

Only deeper self-loathing and despair.

"I...I understand..."

Her voice was hoarse and broken, almost drowned out by heavy sobs, and her eyes stared blankly at the closed door behind Lu Yang.

“Youyou…and the child…are the most important…you…you should go out and be with her…don’t worry about me…”

Her body trembled violently as she tried to curl up deep under the covers, as if she wanted to bury herself and the terrible virus together, no longer having any courage to contact the outside world.

A muffled sob escaped from under the covers again, a utter and hopeless lament.

At this moment, she was more afraid of herself than anyone else, afraid that she might unintentionally hurt anyone, especially Youyou, who was pregnant and completely unaware of the situation, outside the door.

Lu Yang looked at the quilted blankets curled up in a ball and shaking incessantly on the bed, and sighed silently.

Sympathy, vigilance, and a barely perceptible sense of disgust intertwined in his mind.

He took one last look, made sure the other person didn't do anything rash, then turned around without hesitation and strode towards the door.

When his hand touched the cold doorknob, he paused for a second, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just pulled the door open forcefully.

"boom!"

The sound of the ward door opening startled Qian Youyou, who was pacing anxiously in the corridor.

She turned around abruptly, her pretty face, filled with grievance and dissatisfaction, freezing the moment she saw Lu Yang's expression.

She had never seen such a complex and solemn expression on Lu Yang's face before. It wasn't just worry, but more like the tension that comes from facing a huge threat.

"in the end……"

Qian Youyou had barely begun to speak when Lu Yang quickly closed the door behind him, shutting out the suppressed sobs from the ward.

He stepped forward, without answering, but with an undeniable force, he put his arm around Qian Youyou's waist and led her away from the ward.

"Lu Yang! What are you doing!" Qian Youyou was both embarrassed and annoyed by his sudden action. She protested in a low voice and struggled to stop.

She could feel the stiffness in his arm muscles; it was a defensive posture she had never seen before.

"Don't ask, come with me, let's go somewhere less crowded... This matter may not seem like a big deal, but it could ruin several families."

Lu Yang's voice was low and urgent, his sharp gaze sweeping over the medical staff and other patients passing by, as if he were on guard against an invisible danger. He deliberately emphasized the last half of his sentence, and felt Qian Youyou's body stiffen noticeably in his arms.

Make sure there are no people around.

He looked at the woman beside him, who was pregnant with his child, with a complicated expression. "Your sister-in-law's situation is complicated. You need to be prepared. Besides, it's not convenient for her to see you right now. As for your brother..."

What exactly is Xiao Jun's situation?

Have you been infected?

I'm afraid even Lu Yang himself can't say for sure. Only after the blood test and the test results can he decide whether the shadow of death over his head can be removed.

Therefore, there were some things that Lu Yang couldn't say out loud.

So, after thinking for a moment, he decided to hold off on saying anything for now. He helped the heavily pregnant Qian Youyou sit down on a plastic chair in the corridor and changed the subject, saying, "Your brother has gone to the Zhao family to pick up your nephew. Let's wait here for a while and talk about it when he gets here. There are some things I haven't figured out yet, and I'll only know after he arrives..."

Qian Youyou still looked puzzled.

But faced with Lu Yang's thoughtfulness, and clearly from his perspective, there were some things he found difficult to say.

So he suppressed his curiosity and a hint of worry.

With a forced smile, she said, "Yes, I'll listen to you, but... will my brother be able to get the person out safely?"

Ever since my brother and sister-in-law first got divorced, the Zhao family has been like a troublemaker, stirring things up and making things difficult for my brother, putting him in a very uncomfortable and awkward position in the marriage. The money-driven nature of the marriage has made him feel disgusted, and it has planted extremely abnormal hidden dangers in the marriage.

Moreover, the true colors of the men in the Zhao family, young and old, are as clear as day. Now, with the elder brother and sister-in-law going through their second divorce proceedings, it won't be easy for them to bring their nephew back after taking him to the Zhao family, unless…

Thinking of my sister-in-law's pale face just now.

Qian Youyou felt a vague unease in her heart.

Lu Yang shook his head, took her soft hand and held it in his palm, saying, "Don't worry, it should go smoothly."

Given the Zhao family's selfishness, once they learn that their married daughter has AIDS, they will inevitably feel immense fear and avoidance towards their grandson who has been in contact with her... If Xiao Jun can take advantage of this, he believes he won't be able to get the person out.

Qian Youyou blushed. Faced with Lu Yang's sudden intimate contact with her in public, she hurriedly looked around.

……

Xiao Jun drove quickly to the Zhao family's house.

On the way, fear, anger, despair, and worry for his son consumed him.

If it weren't for his background as a veteran, which forged an iron will...

He almost collapsed to the point where his hands and feet were so weak that he couldn't even drive or hold the steering wheel properly.

I was covered in sweat.

He parked his car outside the Zhao family villa. He thought his two brothers-in-law should have already run home. They had caused their sister to fall into the river, but he, as their brother-in-law, had also beaten them up. However, given the nature of his two brothers-in-law, if they really went home, they would definitely make false accusations against him, their brother-in-law, for bullying them. Moreover, given his parents-in-law's character, they would only side with their own son.

"You two bastards, if you dare to stop me again, I'll beat you to death!!"

Xiao Jun was already prepared to fight his two brothers-in-law again, even if it was his father-in-law in front of him. If he was not allowed to take his son away, he would not be polite. At this moment, his eyes were red, and he would kill anyone who stood in his way.

He stormed through the small garden in front of the villa, entered the villa, and followed his familiar sense of direction, climbing the spiral staircase in the first-floor living room to the second floor.

Surprisingly, so far, he hasn't encountered anyone trying to stop him; his father-in-law and several of his brothers-in-law seem to be out of the house.

He was successfully led to the nursery at the far end of the second floor. Pushing open the door, his son was crawling all over the room, while his mother-in-law was squatting several meters away from him, grinning. In one hand she held a greasy, half-eaten chicken leg, and in the other a rattle drum, which she was shaking from side to side, making a clapping sound, as if trying to entice her son to crawl toward her…

good chance.

He couldn't miss this opportunity. While his mother-in-law was still stunned by his sudden intrusion, he threw the test results at her. Amidst her shock, doubt, anger, and panic, he carefully picked up his son, Xiaoyu, and held him protectively in his arms. Only after letting out a sigh of relief did he have time to deal with his mother-in-law before leaving.

"Mom, you've seen the test results. I need to take Xiaoyu to the hospital right now so she can get a checkup too, just in case..." He didn't finish his sentence; it was bad luck.

Instead, she turned and walked towards the door, saying, "No matter what, Xiaowan and I will not get divorced again. Xiaoyu is our son. The outcome for Xiaoyu and me is still pending. If... Anyway, our family will never be separated again."

Mom, please talk to Dad and my two brothers-in-law. Tell them to stop trying to take advantage of their daughter and sister. I can forgive and forget what happened in the past; we can still be relatives. Otherwise…

"From now on, I, Xiao Jun, will have no relatives like you. My son will have no uncles, let alone maternal grandparents. I mean what I say."

Before anyone could react, he had already carried his son, Xiaoyu, out of the nursery.

"sand……"

The lab report fluttered down onto the wooden floor like a leaf.

Then came the incredulous, shrill voice of Xiao Jun's mother-in-law, Madam Zhao: "Ah... what a disaster!... How could this be? It's fake... It's absolutely fake, you brat! You come back here..."

She instinctively took a step forward, wanting to chase after him.

But upon reaching the door, fear of the significance of a positive HIV test result, and the terrifying contagiousness of the AIDS virus, stopped them there.

"My daughter, how could you be so disappointing? My daughter... you've caused your mother so much suffering... No, I have to go to the hospital for a full checkup..."

As the person in the Zhao family who had the most contact with her daughter and grandson Xiaoyu, she was clearly flustered.

Her daughter is alright; she's only eaten at the same table with her a few times. But she doesn't dare to think about what would happen if her grandson were also diagnosed, because she and the family's nanny have been taking care of him for the past few months.

And sometimes, because of a habit she developed in the past, she likes to feed her grandson things she has chewed herself, such as chicken legs or apple scraps.

She also ate the leftover milk and chicken legs that her grandson couldn't finish, adhering to the older generation's principle of not wasting food. She didn't want the nanny to eat them, as they were all high-end products and imported milk was expensive.

"Old man, come back quickly! Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened at home!"

She grabbed her bag and rushed out the door, crying and shouting for her parents. After going downstairs, before the driver brought the car, she quickly called her husband.

Tell Zhao's father, the head of the Zhao family, about this terrible thing.

"What the hell are you yelling about?"

"What are you yelling about, you old hag?"

"I'm busy right now... It's nothing serious, I'll talk to you when I get back tonight..."

The scene on the other end of the phone must be very chaotic; you can hear many people talking.

The moment Mrs. Zhao got through on the phone, before she could even finish speaking, Mr. Zhao on the other end became very impatient. Perhaps he hadn't heard her clearly, and instead launched into a torrent of complaints before the call ended with a "beep beep."

They didn't give Madam Zhao any time to explain herself.

It made her unable to cry even though she wanted to.

He wanted to vent his anger but had nowhere to do it, so he felt very frustrated. In the end, he decided to put the phone down and hurriedly left the house.

Never mind, I'll go to the hospital for a blood test first!

Zhao's Company...

Similar to the situation on the phone, the scene was a mess and noisy.

It's no wonder that Zhao's father lost his patience and lashed out at his wife on the phone.

He was indeed very busy at the moment, extremely busy, because since noon...

The company was suddenly hit by a power outage and water cut-off.

Before he could even react, the fire department and the tax authorities came to his door one after the other. The fire department was alright, only asking him to make some rectifications, but the tax department had something else to say. Before he and his two sons could even get to the company, these people had already unreasonably searched and confiscated all the company's accounting books, and even moved the computers from the company's finance office...

Isn't that obvious?

It's obvious that someone wants to get back at the Zhao family!
It was infuriating that he made many phone calls and used all sorts of connections, but all he encountered were excuses and evasions, or vague answers. No one was willing to lend a hand, and he couldn't even get the truth out of them, no matter how many connections he used.

When these people received benefits from the Zhao family, they called each other brothers and thumped their chests loudly, promising to come to them whenever they needed help. But when trouble actually arose and they needed their help, they all made excuses and none of them could be of any assistance.

Let me ask...

How could he not get angry?

Can't we stop being as anxious as ants, running around in circles?

What does it mean?
This means that the Zhao family has really messed with someone they can't afford to offend this time; the other party is here to destroy them...

"Clap!"

"You two little bastards, what stupid thing did you do today? Tell me quickly, did you offend someone? Speak up!"

The Zhao family's record was already questionable, and their account books were taken away by the tax authorities without warning.

Let's say that.

The Zhao family doesn't have much time left to deal with this unexpected event.

As for Lao Zhao, he never looks for the cause within himself. After looking around at the people under his command in the surrounding companies, he finally chose his two sons.

For no other reason than that it makes me angry just looking at it.

So Zhao Wen and Zhao Wu, the two brothers from the Zhao family, didn't lose out by taking those two slaps. The two brothers covered their faces, which were red from the slaps, and for a moment... they stammered... not knowing what to say.

He said he didn't do much that day, except chased his older sister all the way, forced her to jump off a bridge, and then got a beating from his brother-in-law who came to pick him up.

I'm afraid that won't work!

It's fine to talk about it in private, since Father doesn't like my sister and even less so my brother-in-law anyway. Taking away my sister and brother-in-law's property to enrich the Zhao family is something Father is happy to see. It's just that talking about this in front of so many people at the company...

They weren't stupid. If they actually said it, they were afraid that not only would they get slapped for nothing, but Old Zhao might also be so angry that he'd want to beat them both to death on the spot...

the other side.

Xiao Jun carried his bewildered son straight to the hospital. (End of Chapter)