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

As the morning sun shone through the glass windows of the high-rise buildings in the bustling city center, the floating dust was clearly visible.

Yin Mingzhu slept soundly through the night without any dreams. With the 500 million yuan in funding secured, the heavy weight on her chest seemed to have been lifted, and much of her anxiety about the future dissipated as well.

She got up briskly, dressed herself carefully, and saw that she had shed yesterday's disheveled appearance. Her eyes regained their familiar, ambitious light.

"Mom, are you ready? We'll head over as soon as the bank opens."

Yin Mingzhu urged Ma Xiulan, who was still slowly drinking her porridge, to hurry up.

"What's the rush? The bank isn't going to run away."

As Ma Xiulan spoke, she quickened her pace, her face showing a sense of satisfaction in supporting her daughter. "I feel at ease transferring the money to you. You must work hard and show those who look down on us what they're made of!"

"Don't worry, Mom, I'll definitely succeed this time!"

Yin Mingzhu confidently took her mother's arm. "Once the money arrives, I'll contact an agency to list this small apartment. Our household registrations are still in our hometown, so it's perfect for starting a business there. Costs are lower, and we have good connections. I'll go to Beijing first to settle things with the advertising company and figure out what to do next. Then I'll come back to pick you up. You can just come with me and enjoy your retirement. Trust me, your daughter. We'll definitely live a better life than before."

As she spoke, she rested her head on her mother's shoulder.

My heart is filled with happiness.

"Alright, alright, I'll do whatever you say from now on, even though I'm an old woman."

Ma Xiulan patted her eldest daughter's hand and smiled as she spoke.

The bank procedures were completed exceptionally smoothly.

When the teller handed the passbook containing a huge sum of money back to Yin Mingzhu, her fingertips turned slightly white from the force, but her heart felt like a sail filled with wind. As she walked out of the bank, the sunlight was dazzling, but she felt exceptionally warm.

This money was her only capital to turn her life around, and also her most powerful weapon to retaliate against her "ungrateful" sister and brother-in-law.

"I'll go see the real estate agent this afternoon about the house," Yin Mingzhu said, calculating. "Mom, are you really not considering the money you have in the stock market..."

"Oh dear, you child, how many times have I told you!"

Ma Xiulan interrupted her playfully, saying confidently, "That's the hen I'm keeping to lay golden eggs! Look how well I did a few years ago! Don't worry, Mom knows what she's doing. Once this market picks up, I might be able to scrape together a few million for you!"

She patted her daughter's hand, her face radiating blind confidence.

Looking at her mother's resolute expression, Yin Mingzhu swallowed back the words that were about to come out.

Well, that money will be mine sooner or later anyway, so it won't hurt for Mom to "play" with it for a few more days.

The most urgent task is to return to Beijing as soon as possible, clean up the mess at the advertising company, and then launch her second entrepreneurial venture.

This time, she will no longer trust anyone. So-called partners will help you when you are successful, but when you are down on your luck, they will only stab you in the back, and some will even stab you in the back.

"Alright then, Mom. Just keep a close eye on things. I'll go buy a plane ticket back to Beijing as soon as possible."

Yin Mingzhu took out a brochure printed by the airport from her bag and began to check the flight schedule.

Shenzhen, the place that had caused her such a terrible setback, was a place she didn't want to stay in for even a moment longer. A new battlefield awaited her in her hometown.

……

"Honey, Mom's gone too."

"When did you leave?"

"Just yesterday, my sister flew over from Beijing again and came to our house. I guess she wanted to apologize, but she was too embarrassed to do so. And then she ran into my little sister Youyou there too, and they had a little argument. My sister said a lot of hurtful things, and I..."

"I bet you're definitely biased towards reason and not family, and my mother-in-law thinks you're siding with outsiders. In a fit of anger, she ran off with her eldest daughter, whom she's always thought was successful?"

"Ah."

Yin Mingyue sounded very down on the phone.

My mother didn't come home all night last night.

This morning, the cleaning lady, Aunt Yang, came to tell her again that many seasonal clothes were missing from her mother's room. She immediately went to check and found that not only were seasonal clothes missing, but also the jewelry box in the hidden compartment under the dressing table was gone.

It was a jewelry box made of sandalwood in the style of the Republic of China era.

It's been around for quite a while.

It was a gift her husband won at a charity auction held by a small circle of entrepreneurs, and she then used it to give to her mother, whose eyes lit up when she saw the jewelry box.

I remember my mother was overjoyed. She took out all the jewelry she had accumulated over the years, cleaned each piece thoroughly, and separated them into this new antique sandalwood jewelry box. She said she would keep these things and, when she passed away, she would pass the jewelry box and the gold and silver jewelry inside to the next generation of the family's little princess.

At that moment, her daughter Lu Xin'er was right next to her, raising her little hand high and saying, "Grandma, Grandma, I am the little princess, Xin'er is the little princess."

"You got it right, you little glutton. But I can't give it to you now. I'll wait until your grandma is too old to walk and can't use it anymore before I pass it on to you."

The mother's expression at that moment was filled with love for her daughter, Lu Xin'er.

In addition, my mother really liked that sandalwood jewelry box at the time. She held it in her arms and treasured it. She would smell the sandalwood fragrance that naturally emanated from it. She even joked that she would collect the jewelry with my mother. When they had collected a full box of jewelry, they would open it and see all the colorful and sparkling pieces. She said that when they got old, they would pass it on to their daughter, which would definitely be a great surprise for her.

Oh, right, I remember there were a few savings slips my mother had saved up at the bottom of the jewelry box. She mentioned one of them recently. It was the first 100 million yuan she earned by investing in the stock market for several years with the more than 500 million yuan she received in her divorce settlement with my father. She wanted to save it up.

She also said: "I have enough money for your retirement. If you two don't live well in the future, you can take some from your mother. If you both live well, after your mother passes away, this money will be divided equally between you two sisters."

Yin Mingyue felt a lump in her throat.

I couldn't help but want to cry again. My mother is really gone this time, taking her precious jewelry box with her. She will never come back.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault, husband..."

Lu Yang heard her sobbing.

"fine."

Yin Mingyue wiped away her tears: "I'm just worried that she's not doing well, that she's not eating or dressing warmly, and that she misses our Da Bao and Xiao Bao. Last night before bed, Da Bao was still talking about why Grandma doesn't come to tell her bedtime stories anymore. She misses Grandma."

Lu Xin'er is 5 years old this year. Except for the time before she was 1 year old, when she was put to sleep by Lu Yang and his wife, she has been put to sleep by her maternal grandmother, Ma Xiulan, since she was 1 year old.

Although a nanny helps take care of her, the person closest to her is clearly not the nanny, nor Lu Yang and his wife, but her maternal grandmother, Ma Xiulan, who tells her Little Red Riding Hood stories every night to lull her to sleep. What does a child understand???
Lu Yang smiled wryly and said, "Didn't you call your mother and coax her to move back in?"

Yin Mingyue let out a soft snort: "It's no use trying to coax her. She's made up her mind this time. She even secretly took away the little money she had saved for her funeral."

She was both annoyed and amused when she talked about it.

She could have openly taken all the valuables, but her mother chose to secretly move everything in advance. Did she think that her daughter would covet her retirement money?

Only 500.

It's not 500 million.

She shook her head: "Honey, you should focus on your work. I'll take care of things here in Pengcheng. My mom has money around her. I even had someone check and found out that she has a registration record at the housing management bureau. Behind our backs, she actually owns a property in Pengcheng. My mom is actually very shrewd. When she and my dad opened the furniture factory together, she firmly controlled the finances of the factory. Ordinary people can't fool her. Unless they are her closest relatives, you can't get a single penny out of her."

Lu Yang was about to say: What a coincidence, isn't your sister her closest relative? Your mother ran away from home with the retirement money she had saved up over the years, isn't that like a lamb being led to the slaughter?

The words come to your lips.

He thought about it again and decided against it.

My mother-in-law has helped me take care of the children these past few years, which hasn't been easy. Although we have a nanny, no nanny is as reliable as family. Besides, my mother-in-law doesn't have much money. Apart from the more than 100 million yuan she received in her divorce settlement with my father-in-law, and the red envelopes I've given her over the years during holidays, the total probably doesn't exceed 200 million yuan... No matter how much it is, it's hers to spend as she pleases. What right does a son-in-law have to interfere?

Lu Yang was unaware that his mother-in-law was also involved in stock trading, because he rarely stayed at home, and his mother-in-law's stock trading was a minor matter. Even if she had earned 500 million, let alone only 5000 million, it wouldn't have been a big deal to him.

The problem is not big.

The most urgent thing is to appease my wife.

Lu Yang then said with a playful smile on the phone, "Honey, I miss you. I really want to come back soon. Wait for me, okay? I'll come back to be with you as soon as I'm done with these next few days."

Yin Mingyue said reservedly, "Yes, our Da Bao and Xiao Bao miss their dad too."

Lu Yang exaggerated, drawing out his words and saying in a slightly disappointed voice, "Your husband—I'm a little unhappy now."

Yin Mingyue asked, puzzled, "What is it now?"

Lu Yang wailed, "You didn't say you missed me too! Only our Da Bao and Xiao Bao miss their dad, don't you miss him too?"

"Pfft."

Yin Mingyue was amused by his exaggerated manner.

"How childish! I'm ignoring you. Go to sleep early. It's daytime here in China, but it must be late at night where you are, right? Don't stay up too late, it's bad for your health..."

She also knew about the time difference between China and Tom's country across the ocean, and her words revealed her concern for her husband's health.

Lu Yang chuckled and said, "I received my wife, but you should say something. Say you miss me, say you miss me too, and I'll hang up right away, cover myself with the blanket, and go to sleep."

"Don't make trouble."

Yin Mingyue blushed and said, "Xiao Bao has already woken up, and Da Bao is up too. Do you want me to say this in front of them?"

"Why not?"

"No, I'll talk to you privately tonight..."

"But it's nighttime here!!"

"Ah!? Well... well... okay then... I... I miss you, come back soon."

She still can't shake the habit of stammering when she gets excited.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yang clenched his fist: Done! A man with a virtuous wife is like a treasure!

If I hadn't chosen Mingyue back then, but insisted on marrying Yin Mingzhu instead, things might be very different now... Even though I've achieved such success in my career, my constitution is different from ordinary people...

None of these are reasons for him to have more women.

The same thing happened to that woman.

Yin Mingzhu will definitely cause trouble for me, and just like her mother, once she gets emotional, she won't care about the occasion and might cause a huge scene.

"Yeah, just like a few days ago, that woman's mind goes on and on. One minute she's shrewd, the next she's like an idiot, and sometimes she's like a madwoman. I really don't understand, is there shit in her ears? She knows perfectly well that saying those things in public will offend me."

"Forget it, let's not talk about her. What's the point of bringing her up?"

"With just a little effort from me, she'll have no choice but to go bankrupt. She's only able to make a living in the advertising industry because of me, and she thinks she's so capable. Now she's been exposed for what she really is. Let's see how she can act up in the future."

Lu Yang smirked and took out his phone again. This time it was an overseas call, and he called Pengcheng again, but this time he called Qian Youyou, who was nine months pregnant.

They are all his women, bearing his children, so he cannot treat one as an equal to the other.

In Pengcheng, it should be exactly 9 a.m., and Qian Youyou has already gotten up. When she received Lu Yang's call, she exclaimed with delight, "Wow, the busy man actually took the time to call me!?"

As she spoke, she took off her coat and lay down on the examination table.

"Spread your legs."

A female nurse's voice suddenly interrupted at this moment.

She hurriedly covered the phone receiver, then carefully took it back and whispered, "I'm at the hospital for a prenatal checkup. I have to go now. I'll give the phone to my assistant and call you back after I'm done with my checkup."

Lu Yang had already figured it out and immediately nodded, "It's okay, I'll call back later. I also want to hear about the baby's development. Can I stay a few more days, stay in his mother's belly a couple more days, and give birth when I come back? Hahahaha..."

In fact, Qian Youyou is still nearly 20 days away from her due date.

This aspect had already been considered in Lu Yang's plan.

Although this is not Lu Yang's first child, it is Qian Youyou's first child. No matter how much he values ​​it, it is not excessive. If he, the biological father, is not present when she gives birth, and is not even in Pengcheng, that would definitely not be good.

"Then you'd better hurry up and finish things quickly so you can go back to China. My son won't wait for you."

Qian Youyou's face radiated maternal love as she gently stroked her prominently pregnant belly, lay down with difficulty, hung up the phone, and handed it to her assistant beside her. (End of Chapter)