Tokyo: They say it's just dating, but they're serious about it.

The dinner lasted for three or four hours. Mikoto had already run off with the noisy Chinatsu, while Kotoha and Sayuri were on pins and needles.

When Sheng Yan noticed that his adoptive father was not drunk, he stopped adding the [restoration potion]. After a while, Sheng Yan's father became drowsy and could barely keep his eyes open. He even shouted for his wife to "pour more wine".

Mrs. Kudo glanced at the wall clock; it was five o'clock. She immediately said to Katsuhiko's mother, "How about we stop here?"

Seeing that her husband could no longer speak a complete sentence, Sheng Yan's mother apologetically agreed and then asked Sheng Yan to help his father up.

Sheng Yan then helped his father out of the store. The sun at five in the afternoon was still gleaming golden.

As they parted at the door, Katsuhiko's father suddenly grabbed Mr. Kudo by the neck, pointed at Mrs. Kudo, and, reeking of alcohol, said to Mr. Kudo, "Go back and beat her, remember, go back and beat her... She deserves to be beaten... I'll check on her tomorrow..."

Mrs. Kudo finally couldn't help but chuckle, turning her head to the side. Then she said to Katsuhiko's mother, "Let's go shopping together tomorrow and have a good chat."

Chapter 77 Yingdai: Who is his other wife?

After a brief farewell, Mrs. Kudo said she wanted to sit at Mikoto's convenience store for a while, and then she and Mr. Kudo went there together.

Katsuhiko's mother glanced at Eiyo and Kotoha, who were standing frozen in place, grabbed Sayuri's hand, and turned to leave.

Sayuri looked back with a conflicted expression. Her joyful eyes seemed to be asking for help, but she also seemed helpless. Katsuhiko, supporting his drunken father, waved to her.

Yingdai kept a straight face and looked straight ahead.

Qinye glanced cautiously at Shengyan's father, but didn't dare to speak.

She wanted to ask: Why is Mikoto perfectly fine today? Do they already know that Mikoto is your wife? Could you take me to register our marriage too?

However, with the barrister and the "righteous" British lawyer standing nearby, no one dared to speak out.

Sheng Yan didn't say much. He asked the two of them to help him lift his father, whose legs were already weak, onto his back, told them to go home and rest, and then left.

Kotoha and Eiyo watched Katsuhiko's family leave, stood quietly for a while, and then slowly walked home.

Kotoha was still thinking about Mikoto's question when she looked up at Eiyo and tentatively asked, "Eiyo-neechan, are you envious of Sayuri-chan?"

"Nonsense!" Yingdai glared at her irritably and said, "Aren't you envious?"

Kotoha chuckled and agreed, then tentatively added, "If we could also register our marriage with Katsuhiko-kun, then...that would be great, right?"

“That’s illegal, and he gets two years in prison.” Yingdai said indignantly. “I wish I had known him before Xiaobaihe.”

I haven't found any legal loopholes I've been thinking about lately, so I can only hope that Kanzaki Yumi's connections can help me "bribe" a few people in charge. I've heard that many government departments are underpaid and many people are desperately embezzling... I can ask Katsuhiko to pay for it.

If it really works, then it'll be time to propose. But I can't bring myself to say it. Maybe I can test the waters in bed with a joke, using a fake pregnancy as an excuse.

"Oh dear, two years in prison, that's terrifying..." Qin Ye muttered softly, biting her thumbnail, and then asked, "Have you lawyers ever acted against your conscience?"

“How could there not be? There are many…” Yingdai’s words were cut short as she frowned, turned around abruptly, her eyes sharp, and said, “Are you hiding something from me?”

"Really...really?" Qin Ye's throat tightened, and she felt dizzy. She forced her eyes open and stammered, "No way...we're best friends who can talk about anything...you, you can't not trust me..."

Kotoha is someone who can't hide her emotions; she has an incredibly low threshold for laughter. Every time she deliberately lies, she can't help but laugh...

"Do you think I'm stupid!" Yingdai grabbed Qinye's ear, and taking advantage of her height, pulled her head up and tilted it to the side. "You stupid idiot who can't lie, tell me, what are you hiding?"

Although Yingdai is known as "big-breasted and brainless," she's not stupid; she's just strong-willed and can't stand being "subordinate for too long."

Qin Ye covered her ears, laughing and crying at the same time, and wailed softly, "Don't pull my ears in the street, it's so embarrassing..."

She wasn't sure if the "righteous" Eiyo would report Katsuhiko.

"I'll make you look bad," Yingdai said, now that she was 100% sure, and stamped her foot in anger. "Will you tell me or not? I won't let go until you do."

I haven't hidden anything from her, oh wait, it seems like it's about "legal loopholes in the plan"... but I haven't had a chance to discuss it with her yet, and she can't help with anything anyway, so it would be useless to tell her.

"Let me ask you a few questions first, and then I'll consider whether I should tell you..."

"What do you mean?" Yingdai grabbed Qinye's ear and turned her around halfway. "You don't trust me?"

Qin Ye panicked and blurted out, "After all, he'll be sentenced to two years. Without Sheng Yanjun, I... uh~"

Before she could finish speaking, she instinctively covered her mouth and cautiously glanced at Yingdai.

Yingdai's face froze. She slowly released her grip on Qinye's ear and asked hesitantly, "You secretly registered your marriage with him behind my back?"

Her pearly white teeth were grinding together with a "crunching" sound, and her eyes were filled with disappointment... Her younger sister was driving a Range Rover...

"No, it wasn't me." Qin Ye quickly clarified, grabbing Ying Dai's hand and pleading softly, "Please don't let him report us, okay? You don't want Sheng Yanjun to disappear for two years, do you?"

Yingdai had no time to think about the report; she gripped Qinye's hand tighter and asked, "How did he do that? Is it replicable? Who is that woman?"

Qin Ye was taken aback, realizing that Ying Dai had no intention of reporting it at all. Overjoyed, she whispered, "How about we talk about it when we get home?"

"Take a taxi back."

"Just cross the park and you'll be home..."

"Then let's run!" Yingdai grabbed Qinye's hand and started running.

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Sheng Yan carried his adoptive father back to the third-floor apartment.

Katsuhiko's mother wanted to see the room furnishings of her son and have a private chat with Sayuri, so she asked Katsuhiko to carry his adoptive father to the next room and told him to take care of his father first, and that she would return to this room after she finished talking with her daughter-in-law.

Katsuhiko carried his father into the tatami room next door, which had the same layout. Sayuri had cleaned it super neatly and even bought new bedding, pajamas, a thermos, and various toiletries.

There weren't many tableware or ingredients in the kitchen; she had originally planned for the whole family to eat together in the next room...

Sheng Yan considered that his cheap father had already drunk the [recovery potion] and was only in his forties, so there was no need to be too pampered. He simply threw him onto the bed.

This cheapskate dad seems to have a pretty good drinking habit; he just falls fast asleep when he's drunk.

Katsuhiko pondered the issue of getting his adoptive parents to have another child, so he poured [Recovery Potion] into each of the drinking water jugs.

While they were busy here, in the next room, Katsuhiko's mother was also holding Sayuri's hand, sitting on the tatami and talking quietly.

First, Katsuhiko's mother looked at the two's family register transcripts and praised them profusely, saying that Sayuri was now Mrs. Takenaka...

He was very satisfied with the clean and tidy room, and then showered Xiaobaihe with compliments.

It was obvious without even thinking that it was her daughter-in-law who cleaned it. Although she hadn't seen her son for a year and a half, she could tell from the moment she saw him after getting off the bus that he wasn't cut out for housework, and she had never seen him tidy up a room before...

Then we started talking about issues related to the relationship between husband and wife.

The plan to "discipline the son and protect the daughter-in-law" that was discussed with Sheng Yan's father on the way had completely failed.

Then, Mikoto, who had a daughter, suddenly appeared out of nowhere, which made Katsuhiko's mother the most conflicted.

Of course, considering that Mikoto was also present during the meal, I secretly wondered if Sayuri knew about Mikoto and Katsuhiko's relationship, but I couldn't be sure if Sayuri knew about Katsuhiko and Chinatsu's relationship. After all, the main wife doesn't have a child yet, but the mistress does, which is outrageous!

But you can't ask directly, otherwise you might upset your daughter-in-law.

Katsuhiko's mother thought for a moment, hesitated for a long time, and then asked cautiously, "Little Lily, do you know how many women Katsuhiko has outside?"

Xiaobaihe thought about the situation on the minibus they rode together on the way here, and the situation at the dinner just now. She figured she had probably already been exposed. Moreover, her parents-in-law seemed to have no way to deal with her husband... So she didn't hide it from her mother-in-law and whispered, "It's those few, Eiyo, Kotoha, and Kanzaki Yumi who didn't come."

"Uh... is it... three?" Katsuhiko's mother paused for a moment, then checked again.

After receiving a nod from Sayuri, Katsuhiko's mother couldn't help but slap her forehead.

She doesn't know Mikoto? Then she definitely doesn't know that Chinatsu is his daughter... Speaking of which, how come there's another Kanzaki Yumi? And Eiyo, she really is an unreliable secretary... Headache...

"Little Lily, my good daughter-in-law, you've really suffered..." Sheng Yan's mother hugged her tightly.

She was also very pleased with the well-behaved Lily, but the more pleased she was, the more guilty she felt. It seemed she couldn't do anything about her son at the moment… She asked, “What does your mother think about this?”

Mrs. Kudo is clearly the head of the household.

Katsuhiko's mother felt that it was Mrs. Kudo's inaction that led to Katsuhiko's shameful act of bringing mistresses into the family dinner room, and not just one, but another.

But Xiaobaihe's whole family has no objections yet, what should we do?

Actually, Sheng Yan's mother wasn't particularly disgusted by her son's behavior; she was just angry about this immoral act.

But for Sheng Yan's father, it was a different story. Sheng Yan's father was a warrior of pure love. It wasn't just a matter of strict self-discipline; if anyone in the village peeled plaster off a wall, he would join in and curse them. If his childhood friend of over forty years peeled plaster off a wall, he would immediately cut off all ties with him...

"My mom said that as long as I'm happy, that's all that matters."

Little Lily also has her grievances, but happiness outweighs her grievances, not only offsetting them but also leaving a surplus.

"Yes, really? Your mother-in-law is really something..." Sheng Yan's mother paused, then asked, "Are you happy now?"

She wanted to ask: "You're happy that Shengyan is playing around with his mistress in front of you? No way!"

Of course, considering Xiaobaihe's gentle and obedient personality, it's hard to say whether she was beaten or not... Anyway, she must have felt wronged, otherwise why would she have sounded so aggrieved during the phone call?

But given the current situation, I don't know what to do to stand up for her.

Sayuri's excessive submissiveness, of course, in Katsuhiko's mother's eyes, gave her a feeling that was very similar to herself.

The biggest problem is that the father and son have different personalities.

Sheng Yan's father had never cheated on his wife, and he didn't even speak to other women. But his son had serious problems; he was definitely corrupted by the big city. He shouldn't have sent him to university in the first place; he'd led him astray and misled a young man…

"Right now... it's pretty good... Katsuhiko-kun is very good to me..."

Xiaobaihe feels like her hair has turned green, and her head is heavy from the weight. Is there anything she can do? She thinks she's useless, and as long as her husband is happy...

“Mom really likes Sayuri-chan,” Katsuhiko’s mother didn’t know how to comfort her. Thinking of Mikoto’s situation with her daughter, she continued, “Well then, have a child with Katsuhiko as soon as possible. Mom will only accept you as her daughter-in-law. I won’t give other women a good look. Your father also approves of you.”

Little Lily nodded shyly, "Thank you, Mom..."

This kind of promise from her mother-in-law was exactly what Xiaobaihe wanted most. She even felt she wouldn't mind making a little sacrifice, provided, of course, that her husband didn't neglect her...

“Let’s stop here for now,” Sheng Yan’s mother said, feeling that her idea was good. She immediately stood up and said, “It’s getting late. I’ll call that good-for-nothing son over. You two should go to sleep. We need to hurry up and have the baby.”

"Huh?" Xiaobaihe glanced instinctively at the alarm clock on the bedside table. It was only six o'clock. She usually went to bed at midnight. Six hours... she would go crazy, she would die. Xiaobaihe instinctively reached out and said, "Mom, I want to talk to you a little longer..."

"There's no time. That little bastard has too many women outside. Even your father can't do anything about him. We need to hurry, hurry."

Katsuhiko's mother patted Sayuri's little hand, quickly went out, and slipped into the next room.

Katsuhiko was barefoot, sitting on the tatami mat, head down, trimming his toenails.

With each "tap-tap" of the scissors, a tiny, intermittent fingernail flew towards Sheng Yan's father's head.

Sheng Yan's father was sleeping sprawled out, his clothes wrinkled.

Sheng Yan's mother's face immediately darkened. What an unfilial son! He didn't even wash his father's face or change his clothes... It looked like he was just thrown down there.

She took two steps to Sheng Yan's side and slapped him on the back of the head. "You little beast, hurry up and have a child with Xiao Baihe."

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Katsuhiko scratched the back of his head, tilted his head back, and continued, "Isn't there already one..."

"How dare you say that?" Katsuhiko's mother covered Katsuhiko's mouth, glanced back at the door, and whispered, "I only recognize Sayuri-chan, and your father too, so stop talking nonsense and go over there!"