"Just letting it go like this?"
"No way, I disagree on this end, and Ning Hai disagrees on that end too. In the end, the two elders couldnât help but discuss it with us, and that money is meant for their future retirement. My mother-in-law loves her youngest son, afraid that my sister-in-law might harm Ning Hai again, and doesnât want to live with us. Instead, she wants to stay at home and help keep an eye on Wang Yan for Ning Hai. In the future, Ning Hai will be responsible for their retirement in the hometown. Naturally, Ning Jiang canât say much, he canât intervene in their decision, but Ning Hai eventually gave me two thousand yuan.
Sigh... I want to scold him but seeing him like that, I canât bear it. What was he thinking earlier? What a mess. Iâm so frustrated I canât stand it."
"Over ten thousand yuan is quite a lot. Sigh, weâve never seen your in-laws being this biased before. Saying itâs for retirement, but if they really get sick, can they ignore it? Without them coming over to help you, how would you take care of the children?"
"The children are grown up. I can manage on my own. Xiao Wan, this incident has made me lose heart towards my in-laws as well. Without them around, I can also find peace. Xiao Wan, Iâve learned a lesson from this."
"Be more careful in the future."
"Hmph, I was already very careful, who would have thought my sister-in-law was so cunning. She could even pull things out from such a secretive place."
Fine... letâs not talk about these anymore. Iâve spent money to see someoneâs true colors. My sister-in-law, because of this incident, wonât have good days in the future. Now the whole village knows about their money-stealing incident, theyâve lost face in the hometown. Theyâll never be able to hold their heads high in the village for the rest of their lives. Xiao Wan, donât worry."
"Hmm, as long as youâre okay. When you return, it hasnât affected the factory, has it?"
"No, itâs fine, no impact."
"Hmm"
Shi Lan doesnât know Lin Wan is in the Capital City, she still thinks sheâs in Z City.
Lin Wan hung up the phone, and Liang Qian curiously asked, "Whatâs going on? What happened at Shilanâs house?"
She just listened in confusion.
"Itâs a troublesome thing." Lin Wan briefly told Liang Qian about Shilanâs family issues.
Liang Qian listened, stunned, her eyebrows furrowed into a small mountain.
"Her sister-in-law seems to rival Xie Lingzhi. You donât know, when Xie Lingzhi was young, she did something embarrassing like this too."
Lin Wan was taken aback, never expecting such a side from someone from Xie Lingzhiâs big family.
"When your godfather and I just got married, your grandfather gave me a box, saying that every daughter-in-law of the Mei Family gets one. I didnât think much of it at the time, was waiting to toast, so I put the box in the room and went out. Who knew when I came back at night, the box was gone. Your godfather and I searched the room for a long time but couldnât find it. We thought the old man gave something good, and losing it would be terrible. We quickly went to tell the old man about this, who knew, passing by the eldestâs room, their door wasnât closed properly. As I walked past, a gust of wind blew from the second-floor window, swinging their door open. I glanced unintentionally and saw a box exactly like mine. I didnât mind, as I couldnât find my box that day, but the old man said, inside he placed a Phoenix Blood Jade, and the eldest had an Ice Flower Rose Jade. That old jade was indeed a treasure. I have felt guilty about this matter ever since. If it werenât for my carelessness, how could I have lost it? We intended to call the police, but the old man wouldnât allow it. Later, somehow, the old man had a talk with your father-in-law and your godfather, and within a day, my box appeared in the living room. At that time, my mother-in-law said I was careless, putting things randomly and not even knowing where they were. I was puzzled then since I clearly put it in the room. Someone must have touched it."