"Baohe, you’re really rare guests, Yulan, Yanqiu, Chuxia, co on in..." Grandpa Lin greeted everyone warmly, but when he saw the second daughter-in-law with a sullen face at the back, he frowned and didn’t acknowledge her.
"Dad, I was wrong!" Li Xinwei greeted them, then suddenly fell to her knees, startling Grandpa Lin. He knew this second daughter-in-law liked to play little tricks, but what was she trying to pull here?
Ultimately, in front of others, Grandpa Lin couldn’t ignore her, so he glanced at her indifferently: "What happened?"
"Didn’t you agree to let Zhizhong and Zhiliang have a fair competition with Baohe? I wanted to share this good news with the third brother and his wife. But they’ve never been interested in these things, so I thought I could ask for their support for Zhiliang. In my anxiety, I didn’t phrase it well, which upset the third brother and his wife, and now even Chuxia doesn’t acknowledge as her second aunt.
Dad, I really didn’t an it. Please don’t be mad at , and please help talk so sense into the third brother and his wife. No matter what, we’re all family. If things get awkward, we’ll feel uncomfortable, and it’ll also make us a laughingstock to outsiders.
Besides, for Chuxia’s sake, the family shouldn’t be in disarray. Dad, these words might not sound pleasant, but they’re the truth. Don’t you agree?"
"Go back to your room first..." Knowing full well what the second daughter-in-law was up to, Grandpa Lin imdiately put on a stern face and sent Li Xinwei back to her room.
"Dad..." Li Xinwei took a few steps forward, pleading, "You must believe , I’m really doing this for the good of the Lin Family. Don’t be deceived by so people."
"Who is the second sister-in-law referring to?" Jiang Xinwan happening to be coming downstairs heard her words and sneered, "How many years have you been using this trick, and why don’t you ever change it?
Every ti sothing happens, you sar us, and when there’s a problem, you look to us to clean up the ss. How do you have the nerve to do it? How can you be so brazen?"
"Sister-in-law, did I say anything?" Li Xinwei glared at her defiantly, "You’re so quick to respond. Isn’t that guilty conscience?"
"Then tell , what am I guilty about?" Jiang Xinwan looked at her calmly, "I’ve also visited the third brother and his wife before. But ask them, have I ever tried to canvass for votes?"
"No wonder!" Li Xinwei looked suddenly enlightened, "You secretly went and slandered us first. No wonder they didn’t believe anything I said today! Sister-in-law, after doing sothing like that, you dare to admit it so openly? That’s really an eye-opener!" She turned to the expressionless Grandpa Lin, "Dad, did you see? Sister-in-law always plays the good person; unlike , who says what’s on my mind and ends up offending people."
Grandpa Lin sighed and asked, "Xinwei, I just want to ask you, all these years after marrying into the Lin Family, have we ever treated you unfairly?"
"Dad, what do you an by that?" Li Xinwei feigned shock, "You know how grateful I am to have in-laws like you and Mom, so how could I ever think the Lin Family was unfair to ?"
"Then why are you causing all this trouble?" Grandpa Lin sighed again, "Before you married into the family, the eldest and second brothers got along perfectly well. But these years, how much camaraderie is left between them?
If it weren’t for rembering the tis when the eldest turned the tide for us, you guys would probably have forced to change the Family Head by now, right? People need to ask themselves with a clear conscience, how have the eldest and his wife treated you all these years? Don’t you have a sense of it?
Fine, you’re the second son’s wife and naturally want the best for him, but so things should be faced truthfully, right? Based on the achievents of the eldest and second brothers, you should see who’s more capable, shouldn’t you?
Your mom and I have always treated you and Xinwan impartially, even tolerating your petty monts at tis. Do you think your sister-in-law hasn’t noticed? She just chooses not to argue with you.
The other day, when you talked about the Family Head’s reelection, I said I’d consider it, never agreed, yet you’ve stirred up all this nonsense, Li Xinwei, you’ve really opened my eyes.
Today, in front of Baohe and Yulan, I’ll candidly tell you why I agreed to consider the Family Head’s reelection. It’s not because I’m dissatisfied with the eldest, but because I feel indebted to Baohe!
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