Chapter 148 Making a Decision

Yu Chengwen spent the Chinese New Year at the Yao family's house.

Having lived most of their lives in the blink of an eye, the two didn't want to waste a single day and secretly registered their marriage before the new year. Li Chunying only informed Yao Fanghua and didn't tell anyone else.

So on New Year's Day, Yao Weimin and Yao Fangyuan were both a little surprised, but only for a moment. After all, they knew about her mother's affair with Uncle Yu, but they were not prepared for Uncle Yu to be there during the New Year.

The brother and sister looked at Yao Fanghua, and seeing that she didn't react, they calmly sat down as well.

Wu Peng and Yu Chengwen have already started chatting. To be honest, Wu Peng can't really connect with his father-in-law, but he can chat with Yu Chengwen for a while.

Then Yao Weimin and Zhong Er joined in, and the group chatted enthusiastically about the current situation, national affairs and future trends, the return of Hong Kong, and military matters.

Li Chunying was delighted and started planning to cook a big feast today. She didn't need Yao Weimin and Zhong Er's help; she'd let them chat to their hearts' content.

Of the people in the room, only Yao Weiguo sat on a stool with a dark face, panting heavily. He glared at the group of people who were chatting enthusiastically, then suddenly stood up, kicked the stool, and snorted after everyone had seen it.

Yao Fanghua didn't even lift her eyelids, continuing with what she was doing. The others glanced at her and then looked away, also going about their business. Wu Peng and the others quickly looked away without any apparent change and continued their conversation. Yu Chengwen, however, didn't even turn his head to look, only keeping his head down in silence. Once the others resumed their conversation, he turned back to talking with the younger generation.

...Yao Weiguo was furious and stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

As Yao Weiguo walked away, no one gave him a single glance, not even bothering to look at him out of the corner of their eye.

Zhang Xiuxiu was in an awkward situation. She wanted to chase after them, but after working for so many years, she had become more experienced. Clearly, no one in the room respected the couple. If they behaved themselves, fine, but if they did, especially her, causing a scene, no one would let her off the hook. Yao Weiguo, after all, was related to their mother and siblings, so he would definitely show leniency. But with her, it was hard to say.

She realized that with only her husband and herself opposing this matter, it was utterly useless. Yao Weiguo splashed around, not even making a ripple, then turned and left. Leaving her to make a scene herself, Zhang Xiuxiu really didn't dare now.

With Zhong Er backing her up, and Zhong Er and Yao Weimin following Wu Peng and Yao Fanghua's lead, Yao Fangyuan felt uneasy just from the cold looks Yao Fanghua and the others had given her man. Tell me, in this whole house, who can she afford to offend now?

Seeing that Yao Fanghua and Yao Fangyuan had gone to help Li Chunying, Zhang Xiuxiu forced a smile and scurried over.

Li Chunying and her group prepared two tables of dishes, one for the adults and one for the children.

At the dinner table, Li Chunying talked about her marriage certificate with Yu Chengwen.

He symbolically asked Yao Weimin and Yao Fangyuan, "Your sister knows about this, she has no objection, and you two have no objection either, right?"

There's no use having opinions now; the certificates are already issued. Yao Weimin and Yao Fangyuan glanced at Yao Fanghua, then looked at each other, and shook their heads in unison.

Li Chunying was satisfied, and then brought up the issue of house ownership, asking Yao Weimin and Yao Fangyuan, "You two have no objections, right?"

Yao Weimin and Yao Fangyuan both shook their heads while playing the rattle drum.

Yao Fangyuan was thinking that as long as the house wasn't just given to Yao Weiguo, she would fight for it no matter what. Giving it to her sister was no problem; Zhong Er was now living off her sister, and the money they'd earned over the years was more than enough to buy a new house. They had indeed bought one—at the fan factory—with both the factory's internal price and Wu Peng's discount. The house they bought was much bigger than the one Yu Chengwen bought, and it was in the same building as Yu Chengwen's.

Needless to say, Yao Weimin would accept the house even if it were given to Yao Weiguo, let alone to Yao Fanghua.

Since Yu Qingqing went to Hong Kong and started singing and acting, gaining some fame, Yao Weimin has completely given up on her. Yu Qingqing used to look down on him, and now she probably looks down on him even less. He is at ease knowing that Yu Qingqing is doing well.

He usually eats and lives at the factory, and since he has no money to spend, he listened to his brother-in-law and used all his money to buy houses. He owns not only houses in Shenzhen, but also in Beijing, on the same floor as the Zhong family. So he doesn't lack houses.

After receiving his year-end bonus this year, he plans to buy another apartment. Wherever his brother-in-law builds a new one, he'll buy it there, since he'll get a discount anyway.

In just a few minutes, the mother-in-law got married, and no one at the table objected. The house was given to Yao Fanghua, and no one at the table objected again. Zhang Xiuxiu opened her mouth to express her opinion, but she was ignored by everyone at the table, including Yao Weiguo, who refused to come out for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Zhang Xiuxiu's mouth opened and closed, but in the end, she didn't dare to overturn the table. Fight for the house? She couldn't compete with Yao Fanghua. She glanced at Yao Fanghua, then at Wu Peng, and shrank back. If the house had been given to Yao Fangyuan or Yao Weimin, she would have dared to overturn the table and fight for it, but since it was given to Yao Fanghua, she didn't dare. If she couldn't get the house, and lost the inheritance, what did it matter to her whether her mother-in-law got married or not?!

Yu Chengwen gently put his arm around Li Chunying: "After the New Year, Chunying will move with me to the fan factory area. I bought a house there. If I die first, the house will go to Chunying. If Chunying passes away first, the house will be left to my two sons."

I have a pension, enough to support the two of us. I can't guarantee anything else, but I can at least ensure we have enough to eat and wear.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiuxiu's eyes widened. Her mother-in-law had really found a good man; she'd get a house for free and someone willing to support her. How lucky she was! If her mother-in-law lived longer than Uncle Yu, this marriage would have been worthwhile. Zhang Xiuxiu calculated and felt her family had gotten a good deal. She'd have to have a serious talk with Wei Guo later, and not be so stubborn. Anyway, they couldn't get the house, and what did it matter if her mother-in-law got married or not? Since her mother-in-law would live with Uncle Yu, at least they wouldn't have to support her, which was a form of benefit. Besides, there was no point in objecting anyway.

Everyone at the table raised their glasses to toast Li Chunying and Yu Chengwen. The old woman's face beamed with joy, and Zhang Xiuxiu quickly raised her glass and called out, "Mom!"

Li Chunying rolled her eyes at her, finally giving her a glance out of respect.

The cheerful laughter from across the street sounded particularly jarring, making their silence all the more jarring. Bai Hui looked at the table full of dishes her two daughters-in-law had prepared, but she had no appetite whatsoever. Her son and daughter hadn't gotten involved with Li Chunying, but one slip-up and the men had been completely seduced. Bai Hui stabbed her rice hard with her chopsticks. She wanted to write an article titled "The Ex-Husband Who Married Next Door," and publish it in the newspaper to expose them—a pair of shameless old hags, making them utterly disgraced and infamous for eternity!

Yu Dong and Yu Bei were also in a bad mood. Their own father had abandoned his sons and gone to the other side to be someone else's father. How could they be in a good mood?

Although they were no longer husband and wife after the divorce, their son was still their biological son. They had heard his father loudly proclaim that the house would be left to Aunt Li; their father had said this to them long ago. Yu Dong felt terrible at that moment. He often muttered that his father was senile, and what kind of thing was it to give the house to an outsider?

Yu Dong's wife thought to herself that if Cheng Wen got old and sick, she definitely wouldn't care and wouldn't spend any money.

Yu Bei's wife kept her head down, her emotions unreadable. She was considering divorcing Yu Bei. She felt that Bai Hui was her cautionary tale. While she was still young, wouldn't it be better to find a man who cared for her, marry him, have children, and live her own life? Why did she have to spend her whole life with Yu Bei, so lukewarm? Her husband's heart was always with another woman; what kind of happy life could she possibly have? She'd only end up like her mother-in-law. Li Qiuli glanced at Yu Bei, who was silently lost in thought beside her, and made up her mind to divorce him.