Ye Yuanzhang sighed and said, "I also think she's asking for too much. But she's my eldest brother's biological daughter after all. After all, she's been living away from home for so many years, I still want to make it up to her."

"Make amends? We didn't do anything to her, why should we make amends?"

Li Baiqiu was angry with Ye Lin, and couldn't help but be a little rude when he spoke: "It was her adoptive mother surnamed Wang who deliberately took her away by mistake. If she wants to make amends, it should be the one surnamed Wang who should make amends. Why should our uncle and aunt from the next room be the one to make amends?"

"Yuanzhang, it's not that I'm heartless, it's just that I can't muster the slightest affection for this niece. When we first recognized her as my kin, I was also happy. We had such a hard time in the Great Northern Wilderness. When I learned she was getting married, I saved up some money and cloth coupons and sent them to her as a wedding gift. I didn't ask for anything in return, but what did she do? She kept calling to say she wanted to move into our house, and after we politely declined, she stopped associating with us. It's hard to put it bluntly, but even relatives wouldn't do such a cruel thing, right?"

"And after all these years of not seeing each other, she's still so arrogant as to make such a request. If it were me, I wouldn't agree."

"But she can do it."

Li Baiqiu said with a grim expression, "Yuanzhang, I didn't mean to say anything bad about her, but no matter how I look at it, I feel that she is a cold-hearted person. Family affection, blood ties, are not as important as profit in her eyes."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh heavily again: "Alas, I really don't know who she looks like."

"Who does he look like?" Li Baiqiu curled his lips meaningfully.

Of course, she looks very much like her former sister-in-law Gu Tingyu.

A rose born from the slums of Suzhou City, beautiful yet poisonous, she had contrived to marry Ye Yuantuo at the height of the Ye family's prosperity. If the Ye family hadn't fallen, she could have lived a peaceful life as the eldest wife. However, since the mid-1950s, national policies have become increasingly unfavorable to those with assets.

At that time, she was planning to get out of the Ye family. Later, Yun Qiao's life experience was exposed, and her eldest brother was busy looking for the child who was taken away by mistake. She took the opportunity to make trouble and divorce her eldest brother. Later, her eldest brother drowned and she turned around and left Shanghai and returned to her hometown in Sucheng. Within half a year, she remarried an old classmate who worked in the Sucheng District Revolutionary Committee.

I heard that when the two got married, the man's original wife had just passed away less than two months ago.

If there is profit to be made, pursue it; if there is no profit, stay away from it.

Ye Lin's behavior is exactly the same as her mother Jian Chen.

Ye Yuanzhang sighed, "No matter what, it's been tough for her to be living away from home these years. For the sake of family ties, I'm willing to compensate her after the family property is returned. But she's asking for such a huge sum, and I just feel a little uncomfortable."

Li Baiqiu's heart immediately went on the alert when he heard this, and he quickly said, "Yuanzhang, you're thinking the wrong way. Although Ye Lin has been living away from home for more than ten years, she hasn't suffered much. The Su family is a working-class family and was not targeted by the movement. She didn't suffer any of the housebreaking, criticism, looting, and burning that our family experienced. She was in junior high school that year, and she might even have been a member of the Red Guards and participated in the crackdown on people like us. On the contrary, Yun Qiao followed us around in fear, and later starved herself to edema in order to save money. If you feel guilty and want to compensate, it should be Yun Qiao."

Ye Yuanzhang said, "I know. I won't treat Yunqiao unfairly. When the family properties are returned, I will choose one to give to Yunqiao. But I can't be too partial. After all, Ye Lin is my eldest brother's only child. It wouldn't be appropriate to give it to Yunqiao and not her."

"Ye Lin is like her mother. People like them will never be satisfied." Li Baiqiu frowned slightly and said worriedly, "I'm worried that even if you give her other properties, she will still be thinking about the shop building on Huaihai Road. She always makes a fuss sometimes. What if you soften your heart..."

"No." Ye Yuanzhang said firmly.

If Ye Lin wanted other properties, he might consider it, but the three shops on Huaihai Road were a wedding gift from his deceased mother when he got married, and they were of extraordinary significance.

If the country could be returned, he would definitely want to keep it in his own hands and would never transfer it to others.

Li Baiqiu was skeptical: "Then you must remember what you said and absolutely cannot agree to it!"

"Don't worry about that." Ye Yuanzhang said, "This is the old lady's wedding gift to us. It means a lot. No matter how foolish I am, I can't give it away."

In his previous life, because Li Baiqiu passed away, Ye Yuanzhang had no attachment to Shanghai and chose to go to Australia, so he gave this place to Ye Lin.

In this life, Li Baiqiu is still alive. The couple supported each other through the most difficult ten years. It was the time when their relationship was at its best. Even if Ye Yuanzhang was crazy, he would not agree to give this place away.

Ye Lin's little plan will only be in vain.