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As the eldest daughter of the Li family, Li Yushan received a good education. Although she doesn't manage business matters now, she still understands some things.
The Bai family's wealth is shrouded in mystery, and while outsiders have long speculated about it, few have been able to make a rough estimate.
“Ah Wei, I think that given your stepmother’s personality, even if she acknowledges her biological son and granddaughter, she won’t use the Xin family’s assets to curry favor. At most, she’ll let her biological son inherit the Bai family’s business. That’s her bloodline, there’s nothing wrong with that,” Li Yushan said calmly.
As a daughter-in-law, she maintains a good relationship with her stepmother-in-law, so she has a clearer perspective on things.
She couldn't control what her sister-in-law did, but she didn't want her husband to go against his stepmother over money.
“My stepmother has half of the Xin family’s assets, and I think she will divide them between me and An’an,” Xin Wei said. “It’s just a pity about so much of the Bai family’s assets.”
Xin Wei had always thought he would inherit most of his stepmother's property, but after so many things happened, he was no longer as sure as before, though he still felt regretful.
“Ah Wei, one shouldn’t be greedy,” Li Yushan reminded him, not wanting her husband to be blinded by money. “Actually, my stepmother is quite good to us. If my mother-in-law hadn’t done something foolish last time, my stepmother would have divided the Xin family’s property among us shortly after my father-in-law passed away.”
The thought of his biological mother gave Xin Wei a headache; she was more trouble than she was worth!
“Yes, it’s all because Mom was too impatient,” Xin Wei said with a wry smile. “If we put ourselves in her shoes, we might not have been able to do what she did.”
Li Yushan nodded and said, "Yes, in the past ten years, the Xin family's business has doubled under my stepmother's management. She is a shrewd businesswoman. At that time, I said that we should not blindly obey our mother-in-law, but also be filial to our stepmother. After all, it was our stepmother who raised you and An'an. It would be too disheartening for us to do what we did."
Xin Wei looked embarrassed and nodded, saying, "Yes, we went too far. But as you know, if we don't go to Mom's, she throws a tantrum, crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide—it's so annoying!"
“If you can’t be as filial to your stepmother as a biological child, then don’t covet her money,” Li Yushan said coldly. “I don’t care what your sister-in-law does, but I don’t want you to take any risks. I don’t know if your father-in-law has mentioned the Bai family to you, but I once heard my father say something like, ‘Don’t easily mess with the Bai family or the Qi family.’”
“When my father was alive, he always spoke of the Bai family with great respect,” Xin Wei said. “He told me to be filial to my stepmother, but alas, I failed to do so…”
“Yes, it’s not right for us to want our stepmother’s property when we haven’t been filial to her. She has a biological son and the Bai family blood in his veins, while we don’t. We haven’t done either of those things, so some things can’t be forced,” Li Yushan continued. “I don’t know if our stepmother will take action against us if we go too far, but I know that you won’t get a single penny of the Xin family’s assets. That was left to her by our father, and she has the right to dispose of it. With her pride, she won’t hand over the Xin family’s assets to her own son, but she won’t give them to us either; she really will donate them.”
Xin Wei was certainly aware of this possibility!
“Sigh, I guess I was just too greedy,” Xin Wei said. “Alright, let’s focus on running our company properly and not think about it so much.”
"That's the right way to think," Li Yushan said. "By the way, what did you say to your sister-in-law?"
Thinking of his sister's company situation, Xin Wei looked embarrassed and said, "Well, An'an's company has run into some trouble, it might be a bit urgent."
"Did he ask you for money again?" Li Yushan said, feeling contemptuous. Instead of running the company properly, he was only thinking about love affairs and messing around outside, always borrowing money.
"Yes, it wasn't much," Xin Wei said with a wry smile. "But I can't refuse!"
"But she borrowed money so many times, has she ever paid you back?" Li Yushan asked irritably. "Now her company is living off the money she borrows from us. She doesn't run it properly. We're her bank! No need to pay back, no interest, and it's so convenient."
Xin Wei felt embarrassed by his wife's words. His sister had indeed gone too far, but as her brother, he couldn't just stand by and watch her company go bankrupt.
"This is the only time," Xin Wei said awkwardly. "It won't happen again."
“You always say the same thing,” Li Yushan said angrily. “If you keep doing this, all the Xin family businesses that are allocated to you will also go to waste in your hands. Over the years, apart from what we spend on our own, most of the profits have gone to my sister-in-law. The company’s scale and updates haven’t changed at all. If this continues, we will only have one way out: bankruptcy.”
His wife was right, and Xin Wei had no argument.
Just as his wife said, the company's development is now constrained because there is not enough capital investment, and it has been living off its past achievements.
“Sigh, I’ll increase my investment in the future,” Xin Wei said. “I’ll talk to An’an about it.”
"I hope so," Li Yushan said. "My sister-in-law has always been eyeing my stepmother's property. If she finds out that my stepmother has a biological son, will she do something bad?"
"Really?" Xin Wei hesitated. In his heart, even though his sister was lazy and loved to eat, she was still the cute little sister he knew from childhood.
Li Yushan sneered twice and said, "I suggest that even if you want to talk to your sister-in-law, you should warn her not to act recklessly. Sometimes, as a loving brother to your sister, I, as an outsider, can see things more clearly. Your sister-in-law has the same character as your mother-in-law, whether it's her style, her way of doing things, or her vision."
Upon hearing this, Xin Wei felt embarrassed. He wanted to refute it, but he didn't know how.
Li Yushan grew angrier the more she thought about it. Her husband's indecisive nature meant he wouldn't do anything too outrageous, but his soft heart was infuriating. He was constantly being morally blackmailed by his mother and sister.
She can persuade her husband for now, but her sister-in-law will definitely do something stupid.
The husband will get involved again in order to help his sister-in-law, and the family will be in turmoil once more.
Xin Wei didn't tell Xin An'an about these things for a long time. Instead, when Xin An'an ran out of money and asked her brother for money, she casually asked him a few questions.
"Big brother, could you give me another million US dollars?" Xin An'an said. "You know I'm really short of money right now."
"An'an, I just gave you a million last month, how come it's gone so quickly?" Xin Wei asked unhappily. His wife was right, he couldn't keep giving in to his sister's unreasonable demands.
"One million is not enough for me at all. The company needs to order more goods soon, and we don't have any money in the account," Xin An'an said nonchalantly, knowing that her older brother would help her anyway.
***2057 words***
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