This made Shen Haiyang very dissatisfied with his father-in-law.
But now, his relationship with his adoptive father has broken down, and he can only fawn over his father-in-law.
If his father-in-law completely abandons him, he will never be able to turn his life around.
Shen Haiyang only realized after joining the army that promotions within the military required not only assessments.
We still have to wait.
But Shen Haiyang, in his early twenties, was at a time when he was prone to impulsiveness and always felt that it was too slow to climb the ranks on his own.
In addition, Shen Haiyang's salary is not high.
After his wife, Yang Xuelan, became pregnant, he stopped working.
Now that the child has been born, Yang Xuelan has to stay home to take care of the child, so the burden of supporting the family has fallen entirely on Shen Haiyang's shoulders.
Yang Xuelan's earlier promise that her father-in-law would help them after they got married did not come true.
The couple also frequently had arguments.
Especially when Shen Haiyang came home from work and saw the cold stove and empty pots, he was even more furious.
"I come home after a long day, you should at least cook me some rice."
"You do nothing all day at home. I work during the day and come home at night to cook for you and wash the baby's diapers. Can't you be a little more understanding of me...?"
Yang Xuelan glanced at Shen Haiyang and said coldly:
"Why are you taking your anger out on me? It's all because you're incompetent. If you had gotten the money from your adoptive father back then, would we be living in such dire straits?"
“You didn’t do well in the army either. My dad said last time that you barely passed the assessment and training. He wanted to help you but there was nothing he could do.”
Upon hearing this, Shen Haiyang grabbed something and started smashing it.
“Yang Xuelan, if I hadn’t argued with my adoptive father for your sake, I wouldn’t be in this situation. My adoptive father had arranged a job for me, but I stayed in Beicheng for you and the child.”
“Your dad promised to promote me, but it’s been so long. He never mentions me at all.”
"You're useless too. You don't even know to go to your dad and put in a good word for me?"
When Yang Xuelan saw Shen Haiyang smashing things, she started smashing things too.
"I'm incompetent? I've said so many nice things to you, but did it help? It's still your own incompetence that's the problem."
“Look at Shen Xiao, he’s about your age and he’s doing so well now. He’s about to become a deputy battalion commander, and what about you? You’re still just a lowly platoon leader.”
"Among the families in this compound, the lowest-ranking one is the deputy battalion commander's wife. If I go out and say I'm a platoon leader's wife, I'd feel ashamed."
Shen Haiyang flew into a rage, "If you're ashamed, get out of here..."
Shen Haiyang looked at his messy home, his stagnant job, and his child who had been woken up and started crying loudly.
He suddenly remembered what his adoptive father had told him.
Life should be lived step by step; a man should establish his career before starting a family.
His adoptive father's words began to echo in his ears, scene by scene.
Shen Haiyang felt a moment of regret.
But he also knew that his adoptive father had gone to the Northwest and, with his father-in-law Yang Hongyu keeping him in check, he would never be able to come back.
He still had to rely on his father-in-law, Yang Hongyu.
Seeing Yang Xuelan start to cry, Shen Haiyang suppressed his disgust and went over to hug her.
"Xuelan, I'm sorry, it was my fault, I shouldn't have yelled at you."
“I’ll get some things later and we’ll go to your house and visit you more often. Right now, we still have to rely on your dad.”
Shen Haiyang originally wanted to go to the old house to ask his uncle for help.
For some reason, after he severed ties with his adoptive father, the people in the old house who used to be quite friendly to him are now only polite and distant towards him.
All he had to do was ask his uncle, Shen Zhenhua, to say a few good words for him to his father-in-law.
Shen Zhenhua said sarcastically, "That's your father-in-law. Do you need me to speak up for you?"
Shen Haiyang felt that he still needed to find a way to please his father-in-law.
His father-in-law disliked him, probably because of his adoptive father.
He is now going to his father-in-law to make it clear that he has completely severed ties with his adoptive father.
From then on, he treated his father-in-law like his own father, which was sure to win his father-in-law's heart.
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