Chapter 2 What is that sister-in-law anyway? Is she a joke?
The line went dead, but Sang Qian held her phone and continued answering.
After a long while, she slowly lowered her hand, her thoughts returning to a week ago.
That day, she and Jin Changyu went back to the Jin family's old house for lunch. Because she was feeling unwell, she went to her room for a nap after lunch.
After waking up and going downstairs, she unexpectedly overheard a conversation between Jin Changyu, his sister, and his mother in the living room.
"Brother, just answer me with one sentence."
Jin Ningxi asked Jin Changyu, "If your sister-in-law and Zhou Yunshuang were standing in front of you at the same time and you had to choose, who would you choose as your wife?"
"No lying, answer truthfully."
Jin Changyu replied, "Zhou Yunshuang."
Upon hearing this answer, Sang Qian, who was standing behind the wine cabinet, felt her blood run cold on the spot.
My heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave.
"No way, bro, you..."
Jin Ningxi was about to say something when Jin Changyu's phone rang.
Then came the sound of him answering the phone, "What is it... um, I'll be right back."
"Something came up at the company, so I have to go now. Please tell your sister-in-law later."
The man got up and walked out, but after a few steps, he stopped and turned to Jin Ningxi, saying, "Don't let your sister-in-law hear about what we just discussed."
Jin Ningxi: "Hmph, scumbag."
Sang Qian stood in the shadows, and as she heard the sound of leather shoes fading into the distance, she stiffly turned to leave, only to hear Jin Ningxi's sigh again.
"My brother chose Zhou Yunshuang, so what does that sister-in-law count for? Is she a joke?"
The last sentence was like a sharp needle, piercing Sang Qian's heart.
"Oh dear! My sister-in-law is so wronged."
"Feeling wronged?" Jin's mother said, "Yun Shuang was the one who was supposed to marry Chang Yu. Sang Qian only got the chance because her ancestors were incredibly lucky. It's already a great blessing for her to marry into our Jin family. What is there for her to feel wronged about?"
"If your grandmother hadn't specifically chosen her to be her granddaughter-in-law, how could her Sang family, a third-rate family, possibly be worthy of our Jin family?"
"Mom, so you're on Zhou Yunshuang's side too?"
Jin's mother said, "The Zhou family was originally our family's intended marriage partner. Now that Yunshuang has returned to the country, if your brother wants to replace her as his wife, I will not object."
Jin Ningxi: "What about my sister-in-law?"
"She can only blame herself for being incompetent; she hasn't been able to win her husband's favor after being married for so long."
Mrs. Jin's tone was both complaining and melancholy, "It's been two years, and I still can't get your brother to have a child with her. If she stays in the position of the young mistress of the Jin family, when will I ever be able to hold my grandson?"
Jin Ningxi gasped and exclaimed, "My brother has always refused to have a child with my sister-in-law. Could it be... that he's waiting for Zhou Yunshuang to come back so he can divorce my sister-in-law and remarry her?"
"I guess so," said Jin's mother. "After all, without children to tie us down, the divorce will be much cleaner and more efficient."
Sang Qian doesn't remember how she left that day, but the words of the mother and her two children are deeply imprinted in her mind, like a stick that knocks her awake.
She had thought that no matter how busy he was or how indifferent he was, he still had some affection for her during their two years of marriage.
turn out to be……
It was just wishful thinking on her part, a case of unrequited love.
She misunderstood.
Jin Ningxi is right, Sang Qian is a joke.
She mistakenly entered into a marriage that was not meant for her.
Two years ago, the love story between Jin Changyu and Zhou Yunshuang was touted by the media as something extraordinary.
According to reports, Jin Changyu spent a fortune to build the largest opera house in Beijing for Zhou Yunshuang. On the opening day of the opera house, Zhou Yunshuang expressed her love for him on stage with a dance called "Phoenix Seeking its Mate". At that time, the handsome and noble Jin Changyu went on stage with flowers to present to her. The romantic scene of his response was talked about by the outside world. He also announced in a later interview that he and Zhou Yunshuang were about to get married, which immediately sparked heated discussions throughout the city.
Although the Zhou family is not as well-established as the Jin family, they are still a prominent and prestigious family in Beijing, so the two are considered a good match.
But for some reason, on the eve of their wedding, Zhou Yunshuang suddenly abandoned Jin Changyu and went abroad, which greatly angered Old Madam Jin.
At that time, the Jin family was still under the control of the matriarch, who had dominated the business world for decades. Jin Changyu's father had passed away early, and he was the successor that the matriarch had personally groomed. The matriarch originally planned to officially hand over the Jin Group to him on the day of Jin Changyu's wedding, making him the new generation of the head of the Jin Group.
Unexpectedly, the Zhou family failed at this crucial moment, and in a fit of anger, Old Madam Jin immediately changed the marriage partner.
Sang Qian didn't know why she was favored by Old Madam Jin, and she had never even met the old lady before.
But undeniably, as Jin's mother said, she did indeed get lucky at the time.
That day, Old Madam Jin told her that Jin Changyu had no relationship with Zhou Yunshuang anymore and asked her if she was willing to marry him.
Jin Changyu was also present at the time, and he did not deny what Old Madam Jin had said, so Sang Qian believed that he had really ended his relationship with Zhou Yunshuang and was willing to marry her.
So she agreed to the marriage.
But she was willing to marry him simply because she liked Jin Changyu as a person, nothing else.
She naively believed that feelings could be cultivated after marriage, after all, she and Jin Changyu had a lifetime to be husband and wife.
But unexpectedly.
In just two years, she was severely proven wrong.
Jin Changyu married her only because Zhou Yunshuang ran away from the wedding at the last minute, and he urgently needed a marriage partner so that he could inherit the family business.
So at the time, he didn't care who the woman he was asked to marry was.
In any case, they weren't the ones he loved.
But things are different now—
Now that Zhou Yunshuang has returned, Jin Changyu can rekindle his romance with the person he loves. Therefore, she, who was merely a pawn for his own benefit, can be discarded at any time.
But on what grounds?
Why should she sit idly by and wait to be abandoned?
*
That afternoon, Sang Qian went to the apartment she owned before her marriage, intending to tidy it up and move back there after the divorce.
Back at Royal Bay that evening, she packed up her personal belongings.
She's just waiting to register her divorce with Jin Changyu before moving out immediately.
As Sang Qian opened the top drawer of the bedside table, intending to tidy out her own belongings, she saw an invitation on the very top.
This is an invitation to an auction.
There will be a large auction in Beijing tomorrow night.
There was a piece of porcelain from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty at the auction that Sang Qian had always wanted.
Even if she couldn't take a picture herself, she still wanted to go to the site to see the real thing.
She's been so caught up in the emotions of the divorce that she's completely forgotten about this.
the next day.
Sang Qian received a call from Sang Zhiming, asking her to come back to the Sang family home for dinner.
Sang Qian arrived at the Sang family home right at mealtime.
Upon entering the room, I saw Sang Zhiming, Zhang Shuli, and Xu Manrong sitting on the sofa.
Seeing that she arrived late, Zhang Shuli was very dissatisfied. "Sang Qian, your father called you early this morning. Why are you only coming back now? The whole family is waiting for you to start the meal. What kind of behavior is this?"
Sang Qian's expression was indifferent. "I didn't keep you waiting."
Zhang Shuli was furious. "What kind of attitude is this?"
"If you don't welcome me, I can leave now."
Sang Qian's biological mother passed away when she was five years old. In the same year, Sang Zhiming married Zhang Shuli, and their son Sang Yulong was born the following year.
With a stepmother comes a stepfather, and from that moment on, this place was no longer her home.
In this family, her status was even lower than that of Xu Manrong, who was orphaned and raised here.
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