Chapter 459: Couple's Scam
Xu An's two sons and one daughter are named Zheng Jian, Zheng Jing and Zheng Die. All three are married and have children. They all stay with their ex-husbands and don't care about their mother. Xu An also sees all this and doesn't ask for care from her children. Fortune tellers say that she will never have children in this life. It is a miracle that she can give birth to three biological children. Her horoscope indicates that she will have no children.
The sudden appearance of her eldest son, a stranger after years of no contact, made her suspect he had hidden agendas. Xu An wondered, had her ex-husband gone bankrupt again? Back then, she'd been willing to help him out of his debts out of concern for their three children. Now, they'd become ungrateful, and she, Xu An, would feel guilty about even looking at them.
"Aunt, let's not talk about the past anymore. I was young and impulsive back then." Zheng Jian got a car, a house, and five million yuan from his father to marry his then-dear girlfriend. But she cheated on him, and none of the three children they had were his. Angrily, Zheng Jian divorced his wife and, with his father's help, remarried. Now, his life is relatively happy, but his father no longer provides him with substantial financial support (he's old and broke), and he still has to shoulder the responsibility of supporting him in his old age. Zheng Jian feels powerless. Just then, Wei Changjiang offers him an olive branch...
Thinking of the 20 million yuan reward, Zheng Jian flattered himself with a forced smile. "After all the ups and downs in life, I ultimately discovered that a mother's love is selfless, while all other love requires conditions. Mom, now that my career and family are stable, and I have my own children, I realize how much you loved us back then. Unfortunately, time has passed, you can't be young, and I can't go back to the past. I just want to bring you to live with me in my old age."
Xu Ning's heart was touched by these words, because his sister was really pitiful. She went through the pain of pregnancy for ten months and gave birth to three children, but no one was by her side until she grew old. How miserable and shameful it was.
"I don't need you for my old age." Xu An said coldly, "Xiao Chen, please see me off."
Zheng Jian raised his hand to stop Xiao Chen from approaching. The danger emanating from the middle-aged man's every move was not something Xiao Chen, a girl in her twenties, could bear. Zheng Jian raised his hand with a cold look in his eyes, which scared Xiao Chen so much that she didn't dare to move forward.
Zheng Jian looked at Xu Ning, who was looking down in thought. "Aunt, please persuade my mother to come with me. I don't want her to be alone in her old age. My mother hasn't even met my biological child yet."
Xu Ning sighed, "If you're interested, just bring your wife and children here to visit your mother. I'll take care of your mother's retirement."
"How can this be possible, you twins? My mom is in poor health, and you're already old, and you're still in a wheelchair. You have even more mobility issues than my mom. If I ask you to take care of my mom in your condition, it would be really bad. I'm taking my mom away today."
After saying that, Zheng Jian strode towards Xu An and wanted to pick him up.
Xu An was so scared that she picked up the teapot on the table and threw it at him. "Don't come over here! I've fulfilled my duties as a mother. Don't even think about getting any benefits from me. I don't care why you suddenly showed up to take me away. I don't want to go with you. Whether you have no money or are in debt, it's none of my business. Even if this goes to court, we're even now!"
"Mom, we're mother and son, why bother?" Zheng Jian's eyes suddenly reddened. He blinked his eyelashes, tears streaming down his face like a broken necklace. "I'll tell you the truth. Adie has cancer, and her husband treats her badly. She doesn't want to live anymore and is currently in a mental hospital. Mom is right. She's fulfilled her responsibilities as a mother and doesn't owe us anything. But these past few days she's been calling out to me, saying sorry, wanting to see me, wanting me to take her away. She's also refusing to take her medicine and is very haggard. That's why I came here. Mom, we were so ignorant and sorry in the past, but now we know we were wrong. Please give us, give Adie a chance. The doctor said if she doesn't take her medicine, there's really no way she can be saved."
Zheng Jian knelt down on the spot.
Xu Ning and Xu An had to believe it. A person's knees would not become so weak just to lie.
"Which hospital is Xiaodie in now?" Xu An felt distressed, after all, she was the only daughter she had ever given birth to.
Zheng Jian mentioned a famous psychiatric hospital in Country M. Xu An was furious. "How could you send her to this hospital? It's very difficult to get out of this hospital. Aren't you killing her?"
"Mom, it wasn't me who sent him in there. It was your unscrupulous son-in-law. When I found out, there was nothing we could do. Besides, although it's difficult to get out of there, the doctors there are very skilled." Zheng Jian continued to wipe his tears.
Xu Ning looked at Xu An and said, "Let's book a plane ticket and go see it together."
"It's really great that auntie can go with us. Adie's child hasn't met you yet." Zheng Jian smiled with relief.
"Sister, you can't go. With your leg injured like this, where can you go? I'll go." Xu An made the final decision and called his assistant to book a flight and come accompany her to Country M. Zheng Jian curled his lips.
At ten o'clock that evening, Xu An and her assistant successfully arrived in Country M, and Zheng Jian drove them back to his manor.
Zheng Jian's child enthusiastically threw himself into Xu An's arms and called her grandma, being very dependent on her, which made Xu An feel very happy.
This long-lost warmth reminded Xu An of the time before her divorce when her three children loved to cling to her arms.
Zheng Jian curled his lips secretly and motioned his wife to pull the child away. "Mom, Auntie, it's late. You should get some rest first. We still have to go to the hospital to see Adie tomorrow."
Xu An nodded, and took his assistant to the room arranged by Zheng Jian to take a nap.
The next day, Xu An woke up to Zheng Jian's knock on the door. "Mom, it's time to get up and have breakfast."
Xu An got up when he heard the noise and knocked on his assistant's room, but no one responded for a long time. Zheng Jian took out the spare key and opened the door, and saw his assistant lying on the bed and sleeping soundly.
"Mom, I guess your assistant is jet-lagged and didn't sleep last night. Let her have a good rest now. Your daughter-in-law will take care of her at home."
"Okay." Xu An didn't notice anything unusual and followed Zheng Jian to have breakfast.
Zheng Jian went into the kitchen to get chopsticks when his wife whispered in his ear, "The juice that assistant drank last night contained a lot of sleeping pills. He'll probably need two days to wake up. Is this enough time?"
"That's enough. Thank you for your hard work." Zheng Jian was very satisfied with his wife's assistance.
"It's not hard, it's all for this family." The woman felt no guilt. Ever since she married Zheng Jian, her mother-in-law hadn't fulfilled her responsibilities as a mother-in-law. She didn't support her husband financially or help with her children, forcing her to quit her job and return home to be a housewife. Her life was ruined by this indifferent mother-in-law, and now she was paying the price.
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