Chapter 517: Chapter 517

The elderly lady surely guarded against this day, having prepared life-saving money for her son.

"Zirong," Xiao Grandma, seeing her grandson-in-law’s hesitation, said to him, "I have enough money on my end. Having endured hardships, I’m not afraid. Now, the younger ones at home, like Shumei and the rest, have never experienced any real hardship since childhood."

"I understand what you’re saying, Grandma," Zhao Zirong replied, "Don’t worry, with me here, they’d have to think twice before they try anything against Shumei."

Xiao Grandma shook her head and said, "What I mean is, it’s time for them to experience some hardships. Otherwise, they really won’t understand how the world works, always thinking they’re the only ones who are right."

Zhao Zirong was momentarily stunned by the elder’s words, then he lapsed into silence again. Thıs text ıs hosted at 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⚑𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⚑𝕟𝕖𝕥

There was a question he had been keeping in his heart that he wanted to ask. Considering this trip back to the Xiao Family with his wife was ostensibly to celebrate the elder’s birthday, the more pressing matter was the news that his brother-in-law had found himself a wife. To the Xiao family members and Lin Jiale, this might seem like a joke.

Zhao Zirong and the Zhao Family members certainly didn’t think so.

This brother-in-law, Xiao Yebai, was said to be a lunatic, but he was nonetheless very dear to Zhao Zirong’s parents. Zhao Zirong remembered his mother once confiding in him, saying: "Yebai’s temperament is so much like his mother Ruzhen’s. No wonder she fought so hard to keep him in this world, even if it cost her life."

To Mr. and Mrs. Zhao, Xiao Yebai was akin to a reincarnation of Ruan Ruzhen.

This was undoubtedly unknown to the public and not acknowledged by outsiders. To them, Ruan Ruzhen was known as a well-behaved, demure lady, an unparalleled good daughter-in-law.

Only his mother, who had been sisters with Ruan Ruzhen for many years, truly knew the temperament hidden beneath her gentle exterior.

Mrs. Zhao described her sister as mad and extremely fond of playing. Nobody knew she had visited casinos, lavishly gambling thousands, but only to study the odds of winning and losing.

The fierceness of Ruan Ruzhen was something that those who had not been bitten by her afterward would forever remain unaware of.

It seemed that Xiao Grandma had only a mediocre understanding of her deceased daughter-in-law and was still clueless about certain things to this day.

Having thought it through, Zhao Zirong said to the elder, "Grandma, even though you don’t seem to need to lift a finger in the hospital, you shouldn’t worry too much. Not only you but others are also protecting Chairman Xiao."

Xiao Grandma blinked at his words, unclear whether she fully understood or not.

After that, Zhao Zirong had other matters to attend to. He left a peace charm from the Zhao Family and, subsequently, the elderly lady had Uncle Tang personally see him out the door.

As Zhao Zirong was going to take a car, he asked Uncle Tang, "Do you know where the young master has gone?"

Uncle Tang, surprised that he didn’t inquire about Xiao Shumei but about Xiao Yebai instead, could only shake his head and say, "I don’t know. The young master never tells his family about his whereabouts. And he turns off his phone, doesn’t take calls. But—" here Uncle Tang looked somewhat troubled, "the last time the young master had a huge argument with the old lady, she told the young master to leave and not come back."

Perhaps Uncle Tang meant for Zhao Zirong to mediate between them, but hearing this, Zhao Zirong was as expressionless as if he had been served plain water, and then with a nod of his head, he left without asking further questions.

Back to Changda Company, regular employees were unaware of what had transpired, sensing that the internal operations of the company proceeded as usual. Naturally, everyone had their own agenda and went about their business accordingly.

Yao Sister no longer sought out Zhong Qiaohui, as if she too realized that things had gotten out of hand. Presumably, even with all the abilities Gu Nuan had, even with seventy-six arms, it seemed not even Sun Wukong could save the company and them.