"Oh my god, Qiqi, didn't you say that your brother-in-law is tall, rich, and handsome?"
"It's obviously the poor cripple who sold Chinese medicine at the school gate..."
"It turns out that you lied to us before. It's so funny. Let's go!"
At the entrance of Yangchun University, several well-dressed female students were pointing at a couple and laughing at them.
"Let's see what you've done!"
Li Siqi was ashamed and angry. She kicked Zhang Chen and then said angrily, "What are you doing? Do you think I'm not ashamed enough? My sister is really blind to fall in love with you, a damn cripple. Hurry up and pack up your things and get out of here!"
Cripple? Zhang Chen had heard this name hundreds of times. He had been used to it for a long time.
After silently wiping the shoe prints on his body, Zhang Chen said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone, "Your sister asked me to pick you up. Get in the car."
Li Siqi looked disgusted.
"Who wants to sit in your shabby car? It's disgusting. I'll take a taxi myself!"
Li Siqi said angrily, turned around and left.
Zhang Chen sighed. He was a live-in son-in-law. Having been a live-in for three years, he was used to evil words.
After calming down, Zhang Chen pushed the cart stall alone and limped to his home.
However, at the moment when Zhang Chen turned around, on the roof of the Pangu Building in the distance, a mysterious man in black fell to the ground with the telescope in his hand.
Staring at Zhang Chen's back, the man's lips trembled with excitement.
"Young Master, I finally found you!"
"It's been eight years. I'm going to tell Old Master this great piece of good news!"
...
When Zhang Chen got home, his sister-in-law, Li Siqi, had already arrived at the door.
"Mom! Who is this woman? Why does she look like a country bumpkin?"
Opening the door, Li Siqi looked at the living room and immediately made a voice of disgust.
In the living room stood a girl of 17 or 18 years old. The girl was wearing canvas shoes and a pair of ponytails. She was very simple and looked out of place in the hall.
"Sister, why are you here?"
After seeing the girl from a distance, Zhang Chen felt surprised and quickly limped over.
At this moment, his mother-in-law, Zhao Fang, said disdainfully, "Hmph, who else could it be? This cripple's cheap relative."
Hearing this, Zhang Chen looked a little embarrassed. It didn't matter how he insulted himself, but he couldn't let his sister suffer.
"Brother!"
Zhang Jing's eyes turned red, and her voice was choked with sobs.
"Don't cry. Take your time if you have something to say. Did someone bully your brother to make a decision for you?"
Zhang Chen quickly went up to wipe his tears and comforted her.
"Brother, no one is bullying me. But I'm about to start school in my first year, and I still have three thousand yuan left... The teacher said that if I don't make up for the tuition, he will give my admission place to someone else."
As she spoke, Zhang Jing started to sob with excitement.
Seeing his little sister crying, Zhang Chen felt distressed.
Although Zhang Jing was not his own sister, in Zhang Chen's eyes, she was no different from a real sister.
She was not the one who brought him back to Elderly Zhang's house. Ten years ago, she had been eaten by wild dogs.
Thinking of this, he patted his chest without hesitation and promised, "Don't cry, little sister. It's just money. I will find a way for you!"
When Zhao Fang, the mother-in-law, heard this, she sneered.
"You? Haha, isn't it just money? A poor cripple is more arrogant than a foot. Can you afford it?"
She showed no mercy for Zhang Chen's contempt and continued to say at this time.
"I warn you, you are not allowed to borrow money from Shishi! Our family doesn't owe you anything. It's okay for you to eat and drink on your own, but you still dare to accept poor relatives from our family. Do you think this is a welfare home?"
Hearing this, Zhang Chen was stunned. He couldn't borrow money from his wife, Li Shiya. How could he raise so much tuition fees?
"That's right!"
Li Siqi, who was standing aside, also looked unhappy.
He added, "Also, you are not allowed to sell your goods at our school gate in the future. Even if you don't feel ashamed, I still feel ashamed! In short, I will make a mess every time I see you. If you don't believe me, you can try!"
The two of them spoke condescendingly, without a trace of sympathy on their faces. It was as if they were scolding someone who had nothing to do with them.
"You... have gone too far."
After a long silence, Zhang Chen clenched his fists and shouted word by word through his teeth.
"Hey, what's wrong? You, a good-for-nothing, dare to talk to us in such a tone. I'm going to turn against you!"
"Don't forget your identity as a son-in-law!"
Listening to his mother-in-law's endless insults, Zhang Chen's face was so gloomy that it almost dripped black water.
He did not say a word and picked himself up from his pocket.
After a while, he took out a stack of wrinkled currency, some of which were ten, and some of which were fifty. This was the money he had earned in the past month.
"Jing, take the money first. I'll think of another way if it's not enough."
As he spoke, Zhang Chen stuffed the money into his little sister's hand.
"Brother, there's no need. Sob sob, I'm not going to school anymore. I'm going to work in another city with Xiao Hua next door..."
Seeing her brother's embarrassment, Zhang Jing cried and refused to accept the money.
"Don't be silly. Take this money! Trust me, brother. Go back and wait for news!"
With a stern tone, Zhang Chen pushed his little sister out.
"Oh, I didn't expect you to be so generous. But your money is enough to ask for food."
"If you really have money, you should pay the tuition fee. Haha, you can't even afford the tuition fee. What a pair of inferior people!"
Her mother-in-law, Zhao Fang, lay on the sofa and kept eating melon seeds.
"Who do you think is inferior and who is inferior?"
For a moment, Zhang Chen's eyes became sharp.
"What's wrong? It's your fault! I'm talking about you and your sister!"
"A pair of inferior people! What are you looking at? If you have the ability, beat me. Do you dare?"
Zhao Fang raised her noble head with a sense of superiority on her face.
Pa!
The next second, Zhao Fang's arrogant face suddenly twisted, and a loud slap echoed in the silent living room.
"Zhang Chen, you are crazy!" Li Siqi covered her mouth and exclaimed.
"You! How dare you!"
Zhao Fang, who came to her senses, flew into a rage.
He shouted loudly, "Get out of here! Our family won't adopt you, a poor and lame mad dog!"
"Let's go."
Zhang Chen said lightly, but his face seemed to be relieved. He turned around and left.
This family didn't have any humanity, so people didn't think of themselves as people. Instead of staying here to humiliate themselves, it was better to leave with dignity.
"If you leave, don't come back! You poor guy, you are such a lowly person. If you dare to come back, I will break your two dog legs!"
There was a curse behind him.
Walking out of the gate, Zhang Chen took a deep breath.
His mother-in-law's abuse continued to echo in his ears.
Poor? Low? Who was the poor and who was the low?
Zhang Chen shook his head helplessly. After smiling bitterly for three times, he took out his mobile phone and finally dialed the number that had been sealed for many years.
"Yes, it's me."
After the call was made, Zhang Chen said calmly.
"This voice is... Young Master! Is it really you?"
At the other end of the phone, the old policeman burst into tears when he heard the voice, and his body couldn't help trembling because of too much excitement.
"Young Master, come home with me!"
"Your father is seriously ill now, and he only wants to see you one last time before his last wish. He wants to apologize to you personally for what happened back then."
Tears welled up in his eyes.
"I don't want to hear anyone mention what happened back then."
Zhang Chen frowned with determination in his eyes.
"I deserve to die."
"Where are you? I'll pick you up right away!"
The policeman nervously wiped the sweat on his head and asked in a trembling voice.
An hour later, a luxury helicopter that blotted out the sun appeared in the sky of Hangzhou City.
"Mom, look, it's a golden private helicopter!"
In the yard, Li Siqi pointed at the plane and screamed with her hand covering her mouth.
"Oh my god, I'm afraid it's gold. Could it be that some big shot has come to Hangzhou City?"
His mother-in-law, Zhao Fang, admired him very much. "What kind of identity does he have to be worthy of such a situation?"
She thought of her son-in-law, who had just been driven out of the house. There was no comparison and no harm.
She would never have imagined that this so-called big shot would come all the way here to invite Zhang Chen.
...
The golden helicopter slowly landed on the open space, and the 50-year-old pilot was eager to see through it. The moment the helicopter landed, he quickly opened the door and ran to Zhang Chen excitedly like a wild horse.
"Young Master, come with me! Your half-brother died of a sudden illness a month ago. Your vicious stepmother was expelled from the house because she betrayed your master."
"There is already no one in this world who can threaten your distinguished self anymore. Right now, you are the only legal heir to the half of the world's wealth of the O'Brien family."
"You are the most distinguished person in the world!"
