Chapter 1729: Sequelae of Taking a Young Wife 3

Jian Yining said: "To think you have been a Chairman for so many years, you are becoming less and less able to keep your cool. You cannot only care about your own satisfaction."

"From the company's perspective, one must weigh the gains and losses. From the family's perspective, doing this will surely chill the heart of our father in heaven. No matter how you look at it, this lawsuit should not be fought. Turning a big problem into a small one and a small one into nothing is the best strategy."

Her younger brother's words caused her angry mood to gradually calm down.

A Ning was right; the losses caused by the negative impact were far greater than anything Wu Ying could demand. Forget it, it is better to avoid trouble than to invite it; let's just settle the matter and keep the peace.

Before the court session, the court asked both parties if they had any intention to mediate.

Both sides agreed.

But the process was extremely unpleasant.

On such an important occasion, Wu Ying did not come; her brother and sister-in-law came as representatives for the plaintiff.

They opened with an outrageous demand, asking for the Jian Family's assets to be divided into three equal parts, wanting one of them. They even claimed this was out of consideration for Jian Yixin and her brother, arguing that according to the law, Wu Ying, as the spouse, should receive half!

Such a rude demand made Jian Yixin laugh in anger.

She said: "You really dare to think, dividing it into three equal parts?"

"For so many years, my father has long since stopped managing affairs. The group company is managed by me and my brother, and we are the two legal representatives. You are not asking to divide my father's property; you are asking to divide our property."

"Where is Wu Ying? Let her come out and speak. Your words carry no weight. Who do you think you are? I will not talk to you."

Wu Ying's brother and sister-in-law refused to budge, claiming that Wu Ying was too grief-stricken by Jian Xiansheng's passing to come from the hospital, and that they, as her family, had full authority to represent her.

The couple had calculated very shrewdly; they were afraid that Wu Ying would be soft-hearted and change her mind upon seeing Jian Yixin and her brother, so they deceived her and kept her from coming.

Furthermore, they thought that if the siblings agreed to their demands, they would put all the money into their own cards and then tell Wu Ying they were saving it for her, while in reality, it would all be theirs.

Wu Ying also did not dare to face Jian Yixin directly, so she agreed quite readily.

The brother and sister-in-law had planned it well, but they did not expect that the situation would not unfold as they had envisioned.

They thought that even when buying vegetables on the street, one has to haggle, so they asked for more to leave room for the Jian family to negotiate!

Yet the Jian siblings did not haggle with them at all.

Jian Yixin was furious: "Dream on! Don't talk about one-third; you won't get a single extra cent from me! Isn't it just a lawsuit? Come on then! Let's see if the law will be biased toward a bunch of scoundrels like you!"

Being called scoundrels did not matter; what mattered was—Jian Yixin said she would not give them a single cent!

Wu Ying's sister-in-law grew anxious. She put her hands on her hips, struck the pose of a shrew, and spat as she said: "You are a married-off daughter, like spilled water. Stop making a scene here. You have no say in the Jian Family's affairs. If you want property, go ask your husband's family; stop meddling in their family's business."

"Look at you, all slick and polished, looking like a person, but who doesn't know you're just a hen that can't lay eggs? You can't even give birth to a child, what face do you have to point fingers here?"

Wu Ying's sister-in-law still held traditional rural views, and as a rural woman with little education, her words were very unpleasant.

The phrase "hen that can't lay eggs" struck directly at Jian Yixin's heart. She was driven mad with rage, and pointing a trembling finger at Wu Ying's sister-in-law, she said: "You are very good. Just you wait. Even if I donate all the money away, you won't get a single cent."

After saying this, she turned and left.

Jian Yining chased after her and said to his sister: "Sister, I won't persuade you this time. We will fight this lawsuit with them. Not only will we not give them any extra money, but as for what our father gave Wu Ying before, as long as you say the word, I have a way to get it back."

Jian Yixin rubbed her temples and said weakly: "Don't mention them to me, don't mention a single word!"

"Fine, I won't mention them. Sister, you need to look on the bright side..."

She could not look on the bright side; she went home and was angered into illness.

She was so angry, but the reason she was angered into illness was not because of Wu Ying, nor was it because of Wu Ying's brother and sister-in-law.

They were all outsiders; being angry at outsiders, no matter how angry one gets, is limited.

She was angry at her own father. If her father hadn't told Wu Ying, she wouldn't have known about her inability to have children.

Wu Ying would never have known, and if Wu Ying didn't speak, her sister-in-law wouldn't have known either.

She thought the fact that Moli was not her biological son was known to no one, yet she never imagined that everyone in the world knew, even people who had no connection to her, and only she was kept in the dark!

She could neither eat nor sleep, and the more she thought about it, the sadder she became, lying on the bed just shedding tears.

Her husband Sheng Zerong invited a doctor to the house to see Jian Yixin. The doctor said she was suffering from excessive worry, and that heart disease requires heart medicine to be the right cure.

Sheng Zerong then called his son, asking him to come back and see her.

Now, besides Moli, there should be no one else who could comfort her.

Hearing that his mother was ill, Moli hurriedly asked for leave and returned home. He sat by his mother's bed, held her hand, and without saying a word, cried with her.

"Why did you come back?"

Jian Yixin finally spoke, though her voice was already hoarse.

Moli said: "Dad called me and said you were angered into illness by someone. I came back to see you. Let's go to the hospital; anger hurts the body, you must try to look on the bright side."

He did not mention a single word about why his mother was angered into illness, only fully expressing his concern.

Jian Yixin shook her head and indicated: "No need to go to the hospital. This is a heart disease; going to the hospital is useless. You know about those things, right? These people are stabbing my heart with every word."

Moli: "Don't pay attention to her. What is her status, and what is yours? It's not worth getting angry at that kind of person. She is just an uneducated housewife, a rural shrew. If someone of your status lowers yourself to her level, aren't you just lowering your own worth..."

Jian Yixin: "I am not angry at them; I am angry at your grandfather. He told that little vixen everything. I am his daughter, yet he actually treated me like this."

Moli: "Grandfather has already passed away. Don't worry, no matter what they say, I will always be your son, and you are my only mother." Moli hurriedly expressed his stance.

Under her son's persuasion, Jian Yixin's mood improved significantly. Sheng Zerong brought over a bowl of shredded chicken and mushroom porridge; she ate half the bowl and soon fell asleep.

The father and son came out of the room, closed the door softly, and went to the Study to discuss matters.

Moli said: "How about we give them some money behind Mother's back to settle this matter, without letting Mom know?"

He was thinking of turning a big problem into a small one and a small one into nothing, hoping to turn hostility into friendship.

But his father shook his head: "You don't understand the situation. This method simply won't work. Your step-grandmother... Wu Ying's brother and sister-in-law are greedy people. If we give them money easily, they will think it's easy and will want more next time."