Chapter 289: Give you a little sunshine and you'll shine

Xiao Changkun was so frightened by Ma Lan's vicious words that he shrank his neck, then stiffly retorted, "My body is upright, I'm not afraid of a crooked shadow!"

Ma Lan glared at him and said, "I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you. Alright, I'm going out to play mahjong."

After speaking, Ma Lan stood up, reached out to Xiao Changkun, and said, "Come on, give me your car keys!"

Xiao Changkun said, "You're going to play mahjong and you still want to drive? I still need the car this afternoon!"

Ma Lan rolled her eyes at him and said with disdain, "What? Still want to drive and show off in front of your classmates? Let me tell you, no way! Hurry up, give me the car keys!"

Xiao Changkun was helpless, so he had to take out the car keys and hand them to her, instructing, "Drive carefully, don't scratch it."

Ma Lan said viciously, "Are you telling me what to do? If you annoy me, I'll drive your car into the river! Just to show off!"

Xiao Changkun was so depressed he wanted to die, while Ma Lan felt she had vented her anger, happily put on her coat, and walked out the door in high spirits.

After Ma Lan left, Xiao Changkun sighed helplessly and said to Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, you just follow me this afternoon. It just so happens that a few old classmates are also bringing young people along to help."

"Okay, Dad." Ye Chen was helpless, but he could only nod and agree.

Xiao Churan handed her own car keys to Xiao Changkun and said, "Dad, why don't you take my car this afternoon? I'll take a taxi to the company."

"Forget it." Xiao Changkun waved his hand and said, "That BMW 5 Series of yours is the most basic model, I'd be too embarrassed to drive it."

Xiao Churan was helpless, so she had to take the keys back and said to Ye Chen, "Then you guys take a taxi."

Ye Chen gave a hum, thinking to himself that his father-in-law was too vain. You look down on Xiao Churan's base-model 5 Series? Do you know that car is actually the top-of-the-line BMW 760?

At this very moment, just as Ma Lan walked downstairs and was about to drive away, she suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Oh my, sister-in-law, wait a moment!"

Ma Lan looked up and realized that the person who had come was actually Xiao Changgan's wife, her sister-in-law, Qian Hongyan.

She was suddenly a bit surprised. Previously, in Chen Shuyi's villa, she had thoroughly despised her and her husband, which was truly satisfying. She didn't expect her to actually find her way to her house.

So she asked, "Qian Hongyan, why are you here?"

Thinking of how she had thoroughly ridiculed Xiao Changgan and Qian Hongyan before, the expressions of resentment on the couple's faces at that time surfaced in Ma Lan's mind, and she felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

Unlike before, Ma Lan had always worried that after the Xiao family went bankrupt, her pension would have no source, but now, the person who most hoped to see the Xiao family go bankrupt was her.

Because she had already found a greater source of pleasure, which was mocking the couple, Xiao Changgan and Qian Hongyan.

If the Xiao family went completely bankrupt, she could mock them both unscrupulously every day!

This couple hadn't stopped mocking and ridiculing her for so many years; from now on, she would get it all back with interest!

Therefore, seeing Qian Hongyan appear in front of her at this moment, Ma Lan actually felt a bit secretly happy!

She was just thinking that she hadn't had enough fun last time, and she didn't expect her to actually deliver herself to her doorstep!

Hearing Ma Lan's question, Qian Hongyan said with an apologetic face, "Oh my, sister-in-law, I came to find you today actually because I wanted to say sorry to you..."

Then, she said with a face full of shame, "Back when we were at the Xiao family, it was all because I had eyes but couldn't see. Not only did I always give you a hard time, but I also often spoke ill of you in front of the old lady every few days. All of this was my fault. I have deeply reflected on my mistakes, so I came to find you, wanting to sincerely apologize to you."

After speaking, her face felt burning hot, and gritting her teeth, she bowed deeply to Ma Lan.

Ma Lan was suddenly a bit stunned.

She thought this woman had come to provoke her, but she didn't expect her to actually come and bow to apologize.

Her thirty-meter broadsword was already ready to be drawn to slash her, but suddenly hearing these words, she didn't know what to do.

At this time, seeing Ma Lan not speaking, Qian Hongyan immediately put on an act, crying while kneeling on the ground, begging bitterly, "My good sister-in-law, are you still blaming your sister-in-law? Your sister-in-law was truly wrong. All these years, actually, your sister-in-law didn't understand one principle: we two are sisters-in-law, and both are outsiders in the Xiao family. We should treat each other like real sisters, be united, and get along well!"

After speaking, Qian Hongyan slapped herself in the face and cried, "My good sister-in-law, your sister-in-law was truly ignorant before. I beg you not to hold it against me. Let's get along like sisters from now on, okay?"

Ma Lan was incredibly excited!

Great!

The high-and-mighty Qian Hongyan actually knelt to her and was slapping herself desperately. This was truly satisfying to watch!

For so many years, when had Qian Hongyan ever lowered her head to her? And now, she finally felt the thrill of stepping on someone else under her feet.

Qian Hongyan looked at the smugness on her face, and a surge of anger rose in her heart, but she sighed and said, "Sister-in-law, let me tell you the truth from my heart. I've finally figured it out. Why did I do all those evil things and target you for so many years? In the end, wasn't it all for nothing? Now I feel especially regretful. If I had been even a little bit polite to you all these years, how could we sisters-in-law have ended up in this situation today?"

As she spoke, she continued sincerely, "All the faults are mine, Qian Hongyan's alone. Now I only hope that you, sister-in-law, can forgive the mistakes I made before, for the sake of our many years of relationship."

Ma Lan was excited, but she said very indifferently, "Oh my, sister-in-law, that you can realize your mistakes truly makes me look at you in a new light. I thought you would never wake up to reality in this lifetime!"

Qian Hongyan hurriedly accompanied her with a smile and said, "How could that be? Isn't your sister-in-law already back on the right path?"

Ma Lan had dreamed of her overbearing sister-in-law lowering her head to her, but she hadn't gotten her wish after waiting for more than twenty years. She didn't expect that her dream would come true now.

While excited, Ma Lan couldn't help but become smug, smiling and saying, "Since you, sister-in-law, have realized your mistakes, I'm not the kind of person who dwells on trifles. Let the past be the past."

Qian Hongyan hurriedly said, "Good, good, good. Sister-in-law is truly magnanimous. Then from now on, we are still good sisters!"

However, although she said this, she was cursing in her heart, "This stinky woman, you really shine when given a little sunshine!"

After getting along for so many years, how could I not know what kind of person you, Ma Lan, are? I'll flatter you a bit first, let you float, let you forget your own name, and then I'll deal with you properly!

Ma Lan took out the BMW car keys from her pocket at this time and said with a grin, "Sister-in-law, since the misunderstanding between us has been cleared up, I won't chat with you anymore. I'm in a hurry to play mahjong, I'm leaving first!"

Qian Hongyan was just worrying about how to invite her to play mahjong. Hearing this, she immediately stopped her and blurted out, "Sister-in-law, are you going to play mahjong?"

Ma Lan nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Qian Hongyan hurriedly said, "That's perfect! I have a sister who is very rich and especially likes to play mahjong, but her skills aren't very good. However, you know, rich ladies like her don't care about money; they mainly play for fun. So every time she loses tens of thousands of yuan, she doesn't even blink."

Speaking of this, Qian Hongyan lowered her voice with a cautious face and said, "It's perfect. She told me she wanted to find a few fixed mahjong partners to play together every day. I wonder if you are interested, sister-in-law? Let's partner up, and we can win more money from her then!" ===== CHAPTER 290 =====