Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 324 - 324 321 Inheritance

Chapter 324: Chapter 321 Inheritance Chapter 324: Chapter 321 Inheritance “Summer vacation has just started a few days ago, let him have a break, don’t push the kid too hard.”

Seeing Ma Zheng diligently doing his homework in the study, not even going out for ice cream when his grandpa called him, Grandma Shu couldn’t help but complain to Shu Wan, “Xiaozheng is already very well-behaved, it hasn’t even been half a year since his surgery, he should prioritize rest.”

Shu Wan felt helpless as well, “It’s not like I want him to be like this, usually, he wouldn’t even do one bit more of what his school teachers assign for extracurricular work. Now, his brother sent him a box full of practice work, huh, you see, without anyone telling him, he obediently does it.”

“Xiaoyan sent it?”

Grandma Shu was taken aback for a moment but wasn’t too surprised after all, since Shu Wan had mentioned before that the brothers contacted each other quite frequently.

The regrets of the past had now turned into relief, “It seems Xiaozheng listens well to his brother, which is very good. Nowadays, every family has just one child, too lonely, no one to discuss anything with when they grow up. Xiaozheng is a bit tender-hearted, and Xiaoyan is exactly the opposite, complementing each other, that’s good.”

Shu Wan thought that these days, Xiaozheng’s temperament had nothing to do with being tender-hearted, at least in his class, no one dared to provoke him.

But Shu Wan didn’t share this with her mother because she thought about how when Jiang Yan was little and every time he came to the Shu family side, if someone bothered him while playing in the neighborhood, he’d knock them flat. Back then, even the stray cats around here would steer clear of him, everyone’s pest.

Grandma Shu used to be exasperated with him, but now she seemed to have forgotten all about it.

July 20th.

Ma Zheng had an art class in the afternoon, finishing at 4:30, he left the classroom with his backpack and classmates.

Outside the tutoring class was a hall where parents sat in groups waiting for their kids to finish class.

Ma Zheng scanned around and didn’t see his mom, but suddenly his expression froze, and he whipped his head toward the entrance.

Because the room had air conditioning on, the transparent glass door was closed. Right now, a young man dressed in a white T-shirt, tall with rugged features, was making a phone call outside the door.

From Ma Zheng’s position, he could only see the young man’s profile, but even that almost made him jump up.

“Brother…”

Before he even reached the door, his shout came out, drawing the attention of everyone in the hall to him. But Ma Zheng was oblivious, trotting over with his little legs, tap tap tap to the door, only to turn around, tap tap tap running back, grabbing a chubby kid and shouting, “Chen Yinuo, my brother’s come to pick me up, goodbye!”

The chubby kid, still stunned, watched this boy who usually ignored him, without realizing what was happening, saw him grinning and running off again, opened the glass door and bounced next to a tall figure, staring up with a smile like a goofy kid.

Jiang Yan hung up the phone, looked down, and pulling the back collar of Ma Zheng’s shirt twirled him to face the door, “Do you want to go home or come have dinner with me?”

Ma Zheng didn’t hesitate, “Not going home.”

After saying this, he grinned again and asked, “Brother, when did you come back?”

“Today.”

Today?

You just came back and came to pick me up?

Thinking of this, Ma Zheng was even happier, he tried to keep up with Jiang Yan’s pace, and asked, “So where are we going for dinner tonight? After dinner, will you stay with me? We have a spare room at home, or you can stay with me, my bed is pretty big, big enough for both of us…”

Ma Zheng chattered on and on, and Jiang Yan glanced at him but remained silent.

Two hours ago, he had just dropped Mu Jiawen off at Jianghai Town. A few days before, Li Yun had gone out to buy groceries and was accidentally hit by an electric tricycle. Her calf got run over by the wheel, and she suffered a fracture.

When calling, Xie Lin accidentally let it slip, and Mu Jiawen became very worried, so she left Beijing early this morning. Without any rest, she arrived in Jianghai Town by two in the afternoon.

It was quite a coincidence that not long after Mu Jiawen arrived at her uncle’s house, Xie Jingying went there as well.

Someone in the village was slaughtering a pig, and she bought two pig’s feet to take to Li Yun. Right after the accident, she even brought over a couple of chickens, which was quite considerate.

Having not seen her for just over a year, Mu Jiawen felt as if it had been many years, because Xie Jingying’s hair had turned mostly white. She looked listless, as if she had aged twenty years all at once, making her look extremely unfamiliar.

After delivering the items, Xie Jingying left quickly. Her steps seemed hurried as if she were escaping.

Li Yun looked at her retreating figure and shook her head helplessly, sighing, “Ah, Jiajia, you probably don’t know yet, but Song Xiwen and Youming have divorced. She…”

The mother-in-law and Jiajia had a deep bond, so she didn’t know how to break the news. After all, no one had expected that Xiaoxi would go to North City to inherit that person’s estate.

Was it a craving for money or a loss of conscience?

Yao Yeqiang was brought back from Beijing to North City by his nephew, and nobody knew whether it was due to poor care during the trip or some other reason, but Yao Yeqiang passed away just a couple of days after his return.

In his lifetime he had never accomplished much, so he didn’t leave behind much in terms of personal assets, but the inheritance his children had left him was not insignificant. His nephew thought it was all his, but then it turned out that Yao Yeqiang had made a will at some point, sealed it with his private seal, and handed it to a lawyer who was close to their family.

The will stated that in the event of his accidental death, all his assets were to be left to his granddaughters, Song Xiwen and Mu Jiawen, each getting half.

Yao Yeqiang’s nephew was furious to the point of exploding. He left before the funeral was over, and the rest of the Yao Family followed, leaving behind nothing but a cloud of dust. The few remaining friends who were not relatives looked at each other before they too left.

At the time, the urn had not yet been placed in the cemetery. The black and white portrait that the nephew had been holding was thrown onto the ground. The glass cracked in the middle, splitting the face into two halves, making for a truly dismal funeral.

The lawyer called Song Xiwen. At first, she refused, but when she heard the amount of the inheritance, she hesitated.

Within a day, Song Xiwen had taken leave to go to North City.

Song Lao San couldn’t persuade her. Without telling Xie Jingying, during the verification call from the lawyer, he confirmed that Mu Jiawen was merely an adopted daughter of the Song Family and had no blood relation with Xie Jingying. This could be investigated since she had already been claimed by her birth family.

So in the end, Song Xiwen received all the inheritance.

Zhou Youming felt that Song Xiwen had shattered his values once again. Had she no bottom line?

This time he did not hesitate and directly filed for divorce.

Song Xiwen agreed to divorce, but she wanted Haohao.

Zhou Youming would definitely not hand over his son to her, so until now, they are still in the midst of a legal battle without a clear winner.

Mu Jiawen listened quietly to her aunt’s story, her eyes squinting slightly, lips pressed tightly together.

At eight o’clock in the evening, Mu Jiawen called Zhou Youming. This time she didn’t call him ‘brother-in-law’ but ‘brother’–

“Tell Song Xiwen that if she insists on taking Haohao, our family will go to the police station to file a report, and I will testify that it was her who took me away and hid me at home fifteen years ago!”