Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute
Chapter 1203: Several Wives?

Chapter 1203: Chapter 1203: Several Wives?

Shen Mianmian chuckled lightly, "It makes sense that Zhou Siyu might struggle to accept the situation right away since she went abroad filled with dreams. But Zhao Xinlan’s reaction was quite unexpected; she must have felt scared in a foreign land!"

"Is there really a market for Zhou Lanfang at her age?" Yang Xiaoxi was surprised.

Lu Siyuan said, "Are you thinking too small? Zhou Lanfang is, after all, a woman not so young but still attractive." His words had a teasing tone, but considering that Zhou Lanfang was Shen Mianmian’s foster mother, Lu Siyuan didn’t say too much.

"Weren’t they crying their eyes out when you came back?" Yang Xiaoxi’s eyes sparkled, and she even thought about visiting Zhou Siyu.

"I left them some money," Lu Siyuan sighed and recounted the whole story, adding at the end, "It’s strange, really. I still can’t figure out Zhao Xinlan’s thinking; she actually invited Zhou Siyu to come back and live with her. Isn’t she just inviting competition for her husband?"

"That’s bizarre?" Yang Xiaoxi started to imagine all kinds of conflict scenarios, "Zhao Xinlan has given birth to so many sons for Xiaolong, she must have secured her position. Maybe she deceived Zhou Siyu to come back as a form of revenge for Zhou Siyu tricking her to go there? And about Zhou Siyu, she did love Xiaolong once, would Xiaolong favor the concubine over his wife?"

"What are you thinking about?" Lu Siyuan rolled his eyes, "Xiaolong already has several wives, neither of them could even count as concubines, let alone the main wife."

"Several wives?" Yang Xiaoxi was shocked, "Can he even afford that? Isn’t his family poor?"

"The wives support him. Just look at Zhao Xinlan, she provides for the children, and the other senior wives would even come to mooch off her." Basically, Xiaolong just gathers some free laborers who can work around the house, and the disobedient ones like Zhou Siyu get sold off.

Zhao Xinlan was obedient and hardworking, so she wasn’t sold.

"Then what on earth is Zhao Xinlan thinking?" Yang Xiaoxi was curious, "Who would willingly share her husband? It’s a modern society now, and she’s an educated woman. Plus, she holds a grudge against Zhou Siyu. When did she become so generous?"

"You girls don’t understand, and I understand even less," Lu Siyuan shook his head.

Yet Shen Mianmian speculated, "I think Zhao Xinlan probably feels that having Zhou Siyu around might make her life easier. After all, handling Xiaolong’s five wives alone isn’t easy, and being alone in a foreign land must be lonely. Besides, she clearly has no feelings for Xiaolong and doesn’t view him as a husband, so naturally, she wouldn’t get jealous."

There, Xiaolong’s only role as a husband, aside from allowing Zhao Xinlan to live there, probably offers her no other help.

Such a man, nobody would really want, it’s just about compromising to survive.

"Now that you analyze it like this, it really makes sense," Yang Xiaoxi nodded in agreement.

"You think Mianmian is brainless like you?" Lu Siyuan teased her.

"You are the one without a brain, still giving Zhou Siyu money, do you have so much money? If you have so much money, then treat us to a meal." Yang Xiaoxi and Lu Siyuan bickered, and eventually, Lu Siyuan really did take them out for a meal.

He Nan has been busy with wedding arrangements, hardly seen until nighttime, and there are also many construction workers at home. During this time, Shen Mianmian had been eating out, so she had no objections to Lu Siyuan treating them to a meal.