The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 423 - 394: A Chance Encounter at the Mall_1

Chapter 423: Chapter 394: A Chance Encounter at the Mall_1

No matter if it was right or wrong, today Ye Weiwen had made up her mind to get a million dollars from her son to suppress the arrogance of her daughter-in-law.

"Last month I already gave Anan a million. There isn’t that much money in the account," Xin Wei refused. This time he wasn’t prepared to give in.

Seeing her husband stand firm, Li Yushan felt slightly reassured and, without looking at her mother-in-law or sister-in-law, took her children upstairs.

"Stop right there. If you’re not feeling guilty, why do you want to leave?" Ye Weiwen sneered, intending to provoke a rift in their mother-son and sibling relationships. She thought they could just leave without consequence—no way.

However, Li Yushan didn’t stop, pretending not to hear.

Every time the mother-in-law and sister-in-law didn’t achieve their goals, they’d find excuses, claiming it was because she didn’t let her husband help.

In the past, it was a misunderstanding, but this time it was for real.

Li Yushan didn’t want to argue. Since they’d decided to fall out, there was no point in humbling herself.

"You... you... Ah Wei, you see that? Your wife doesn’t take me seriously at all," Ye Weiwen said. "I don’t want to live anymore, don’t want to live! With a son and daughter-in-law like this, how can I go on living!"

Xin Anan looked on as if watching a good show, while Xin Wei had a head full of black lines.

Xin Wei didn’t want to deal with it either and went straight upstairs.

Ye Weiwen and Xin Anan, seeing everyone had left, made a scene at home—with Li Yushan, that spendthrift woman around, they couldn’t get the money.

Xin Anan cried pitifully. Now, she would have no money to spend.

"Don’t worry, Anan. Tomorrow, Mom will take you to the company. Your older brother won’t ignore you. You saw that your sister-in-law was reluctant; of course, your brother isn’t going to give you money to spend," Ye Weiwen consoled her. No matter what, she had to get money from her son.

"Mommy, you are the best," Xin Anan said, kissing Ye Weiwen on the face.

Although Ye Weiwen was a bit frivolous, she wasn’t completely foolish. "Anan, since your companies are losing money, why don’t you let your older brother help you manage them? That way, you’d have money to spend, right?"

"Mom, you just care about my brother, not me. It’s my property. If I don’t manage it, and others do, it will no longer be mine," Xin Anan complained. Right now, it was her husband who was managing the businesses. It was precisely because of this understanding that her husband agreed to let her play around without divorcing her.

Life was so unfettered and joyful this way!

"Alright, alright, I won’t say anymore." Ye Weiwen, seeing her daughter was upset, felt very distressed. She loved this daughter who so closely resembled her.

It was only after the mother-in-law and sister-in-law left that Li Yushan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah, if they were really struggling, we wouldn’t ignore them," Li Yushan said. "But they are extravagant, unrestrained, only spending without earning. No amount of money would be enough for them. We have two children at home to think about; we can’t just consider others anymore."

Xin Wei nodded, saying, "I understand all this. In the future, I won’t indulge their bad habits."

Xin Wei thought it was a good plan; however, not long after he got to the office the next day, Ye Weiwen showed up with Xin Anan.

In front of all the employees, she pleaded sorrowfully for Xin Wei to help his sister.

In front of so many people, Xin Wei felt he had lost face for the first time and for the first time hated having such a mother and sister.

Because a big client was coming in today, and if his mother made a scene, the deal would surely fall through, he had no choice but to write a check for a million dollars for Xin Anan.

Having gotten the money, Ye Weiwen left contentedly with her daughter Xin Anan.

"Mommy, you are so amazing," Xin Anan hugged and kissed her mother several times. "Brother is still very filial to Mommy, it’s just that he isn’t as nice to his sister as he used to be."

"p>"Don’t be ungrateful, your brother has given you thirty million in total, and he hasn’t made that much money himself," Ye Weiwen said. "But you, you really need to manage your own properties well and can’t just know how to play all the time."

"Got it, Mommy," Xin Anan nodded. "Mom, let’s go shopping, I still haven’t bought the things I liked the other day, and I don’t know if they’re still available now."

Hearing her daughter’s promise to honor her, Ye Weiwen was pleased, and they went shopping together.

However, while they were shopping, they spent most of their money, carrying bags big and small, only to see Bai Qiongyu and an old lady selecting jewelry together in a jewelry store.

"Who is that old lady with that old witch Bai?" asked Ye Weiwen. "I’ve known her for decades, yet I’ve never seen her so amiable and smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum."

Such a description was meant to mock the wrinkles on Bai Qiongyu’s face.

Yet compared to Bai Qiongyu, Ye Weiwen had even more wrinkles on her face – it was just that without a mirror in front of her, she couldn’t see her own face.

It was the typical case of the crow standing on the back of the black pig, only seeing the blackness of others, blind to its own.

"I don’t know that old lady, but the woman next to her is Mrs. Qi, Qi Shu’s wife," said Xin Anan. "That unknown old lady must be Qi Shu’s mother, right? Otherwise, Anna wouldn’t be so eager to flatter her!"

It was clearly a daughter-in-law currying favor with her mother-in-law!

Elder sister Li Yushan used to do this frequently, but now that her children have grown up and become independent, she no longer behaves like before.

Ye Weiwen chuckled and said, "It’s rare to see Bai Qiongyu so flattering toward someone; let’s go over and have a look."

Xin Anan hesitated for a moment. She knew that every time her mother saw her stepmother, eight out of ten times they would end up arguing.

Arguing with the stepmother was not a big deal, but it would be embarrassing in front of the Qi Family if others were to know about the Xin Family’s issues.

"Alright, Mommy, let’s not go over there," Xin Anan said. "We can go another time."

"No way," Ye Weiwen shook off Xin Anan and walked over. "Take another look; that Bai Qiongyu has a young girl next to her who looks very much like her, aren’t you curious to know who she is?"

Upon hearing her mother’s words, Xin Anan was startled and took a clear look at the girl next to her stepmother.

Her stepmother was fitting the girl with the latest diamond necklace, worth two million US dollars. She had looked at it several times but could never bring herself to buy it.

And her stepmother was actually going to buy it for that young girl – what was their relationship?

Moreover, the two looked so alike, the implications were intriguing!

"Let’s go have a look," said Xin Anan, this time urging Ye Weiwen.

"Sister Bai, you seem to be in a good mood, it’s rare to see you out shopping," Ye Weiwen approached with a smiling face, a look of contempt in her eyes, but mostly one of jealousy.

Bai Qiongyu was busy dressing up He Tiantian and hadn’t noticed Ye Weiwen’s approach.

Upon hearing Ye Weiwen’s voice, Bai Qiongyu felt a wave of annoyance.

Turning around, Bai Qiongyu saw Ye Weiwen and then glanced at Xin Anan.

"Hmm, you seem to be in a good mood as well," Bai Qiongyu said, suppressing the annoyance in her heart, calmly.

Bai Qiongyu turned back and continued to help He Tiantian choose jewelry.

"Aren’t you going to introduce us to that young lady?" Ye Weiwen became even more curious—after all, the young girl was a spitting image of Bai Qiongyu in her youth.