Chapter 65: Chapter 65 You May Soon Have a Sister-in-Law
Chu Lin looked towards Huo Shiyuan, “Are they all from Nanxiang?”
Huo Shiyuan replied, “Nanxiang is a poor small county in Xiang Province with a low population. It’s too much of a coincidence that the human trafficker and Chu Yan’s biological father are from the sa small county.”
Chu Lin said to Huo Shiyuan, “Do you an the human trafficker and Yanyan’s biological father knew each other? Did they conspire to abduct Yuan Xi and have Yanyan replace her? But Yuan Xi was stolen by the nanny, and then abducted by human traffickers; Yanyan was adopted by my parents a few months later from the orphanage. How could it be their sche?”
Yuan Xi said, “My adoptive parents bought because the human trafficker intended to throw into Ruohu Lake. Normally, human traffickers sell the children they abduct for money, not drown them in a lake. At that ti, my adoptive parents thought I was the child of a young girl who had co to Jiang City to work and didn’t dare tell her family that she was pregnant out of wedlock, intending to drown ; they never suspected that I was trafficked.”
Huo Shiyuan continued, “When the nanny stole Yuan Xi back then, her plan was to ask the Chu Family for a ransom of one million. How could she let the child be abducted again right under her nose? There are too many dubious points in this matter.”
Upon hearing what Yuan Xi said about being thrown into the lake, a chill rose from the depths of Yang Ying’s heart.
Huo Shiyuan looked towards Yang Ying and Chu Qing and said, “Although it is your freedom to decide who to give your property to, if Yuan Xi’s abduction really has sothing to do with the Chu Family, then Chu Yan does not deserve the shares worth one billion.”
Chu Lin looked at Huo Shiyuan and spoke to Chu Qing and Yang Ying, “Dad, Mom, let’s wait on allocating Yanyan’s shares for now. I’ll have soone investigate the connections between the nanny, the human trafficker, and Yanyan’s biological father.”
Yuan Xi looked at Chu Lin, as he had seldomly shown such forethought.
Nanny Zhang ca in and said, “Mr. Chu, Junior President Chu, Miss Zhou has arrived.”
Yang Ying responded, “Let her in.”
Zhou Jiang arrived with two boxes of bird’s nest and fish maw, “Aunt Chu, I heard you were discharged from the hospital, so I ca to see how you are doing. Are you feeling better?”
Yang Ying replied with a light laugh, “The doctor said I just need plenty of rest.”
Zhou Jiang said, “You have been working hard for Chu Neng all your life, you really should rest more.”
Yang Ying smiled faintly, “After Chu Lin gets married and has children, I plan to retire and help Xinxin and Lin’er with their kids.”
Zhou Jiang looked at the woman sitting on the couch; she looked sowhat familiar and took a while before she rembered seeing her with Gu Hanchen, “Aunt Chu, who is this…?”
Yang Ying said, “She is Xinyan, Xinxin. She is Zhou Jiang, the daughter of Mr. Zhou and Chu Neng, who have been good friends for many years.”
Yuan Xi stood up and greeted Zhou Jiang with a professionally polite smile, “Hello.”
Zhou Jiang learned from Chu Yan that the woman who had thrown wine at Chu Lin was a friend of Yuan Xi, and now seeing Yuan Xi, she instinctively disliked her.
Moreover, Zhou Jiang was very clear that even if Yuan Xi was the Chu Family’s biological daughter, with her marriage to a powerless, influence-less, and poor rural husband, it would only be Yuan Xi who would climb onto the Chu Family.
Yuan Xi was sure to be a lifelong burden, seeking benefits from her maiden ho, becoming a nuisance for her and Chu Lin, a bottomless pit they would constantly have to fill.
Unlike Chu Yan, who was backed by the Bao Family and could add luster to the Chu Family.
Zhou Jiang just gave Yuan Xi a smile, then went to Chu Lin’s side and said, “Chu Lin, you left in a hurry yesterday. I still have so things to discuss with you regarding the Guanming Bay project.”
Chu Lin said, “Co with to the study.”
Seeing Chu Lin go upstairs with Zhou Jiang, Yang Ying smiled lightly at Yuan Xi, “You may soon have a sister-in-law. Jiang is a very nice girl—intelligent, sensible, generous, and appropriate. She will make an excellent future mistress for our Chu Family.”
As Yang Ying praised Zhou Jiang, Yuan Xi just smiled faintly on the side.
She didn’t even acknowledge Chu Lin as her real brother; whoever Chu Lin married was a stranger’s issue to Yuan Xi.
Yang Ying looked at Yuan Xi with a light smile and said, “Why don’t you just sign the share transfer agreent now? We really owe you an apology.”
Yuan Xi looked at the share transfer agreent in front of her, but she did not sign it. “Dad, Mom, I don’t need it.”
Chu Qing said, “You should take it. We’ve truly wronged you over the years, and we’ve also bought you a fully-furnished villa in the new housing project Jiangyan Villa in Jiang City. Take a look and see if you like it. If you don’t like the style of decoration, you can demolish and redesign it. There’s no need to live by Ruohu anymore.”
Yuan Xi replied, “The drive from Jiangyan Villa to the Michen Building takes almost half an hour, which is not much different from the drive from Ruohu. I find Ruohu more comfortable to live in. As for Chu Neng’s shares, we can talk about that when the ti cos.”
If the Chu Family still intends to give those shares to Chu Yan in the end, then Yuan Xi wouldn’t accept them.
Yang Ying said, “Isn’t it inconvenient for you to live in the village?”
Yuan Xi laughed softly and shook her head, “It’s not inconvenient.”
Yang Ying let out a sigh and said, “As long as you don’t find it inconvenient, that’s fine.”
At lunch, Yang Ying also invited Zhou Jiang to join them.
The table was loaded with dishes, and Yuan Xi eyed the plate of crabs with envy.
The best ti to eat crabs is in September and October, but Yuan Xi also liked the tender crab at of the June yellow crabs that ca out in June and July.
However, now that she was pregnant, Yuan Xi dared not eat the lake crabs.
Huo Shiyuan peeled a crab for Yuan Xi, “Eating just one crab shouldn’t be a problem.”
Yuan Xi watched as Huo Shiyuan skillfully removed the crab at with the tool beside him.
Yuan Xi smiled and said, “Thank you.”
Xiao Shihuo watched Huo Shiyuan eagerly and said, “I want to eat crab too.”
“Peel it yourself!” Huo Shiyuan handed a crab to Xiao Shihuo.
Xiao Shihuo pouted, “But I don’t know how to peel it.”
Yuan Xi laughed gently while showing Xiao Shihuo how to peel the crab.
After eating the crab roe, Xiao Shihuo spat it out, “It’s bitter, not tasty. I don’t want this crab; it’s not good.”
Yuan Xi laughed and said, “I think it’s pretty good.”
Zhou Jiang interjected, “Actually, the best ti to eat crabs is in October. Crabs now have little at, and the roe is bitter, which no one likes to eat. Yuan Xi, you probably haven’t had the delicious hairy crabs in October, so you think the crabs now are good.”
Watching Yuan Xi eat the lake crab as if it was a delicacy, Zhou Jiang thought she truly was soone who hadn’t eaten much good food.
Yuan Xi heard Zhou Jiang’s insinuation that she hadn’t eaten anything good and wasn’t upset.
Definitely, the Chu Family didn’t know she liked the June yellow crabs, and since she was pregnant, the crabs weren’t prepared for her. Zhou Jiang’s words were akin to saying that the Chu Family hadn’t eaten good things either.
Chu Lin picked up a crab and said, “I just like eating the crabs from this season. The at of the June yellow crabs is the freshest and most tender.”
Yuan Xi, knowing Chu Lin also liked eating these seasonal crabs, looked at the crab at in her bowl and suddenly didn’t want to eat it anymore.
Hearing Chu Lin’s words, Zhou Jiang said, “Then I will try it too. Chu Lin, could you peel one for ?”
Chu Lin indeed took the crab tools and started peeling a crab for Zhou Jiang.
With a light laugh, Zhou Jiang said, “By the way, Chu Lin, was the shirt that Yuan Xi’s friend splashed with red wine yesterday cleaned? If it can’t be cleaned, let’s just forget it for Yuan Xi’s sake. After all, I don’t think her friend’s family is very wealthy, and two hundred thousand is a lot for them.”
“Xinxin’s friend spilled red wine on you?” Yang Ying asked from the side, “Chu Lin, what is this about?”
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