Xue Yan's stepmother asked Xue Yan's father to seduce Xue Yan's mother, marry her, and take everything that belonged to her. Once Xue Yan's father had everything in Xue Yan's mother's family in his hands, he would marry her.
Xue Yan's father rejected this idea at first.
He felt that he was a man. How could he live off a woman?
However, no matter how hard he worked, the money he earned was limited. He was just a worker. Even if he worked around the clock every day, even if he could buy a house, he would still have to work hard to pay the mortgage in the end. Moreover, for the sake of a house, he and his children might have to live a tight life.
Xue Yan's father had suffered too much in life, so when he thought of his children continuing to suffer like him, he was tempted.
Xue Yan's father began to plot to get close to Xue Yan's mother. In order to make Xue Yan's mother fall in love with him, he even directed and acted out a hero saving the damsel in distress. Sure enough, after that incident, Xue Yan's mother's attitude towards him began to change.
A year later, Xue Yan's mother married him.
He went from a college student from the mountains to a rich family's son-in-law.
However, his wife's family was too powerful and not very good either. He had always been unable to speak at home. Even if Xue Yan's mother's parents did not have any intention of looking down on him, his strong and morbid self-esteem had always felt that they had been looking down on him.
Later, after Xue Yan's mother's parents passed away, he took over the company bit by bit. Even if Xue Yan's mother wanted to transfer the shares to him, he only dared to take 10% symbolically because he was afraid of being gossiped about.
When Xue Yan's mother passed away, he thought that she would definitely give him the shares. However, he did not expect that she would give all the shares to Xue Yan and make him swear to treat Xue Yan well for the rest of his life.
He swore that he would treat Xue Yan well for the rest of his life, but secretly, he hated Xue Yan's mother to death.
He had worked so hard for their family for so many years, making the company's performance improve day by day. He worked so hard for their company, but she did not believe in him. How could he tolerate this?
If he could not tolerate this, it was naturally impossible for him to treat Xue Yan well.
His attitude towards Xue Yan also began to alienate him.
When his stepmother entered the house, his attitude towards Xue Yan became even worse.
However, if there was a stepmother, there would be a stepfather. He could completely push all the blame onto his stepmother. He was still that careless and good father who did not care much about matters of the heart.
However, Xue Yan had shares in his hands and the money that his mother had saved for him. The day after his stepmother entered the house, he moved out and started his own business after he graduated from university.
The stepmother hated Xue Yan's mother to begin with. Seeing that Xue Yan's life was getting better day by day, she felt increasingly indignant.
Even if the life he was living now was something she didn't dare to imagine before, she felt that it was natural. This was what Xue Yan's mother should give her after snatching her man away for so many years.
Moreover, when she thought of the shares in Xue Yan's hands, she couldn't sleep or eat in peace. In her opinion, the company should be her son's. If Xue Yan came to his senses one day and wanted to come back and snatch the company, they had no chance of winning at all.
Therefore, she thought of using Xue Yan's mother's jewelry, the Heart of the Ocean, as a threat to threaten Xue Yan to marry Ruan Jiujiu. When they were married for two years, she would give Xue Yan a portion of his shares during the division of assets. Then, when Xue Yan's father passed away, she would have a bargaining chip in her hands to snatch the company.
However, Xue Yan's stepmother had never thought from the beginning that from the beginning to the end, the most innocent people in this matter were Xue Yan's mother and Xue Yan.
In a way, Xue Yan's mother had been schemed against by them. If not for their scheme, Xue Yan's mother would have very likely married a man of equal social status and lived happily ever after. She would not have worked so hard to help Xue Yan's father handle the company's affairs and eventually died prematurely from overwork.
This company originally belonged to Xue Yan's grandfather. The first heir should have been Xue Yan's mother, then Xue Yan. Regardless of whether it was Xue Yan's father or stepmother's children, they had nothing to do with this company.
Moreover, if it wasn't for Xue Yan's mother, Xue Yan's father and stepmother would probably be like ordinary people right now. They would have to work hard to survive in this city and pay off their mortgage. They wouldn't be able to enjoy the good life they had now.
They clearly had the upper hand, but they still felt like they had lost out. It was truly the best description of a man whose heart was never content was like a snake trying to swallow an elephant.
After knowing the cause and effect, Jiujiu rolled her eyes. Then, she walked over to Xue Yan's side and sat down to continue watching TV with him.
Seeing that Jiujiu had returned, Xue Yan turned his head and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
When she heard Xue Yan ask her what was wrong, Jiujiu thought for a moment and decided to tell him about it.
Even if Steamed Bun could hack Xue Yan's stepmother's recording, as long as she said it, Xue Yan would have a knot in his heart. Rather than letting Xue Yan find out about her deal with his stepmother, she might as well tell him herself.
Jiujiu turned her head and looked at Xue Yan with a serious expression. She said, "Xue Yan, I have something to tell you."
As Jiujiu looked at him with a serious expression, Xue Yan's heart skipped a beat. For some reason, he had a bad feeling.
Xue Yan's eyes darted around. After a moment, he said, "I have something to tell you too."
Jiujiu said, "I lied to you before."
Xue Yan said, "I lied to you before too."
Jiujiu was speechless.
Jiujiu stared at Xue Yan without blinking. Her lips moved as she said, "What did you lie to me about?"
When Jiujiu asked him what he lied to her about, Xue Yan's eyelids drooped reflexively. His Adam's apple bobbed up and down. After a moment, he said, "You go first."
Jiujiu was speechless.
"Actually, I married you because your stepmother looked for me and gave me money."
Xue Yan was speechless.
"Are you angry?"
"No, I know."
"You know and you're still willing to marry me?" Xue Yan's answer shocked Jiujiu.
Xue Yan nodded. "She threatened me with my mother's belongings, so I had no other choice. So, my marriage to you was actually an equivalent exchange."
"Then what did you lie to me about?"
Jiujiu was still very curious about Xue Yan's claim that he had lied to her. Because she had thought about it for a long time just now, but she could not figure out how Xue Yan had lied to her.
As Jiujiu stared at him intently, Xue Yan instantly became nervous. After all, compared to Jiujiu's lie, his matter was more serious.
"Actually, I actually wanted to take revenge on you for the divorce and the fact that you wanted my father's company shares."
"What?"
"If you left the estate on the day I gave you the divorce agreement, you would have gotten into a car accident." Xue Yan lowered his eyes to block his gaze and said softly, "I arranged it."
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