Chapter 77
Chapter 77: The Beautifully Packaged Big Scam
The people of the Du family heard this and suddenly understood. So these so-called brother and sister were not related by blood at all, yet they went around under that title. No wonder no one had noticed anything wrong.
But it was also because their own experience was too shallow. Who would think that in this day and age there were still feudal things like child brides? It really opened their eyes and shattered their worldview.
The Cui family’s plan had worked. Cui Dong Mei was only three years older than Cui Jue Yan. The two of them grew up together as childhood sweethearts and had very deep feelings for each other.
When they grew up, they naturally ended up together. She even gave birth to his first child very early.
In the second year after the child was born, they were still not old enough to get legally married. They only held a wedding banquet in the village to let relatives and friends know. They never got a marriage certificate.
After that, Cui Jue Yan got into college and left the village, while Cui Dong Mei stayed in the village with the Cui parents to raise the child.
Du Lian Shuang felt completely numb. If the setting had been different, she would have wanted to pinch her own philtrum and suck in some oxygen to wake herself up.
She had seen this “sister” of Cui Jue Yan before.
At that time, she and Cui Jue Yan had already been married for five years. One day, he suddenly brought up his elderly parents. He said he wanted to bring them to live in the city, so that if the two old folks ever got sick, he could look after them.
Although he had married into the Du family, neither Du Lian Shuang nor her father were unreasonable people. If he wanted to bring his parents over to be filial, they would not stop him.
Cui Jue Yan also knew how to behave. He spent money to buy a new apartment not far from the Du family villa and let his parents move in there. During the holidays, if Du Lian Shuang did not invite them herself, they would not easily come to the Du house.
When his parents were about to move over, Cui Jue Yan had taken the initiative to tell her about this so-called blood sister.
According to his story, the sister had dropped out of school early and married early so that he could keep studying.
But fate was cruel. The brother-in-law had an accident and died young. There were no elders left in that family. So the sister had no choice but to take her son back to her own parents and live with them.
Now that he was bringing his parents to the city, the sister and nephew would probably come along too.
At the time, Du Lian Shuang had not cared much about it. They would be living nearby but not in her house, so there would be little chance for conflict. She was not stupid enough to pick on strangers who had little to do with her.
So she only sighed once about how hard the sister’s life was and let Cui Jue Yan arrange everything himself.
Thinking back carefully, ever since that family moved nearby, Cui Jue Yan had gone over there almost every weekend. He never stayed long, so she did not pay much attention.
Sometimes she would even ask if she should go with him to say hello to her father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law.
What she got in return were excuses like: “No need, I’ll be back soon. If you go, they’ll have to look after you. You will feel awkward and so will they.” And: “Don’t worry. As long as we are living well, they won’t mind these things.”
Back then she had thought he was being thoughtful. Now when she remembered it, she felt her own brain must have been broken to believe such nonsense.
It was not that he was afraid she would feel uncomfortable. He was afraid that if she went along, it would disturb his little family reunion.
The two children were also hit hard. They had seen that “brother” from Cui Dong Mei’s family before.
A few years ago during Spring Festival, Cui Jue Yan had brought the boy to the Du family villa to spend the New Year.
Du Xiu Yuan and Du Yun Ni were very curious about this boy who was several years older than them. They went up to talk to him on their own.
But the boy did not appreciate it at all. He glared at them with cold eyes, scaring them so much that they turned around and ran to complain to Du Lian Shuang.
At that time, because of what Cui Jue Yan had told her, she felt very sorry for that lonely mother and son. So she explained to the children why that young man did not like to talk and always looked so serious.
Because of that, the two children also began to pity this pair of mother and son. They even felt guilty for “misunderstanding” him. When they left, they packed up several of their favorite toys and gave them to that boy.
Now that they had learned the truth, the brother and sister were speechless. They only wanted to shout: “Give back all our true feelings and all our toys!”
What had happened after Cui Jue Yan went to college was more or less the same as what Du Lian Shuang and the others had always known.
With his handsome looks and rich knowledge, he graduated smoothly and successfully entered the company run by Du Lian Shuang’s father.
At that time, she had just joined the company at the lowest level to gain experience. Cui Jue Yan fell in love with her at first sight and chased her wildly. During that process, he also acted as her good teacher and helpful friend, helping her solve many problems in her career.
The two of them supported each other and climbed up step by step. Two years passed like that. Then her real identity as the boss’s daughter was exposed. Cui Jue Yan acted very shocked. After that, they naturally walked into the marriage hall, got married, had children, and seemed loving to this day, becoming a story everyone praised.
From Du Lian Shuang’s point of view, that was indeed how it looked. But in fact…
[There was no love at first sight. He only wanted money from the start!]
Du Lian Shuang thought: “…” So in his eyes she was not even pretty?
The Du family members: “Pfft…”
[This man came in from the very beginning with the goal of taking their whole inheritance. Before he entered the company, he had already investigated. Third Grandfather’s wife died very early, and Third Grandfather was busy with his career and never remarried. He only had one daughter, Aunt.]
[By chance, on the day he went to the company for his interview, he happened to see Aunt getting out of Third Grandfather’s car. Not long after, he secretly heard a phone call between Aunt and Third Grandfather and confirmed that she was his real daughter and the future heir of this big company. Right then he started planning to cling to Aunt, take all the inheritance, and revive his own family line. Only after that did he act out the so-called love at first sight and mutual support.]
When Du Lian Shuang heard this, she almost could not breathe and nearly died from anger on the spot.
So all the beautiful memories she had been holding on to for so many years were nothing but a big scam wrapped up in a pretty package from the very beginning.
The faces of the other members of the Du family also looked very bad, especially Father Du.
Her father had been his Third Uncle. The relationship between Third Uncle and Father Du’s own father had been very good.
Maybe because Third Uncle had no son, from childhood he had them call each other brother and sister. Many times, if Du Lian Shuang had something, Father Du would get one too.
Father Du took a deep breath and forced down the wild anger in his heart. The scene from a few years ago, when Third Uncle lay weak in the hospital, still pulling his hand and begging him to take care of Du Lian Shuang after he died and not let anyone bully her, was still clear in his mind. Yet someone had already given in to greed long before that and reached his claws toward his family.
To take the entire inheritance and make the family line “return” to his own, this guy really dared to dream. It was simply too much.
The truth showed that Cui Jue Yan not only dared to think it, he actually did it, and did it very successfully.
If not for Du An Rao’s reminder today, they would never have known that under this human skin was a fierce wolf watching them with hungry eyes.
[The brother and sister are already this old. I guess he has long since started secretly moving Aunt’s assets. And as for Third Grandfather’s death… hmm, if I am not wrong, that probably has something to do with him too.]