After the eldest sister-in-law of a fishing family became a widow, her disabled younger brother-in-l

Chapter 52 Only Six Months to Live

Upon hearing that familiar laughter, Jiang Yuyue knew who it was.

"It was quite a surprise that you returned, sister-in-law. I was out shopping and couldn't greet you in person. Please forgive me."

The woman who entered the room was a young woman, slightly younger than Jiang Yuyue. She was also quite pretty, and her features bore a resemblance to Xie Yunqi's, both exuding a calculating air.

Besides Xie Yunqi's biological sister, Xie Yuan, who else could it be?

Xie Yuan was arrogant and spoiled. Apart from her grandmother, parents, and her brother Xie Yunqi, she looked down on everyone else, including Jiang Yuyue.

But looking at her now, she is clearly a completely different person from before.

"So it's Sister Yuan'er who's here."

Jiang Yuyue stood up to greet her, her smile indifferent. "How dare I trouble my sister to come and pick me up?"

"What are you saying, sister-in-law? Are you trying to be distant with your younger sister?" Xie Yuan's expression was full of concern, her eyes not glancing at her stomach.

“My sister-in-law is carrying my little nephew right now. Although my older brother passed away early, since this child is destined to be with our Xie family, we will certainly not treat him and my sister-in-law unfairly!”

Jiang Yuyue smiled and nodded, but the smile didn't reach her eyes; in reality, she didn't take her words to heart.

If Xie Yuan were an easy person to get along with, Jiang Yuyue wouldn't bother dragging innocent people into this. But Xie Yuan has always been arrogant and had many objections to the marriage even before Jiang Yuyue was officially married into the family.

Aside from money, he never cared about Jiang Yuyue.

In her previous life, Jiang Yuyue spent money on her and called her "dear sister-in-law" repeatedly. However, when Jiang Yuyue was purged by Xie Yunqi, Xie Yuan also provided a lot of support behind the scenes.

Therefore, after being reborn, during the first two weeks of her marriage, she was extremely accommodating to her sister-in-law.

The two went shopping together, and no matter how expensive the jewelry or clothes Xie Yuan liked, Jiang Yuyue would pay for them without batting an eye, gradually spoiling her spending habits. Xie Yuan must have had a very hard time while Jiang Yuyue was away.

Sure enough, before they could exchange more than a few words, Xie Yuan glanced around Jiang Yuyue's room and feigned surprise, saying:

"Oh dear, why is your room so simple, sister-in-law? What kind of inferior material is used for these curtains? You're pregnant now, how can you use such things?"

Xie Yuan said with concern, "It must be that these servants are not attentive enough. Sister-in-law, you can't be negligent. Since you are pregnant, everything must be the best."

"I suppose it's not appropriate to leave the shopping to a servant. Fortunately, my sister-in-law is still feeling relatively well. How about we go shopping together tomorrow, and I'll accompany her to choose some items?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuyue knew the purpose of her trip.

Xie Yuan was truly impatient; she couldn't sit still on her very first day back and came up with such a lame excuse to scheme against her money.

Presumably, tomorrow's purpose isn't to buy things for Jiang Yuyue, but rather Xie Yuan simply wants to find someone to pay the bill.

"I'm so sorry to trouble you with this, sister."

Jiang Yuyue agreed with a smile, "Then let's go out for a stroll together tomorrow."

Seeing that Jiang Yuyue readily agreed, Xie Yuan was overjoyed, and her smile became even brighter.

"Then I won't disturb your rest any longer, sister-in-law. I'll come again tomorrow to go shopping with you!"

Watching Xie Yuan leave, Jiang Yuyue found it all quite amusing.

"The Xie family really can't even pretend for long."

Xiao Liu was utterly disgusted by the Xie family's behavior. "Do they really think we're all stupid? Can't they see she's only after the young lady's money?"

“In her eyes, we really are stupid,” Jiang Yuyue said slowly. “Giving away four thousand taels of silver for nothing as soon as we got back, isn’t that stupid enough?”

Xiao Liu was speechless for a moment after hearing this, but that was exactly the effect Jiang Yuyue wanted.

The higher she elevates the Xie family now, the harder they will fall in the future!

Just as Jiang Yuyue had expected, Xie Yuan's smile vanished the moment she stepped out of the courtyard.

"This fool is so easy to fool; I tricked him into believing he was completely out of his mind with just a few words!"

Xie Yuan's tone was full of contempt, "Look at her arrogant attitude, does she really think she's something special just because she has knowledge in her belly?"

The maid Cuihong chimed in, "That's right! I heard it all just now. She actually dared to ask the Madam and the Old Madam for our family's shop! She must think she can be the master of the entire Xie family just because she's pregnant!"

"Making the decision?"

Xie Yuan snorted and couldn't help but laugh. "She's dreaming! This bitch spent four thousand taels of silver on that pig-headed second wife as soon as she came back. She's incredibly stupid. That money should be spent on our first wife's side. How can there be any reason for the second wife's side to benefit from it?!"

But when Xie Yuan thought about how Jiang Yuyue had already agreed to go shopping together tomorrow, she couldn't help but smile.

"Since she has money, don't blame me for being impolite tomorrow!"

……

After receiving the news in the backyard, Madam Xie went to the front hall to inform Xie Longqing, the eldest son of the Xie family.

Upon learning from Madam Xie that Xie Jinglan only had a little over six months to live, Xie Longqing was shocked.

"Are you serious? Jinglan only has six months to live?!"

Seeing his expression, Madam Xie harbored a hint of schadenfreude, but outwardly maintained a virtuous demeanor and sighed.

"Yes, Jinglan is truly unfortunate. He traveled all the way to the capital, and although his legs were healed, his illness is still beyond the reach of even the renowned Physician Baili. They say he has at most a year and a half to live, and if he's unlucky, perhaps..."

Just thinking about this gives Xie Longqing a headache.

Although his youngest son was adopted halfway through his life, he was initially thought to be a promising young man because of his handsome appearance. However, he turned out to be a sickly and helpless child. He went to the capital to thank Xie Longqing with high hopes, but the final result was unexpected.

"It's all fate...it's all fate!"

Xie Longqing couldn't help but sigh. Xie Jinglan was now beyond help. Was Heaven truly against him?

"Fortunately, Yunqi was still quite capable. Although he has passed away, he still left us with a grandson."

Madam Xie quickly steered the conversation toward her own grandson, "If our Xie family is fortunate enough to have a grandson, and if the master teaches him well, he will surely be more successful than our Yunqi!"