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Niu Liang heard the sound of Xiang Mei's footsteps leaving and instantly went pale with panic.
Back when he married Zhao Sue, his father‑in‑law had opposed it from the start. If he hadn't schemed to make Zhao Sue lose her virginity to him, Zhao Youheng would never have agreed to this marriage.
Zhao Youheng had only one daughter, Zhao Sue, and had originally intended to take in a son‑in‑law. But after he and Zhao Sue were already married, Zhao Youheng suddenly changed his mind and said he wanted Zhao Sue married into the Niu family. In the end it was on his instructions that Zhao Sue went crying to her mother, and only when the mother‑in‑law threatened to die over it did Zhao Youheng finally agree to let him marry into their household.
Over these years, he'd used Zhao Youheng's name to line his pockets with quite a bit of money, from Zhao Youheng's initial scoldings to the helplessness of today.
