Chapter 484 — A Mighty Mother-in-Law
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If only Wei Zhao hadn't broken up with his sister and were instead his brother-in-law! Then he'd have basked in the man's glory too, and lived the high life for real! But why had he gone and broken up with her?
What was wrong with his sister? Beautiful, sweet-natured -- one in ten thousand, easily. Was Wei Zhao blind? Still, Xiaowei knew that a man as formidable as Wei Zhao certainly had no shortage of women at his side; whatever edge his sister had no longer counted for much...
Mother Tang, meanwhile, was beside herself with excitement, and regret gnawed at her too. If only Wei Zhao hadn't broken up with Tang Zhi! With a son-in-law that formidable, who would dare cross their family? Boss Zou, a man of such wealth, had slapped his own face the moment he heard Wei Zhao's name. It was thrilling!
"Hmph! My son-in-law says if you ever trouble my nephew again, he'll teach you a lesson!" Mother Tang planted her hands on her hips, and somehow the words just tumbled out.
Tang Zhi shot her mother a reproachful look. Son-in-law? That was ancient history now. But she couldn't correct her at this point -- she couldn't let Zou Tiandi find out, could she?
So there was nothing for it but to let her mother prattle on.
"Wouldn't dare, wouldn't dare!" Zou Tiandi said hastily. "So it's Auntie! Forgive my rudeness. I'll keep myself strictly in line and never stir up trouble again!"
"What about that hundred and fifty thousand I gave you earlier?" Mother Tang demanded with a sniff. That a man of Zou Tiandi's age should call her Auntie gave her an immense sense of achievement! He was probably older than she was, wasn't he? Yet he'd lowered himself a generation -- when had she ever been treated like this? She was delighted beyond measure.
The moment Tang Zhi heard her mother's disastrous words, she knew it spelled trouble. Wasn't this exactly what would make Zou Tiandi suspicious? If she'd known he was Zou Tiandi, she never would have given him that hundred and fifty thousand -- and yet she had given it to him beforehand...
At that thought, Tang Zhi hurried to say: "Mom, Wei Zhao said the hundred and fifty thousand was owed by Xiaowei in the first place, so just let him have it."
To keep up the act, Tang Zhi had no choice but to tell a lie; otherwise there'd be no patching this up.
Mother Tang was rather reluctant, though. She could plainly have used Wei Zhao's name to demand that hundred and fifty thousand back -- why wouldn't her daughter take it?
"Yes, yes, that hundred and fifty thousand -- I'll return it at once! At once!" How could Zou Tiandi be thinking of anything else at this moment? It was Tang Zhi who was overthinking; and the more she said, the less suspicious Zou Tiandi became! After all, that was just Wei Zhao's nature -- over trifles like this he couldn't be bothered to go looking for trouble, and so long as no bottom line was crossed, things were generally fine.
But though Tang Zhi had said Wei Zhao didn't want the hundred and fifty thousand, Mother Tang had spoken up, and Zou Tiandi truly didn't dare not return it! If Wei Zhao's mother-in-law got upset and, once home, let slip a few bad words about him, wouldn't Wei Zhao tear him limb from limb? Zou Tiandi thought to himself that it would be a crying injustice to lose his life over a trifle like this!
So whether Tang Zhi wanted it or not, he would simply give the money to Mother Tang, to stop her mouth -- and better yet, get her to put in a good word for him, so that Wei Zhao would give up looking for trouble with him for good! With that in mind, Zou Tiandi scrambled back up the stairs.
Tang Zhi glared at her mother in exasperation, but Mother Tang didn't care in the least. If money could be had, so what if they borrowed Wei Zhao's name for a bit?