Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife-Chapter 1068: Three Months Have Passed (5)
Outside, the cold rain falls incessantly, marking the transition between autumn and winter.
The temperature has once again dropped below zero.
For the southern regions, this is a sign that winter is approaching.
Nowadays, the time winter begins each year keeps getting later due to the global warming trend. It’s only around the Lunar New Year that there’s some feeling of winter.
The old lady of the Xiao Family and the others inside the house are cutting window decorations; time passes quickly, and in the blink of an eye, more than three months have gone by. It’s only two weeks until the New Year.
"What did Shuju say?" the old lady squints and asks, holding scissors and cutting red paper, her fingers steady, looking very healthy and agile.
Uncle Tang, tasked with making the phone call, answers, "Third Miss said she’ll try her best to come back for the New Year."
"Where has she gone off to? Her brother has returned, and her sister-in-law is about to have a baby. Her father is also feeling better, and even I, with my old bones, have to personally prepare things for the New Year. But she just packed up and left, and has been nowhere to be found."
Uncle Tang thinks, in this family, the one truly nowhere to be found is not really Xiao Shuju.
Xiao Shuju said on the phone that she’s now in Europe, having found some business opportunities there.
Later, the old lady became concerned and sent someone to inquire, confirming that it’s indeed true.
Xiao Shuju suddenly went to Europe to partner with others in starting a company. What kind of company did she start?
The old lady found it strange.
The third child had never loved doing business. When she got married, she made it clear that she wanted to be a wealthy wife who didn’t have to work or earn money because her husband would support her. In the end, she was terribly deceived by Lin Jiale.
Honestly, what man would truly be broad-minded enough to tolerate his woman saying such things? Oh, you stay idle at home, spend my money, and do nothing. I might as well bring back a bodhisattva to worship.
After being heavily hit by Lin Jiale, Xiao Shuju seemed to have come to her senses, figured things out, yet her straightforward nature made her act extremely unpredictable. Now, Xiao Shuju’s motto became not only to do business to support herself but also to feed the entire family.
She dramatically carried a bit of luggage and rushed to Europe, started a company, and ultimately engaged in ordinary import-export trade. That is, importing some medium to low-priced clothing locally and selling them as international brands domestically, always able to impress some foreign-worshiping folks.
But is business really that easy nowadays?
The old lady had grave doubts. She feared the naive third child might think herself smart, only to end up unknowingly cheated again, losing everything.
There’s nowhere as good as home.
If she keeps focusing on business and doesn’t even return for the New Year, the old lady feels that’s unacceptable.
Thus, she instructed Uncle Tang to call Xiao Shuju.
After discussing the third child, let’s talk about the fourth.
The fourth child is said to have returned home, to her family-in-law’s place in the United States. Because of this, the old lady finds it increasingly difficult to contact her.
It’s said that when daughters are married off, they are like water that has been poured out, and the old lady’s traditional mindset made her believe that now the fourth child has married and is truly not part of the Xiao Family’s business.
After all, hasn’t that foreign husband always treated the fourth child very well?
"Fourth Miss—" Uncle Tang says softly, "still hasn’t called home yet. Normally, she’d be calling by now to say when she’d be back."
Although the fourth child seemed quite wild in her youth and married earlier than her sisters, in this aspect, she always behaved properly, never worrying the old lady.
