lcionline Chapter 002 The Useless Son-in-Law
Chapter 002 The Useless Son-in-Law
Chapter 002 The Useless Son-in-Law
Lin Fan's father, Lin Ping'an, devoted his entire life to building the Tianwang Group from scratch. The business flourished, and the group joined the ranks of prominent families in Shancheng City. However, today, he has ended up with his family ruined and his life destroyed. His company was seized by his younger brother, Lin Qingshan, and he committed suicide by jumping off a building. His wife is missing, and his son, Lin Fan, has become an adopted son-in-law of the Su family.
The Su family, to which Lin Fan married, was only a second-rate family in Shancheng City. They could only look up to the Lin family of Shancheng City, let alone him, a son-in-law who had married into the family.
After racking his brains, the four words "Lin Family of Mountain City" kept lingering in Lin Fan's mind, but he just couldn't connect this first-class family with the Tianwang Group.
Lin Qingshan has gone mad and is of no value, so Lin Fan decided to go home first and then make further plans.
On my way home, a streak of red lightning suddenly ripped across the sky, followed by a deafening roar.
"Blood thunder?"
Lin Fan was surprised that the Heavenly Punishment Blood Lightning from the Nine Nether Continent of this other world would appear here.
"Could it be!"
Lin Fan seemed to be deep in thought. Legend had it that this blood lightning was the wrath of the Heavenly Emperor of the Upper Realm. Something rare even in other realms appearing in the mortal world must be suspicious!
"Be careful what you say and do!" Lin Fan suppressed his spiritual energy in his dantian, afraid that he would be discovered by people from other worlds. Although he had cultivated martial arts for a hundred years and his power had reached its peak, there are always people stronger than him. The Heavenly Punishment Blood Lightning represents the supreme power of the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor. Lin Fan's strength was no match for it, not to mention that in this world where spiritual energy is scarce, his cultivation level was greatly reduced.
Suddenly, my mother-in-law, Shen Yunlan, called.
Before Lin Fan could even speak after answering the phone, a complaint came from the other end: "Lin Fan, you've really grown some guts! You eat and drink at my house, and now you're leaving without even saying hello?"
It is now the second year of Lin Fan and Su Ruowei's marriage, and also the first year after Lin Fan's family went bankrupt. In the year since the bankruptcy, Lin Fan has to report everything he does, even going downstairs to buy a bottle of vinegar requires prior application.
Of course, there are exceptions, besides cleaning and cooking.
Lin Fan was too lazy to pay attention and was about to hang up when Su Ruowei's voice came from the other end of the phone.
The voice was soft but still clearly audible: "Never mind, Mom, I was the one who told him to leave."
Lin Fan was taken aback. Su Ruowei had actually spoken up for him?
Then, as if possessed, Lin Fan said, "I'll go back right away."
"Get back here right now!" Shen Yunlan cursed and hung up the phone.
As Lin Fan walked down the street, a warm feeling welled up inside him. He now understood why Su Ruowei was disgusted with him. Who would want to marry a good-for-nothing?
Lin Fan strode home, and the first thing he did upon arriving was to go to Su Ruowei and say, "Ruowei, I'm back!"
Su Ruowei glanced at Lin Fan with annoyance, "So you still know how to come back? Did you buy a gift?"
"A gift? What gift?" Lin Fan asked in surprise, he had no recollection of Su Ruowei ever asking him to buy a gift.
"I told you this before I went on my business trip, and you've already forgotten it after just one day?" Su Ruowei was a little angry. "It's a gift for Grandma at the birthday banquet."
Lin Fan had no recollection of what happened two days ago for Su Ruowei, but for Lin Fan, it had been hundreds of years.
Seeing Lin Fan's confused expression, Su Ruowei looked around and, noticing that Shen Yunlan wasn't there, quietly handed him a bank card. "I know you don't have any money. There's 50,000 in this card. Go buy it now!"
Lin Fan was so moved that he was confused. He subconsciously took out a wooden box from his pocket and handed it over. The box was inlaid with gold. It was the only thing he had brought back from the other world.
Su Ruowei was impressed by Lin Fan. She never expected that Lin Fan, who only had 100 yuan a day for living expenses, would be willing to buy such an expensive gift.
"You've been saving up for quite a while, haven't you? Keep this money, consider it a subsidy for you." Su Ruowei stuffed the bank card into Lin Fan's hand. "The password is my birthday."
The moment Lin Fan handed over the wooden box, he regretted it. Inside were Nine-Turn Spirit Pills, top-grade pills for enhancing cultivation in the Nine Nether Continent, which he always carried with him and was reluctant to use. But when Su Ruowei gave him the bank card, Lin Fan felt it was worth it; a hundred years of martial arts cultivation was not as valuable as having a beautiful woman by his side.
"Ruowei, stay away from that kid!" Shen Yunlan ran to Su Ruowei's side and gently pulled her aside.
"Don't get tainted by poverty, or you'll never be able to get married!"
"Get married?" Lin Fan asked loudly.
Shen Yunlan sneered, looking at Lin Fan with disdain, "Aren't you going to marry a poor wretch like you and spend your life with him?"
"mom!"
"What, you really want to spend your whole life with this poor wretch?"
Su Ruowei lowered her head and remained silent, which only fueled Shen Yunlan's arrogance. "That's more like it. Recently, Mom has found a few handsome young men for you. They all come from good families."
Lin Fan clenched his fists, burning with anger, but there was nothing he could do. After all, Shen Yunlan was Su Ruowei's biological mother, and he couldn't hit or scold her.
"Say less!" Su Zhengwu quickly came out of the bedroom to mediate when he heard Shen Yunlan's words were too harsh, even though he also disliked this live-in son-in-law, Lin Fan.
Before she could finish speaking, Shen Yunlan shouted at Su Zhengwu, "What makes you think you're so great? It's one thing to be bad at business, but you can't even win the old lady's favor!"
"It's because you're so useless that our family has the lowest status in the Su family! I've suffered enough marrying you, do you want our daughter to suffer too?"
Su Zhengwu was speechless after being rebuked and went back to his bedroom to take refuge.
Shen Yunlan wanted to continue scolding Lin Fan, but the clock struck, and she looked at the wall clock and saw that it was already six o'clock in the afternoon.
"I was so angry that I forgot the time. I should have gone to the old lady's."
The old lady of the Su family lived in a wealthy villa area in the mountain city. Although it was not the most prestigious location in the city, the house prices were still enough to make Su Zhengwu's family hesitate.
The villa was bustling with activity. The living room was full of guests, while the old lady of the Su family was resting in the inner room. Outside, the members of the same generation chatted and laughed.
As soon as Su Ruowei entered the living room, a man of similar age approached her and struck up a conversation, saying, "Ruowei, you've become even more beautiful." This man was the eldest among the younger generation, the old lady's eldest grandson, Su Jianqiang.
Su Ruowei bypassed her cousin and went straight to the women of her generation to start a conversation.
Su Jianqiang, still harboring wicked intentions, wanted to follow up and continue chatting, but as soon as he took a step, a large hand grabbed his shoulder.
Relying on his favor, Su Jianqiang spoke recklessly, "Who the hell dares to stop me?" Turning around, he saw it was Lin Fan.
"So it was you, you pile of cow dung!"
Su Jianqiang always addressed Lin Fan as "cow dung." When Lin Fan's family went bankrupt, Su Jianqiang was the first to kick him while he was down. Not only that, but he also used his position in the Su family to form a clique to smear Lin Fan.
"Su Jianqiang, this isn't the look you should have in your eyes!" Lin Fan said, his voice carrying an imposing authority.
"You piece of trash, who do you think you are?" Su Jianqiang sneered, his lewd eyes fixed on Su Ruowei again.