“Security is not as good as the famous garden, you take these back to your and war Yin’s home, buy a safe, lock it in, that’s safer, this is all of war Yin’s fortune ah.”
Hai Tong was silent for a moment before saying, “I’ll call my grandmother later and give these things to her to take back, so she can keep them, their home is a little safer.”
“That’s fine.”
Hai Ling had no comment, and she asked her sister, “Will you stay here for lunch?”
“I want to go to the merchant to see my great-aunt, and I might stay for lunch at her house.”
“Going to see your great-aunt for something?”
Hailing asked with concern, “Is there something you need to ask your great aunt for?”
Mrs. Shang was their own great-aunt and a person of great standing in Guancheng, but after the sisters had met Mrs. Shang, they did not use the banner of Mrs. Shang’s niece to curry favour for themselves, and even refused all the financial support Mrs. Shang had given them.
By recognising their great-aunt back, they were just one more relative and it had no impact on the sisters’ lives and would not change them in any way. Every time Hai Ling’s ex-mother-in-law came to confide in Hai Ling, she said that Hai Ling was too stupid to ask Mrs Shang to give her a sum of money to invest in a bigger business.
Even if she didn’t invest in the business, she could still get a high salary by asking Mrs. Shang to arrange for her to work for the Shang Group, and told Hai Ling to tell Mrs. Shang to arrange a job for Zhou Honglin.
Zhou Honglin kept coming home to tell his parents that he was losing his job, so Zhou’s mother was anxious to get Mrs. Shang to arrange a job for her son.
When Hai Ling listened to her ex-mother-in-law’s complaints, she listened to her left ear and listened to her right ear, not saying anything.
“I want to take advantage of my sister-in-law’s status and dip my toe into that circle of high society to see if I can fit in, if I can blend in. Last time Xiaofei also mentioned a couple of things to me, saying she wanted to invest in a project and asked if I was interested. After thinking about it, I decided to gamble with all my fortune and follow Xiaofei to invest in that project.”
It is impossible for her and War Yin to get a divorce, and if War Yin does not let go, she simply cannot leave.
Since she could not divorce, she could only go up against the wind.
No matter how big the wind and waves are, she must face them and must endure them.
That was life’s test for her.
“I tried, and I won’t regret it again, no matter what the outcome. If I hadn’t tried and just given up, I would have regretted it.”
Hai Ling said, “Just go for it when you decide, Sister supports you. Tong Tong, go for it!”
Hai Tong smiled and gave her sister a high five, “Sister, let’s cheer together!”
“You’re going to go to Big Aunt’s house, hurry up, she should be up by this time, you’ll go over just in time, otherwise she’ll be out and you’ll have to wait again.”
A noblewoman like Mrs Shang had a lot of shows every day.
“I’ll take Yang Yang with me so he doesn’t make a noise.”
Hai Ling smiled, “Okay.”
She was happy to relax.
After Hai Tong had a glass of water at her sister’s shop, she left again with her nephew and headed for the merchant’s villa.
Hai Ling closed the glass door after her sister left and then went for a run around the neighbourhood.
She still insisted on running three times a day in order to succeed in losing weight, and sometimes when she didn’t have time to run, she took the time to jump rope in the shop and kept up the exercise anyway.