After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

Lan Yujuan listened silently and did not laugh along.

Instead, he watched the two little girls play house while casually grabbing a handful of sunflower seeds and cracking them open.

Gradually, Liu Mei also noticed something was wrong. "What's wrong?"

"Why do you look so preoccupied during the New Year holiday?"

"Don't worry! Whether Liu Zhigang's marriage goes through or not, it's not your fault as his sister-in-law."

"Just take good care of your daughter and live your own happy life!"

"Without a man by your side, no one can truly care for you as much as you care for yourself!"

After hearing this, Lan Yujuan gave a wry smile, "I'd like to find some peace and quiet."

"You can hide for a while, but you can't hide forever!"

Liu Mei asked curiously, "What do you mean by that?"

Lan Yujuan calmly said, "The woman doesn't want to stay in the countryside; she wants to marry a city man."

"If you were my mother-in-law, what would you do?"

Liu Mei casually replied, "What else can we do? Buy an apartment in the city and transfer our household registration there!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, even Liu Mei realized what she meant. "Really?"

"Everyone in the village knows Liu Zhigang spends money extravagantly; he spends all his salary every month!"

"He probably can't even afford the bride price, let alone buy a house in the city."

Do your in-laws have that much savings?

Lan Yujuan calmly shook her head: "I don't know."

"How could the Liu family possibly know about their wealth and resources, especially from an outsider like me?"

After hearing this, Liu Mei felt both sympathy and heartache.

Following Lan Yujuan's gaze, she glanced at Liu Xiaoman and said softly, "Don't overthink it. Everyone knows you're staying here for Xiaoman's sake!"

"Since that money won't even reach your hands anyway, I'm not going to get involved!"

"Yujuan, Xiaoman will grow up day by day, and you'll succeed sooner or later!"

Lan Yujuan pondered the two words: "Sooner or later?"

But she couldn't wait any longer!

The Liu family appears peaceful on the surface, though they each harbor their own schemes and are not truly united.

If she wants to successfully extricate herself from the Liu family and win this lawsuit, she needs to make some preparations in advance and wait for a suitable opportunity!

The sixteenth day of the first lunar month, when kindergartens reopen, is the best opportunity for her to retrieve all of Xiaoman's documents at once.

She's already received her share of the money. Her lawsuit with Liu Zhiyuan can proceed slowly.

But Xiaoman's enrollment date absolutely cannot be delayed!

Once she gets Xiaoman's birth certificate, vaccination record, and household registration, she won't be afraid of anything anymore.

Lan Yujuan was gazing at her daughter, lost in thought, when Liu Mei, who was beside her, gently patted her shoulder.

Then, I felt Liu Mei stand up beside me, smiling broadly at the door, and say, "Auntie, Happy New Year! Come in and have some tea!"

"My little Zhen is all alone and has no one to play with, so she insists on playing with her little sister Xiaoman!"

"Yujuan had no choice; I practically dragged her behind to chat for a while!"

Lan Yujuan looked up and saw several fresh scratch marks on Tian Xiuhua's face.

Faced with Liu Mei's enthusiasm, Tian Xiuhua forced a smile and replied, "Oh, I see."

"I had a feeling they were at your house, and I was right!"

As she spoke, Tian Xiuhua turned to look at Lan Yujuan, her tone unusually gentle:

"Yujuan, we need to discuss some things at home. Why don't you come over this afternoon? Take the kids home now!"

When Lan Yujuan saw this situation, she immediately felt that something was wrong.

Having lived with her mother-in-law for almost four years, Lan Yujuan knew this very well.

The more domineering and aggressive Tian Xiuhua's words and the more fiercely she cursed, the more it indicated that it was just an emotional issue.

But once she starts speaking politely and lowering her stance to discuss things with you with a smile, she definitely has a big plan in mind.

Back then, when she was in postpartum confinement, because she didn't understand Tian Xiuhua's shamelessness, the household salary card that her husband had left for her was swindled away in this way!