Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife-Chapter 496: Inside Story Surfaces (7)

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After hearing this, the old lady slowly closed her eyes and said, "You hurry back to the Xiao Family and fetch those few treasures of mine. As for the chairman’s belongings, there’s no need to take those; the bank must have already set its sights on them."

Uncle Tang was about to praise the old lady for her foresight when he thought of the other Xiao Family members’ valuables stored in that room and asked, "What about the young master and the young ladies’ things?"

"The clever ones have naturally gone to fetch them on their own." The old lady didn’t seem worried about her granddaughters in the slightest, as they had already taken away everything valuable that they could carry early on. As for her grandsons—

Grandma Xiao’s eyes suddenly narrowed as she thought of her grandson, who truly wasn’t as greedy as his sisters. Xiao Yebai almost never bought gold and silver treasures.

Valuable items? Xiao Yebai didn’t keep a single one at home. That’s why everyone thought he was out of his mind.

The only things Xiao Yebai was accustomed to—his bed and pillow, along with the diplomas and honor certificates he disdained—had all been moved out by Yebai long ago to please his wife.

Thinking back on her grandson’s unusual behavior, all Grandma Xiao could think was: I don’t know whether to laugh or cry!

Although the old lady scolded him, she knew very well that she couldn’t do without her grandson.

Just look at the present situation: all the granddaughters claim they want to protect the Xiao Family, yet Xiao Shumei seems to be at a loss.

And Xiao Shulan is probably in a tight spot as well.

Just the thought of whether Xiao Shulan could go and get a clear answer from certain people put an absolute question mark in the old lady’s mind.

Xiao Shulan suddenly found herself running in circles. After leaving the old lady’s side, she immediately tried to contact her husband, only to find his phone switched off. She couldn’t get through to her father-in-law’s phone, and eventually, even Chen Jiaming’s phone line was constantly busy.

Speaking of Chen Jiaming, he should have been at her office serving her, but now his whereabouts were unknown.

Xiao Shulan, unable to help herself, recalled the words of her youngest brother and felt an inexplicable chill. Clutching her phone, she cursed her husband: When I find you, we’ll see how I’ll settle the score with you!

As for the husband of the second daughter, Kang Baojun, of course, he was at his own house.

But it wasn’t the house he shared with his wife, it was the Kang Family’s house.

As the eldest son of the Kang Family, Kang Baojun appeared to be useless and relaxed like a wastrel. However, Kang Junjia favored only this eldest son. As for the specific reasons, Chen Jiaming seemed to have heard someone say that Kang Junjia had too many children, and without supporting the eldest, it would cause internal family competition.

Family internal competition can be a major or minor issue, but if not handled well, it is very likely to destroy the family itself. The most typical example is the Xiao Family; because Xiao Jianming differentiated between sons and daughters and specifically supported his son, this led to resentment among the daughters, who all had extraordinary sons-in-law.

It can be said that the outcome of the current situation in the Xiao Family can’t be separated from Xiao Jianming’s early greed. In the beginning, before Changda achieved such success, Xiao Jianming was eager to forge alliances. Therefore, using his daughters’ marriages to build factions became the best method.

The sons-in-law used by Xiao Jianming all understood his intentions very clearly—it was a mutual use situation.

Moreover, Xiao Jianming always dominated the family, appearing to suppress everyone else, who felt they couldn’t raise their heads. The thought of "I’ve given you so much support to be king, yet this is how you treat me" probably planted the seeds of rebellion from the start, and what we see now is just the eruption of those seeds.