Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 356: The 36 Stratagems of Love

Knowing her brother was innocent, Yu Xia became even more interested.

"Sister-in-law, his money is with you, but not the company’s money. What if he goes through the motions and counts the expenses as a business trip? When the time comes, he just transfers the money periodically, how would you know where it’s specifically used?"

Yue Ling picked up her water cup and took a sip, exuding an aura of a boss: "It’s fine, his phone and car both have GPS, I can just check the location."

"...Well, what if someone puts a person next to him? In this case, the location wouldn’t change."

Yue Ling: "He doesn’t have the time. As long as he’s not home, we video chat for at least three hours every night."

"..." She’s really convinced, so was she here to complain or to show off the love?

She heavily reclined back and stopped talking.

Yue Ling then realized what she had said, paused for a moment, and smiled elegantly: "Seems like your brother is fine, it’s just that Yu Yue’s genes are too bad."

Yu Xia weakly waved her hand: "No need to say more, every word you say now just shows how sweet you two are. In the future, if I believe such fuss again, I’m a pig."

Yu Yue, who was shrunken at the side, opened his mouth: "Auntie..."

"Shut up."

Yu Yue poutedly shrunk back.

Yue Ling didn’t have time to deal with her unlucky son, she specifically glanced at the things on the table, and said: "You make it sound like you’re not sweet, you’re still in the honeymoon phase. Your brother and I have been married for over a decade, no more passion." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Yu Xia kept a blank face: "Old couple still video chatting for three hours every day, even during our honeymoon phase we weren’t that clingy."

Yue Ling felt a little embarrassed, found an excuse: "After all, we’ve spent so much time together, we have to find some ways to keep it going, otherwise how could we live peacefully for over a decade."

Maintenance methods? Yu Xia slightly lifted her eyelids and asked like a dead fish: "How do you maintain it?"

Yu Yue seized the opportunity to squeeze in a word: "My dad takes my mom on a date each week and leaves me in my extracurricular class!"

"That’s because you... Nevermind, I won’t discourage you, lest you lose hope in this beautiful world too early."

After berating him, the sisters-in-law reconnected the conversation.

Yu Xia asked: "Is it all about various ways to control my brother? Specifically, what are they? I wondered how there could be natural lovers in the world, turns out it’s cultivated afterward."

Yue Ling: "It’s not as exaggerated as you say, I’m not running a moral cultivation class here. How he expresses his feelings, I can’t control."

"Then why is my brother so compliant? Just because he loves his wife?"

"Maybe, also because he doesn’t have the guts? I know his every move."

Yu Xia thought about the GPS she mentioned earlier, curiously asking: "Installing a tracker is an invasion of privacy, wouldn’t my brother mind?"

"Although I first thought of the idea, it was your brother who suggested it, and I reluctantly agreed. Am I at fault?" Yue Ling moistened her throat, speaking elegantly.

Yu Xia instantly felt respectful: "Is this what’s known as ’fishing tactics’?"

She turned and gave Yu Yue a slap, telling him: "Did you hear that, Yu Yue? You’re still lively thanks to the girls not wanting to bother with you. Otherwise, with your terrible Chinese grades, if someone wrote you a scolding letter, you’d take it as a love letter and study it every day."

After finishing with Yu Yue, she quickly mentioned Yu Heng.

"My brother is really eager to be tightly controlled," thinking about Yu Heng’s usual demeanor in front of Yue Ling, she showed aversion, "and he’s enjoying it, thinking it’s proof you love him to death."

Yue Ling smiled slightly: "Isn’t that good? If in a relationship someone has to be anxious, why can’t it be him? It doesn’t have to be just men who can be in control."

Yu Xia raised her eyebrows high.

"Is this your secret to spending over a decade together?"

Love him, but don’t show it too much, keep a delicate distance, no desires, no demands; watch him get impatient, watch him feel uneasy, then hear him suggest ’be stricter with him’, ’be more jealous’, and then reluctantly agree, and later take it for granted to control everything about him.

To men, it seems like she’s becoming more attached to him out of her own love.

... Brilliant, no wonder she’s able to hold her brother for over ten years.

Seeing her looking enlightened, Yue Ling said meaningfully: "People, especially men, can sometimes be strange. If you control too much, they’ll feel annoyed, but if you don’t, they’ll feel you don’t love them enough. It’s not a big flaw, but you have to learn to use it to improve your relationship."

She looked again at the few things on the table, hinting: "If you don’t want to be disappointed after investing your emotions, you can’t just rely on his awareness and sporadic sense of morality, you also have to use your brain and put in effort."

Yu Xia glanced over too, thinking of Xie Qingci.

"Simply put, it’s transformation. But wouldn’t my brother notice?"

Yue Ling looked unconcerned: "So what if he notices, after he’s gotten what he wished for, will he blame me? If we returned to square one, he would be the one panicking the most."

This really is a life lesson.

Understanding it like thoroughly studying a Buddhist scripture took her a while, shaking her head while clicking her tongue in amazement.

"Sister-in-law, write a book, I’ll be your number one fan."

Yue Ling: "Your brother’s earnings aren’t something you can’t spend."

"But his money is his money. Wouldn’t you lack confidence if you didn’t earn it yourself?"

Mentioning this, Yue Ling became even more indifferent: "Don’t worry, the prenuptial agreement is very clear. If we divorced, I’d get half of his assets. Besides, it’s the money my man earns, if I don’t manage it, who will?"

"... Okay, got it."

Yu Xia was now quite certain, her sister-in-law was not here to complain, this was purely showing off affection.

Observing it at home for years was not enough; now that she’s out in the world, her sister-in-law even brings her kids to show it off to her, it’s truly outrageous.

She flopped back onto the sofa, lying side by side with the slumped Yu Yue, both letting out a simultaneous, woeful "sigh."

Yue Ling leisurely stood up: "Going out to eat? Or did you arrange to eat with Xie Qingci?"

Yu Xia squirmed on the sofa, shaking her head: "We planned dinner."

"Then get up, didn’t you tell your brother about a good restaurant a couple of blocks away? Yu Yue also happens to want crab casserole."

Yu Yue popped up like a spring: "Mom! Are we going to eat crab casserole?! Mom, you are amazing, you’re the fairy of our family, the most beautiful person in the world!"

While speaking, he actively shouldered his backpack, took his skateboard, and was ready to go immediately afterward.

Yu Xia gave him a sideways glance: "Bootlicker. Bringing your backpack and skateboard, I thought you were staying a few days, but it’s just for show."

"Not at all!" Yu Yue then remembered his purpose for coming, putting down the skateboard and backpack again.

"Mom! Let me stay at Auntie’s for a few days before going back, okay! Auntie, take me in, I can’t stand staying in that house any longer!"