Chapter 213: Inheriting the Family Fortune?

Before Yin Changgui went to work, his wife had already spoken to him about Yin Shulan, and the two reached a consensus:

In the future, Yin Shulan would struggle merely to repay her debts. The old house in the village wasn’t worth much either, and she could no longer offer any benefits. If their relationship remained close, they would be drained dry. It was better to cut ties early.

That’s why during their previous meeting before Qingming Festival, Yin Changgui had been so decisive, giving not a penny and not even pretending otherwise.

This entire judgment was based on his belief that Yin Shulan had absolutely no savings left. When he saw Yin Shuyu buying a house, he regretted his decision for a moment, thinking his mother might still have money.

However, shortly afterward, he dismissed this idea.

As her son, he knew exactly what the situation was at home. There was definitely no hidden money. So where did the money for buying the house come from?

An idea flashed through his mind.

Ten thousand yuan in external debt, plus the 60,000 yuan funded by the three brothers, and adding the old lady’s own assets, about 200,000 yuan would be just enough.

So, was it true that Yin Wan’s illness was fake, and the real purpose was to get money from outside?

Besides this, Yin Changgui couldn’t think of any other reason to explain why Yin Shulan had enough money to buy a house.

This was fraud, and among it, there was even his own 5,000 yuan!

Furious, Yin Changgui approached Xia Yu and pressed her: “Mom, where did you get the money to buy the house?”

“I earned it.” Xia Yu glanced at him, holding no goodwill toward this stingy man.

In his mind, Yin Shulan had also said: “He contributed 5,000 yuan for Wan’s illness; give it back to him.”

“Don’t lie. How could you earn so much money?” Yin Changgui blocked Xia Yu’s path, clearly indicating that unless Xia Yu gave a satisfactory explanation, he wouldn’t let her leave.

Fortunately, the two real estate agents had already left, and there was no one else around.

Xia Yu took out her wallet, pulled out 6,000 yuan, and shoved it into Yin Changgui’s arms: “This is your 5,000 yuan. The extra 1,000 is interest. Now go home and eat.”

Unconcerned about the latter part of Xia Yu’s words, Yin Changgui became even more convinced of his earlier suspicion. He thought Xia Yu was trying to silence him with money, hence her generosity.

Interest of 1,000 yuan on 5,000 was a 20% rate. Where could such interest come from? Was it a loan shark?

After taking the money, Yin Changgui leaned close to Xia Yu and said: “Mom, if you wanted to try this trick, you should have told me earlier. Why did you buy a house in the town? Scam the money and run away quickly!”

Xia Yu frowned at him, puzzled by what he was imagining.

“You need to change your small-farmer mentality. Buying a house here, relatives will definitely hear about it and come looking for you soon!” Yin Changgui threatened while saying: “How about this? We quickly transfer the house to my name. I’ll give you 50,000 yuan, and you leave quickly.”

“???”

Although Xia Yu didn’t fully understand what Yin Changgui was thinking, she knew he was trying to swindle her.

She stepped forward and slapped him.

“What are you doing!” Yin Changgui looked at Xia Yu in surprise, not expecting to be hit: “I’m thinking for your benefit, and you hit me!”

“So what if I hit you? A mother hitting her son is perfectly justified!” Xia Yu used this robber logic.

“If you hit me again, I’ll tell the second and third brothers about your fraud!” Yin Changgui thought his mother was hitting him out of shame.

The more she hit, the more convinced he became this was true.

He didn’t know about other relatives, but among the three brothers, especially the third brother who had given the most money, none of them had ever thought about getting their money back.

The second brother was basically the same.

In other words, at least 50,000 yuan had been completely pocketed by his mother.

At this point, Xia Yu had already figured out Yin Changgui’s bizarre logic. She directly took out her phone and called her second and third sons, arranging to meet them at the bank entrance.

After the two arrived, Xia Yu went into the bank and withdrew 90,000 yuan.

The second son had given Yin Shulan a total of 20,000 yuan, and Xia Yu gave him back 24,000 yuan.

The third son had given Yin Shulan less than 50,000 yuan, and Xia Yu gave him back 60,000 yuan.

The remaining 6,000 yuan, she put back into her wallet.

“Mom, what are you doing!” Yin Dingjie was greatly startled: “Where did you get all this money?”

“Right, Mom, what’s going on?” The second son also looked astonished.

Even more shocked was Yin Changgui, who had originally thought the 6,000 yuan used to silence him was all the money Yin Shulan had left. He hadn’t expected her to come up with even more money.

He began to doubt his own guess.

He asked Xia Yu again: “What about the money from the relatives? How do you plan to repay it?”

Xia Yu glanced at him: “The relatives’ money was already repaid before Qingming.”

Yin Changgui couldn’t believe it.

“Brother, what’s going on here?” Yin Dingjie noticed his older brother’s involvement in this matter and asked.

“Nothing, nothing important.” Yin Changgui hesitated for a moment, then smiled: “Our mother has been hiding things from us. It turns out she’s actually quite rich. She bought a villa today.”

“Eh?” The other two sons looked at Xia Yu, waiting for her explanation.

Xia Yu made up a story: “I had a little savings left from before. I just forgot about it and remembered it recently.”

“Mom, you’ve hidden things from us so well,” Yin Changgui enthusiastically grabbed Xia Yu’s hand, acting as if he hadn’t just been pressuring her moments ago: “Come on, tell us, how much do you have left?”

“What I have left has nothing to do with you. This money is for the second and third brothers.” Xia Yu gave him no face.

“Mom, you can’t do this. I’m your eldest son! I should be the one to inherit it!” Yin Changgui became anxious.

“Don’t worry, I still have something for you.” Xia Yu patted Yin Changgui’s shoulder.

“What is it?” Yin Changgui became excited.

“The old tile-roofed house in the countryside is yours. It’ll come in handy if you ever end up on the streets.” Xia Yu said cheerfully.

Yin Changgui’s expression immediately froze.

The old tile-roofed house in the countryside? How much could it possibly be worth? And what did she mean by “end up on the streets”?

He wanted to say more when he heard the second and third brothers shouting:

“Mom, you gave us too much money!”

Hearing that they had been given too much money, Yin Changgui’s attention was immediately drawn. He thought of the extra 1,000 yuan he had received.

Upon asking, he learned that the second brother had received an extra 4,000 yuan, and the third brother an extra 10,000 yuan. Like him, both had received an additional 20% of the principal.

Yin Changgui’s heart ached. Although it was the same 20%, it was like having the opportunity to exchange 100,000 yuan for 120,000 yuan, but he had used 50,000 yuan to get 60,000 yuan instead. One earned 20,000 yuan, while the other only earned 10,000 yuan.

And he didn’t even have 100,000 yuan in principal!

At the same time, he was even more convinced that Yin Shulan must still have a lot of money.

His gaze became even more intense.