"So what if they investigate your property? The down payment for this house was made before marriage, and the property rights were registered before marriage, so it's entirely pre-marital property. What business is it of hers?
You're the only one paying the mortgage.
She hasn't spent a penny.
Even if they investigate her, she has no right to the house..."
In Lin Guihua's eyes, the apartment her son was currently living in had its down payment made with the bride prices from her two daughters, plus their savings over the years.
The loan was solely borne by her son.
This was clearly pre-marital property.
What was the problem?
If they hadn't worried that her daughter-in-law would find out the house was bought with their family's money and then start making demands to have her name added to the property deed, they wouldn't have kept it a secret.
Speaking of which, Lin Guihua lamented:
"Ah, it's a shame that neither your father nor I have fixed jobs or provident funds, so it's not easy to apply for a loan. dafengxs.com
We could only have you apply for the loan.
Otherwise, if the property had been registered under your father and my name, it would have been even safer. Even the King of Heaven couldn't have done anything about it, and your wife would have had nothing to do with it.
Your wife probably doesn't know about this yet.
Don't you accidentally let it slip."
"Mom, but Xiaoyu always thought we were renting, and she even shared the rent with me. The rent she gave me was used to pay the mortgage. Will this have any impact? For example, if she contributed to the mortgage payment, doesn't that mean she has the right to a share of the property?"
Zhou Junyu was still worried.
After all, he hadn't bought the house outright; it was purchased with a loan, and the mortgage was still being paid after marriage. The money used to pay the mortgage, whether it was his salary or the rent his wife gave him, could arguably be considered joint marital property. If that were the case, the property rights certainly wouldn't belong entirely to him.
He was the type to think things through, which was why he felt uneasy, unlike his mother who was so certain.
Sometimes, the more ignorant people are, the more convinced they are that they are right.
They even believe that what they know is the absolute truth.
"What nonsense are you talking about? The mortgage payments are made with your salary. The rent she paid has already been spent on normal expenses and has nothing to do with the mortgage.
You must remember this clearly..."
Hearing her son's words, Lin Guihua rolled her eyes at him and corrected him. Money didn't have names on it, and it was up to them to say whose money was used for the mortgage. As long as Liu Xiaoyu was kept out of it, that was all that mattered.
Her son wasn't very clever in this regard. Without her, how would he manage?
He'd be bullied to death.
After addressing the mortgage issue, Lin Guihua went on to share some of her other thoughts:
"Son, I'm telling you, the main problem now is that Liu Xiaoyu, for some reason, is not very obedient and has even made so many demands.
Although her parents help, her parents don't really pose a problem because they generally listen to their daughter. So, as long as we handle Liu Xiaoyu, her parents will be taken care of. That's the key.
Don't you get involved in this for now. I'll be the bad guy and see if I can suppress her, if I can make her return to normal and rejoin the family.
You absolutely must not interfere, understand?
Because as long as you don't interfere,
There should still be room for maneuver.
If it ultimately doesn't work out, and if they're so unreasonable that they even want a divorce, then you'll have to play along for now and pretend to agree to her demands. We just need to stabilize her.
Uh, there's an old saying, isn't there?
'A determined spirit at first, then its force declines, and finally it's exhausted.' As long as we can stabilize her, and then after she gives birth, you show a little care, occasionally help with a bit of housework, even if you stop doing it later, it will be difficult for her to be as resolute in causing trouble as she is now.
With time and habit, she'll compromise.
Moreover, once she has a child, we can use the child as leverage. If we endure, her sharp edges will be smoothed out, and her life will pass like this. When she gets old, can she still divorce?
Who would she remarry if she divorced?
Would her children agree to her divorcing?
Would they agree to her remarrying?"
"Don't think of it as being wronged. We found a local only-child daughter-in-law like her, so we absolutely cannot let her go. Think about it, how much effort and scheming did we put into buying a house in this city? We emptied out your two sisters' bride prices and savings, and only then managed to make the down payment. There are still twenty years of mortgage payments to come.
And your wife's parents own a house.
A house with no mortgage.
They might still have considerable savings.
When they pass away, that house will undoubtedly go to your wife, and therefore to our Zhou family. It will then be passed down to your son, right? When your son grows up and is ready to get married, if he's an only child, he'll have two houses, which will make it easier to find a wife. Even if you have two sons, each will at least have one house, right?
Won't that make things easier for them? Everything we're scheming for now is for the children!"
Admittedly, Lin Guihua's calculations were quite deep.
Because many people are like this: after getting married, becoming pregnant, and having children, they generally think that if they can endure, they will. As long as it's not a major issue of principle, they can endure it. Some, even without any economic income, might endure some issues of principle. And for some, this endurance lasts a lifetime.
Even for those who don't endure a lifetime, by the time they divorce, their children are either in college.
Or their children have grown up and gotten married.
Very few can be so free and easy as to divorce whenever they want.
"Okay, then I'll tell her I need to think about it and stabilize her first, and then we'll talk..."
"That's fine. You stabilize her first.
Sigh, it's so annoying. If it weren't for the fact that she's pregnant and it's not convenient to lay hands on her or cause trouble at her company, there would be plenty of ways to deal with her.
Since your wife isn't home right now, I'll stay here with you for a while. That way, you won't have to order takeout all the time and hurt your stomach. I'll also take the opportunity to go downstairs and chat with people in the neighborhood to find out what changes have come over your wife recently and talk about her unreasonable demands.
Haven't we all lived like this for so many years?
She's just being fussy and spoiled."
"Mom, dinner hasn't been made yet, I'm hungry!"
"Okay, I know. Just a moment. I'll start cooking dinner now. You go back to your room and play games for a while."
"Okay... then hurry up..."
"I know."