"Mom, brother-in-law is back!" Leng Zhiruo shouted loudly as soon as she opened the door. Then, a middle-aged woman, wiping her hands, walked out.
"Xiao He, you're finally home. You've been gone for half a month, and you've lost so much weight!" Huang He's mother-in-law said with a pained expression.
"Mom, I've lost several pounds these days too. Why aren't you concerned about me?" Leng Zhiruo, standing beside them, immediately felt a little jealous.
"It's good for girls to be a bit thin, but men can't be. Men bear the heavy burden of the family, they have to work and are very tired. If they get thin, their bodies won't get enough nutrition, and they'll collapse."
"If the person collapses, the whole family collapses. Do you understand?" The mother-in-law glared at Leng Zhiruo and lectured her at length. Leng Zhiruo could only lower her head and take the scolding. When the mother-in-law went to prepare dinner again, she glared fiercely at Huang He. It seemed all these grievances were to be settled on the poor Huang He.
"This mom is even more caring than my own mother!" Huang He sighed. Whether it was his own mother in his previous life or the mother in his current life's memories, neither was as affectionate as this mother-in-law.
"She probably really treats me as her son!" Huang He pondered. According to his memories, his mother-in-law had also suffered quite a bit. Huang He's late wife, the eldest daughter of this family, was in her third year of high school when the sixth child was just born.
With six daughters in a row, his father-in-law couldn't take it anymore. It was said that he jumped into the sea in the middle of the night, and no remains were found. His mother-in-law had to raise all these girls alone, so the hardships she endured were unimaginable.
Later, when Huang He's wife was in her second year of university, she went to a shoe factory to work while studying. Huang He met her upon his return, was struck by her beauty, pursued her intensely, and successfully won her over. They got married shortly after. Huang He also proactively helped his mother-in-law's family in various ways, even buying them a large house directly, so they no longer had to squeeze into a dilapidated old place. Later, he sponsored all his younger sisters-in-law for their education, and basically, the expenses for this family were all covered by Huang He.
When Huang He was rich before, he didn't care. It was only a little over ten thousand yuan a month anyway. However, when the factory's operations became difficult, Huang He did not stop this sponsorship, showing that the real Huang He was indeed deeply devoted to his wife.
Of course, there was also a part of the reason that his mother-in-law treated Huang He very well. At least when Huang He was pursuing his wife, he played the game of "playing the pig to eat the tiger," pretending to be an ordinary factory team leader. He shamelessly frequented his wife's home to get familiar with them. Unexpectedly, his mother-in-law didn't dislike him and even stewed their only old hen for Huang He, which deeply moved him. He became even more satisfied with his wife and pursued her more diligently, eventually winning the beauty's hand.
In short, Huang He really liked his mother-in-law's family. Not only did his mother-in-law treat him like her own son, but Huang He also considered this place his home.
"Zhiruo, come help me bleed the chicken!" the mother-in-law called from the kitchen. Leng Zhiruo had to roll up her sleeves, put on her apron, and run into the kitchen to help. Huang He, as a matter of course, lay down on the sofa and started watching TV, his posture quite ungraceful. He lay directly on it, occupying the sofa that could seat three people by himself, and propped his feet on the coffee table. He was as comfortable and unrestrained as he pleased.
Don't misunderstand, it wasn't that Huang He was too uncouth, but rather the instinctive reactions and subconscious actions of this body. It seemed that Huang He had always done this.
"Damn it!" Suddenly, there was a commotion from one of the rooms, and then a girl wearing a shirt walked out. Huang He glanced at her and couldn't help but feel his nose about to bleed.
Firstly, the girl was beautiful. Although she had short hair, she didn't have any androgynous aura at all. Combined with her fair skin and sweet features, she was a vibrant and energetic beautiful girl.
This made Huang He think of a very popular meme from his previous life... not the milk tea. Milk tea wasn't his type.
But beauty was secondary at this moment. Huang He wouldn't bleed from his nose just by seeing a beautiful girl. What was truly striking was that this girl was only wearing a shirt... well, at least from the outside, just one shirt. Although this shirt was large enough to cover the girl's most important "absolute territory," the problem was that as long as the girl stretched a little and the shirt moved, that absolute territory would be completely exposed.
As expected, as soon as the girl came out, she seemed to feel her body was sore and began to raise her hands, preparing to stretch. And our Boss Huang He's lips were trembling slightly.
To be honest, Huang He in his previous life, while not a lifelong virgin, had very few experiences, and those were in hotels with prostitutes. He had never seen the "absolute territory" of a truly young and beautiful girl before.
Although Huang He in this life had definitely seen them, what did that have to do with the current Huang He?
Unfortunately, just as Huang He was about to crane his neck, the girl noticed him. She stopped stretching and quickly ran over with a surprised look, "Brother-in-law, you're finally out of prison!"
"What are you talking about? Your brother-in-law is working. What do you mean 'out of prison'? Don't speak so disrespectfully, aren't you cursing your brother-in-law to go in?" Unexpectedly, his mother-in-law had eyes everywhere. Before Huang He could even speak, she directly retorted from the kitchen.
"Oh, I get it. Brother-in-law, you've worked hard. I'll make you a cup of fruit powder drink!" The girl said with a drawn-out voice towards the kitchen, then happily went to make a fruit powder drink for Huang He.
A few minutes later, drinking the somewhat familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar chemical juice, Huang He was filled with emotion. Back in the day, this was also his favorite juice. A large bag cost five yuan, and it could make fifty cups of juice, which could also be frozen into ice cubes in molds for a summer of eating popsicles every day.
However, later, milk tea and freshly squeezed juice replaced daily beverages, and this kind of instant fruit-flavored beverage completely disappeared from life.
He never expected to be able to drink it now; it was too nostalgic!
"Zhimeng, your fruit powder making skills have improved quite a bit!" Huang He said perfunctorily.
This girl was also Huang He's younger sister-in-law, named Leng Zhimeng. She was Huang He's third sister-in-law, the fourth daughter of the Leng family, who was starting her third year of high school today and would take the college entrance examination next year.
But her personality was the most mischievous in the family, and she was considered the life of the party.
"Brother-in-law, since my fruit powder is so good, can you do me a favor?" Unexpectedly, Leng Zhimeng seized the opportunity and sat down next to Huang He, looking at him expectantly.
"What favor?" Huang He asked curiously.
"Help me buy QQ!"
"Pfft..." Huang He immediately spat out the fruit powder drink in his mouth.