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Chapter 2998

The Past at the Manor

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"Men should provide for the family, and women should keep the house. I'm the one in charge of the company. What's wrong with her coming home to care for her husband and raise the kids?" Wang Chengren said as if it were only natural.

Xu Huo stared at him. "If you want to live, don't lie. Your dignity is worthless here."

Wang Chengren glanced at him before answering. "She didn't want to go. I don't know why... I really don't. She said working at the company was too tiring. Besides, she was already the boss. There was no need to work every day."

"It seems that, to Ms. Yao, Xiaohui's parents matter more than anything else," Xu Huo mused. He followed Ms. Yao outside and signaled the painted woman to bring Wang Chengren along.

"How was Ms. Yao's relationship with her family?"

"Her parents didn't treat her well before. When she got married, they demanded a huge amount in betrothal gifts. Back then, they didn't know I had so much money. They thought they'd make a killing in one go," Wang Chengren said with a hint of pride. "They thought they were so clever, but I used a little trick, and they walked away smugly with a small amount of money."

"Before the wedding, they treated Nan Nan badly. But when they saw the Wang family's extravagance at the wedding, how could they still dare to give Nan Nan a hard time? They could only beg her for things."

"Did you see the Yao family often?" Xu Huo asked. "How did Yao Nan feel about them?"

After asking, he paused and added, "Could you tell?"

Wang Chengren felt insulted and hurried to say, "Nan Nan was capable at work, but they were still her parents and siblings. She'd been brainwashed

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