Finally, a reaction. Bai Xiulan didn't deny it. She was indeed worried her husband would be furious, though not because he'd be reluctant to transfer the property to her brother.
Instead, it was about building the house for her eldest daughter. At the time, he and their daughter were fighting so much that she simply couldn't tell her husband the truth. If she had, he would have opposed it to the bitter end.
Her husband already disapproved of the marriage. Building a house for the son-in-law he looked down on? What a joke. Even if he didn't flip the table, he would've been even more reluctant to come home.
'This is her explanation?'
Xu Changqing was speechless.
"So what do you think I should do?"
'If this were anyone but her own mother, she wouldn't have even bothered to respond. How incredible. She managed to hide such a huge secret even from me. No wonder she was always so keen on me living at the dorm.'
"How much did it cost?"
"It wasn't much."
Xu Changqing glared.
