My two-faced sister-in-law manipulated my brother to steal my property. She even used her unborn child as a threat, saying if she didn’t get the house, she’d have an abortion. My brother kept telling me to give in for the sake of the child. Why should I? You’re just an adopted son! My brother got a girl pregnant out of wedlock. She’s already three months along, and the girl is crying and making a fuss, so they have no choice but to prepare for the wedding. My brother, Jasper Blackwood, is a not-so-bright playboy, at least that’s what I’ve always thought. To maintain good relations, I brought some local specialties and fruits for my soon-to-be sister-in-law, Jade, when I returned from a business trip. I had originally planned to buy her a handbag, but my mom said she would take us both to get custom-made bags when she returned. If I really wanted to give a gift, I could just order one from the store later. I thought about it and agreed, so I just brought some simple welcome gifts. As soon as I walked in the door, I saw Jade sitting on the couch watching TV shows, wearing my pajamas. I really don’t like other people touching my clothes, but I thought maybe my brother had given them to her to wear, so I couldn’t say anything. I smiled and put the things in my hand in front of her, “Sister-in-law, just a small token. I hope you like it.” Jade glanced at the gift boxes on the table and enthusiastically held my hand, saying there was no need to spend money. “It’s okay, as long as you like it,” I said. After I finished speaking, Jade started rummaging through the gift boxes on the table. In the end, it seemed she didn’t find anything she liked, but she still managed to keep a smile on her face. “Thank you, Aria. I really like them.” Then Jade pulled me close and asked where I worked, how much my monthly salary was, how much I gave to the family, and if I had a boyfriend. A bunch of questions that made me feel awkward and gave me a headache. If it were my old self, I would have slapped her for being so shameless. Out of politeness, I only answered the last question, “I don’t have a boyfriend.” A moment later, my brother came out of the kitchen carrying a plate of fruit. He told me to take the fruit to Jade. Jade started picking through the fruit again, and after reluctantly eating a couple of pieces, she told my brother she didn’t like fruit. Suddenly, I remembered I had two boxes of cherries in my car. When Jade saw the cherries, her eyes lit up, and she immediately devoured a whole box. Seeing them chatting happily in the living room, I didn’t want to be a third wheel, so I took my luggage back to my room. As soon as I entered my room, I was stunned.
The closet door was wide open, and everything inside was a mess. Clothes were strewn all over the bed and floor. Even the things on my dressing table were in disarray. If I didn’t know better, I’d think my room had been robbed. “Jasper!” I called out. It must have been Jade who did this! Jasper quickly ran upstairs. I pointed at the clothes scattered on the bed and floor, demanding to know what was going on. Jasper was holding his phone, playing a game. He glanced around and casually said, “Oh, I forgot to tell you. You’re living downstairs now. This room gets good sunlight, which is suitable for pregnancy. Jade and I are living here now.” I frowned at Jasper. “Why didn’t you tell me before you moved in? And who told her she could mess with my things?” “Don’t make such a fuss,” Jasper said dismissively, sitting on the edge of the bed and continuing his game. “It’s just a room. If your sister-in-law wants to live here, just let her. Besides, you have plenty of these things, and you’re not using them anyway. What’s wrong with letting your sister-in-law use them?” I was speechless. Sure, I didn’t use them often, but they could have at least told me. I might have been willing to let them use my things if they had asked. I angrily shooed Jasper out of the room, feeling a bit hurt. I called my mom to complain. My brother was still standing at the door, saying, “Remember to pack up and move downstairs. This room belongs to Jade now.” I laughed bitterly. She hasn’t even married into the family yet, and she’s already using her name to arrange things in our house?
Recently, my parents have been busy preparing for their engagement, often not coming home. To give their future daughter-in-law a satisfactory wedding, my parents flew directly to Paris to choose a wedding dress for her. However, from the time they started preparing for the engagement until now, Jade’s parents haven’t shown up. Every time we ask Jade about it, she just says her parents are doing business abroad for a long time, and that it’s fine for our family to make decisions about the engagement. My parents didn’t say much about it. Instead, they felt sorry for Jade, thinking her family didn’t care about such an important event as her wedding. So they paid even more attention to the preparations. When my mom heard my complaint on the phone, she was clearly taken aback. It seemed she didn’t know about this either, but she didn’t want to say much. After all, Jade hadn’t married into the family yet, and as parents, they naturally wanted to consider their future daughter-in-law’s feelings more. So my mom just comforted me: “Aria, don’t be upset. When I get back, I’ll buy you more pretty dresses. Just put up with living in the downstairs room for now, okay?” “But…” I hadn’t finished speaking when my dad transferred $5,000 to my account. My mom said I must be exhausted from my business trip and told me to go out to eat and relax for a while. Since they had gone to such lengths, I didn’t want to trouble them anymore. A moment later, there was a knock at the door. I thought it was my brother, so I grumbled as I went to open it, “What now? I’m packing up to make room for you two!” But when I opened the door, it was Jade. I could see she deliberately touched her belly, as if to remind me she was pregnant. Jade spoke in a gentle tone, or more accurately, in a sickeningly sweet voice: “Aria, I’m sorry for taking your room. Jasper said this room faces the sun and is good for the baby’s growth, so we…” At that moment, I understood. She was clearly just a green tea bitch, wasn’t she? Jasper had always been careless and simple-minded. How could he have considered so much? It was obviously her who wanted to occupy my room. When my parents bought this house, they specifically gave me this room because I studied painting and the lighting was good. Jasper didn’t have any objections. To make it up to Jasper, my parents prepared a gaming room for him. Since she was playing the green tea bitch, it would be easier to deal with her. No need to be polite anymore. I picked up the clothes from the floor and smiled politely at Jade, “If you feel so bad about it, why are you still occupying it?” I deliberately emphasized the word “occupying.” “I didn’t mean it like that…” Jade’s voice was sickly sweet. Men might fall for this act, but I certainly wouldn’t. I snorted and asked, “Forcibly moving in without my knowledge, isn’t that occupying?” “Aria Blackwood, don’t go too far! You’re not pregnant, what’s wrong with living downstairs?” Just as I said this, my brother came up from downstairs. The moment Jade heard my brother’s voice, her eyes instantly turned red. With a thick nasal voice, pretending to be a frightened little rabbit, she pulled on Jasper’s arm, “Jasper, maybe we should move back to your room.” This act of hers made me roll my eyes. Seeing Jade like this, Jasper got even angrier. He pointed at my nose and started yelling, “What’s yours or hers? She’s a girl who will eventually marry out of the family. Jade, you can live in whichever room you want.” As he said this, he pulled Jade into the room and pushed me out by the arm. As the door closed, he said in a fierce tone, “Live there or don’t, I don’t care!” Jasper had never been like this before. Although our relationship had always been lukewarm, it had never been as heated as today. He must be bewitched by Jade! I angrily went downstairs. As I passed through the living room, I glanced at the gift boxes on the table. Well, well, Jade had turned the QR codes on the products towards where she had been sitting, making sure people could see she had scanned them to check the prices. What’s even funnier is that she had taken the most expensive gift box. I was about to go over and take the remaining box of cherries when Jasper stopped me. “Jade wants to eat those cherries. If you want some, go buy your own.” How shameless can they be? These were mine to begin with, and now I have to buy my own if I want to eat them? I ignored Jasper, took the cherries, and went back to my new room. As I closed the door, I muttered in Jasper’s direction, “Buy your own if you want to eat! I’m not here to serve you!”
Over the next few days, Jade started acting up in various ways. When Jasper went to work during the day, she would order me around and even lecture me! She was completely two-faced compared to when Jasper was around. One moment she wanted cake, but only from a specific bakery ten miles away. I wasn’t going to indulge her, so I bought cake from somewhere else. She could take it or leave it! What’s even worse is that she actually threw her and Jasper’s intimate clothes at me, telling me to hand wash them. She even said this was what girls in the family should do, that I was inconsiderate and didn’t know how to share the family’s burdens. I had never been treated like this in my entire life. I immediately threw their intimate clothes back in her face and told her to get lost! Every time this happened, she would start saying I was abusing her, that she was already being mistreated before even marrying into the family, and who knows what would happen in the future. I laughed and retorted, “You’re ordering your sister-in-law around before you’ve even married in. After you marry in, are you going to expect my mom to listen to you too?” Every day when Jasper came home from work, the first thing he did was ask Jade if I had bullied her. What an idiot! I couldn’t be bothered with these two anymore. I just rolled my eyes at them and went straight back to my room, closing the door.
Suddenly one day, Jade said her sister was coming to stay at our house. I had heard Jade mention her sister Emily before. Like me, she studied painting and was still in school, I think. I don’t know if that’s true, as not much of what comes out of Jade’s mouth can be trusted. Of course, I wouldn’t agree to Emily staying at our house. Who knows what her sister would be like, given how Jade is. But Jasper immediately agreed. Two days later, Emily arrived. The young girl looked much more pleasant than Jade, and she was carrying a drawing board. As soon as she saw me, she greeted me with a smile, “Hello, Aria!” After my experience with Jade, I was wary of such enthusiastic girls. I just nodded at her coolly, “Hello.” Later, I overheard Jade quietly telling Emily several times, “Use whatever you want in the house. It will all belong to your brother-in-law in the future.” At first, Emily seemed a bit embarrassed and asked her sister in a low voice, “Won’t Aria be unhappy? She doesn’t seem to like getting close to us.” “Hmph!” Jade snorted, looking smug. She patted her belly and said, “What are you afraid of? Your sister is carrying the Blackwood family’s child. Even if she doesn’t like it, she’ll have to put up with me!” Jasper would never imagine that the woman he cherished so much was actually scheming to get his family’s property. Listening to the conversation between the two sisters, I found it a bit amusing. The sister who still had a conscience would soon be taught to be just like Jade.
One evening at dinner, Jade suddenly threw down her fork, crossed her legs, and brought up the topic of the wedding gift money. Jade spoke to Jasper with an air of entitlement: “My parents are doing business abroad. My family’s financial situation is no worse than yours, so both families are respectable. Naturally, the gift money can’t be too little. But my parents said this is just for show, what really matters is how well you treat me.” I could tell this was all just a setup before she made her outrageous demands. I crossed my arms and asked her sarcastically how much she wanted. Jade turned to look at Jasper, smiling and clinging to his arm coquettishly, “How about $50,000 for the bride price? Also, we need to buy a house and put it in my name. After all, it will belong to our baby in the future. Oh, and my dad said it would be best to throw in a car too. The house should preferably be fully furnished.” “Okay, no problem,” Jasper agreed without a second thought. Did he think our parents’ money grew on trees? I couldn’t help but laugh. Jade glared at me and said in a coquettish tone, “What are you laughing at?” I said, “I’m laughing at how delusional you are. Who do you think you are to demand a house and a car? My brother already has a house, which our parents prepared as your marital home. It’s already furnished, and you can move in anytime. As for the car, my brother has one too. Whether he transfers it to your name is between you two. Stop trying to calculate how to get my parents’ money!” Hearing my words, Jade immediately became unhappy. “Jasper, what did you promise me before? Now you can’t even handle this small matter of the bride price?” Small matter? Let’s not even talk about the car and the house. Just that $50,000 alone would take my brother ages to earn without relying on our parents. Moreover, Jade, who supposedly only had a high school diploma, would be lucky if a factory even considered hiring her, yet she had so many demands. It made me wonder if her parents were really legitimate businesspeople. What kind of proper parents would be so indifferent to their daughter’s marriage? Jasper hurriedly tried to appease Jade and told me to keep quiet. But I insisted on speaking, “It’s better for both sets of parents to meet and discuss such important matters as marriage. We young people can’t make these decisions. Right, brother?” Jasper was well aware of how our parents handled things. Although they were usually easy-going, there were some principles they stuck to. Even though they hadn’t forcefully requested to meet Jade’s parents, the two elders were still concerned about it. Jasper had nothing to say to that. Jade then promised that once her parents returned to the country, she would arrange for both sets of parents to meet. After dinner, Jade surprisingly brought a plate of fruit to my room. Seeing her smiling face, I knew without thinking that she must be up to no good! I couldn’t be bothered to look at her and continued sitting at my easel, working. I had an art exhibition coming up, so I was quite busy with work. Jade sat down next to me with the fruit, enthusiastically trying to feed me, but I refused. She looked around my room and started trying to get close to me, “Aria, I heard from your brother that you own a riverside apartment, is that right?” I frowned at her, “I advise you, if you don’t want to get cursed out, don’t even think about that apartment!” She laughed awkwardly and continued, “We’re all family, what’s the big deal? Oh, by the way, didn’t you say you don’t have a boyfriend? I have a cousin about your age. Why don’t I introduce you two? He just started working here…” I quickly interrupted her, “I’m not at the point where I need you to introduce me to a boyfriend.” The expression on Jade’s face immediately froze. I ignored her, and seeing that I wasn’t paying attention to her, she left the room cursing, saying I didn’t know what was good for me as she left. I thanked her sarcastically. Did she really think her cousin would be any good, given what she was like? … For the next few days, Jade was unusually well-behaved and even went out occasionally. I felt something wasn’t right. Sure enough, while I was preparing for my art exhibition, I received a call from the property management office. It was about the apartment under my name. They called to say that my place was very noisy at night, often playing music until two or three in the morning. I told them I would go check it out immediately. But when I got home, I couldn’t even open my own front door! The lock had been changed.
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