Before deciding to remarry, I had transferred the property rights of my house to my daughter as a guarantee for her future. Little did I know that when this news reached the ears of my future mother-in-law, she would lose control and make a scene, unreasonably forcing my daughter to return the property. Faced with this unreasonable entanglement, I helplessly dialed Mark’s number, thinking he would support me and help solve the problem. But to my surprise, he instead took their side and tried to persuade me. “Rachel, girls will eventually get married. If you give the house to her, isn’t it like handing it over to your future son-in-law? In my opinion, it’s better to take the house back.” Hearing this, I immediately decided to break off the engagement with him, while also feeling a surge of determination to teach them a lesson. “Rachel, don’t forget to invite us to your wedding!” During lunch break, my colleagues teased me as they ate. Amidst their laughter, a blush crept across my face, and I shyly covered my mouth. “Don’t worry, once the wedding date is set, I’ll definitely send invitations to everyone. You all must come!” I replied with a smile, feeling a wave of sweetness in my heart. As a woman who had been single for ten years, the longing for love had been quietly growing within me. Last year, through a mutual friend’s introduction, I met my current boyfriend, Mark. After spending some time together, we felt very compatible and started thinking about marriage. Just as I was immersed in these beautiful thoughts, my phone suddenly rang. “Mom, Mark’s mother has been yelling at me outside our door. I’m too scared to go out. Please come back quickly!” My daughter’s urgent voice made me jump out of my chair. “Lily, don’t be afraid. Mom will be right back. Just wait for me at home!” After hurriedly instructing my daughter, I put down my lunch box and rushed to hail a taxi to get home. The journey was smooth, and I arrived at my doorstep twenty minutes later. As my daughter had said, as soon as I reached the staircase, I heard a string of insults. Linda, Mark’s mother, was standing at my door, unreasonably berating my daughter. “What are you doing, Linda? Why are you suddenly here yelling at my daughter for no reason?” My appearance made Linda shut her mouth immediately. Hearing my voice, my daughter quickly opened the door and threw herself into my arms, crying about what had just happened. “Mom, you’re finally back. She’s been shouting at the door, and even when the neighbors tried to persuade her to leave, she wouldn’t listen…” I comforted my daughter while glaring at Linda.
I couldn’t help but gently stroke my daughter’s head, feeling sorry for her, while my good impression of Linda instantly vanished. However, before I could speak, Linda seemed to find new energy and angrily accused: “You little girl, how dare you tell such blatant lies? If it weren’t for you making me suffer, why would I, at my age, come here in this scorching sun to make a fool of myself?” Linda’s words made my mind a mess. She said she had suffered? But my daughter Lily had always been well-behaved and sensible. Even when I was hesitant about remarrying, she gave her full support with both hands. She had always been extremely respectful to Linda, truly loving the house and its crow. Therefore, I couldn’t believe Linda’s current claims no matter what. “You say you’ve suffered? What exactly have you suffered?” I questioned. “When has Lily ever not greeted you with a smile when she sees you?” After comforting my daughter and sending her to the bedroom, I turned to confront Linda. To my surprise, as soon as I finished speaking, she suddenly slapped her thigh and sat down on the ground with a thud. “This is outrageous!” Linda wailed, acting like a shrew. “Is this how you talk to your future mother-in-law? Does Mark know you’re treating me like this?” The Mark she mentioned is my fiancé, her son. Faced with her unreasonable behavior, I couldn’t help but roll my eyes internally. “Linda, what exactly do you want?” I asked calmly. “If you keep making a scene like this, you’ll only embarrass yourself.” Having experienced a failed marriage before, I was no longer the young girl who easily panicked. Seeing that I wasn’t moved, Linda gradually calmed down. She pushed herself up and stood again. “Fine, since you asked, I’ll tell you straight. “She said firmly, “Why did you suddenly transfer the house to your daughter? It must be because this little brat whispered in your ear, making you do this. At such a young age, she’s already so calculating. She’ll definitely not turn out well when she grows up.” “Slap!” Hearing Linda maliciously slandering my daughter, I could no longer tolerate it. I swung my hand and gave her a resounding slap. “This house is mine!” I shouted angrily. “It’s perfectly reasonable for me to transfer my house to my own daughter! You have no right to interfere!” I finally understood why her attitude towards my daughter had suddenly changed. It turned out that she had learned about me transferring the house to Lily. Although this matter didn’t need to be kept secret, there was no need to specifically announce it either. What I didn’t expect was that I had just completed the transfer yesterday, and she had already found out about it today.
“What do you mean your house? If you marry Mark, this house should rightfully belong to my grandson Tom. Now you’ve transferred the house to your daughter, what kind of behavior is this? Let me tell you, if you still want to enter our family, you’d better transfer the house back quickly.” Linda’s words made me feel utterly absurd. Although Tom is Mark’s son from his previous marriage, I’m not his birth mother. What does it have to do with them if I transfer my own house to my daughter? I patiently said to Linda, “Linda, I can’t reason with you. Since you’re being so persistent, let’s call Mark to deal with this matter.” Not wanting to waste any more words with her, I directly dialed Mark’s number: “Mark, your mother is making a scene at my place for no reason. Come over quickly and resolve this, so everyone can have some peace.” After receiving the call, Mark agreed to come over without hesitation. His voice was like a reassuring pill, instantly calming me down a bit. In fact, for someone like me who is nearly forty, Linda’s opinions and actions don’t really matter at all. If she supports my marriage to Mark, that would naturally be icing on the cake; if she doesn’t support it, it won’t affect me in any way. After all, it’s Mark and I who will be living our lives together. As long as he is reasonable and stands by my side, our relationship won’t change. In the year and more that I’ve been in a relationship with Mark, we’ve barely had any arguments, let alone any major conflicts. Our life together has been plain and warm, making me feel incredibly comfortable. Three months ago, when Mark proposed to me, I was both surprised and worried. On one hand, I longed to welcome new happiness; on the other hand, I was worried that my daughter might have a hard time accepting it. Teenagers are always particularly sensitive inside, and I was afraid that my decision would hurt her. However, while I was hesitating, my daughter took the initiative to tell me that she supported my remarriage and hoped I could find a happy home. Hearing her say this, I felt both moved and heartbroken. Because when she was very young, I had divorced her father, so she had always been more sensible than children her age. This made me feel like I owed her something.
Especially since my daughter was so understanding, it also made me want to make it up to her even more in the future. To reassure Lily and provide a guarantee for her future life, after much consideration, I decided to transfer the property under my name to my daughter before I remarried. This way, not only could I give my daughter enough security, but also let her know that even if I start a new family, she will always be the most important person in my heart. As I was thinking about this, suddenly an urgent voice came, The next second, Mark walked up to me, panting heavily. Seeing him drenched in sweat, my heart inevitably softened a bit. Yes, this matter was originally caused by Linda’s fuss, and it had nothing to do with Mark. Perhaps he knew nothing about this incident, and I shouldn’t lose my temper at him. Instead, I should have a good talk with him, so as not to hurt our relationship because of this incident. “Rachel, what’s wrong? What happened? Why did my mom suddenly come here to make a scene?” Mark looked at the somewhat messy floor, then at Linda’s fierce expression, and seemed at a loss for a moment. Seeing his appearance, I also confirmed my guess that Mark really didn’t know about this incident. Realizing this, my attitude also softened a bit. Just as I was about to explain the cause and effect of this incident to him, Linda, who was standing aside, spoke first. “Son, you’re finally here. You don’t know how much your mother has suffered here!” After seeing her son arrive, Linda seemed to have found her backbone. She grabbed Mark’s sleeve and started crying and complaining like a fountain. At this, I was naturally speechless. After all, when I was young, I had also fought with a nasty mother-in-law, so how could I not see through her tricks? However, since she wanted to play the victim first and make false accusations, I didn’t want to stop her. Justice is in people’s hearts. After she finished speaking, Mark would naturally understand who was right and who was wrong. At that time, I would just listen to his final decision. Linda went on complaining for more than ten minutes. When she said that I had slapped her for insulting Lily, Mark gave her a reproachful look and patted my shoulder as if to comfort me. Just when I thought Mark was a reasonable person who knew right from wrong, something unexpected happened again. I clearly saw that when Linda said she came to my house to make a scene because I had transferred the house to my daughter, Mark’s expression was stunned for a moment, and then turned into shock. “Rachel, is what my mom said true? Did you really transfer the house to your daughter?” Mark suddenly gripped my shoulders and started questioning me urgently.
Seeing Mark’s sudden change in attitude, while feeling suspicious in my heart, I also became more guarded towards him. “Yes, I transferred my house to my daughter. Is there a problem?” I took two steps back, distancing myself from Mark, and then questioned him, “Rachel Zhou, why didn’t you discuss such a big matter with me? Don’t you know that this house is not just your house!!” After hearing my answer, Mark went crazy, He grabbed his hair while looking at me angrily. “Yes, son, look at how scheming this woman is. If it weren’t for your second aunt seeing her at the property registration office, we probably wouldn’t have known how long this woman was planning to keep it from us!!” Linda, as if not wanting to miss out on the drama, started rambling again. “Mark, what do you mean? This house is something I worked hard to buy on my own. How could it have anything to do with anyone else?” I stared at Mark unyieldingly, stating the most objective fact. Seeing my attitude so firm, without any sign of being intimidated or wanting to back down, Mark suddenly changed his tune. “Rachel, that’s not what I meant. Please don’t misunderstand. I just think that after we get married, we’ll all be family. Why transfer the house out and make things so clear-cut?” If it were before, I might have thought there was no need to make things so clear-cut. But looking at the current situation, this matter probably wasn’t as simple as I thought. Mark didn’t seem to be as reliable as he had shown me. After all, I’m a woman who has been through a lot, I’m no longer a young girl in her early twenties who can be easily deceived. Judging from the attitude of this mother and son towards this house, I’m afraid they had ulterior motives towards me from the very beginning. “So what do you think I should do? Have I disappointed you by doing this?” I didn’t rush to expose Mark’s thoughts, but deliberately asked him back. Sure enough, after I said this, Mark seemed to have found a lifeline and nodded frantically. “Yes, Rachel, I just feel that your actions have really hurt me and made it difficult for me to accept.” Lowering my eyes as I listened to Mark’s words, I continued: “Then how can I make up for the hurt I’ve caused you?” Hearing me say this, Mark suddenly became energetic. I saw a flash of light in his eyes, and he deliberately pondered before slowly opening his mouth. “Rachel, I think you should transfer the house back. After all, Lily is your daughter, she won’t mind these things.” Listening to Mark’s words, I couldn’t help but laugh coldly in my heart. His true intentions were really showing on his face now. “After I transfer the house back, the next step would be to transfer it to Tom’s name, for him to use as a marital home when he gets married in the future, right?” I deliberately continued along with Mark’s words, essentially tearing off this window paper completely. “Yes, yes, Rachel. I didn’t expect that you, looking so plain, would actually be quite smart,” Halfway through his sentence, Mark suddenly realized something was wrong and covered his mouth. After a few seconds of silence, he started explaining urgently. “Rachel, it’s not what you think. Let me explain. I really didn’t mean it like that. Don’t let this ruin our relationship.”
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