My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 202: Staying Out with Zhou Shuyan

Chapter 202: Chapter 202: Staying Out with Zhou Shuyan

"I only realized today, after seeing Zhou Shuyan’s mother-in-law, that Shuyan’s temperament must have been inherited from her."

Lu Youxi and others arrived home, and Liu Yushu had just changed her clothes when she suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no, that’s not right!"

"What’s wrong?" Lu Zhenguo looked over, puzzled.

Liu Yushu left the bedroom and went to find Lu Youxi, "Youxi, you should have left with Xiao Zhou and his mother today."

"Ah?" Lu Youxi didn’t react at first, blinking in confusion and asking, "Why?"

"Before, your mother-in-law was recuperating away from home and not staying with us, so it was fine for Xiao Zhou to stay at our place. Whether your mother-in-law knew about it was another matter," Liu Yushu explained. "But now that she’s back, you’re returning home to stay with us, what about Xiao Zhou? Should he go back to stay with your mother-in-law, and you don’t? Or should he come and stay with us? If he comes here, would your mother-in-law agree?"

"Even if she doesn’t agree, you can’t blame her. No one would be okay with it," Liu Yushu earnestly taught Lu Youxi. "These are all common social courtesies."

Lu Youxi: "..."

Liu Yushu suddenly noticed, "Why have you changed clothes? Does that mean you’re not planning to go out?"

Lu Youxi: "... After I’ve already come home, why would I go out again?"

"Go find Xiao Zhou!" Liu Yushu sighed and said, "It was our first meeting today, and I didn’t feel it was appropriate to ask, but since your mother-in-law has returned, where will you two live after getting married?"

"I’m afraid your mother-in-law might think I’m inquiring whether Xiao Zhou has his own house," Liu Yushu continued. "Our family is poor and has nothing; we have no right to demand that he has his own marriage house. I’m not concerned about these things; I just think that now she’s back, it’s not suitable for you two to stay here. But if you’re going to live with your mother-in-law, I’m worried you won’t be used to it."

"Your mother-in-law is a reasonable person, but even when our own family lives together, we have arguments. All the more so living with your mother-in-law, there will definitely need to be adjustments due to different living habits. You have to control your temper with your mother-in-law, you can’t act the same as with us. Between our own family, if we get angry, we’ll get over it soon, and we won’t take it to heart. But it’s not the same with your mother-in-law."

Liu Yushu became more worried the more she talked and sighed, "It would be bad if initially your mother-in-law liked you, but then living together turned into enmity."

Lu Youxi blinked; she hadn’t expected Liu Yushu to come up with so many considerations in just a short time.

"Mom... there’s no need to live together, right?" She couldn’t say that Xu Jingmin also knew about their sham marriage with Zhou Shuyan, and that even if they didn’t live together, Xu Jingmin wouldn’t mind.

Instead, as someone in a sham marriage with Zhou Shuyan, suddenly rushing to live with him might indeed feel awkward.

"You’re usually so sensible, speaking and acting with measure and logic. How come you can’t see reason right now?" Liu Yushu grew anxious, "Whose family, living in the same city, gets married and then sends their son to live at his mother’s house?"

Lu Youxi: "..."

"Xiao Zhou really is a good person, considerate towards you, and understands your difficulties, very accommodating. We can’t make things difficult for Xiao Zhou, right?" Liu Yushu continued to persuade.

While Liu Yushu was speaking, the doorbell at home rang.

Not long after, they heard Lu Youxue’s voice, "Brother-in-law!"

"Why is Xiao Zhou here?" Liu Yushu wondered for a moment, then quickly found a reason, "He must have come to take you back to live with him."

Lu Youxi: "..."

Liu Yushu left Lu Youxi and went to the door to greet Zhou Shuyan, who had just entered.

"Xiao Zhou, did you come to pick up Youxi?" Liu Yushu asked.

Zhou Shuyan was momentarily stunned, not catching on, "Pick up Youxi?"

To do what?

"Aren’t you taking her back to your place to stay?" Liu Yushu followed up.

Zhou Shuyan said, "You don’t want me to stay here anymore? You’re kicking me out?"

"Where did that come from!" Liu Yushu hurried to explain, "I definitely didn’t mean to offend you. It’s just that now your mother is back, if you keep staying here, it just won’t look right. Maybe you two should live separately, or perhaps, you take Youxi to spend some time with your mother."

"Even when Youxi isn’t home, we still have a household of three. If you move in, that leaves your mother all alone in the house. How lonely would that be?"

Liu Yushu wore an expression that seemed to say, "How could you bear to leave your mother at home all alone?"

Zhou Shuyan: "..."

Aunt Yao is home to keep her company.

"Just now that you’ve come, Youxi can pack her things. Take your everyday luggage and go back with Xiao Zhou," Liu Yushu took the liberty of deciding.

Since arriving in the Imperial Capital, Liu Yushu’s air of being in charge had grown stronger.

"You don’t have to take everything at once; you can move things in batches," Liu Yushu directed.

"Mom..." Lu Youxi tried to protest, but the usually eloquent talker couldn’t find a suitable excuse at this moment.

"Xiao Zhou, have a seat. Dad, go make tea for Xiao Zhou to drink. I’ll help Youxi pack," Liu Yushu decided everyone’s tasks in one sentence.

Lu Youxi: "..."

Lu Zhenguo urged Lu Youxue to do his homework and then went to the kitchen to find tea leaves.

Liu Yushu took Lu Youxi to pack her luggage.

Lu Youxi really couldn’t struggle against it, so she resignedly began to pack.

If it came down to it, she could just stay at the school.

"Mom, I can pack by myself. You don’t need to bother," Lu Youxi said.

"Fine," Liu Yushu went back out to find Zhou Shuyan.

"Oh, Xiao Zhou, are you taking Youxi back to live with your mother, or will the two of you live on your own?" Liu Yushu asked.

Zhou Shuyan obviously couldn’t take Lu Youxi back to his own home—wouldn’t that give the game away?

And even if he looked for another house, the properties under his name were all quite expensive and none seemed to fit his current worker persona.

Zhou Shuyan then said, "Our company has employee housing. Actually, when my mom was away for treatment, I was living there."

Chengzhou did have employee housing, and the conditions were indeed very good.

The accommodations prepared for employees were loft type, with two stories to save space while maximizing a spacious living area for the employees.

The first floor had a living room, kitchen, and dining area, plus a small bathroom.

The second floor had a bedroom and a small office area, also with a bathroom.

The entire floor plan was actually no more than 40 square meters.

Employees could apply to live there, paying annual rent.

An entire apartment building designed this way could provide a sizeable number of units.

Although Chengzhou had many employees, some were locals from the Imperial Capital who didn’t need to rent outside.

Some other employees had higher salaries and could afford to rent better accommodations.

And there were others who were married and not suited to living in such single apartments.

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