Chapter 554:
Joey’s sister-in-law spat at me.
“Bah! Who are you? What right do you have to interfere in our family’s business?”
In that moment, Joey reached out and pulled me aside.
“Tell me, what exactly do you want me to say?”
Joey’s sister-in-law shouted arrogantly, “Mom has a few hundred dollars, a pair of gold earrings on her ears, and a gold necklace around her neck. Your brother has the right to inherit the inheritance!”
Hearing this, I rolled my eyes. They hadn’t even visited the old lady when she was seriously ill. Now, after she was dead, how dared they bring up inheritance?
Joey sneered, “Do you know how much money my mother spent on medical bills over the years? The money she had left couldn’t even cover the meals she ate during that time. Especially you, you’re really your mother’s child! But have you ever taken care of her for a single day? When she was dying, she asked you to visit, but you refused! Even the funeral wasn’t arranged by you! What right do you have to ask me for the money and gold? Has your brain been eaten by a dog?”
Joey’s brother stood there, embarrassed and speechless.
Seeing this, Joey’s sister-in-law immediately stepped forward, ready to retaliate.
“Joey, mother paid a lot of tuition for you to go to college,” she snapped.
“Your brother never went to school. You’re a capable woman now, and your salary is higher than his. You should be the one to take care of her. Your brother is useless and incapable. He can’t take care of mother!”
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Joey looked at her coldly, her voice filled with disdain.
“At that time, my brother didn’t want to go to school—not because my mother couldn’t afford it. I’ve been in college for a few years, but I worked hard and studied during that time. I also took out a loan. My mother helped with part of the tuition, but I covered most of it myself.”
“Now that mom has passed away, I won’t argue with you. In the future, we’ll sever all ties and pretend we’ve never known each other!”
With that, Joey pulled me away. But her sister-in-law, a real shrew, wouldn’t let us go.
“Oh, now that you’re successful, you don’t want anything to do with us? Fine, cut off your relationship. But you must give us those two pieces of gold jewelry from mother!” she demanded.
I couldn’t take it anymore.
“How dare you say that? Joey bought those gold pieces for her mother. Of course, they belong to her now!”
“This is our family’s business. Shut up!” Joey’s sister-in-law stepped forward and shoved me. In retaliation, I kicked her. Joey’s brother, seeing his wife in trouble, stepped in to confront me.
Joey rushed to intervene, but it was clear that neither of us could stand up to Joey’s brother and sister-in-law. In the heat of the moment, Joey looked around and then ran to her mother’s grave, crying loudly.
“Mom… I’m so pitiful. You’ve just left me. My brother and sister-in-law hit me. Dear relatives, come and look. When my mom was alive, they didn’t care about her. Now that she’s gone, they’re hitting me and stealing from me. Please, someone help!”
