Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire-Chapter 615 - 598 Leisure Time

The sky is blue, and so is the sea, with brown boats coming and going on the horizon where the sea meets the sky. The beach is covered with shells, and jellyfish crawl around on the sand.

Zong Shimeng admired the beautiful shells on the beach and said, "It’s a pity I didn’t bring my Yinyin, this girl loves colorful things the most."

Lu Jiaxin lay on the beach chair and laughed, "Then let them collect some to take back."

Zong Shimeng nodded, "I wonder if this girl is behaving at school? If not, the teacher will call the parents again."

Hearing her concern, Lu Jiaxin said, "Sister Shimeng, actually, you and Brother-in-law share some responsibility for what happened."

Zong Shimeng looked at her involuntarily, "How am I responsible?"

At home, she not only had to take care of her mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law but also managed the family’s daily needs and social engagements, as well as looked after several children.

Children need more than just food, clothing, and warmth; they also need to be educated and ideally have plans laid out early.

Lu Jiaxin laughed and said, "You have to learn how to delegate. For example, if Yinyin is naughty and the teacher calls the parents, why do you have to go? You could let Brother-in-law go too."

Seeing Zong Shimeng wanting to speak, she waved her hand and said, "Don’t tell me he’s busy, who isn’t? My Ah Zhan is also very busy, but when I go traveling, he can still find time to help manage the company."

"You feel sorry for him being busy and don’t want to burden him with family matters. But the problem is, he’s not as busy as you think; otherwise, how would he have time to accompany women outside?"

Zong Shimeng swallowed the words she wanted to say.

Lu Jiaxin saw her expression and said, "Sister Shimeng, my words may be harsh, but really, don’t always consider him and don’t feel sorry for him. Forget about the past, and in the future, let him go when Yinyin’s teacher calls the parents; and Dabao and Sanbao are learning Golf and horse riding, right? Tell him in advance, if planned ahead, he can find time. This way, he not only has no time to accompany women outside but can also strengthen his relationship with the children."

If you can’t get divorced, then it should be about maximizing benefits. In families like theirs, having children resent their able-bodied father is a foolish act.

Zong Shimeng fell silent, no wonder Jiaxin could live so freely, just look at her level of awareness. Comparing herself, she always felt sorry for her husband’s hardships, managing the household meticulously without letting him worry a bit. As a result, he thought that was how it should be, and then felt sorry for women outside.

"Jiaxin, thank you."

Lu Jiaxin laughed and said, "Your mother-in-law had traditional education but understands the difference between inside and outside and loves her grandchildren. Let Brother-in-law spend more time with the kids to strengthen their parent-child bond, I believe she would be happy to see this happen, and if you can get her on your side, things will be twice as effective with half the effort."

Zong Shimeng smiled broadly, "Jiaxin, thank you."

Why did she especially like being with Jiaxin? Because this girl, unlike others, didn’t think women should only be virtuous and tolerant, supporting their husbands and educating their children. She wanted to make herself comfortable first and then consider others. She couldn’t do it but didn’t stop herself from admiring and learning gradually.

Lu Jiaxin shook her head, "You also have to be willing to listen, some say I’m unconventional! But life is only a few decades, it passes in the blink of an eye, you can’t wrong yourself."

"You are absolutely right."

Lu Jiaxin removed the towel from her body and laughed, "Sister Shimeng, let’s go swimming."

Thanks to Lu Jiaxin’s enlightening advice, although Zong Shimeng missed her children at home, she restrained herself from calling home. Meanwhile, Hu Zhifeng called Nie Zhan N times a day.

Nie Zhan said, quite vexed, "Brother Feng, I really don’t know when my sister-in-law will come back."

"Then where did they go? Give me their phone numbers, I’ll find them myself," Hu Zhifeng asked. He found out that Zong Shimeng and Lu Jiaxin went to Bali Island and even sent people to check several big hotels there but couldn’t get any info. Clearly, they weren’t staying in big hotels but in private villas.

Nie Zhan dared not tell him, without Jiaxin’s permission to give out their addresses and numbers, otherwise, he would have to sleep in the guest room: "Brother Feng, please don’t make it difficult for me."

Hu Zhifeng was very distressed, "Kai Kai asked if I was going to divorce your sister-in-law, if so, he’d go with her; Yinyin is misbehaving at school, the teacher called us in the day before yesterday, and today again; Xuxu is crying every day for mommy, and skipping school."

The problem is, his grandma and mom aren’t concerned, saying he should deal with the mess himself. His dad even gave him a break, now facing three kids every day, his head feels like it’s going to explode. Luckily, the small ones have nannies and housekeepers, so he doesn’t have much to worry about, else he’d go mad.

Sometimes what you think about happens, that night Xiaobao had a fever. Hu Zhifeng first called the family doctor, and then took the child’s temperature.

The family doctor came, said it hadn’t reached 38 degrees so no fever reducer, use home remedies to reduce the fever and give small amounts of water. By midnight, the high fever subsided, and Hu Zhifeng, exhausted, went to sleep, only to be scolded by Mrs. Hu the next day.

Hu Zhifeng was very frustrated, "I only went to sleep after the child cooled down past three o’clock. Mom, I was too tired to stay up."

Mrs. Hu said, "You were tired after one night, when Weikai and Yinyin were sick, Shimeng didn’t sleep for entire nights and never complained."

Hu Zhifeng dared not speak up.

At that moment, the teacher of Sanbao called, saying his son got into a fight at school and he had to go. What else could he do, hurry upstairs to change clothes and rush to school.

In the evening, Hu Zhifeng called Nie Zhan, "Ah Zhan, I really can’t take it anymore, please let your sister-in-law come back quickly!"

Hearing his voice full of exhaustion, Nie Zhan was quite surprised, "Brother Feng, what’s wrong? Are you sick?"

He wasn’t sick now, but if this went on, he would collapse. He used to think that his wife handling three children wasn’t hard, as there were nannies and housekeepers when the children were young, and private tutors when they were older, but now that he’s taking over, he realizes it’s not that easy.

Hearing his complaints, Nie Zhan said, "Brother Feng, you’re only managing the children, but sister-in-law also has to care for Auntie and handle social engagements. It’s not easy for you at the company, and it’s not easy for sister-in-law at home either."

This time, Hu Zhifeng truly understood his wife’s hardships. The eldest one didn’t need attention, but the second and third were too much trouble... He was so angry he wanted to spank the two kids, but didn’t dare, else Mrs. Hu would skin him alive.

"Ah Zhan, please help persuade your sister-in-law to come back quickly. The kids miss her, Yinyin had a nightmare last night dreaming her mom didn’t want her, crying for half the night."

Nie Zhan said, "I’ll make sure to tell her that."

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