Chapter 963: Son Preference

Translator: Lonelytree 

There were many scenes on the news or television on the Internet similar to An Xiaohui. Once these girls grew up and had the ability to make their own money, they would disown their primary families and disappear without any news. When their parents wanted to see them for the last time, they would ask someone to help them find them, and then the Internet would be bustling with noise and excitement.

Some people called these girls really heartless. No matter how bad the primary family treated you, they were your parents, your closest family members, and the people who raised you from a young age. She abandoned her family. What an ingrate.

There were also those who sided with the girls.

In short, there were all kinds of people.

A situation like An Xiaohui’s was actually the result of backward feudal thinking in the countryside. However, An Xiaohui’s parents only had one daughter. Since she was young, they disliked her. At least, they fed her and clothed her so that she could go to school like other people.

Although they stopped her from entering university, after she entered university, her parents still paid for her tuition. However, she had to work part-time to pay her living expenses.

An Xiaohui’s parents only beat her when it involved An Yang.

Therefore, An Xiaohui would never be heartless to her parents.

Xiao Lingyu shook her head and said, “Oh, I don’t think you’re a filial fool. They are your biological parents, after all. They raised you up. Although they were biased and even unfair, they did what their parents should have done and fulfilled their obligation to raise you. When they are old, you will naturally have to fulfill your responsibility to take care of them.

“Moreover, what is foolish filial piety? Foolish filial piety means doing everything possible to win their favor. You will not reject any request from your parents. However, you are not. You are very clear about your principle. You rejected your parents when they violated them. You are a filial daughter.” Xiao Lingyu said.

An Xiaohui felt slightly better when she heard Xiao Lingyu say this.

In fact, it was true.

Her current salary was two million a year, but she did not give all this money to her parents. She gave her parents living expenses every month, three thousand a month. Then, during the holidays, she would also give them more.

Her parents had a house in the county and did not have to repay the loan. They did not have any other debts. The living allowance of 3,000 RMB per month was enough for them to use.

Of course, her family did not know how much her salary was.

They only knew that she worked in a very famous big company and her monthly salary was over 10,000 RMB.

Therefore, her parents felt that their monthly allowance was not enough. Under the instigation of some people, her parents kept asking her for money and making all kinds of excuses.

However, the most common excuses were sickness. They would ask every few days for several thousand because they had the flu, caught a cold, or so on.

An Xiaohui was also unable to confirm whether her parents were sick or not. Moreover, An Xiaohui was also unable to refuse to give them the money. However, An Xiaohui knew very well in her heart that even if her parents were really sick, her money would go to An Yang.

Otherwise, An Yang wouldn’t be unemployed for the past two years and spent all his time at home playing games and sleeping.

An Xiaohui knew this in her heart, but she couldn’t do anything about it.

It had been like this since she was young. Everything in her or their hands would be in An Yang’s hands the next day.

Xiao Lingyu said, “Xiaohui, haven’t you ever thought of hiring a nanny to take care of your parents? This way, you can take care of your parent’s health, and you can also know their condition at any time. It’s not a good thing for them to keep using the excuse of being sick. They don’t know that you earn two million a year. If they knew, they would definitely think of ways to squeeze all the money out of you.”

Xiao Lingyu felt sorry for An Xiaohui for having such a pair of parents. However, when a person was born, they could not choose their own parents. As children, we had to respect our parents. However, that didn’t mean that parents could make endless demands from their kids.

An Xiaohui smiled bitterly. “I thought about it too, but they rejected it. They felt that instead of spending the money to hire a nanny, it would be better to save this money and give it to An Yang directly.”

Xiao Lingyu was speechless.

An Xiaohui’s parents were so devoted to An Yang.

Xiao Lingyu thought for a moment and said, “Xiaohui, your parents have always regretted that there was no one to carry on the family line. Haven’t you considered solving the problem from the root?”

An Xiaohui heard this and asked with confusion and surprise, “Sister Lingyu, what do you mean?”

“Haven’t you talked to your parents before? If you promise to give your first boy the An surname as their grandson, they will have someone to continue the family line.” Xiao Lingyu suggested.

“Huh?” An Xiaohui was a little dumbfounded.

They had indeed never talked about this before. Her parents had placed all their hope on An Yang, and she had never considered other alternatives.

In the mind of father and mother An, they had already determined that An Yang was their only choice.

As for An Xiaohui, she had been deeply influenced by her family since she was young, so she had never thought about this either.

Looking at An Xiaohui’s expression, Xiao Lingyu was sure that they had never thought about it or talked about it.

Xiao Lingyu sighed and patted her hand, saying, “Xiaohui, maybe you can talk to your parents about this. After all, your parents will be happier to have a grandson than to rely on a nephew.”

An Xiaohui’s expression was obviously a little unimaginable. She asked, “Sister Lingyu, is this okay?”

Xiao Lingyu said, “You’ll have to talk to your parents to find out.”

The crux of An Xiaohui’s parents was that they didn’t have a male child to carry on the family line. This could be solved by giving An Xiaohui’s son the An surname.

But An Xiaohui still some hesitation, “But Sister Lingyu, how many men will allow that to happen, to have their first boy carry his wife’s maiden surname? Wouldn’t that make the man a live-in son-in-law?”