Lin Haichao and Yu Xiao met during university. Back then, Yu Xiao went to study in Beijing.
As a classmate, Lin Haichao pursued her relentlessly.
The two later became boyfriend and girlfriend, and Yu Xiao was even assigned a job in Beijing.
Following this, everything began to fall into place smoothly: they got married, started a family, and had children.
Even up to the present day, the Yu family only knows that Lin Haichao comes from a very good family, but they are unaware of his specific profession.
Only Yu Zhou, who transmigrated from the future, truly understands that his brother-in-law, Lin Haichao, is an exceptionally powerful individual. Not only does he have a formidable background, but his methods are also incredibly formidable.
However, his lifelong weakness of 'being henpecked' has apparently not changed even into the 2020s.
To be honest, even after Yu Zhou's estrangement from the Yu family, he could not deny that Lin Haichao, his brother-in-law, had helped them a great deal.
He not only assisted Yu Zhou's business without ever complaining but also supported Yu Huai's career, never once treating himself as an outsider to the Yu family.
Therefore, whether in his past life or this one, Yu Zhou deeply respects and is grateful for his brother-in-law, this second-generation individual with a mysterious background.
However, because his family has always lived in Beijing, and even after Lin Haichao was transferred to a coastal city years later, Yu Zhou did not have much contact with his brother-in-law.
Currently, in this lifetime, he has no intention of relying on his brother-in-law's influence. Instead, for Lin Haichao, who has always diligently helped his family, Yu Zhou often wonders if it's time for them to reciprocate.
If not for this thought, when he started the dried fruit factory, he could have simply made a phone call to Lin Haichao and asked for a favor, and perhaps he wouldn't have encountered so many problems.
Yu Zhou knows that his brother-in-law's background and status are absolutely on par with those of Qin Siyue and Song Qing.
"Kid, I heard you took over the dried fruit factory. Well done!"
"Finally, you're getting down to business."
After being released by his sister, Lin Haichao patted Yu Zhou's shoulder without reservation.
To be precise, in this lifetime, Yu Zhou has only met Lin Haichao three or four times, all of them when they returned to Jiangbei for brief visits.
Logically speaking, they are not very familiar with each other.
"I was facing downsizing, so I had to find something to do!"
"I was lucky enough to get a few subscription certificates in Wanghai, which gave me the startup capital. Now everything is on track."
Yu Zhou said modestly. Others might not know, but he knew what a significant figure his brother-in-law would become in a few decades.
However, in Yu Zhou's eyes, no matter who his brother-in-law was or what status he held in the future, none of that was the most important thing.
The most important thing was that he genuinely wanted to integrate into this family. Even if he was away for extended periods, he would always be the first to take action when something happened in the family.
Such intentions, regardless of whether he had the ability or not, already made Yu Zhou approve of this brother-in-law.
Compared to his tiger-like sister, well, Yu Zhou preferred his brother-in-law, who was always graceful and refined, yet always surrendered to his sister.
"You kid, you've gotten capable now. You don't even call me when you run into trouble?"
"I heard that the former deputy director, Liu Dalong, almost got you stuck in the hospital?"
With another slap, Yu Zhou's arm stung intensely, but his heart was filled with warmth.
What a harmonious family it was – something the Yu Zhou of his past life yearned for so much!
Unfortunately, after Jiang Jie's suicide and his subsequent self-abandonment, this family gradually became irrelevant to him.
In his past life, Yu Zhou knew very well that as long as he apologized and truly regretted his actions, wanting to experience family affection again, at least his parents and siblings would not hold it against him.
However, at that time, Yu Zhou couldn't even forgive himself, so he viewed that estrangement as a punishment for himself.
As a result, for many years, even though his own sister and brother secretly helped him, he endured and did not turn back.
Perhaps that was also a form of obsession for Yu Zhou.
The stronger this obsession became, the more he found it difficult to face his family with a thick skin.
"How is Xiao Jie now? I'm telling you, even if I can only stay for a week this time, I won't allow you to bully Xiao Jie."
"This time, I'll stay at the old house, spend time with Xiao Jie, and also see how your career is going."
Yu Xiao said matter-of-factly in the car.
Beside her, Lin Haichao also did not treat himself as an outsider, smiling at Yu Zhou.
The thought of having to spend several days with this tigress again, well, the joy of reunion was immediately suppressed by Yu Zhou himself.
Good heavens, seven days is not a very long time, but it's unbearable because his bullying sister has always insisted on a 'hands-on' approach for training.
It seemed that his seven days would be quite difficult.
"Brother-in-law, aren't you going to manage my sister? Look at her, does she look like a mother of two children?"
"If you don't manage her, she'll probably go wild!"
As soon as Yu Zhou saw his elder sister about to suppress him again, he couldn't help but complain.
Unexpectedly, Lin Haichao didn't listen at all and completely gave up resisting.
"I brought this upon myself, so I can only endure it. You, stop struggling. I don't even dare to struggle, let alone you."
Was this complete surrender? Seeing this, Yu Zhou could only remain speechless.
No wonder he was so completely dominated by his sister in his past life. If this wasn't true love, then what was?
One must know that this era is completely different from the future. Sometimes, Yu Zhou had the illusion that perhaps his sister was actually a post-90s or post-00s individual.
Because she truly lacked the personality traits of women from this era, she was instead outgoing and always acted like a female bandit.
And yet, she managed to get married, and married better than anyone else, isn't that infuriating?
"We're almost home. Are Mom and Dad at home? Give me some face."
Hearing Yu Zhou's words, Lin Haichao said with a wry smile.
Alright, it was time for Yu Zhou to shut up. If he continued to retort, he would probably make this man utterly embarrassed.