Part 2The Feisty Daughter-in-Law's Revenge
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I met my husband, Luke, through a blind date.
During our first meeting, I warned him about my bad temper and told him to think carefully. To my surprise, he blushed and said he actually wanted someone with a strong personality.
My father-in-law, Robert, is the CEO of an import-export company, while my mother-in-law, Helen, owns a chain of kindergartens.
Luke and I meeting was pure coincidence. He was at the restaurant for a business meeting when I mistook him for my blind date.
He fell for me at first sight and made it clear he wouldn't marry anyone else.
When we met the parents, my father-in-law wasn't pleased to learn I was just a small factory owner's daughter with a notorious temper.
He was a million times against the marriage, but Luke threatened to end his life if he couldn't marry me.
So, I became Mrs. Shen.
I expected chaos and drama after moving in, but my mother-in-law turned out to be quiet and never gave me a hard time. She always spoke in a gentle voice.
All my expectations of epic mother-in-law battles went up in smoke.
Two years into the marriage, our family life was almost scarily harmonious.
Until my father-in-law's old flame, Vanessa, called and asked him to meet her abroad.
That was the first time I saw my mother-in-law lose her composure.
I immediately went to dig through our family albums.
When I saw photos of Vanessa snuggling up to my father-in-law, I understood why my mother-in-law was so upset.
Anyone could see that this woman had an unusual relationship with my father-in-law.
I mean, who takes photos pressed up against someone else's body like that?
This was even more intimate than my in-laws' wedding photos.
And this was thirty years ago when society was more conservative.
If it were today, I bet Vanessa would be right in between my father-in-law and mother-in-law in bed!