251: Chapter 251 Conquering the Mother-in-Law

When Zou Jialing was young, she was naive, and with little discipline at home, she ended up with a less-than-ideal youth and life.

This matter had always been a thorn in her side.

"Fine, fine, fine! That damn girl hasn't even married out yet, but her elbows have already turned outward; she tells you everything, doesn't she?"

"Is stopping me just your way of constantly humiliating me? Move aside! Otherwise, I'm going to call for help!"

Having her inner thorn exposed to her face, Zou Jialing was on the verge of exploding. If she didn't still care about saving face, she would have already been screaming her lungs out and fighting this man.

"I've already said, I want to reason with you."

"What kind of reasoning is this?"

"Because you have never admitted your own failures, I have to start reasoning with you from here."

"I..."

Perhaps Zou Jialing didn't even realize it herself, but the reason she had become so extreme was precisely because she had never faced her own problems or acknowledged the responsibility she bore for living the life she had.

She simply thought she hadn't met the right person and hadn't happened to do the right things.

But the truth was, she lacked the ability to make the right choices.

She hated rich people, believing that a rich person had deceived her feelings and eventually abandoned her, but she never thought about the fact that this rich person was someone she had chosen, and why she had chosen such a person as a partner.

She felt that studying was the most important thing because she had never studied properly when she was in school, so she blindly believed that as long as one studied hard, one could achieve success, yet she had never seriously tried to understand what "studying" was actually all about.

Her strict, all-encompassing discipline of her daughter stemmed from the lack of constraints she had experienced in her own youth; she believed that her family hadn't educated her well, which led to her downfall, yet she still hadn't realized that every choice was actually made by her.

Zou Jialing was imagining what successful people should be like based on her own limited understanding; it would be a miracle if she could ever find the right path that way.

"Now, a true 'successful person' is sitting right here reasoning with you, yet you still think your own way is the correct one. Isn't that ridiculous? This is the first point I want to reason with you about."

In truth, there was some exaggeration in what Zhao Xiaoshuai said, as he was, after all, cheating.

However, ever since his Comprehension had been strengthened multiple times, his mind was now extremely sharp, and he could indeed hold his own against truly successful people.

After all, Zhao Xiaoshuai had already established his persona, and at this moment, although Zou Jialing was angry, she was still able to listen.

She sat back down. "Yes, I am a failure, and I have lived through a failed youth and life, but precisely because of that, I don't want Yaoyao to repeat my mistakes. Is that wrong?"

"Of course that's not wrong. But the second point I want to reason with you about is that a child is not your appendage; she shouldn't live according to your will. She has the right to live her own life."

"What does she know? Without me, she would have been swindled long ago. You two have only known each other for a few days, and now she dares to talk back to me because of you!"

"Pardon my bluntness, but the things she lacks are precisely what you have caused. Without your counterproductive upbringing, her potential would be limitless right now."

"That's absurd! If I hadn't raised her with such painstaking effort, would she have been able to grow up at all?"

Changing Mother Zou's deep-rooted thinking was not an easy task, and Zhao Xiaoshuai did not stubbornly persist with it.

"Then let me talk to you about the matter of studying."

He took out his phone and pulled up the employment statistics for the past few years that he had already looked up.

"I'm not saying that studying is useless, but it might be far less omnipotent than you imagine. In this era, individuality is what matters most."

He went on to cite many examples from self-media.

"Do you know what Yaoyao's hobbies are?"

"And do you know that with her talent, she could earn far more money than your current job just by turning her hobby into a side career?"

"She just likes watching those cartoons; what kind of career can that be!"

"That is why I say you are too out of touch with the times. You have never stood on the path to success, and the more you try to control her like this, the more you are harming her."

"I..."

Zou Jialing was once again rendered speechless. She had ten thousand words she wanted to use to refute him, but under the weight of the other party's string of titles and honors, she found them hard to voice.

The less experienced a person is, the more they believe in authority.

At this moment, Zhao Xiaoshuai had successfully molded his persona into that of an authority figure.

"Finally, I know about your experiences in your youth, Mother Zou, and that you have some resentment in your heart, but please believe me when I say that I will not let Yaoyao repeat those mistakes."

"That sounds nice. Yaoyao's father also spoke nicely at the beginning, but in the end, he wouldn't even give her his surname."

"Although I consider my word to be worth its weight in gold, I have never been someone who just pays lip service. Please take a look, Mother Zou."

Zhao Xiaoshuai knew it was time for the final clincher, and even his form of address became respectful again.

He took out his phone and displayed actual photos of a detached luxury mansion.

"This is?"

"This is a house I chose for Yaoyao. It's not too expensive, 19 million."

"How much?"

Zou Jialing swallowed hard. Although the man she was with in the past also had a villa worth over ten million, that was in a first-tier city in the south, while this was in the Northeast.

A 19 million house—how big must that be!

Looking at the photos, the exterior was vast with beautiful scenery, and the interior decoration was magnificent; she was almost instantly captivated.

"Besides that, for her daily transportation, I will provide her with a car worth around one million."

Not only giving a house but also a car? And it's a luxury car worth a million!

"Of course, you won't have to worry about nannies or drivers for the house, and she will also have enough pocket money every month—let's tentatively set it at 100,000."

Zou Jialing had never seen such a grand display before. "Th-these are all for Yaoyao?"

"Except for the car, which will be transferred to her personal name, the house can have your name added, but the condition is that you cannot interfere with Yaoyao's life anymore."

It can even be transferred? Shouldn't it just be usage rights!

Compared to her own experiences back then, the man her daughter had met seemed truly different!

"When can it be transferred?"

"Anytime. Since you are her mother, as long as you get a power of attorney, we can handle the transfer at any time, but don't tell Yaoyao about this first."

"Why? You've invested so much in her; isn't the point to win her favor?"

"We are in a normal relationship; we don't need the help of these material possessions."

Zou Jialing was somewhat moved.

But this statement was complete nonsense from Zhao Xiaoshuai; it was just that he hadn't fully shaped Zou Luyao's worldview yet, and the effect of throwing money around wasn't as perfect as it could be.

But her mother was different; she fully understood what these things represented.

"So, Mother Zou, do you still think that Yaoyao dating me is a mistake?"