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575words2026-01-26 09:03

I had three meals at my girlfriend's house,and then I married my brother-in-law's girlfriend...
"Brother-in-law,my parents want you to come over for dinner at home today."
Early in the morning,Tom,who was both my driver and my future brother-in-law,walked into my office with an obsequious smile on his face.

As he spoke,Tom casually took out a cigarette from the pack on my desk and lit it up.
"Okay."
I don't like it when there's no sense of hierarchy during work,but considering that I was about to marry Emily,I didn't say anything.
...
I used to run a medium-sized medical supplies factory.
After the"mask"incident,the company's business suddenly boomed.

Once my career and the situation regarding the"masks"stabilized,my parents started urging me to settle down and get married.
Although I still wanted to focus on my career,as the old saying goes,"There are three ways to be unfilial,and the worst of all is to have no descendants."
At that time,a junior schoolmate who was two years younger than me was pursuing me.I agreed,and our relationship had now developed to the point where we were discussing marriage.
Everything had been settled now,and we were just waiting for the auspicious day we had chosen to get the marriage certificate.

I guessed that my future father-in-law and mother-in-law calling me over for dinner was just a regular family gathering.
However,I didn't expect that as soon as I entered my girlfriend's house,I realized that the scale of the gathering was far beyond that of a normal family dinner.
I was a bit puzzled.Given my girlfriend's family's financial situation,they had served a large plate of braised sea cucumbers with scallions.Could there be something special going on?
My mother-in-law,Lisa,fobbed me off with the reason that one couldn't be casual when entertaining a future son-in-law.
...
"Jack,in the future,I'm entrusting Emily to you.You must treat her well."
After a few rounds of drinks,my father-in-law,David,patted me on the shoulder and gave me some advice.
"Uncle,you can rest assured.I won't let Emily suffer."
I raised my glass and emptied it in one gulp.
My girlfriend,Emily,was one of the four school beauties at Lin'an No.1 Middle School.Marrying this beautiful junior schoolmate,of course I wouldn't let her suffer.
"With your words,we can rest easy.By the way,how's Tom doing?He's been doing okay in the factory,right?"
My father-in-law then shifted the topic to my brother-in-law.
I glanced at Tom,who was picking at the fishbones.
"He's doing fine.Tom is quite sociable in the company,and several of my managers have also said that he drives steadily."
About eight or nine months ago,Emily's family asked me to find a way to arrange a job for Tom.
I originally wanted to assign this guy to the production line,but he thought the production line was too boring.
For my future brother-in-law,who had no special skills,was overly ambitious,and only had a secondary vocational education,I had to create a new driver's position.
To be honest,there were more than a dozen people in the company who had reported him.
The minor issues included smoking in the office area,and the major ones included making inappropriate advances to female colleagues.
If it wasn't for Emily's sake,I would have fired him long ago.
But at this moment,for the sake of family harmony,I could only say the nice things.
"Okay,as long as this kid doesn't cause you any trouble.We're just afraid that he'll get into some kind of trouble."
My father-in-law nodded in satisfaction.
I thought this was just an ordinary inquiry,but I didn't expect...