I went to visit my boyfriend's family over the Lunar New Year, but his mother spent seven straight days teaching me the rules of their household. On the first day, she made me hand every relative an 888-yuan red envelope as soon as I walked in. On the second, she dragged me out of bed at four in the morning and forced me to haul water again and again in the freezing snow. On the third, when my fever hit 40 degrees, she poured water with a yellow talisman into my mouth. Worst of all, my boyfriend actually helped his mother force it down me. For those seven days, I stayed silent as the Zhou family pushed me around however they pleased.
At last, my parents rushed over and took me home. My boyfriend and I broke up, but those seven days became a nightmare that left me terrified of marriage. Later, I threw myself into work, became the founder of a leading company, and never gave the past another thought.
That is, until a familiar girl handed me her résumé during interviews for a new group of interns. The moment she saw me, she couldn't hide her delight.
“Sister-in-law?!”
The head of HR raised an eyebrow. “You know each other?”
I laughed wildly inside, but showed nothing on my face. “Yes. I've been looking for them for eight years.”
