The Matriarch’s Countdown: After I Give Up, My Family’s Left to Mourn Me

"I only have six months left to live?"

Lin Zhaoyi lay sprawled on her bed, her dry eyes long since drained of tears.

"Mother, just give your daughter-in-law control of the household accounts. I'll be taking your place sooner or later anyway."

"Mother, I want to marry the star courtesan from the House of Blossoms."

"Zhirou was driven out by her husband's family. From now on, she can only live at the Xiao residence."

Their voices circled around her, like vengeful ghosts come to claim her life.

Lin Zhaoyi was only a little over thirty, in the prime of her life, yet she had just six months left to live.

Her children only knew how to take from her, while her husband was devoted to rescuing his first love from danger.

The countless businesses she had built would all become someone else's dowry.

Ha! Why should she accept that?

Everything belonged to her. No one had the right to reap the rewards without lifting a finger!

Not long afterward, her husband's first love and Madam Xiao fought tooth and nail to get the key to the treasury, only to find it empty.

"Where did all the Xiao family's wealth go?"

"All the Xiao family's businesses went under. The money was used to pay off debts."

The entire Xiao household was forced to scrimp and save, while the eldest daughter-in-law, Su Wan, argued with her husband every day.

The second son married the star courtesan, who gave birth to a chubby, seven-pound baby boy just eight months later.

Seeing through his first love's schemes and watching the Xiao household descend into chaos, her worthless husband began to miss the old days.

Where's my wife? The Xiao family can't do without her.

Where's Mother? We haven't seen her in so long.

She's dead!

How could that be?

Before a nameless gravestone, Xiao Jiming wept as if his heart were breaking.

Suddenly, three men rushed over, pinned him down, and beat him mercilessly.

"You scumbag! You drove Zhaozhao to her death!"