Chapter 3

My father-in-law demanded, "Go make dinner right now, and when you're done, clean the whole house! Don't even think about being lazy and ordering takeout. I don't eat takeout!"

My mother-in-law chimed in, "After dinner, first give us both a sponge bath, then do the housework. Oh, and wash our dirty clothes too."

I looked at them coldly. "The baby seems a bit unwell. I'm going to take him to the hospital for a checkup first."

My father-in-law got agitated. "The kid is seven months old—what could be wrong with him? I think you just don't want to take care of us!"

My mother-in-law added, "Ethan, if you won't take care of us, I'll start a livestream and let the internet drown you in criticism!"

"Mom, Dad, I won't abandon you. I'll come back right after I get the baby checked. You wouldn't want anything to happen to Sophia's child, would you?"

Without waiting for their agreement, I left immediately. Then I headed straight to the electronics market and bought two hidden cameras.

Messages flooded past frantically.

"Oh my God, Ethan is waking up! He's starting to suspect these two old bastards!"

"Ethan, hurry home! The property deeds for Sophia's two villas are hidden inside the big teddy bear at home! If you don't get them now, those two old bastards will take them!"

I rushed home and immediately spotted the human-sized teddy bear in the living room.

It was a gift I'd given Sophia when she found out she was pregnant.

I quickly unzipped the back of the bear and reached inside, feeling around for a long time until I finally touched two property deeds.

After getting the two deeds, my heart pounded wildly.

Both villas were in excellent locations with great square footage—worth over twenty million dollars combined!

"Ethan cried every day because he couldn't pay his son's two-hundred-dollar school fee. He wouldn't even buy himself a bun to eat and fainted from hunger. But that bitch had this much money and didn't leave any of it for her husband and child. She deserves to die!"

"Sophia and Liam are having a great time at a hot spring resort abroad right now."

I pulled out my phone and called a realtor.

"Hello, real estate sales? I want to sell some property!"

Right after I listed the two villas with the agency, my mother-in-law called again.

"Ethan, it's getting dark—why aren't you back yet! Your father and I can't take care of ourselves. Get back here and serve us."

"Okay, Mom. I'm coming back now."

I returned home with the two hidden cameras. When my in-laws heard me opening the door, they immediately went back to lie in bed.

This gave me the perfect opportunity to install the camera in the living room.

My father-in-law shouted, "Hurry up and make dinner! Are you trying to starve us to death?"

I quickly responded and went to the kitchen to cook.

After I finished, I brought the food into the room and struggled to help both of them sit up.

My mother-in-law told me to feed her. Just as I brought the spoon to her mouth, she shrieked.

"Are you trying to scald me to death?"

She flung her hand out and knocked the bowl over, spilling food all over my head and face.

The floor was covered in soup. As I cleaned it up, I took the opportunity to install the hidden camera in the bedroom.

My father-in-law tapped his fork against the plate. "This dish is too salty, this one has too much oil. Pay attention next time!"

"And when we eat, there must be both meat and vegetables—four dishes and a soup. You're serving us with these two lousy vegetable dishes? Have you no conscience?"

My mother-in-law huffed, "Don't think you're being wronged. My daughter died because of you. Everything you're doing now is atonement!"

"Hurry up and clean up the dishes, then wash the sheets and clothes. Mop the floor too. There's still a pile of work to be done!"

I obediently replied, "Mom, Dad, I'll try my best to satisfy you."

After they finished eating, I was cleaning up in the living room.

Suddenly I heard my father-in-law shout, "Ethan, get in here! I need to take a dump!"