"My mother-in-law is the type to bully the weak and fear the strong. Once she saw I was serious, she got scared. She was worried that if Dahai and I really divorced, he'd take it out on them and break ties, so she hid and stayed quiet.
My sister-in-law is also sharp. Initially, she took her anger out on me, but when she saw my outburst, she started to apologize and cry. I used to be easygoing, but this time I refused to compromise. My stance was clear: we should get a house as big as the one built for the eldest. If not, we'll split the family, and I won't care about the in-laws in the future. Or we get divorced.
There's no way your brother-in-law would agree to a divorce, so he went to talk to his parents on my terms. After all these years, it was the first time I saw him stand his ground like that. My in-laws cried and howled, calling all three brothers to discuss it."
Lin Qin's curiosity was piqued, "And then? What was the result of the discussion?"
