Invincible Son-in-law

"Xiao Chen, you actually remembered to come home!" At midnight, Xiao Chen dragged his weary body through the door, only to be greeted by an angry voice.

The lights in the living room were still on. Three people sat on the sofa.

The speaker was Xiao Chen’s mother-in-law, Sun Ling.

Though Sun Ling was already in her forties, she was well maintained, her figure graceful, looking not a day over thirty.

"Mom, you’re still up?" Xiao Chen called out.

He was the live-in son-in-law of the Xu family. His wife, Xu Qingran, was renowned as a beauty not just in the Xu family but throughout Linzhou City.

Their wedding three years ago had been a sensation. But the reason for the sensation was that Xu Qingran had married such a worthless man as him—a joke to everyone in Linzhou.

Because of this, no one in the Xu family treated Xiao Chen kindly. Sun Ling would scold and beat him at every turn, while his wife, Xu Qingran, treated him like a stranger. In three years, Xiao Chen hadn’t even held her hand; he slept most nights on the floor.

"Don’t call me Mom!" Sun Ling’s brows arched angrily, her face twisted in annoyance, her pent-up rage finally finding its outlet as she jabbed a finger at Xiao Chen’s nose and unleashed a torrent of abuse. "Our family must have terrible luck to end up with a good-for-nothing like you."

"Look at other sons-in-law—every one of them works hard to earn money, treats their wives and mothers-in-law to good food and drink. And you? You laze about all day, living off