My brother-in-law should have become an actor, not an ordinary man with a salary of 7 million.

I have a sister who is 5 years older than me. In the past, she was a famous elegant female student beauty queen in the city. Everyone thought she would marry a rich man and live a life of luxury.

However, life did not go as she wished. Many people pursued her, but she did not choose a rich and talented man. She was determined to marry an old man who had been married before.

My family strongly objected, but she still stubbornly married her brother-in-law. My sister even planned to pretend to be pregnant so that her parents would give in and force her to agree to the wedding.

Wanting to prove to the world that she had not made the wrong choice, my sister had to work hard to build a good image for her brother-in-law. Such as the manager of a furniture factory with a salary of more than 20 million, loving his wife and children, being good at housework and doing housework, earning money but still washing dishes and doing laundry for his wife…

Even my parents thought that their son-in-law was really kind. But only my sister and I knew that the truth was not like that. I have an acquaintance who works at the same furniture company as my brother-in-law, he told me that my brother-in-law’s actual salary was only around 6-7 million because he worked in a low position. The job was easy, so my brother-in-law would hide in a corner all day to play games or sleep, and then go home after work. He was very lazy and heartless, I was the one who heard my sister crying and blaming her husband when her child was sick in the hospital for 2 weeks but the dishes at home were still untouched, green and red moldy but my brother-in-law did not bother to clean them.

I did not expose the truth because I was afraid that my sister would be hurt. When in love, no one finds the other person ugly. Only after living together do they realize. My sister did not dare to admit that she married the wrong person, so she gritted her teeth and accepted it. She did not expect that her brother-in-law would be the one to turn against her first.

All this time, my sister had always been the economic pillar, supporting both her husband and children for 4 years. Whatever her brother-in-law earned, he spent it all on himself, and only occasionally gave her a few coins when he felt like it. At the wedding, he boldly promised my parents that he would take care of his wife until she was old, never let her suffer, and would support her even if they were poor. But as soon as my sister took off her wedding dress, she became the breadwinner of the family, carrying on her back a useless husband.

Well, there is a silver lining in every misfortune. My brother-in-law was divorced, but his ex-wife had not given birth to any children together, so my sister was assured that she did not have to worry about troubles related to her husband’s past. However, she did not expect that he would use her hard-earned money to prepare for the future, where he painstakingly created a play to live happily with his lover.

The story is that half a year ago, my brother-in-law suddenly went missing for a few days. Sometimes he also followed the truck to deliver orders to big customers in the province, but that time he did not contact my sister at all, which made her worried. Fearing that her husband would be in trouble, she planned to report to the police, but when she posted online to desperately look for her missing husband, my brother-in-law texted back.

He said he had hepatitis C, his condition was critical and there was no hope of survival, so he chose to leave so as not to drag his wife and children into misery. He apologized to my sister for not giving her a happy and fulfilling life, and told her to find someone better and remarry.

My sister was shocked after reading the news, and rushed to her husband’s company to meet him. Unexpectedly, the manager reported that my brother-in-law had quit his job not long ago, citing personal reasons, not illness or disease.

The in-laws were also shocked when they heard the news of my brother-in-law’s departure. My sister’s husband’s family had no idea that my brother-in-law was sick, and no one knew where he had gone. The phone number was turned off, and the social media account was also locked. It was as if the brother-in-law had disappeared and never existed.

My sister was so shocked that she fell ill and was bedridden. For a whole month, she was absent-minded as if she were in the clouds, and I had to go to her house to take care of the child. She did not believe that her husband had a terminal illness and was about to die. It was not a movie, so why would they play around with leaving to avoid bothering their family like that!

Having hope that her husband would survive, my sister persistently texted him to convince him to come back, promising that no matter how serious his illness was, she would do everything she could to save him. She frantically searched everywhere for information about hepatitis C, thinking that her brother-in-law still had a chance to be cured. However, her pleas were met with meaningless silence, and her brother-in-law still disappeared without a trace.

2 months, 3 months, then 6 months passed. When my sister gradually accepted that her husband had left the family, something unexpected happened.

While having dinner with my grandparents, my granddaughter looked at her phone and opened a commercial video of a famous seafood restaurant chain. Everyone in my family knows this brand because they have eaten buffet there. It has just opened recently but has many branches, the food is quite fresh and delicious. However, what is more remarkable is that in the video there is a man being bowed to very formally by the staff, who seems to be the restaurant owner.

My nephew rewinded the commercial over and over again, the background music playing over and over again, making his grandparents uncomfortable. My mother told him to turn it off, but the 4-year-old nephew didn’t listen. He slowly said that he was watching his father, and the whole family was startled and gathered around to see who he was referring to.

The restaurant owner had platinum hair, was dressed in a trendy outfit, had a long beard, and wore sunglasses. His body was somewhat muscular, his biceps were exposed like a gym goer’s, and he also had a tattoo of ocean waves. I didn’t see any resemblance to my brother-in-law, but somehow my nephew recognized him as his missing father?

I quickly called my sister to the kitchen to watch the video. She was a bit suspicious, but she wasn’t sure if it was her husband, because the man’s appearance in the video was so different, not to mention that he was also the owner of a chain of seafood restaurants. Where did my brother-in-law get so much money to “put on a show” like that?!?

Holding that suspicion all night, the next day my sister immediately set out to find out the truth. I drove her to the main restaurant in the seafood chain, pretending to be a customer to ask the staff. Although she was impatient, my sister still knew how to avoid “pulling the trigger and disturbing the forest”. If it was a mistake, it would be less embarrassing, but if it was really my brother-in-law, my sister would think of a way to expose her identity later.

I chose the moment when the restaurant was most bustling and crowded to ask the young staff serving at my table. He happily revealed that the owner’s name was the same as my brother-in-law’s, and boasted that he was a generous and kind person. In addition, the staff also admired the restaurant owner because he always accompanied his wife. The restaurant owner was described as a beautiful, noble and sharp woman, good at arranging everything to help the restaurant prosper.

From this staff, my sister and I learned that the owners often stopped by the main location at 2:00 p.m. every day after finishing the morning shift. We deliberately ate slowly to wait for them to appear, and sure enough, right on time, we saw the staff lining up to greet the owners.

My sister was so nervous that her hands were shaking. We deliberately chose a table near the reception area to easily observe, when the restaurant owner stood checking the revenue on the computer, my sister discovered a red birthmark on her neck that was exactly like her husband’s. His voice was no different, still a bit effeminate and flattering like before. Now the owner had shaved, when she took off her sunglasses, my sister was shocked to realize that it was her “hepatitis C” husband who was about to die!

So she immediately rushed out, grabbed her brother-in-law’s shirt and fired off a series of angry questions. Everyone around was startled, except for the restaurant owner who remained calm as if she knew who my sister was.

The four of them went into a private room to talk. My sister did not hesitate to give her brother-in-law two slaps, and when I heard the heavy slap, I knew his ears were ringing. My brother-in-law kept apologizing, while the restaurant owner stood next to me with her arms crossed, her face cold. She knew my brother-in-law’s past, but she must have loved him too much to have participated in this fake illness and death drama. Her family was rich, her father was a real tycoon, so my brother-in-law came up with the childish “hepatitis C” story to abandon his wife and children, and climb up to the position of “cooker king”.

It sounded funny, but it was completely true. Seeing my sister cry made my heart ache. My brother-in-law absolutely did not want to get back together with my sister, and even said that his current wife was his “true love”. The other sister did not say anything, probably their current life was too good, her brother-in-law had changed dramatically, so she accepted to face the scandal to live with him.

I pulled my sister away because I knew that making a fuss would not help anything. My brother-in-law did not want to go back to being a husband with a salary of 7 million, so he had to accept it. It’s just that this drama was really ridiculous. I wonder what my niece will think when she grows up and finds out that her father made up stories to run away with his rich lover?