I Only Want to Lie Flat But Am Forced to Cultivate Immortality

Baisha County, Zhang Family Mansion.

Zhang family’s eldest son-in-law stood at the corner of the wall, eyeing the comings and goings of Wu Zhiyuan with a sinister gaze.

"Top scholar, what a grand title! In the end, you’re just a poor scholar, a chicken that roams the ground. Now you’ve climbed to high places, pretending to be a phoenix."

Spitting on the ground, Yang Hong entered the room and caught sight of his wife playing with a purse given by her lover.

Seeing this, Yang Hong’s heart grew even more enraged, and he sneered:

"Zhang Yao, your name suits you well. Since you like your lover so much, why not give this grand family business to your sister and brother-in-law, and go live happily in the brothels? Wouldn’t that be more comfortable than living at home?"

Zhang Yao frowned at his words and laid her eyes on her husband: "Yang Hong, why are you so jealous? It’s not like you’ve never been to a brothel. I don’t interfere with you, and now you’re trying to control me!"

"It’s not that I want to control you, but my dear father-in-law favors your new brother-in-law. He’s given them half of the mansion to live in and hired a famous teacher to educate him, clearly grooming him to become the future head of the Zhang family."

"If this continues, what place will there be for us in this household?"

Zhang Yao was startled by his words and said, "You’ve certainly awakened me. A few days ago, I went to the accounting room to withdraw two hundred taels of silver, but the steward only gave me twenty taels, saying that father had ordered the funds be prioritized for my sister and her husband’s expenses..."