Aura Revival: I Built Harem In Fantasy World

Hearing this, Daniel's face turned particularly ugly.

Nancy spoke even more bluntly, "Mother in law, only country women with yellow faces have to endure such hardships. Your cosmetics are more expensive than mine, you should understand me."

"That was a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

Hela became a little incoherent, probably not expecting such a scene.

Daniel was completely furious. He slammed the table and said, "You pig brained idiot, what kind of business are you doing? Doing business like your mother, selling these fake red wines, right? You'll be lucky if you don't lose your shirt."

Hearing this, even Hela felt it was a bit too much. Even when drunk and causing trouble, one shouldn't say such things.

Ruth sneered but didn't say anything. This shrew was actually quite intimidating when silent.

Nancy was no longer polite and started cursing, "Daniel, you're just looking for trouble, aren't you? You can't even talk properly, and you even curse my mom. How much money did my mom spend on her business?"

"It's fine. Maybe that's just how he was raised."

"After all, what kind of son-in-law comes to visit for New Year bringing two bags of loose fruit? The live-in son-in-law spends thousands on shopping."

With that one sentence, the air turned cold and silent. Luis looked at his wife Lily with new eyes.

She was usually a quiet person, but when she suddenly spoke, her soft words could stab a person to death. She never spoke unless it was to shock everyone.

Hela's expression was extremely ugly, but she still pulled Daniel to sit down and said angrily, "Shut up! How can you speak to your mother-in-law like that?"

It proved her aura was still strong enough. After all, she controlled Daniel's economic lifeline and held significant authority.

Hela took a deep breath and immediately adopted a tone of concerned elder, "Nancy, then why did you sell the gold jewelry?"

"Making money these days isn't easy. Building an empire is easy, but maintaining it is harder. It's good enough if the money can be spent without losing value. Gold is the best for preserving value right now, how could you just sell it like that?"

It was obvious she was unwilling to give up and planned to continue the attack from a different angle.

"Oh, that one sold for five thousand dollars!"

Nancy was very calm and started searching on her phone again. This made Hela's heart skip a beat.

Nancy then took out a transfer record and handed it over, saying, "This one thousand dollars, Daniel said it was for a set of gaming equipment a friend was transferring. He could make at least three to five hundred off it."

"But I never saw that three or five hundred, not even the original one thousand dollar principal."

She had spent the whole night cleaning out her phone, keeping all the useful information and resolving all the bank debt collection notices.

Hela's face turned ugly when she saw it. Daniel quickly explained, "Mom, that equipment is all in my account. It's worth that much if sold now, just the appreciation wasn't as much as I expected."

The excuse was too weak. He had definitely spent the money on equipment and lied to his wife.

"And what about the remaining money?"

Hela asked again.

Ruth knew it was her time to act. She immediately frowned and asked, "Mother in law, your family isn't that poor, is it?"

This was a direct attack. Hela was stunned at first, then forced a smile and said, "Mother in law, what are you talking about?"

Ruth was not polite at all this time, "We sold it for five thousand dollars, spent over one thousand on your son. We didn't say anything when your family didn't give a betrothal gift."

"But I didn't marry my daughter off to be a slave or a maid in your house. Why are you interrogating her about this little bit of gold jewelry?"

"Over three thousand dollars, is it costing your family their lives, or how much money did you spend?"

"If you can't afford to marry her, just say it directly. Why does it seem like my daughter stole your money, deserving this scolding?"

Ruth, this shrew, had a silver tongue. Now that she was in the right and had room to perform, her output was incredibly powerful.

"Mother in law, that's not what I meant. No woman would sell her jewelry unless she was truly broke."

"If Daniel had a promising future, my daughter wouldn't be like this."

This was very impolite, yet it wasn't groundless. Hela gritted her teeth and said, "Mother in law, I didn't mean that. You said it was her bottom-of-the-trunk savings. I just wanted to show I care about them."

Ruth wasn't buying it and immediately retorted, "Mother in law, parental care requires spending money and effort, not just empty words. If you really cared, you'd know where Daniel spent that over one thousand dollars."

"It's just gaming equipment. It's worth that much if sold now."

Seeing his mother repeatedly losing ground, Daniel's anger flared, "What about her? Where did she spend the over three thousand dollars? All those bottles and jars of cosmetics."

"I need you to manage my spending? How amusing."

Nancy smiled, raised her wrist and said, "Mom, how much is this worth? The invoice is here, see for yourself."

The Summer Cicada bracelet worth over three thousand dollars could just explain it away.

Daniel's face changed, and he immediately said, "No, this is your mother's..."

Ruth raised her own hand, then took Lily's hand, and said speechlessly, "We are wearing ours ourselves."

Lily even added, "Brother-in-law, one bracelet is enough. It's not like you're practicing Iron Wire Fist and need to wear many."

Lily's finishing blow was extremely accurate. Normally, one would only buy one. Who would have thought Luis would buy two just to curry favor.

Hela's face was full of helplessness. She said softly, "Nancy, why did you think of buying this?"

"Those jewelry pieces are too old-fashioned. I didn't want to wear them. I was thinking of buying something nice."

Nancy said as if it were the most natural thing, "Mother in law, gold preserves value. I just spent a little on the craftsmanship fee. What's the problem?"

"Well, you should have said so earlier to avoid misunderstandings!"

Hela was extremely embarrassed, feeling she had lost all face.

At least everyone now knew the Zhang family's contemptuous attitude. Ruth naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity and immediately added,

"Mother in law, what's wrong with your Daniel? He doesn't make any money yet spends it on playing games."

"I can't speak for anything else, but if it were me, I definitely wouldn't agree to this. Besides, the over three thousand dollars came from selling her own jewelry. Why is he questioning her so much? It's not his money."

"Even if your son mortgages or sells the house, my daughter has no right to ask about it, right?"

After all that, Hela felt extremely uncomfortable, glaring fiercely at her son. This was completely different from what he had said before they came.