Ch. 5537: Married at First Sight Chapter 5537

Chapter 5537

"Yes, I want to go back and see them. Is Dad not feeling well?" Mrs. Francoeur asked with concern. "Dad, what's wrong? Should you see a doctor? I'll call the family doctor to come over."

She followed her father-in-law into the house and casually placed the gifts she'd prepared for her parents on the coffee table. Old Mr. Francoeur glanced at them and saw that they were all nutritional supplements—ginseng, bird's nest, and the like.

The Jacques family didn't need to buy these supplements themselves. Whenever they ran out, they simply called their daughter-in-law, and she would happily send more back to her parents' home.

If it were simply about showing filial respect to one's parents, Old Mr. Francoeur had no objection. It was perfectly normal for children to be filial to their parents. However, the supplements Yima brought to her parents' home were basically divided among her siblings, leaving little or nothing for her parents.

Whenever they needed something, they would call their daughter.

Over the years, the Jacques family had grown accustomed to taking advantage of Yima because the Francoeur family was far wealthier and had only one child, Winnie. The Jacques family envied the fact that the Francoeur family's enormous fortune would eventually belong entirely to Winnie.

Since Winnie wasn't close to her uncle's family, they could only try to get benefits from the Francoeur family through Yima.

If they had to buy those nutritional supplements themselves, they could easily spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a month at the rate they consumed them.

"It's nothing. I'm just tired. I'll be fine after some rest. There's no need to call the family doctor."

Chairman Francoeur stopped his daughter-in-law from making the call.

Then he said, "Yima, sit down. Dad has something he wants to talk to you about."

Mrs. Francoeur's given name was Yima Jacques. When she heard her father-in-law say this, she became a little nervous and guilty.

She had followed her brother's advice and arranged a blind date for her daughter. Winnie had refused, yet her uncle had even sent the man to the Donimingon Hotel.

She knew what had happened afterward.

Mr. Tucker had angered Winnie, and Yima's brother had called her to complain. He said he had only meant well, yet Winnie had taken his kindness for granted.

He had also criticized Yima for being a useless mother who couldn't discipline Winnie or teach her to respect her uncle.

Yima didn't dare blame Winnie. But after hearing her brother's complaints, she thought about apologizing. So she had taken some tonics from home and prepared to return to her parents' house to apologize to her brother.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Yima asked.

Chairman Francoeur said, "Sit down."

"Oh."

Yima carefully sat down across from her father-in-law.

After she sat down, Chairman Francoeur asked, "How has your parents' health been lately?"

His in-laws were about the same age as him, but while he was still supporting the Francoeur family, his in-laws had retired long ago and spent their days enjoying their grandchildren at home.

Even when the Jacques family's business declined, they didn't return to help run the company.

They had only come to Chairman Francoeur a few times to ask him to help the Jacques family avoid bankruptcy, claiming that the family depended on the company for their livelihood.

For the sake of their relationship as in-laws—and mainly because Yima was sentimental—Chairman Francoeur had always been tolerant.

When his son died unexpectedly, Yima was still very young. She could have been heartless enough to terminate the pregnancy and remarry, but she didn't.

Despite opposition from everyone in her own family, she insisted on giving birth to her late husband's daughter.

For decades, Yima had lived as a widow, remaining devoted to her husband's memory.

Chairman Francoeur had always treated his daughter-in-law with tolerance because she had insisted on giving her husband and the Francoeur family an heir.

And Winnie had grown into an exceptional woman who was capable of supporting the entire Francoeur family.