Just as Jacob was lost in thought, Lara’s voice rang out. Her cheeks slightly flushed, probably feeling Jacob’s somewhat heated gaze.
“Uh, I changed jobs.”
Snapping back to reality, Jacob replied casually.
“What job?” Lara asked curiously.
“Let’s say it’s starting a business, working with a friend.” Jacob replied.
“Are you still opening a Best Diet restaurant?”
Although Lara wouldn’t look down on Jacob’s identity as a delivery worker, she would naturally be very supportive and happy for her brother-in-law if he was willing to start anew.
“No.”
“A friend started a fitness center, and I’m just helping out.”
“Let’s eat; you’ve been busy for a while.”
Jacob didn’t want to continue the topic of entrepreneurship, so he took an empty bowl and began to serve soup for Macy.
“Daddy, I want to eat ribs, four pieces.”
Since Macy had already eaten at kindergarten, Jacob only served her two ribs, but the little foodie was not satisfied.
“Alright, four pieces.”
“But if you can’t finish, don’t eat it.”
As he added two more ribs, he reminded her.
“Mm-hmm.”
Macy nodded repeatedly, but the little foodie was actually thinking about eating two more later.
At this moment, Jacob was quite hungry, especially since the three dishes and a soup on the table looked extremely appetizing. But for the sake of the system task and that reward of a hundred thousand for one kilogram, he still forced himself to resist, only eating vegetables and not rice.
Fortunately, the dishes Lara made today were all suitable for a fat-reducing diet. Ingredients like broccoli, shrimp, and carp are common in fat-reducing meals, and even tofu is relatively low in fat.
Wait, this isn’t a coincidence.
Jacob suddenly looked up at Lara: “Did you choose these ingredients because I’m on a diet?”
“Mm-hmm.”
Lara nodded, softly saying, “Eating these ingredients during a fat-reducing period won’t make you gain weight, and they’ll keep you full.”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
Jacob felt warmth in his heart. During dinner yesterday, he had just casually mentioned that he wanted to lose weight, and his former sister-in-law had remembered it.
Damn, I don’t know which jerk will benefit from her in the future! Feeling touched, Jacob couldn’t help but silently sigh again.
“Auntie, Dad bought me a big car.”
“So big, so big!”
After dinner, the little foodie Macy patted her round little belly while showing off to her aunt.
“Really?”
“How big is it?”
Lara thought Macy was talking about a toy car. She scanned the room but didn’t see any sign of a car.
“It’s this big!”
Macy stretched her arms wide and said, “Dad and I even put Peppa Pig and her family on the car.”
“Uh, is it a real car?”
Lara looked at Jacob, who was tidying up the table.
“Yeah, it’s inconvenient without a car. I’ll drive you back to school later and take Macy out for a spin.”
It was impossible to hide the fact that he had become wealthy again, especially since Jacob had no intention of keeping it from Lara.
“Oh, okay.”
Lara nodded lightly, but her beautiful eyes were filled with doubt. She knew her brother-in-law’s situation; after selling the previous house, half of the money went to her sister, and the other half was used to pay off debts, which still seemed insufficient.
Originally, her brother-in-law could have used all the money from the house sale to pay off debts and then split the remaining money between them, but he chose to compromise for Macy’s custody rights.
Because if the court were to decide on custody, it was highly likely that it would be awarded to Karen Scenty. The child was still young, she was the mother, and she had a stable job—these were all favorable conditions.
Lara also knew that the house sold for 2.9 million, paid off a bank loan of 1.1 million, leaving 1.8 million to be split between them, 900,000 each. Jacob used his 900,000 to pay off debts, while her sister’s 900,000 seemed to be for buying a house. Since they hadn’t been in touch recently, she didn’t know the specifics.
In other words, Macy’s custody rights were actually bought from her sister for hundreds of thousands by her brother-in-law, and her sister had even proposed not paying child support as a condition, which Jacob agreed to.
What Karen Scenty did could be summed up in four words: abandoning husband and daughter! And because of this, Lara was utterly disappointed in her sister. She had never imagined her sister could be so heartless and selfish.
“My financial situation has indeed improved, but the reasons are a bit complicated. I’ll tell you slowly when I have time.”
“In short, you don’t need to worry about me and Macy’s livelihood anymore.”
While Lara was washing the dishes in the kitchen, Jacob came over to explain.
