Gu Zhirong lowered his head and was silent for a while, then raised his head and looked at Gu Zhixiao with a bit of stubbornness in his eyes:

"I'm so annoyed, brother. I don't know what my sister-in-law said to you, but if you keep talking nonsense here, I'll call our mother and ask her to come here to take care of you!"

Seeing this, Gu Zhixiao quickly patted his sister's shoulder and begged for mercy:

"Zhirong, I won't say anything more, I won't say anything more, okay? Please don't call our mother over, otherwise, I will be eaten alive by our mother or I will be skinned alive.

I just hope you can think it over and not do anything you'll regret. I haven't said anything else. Please don't hurt me."

"Hmm, I'm telling you, you and I are from the same mother, so we are family. Don't listen to your wife on everything. She's an outsider."

As he spoke, Gu Zhirong glared fiercely at Gao Lili, and then at Gu Zhixiao.

Gao Lili looked at Gu Zhixiao with grievance, feeling very uncomfortable. What happened to this sister-in-law? She always blamed herself for nothing!

Back in my hometown, my sister-in-law used to say this to me, and I couldn't do anything about it because she had my mother-in-law to protect her. Now that I'm in the army, my sister-in-law still says this, and it seems like I'll be the one taking the blame for the rest of my life.

Seeing his wife's red eyes, Gu Zhixiao felt very upset. Because he didn't marry the girl his mother had chosen for him, his mother always made things difficult for his wife, and even his sister didn't treat his wife as a human being.

In the past, when I was not at home, they were far away and could make as much noise as they wanted. Now, my sister is bullying my wife in front of me. Does she think I am a dead person?

He put away his smile, looked at Gu Zhirong seriously, and said:

"Zhirong, don't say that again. Since your sister-in-law married me, she is a member of the Gu family. If we really want to talk about outsiders, it should be you. You should have heard that a married girl is like spilled water. After you get married, you will be an outsider."

Gu Zhirong was unhappy when he heard his brother say this:

"Brother, listen to what you're saying! Did you really forget about your sister after getting married? I'm going to call our mother right now and have her come over and teach you a lesson so you know how to behave!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhixiao sneered and said to Gu Zhirong without any courtesy:

"If you don't consider your sister-in-law as one of your own family, then go ahead and call her. I can also ask her if I'm her biological son and if she considers me one of her own. Then you can go back with her."

Gu Zhirong choked. Go home? She didn't want to. How could she live as comfortably as here?

Gu Zhirong's face turned pale and blue, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.

She originally just wanted to scare her brother and sister-in-law to see where they would stop, so that her brother would pamper her more in the future and her sister-in-law would further curry favor with her and please her, but she didn't expect to hit a wall.

Gu Zhirong didn't want to go home. After a while of awkwardness, I said to Gu Zhixiao with a smile on my face:

"Brother, I'm just joking, don't take it seriously."

After saying that, Gu Zhirong gave Gu Zhixiao a smile that was so stiff that it wasn't even a smile, trying to ease the atmosphere.

Gu Zhixiao remained unmoved. He still looked serious, looking at his sister sharply:

"Zhirong, you are not a child anymore, you should know what to say and what not to say.

Your sister-in-law is an integral part of our family. She washes clothes and cooks every day, busying herself with everything, so that you can live a comfortable life.

For this reason, we should respect her and love her, instead of making fun of her."

Seeing her brother's resolute attitude in defending his sister-in-law, Gu Zhirong was very dissatisfied, but she also knew that all the things she had before were earned by her brother, and she couldn't offend him. So she lowered her head and whispered:

"I get it, bro. I won't make jokes like that again."

Seeing his sister's sincere attitude in admitting her mistake, Gu Zhixiao's expression softened a little. He patted his sister's shoulder and said earnestly:

"Zhirong, you must remember that the most important thing for a family is unity and harmony. We brothers and sisters must support and understand each other, so that we can face the ups and downs of life together. Don't let me hear you disrespect your sister-in-law again."

Gu Zhirong nodded and secretly vowed to himself that he would pay more attention to his words and actions in the future and never cause trouble for his sister-in-law in front of his brother.

Seeing his sister's sincere attitude in admitting her mistake, Gu Zhixiao's expression softened a little. He patted his sister's shoulder and said earnestly:

"Zhirong, you have to remember that in our family, your sister-in-law is the mistress. If you bully her, it's the same as bullying me."

After saying that, Gu Zhixiao went to eat without calling Gu Zhirong to eat as he did before.

Gao Lili wanted to go, Gu Zhixiao said:

"Why are you yelling? She won't die of starvation if she skips one or two meals. She should really reflect on herself. She's already such a grown-up girl, but she still doesn't know what to say and what not to say. If she gets married and becomes someone else's, she will be despised to death."

Gao Lili didn't expect that because Gu Zhirong said something wrong, she would get a man to support her. With a man to support her, she would no longer be afraid of her sister-in-law making trouble.

It seems that whether a woman has a status in the family depends not only on whether her man has status, but also on whether the man respects his wife and whether he will support her.

"Thank you, Zhixiao!"

Gao Lili sincerely thanked her man. With her man making decisions for her, she was no longer afraid of being upset by the Gu family.

Gu Zhirong had never expected that because of her careless words, her brother got hold of the evidence and scolded her severely. From then on, her status in her brother and sister-in-law's house suddenly changed from the eldest to the bottom of the family.

She really wanted to throw up her hands and run back home, but in order to stay here and find a good husband, she had to endure it.

She thought: As long as she can find a partner, when she gets married, the man will treat her better for her brother's sake, and then she can still live a good life.

She originally thought that there were so many good men in the army and it would be easy for her to find a partner. However, because she completely disregarded her own conditions and had extremely high requirements for men, she did not find a handsome man who could accept and tolerate her.

Seeing that his sister had been unsuccessful in the first try with the left prime minister, and the first try with the right prime minister, and that more than ten attempts had failed, Gu Zhixiao said to his sister:

"Zhirong, please lower your standards. If you don't, you might end up being an old maid for the rest of your life."

Gu Zhirong felt heartbroken when he heard this, and twisted his head and said:

"I've already lowered my standards, but there's no one suitable. How can I agree? Do I have to lie just to get married?"