Chapter 148 Big Brother, Don’t Laugh at Second Brother

The worries that my fifth uncle's family had finally let go of were immediately raised again.

The second cousin subconsciously held his wife's hand tightly. The second cousin's wife was also a little nervous, but she still quietly held her husband's hand back to comfort him.

[Just now, my second cousin’s wife was holding the child and blocking it. Now she put the child down and took a closer look, and there seemed to be a shadow on her chest.]

Shadow?! The eyes of several adults jumped, and they almost thought that their wives had some terminal illness.

[Also, her chest... ahem, so could this shadow be caused by a feeling of depression in her heart? ]

Several people from Fourth Aunt's family were also eating melon with their ears perked up. When they heard the two women, they realized what Duanrao had been unable to say just now, and their faces flushed slightly.

My eldest cousin was frozen all over, not daring to move, with a blank expression as if to say, "I heard nothing, I saw nothing, it's none of my business."

[This is not good. Although in this case, it seems to be just a nodule and not too serious. But if you feel upset and angry, it is possible that the breast gland will be blocked over time, and the nodule will also worsen. If it develops into breast cancer, it will be troublesome.]

"Has Second Cousin's wife encountered any unsolvable troubles recently?"

"Is this true? Have you been feeling uncomfortable at home recently and have you been wronged? Or did Ah Zhi do something to make you angry? Tell me and I will definitely take care of it for you!"

What Fifth Aunt said was not just talk. Her son and daughter-in-law were childhood sweethearts, and the two families lived close to each other, so they basically watched each other's children grow up.

The fifth aunt has no daughter and has always treated her daughter-in-law as her own daughter. Her son has to take a back seat compared to her. If the second cousin's wife nods and admits that the second cousin has done something wrong to her, the fifth aunt will grab her shoes and beat him up on the spot.

"No, no, it has nothing to do with him, nor with my family."

"It has nothing to do with my family, that's..."

"It's about work."

"Work matters?" The fifth uncle and aunt looked at each other in surprise.

My second cousin's wife is a senior jewelry designer who graduated from a prestigious university. She works for a well-known jewelry company. The technical department she works in has a simple staff and a high annual salary. There are basically no internal disputes on weekdays, so my fifth cousin and others rarely ask about her work. Unexpectedly, there was really a problem in this regard.

"What exactly happened? Is someone in the company bullying you?"

The second cousin's wife glanced at her husband and parents-in-law. The family had been worried about her husband's promotion recently, and she didn't want to cause trouble for everyone with these things.

But now that her husband's matter was almost certain, and Duanrao just happened to mention it, she no longer concealed it.

"Recently, a new manager joined the company. He is my college classmate."

"College classmates? Then..." Several people looked at each other and asked tentatively, "Have you ever had a conflict before?"

The second cousin pursed her lips and let out a long sigh: "We were in the same major when we were in school. Her mother was a member of the school board and had some influence. So she was a bit domineering in school and didn't take other people seriously."

After all, it was a past event, and if she really wanted to talk about it, it had been a hidden pain in her heart for many years. The second cousin's wife hesitated for a long time, still not knowing where to start.

On the contrary, Duanrao was worried about her as he was watching from the side.

[Oh, to put it simply, the new manager in her department, an old classmate, was jealous of her second cousin's talent in college, so she stole her second cousin's design drawings and submitted them for the competition. When her work was discovered to have won an award, she turned the tables and accused her of stealing her design.]

"What?" Aunt Wu's face changed slightly, "Why didn't you tell us about this?"

"Cough, cough, cough..." Seeing that the secret was about to be exposed, Fourth Aunt coughed several times as a warning.

Aunt Wu woke up as if from a dream and quickly made amends: "I mean, she is like this. Have you suffered from her in school before? Why didn't you tell us?"

"I didn't think so much about it before."

[Of course, it was because the second cousin's wife's company had problems at that time, and she didn't dare to tell her parents about it to distract them. In addition, the second cousin was used to being independent, and the manager who was crying thief had a family background. The second cousin was worried that her family and the second cousin's family would be affected because of her, so she chose to take the responsibility and swallowed the loss and settled the matter privately with the other party. ]

The Fifth Aunt's family was extremely distressed when they heard this. Their daughter-in-law was usually very cheerful and straightforward, but they didn't expect that she had suffered such a great injustice in private.

The most important thing is that no one noticed it, which was really a dereliction of duty!

Du Anrao obviously thought so too.

[Others are fine, but you, my second cousin, are unreliable. You and my eldest cousin are the typical example of the eldest brother not laughing at the second brother! You didn't even notice that your wife was bullied, and it happened twice in a row, by the same person! ]

[Although both of these times happened to coincide with your critical period of joining the company and getting promoted, you were indeed a little busy. But this is not a reason for you to ignore your wife. Don't tell me that your sister-in-law is good at hiding things. There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable! No matter how hard you try to hide something, there will definitely be some clues left. To put it bluntly, you don't care enough. ]

My second cousin clenched his fists and lowered his eyes slightly to hide the guilt in his eyes.

Although Duanrao's words were a bit blunt, they made a lot of sense and he couldn't refute them at all.

If you think about it carefully, after his wife married him, she took care of everything at home so that he didn't have to worry at all. But he didn't even know when his wife was wronged or harmed by others. He was not only derelict in his duty as a husband, he was terrible!

[You guys can do whatever you want. If you really make a scene like your eldest cousin did, your sister-in-law will run away from home with the kids. Then you can cry wherever you want.]

The eldest cousin who was scolded again in a roundabout way: "..."

As expected, he came here today to overcome his tribulation, but he couldn't say a word to refute it. He could only turn to his wife aggrievedly and ask for comfort.

Du Zixuan was amused by his miserable appearance and patted his head comfortingly.

Compared to the previous Du Hongyun, she still prefers the current elder brother who will always show weakness and act coquettishly with her, occasionally compete with the children for favor, and is childish enough to be like her son.

This feeling was like the clouds that were originally flying in the sky and out of reach, but one day they landed in her palm on their own initiative, giving her all the joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness as well as the initiative. At the same time, it also gave her enough sense of security, so that she no longer felt hesitant, confused, and at a loss as to her inferiority.

And all this is because of... that person.

Thinking of this, Du Zixuan smiled faintly and turned to look at Du Anrao.

Also looking at Du Anrao was his second cousin's wife. Although she knew that her husband was not to blame, she still felt a little aggrieved when she was sad occasionally.

(End of this chapter)