Chapter 118 This matter is not over

Brother Li frowned, glared at him irritably, and sighed, "You should apologize to Xiao Si properly later. As long as he says he won't hold it against you, you'll be fine. Once this is over, your uncle will take you to the army to try your luck. Make sure you're polite, understand?"

"Should I apologize to Su Xiaosi?"

Su Lao Er frowned, pursed his lips, and his face was full of displeasure. "I won't say."

"What did you say?"

Brother Li leaned forward, stared at Su Lao Er, and suppressed his anger as he reminded him, "Do you know that if Su Xiao Si doesn't give in, your file will have a stain of violence and assault, and you won't be able to pursue a career in the military?"

"I won't apologize even if I can't be one."

Su Lao Er was particularly insistent on this point.

Brother Li's patience ran out, and his temper flared up instantly. "Su Min'an, I thought you'd risk your life for your third uncle, that you'd changed for the better. How come you're still so reckless? You hit someone and still refuse to admit your mistake?!"

She was both angry and heartbroken for her younger sister. What a terrible son she had raised!

No one can compare to his sweet, well-behaved, and worry-free little girl!

Seeing that Su Lao Er was pursing his lips and not speaking, he gritted his teeth in anger, "...You don't want to be a superior person, you just want to wallow in the mud, huh? Speak!"

"no."

Su Lao Er glanced up quickly at Li Dage, and seeing the fury in Li Dage's eyes, he pursed his lips into a straight line and said stiffly, "I just don't want to apologize to Su Xiao Si. Su Xiao Si deserves to be beaten! I didn't beat him to death because we're brothers."

Brother Li, "..."

He was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter in anger.

He couldn't resist and poked Su Lao Er's forehead repeatedly!

He said, "Are you crazy or am I? I risked using connections to give you a hand, and this is what you do to me? Su Min'an, are you even capable? Give me a straight answer, can't you even apologize?!"

"Uncle..."

Meeting Brother Li's furious glare, Su Lao Er puffed out his chest and declared, "No way!"

Brother Li, "..."

"Su Min'an, if I ever bother with you again, I'll be a dog!"

After saying that, he opened the door to the stairwell and strode away.

Su Lao Er stood there in a daze for a while. Just as he was about to leave, Su Xiao Si pushed open the door and came out leaning on his cane.

He looked at Su Lao Er and called out, "Second Brother."

"What are you doing here?" Old Su Er gave him a cold look.

Su Xiaosi stared straight at him. "I'll ask you a question: why did you hit me? Just because I said those things about Third Uncle?"

"yes."

Su Lao Er looked back, and the two brothers stared at each other, their eyes clashing with a fierce intensity.

"You shouldn't have hit him?!"

Su Lao Er gritted his teeth, "Did you see what Third Uncle looked like when he was carried back? He had a huge hole in his head, his face was covered in blood, and his short-sleeved shirt was stained brownish-red with blood. He lay there with a pale, ashen face. When he was taken to the hospital, the doctors said there was no hope. He almost..."

Su Lao Er held up his index finger, clenched the rest of his fingers, and pointed them three times forcefully in front of Su Xiao Si's eyes, his teeth almost grinding to powder. "Su Xiao Si, your third uncle almost died on the operating table! He barely escaped death and you actually said such sarcastic things?! Tell me, don't you deserve to be hit?!"

Su Xiaosi's expression changed slightly, and her eyes shifted to the side a fraction of an inch.

"...When you were little, were you never carried on your third uncle's shoulders, never slept on his back, never rode around on his back, never had him take you for a ride on his bicycle, never ate the fruits and vegetables he grew, never received New Year's money or pocket money?! The clothes you're wearing now were made for you by your third uncle, who gave money to your mother. Do you know what your third uncle said?"

Su Xiaosi clenched her fist; her palms were slightly sweaty.

Su Lao Er didn't stop, continuing, "He said that Xiao Si will be going to university soon, and he can make his own clothes, but the material has to be good and the style has to be new. The child is growing up and knows how to save face..."

After Su Lao Er finished speaking, he exhaled with a trembling breath, his eyes reddening.

The next second, he clenched his fist, stepped forward, grabbed Su Xiaosi's collar, and cursed, "Damn it! Su Xiaosi, have you lost your conscience? Did you read all those Confucian classics and forget everything? How dare you curse my third uncle? How dare you?!"

Su Xiaosi stared blankly at the furious Su Lao Er in front of her.

He had never seen his second brother like this before.

He was grabbed and shaken several times before he realized what was happening and reached for Su Lao Er's hand.

"Second brother, what's wrong with you? I didn't know Third Uncle was so badly injured! I... even if I said something wrong, you could have reminded me. You hit me so hard, did you even consider that I'm your own brother? Let go..."

"you do not know?"

Su Lao Er didn't believe this. The news was delivered by his eldest brother himself. He must have told Xiao Si and Xiao Mei that their third uncle was seriously injured and that the hospital visit might have revealed the worst possible outcome. His eldest brother would never make such a basic mistake.

That means Su Xiaosi is lying!

Su Lao Er couldn't stand him doing things that backfired because he was too clever. "If you weren't my own brother, based on that sentence of yours, I wouldn't just break your leg, I would break it!"

Seeing Su Lao Er's fierce expression, Su Xiao Si became somewhat intimidated.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong, okay? Can't you let me go first before you talk?"

Su Lao Er could easily see through his pretense, and with a cold laugh, he shoved the man violently against the door behind him.

"Bang"

Su Xiaosi stumbled and bumped into the door behind her, making a loud noise.

Su Lao Er snorted coldly.

Su Xiaosi's anger flared up instantly, and she felt inexplicably disgusted by Su Lao Er's self-righteous appearance.

He even felt that it was despicable that Su Lao Er, who couldn't even get into university, dared to boss him around like that and didn't give him any face at all.

Unable to contain his anger any longer, he retorted indignantly, "Now you're all eloquent and reasonable, but have you forgotten how you treated your elder brother and sister-in-law, and how you treated Mom, when you were going crazy over a woman? Isn't Mom closer than your uncle? You weren't this reasonable back then! What, why don't you say you're strict with others but lenient with yourself!"

Su Lao Er suddenly looked up at him, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his hands clenched into fists.

His voice was cold as he said, enunciating each word clearly, "Say that again!"

Su Xiaosi moved closer to the exit, leaning against the door. Her gaze slid down to Su Lao Er's clenched fist. She swallowed hard and coughed lightly.

"What's wrong with saying it again? What are you pretending for? What are you acting like, acting like the older brother? We're evenly matched, so neither of us should criticize the other! You have no right to lecture me on behalf of my third uncle. He should be the one to discipline me. I admit I said something wrong, but you can't hit me!"

After saying that, he took another step back and stepped onto the threshold of the hospital corridor.

He turned to Su Lao Er and said, "I heard what you and my uncle were saying just now. You made me unable to walk properly for three months, and you ruined my application to give a speech as an outstanding freshman at the opening ceremony. This is not over..."