Chapter 120 You're not doing things the way you normally would

"What?"

Li Banxia's eyes changed slightly, and her brows furrowed instantly.

Su Lao Er clenched his hands and recounted the scene to Li Banxia word by word, “...He said that the kindness of his third uncle to him was just a small favor, and that his third uncle was fine, but we kept harping on this. It’s not like his third uncle is gone. If he were gone, he would definitely give up the competition and take a taxi to...the funeral.”

As he finished speaking, Su Lao Er clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles cracked and his fists trembled slightly.

He was clearly furious.

His eyes hardened as he stared at the buttons on Li Banxia's shirt. He asked Li Banxia, ​​"Shouldn't he have been hit? If it weren't for the fact that we're from the same mother, I would have broken his legs and cut out his tongue to see if he would dare to talk nonsense again!"

Li Banxia's expression changed drastically upon hearing this, and her gaze towards Su Lao Er shifted repeatedly.

After a long while, when he finally stopped fuming, he finally spoke.

"Su Xiaosi was wrong to curse your third uncle, but what about you? Do you think you did the right thing?"

Su Lao Er hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily, "I did nothing wrong, but I can't join the army. I'll have a criminal record for the rest of my life, and I'll beat him up too."

After saying that, seeing the disapproval in Li Banxia's eyes, he stubbornly turned his head away.

Li Banxia frowned deeply, staring at Su Lao Er, who dared not meet her gaze, for a long while.

When asked, "Do you think you're exceptionally righteous and loyal, and that Su Xiaosi is so cold-blooded and deserved to be beaten?"

Su Lao Er grunted in agreement and then loudly proclaimed, "Yes!"

"Smack!"

Li Banxia raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face.

Su Lao Er's face instantly stung with pain. He looked at Li Banxia in a daze and shock.

He has no idea what he did wrong?!

His face was full of defiance, "I did nothing wrong! Su Xiaosi deserves to be beaten for cursing her third uncle! If she talks nonsense again, I'll beat her up again..."

"Smack!"

Li Banxia raised her hand and slapped the other half of his face as well.

Ask him, "Don't you know what you did wrong? Do you know why I hit you?"

Su Lao Er was somewhat stunned as he looked at Li Banxia.

Seeing the complex emotions in her mother's eyes, which she couldn't discern at all, she shook her head in frustration and helplessness.

She said, "Mom, you're not the same as before. Before, if I said you were biased towards others, you would go along with me and fulfill all my requests, but... now you don't do things the way you always do. How am I supposed to know why you hit me?"

Li Banxia, ​​"..."

She looked at Su Lao Er's face, which was exactly the same as Su Lao Da's, and thought about how the eldest brother had easily passed the college entrance exam, while this one had failed the exam twice.

I don't understand, did she forget to give birth to her second child?!

Wasn't this thing quite adept at scheming against its loved ones in its past life?

What's wrong with my life?

Just then, Su Lao Er asked inappropriately, "Mom, why did you hit me? My face hurts from your slap."

Li Banxia closed her eyes, unable to bear it any longer.

"Su Min'an, is that head on your neck just to make you look taller? If you can't figure it out, start thinking about it now. You can go home when you've figured it out. Until then, stay at the police station and think it over carefully."

After saying that, he strode over to the police and asked them for two days.

"...I'll go back and take care of things before I come back to pick him up. He...let him learn his lesson here."

The police officers exchanged glances, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "We only have 24-hour detention authority. If that time is exceeded, we will have to initiate an investigation into this assault and injury incident..."

"Okay, 24 hours it is. I'll come to pick them up before this time tomorrow."

Li Banxia thanked the two of them and then called Brother Li to go back.

Brother Li glanced at Su Lao Er, who was standing there like an abandoned puppy, staring at them, and frowned. "You're not going to take care of your second son?"

"Okay, never mind, let him stay here. Let's go back and move the wisteria tree to the new yard." Li Banxia didn't turn her head and led the way towards the truck.

Brother Li nodded in agreement, and seeing that his younger sister had a plan, he nodded to the police officer and then chased after her.

"What did you say to your second son? I saw that kid clench his fists, ready to punch someone..."

Li Banxia paused, glanced back at her elder brother, and frowned, "Brother, you don't know?"

Brother Li shook his head.

"You didn't ask?"

Brother Li: "Those two lads are scheming against each other, neither of them giving an inch. I... the second brother said to the fourth brother to take back what he said, is that right?"

Brother Li astutely retrieved the key points from his memory and looked at Li Banxia.

Li Banxia nodded. "Probably."

What is it?

Brother Li took two steps over and stood in front of Li Banxia.

Li Banxia glanced at Su Lao Er and whispered to Li Dage, "The two were arguing that Xiao Si hadn't gone to see San Ge. Xiao Si blurted out... San Ge is fine, if... he would definitely go to the funeral. Lao Er couldn't hold back and hit him."

"What!"

Brother Li's voice suddenly rose, and his eyebrows almost stood up.

His eyes were filled with anger. "That bastard! He deserved a beating! Good job, second brother! If he dared to say that to my face, I'd beat him up too..."

"...Big brother, if you're free tonight, could you do me a favor?" Li Banxia looked up at her brother.

Brother Li glanced down at her and said, "Go ahead."

Li Banxia beckoned to Brother Li to come closer.

Brother Li did as instructed, and after hearing his younger sister whisper a few words in his ear, his eyes widened immediately.

"Little sister, are you willing to do this?"

Li Banxia smiled faintly, the smile not reaching her eyes, "It's rotten to the core..."

The three drove to the Su family's courtyard. Li Banxia asked a few neighbors for help to move the wisteria tree onto the truck and transport it to the new courtyard.

The neighbors looked at the mess in the yard and sighed with pity.

When her close relatives, including her aunts, sisters-in-law, and other female relatives, tried to persuade Li Banxia, ​​she refused, saying that she had already obtained her divorce certificate, the courtyard belonged to the auto parts factory, and she didn't want to live under the same roof as a man who was having an affair with a widow.

She felt it was dirty.

The others were hesitant to offer any further advice, and their gazes toward Su Youfu were not very friendly.

Su Youfu tried to explain himself, but he cried wolf so many times that no one trusted him anymore.

He was embarrassed and glared at Li Banxia a few times.

After receiving no response, he cursed at Su Hongmei for lighting the stove and cooking dinner.

With red eyes, Su Hongmei looked pitifully at Li Banxia and called her "Mom".

Li Banxia didn't look or respond. He loaded the tree onto the truck, chatted briefly with his neighbors, and then drove off.

Su Hongmei chased after the truck out of the courtyard gate, and as she watched it drive away, she pouted and began to sob.

Su Youfu pounded on the door in the yard, "What are you crying for? Your mother's gone, but you still have your father. Hurry up and cook something, or do you want your old man to starve to death?"

Back in the new courtyard, Su Laoda and Su Laosan had almost finished digging the pit.

Upon hearing the truck's horn, Su Laosan darted out.

Seeing that Li Banxia and her elder brother had only brought trees and not Su Lao Er, she immediately asked, "Mom, where's Second Brother?"

"He was taken to the police station."

Su Laosan exclaimed, "That bastard Xiao Si really sent Second Brother to jail? Mom, aren't you going to stop him?"