Chapter 241 A Piece of Cake

She spoke so much in one breath that she felt dizzy. She closed her eyes and rested for a while before exhaling and calling out to Zhang Haijun.

“Brother Navy, there’s not much I can do to help you, but if you insist on being your mother’s good eldest son, then you have to be prepared to be trampled underfoot for the rest of your life, to be a deputy workshop director with no real power, not a penny in your hand, and to have your superiors pay for you when you go out to eat. No matter how capable you are, will your superiors be willing to watch you?”

“…No.” Zhang Haijun swallowed hard; he figured his boss wouldn’t even give him a friendly look.

Su Hongying hummed in agreement. "So you see, you should have a better understanding of whether your mother is truly good to you or not. My mother treats me... well, that's just how it is. Anyway, I'm already married, and a woman should follow her husband wherever he goes. I'm going to spend my whole life with you, so naturally I wholeheartedly hope that you're doing well. But your mother clearly doesn't want us to have a smooth life together..."

Su Hongying's voice choked as she spoke. She squeezed Zhang Haijun's hand, opened her red eyes, pouted, and said with a face full of grievance, "Brother Haijun, I feel sorry for you. If you are controlled by your mother your whole life, then you can only be manipulated by her for the rest of your life. You want to get ahead, you want to live a good life with your wife and children, but that's impossible. You want to be among the top six in your unit..."

Su Hongying paused, looking at Zhang Haijun's increasingly unpleasant expression, and a mocking smile curled at the corner of her lips, "Maybe, in those people's mouths, he'll be... Ah, Zhang Haijun, the one who always expects the leaders to pay for his taxis and meals when he goes out with them, the one who freeloads on inspection tours and meetings, right?"

Zhang Haijun, "..."

His face looked even worse.

Su Hongying sighed, her eyes full of heartache, "Hailage, your mother has three sons, she certainly won't just rely on you. But for me and the children, you're the only one we can count on. Can't you see who's truly good to you and who truly cares about you? If you don't believe me, go back and ask your mother if she'll let you stay home and eat for free if you lose your job."

Zhang Haijun looked at her, his lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but the ward door was pushed open.

Su Laosan came in carrying hot water.

Upon seeing Zhang Haijun, his face immediately darkened, and he spat, "You bastard, you dare to come here? Get the hell out of here! Now, immediately!"

Zhang Haijun's hand trembled slightly as he held Su Hongying's. He thought of the deep pain he felt even though he couldn't find any wounds on his body, and he felt a little afraid of Su Laosan.

He gave Su Laosan an awkward smile, quickly let go of Su Hongying's hand, and stood up. "Third Brother, I'll come see Hongying again tomorrow."

After saying that, he ran away from Su Laosan in a flash.

Su Laosan almost smashed the thermos over there.

"climb!"

After the man ran away, Su Laosan put the thermos on the bedside table, glared at Su Hongying, and said, "I heard what you two were saying outside. Su Hongying, you really can't change your ways. As soon as you saw Zhang Haijun, you forgot what you said before. Tell me, what exactly do you want to do?! One life isn't enough for the Zhang family to cause trouble, do you have to throw another one away too?"

Su Hongying: "...Su Laosan, if I'm a dog, then you are too."

Su Laosan, "..."

Is this the key point?

Su Laosan wanted to pry open her head to see what kind of paste was inside.

Seeing that Su Laosan was really angry, Su Hongying coughed lightly and said, "Ask me again what I want to do."

Su Laosan laughed in exasperation.

"Do whatever you want, no one can stop you from dying if you want to!"

Su Hongying frowned and glanced at him sideways. "Who wants to die? My life was saved from the jaws of death by Mom and you all. I can't bear to give it up."

Su Laosan looked at her with suspicion and disdain, "Then what were you doing just now, talking so intimately with Zhang Haijun?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

Su Hongying grinned at him, "Trying to sow discord, huh? Zheng Xiulan can sow discord between me and Zhang Haijun, and I can sow discord between her and her son. I'm not dough. I've already died once. Do you think I'll just let them mold me into whatever they want?"

Old Su's eyes clearly said, "I don't believe it."

"Third brother, can you wet this towel for me? I need to wipe my hands. That scumbag touched my hands for ages, it was disgusting."

Su Laosan curled his lip and cursed, "So pretentious."

But he still wet the towel and handed it to her.

One person asked, "Why are you trying to sow discord among them? Are you going to retaliate against them?"

"Otherwise what?"

Su Hongying looked at him and said, "Do you really think I'm going to be a virtuous wife and loving mother, supporting Zhang Haijun's career to flourish and achieve ever-increasing success? Does he deserve that?!"

Su Hongying carefully wiped her hands clean, then wiped her nose before handing the towel to Su Laosan.

Su Laosan stared at her face, looking it over from side to side.

"What's wrong?"

Su Hongying touched her face. "Didn't you wipe it clean?"

"no."

Old Su shook his head and clicked his tongue, "I never thought I'd hear these words from you. It's not like when you were yelling and forcing Mom to give the money back to your mother-in-law. You even abandoned your own mother because of a bicycle, do you remember?"

Su Hongying, "..."

Why bring up something you shouldn't talk about?

She glared at Su Laosan and spat at him. "Su Laosan, you're something else. You're lazy and good-for-nothing at home, waiting for your mother to serve you. You even ask your mother for money to go on dates with your girlfriend. It's not time for you to be an unemployed bum and a good-for-nothing who just waits to die, is it? How much better are you than me? We're both the same, so neither of us should say anything to the other."

"……OK."

Su Laosan poured a glass of water, pushed it toward her, licked his back teeth, looked down at her condescendingly, and said, "Let's see what kind of trouble you can cause."

Su Hongying glanced at him and hummed in agreement.

"Third Brother, thank you."

The thank you made Su Laosan pause for several seconds, looking at her with a strange expression. "Why does this thank you sound so awkward coming from you? You'd better not say it."

Su Hongying, "..."

She rolled her eyes at him speechlessly and said, "If I don't tell you, you'll definitely call me an ingrate in your heart."

Su Laosan sneered.

"I've cursed you countless times already. If you asked me, I'd call you an ingrate too. You abandoned your family for a man. When your third uncle had such a big accident, your eldest brother called you all one by one, and you all lost your conscience and didn't even marry him!"

Mentioning this incident, Su Laosan could still recall Li Banxia's cold, emotionless eyes as she glared fiercely at Su Hongying.

"That's Mom's own brother, her uncle who's always treated us like his own children. How dare you yell at him on the phone, saying that Mom caused you to be bullied by your in-laws? Is that because of Mom? They're just inherently bad! They couldn't get any advantage from our family, so they dropped their pretense and started targeting you! How dare you yell at them? Don't you blame yourself for being blind and letting the Zhang family's sweet words cloud your judgment?!"

Su Hongying didn't refute a word and listened quietly.

When Su Laosan stopped, panting, she asked, "How is Third Uncle now?"

"Only now you're showing concern? Too late!" Su Laosan said irritably. "Third Uncle didn't say anything, but he's definitely sad and disappointed. Mom is completely disappointed in the three of you..."

Su Hongying's eyes darkened, and she said, "I know."