Chapter 497 I'll handle it myself

"This is……"

Su Laosan took the note and asked a question.

The caregiver recounted what she had just witnessed, placing a lunchbox on the table while complaining, "...If she had something to say, why didn't she just knock? Writing a note and slipping it in would have been fine, but when she saw me approaching her, she covered her face and ran away..."

Su Laosan chuckled, opened his mouth as if to say something, but when he looked down at the contents of the note, he exclaimed "Damn!"

"What's wrong?" Su Lao Er looked over in the direction of the voice.

Su Laosan had a look of utter disgust on his face. He rushed over and handed him the note. "Look at this! This note says that Cui Yuxia is trying to frame us for her unborn child. That shameless woman has no sense of decency whatsoever..."

Su Lao Er frowned, glanced down, and his face immediately darkened.

He called out to Su Laosan, "How did Cui Yuxia know I was here?"

Su Laosan paused in his cursing and coughed lightly.

"I...I just came to deliver food to you. I saw her at the nurses' station. I don't know where she came from. She scared me."

Su Lao Er, "..."

He looked up at the caregiver with a cold expression. "Was this note slipped in by a young girl?"

The caregiver nodded.

"Did you get a good look at what it looked like?" Su Lao Er asked again.

The caregiver thought for a moment, described Su Hongmei's appearance, and added, "She covered her face, so I couldn't see clearly. Should I go out and ask someone at the nurses' station?"

Su Lao Er nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."

The caregiver responded and turned to leave.

Su Laosan spat on the ground, "...Shameless bastard, daring to cause trouble, I'll throw her in the police station! No, Second Brother, why does she want to frame me for the child? I can understand framing you, but why frame me? I have absolutely no connection with her..."

Su Lao Er glanced at him, his eyes dark and gloomy.

"The reason you fell for her is because you're rich. That woman was only interested in me because I was willing to spend money on her. I was blind and foolish to have ever fallen for her!"

Even now, Su Lao Er cannot empathize with his past self.

Just as Su Laosan was about to make a few sarcastic remarks, Xu Ying raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "Su Min'an, your romantic entanglements?"

Su Lao Er's lips twitched, and he cleared his throat tactically.

Su Laosan asked him, "Second Brother, what's wrong? Is your throat sore?"

Su Lao Er frowned and glanced at him.

"What are you still doing after you've finished eating? Hurry up and go, I need to continue studying."

"Why……"

Su Laosan looked at him in disbelief, and seeing Su Laoer staring at him expressionlessly, he rolled his eyes in anger. "Fine, I'm just your tool for delivering food. I'm leaving, I'm leaving right now. I won't be a stumbling block on your road to college!"

After saying that, he grabbed his lunchbox and strode out.

At the door, he turned back and said to Su Lao Er in a cheeky tone, "Second brother, you'd better protect your chastity. Your body belongs to my future sister-in-law."

"Su Feng Diao!"

Su Lao Er's face burned as if it had been roasted on fire. "What nonsense are you spouting? Get out of here..."

"I'm leaving, I'm leaving right now!"

Su Laosan chuckled a few times, and before Su Laoer could throw something at him, he ran away in a flash.

Su Lao Er was so angry he was panting heavily.

Xu Ying poured him a glass of warm water and handed it to him, smiling, "What's the rush? I don't mind."

Su Lao Er, "..."

He almost choked on his own saliva, and felt his face getting even hotter.

"Xu Ying, you, you..."

Xu Ying hummed in agreement. "What about me?"

Su Lao Er glanced at her quickly, then lowered his head in annoyance and took a sip of water to calm himself down.

"Would you like to hear about my romantic history?" He sighed and looked up to meet her gaze.

Xu Ying pulled up a chair and sat down. "I'll listen if you're willing to talk."

Su Lao Er glanced out the window, his expression somewhat saddened. He said, "The first time I had a huge fight with my mother was because of her. I was like I was possessed, insisting on marrying her without considering how hard my mother worked to support the family and us siblings. Cui Yuxia demanded a dowry of 880 yuan, a 'three turns and one ring' (a set of three-wheeled watches and a 'one-piece set of jewelry), and that I take my sister-in-law's job for her! How was my mother supposed to scrape together that dowry and those three turns and one ring? And my sister-in-law got her job through her own hard work, what right did I, her brother-in-law, have to ask for it? I was so reckless and crazy, and naturally, my mother refused... When Cui Yuxia realized she couldn't squeeze any money out of me or get what she wanted, she started going on blind dates behind my back, two-timing me..."

After finishing talking about Cui Yuxia, Su Lao Er chuckled self-deprecatingly and continued, "Actually, the most useless person in this whole affair was me. I didn't see that Cui Yuxia was only after my money, and I was completely manipulated by her. I also didn't see how hard my mother worked for us siblings, burning the candle at both ends. Although I finally saw through Cui Yuxia's true colors, the argument with my mother also damaged our mother-son relationship. I made my mother so angry..."

His eyes reddened slightly as he looked at Xu Ying, "...She almost abandoned me."

Xu Ying looked back at him in surprise.

Is this man's eye red?

"...My dad was a soldier when he was young. He was handsome and knew how to charm women. He tricked my mom into having children for him, but then he turned around and had an affair with his childhood sweetheart. For decades, he never brought a penny home. He used all his salary to support his mistress and her child. My siblings and I never knew. Later, my mom caught them in the act and told us. So, when I say I hate the surname Su, I'm not kidding. I wish my children wouldn't have my surname!"

Su Lao Er smiled at Xu Ying, "You know about my family's other situation, so I won't go into details. I did date Cui Yuxia for a while, but I only held her hand, nothing else..."

Xu Ying nodded. "Okay, I believe you."

Su Lao Er let out a slight sigh of relief, just about to breathe a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, Xu Ying asked, "Which hand was it holding?"

Su Lao Er gave a blank "Ah," and raised his left hand, "This...this..."

Xu Ying reached out and grasped his hand, then took his other hand and grasped it as well, a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Alright."

Su Lao Er, "..."

He was stunned for a moment, and after realizing what Xu Ying was doing, his face immediately flushed.

This woman!

"...Your mother has sharp eyes; she saw through the other party's ulterior motives at a glance..."

Xu Ying said a few words, and seeing that Su Lao Er's ears were a little red, she raised an eyebrow and asked him with a smile, "Are you waiting for that woman to come to your door and bring up the facts and evidence before dealing with it, or should I take care of it for you privately?"

Su Lao Er glanced at her and coughed lightly.

"This is my private matter, I will handle it myself."

Xu Ying nodded and said, "Okay, then you can handle it yourself and focus on your studies."

She casually handed the book on the bedside table to Su Lao Er.

Su Lao Er reluctantly took the book, opened it, and with an air of fearlessness, took a deep breath and began to read.

Seeing his serious expression, with his brows furrowed in a deep frown, Xu Ying felt both annoyed and amused.