The weather was hot, and after taking photos for a while, the three of them returned home chatting and laughing.
As soon as he entered the door, Sang Tianen vaguely felt that the atmosphere was not right. His father sat on the sofa with red eyes and did not speak, his mother smoked dully, his brother's nose was also red, and Qiao Sirui half-hugged him with her eyes downcast, and no one knew what she was thinking.
It was obvious that something happened at home during the time she was trying to please her father-in-law, which she was unaware of.
Seeing them come back, Father Sang stood up, forced a smile on his face and said, "You're back." Then he started pouring water for Yan Zheng and his son.
Mother Sang also put the cigarette butt at her feet and twisted it out. She waved her hands to disperse the smoke and said to Yan Zheng with an apologetic smile on her face, "Sorry, I just had a craving for a cigarette."
Yan Zheng smiled peacefully and said, "It's okay, Auntie."
Everyone discussed the marriage again, and around two o'clock in the afternoon, Yan's father got up and prepared to return to the city.
Sang Tianen took the car keys and planned to go back together, but was stopped by his mother: "Xiao En, your grandmother doesn't seem to be in good condition. You should stay and accompany her more. I will drive you back."
Those present were stunned by this, and Sang Tianen also asked in surprise, "What's wrong with grandma?"
Sang's mother did not give a direct answer, but sighed with a melancholy look and said, "Just stay." The meaning of her words was self-evident.
"Or, Xiao Zheng should stay too." Yan's father frowned slightly. "No matter what, Xiao Zheng is considered the son-in-law of your Sang family."
Mother Sang nodded hesitantly, looking at Sang Tianen with a look of wanting to say something but stopping herself.
Not long after Yan's father left, Yan Zheng began to feel sleepy. He was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyelids. Normally, he would have woken up from a nap by this time.
Seeing that he was trying hard to stay awake, Sang Tianen felt very distressed, so he pulled him upstairs and forced him to go to bed.
Yan Zheng hugged her lovingly, not wanting to be separated from her. Sang Tianen kissed him and said, "Be good, go to sleep for a while."
"Then be sure to call me if you have anything." Yan Zheng tried hard to keep his listless eyelids open and said softly.
"Yeah." Sang Tianen pulled down the man's arm, lifted the air-conditioned quilt, pressed the man onto the bed, and then left.
As soon as she got down the stairs, Sang's mother stood up uneasily and glanced behind her: "Is my son-in-law asleep?"
"I'm asleep." Sang Tianen whispered, then strode to the sofa and sat down, looking at everyone with a distant look, "Tell me, what is the reason why you kept me here?"
Father Sang showed a surprised look and stammered, "...You, how did you know?"
Sang Tianen said calmly, "I saw you looked like you'd been crying when I walked in just now. Although you have a good relationship with your grandmother, based on my understanding of you, you shouldn't be that sad."
"My mother has always been filial and soft-hearted. Last time when grandma broke her leg, she cried secretly for a long time. If grandma was really in a bad condition, she should be sad and upset instead of smoking over there in frustration."
"Looking at Yangyang, it seems he's crying too. I can't think of any other situation that could make you cry and upset my mom, other than you guys having a disagreement and quarrel."
"And this matter seems to be quite serious, otherwise they wouldn't use this method to keep me here."
Father Sang bit his lip, pinched his fingers, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke cautiously: "Did your grandmother give you something when she called you into the room before?"
Sang Tianen's eyes moved slightly, and he nodded slightly, his tone so calm that no emotion could be heard: "I gave it to you."
"What is that?" Father Sang almost held his breath.
"A passbook with a deposit of over 100,000 yuan." Sang Tianen seemed to smile.
The smile was so faint that it was almost invisible, but it made Father Sang feel inexplicably guilty. He swallowed his throat and said in a humble tone, "Xiao En, your mother and I gave you a shop for your wedding. Your brother is getting married soon. Can you give him that passbook for his wedding?"
Sang Tianen's gaze shifted to Sang Muyang, and he asked with a half-smile, "Did you ask Dad for it from me?"
Sang Muyang's eyes flickered, his lips moved, and finally he looked away as if in fear, without saying anything.
"If you want money, why don't you ask me directly?" Sang Tianen asked calmly, "I practically raised you from childhood. No matter whether it's reasonable or not, I will try my best to meet your requests."
"If you ask, I'll always be soft-hearted."
Sang Muyang still didn't say anything, but his face turned three shades paler and his hands were clenched tightly.
"Today is the day your brother-in-law and his family come to visit my house. Why do you have to make trouble on such a day?"
"...No." Sang Muyang defended himself in a low voice, aggrieved, "Si Rui and I have a child. The child's grandmother just had a kidney transplant. We really don't have the money to raise this child, so..."
Sang Tianen's gaze fell on Qiao Sirui's flat belly, his expression changing from gloomy to bright.
Seeing that Sang Tianen's attitude seemed to be softening, Sang Muyang took a deep breath and fell to his knees, begging, "Sister, you love me the most in this family. I didn't want to do this, but I really have no choice. I just want to support my child. Just consider it as a loan from you, okay? I'll return it to you with Sirui later."
"What will you do if grandma doesn't give me this passbook?" Sang Tianen suddenly asked calmly.
Then, as if answering his own question, he continued, "You'll kneel down and beg Mom and Dad. If that doesn't work, you'll beg Grandma. After all, someone will always give you money, right?"
Sang Muyang's body stiffened and his breathing suddenly became rapid.
Father Sang, who was standing nearby, was worried about his son, so he spoke up to smooth things over, saying, "We're all family, so if you have anything to say, just talk it out. We've already used our shop for your wedding, so what's wrong with you giving your brother hundreds of thousands of dollars?"
Qiao Sirui also bent down to pull Sang Muyang: "Yangyang, don't be like this. Sister also owes a lot of money and needs it more than us. Besides, this is given to her by grandma. We can't take it."
Sang Muyang turned away from them and said stubbornly, "I only want a few hundred thousand. You've lost all our family money in stock trading. Did I ever say anything to you? That's over two million, my parents' life savings."
"Do you know how many bowls of noodles and wontons they have to sell to make back their earnings?"
"I know you can make money. This amount of money may not seem like much to you, but for ordinary people, it's a huge sum of money."
"That money was given to you by your parents, but you embezzled it without even a word of apology. Now you're acting bossy. Just because you're a woman, you can justifiably take over your parents' money?"
"Okay, just say less. The money is gone, and it's gone. As long as your sister knows she's wrong, that's enough." Seeing that his son was getting more and more outrageous, Sang's father interrupted.
Sang Muyang pointed at Sang Tianen and said excitedly, "Dad, why are you so afraid of her? This money originally belonged to grandma, and I am also entitled to a share."
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