Xiao Meiting looked around, her eyes full of surprise, and exclaimed softly, "Wow! Your family spoils you so much!"
Her family only gave her two yuan as a New Year's gift, which made Xie Ting's treatment all the more enviable.
Xie Ting shook his head smugly, a proud smile curving his lips: "Of course, I'm the only male in our family!"
Xiao Meiting frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "Don't you have an older brother?"
She knew about Xie Ting's family situation before she started dating him, and she knew that he was the only male heir.
Could it be that his brother is dead?
No way! She secretly glanced at Xie Ting's face, but didn't see the slightest sign of distress or sadness in him.
Upon hearing this, Xie Ting immediately showed a disdainful expression, his eyes full of contempt. "Heh heh, him! I really don't even want to talk about him anymore."
He took a deep breath, as if to pour out all the dissatisfaction in his heart at once, "You don't know, he doesn't act like a brother at all."
"Selfish and ruthless, he's practically a cruel, cold-blooded animal, a world apart from other people's brothers."
"I'm starting to doubt if he's even my parents' biological son."
Xiao Meiting: "Ah!"
Is there more to this story?
Xie Ting, completely oblivious to Xiao Meiting's gossipy gaze, grumbled, "It's one thing for him to be an older brother who doesn't know how to take care of us younger siblings, but every time we ask him for money, he only gives us a few cents, and his attitude is like treating us like beggars."
"Fortunately, he went to the countryside, so out of sight, out of mind."
Xiao Meiting said with some confusion, "You might come back even if you go to the countryside!"
Xie Ting sneered, a slight smirk playing on his lips: "Heh! He's back? How could he possibly come back?"
"He's already married into a family in the countryside, he's a complete country bumpkin, why would he come back!"
Xiao Meiting's eyes widened, and her mouth gaped open in surprise. This news was truly explosive!
I'd only ever heard of female educated youth sent to the countryside who couldn't stand the hardship and married rural men; this was the first time I'd ever heard of a man marrying into his wife's family. "Ah! He really did marry into the family! This...this..."
Xie Ting seemed to have found someone to vent to, and became even more agitated, waving her hands as if to vent all her anger. "Right! You tell me, he's just disgracing our family!"
"He's a grown man, yet he married into our family. Isn't he just making a fool of our family?"
"My parents were so angry with him that they couldn't even eat." As he spoke, he stomped his foot angrily, as if Xie Yan had done something disgusting.
Xiao Meiting nodded in complete agreement, her eyes filled with disdain. "Exactly! Having a brother like that is truly shameful!"
Xie Ting nodded vigorously, feeling that Xiao Meiting was simply his soulmate.
The two of them went shopping happily and then went to a restaurant.
After a sweet and delightful meal, we went to the movie theater. After leaving the theater, we had another meal together. Under the dim lights, we cuddled and kissed each other for a long time before reluctantly parting ways.
This day was very sweet for them.
At the same time, Xie Yan also received a letter of denunciation from Xie Yuanyuan.
After receiving the letter, he stood at the door and began to read it. After finishing, he sneered, his eyes filled with disdain. "Very well! They think they're too far away in the Northwest to know what's happening in the capital, so they're recklessly spreading rumors!"
"hehe!"
He didn't know whether to call his parents smart or overconfident!
Doesn't she know what kind of person her daughter is?
How could I possibly think that what they did was so perfectly legitimate that I wouldn't even notice?
In fact, Xie Daguo and Chen Guihua had also considered this situation. Chen Guihua even tried to reprimand Xie Yuanyuan by showing concern for her daughter.
But she used to curse Xie Yan every day at home, calling him an ingrate and a debt collector, which subtly made Xie Yuanyuan think that Xie Yan was a greedy and insatiable person.
It's only natural for someone to write letters to their family asking for money; it's something they're capable of doing.
Xie Yuanyuan felt that her older brother was an ingrate who had done something as heartless and ungrateful as severing ties with his family, yet still had the nerve to ask for money.
Her parents were generous and didn't hold grudges, but she wasn't; she held grudges!
That was her dowry, why should she give it to that ungrateful Xie Yan for nothing!
So she secretly sent telegrams and wrote letters without her parents' knowledge.
Xie Yan was a man of action; he immediately stopped the postman who hadn't gone far and asked him to deliver the mail to another village and come back to pick it up from him when he returned.
The postman was a middle-aged man with wrinkles etched on his face by the years, but his eyes were full of kindness.
He stopped his bicycle, turned around to look at Xie Yan, and asked with a smile, "Teacher Xie, is there another letter to send?" Xie Yan nodded and smiled slightly, "Yes, thank you for your trouble."
The postman waved his hand and laughed heartily, "It's nothing, we're all old acquaintances, just helping each other out."
After returning to his room from the banquet, Xie Yan went to find paper and pen to write a letter.
The room was brightly lit, and Xie Yan picked up her pen and began to write quickly.
He wanted to write the letter while he was still emotional, otherwise he wouldn't feel this way anymore once his emotions subsided.
He not only clarified that he hadn't borrowed any money, but also included the fact that he had returned 500 yuan.
In addition, she explained Xie Ting's gambling activities in detail. Fearing that Xie Ting might not believe her, she thoughtfully told her the possible routes Xie Ting might take to the casino, suggesting that she go and check it out whenever she had time, as there might be new discoveries.
After finishing writing, he carefully sealed the letter, affixed the stamp, and then found a good sunny spot in the yard to bask in the warm sun while waiting for the postman.
Soon after, the mailman's signature bell rang out in the distance.
Xie Yan stood up, took the letter, and walked to the door. The postman, seeing him already there, chuckled and joked, "Teacher Xie, you truly are a teacher! Always punctual."
Xie Yan handed him the letter and smiled slightly: "Brother Zheng, you've worked hard!"
The postman smiled and said, "That's just how it is for us, nothing hard! I'm off!"
After saying that, he pedaled his bicycle and sped away, leaving only a series of clear bell sounds echoing in the air.
When Xie Yuanyuan received the letter, no one else was home.
She muttered curses as she picked up the letter, weighed it in her hand, and realized there was no money inside, which made her even angrier.
She went back inside, sat on the sofa in the living room, picked up the letter, and began to read it.
She didn't believe Xie Yan's words at all, thinking that Xie Yan was just jealous of them and that's why he made up these things.
But when I saw what Xie Yan wrote afterward, my heart tightened, as if I had been stabbed by something.
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