Chapter 70 You Can't Live Without a Wife
Liu Nian and Su Xu looked at each other, wondering if something had gone wrong.
"Judging from the way the old lady treated Su Zhimeng, it doesn't seem like they're unrelated at all." Liu Nian placed her hand on Su Xu's hand, gently playing with his fingers, but her brows remained furrowed.
Suddenly, her hand was empty. Liu Nian's habitual movement abruptly failed. She looked up in dissatisfaction and met a pair of smiling eyes.
"Look how worried my wife is." Su Xu pressed his fingers against her furrowed brow, gently stroking it. "Don't worry, with me here, who would dare bully you?"
"Okay, I know!" Liu Nian cupped the man's face in her hands and looked at it carefully, then sighed.
“Are you disappointed that she’s not your maternal grandmother?” Liu Nian asked.
Su Xu's eyes flickered, and he forced a smile. "I'm looking forward to it, but the thought of this annoying old lady causing you trouble every day makes me prefer to be a stranger to her."
Hearing her husband say this, Liu Nian was deeply moved, but also felt a pang of sadness in her heart.
Su Xu's family is selfish, greedy, and utterly despicable; it would be better if they didn't exist. I thought that even though a grandmother had come, it was just a fake.
His wife was showing him pity. Su Xu suppressed his joy, pretended to look pitiful, and took the woman's hand, saying, "From now on, you're all I have, Niannian."
His tone was full of dependence on her, as if he had placed all his emotions on her. Liu Nian suddenly felt a great responsibility, patted the man's head, and comforted him, "Don't worry, you have me from now on!"
The man nodded. "Remember this, you can't let me down."
Her eyes reddened as she spoke, and the man gently rested his head on her shoulder, murmuring, "Without you, I don't know how I would live."
Liu Nian knew that this was true.
Su Xu carefully lifted his eyelids and glanced at Liu Nian, secretly delighted.
To make his woman continue to feel sorry for him, even pity him, whatever her feelings may be, they will eventually evolve into a sense of responsibility and love, so that she will never leave him in the future.
Liu Nian pursed her lips and nodded firmly, "I will never leave you!"
Su Xu raised an eyebrow, feeling that he was quite cunning. He probably didn't know that decades later, there would be a professional term for this: "abusing fans."
But the fans in the live stream understand!
"You scheming boy! Brother-in-law Nian, don't think we didn't see that smirk on your face!"
"Brother, you're so pitiful! You only have me left! I absolutely cannot let you down! Such a familiar tactic, you actually knew it decades ago!"
"Speaking of which, Brother-in-law Nian is definitely a love-struck fool. If it weren't for Nian Nian, I think he would have really committed suicide for love."
"No doubt about it, he died a martyr before. Shh, don't let him know..."
What does it mean that she had died a martyr before? And he can't know? Su Xu, who was holding his phone, looked at this fleeting comment and had a question in his mind.
"By the way, Niannian, you can upload a photo of that old lady. The phone has a missing person system that can help you find her real identity and her relationships!"
Only after being reminded by netizens did they realize that their phones had this function.
These words successfully diverted Su Xu's attention, and he planned to secretly take a picture of the old lady tomorrow and upload it.
...
The next day, the old lady left the Liu family's house, and a "click" sounded in the distance.
There's a large millstone at the village entrance, where a group of elderly people like to twist straw ropes and chat. It's the old lady's destination.
As soon as the old lady arrived, someone greeted her, "Isn't this Grandma Su Xu?"
"Yes, and I'm not even welcomed," the old lady sighed, wiping away tears. "My granddaughter-in-law won't let me in when I come. What am I supposed to do?"
"What's wrong?" The group of elderly women immediately perked up, forgetting what they were doing, and hurriedly asked, "Are they trying to kick you out?"
If this is confirmed, Liu Nian will be drowned in spit from now on.
The old lady said pitifully, "Yes, what am I going to do in the future? My grandson listens to his wife."
Someone murmured, "She's capable, and she's building a factory. Who knows how much money she'll make in the future! How can a woman like that not be domineering?"
The speaker was Li Aichun's mother-in-law, Dai Cuihua. She glanced sideways at the old woman and said sarcastically, "In the end, it's that secret recipe that's valuable! It gives people peace of mind!"
"What secret recipe?" The old lady's eyes immediately lit up.
Then the group started talking all at once, which made the old lady very excited. If she got her hands on that secret recipe, she would be the one to get rich in the future!
Many people are eyeing Liu Nian's secret recipe every day, and some have even spread the word that they would pay a high price to get their hands on it.
"Did you see that?" Dai Cuihua pointed to a young man who had been loitering in the distance and said, "This guy wants to buy Liu Nian's secret recipe. He said he'd spend ten thousand to buy it!"
"Ten thousand!" The old lady gasped. That was a huge sum of money.
The old lady thought to herself that she didn't know anything about running a factory, but it would be good if she could make a quick buck.
She immediately narrowed her eyes, determined to steal the secret recipe no matter what.
The man looked like someone not to be trifled with; he had a buzz cut and a sleazy appearance. He had been loitering around General Village for several days, but no one had seen Liu Nian's secret recipe.
Under the cover of darkness, the old woman stealthily approached the man.
"I'm telling you, I can definitely get my hands on that secret recipe!" The old woman winked at the man, "But I want more money! Fifteen thousand!"
The man was just doing a favor; as long as he could get it done, money wasn't an issue. He glared at the old woman with a fierce look and said, "Fine, on the condition that you bring it over."
The old lady immediately beamed with joy.
Others can't get the secret recipe because they can't get into Liu Nian's house, but she can! She can just find an opportunity to sneak in, right?
Thinking this, the old lady swayed and ran towards Liu Nian's house.
The door was secured with a padlock, but it wasn't locked, which meant Liu Nian would be back soon. The old lady furtively opened the door and went inside.
The old lady looked around to make sure no one was watching, then started rummaging through drawers and cabinets.
They searched through all the pots and pans, and finally found a piece of paper in the rice jar.
The old lady's fingers trembled as she looked at the ingredients and saw some recipe proportions. Wasn't this the secret recipe?
She actually succeeded! The old lady stuffed it into her clothes and ran away as fast as she could.
When Liu Nian returned home, she found the bedding spread out on the kang (a heated brick bed), the cabinet doors wide open, and the place in complete disarray.
Liu Nian raised an eyebrow.
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