Chapter 247 Heart-to-Heart Talk
"The two of us?"
Fan Liangyu was stunned for a moment. Looking at Su Hongying's smiling eyes, he suddenly smiled too. That's right, women are weapons. How could the two of them not be able to defeat two mama's boys?
She leaned closer to Su Hongying and asked, "How do we deal with them?"
Su Hongying beckoned to her with her finger.
Fan Liangyu leaned closer, and Su Hongying rattled off a whole bunch of things, leaving Fan Liangyu completely bewildered.
When he straightened up, his eyes were still a little glazed over, staring straight at Su Hongying.
He asked, puzzled, "You...you don't seem like a brainless person, so why did you let them bully you for so long?"
Su Hongying was speechless, and gave an awkward but polite self-deprecating smile.
He said, "What could it be? They just thought they could get through it by enduring it. My mom went through the same thing. I thought having a baby would solve everything, and that we could manage. Who knew... their family had a huge problem."
Fan Liangyu shook his head, not quite agreeing with Su Hongying's words.
"Your mother seems to be a woman of strong will. I heard she divorced your father, took a lot of his money, and moved out to live alone with her three sons. She didn't take either of you sisters..."
Fan Liangyu frowned and looked at Su Hongying, "Your mother... she favors boys over girls?"
Su Hongying looked at her in surprise.
He said, "You know quite a lot. My mother did live a carefree life in previous years. My third brother said that she hit a wall and suddenly had an epiphany. She seized on my father's affair and got back the money he had given to his mistress. Then she decisively got a divorce."
Fan Liangyu said, "Oh, so that's what happened. Zhang Lao Er said you said your mother extorted money from your father..."
Su Hongying, "..."
She pretended not to hear.
“My mother took away her three sons, but it had nothing to do with favoring sons over daughters. My mother was the kind of person who would split even the smallest coin in her pocket among us siblings. She didn’t want us as her children…”
Su Hongying sighed, "It's because we were stupid and did something wrong, we deserve it."
She smiled at Fan Liangyu, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.
Her mother saved her, but she had no intention of forgiving her for the mistakes she had made before. Her own brother was on the verge of death, and her own daughter was still arguing that she was siding with the scumbag family. If it were her, she might have let her daughter die out there.
Fan Liangyu shook her head and said, "I don't understand. Is it because...your mother spoiled you...?"
Su Hongying, "..."
She suppressed her sorrow, forced a smile, and glared at Fan Liangyu, saying, "Why do you always have to get to the bottom of things? I'm still in the beautiful dream that Zheng Xiulan and Zhang Haijun wove for me and don't want to wake up. I think I'm being bullied and abused by them because my mother doesn't give me money or anything to take to my in-laws' house. My mother..."
She paused, thinking of her mother's behavior before she got married, and sighed again.
"...They give us whatever we want and never argue with us about what we shouldn't have or what we shouldn't buy. I guess we've been spoiled."
"I really envy you."
Fan Liangyu looked on with envy, "To have a mother like that."
"You want it?" Su Hongying smiled.
Fan Liangyu nodded and smiled, "I want to, I dream about it, but unfortunately my mother is sexist, so our whole family has to revolve around my little brother."
"Didn't they give you your name? It's quite nice," Su Hongying asked, frowning slightly.
Fan Liangyu shook her head. "It wasn't them who gave me the name. It was a blind fortune teller in our village. He touched my face and hands and said that I had good bone structure and that I would definitely find a good family and become rich and noble. So he gave me the name Liangyu."
Fan Liangyu smiled, but her eyes were somewhat dark. "My three younger sisters weren't as lucky as me. One of them is called Zhaodi, another is called Pandi, and the third is called Laidi. My younger brother was my mother's fifth child. My grandmother said that I had two older sisters, but they were given away."
Su Hongying also didn't understand, "There really are parents who don't like their own children."
"Yes, there are too many."
Fan Liangyu said, “In the countryside, it’s common for several children to die. My grandma said that in the past, dead infants were thrown into the gullies, under bridges, and on the mountains. We were lucky to survive because our parents were willing to raise us.”
Su Hongying, "..."
She looked at Fan Liangyu and sighed, "As the old saying goes, at home you obey your father, after marriage you obey your husband, and after remarriage you obey yourself. You've already married into the city and can establish yourself here with your current job. Go back and find a good one, and you'll be rich and powerful. Don't go back to that small place again, it feels like it's going to... devour you."
When Fan Liangyu heard her mention eating people, her shoulders twitched, and she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
She said, "I dare not. Marrying the wrong person can be fatal. I'm scared."
Thinking of her own experience, Su Hongying smiled and said, "Then follow your own heart and live however you want."
“That’s what I think,” Fan Liangyu nodded.
The two chatted and laughed for a few more minutes before Zhang Haijun came in carrying a kettle. When he saw Fan Liangyu, he frowned slightly and nodded casually.
Fan Liangyu stood up and said to Su Hongying, "I have to start work tomorrow. I'll come see you after work. You should get some rest."
"Um."
Su Hongying nodded and gave her a wink, while Fan Liangyu smiled and raised an eyebrow at her.
The two hadn't been able to get closer even after living under the same roof for several months, but after this heart-to-heart talk, they quickly became much closer.
After Fan Liangyu left, Zhang Haijun asked Su Hongying, "When did you two become so close?"
"She saved my life, and I will treat her like a sister from now on."
Zhang Haijun looked a little unwell, but Su Hongying ignored her and asked him about Zhang Lao Er, "Are they really getting a divorce?"
“Yes, the second son is causing a huge disturbance at home. It was because his mother pushed you down that Fan Liangyu is determined to divorce him,” Zhang Haijun nodded.
Su Hongying frowned. "Do you think Fan Liangyu is afraid that if she lives with your mother, her mother might do something like this to her when she's pregnant and weak? Is she scared?"
Zhang Haijun was taken aback and looked at her.
"You mean she doesn't actually want a divorce, she just doesn't want to live with my mom?"
Su Hongying shook her head. "I was just guessing. I'll ask her again when she comes tomorrow. There's an old saying that a couple is best off with their first spouse. They've only been married for a short time, and the second son hasn't made any real mistakes. It would be a shame to divorce them so easily."
"Right, you think so too?"
Zhang Haijun nodded in agreement and said, "Fan Liangyu is too cunning, always on guard against our family. She's not as good as you. I don't care whether she gets a divorce or not, but my second brother seems to like her. I'll ask him later. As the eldest brother and sister-in-law, we should lend a hand if we can..."
Su Hongying smiled but didn't say anything.
The next day, Zhang Haijun carried Su Hongying and called Zhang Lao Er over. When Fan Liangyu returned, he was blocked on the way.
Zhang Lao Er smiled and begged for forgiveness, "Wife, I was wrong. If you don't want to live with my mother, we can move out like my older brother and the others, and live our own lives behind closed doors?"
Fan Liangyu's eyes flickered slightly, and he glanced at him with a half-smile.
He said, "You're your mother's good eldest son, how could you bear to move out and live alone? You might be happy, but would your mother be?"
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