Chapter 459 Big Brother Won't Force You
Song Yuanzhi smiled and said, "They respect my choice, Sister Banxia..."
He sighed and looked down at Brother Li.
“Brother, after all these years, I still can’t let her go. I still want to give it a try. Before, Sister Banxia liked men with the surname Su. I never thought of taking her in because I knew that would cause discord between them. Now that Sister Banxia is single, I want to give it a try.”
Brother Li met his gaze, seeing the rare seriousness in his eyes, and felt a mix of anger, heartache, and helplessness. "You try, you try... Haven't you ever considered that if she liked you, would she have remained silent for so many years? She didn't just get divorced today. Take my advice, don't waste your time on her, okay?"
Song Yuanzhi smiled but remained silent.
Brother Li turned around angrily and stormed off. After walking quite a distance, he walked back stiffly. Looking at Song Yuanzhi's determined expression, he sighed, "Yuanzhi, I won't force you. You can try if you want, but to be selfish, you're only thinking about your own unwillingness to give up and your desire to try. Have you considered whether Xiaxia is willing to try with you?"
Song Yuanzhi's smile froze.
"...Although you are not related by blood, you were taken in by your second aunt when you were little. You and Xiaxia were raised by us together. When you were little, you always followed her around calling her 'sister.' She couldn't just send you away like a stranger, nor could she respond to you. Seeing that you couldn't get over it, she would feel guilty and remorseful, and her life would be unhappy. You love her, do you want her to live like this?" Brother Li said again.
Song Yuanzhi felt a dryness in his throat, opened his mouth, and called out, "Big Brother."
Brother Li sighed deeply. "You know, Xiaxia's last marriage wasn't happy. As her older brother, I also want her to find someone who treats her well and makes her life easier. But... as your older brother, I don't want you to meet someone like Xiaxia! She doesn't have romantic feelings for you, but you two are forcing yourselves together. You're the one giving your feelings but not getting any reciprocation. If this goes on for a while, what if resentment grows? You won't even be able to be siblings anymore. Is that what you want to see?"
"Big brother..."
Song Yuanzhi's voice was a little hoarse, but very firm. "I won't become that kind of person. I already missed her once when I was young. This time I will find a way to let her see my sincerity. If she still doesn't want to accept me, I won't force her. I will stay far away and won't affect her life. Brother, please give me a chance?"
Towards the end, his voice became somewhat humble.
Brother Li cursed under his breath, feeling both heartache and helplessness.
Is it a matter of whether he gives me a chance or not?
It's Xiaxia. She was heartbroken by that bastard Su Youfu and has completely shut herself off from love. She doesn't care about romantic love at all!
He couldn't bear to see his sister grow old alone in misery, nor could he bear to see his younger brother, whom he had watched grow up, suffer from depression for half his life.
No matter which option he chose, he felt it was the right one.
Brother Li closed his eyes and waved his hand. “You’re all grown up now. You know what you can and can’t do. I won’t interfere. You can discuss your own affairs. I only have one condition: no matter what the final outcome is, the bond between us brothers and sisters must not be broken.”
Song Yuanzhi's eyes lit up immediately, and he instinctively raised his hand to bump fists with Brother Li, but...
Brother Li was extremely sad.
"Xiaxia didn't even like you when you were a baby, but now that you've lost an arm, what are we going to do? That girl just loves pretty things..."
Song Yuanzhi, “…”
He sighed helplessly, "Brother, you know how to pour cold water on things."
Brother Li realized he had spoken his mind, coughed a few times, and said, "Well, you can talk to your second uncle and aunt yourself."
Song Yuanzhi hummed in agreement.
"What about the demobilization report?"
Brother Li smacked his lips and said, "I'll go talk to the boss. I heard your classmate is consulting with doctors abroad about some kind of robotic arm that can be attached to your arm to assist with your hand movements. Is that true?"
"real."
Song Yuanzhi nodded, glanced at his withered forearm, and said, "However, it would be very expensive to go there for a bone marrow transplant. At present, I might not be able to afford it even if I worked for fifty years."
"You didn't ask your supervisor for permission..."
Before Brother Li could finish speaking, Song Yuanzhi shook his head to stop him, saying, "The army's funds should be used for more important occasions. I can still live even with one hand missing."
Brother Li understood what he meant, nodded, and didn't continue the topic.
He wanted to leave, but then he remembered a call from home asking him and his wife to pool their money and send it home so they wouldn't miss out on making money at the end of the year. When he asked how to do it, the second son couldn't explain it clearly.
He knew that some things were not so honorable to say, so he discussed it with his wife and decided to wait for a vacation to go out and make a phone call to find out the truth.
“Yuanzhi, how much money do you have left? Keep some for living expenses and give me the rest. The family needs money, and your sister-in-law and I plan to send the money back during a holiday.”
Brother Li didn't know what the second brother and his group were up to, and he didn't dare to be too explicit with Song Yuanzhi.
Without a moment's hesitation, Song Yuanzhi nodded immediately, "Okay, I'll take it upstairs and give it to my sister-in-law later."
Brother Li nodded.
The two brothers exchanged a glance, and the elder brother sighed, waved, and left the ward.
This time, he's really gone.
Within two days, the passbook was indeed delivered to Sister-in-law Li. Sister-in-law Li was surprised when she saw the number on it and showed it to Brother Li, "So much? We're in the same unit, aren't we?"
Sister-in-law Li jokingly scolded Brother Li, saying, "Yuanzhi only needs to eat his fill and the whole family isn't hungry. We have to spend a lot of money raising children, so naturally he saves more than us."
Brother Li frowned as soon as he heard about the child.
I asked Sister-in-law Li, "Do you think that boy will make Xiaxia have another child for him?"
This startled Sister-in-law Li.
"Then it's best not to. Xiaxia is over forty, and it's very dangerous for an older mother."
Brother Li nodded repeatedly, "That's right, that's right. I'll have to make it clear to him later that if he wants to have a child, he should go find someone else and not ruin Xiaxia's life."
Sister-in-law Li was both amused and exasperated. "Don't worry, Yuanzhi wouldn't do something so reckless. Besides, it's not even a done deal yet, and you're already worrying about his unborn child."
Brother Li snorted.
“I’m worried about our daughter, but do you think we have anything to worry about? That brat just said she wouldn’t come back and then she didn’t. She even dared to hang up on us, saying that if she wanted a child, she would go abroad to find a sperm donor and have one. Is that something a young woman like her should say? I think she’s trying to drive me crazy!”
After scolding her, he said, "Go call her and tell her to send all the money she has back. It's always good for her to save more money since she doesn't want to get married. That way, when we're old and gone, she'll have more money left over."
Sister-in-law Li smiled and shook her head, "...You."
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