Chapter 517 Close the door, let me go, I'll bite back for you.
"Oh dear, I'm so sorry."
The woman offered a half-hearted apology, glanced at Xu Ying with a mocking look, and said, "Look at me, I can't keep my mouth shut, why do I say things like that? Xu Ying, don't be angry. If you ask me, with your family background, you could find anyone, no matter how handsome. We women are considered advanced maternal age after thirty. If you want a child, you'd better hurry up."
After saying that, he flicked his hair and glanced sideways at Su Lao Er.
Su Lao Er narrowed his eyes slightly, lowered his gaze and asked Xu Ying, "Is this your colleague? Why are you speaking so sarcastically? Your apology wasn't sincere at all. Knowing that you have a good family background, she still dares to bully you like this. Is her family better off than yours?"
The woman's expression changed. She opened her mouth, wanting to say that she had already apologized, so why was he making such a fuss?
But upon hearing Su Lao Er's last sentence, a thin layer of sweat instantly appeared on his forehead.
She doesn't have any family background; she just takes advantage of being older than Xu Ying and having worked longer hours, putting on airs like an experienced person, and then offering a half-hearted apology to get by.
She always did this before, and Xu Ying couldn't do anything about it no matter how angry she was. After all, she had apologized, and it was all harmless stuff. If Xu Ying held onto it, it would be bullying her.
But today, with Su Lao Er pointing it out so bluntly, the woman immediately felt embarrassed.
"...I'm doing this for Xu Ying's own good. What do you mean by saying that? It makes it sound like I'm deliberately bullying her."
The woman swallowed nervously, gave a soft snort, and called out to Xu Ying, "Your boyfriend is so disrespectful. A man like that is all show and no substance. What can he do besides give the child a good-looking face? I'm not trying to be mean, Xu Ying, but you should find someone with substance in your relationship..."
"Xu Ying, is your colleague's husband very ugly?"
Su Lao Er spoke up, seemingly asking Xu Ying, but actually interrupting the woman, causing her to choke instantly. She frowned and retorted, "Of course my husband isn't ugly!"
"Alas……"
Su Lao Er looked the woman up and down with disdain. "Why is your colleague so vain? Why doesn't she look for someone with substance when she's dating? What's the point of dating someone who isn't ugly? What else can she do besides give the kids a good-looking face?"
The woman stared in disbelief, "You..."
Xu Ying pressed down on the corners of her upturned lips.
Su Lao Er raised an eyebrow and asked her again, "Has she had several children?"
"Four." Xu Ying didn't know what he wanted to do, so she obediently answered.
Su Lao Er clicked his tongue twice, "A woman is meant to be cherished when she is married. Giving birth is like going through the gates of hell. Her husband made her have so many children, does that mean... he doesn't love her?"
The last few words were spoken while he was smiling at the woman.
The woman was nearly driven mad with anger, pointing at Su Lao Er, "You, you, you..."
Su Lao Er exclaimed, "Look at me, I can't keep my mouth shut. Why do I say things like that? I'm sorry, I apologize to you. If you keep arguing with me, you're just deliberately causing trouble."
He was smiling at first, but his face instantly darkened when he said the last sentence.
The woman was startled by his rapid change of expression.
"Xu Ying ignores you because she's well-mannered. I'm different. I come from humble beginnings and I hold grudges. I can't stand seeing my wife being bullied. You can't just talk to me like that. This lady, you should either speak properly in the future or stay away from my Xu Ying. If this happens again, I'll have a serious talk with your husband, your parents, your in-laws, and your boss."
Xu Ying patted Su Lao Er's hand, and Su Lao Er glanced at her before smiling again.
The woman's face was full of shame and indignation. She glanced at Xu Ying, wanting her to say a few words, but Xu Ying looked at her coldly.
That look instantly reminded the woman of Xu Ying's background, and her heart trembled again.
"Honey, let's go, don't let irrelevant people affect our mood."
Su Lao Er put his arm around Xu Ying's waist and walked away with her.
He took a few steps, then paused, turned to look at the woman, and said, "By the way, feel free to spread what I said in your office. If anyone tries to talk badly about my wife like you did, I'll hold you accountable too."
The woman stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
Have you no shame?!
Can she control herself, and can she control others?
The woman watched the two figures disappear into the distance, her face alternating between pale and flushed.
After walking a short distance, Xu Ying asked Su Lao Er to hail a taxi. "Let's go straight to your house. After her outburst, I'm not in the mood for anything anymore. Let's go back and help out."
On the way, Su Lao Er asked Xu Ying, "What was wrong with that guy just now? He knew your family background, yet he still dared to bully you like that?"
“If a dog bites me, I can’t bite it back. They’re just all talkers; they don’t affect me,” Xu Ying said.
Su Lao Er smiled and said, "That's true. If something like this happens again, close the door, let me out, and I'll bite you back."
Xu Ying, "..."
The driver glanced at the two men through the rearview mirror with a strange look in his eyes, as if to say, "They're quite the gays."
The two took a taxi home, where Su Laosan had already brought people to set up a frame in the yard, and a sheep weighing thirty or forty pounds was about to be lifted onto the frame.
Seeing them return, Su Laosan greeted them with a smile, "Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law."
Su Lao Er went over to help.
Xu Ying naturally went to the pavilion next door, which was covered with gauze curtains, to see Su Jiayue playing with Le Bao'er and Mingwa.
Children grow quickly, and in just six months, their previously skinny little bodies have become plump, with their little arms looking like lotus root segments.
Upon seeing Xu Ying, Xiao Yuejin's eyes lit up immediately. He let out two "ah ah" sounds and crawled forward, his little feet tumbling, and in a few quick movements, he reached Xu Ying.
He sat cross-legged and stretched out his arms, wanting Xu Ying to hug him.
Xu Ying smiled broadly, bent down, and picked up the child, "Little Yuejin, Mommy's here..."
As she spoke, she kissed the child on the top of the head.
Xiao Yuejin smacked Xu Ying's face with his saliva.
Xu Ying smiled so much her eyes narrowed, gently patted the child's back, and greeted Aunt Qiu and Arno.
Arno smiled and said, "Second sister-in-law, Xiao Yuejin really likes you."
"This is fate between you two, mother and daughter," Aunt Qiu said with a smile.
Xu Ying smiled, feeling her child wrap his little arms around her neck, and sighed softly, "Yes, we two are destined to be together."
Su Lao Er brought over some fruit.
In the very center was a large plate of tomatoes sprinkled with white sugar. "The roast lamb will take a while, so you should have some fruit to tide you over."
Not long after, Li Banxia returned home from get off work.
Li's father, Li's mother, Li's second brother and sister-in-law, and Li's third brother also arrived one after another.
Next came the Yao family, and then the Xu family.
When the whole family is gathered together, all that's left for roasting the lamb is to cut it up and season it.
A large sheep was placed on the table, surrounded by more than a dozen dishes. Each person had a beer or a soft drink in front of them. Su Laosan acted as the host, holding a beer bottle as a microphone and raising his glass to announce loudly, "Family members, let's raise our glasses together to congratulate my second brother, Su Min'an, on being admitted to a second-tier university with a score of 503!"
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