Chapter 621 Extra Chapter: Fang Erniu x Su Laosan
One day, Su Laosan suddenly received a phone call.
"Third brother, it's been a long time."
The familiar voice coming from the other end of the phone made Su Laosan feel a little dazed.
"Erniu?"
"It's me, Third Brother. There's something I've been thinking about for a long time, and I think I should tell you. I've booked a private room at a hotel. If you'd like, let's meet tomorrow at 3 PM. I have to tell you these things in person."
Su Laosan gripped the microphone tightly and gave a hoarse "hmm".
"That's settled then, I'll hang up now, see you tomorrow."
After giving the address, Fang Erniu hung up the phone.
Su Laosan listened to the busy tone coming from the receiver for a long time before finally hanging up.
He had nightmares all night.
He dreamt of the beautiful days before his engagement to Fang Erniu, and the twists and turns during the engagement. From the day of the engagement, they never had a good day again, spending every day in fear and doubt about whether they could still get married and stay together.
Once the Fang brothers got into trouble, there was no room for reconciliation between them.
When he opened his eyes in the morning, half of his pillowcase was wet, and his eyes were so swollen that he could barely open them.
Su Laosan didn't eat breakfast until the swelling in his eyes subsided a bit before going to the shop.
I ate a few bites of lunch but lost my appetite. I couldn't concentrate on anything and kept glancing towards the hotel.
He finally made it to 2 a.m., took a deep breath, went downstairs, and drove to the agreed-upon hotel.
He arrived at the hotel first and followed the waiter into the private room that Fang Erniu had reserved.
A short while later, Fang Erniu arrived.
The waiter opened the door to the private room, and Fang Erniu thanked him and walked in. Her high heels clicked on the tiles, drawing Su Laosan's attention.
After more than a decade apart, Fang Erniu had grown taller than I remembered. Her cashmere dress reached her feet, and she wore a simple cashmere coat over it. Her black hair was tied up with a translucent jade hairpin, and her eyes and brows revealed a hint of aloofness and indifference.
It has a cold and aloof aura that keeps strangers away.
"Erniu..."
Su Laosan stared at her for a long time, still unable to reconcile the Fang Erniu in front of him with the Fang Erniu in his memory who always looked at him with bright, smiling eyes.
Looking at the once carefree and playful boy who has grown into a successful and influential businessman, Fang Erniu sighed in her heart, "Third brother, it's been a long time."
"……haven't seen you for a long time."
Su Laosan also laughed.
Fang Erniu turned to the waiter and said, "Bring us a pot of tea, and don't let anyone disturb us."
"Yes, Mr. Fang."
The waiter withdrew, quickly brought the tea, placed it down, and left.
Su Laosan glanced at the door and asked, "Do you own this hotel?"
"From a friend."
Fang Erniu poured a cup of tea, pushed it in front of Su Laosan, and went straight to the purpose of her meeting with Su Laosan.
"About half a year ago, I had a dream that was related to our two families. I thought about it for a long time and felt it was necessary to tell you about it."
"Dream?"
What kind of dream could make Erniu, who hasn't shown her face for so many years, ask him to meet her in person?
Even if Su Laosan were stupid, he wouldn't think this dream was simple.
He sat up slightly and gestured to Fang Erniu, "Go on, I'm listening."
"It's like this, I dreamt that we got married..."
Su Laosan's heart skipped a beat, and he opened his mouth, "We're married?"
"Yes, we got married..."
Fang Erniu lowered her eyes, picked up her teacup, and took a sip. Her long eyelashes cast a shadow, obscuring her expression. She softly recounted her dream, "...My older brother and younger brother suddenly revealed their greedy nature, clinging to us...sucking your mother like a blood bank. My younger brother stole your current grocery store business, using your connections to treat you like a beast of burden to make money for him. In just a few years, he's become a multi-millionaire..."
Su Laosan was stunned when he heard this.
Fang Erniu gripped her teacup, looked up at Su Laosan with a pained expression, so quickly that Su Laosan thought it was an illusion.
"...But they're still not satisfied. My mom urged me to encourage you to ask your mom for money to raise your grandson. The two of us...have three sons. I thought the Su family was proud of having three grandsons, and you also considered yourself a great contributor to the Su family. We have no conscience, and the three little ones we gave birth to have no conscience either. When we have no money...we ask your mom for it!"
Su Laosan opened his mouth as if to say something, but Fang Erniu didn't give him a chance to speak at all.
"Housing prices in Beijing have skyrocketed. To support our greed, your mother opened a medicinal cuisine restaurant, working day and night, burning the midnight oil, enduring hardship to earn money to buy us a house and a car, and to save money for our children's dowry. She worked herself to the bone and became very sick. In the end..."
Fang Erniu suddenly paused, looked at Su Laosan, her eyes filled with sadness.
"Third brother, your mother was worn out by us unfilial children. Before she passed away, she wanted to enjoy a few days of peace and quiet, and she even gave us some money in advance. But we retorted with those absurd words, 'You didn't take care of her in her old age,' and 'It's not my responsibility to take care of her in her old age,' which drove her to her death..."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Su Laosan's pupils suddenly contracted, his face turned deathly pale, and he looked at Fang Erniu hopefully, "Are you talking nonsense? It's impossible, right? How could I be that kind of person? How could you be that kind of person? How could we..."
"Why wouldn't we be those kinds of people?"
"Third brother, think carefully about what kind of people we used to be!"
Fang Erniu stared into his eyes and met his gaze. "I woke up from the dream with a start, and my first reaction was relief! I was relieved that my mother caused such a scene on the day of our engagement, disrupting our engagement and wedding plans and causing our marriage to fall through. Otherwise, what happened in the dream would have actually happened."
"impossible!"
Su Laosan gritted his teeth and retorted in a hoarse voice.
Fang Erniu said, "Third brother, you know, I was pampered by my family when I was little. My grandparents were very good to me before we got engaged, and my parents also doted on me like the apple of their eye. My older brother and younger brother are both on my side. I can't let go of my older brother and younger brother, nor can I let go of my parents who raised me!"
“I know, but…”
Su Laosan wanted to speak up for Fang Erniu, but when he thought of Li Banxia, who had worked so hard to raise him and his sister, he hesitated and fell silent.
Fang Erniu shook her head, "Once we get married, my grandparents will reveal their true colors as opportunists. My parents will force me to suck your family's blood to support my own family, to help my older brother and younger brother, and to use your family's power to nourish my nephews. Your business will be taken away by them, and the two of us and those three children will become bloodsuckers parasitizing your mother, sucking her blood and eating her flesh!"
"That's not how it is! Erniu, your values have always been very sound, you..."
Fang Erniu nodded and said, "Yes, my values are sound because I'm by your side. When your mother was teaching you things, I learned along with her. Your mother also taught me with her heart. I know what propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame are, and I know what it means that I shouldn't covet what isn't mine! If your mother hadn't forced you to be ambitious, hadn't forced you to study, and hadn't explained those principles to us in detail, you should know in your heart what kind of person you would be and what kind of person I would be."
After saying these words, Fang Erniu let out a trembling breath.
Su Laosan looked at her, speechless for a long time.
The veins on his forehead were bulging, and his hands were clenched into fists so tightly that his fingertips were an unusual pale white.
"For so many years, I couldn't let go of it, but after having this dream, I finally understood."
Fang Erniu smiled at him.
He said, “Third brother, we couldn’t get married because God couldn’t bear to see your mother suffer the pain in your dream again. Your mother is a good person. She taught me a lot and many principles. I can’t be her daughter-in-law…it’s my bad luck.”
The door to the private room was knocked open, and a handsome young man walked in, politely nodding to Su Laosan.
She called Fang Erniu affectionately, "Baozhu, we should go now."
"good."
Fang Erniu smiled, turned around and introduced Su Laosan, "This is my boyfriend. We've decided to get married next month. Laosan, I've let go, so you should too. Don't torture yourself. I hope you find your happiness soon."
"...Okay, I hope you'll be happy."
Su Laosan concealed the deep reluctance in his heart, and smiled with red eyes to offer his blessings.
After watching the two leave, Su Laosan staggered to his feet, slowly walked out of the hotel, and drove away.
Fang Erniu and the young man stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of another room in the hotel, watching Su Laosan drive away before letting out a soft sigh.
The young man glanced at her, sighed, and said, "Sister Baozhu, I don't understand why you're putting on this show to deceive yourself. You two clearly still have feelings for each other, so why can't you overcome the obstacles and be together?"
"Because of... a karmic entanglement, they cannot achieve a happy ending."
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