Su Yi clenched his fists and glared at Qin Xiangxiang.
"Qin Xiangxiang, don't go too far. Look at yourself now, how are you any different from a shrew?"
“I’m a shrew, I’m a shrew! Did you see what she did? Is that even human? She’s driving me crazy, even though I’m not sick.”
Seeing Qin Xiangxiang's furious state, Li Yueniang became even more helpless, tugging at Su Yi's sleeve and hiding behind him, sobbing softly.
Su Yi looked at his elderly, frail, and helpless wife and mother, who were being scolded and cowering behind him. Then he looked at Qin Xiangxiang, who was standing on the bed with her legs apart, one hand on her hip and the other pointing at Li Yueniang and cursing her. He could no longer contain his anger.
He grabbed the teacup next to him and threw it at Qin Xiangxiang.
Ah~
Whoosh~
The teacup grazed Qin Xiangxiang's ear and then smashed against the wall behind her.
Qin Xiangxiang broke out in a cold sweat.
"Well, Su Yi, you actually dared to hit me! You actually fought me for that old woman!"
"Waaaaah~ I don't want to live anymore! I've given birth to your children and served you, you old man, for so many years, and in the end, I still can't compare to how much she means to you!"
"Waaaaah, come on, come on, kill me! Kill me so that old woman can have room!"
Li Yueniang breathed a sigh of relief; the fight had finally begun.
Until that couple wearing matching pajamas, one nudged the other, the other ruffled the other's hair.
Li Yueniang seemed to finally come to her senses.
"Ouch, ouch, what's going on? They're fighting! Stop it!"
"Oh dear, this is terrible! Su Yi, let go of Xiangxiang right now!"
Li Yueniang hugged Qin Xiangxiang tightly, pushing Su Yi away, "My Xiangxiang, you've been wronged~"
"Su Yi, are you even a man? You hit a woman? Do you know how hard it was for Xiangxiang to follow you all these years?"
Even if you don't care about the years of marriage you've shared, you should still think about Chang'an and Meifang.
Hearing Li Yueniang's words, Qin Xiangxiang was heartbroken and hugged Li Yueniang, wailing as if her mother had died.
Su Yi stood there dumbfounded...
Wasn't he trying to avenge Li Yueniang? Why are they crying together now?
Does everything become my fault?
Didn't they start arguing first?
Li Yueniang waved her hand dismissively at the dumbfounded Su Yi, "You can go out now, you can go out now."
"Xiangxiang doesn't want to see you right now. Let her calm down first."
Su Yi turned and left the living room, completely bewildered. He sat on the sofa for a long time, unable to come to his senses...
Inside the house, Li Yueniang pulled Qin Xiangxiang aside and poured her heart out, saying things like how difficult it is to be a woman, and how all men are like this, unable to see your years of hard work.
He beats his wife whenever things don't go his way. You've suffered so much with him, and now he treats you like this in your old age. Su Yi is a heartless man.
After hearing these words, Qin Xiangxiang was so worried that she wouldn't be able to sleep tonight. Li Yueniang patted her shoulder and told her to get some rest.
She hopped out of the living room and pushed a bowl of noodles from the table to Su Yi.
"Oh, I'm sorry to have troubled you."
“If a mother and her daughter-in-law quarrel, the mother will definitely scold her own family.”
Su Yi felt a warmth in his heart; Li Yueniang still treated him like family.
Li Yueniang looked at Su Yi and picked up a fried egg for him.
"Chang'an and Meifang are with their mother now. If you and Xiangxiang don't get along, aren't you afraid that your children will have a problem with you later?"
“Look at you, you’re not young anymore, you’re in your late fifties, almost sixty, and you’ll still have to rely on your children in the future.”
"What if Xiangxiang develops a rift with you, and Chang'an and Meifang stop supporting you?"
Su Yi was already a bit confused, and was instantly drawn into the mood of his children being unfilial by Li Yueniang.
"They dare!"
“I raised them with great difficulty, and if they dare to be unfilial, I’ll break their legs.”
"Hey, look at you, still as hot-tempered as ever."
"It's not the old society anymore; now we value independence and self-reliance."
"Do you think it's still the old days when filial piety could crush a child?"
"Now Chang'an and Meifang are both doing well. I heard that Chang'an is doing quite well in the army, and Meifang has found a powerful husband."
"If we go against you, you'll be the one who suffers in the end."
"Forget it, you're getting old, and you're destined to have to watch your children's faces. I think you should try to please Xiangxiang more often."
Li Yueniang's words directly put Su Yi and Qin Xiangxiang and her son on the opposite side.
Su Yi felt uncomfortable. "Look at what you're saying."
"Their current status is all thanks to my influence as their father."
"Otherwise, how could they have traveled so far?"
“I’m trying to curry favor with Qin Xiangxiang? Does she deserve it? She’s just a refugee that a unit rescued on the way. If it weren’t for me, would she be where she is today? And she’s gone too far.”
“Why would I be afraid of these things? I don’t only have Su Chang’an and Su Meifang as my children.”
“I still have Changqing, and I still have Jindong and Qingci.”
Li Yueniang's eyes lit up. Good lad, he's got it!
"Yes, yes, I almost forgot, Changqing is a filial son."
“I taught them from a young age to respect the elderly and care for the young, and to be filial to their elders. Look at Qingci Jindong, how close he is to you since he was little!”
"And Changqing, even in his current predicament, he still thinks of you!"
"You know me, I've always wanted what's best for you, and I raise my children to respect you."
"It's a pity you don't seem to see the good in Changqing and the others, and you focus your attention on Chang'an and Meifang all day long."
“You see, even with Qin Xiangxiang as your mother, Chang’an and Meifang might not be close to you. They will definitely side with their own mother.”
"You owe Changqing and the others so much over the years, you've devoted all your energy to Chang'an and Meifang."
"You should share some of this attention with Changqing..."
Su Yi didn't react at first.
This whole affair has escalated from Li Yueniang's insistence on Qin Xiangxiang cooking noodles, to Li Yueniang being bullied by Qin Xiangxiang, to him stepping in to protect Li Yueniang, to him and Qin Xiangxiang fighting, and now it's turned into Su Chang'an and Su Meifang standing in front of Qin Xiangxiang and becoming his enemies.
She went from worrying that he wouldn't have any children to take care of him to now seeing a glimmer of hope, as he has another son.
His other son is very filial, and he also has grandchildren.
Su Yi nodded. "Yes, I still have Changqing, and I still have Jindong and Qingci."
Seeing that she had achieved her goal, Li Yueniang smiled sincerely.
"Yes, yes, you also have Changqing, Jindong and Qingci."
"Changqing's family is not the kind of ungrateful people."
"Here, eat quickly, the noodles are getting cold."
Su Yi slurped his noodles, oblivious to Li Yueniang's idiotic look.
This idiot probably bought this position with the entire Su family's assets back then.
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