Su Qingci acted as if she didn't see Su Meifang and Su Chang'an, heading straight for Su Yi.
A baby swallow nestled into Su Yi's arms, knocking Su Meifang, who was supporting him, flying off and landing on the sofa.
Su Yi felt a dark figure rush towards him from the doorway and shove it into his arms with a thud. It took him a while to realize that it was his granddaughter.
"Qing porcelain?"
"Haha, I'm back in Qingci? When did you get back? Oh my, you've gotten so tanned and thinner."
"When did you arrive? Why didn't you call Grandpa?"
"You should have called Grandpa beforehand, and he would have asked your Uncle Liu to pick you up at the train station..."
As soon as Su Meifang got up, she was met with Su Qingci's smiling face.
"Auntie, it's been so long!"
Su Meifang looked at him as if she'd seen a ghost. "Why are you back? You're not... you're not..." married to that country bumpkin?
Su Meifang subconsciously looked at her brother, then suddenly realized what was happening and fixed her fiery gaze on Su Yi.
It must have been that Dad felt sorry for that branch of the family and used his connections to bring Su Qingci back.
Su Chang'an immediately felt his position was threatened. Now that his father had brought Su Qingci back, how far away was the day when Su Changqing and the others would return?
"Auntie, what's wrong with me?"
Su Qingci, the innocent and naive girl, is now online: "Why do you look like that? Are you unhappy to see me? Grandpa, does Auntie not welcome me? Look, she..."
"Grandpa, Grandpa, look, Uncle, his eyes are so scary."
"Grandpa, should I not have come?"
As Su Yi listened to Su Qingci's words, the smile in his eyes faded slightly, and his gaze swept over Su Meifang and Su Chang'an.
Su Meifang noticed her father's strange gaze and quickly explained, "Qingci misunderstood. How could I be unhappy that you're back? I just didn't realize it for a moment."
"Hehehe, when did you get back?"
"By the way, I recently ran into Uncle Tang's daughter from our compound. She had just returned from the countryside and said that she happened to be assigned to the same production brigade as you. She also told me that you couldn't stand the hardship and didn't want to work, so you just found a man and married him in the countryside."
As she spoke, Su Meifang pointed at Su Qingci, her face filled with astonishment, and said, "You're abandoning your husband..."
"Pah, pah, pah! Look at me, how could I listen to such rumors?"
Su Meifang glanced at Su Qingci with feigned apology, but couldn't hide her smugness. "She must have been talking nonsense, right?"
What's the use of bringing back a woman who's already been married and is now a spent woman?
In any decent family, who would choose a divorced, worthless woman? She wanted to tell her father this, to let him know who between her and Su Qingci could bring honor to the Su family, and who would only bring shame upon the Su family upon returning.
She used the guise of going to the countryside to support the construction of the motherland, but she refused to endure any hardship, married any man she found, and now, through family connections, she has abandoned the man there and run back.
With Dad's personality and character, don't even think about having a good future. Even if we want to use the family's connections to find her a job, we have to consider whether her character will be a burden to the family.
The smile on Su Yi's face slowly faded, and a complex emotion appeared in his eyes.
"Qingci, you're married?"
"Why haven't I heard any news?"
"Only two years? How did you get to this point so quickly...?"
Su Yi looked at her with disappointment, but he couldn't bear to say anything too harsh, afraid that the girl wouldn't be able to handle it.
"Hey, didn't I tell you to stay put for now? If you need anything, ask your Uncle Huang. Did someone over there bully you?"
"Life in the countryside is tough, but didn't you bring money with you? How come..."
Song Jingzhou stood at the door carrying bananas...
Are all the people in this room suffering from glaucoma and cataracts? He's been standing here for ages, and nobody's even glanced at him?
"Hmm~ cough cough cough~"
I can't stand it anymore, he's trying to steal the spotlight!
Sure enough, after this huge coughing fit, the cataract patient in the room finally turned his attention to him.
Song Jingzhou was incredibly shy. "Grandpa, Grandpa~"
Su Yi stared at him with wide eyes, then looked back at her granddaughter in her arms, as if she had thought of something.
He said irritably, "Who are you?"
"Who is your grandfather?"
"Qingci, who is he?"
Su Meifang glanced at Song Jingzhou, a look of amazement flashing in her eyes, which then turned into excitement.
Is this the country bumpkin Su Qingci found? She even brought him home! Hahaha, this is going to be interesting.
She laughed inwardly. Although the man was decent-looking, he had a thuggish air about him and was obviously no good. He was probably just a country bumpkin who had never seen the world and thought he was the best in the world.
She feigned surprise and gasped, "Qingci, is this your husband from the countryside?"
Song Jingzhou placed the banana on the table, faced Su Yi, stood at attention, and gave a standard military salute.
Su Yi subconsciously straightened up and returned the salute.
"Song Jingzhou from the Engineering Research Institute of the General Armaments Department of the Left Wing Army Group of the Fifth War Zone greets the Division Commander. Good day, Division Commander!"
It took Su Yi a while to recover from the shocking number, and he looked at Su Qingci with a blank expression.
Su Qingci smiled and quickly introduced, "Grandpa, this is my boyfriend, Song Jingzhou, who is also a comrade from the Fifth War Zone."
As she spoke, Su Qingci gave Su Meifang a meaningful look. "Aunt, you've been to school, so why do you just parrot what others say? People who know you think you care about me, but people who don't think you're ignorant, uncultured, and indecisive, just like those gossipy country bumpkins who only know how to sow discord, fabricate stories, slander, and spread rumors. You believe everything people say. Don't you have any brains of your own?"
Su Meifang's face turned green, and she glared at Su Qingci with eyes that seemed to be spitting fire.
"Oh dear, Auntie, you're not angry, are you? I'm a straightforward girl, I don't mince words, please understand. I'm just worried that you're so naive that you'll be easily fooled in the future. If you weren't my aunt, I wouldn't bother with this!"
Su Yi nodded. "Meifang, Qingci's words may be rough, but they make sense. In the future, clarify things before spreading rumors. Can we just spread rumors about this girl's reputation?"
As he spoke, Su Yi quickly greeted Song Jingzhou, "Um, Comrade Song, right? Come, come, have a seat."
"Sister Feng, Sister Feng, pour some tea."
"Hey, here I am."
Su Yi looked at Song Jingzhou with great interest.
The Engineering Institute of the General Armament Department—it's not something you can just get into by having power and influence. Anyone who can get a spot there is no simple matter.
Su Yi understood this principle, and Su Chang'an was also aware of it. The look in his eyes as he looked at Song Jingzhou instantly carried a hint of hostility.
Su Meifang found a son of the Wang family as her partner, which was a great help to him. He had to admit that Su Qingci was indeed slightly better looking than Su Meifang. He originally thought that Su Qingci was truly wasted in the countryside, and that he was slightly better off than her, but unexpectedly...
Thinking of this, Su Chang'an's face grew even more unpleasant.
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